We must work within the current AutoCAD and Civil 3D limitations no matter what we wish for. This has been a serious Civil 3D adoption issue for way too many folks over the years.
Why doesn’t Civil 3D work like what I expect it should?If you like, you can call my previous post a rant or a HSSPHI (How to Steal Something…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Feb 14, 2019
Tags View, View Frame, View Frame Group, DVIEW, alignment, design control, site design, site parcel, viewports, project template
Civil 3D Corridors become ever more useful for Site Design tasks. If we insist that our old school CAD perceptions of the civil engineering design issues and workflows are correct, in effect, we believe that our old AutoCAD habits and skills are more important than any new Civil 3D skills and the ever-increasing capabilities of Civil 3D itself. This is us being human. This is just…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Dec 04, 2018
Tags grading, site design, AU 2018, corridors, feature line, surface, video, Civil 3D 2018, Civil 3D 2019, Adaptive Template Building Blocks, Autodesk University
Folk complain that Civil 3D is not really user-friendly for Site Design. This is bunk. The complaint is true only if you insist that site design in Civil 3D should be like it was for years in old school CAD software. We insist our AutoCAD skills are more important than new Civil 3D skills and capabilities. About the only thing Civil 3D has in common with that old software is Civil 3D’s use of similar…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Nov 29, 2018
Tags standard keys, Major Key, Minor Key, site design, site parcel, corridors, intersection, parcel, CAD Standards, Adaptive Template Building Blocks
I am sure you already noticed. This weekend we released a new and improved version of our website.
Fear not! You regular visitors and customers should not have much difficulty adjusting to the improved site design and navigation. We tried not to move around the important content our site users and customers depend on.A Fresh Look to Great Civil 3D Content
I hope you like…
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I hope you take a minute or two to check out our latest Civil 3D Training and Civil 3D Help additions below. There’s much to gain from a click or two. You will discover we added a diverse collection of new Civil 3D Training Videos from a growing group of Civil 3D experts. Thanks to all!
For our current and future Framework for Civil 3D customers…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Feb 01, 2018
Tags Civil 3D 2018, website, training, help, Civil 3D 2017, implementation, CAD Standards