It’s a pretty good bet that most people in Civil 3D Land consider Points to be pretty much a survey thing in Civil 3D. It’s an even better bet that these same folks have complaints about Civil 3D’s point display representations, or rather point resolutions. It’s sad but true. Many want and still try and force Civil 3D to behave like older CAD software.…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
May 15, 2025
Tags points, Survey Codes, Standards, CAD Standards, Layer Standards, customization, Implementation
What is the Templates Only for Autodesk Civil 3D product? We get this question a lot for understandable reasons. We claim that Templates Only is a trial product. Templates Only is the quick and easy way to get a taste of our most popular product - Jump Kit is the Framework for Civil 3D.
Folks want to know, “Does…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Apr 10, 2025
Tags Templates Only, Jump Kit, design, survey, Civil 2D 2026, Civil 2D 2025, Civil 3D 2024, Civil 3D 2023, template
Some folks will unquestionably wait for an upcoming Autodesk Civil 3D 2025.1 Update before they upgrade to the 2025 release of Civil 3D. That’s a historical habit thing, do’n ja know. Before and during the recent July 4th week, Autodesk released the Civil 3D 2025.02 Update, a couple of significant Civil 3D Tools, and those sometimes vital…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jul 10, 2024
Tags Civil 2D 2025, Toolbox, Desktop Connector, transformation, Survey, Reference Explorer, geotechnical, Update
What is the Templates Only for Autodesk Civil 3D product? We get this question a lot for understandable reasons. We claim that Templates Only is a trial product. Templates Only is the quick and easy way to get a taste of our most popular product - Jump Kit is the Framework for Civil 3D. Folks want to know, “Does it work?”
The…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Feb 01, 2023
Tags Civil 3D 2023, Civil 3D 2022, Civil 3D 2021, Templates Only, Jump Kit, design, survey
Autodesk released the usual collection of Extensions and Utilities for Autodesk Civil 3D 2023 this week. The Civil 3D Extensions and Toolbox Utilities do tend to make the week prior to Memorial Day weekend interesting. These important tools are something we must wait for each year here in Civil 3D Land.
Of course, the most significant addition…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
May 26, 2022
Tags Civil 3D 2023, SHP, coordinate system, Revit, Layer Standards, geotechnical, survey, points, WATT