Department of Public Works agencies employ the Framework for Civil 3D for countless reasons. Public Works Directors, Assistant Public Works Directors, and their staff from all over say the choice simply makes sense.
Our customers today include public works departments in major metros; well-known counties, townships, and parishes; and certainly a host of smaller public works…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Apr 12, 2018
Tags CAD Standards, video, Style, Style Management, customization, Civil 3D 2018, Civil 3D 2017, Civil 3D 2016, Civil 3D 2019, Templates Only, InstantOn, Jump Kit, Government
Our relentless pursuit of a better and more useable AutoCAD Civil 3D continues. The upcoming Release 8 of the Framework for Civil 3D will include NCS 6.0 Layer System compliance built-in. In truth, Release 8 will support multiple variants of the NCS out of the box. This robust, adaptive, and flexible approach to Civil 3D…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Apr 05, 2018
Tags CAD Standards, Layer Standards, ncs 5.0, NCS 6.0, spreadsheet, InstantOn, Jump Kit
Autodesk has AutoCAD users well trained. You buy the product and then immediately begin customizing the product to meet your needs. We expect this. We accept this. With the One AutoCAD 2019 release you’ll get the classic Autodesk AutoCAD-based vertical solutions now called Toolsets. You’ll have to customize the Toolset to make that work too. Perhaps the new Toolset…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Apr 03, 2018
Tags Civil 3D 2019, Civil 3D 2018, Civil 3D 2017, Civil 3D 2016, Style Management, Style Import, Style Purge, CAD Standards, template
Someone recently complained to me that their current budget didn’t allow for the training of new employees and staff training for latest AutoCAD Civil 3D release upgrades. Trust me, even if you do have the budget, it is never enough. Skilled, professional Civil 3D folk are hard to find. All the trends say that this human resource problem will only get worse. When skilled people…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Mar 29, 2018
Tags training, Civil 3D, management, people skills, Layer Standards, spreadsheet, CAD Standards, AddOn, Update
The neuroscience behind how we visually identify details in the complexity of the world around us is fascinating stuff. Somehow our brains can and do make sense out of nonsense…or not. Ok. Maybe I’m a crazy person for spending way too much time trying to comprehend how this all works. None-the-less the mechanics and the specifics do matter.
The ability to quickly identify…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Mar 22, 2018
Tags spreadsheet, Layer Standards, CAD Standards, AutoCAD, Civil 3D, customization, standard keys, Major Key, Minor Key, color, layer color, ACI, RGB