People ask how come our Framework of Civil 3D products don’t use the classic NCS utility layers? Honestly, most civil engineering and survey organization customers tend to like our NCS compliant set of utility Keys and Layers better. Who knew?
People do tend to forget or overlook that the NCS is large building and building project centric. Simply put, the…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Mar 07, 2018
Tags NCS, Layer Standards, utility, CAD Standards, Civil 3D 2018, Civil 3D 2017, Civil 3D 2016, spreadsheet, standard keys, Major Key, Minor Key, color, layer color, ACI, RGB
Every AutoCAD Civil 3D templates and Civil 3D styles collection of resources needs continuous improvement as the software evolves. The Framework for Civil 3D doesn’t dodge those dicey details. Those details tend to consume way too many of your production man-hours. Our recent series of posts about the new AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018.1 Rehab Corridor…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Nov 28, 2017
Tags product, AddOn, Subassembly, spreadsheet, Jump Kit, InstantOn, Civil 3D 2018, 2018.1, Code Set Styles
The Release 7 Framework for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018 wave is almost upon us. Here’s the first swell in the set. We released a free Layer Standards Update this week to all the current Framework for Civil 3D products. That free download includes Release 7 Framework InstantOn and Jump Kit products for 2017, 2016, and 2015.
Framework customers get the good stuff. They ride the…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
May 16, 2017
Tags layers, Layer Standards, NCS, GSA, spreadsheet, CAD Standards
All too often our human propensity to want to employ the AutoCAD tools we know tends to get in the way of productive work. People tend to think we use AutoCAD to draw pictures. But AutoCAD uses data to create pictures which is something entirely different. AutoCAD Civil 3D employs structured data to allow Civil 3D users to create representative, interactive models which is dissimilar yet again.
When…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jan 26, 2017
Tags data, spreadsheet, WATT
Today, the Framework makes AutoCAD Civil 3D symbols/blocks even easier to customize and maintain in multiple releases of AutoCAD Civil 3D. The Framework helps you look better and deliver exactly what you need to your clients with less customization effort. Imagine that!
That’s what the Framework for Civil 3D is all about.We’ve released a new Symbol Exchange AddOn…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Nov 29, 2016
Tags symbol, Symbol Set, block, customization, spreadsheet, AddOn