Alignments in Autodesk Civil 3D have Types. Hoorah. If we get the Alignment Type wrong when we create the Alignment, No Biggie, we can change the Type? Errr. Well sort of and it depends. This is Civil 3D. Some Civil 3D Feature Properties and Parent and Child relationship properties can only be built on creation. Some relationships or properties…
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Tench Tilghman
Feb 22, 2024
Tags alignment, alignment type, Alignment Style, intersection, connected alignment, Project Explorer, offset aligment, offset profile
We recently discussed crucial concepts and newer workflows to produce better Managed Site Grading solutions inside Autodesk Civil 3D. We employed some excellent How To videos from other Civil 3D experts to clarify how we all can couple our previous Feature Lines Only method and practice with valuable new Civil 3D Corridor skills and workflows…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Mar 15, 2023
Tags Multiple Baseline Corridors, Multiple Dynamic Baselines, Corridors, intersection, knuckles, connected alignment, connected profile, video
There are many things that make all kinds of sense in Autodesk Civil 3D 2023. Maybe you noticed? Some other things – not so much. If we employ the software for a few releases, the familiar AutoCAD and Civil 3D interface mechanics become sensical. These days Autodesk is careful not to change the core daily mechanics too quickly. That tends to make Civil 3D end users unhappy. Autodesk…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Aug 23, 2022
Tags View Frame Group, View Frame, plan production tool, pages of sections, sheet set template, sheet template, Civil 3D 2023, reference, Civil 3D 2022, Civil 3D 2021, productivity
Autodesk made significant improvements in the initial release of Civil 3D 2022 to enhance Connected Alignments to better handle the complex geometries of ramps and interchanges. New horizontal Alignment Curve Group combinations were added to support combinations of spirals, curves, and reverse spirals. We can now create Connected Alignments…
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Tench Tilghman
Feb 24, 2022
Tags Civil 3D 2022, connected alignment, connected profile, DREF, intersection, video, design control, Project Management
We continue to explore the powerful relationships between the Civil 3D Alignment and the many mission critical Design Control Manager roles in Civil 3D in this on-going series of posts we name the Book of Alignments.
There are at least a dozen design control management roles for the Alignment in Civil 3D.
A substantial number of…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jul 13, 2021
Tags alignment, offset alignment, profile, section, Section Editor, Section View, DREF, Jump Kit