Whether or not we choose to employ Styleless Data References in our Civil 3Dprojects is a business decision that deserves some careful consideration. There are Civil 3D technical, stability, and project performance reasons to take the time to do so.
For the most part the NoStyles workflow mechanics are mindlessly simple to execute. In the context of most…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Feb 20, 2025
Tags DREF, Project Management, data shortcut, data reference, Update, Upgrade, implementation, QAQC, project template
We previously discussed the challenges that surround the formal data Dependencies that play an integral role our daily production work inside Autodesk Civil 3D. It is safe to say that we learn to manage Dependencies, or the Dependencies control us.
Put another way – we employ Civil 3D to produce managed projects of data references and those…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Feb 13, 2025
Tags DREF, Project Management, data shortcut, data reference, Update, Upgrade, Style Management, implementation, QAQC
We are dependent on Autodesk Civil 3D to get our project work done and to execute our work and produce our deliverables. The number of formal data Dependencies inside Civil 3D and our civil engineering and survey projects appears to do nothing but increase and become more complex. Dependencies are trending and dependencies also tend to explode.
Software…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Feb 06, 2025
Tags DREF, TREF, IREF, data reference, data shortcut, reference, Dynamiic Model, Project Management, video
In Civil 3D, the Reference Template Tool in Civil 3D provides us an improved approach to the consistent delivery of effective, production Civil 3D Templates and Known Good Style collection resources. The Reference Template (TREF) Tool is one excellent reason we employ the term target to help differentiate the various…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Nov 26, 2024
Tags Style, Style Management, CAD Standards, customization, maintenance, template, Reference Template, implementation, TREF
The Civil 3D Template Classic Target methods are the common Civil 3D Template construction and maintenance methodologies used to produce a target of collected Civil 3D Style resources. Many people consider a Civil 3D Template to be their Known Good and perhaps even their Style Management end goal.…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Nov 19, 2024
Tags Style, Style Management, Label Style, Label Style Defaults, CAD Standards, customization, maintenance, template, Reference Template, settings