Civil 3D maintenance and upkeep is a huge topic. The better cures for the most common Autodesk Civil 3D maintenance issues are probably best administered in small doses over long periods of time. Rather than having to lose 20 pounds, it is far better to never gain those extra pounds in the first place. Sadly, that’s not usually how it gets done out here in the real world.
If we think about…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Apr 25, 2024
Tags Upgrade, Update, Civil 3D, Batch Save, Reference Template, Reference Explorer, tips, maintenance, Implementation
Should we rename this post Civil 3D Reference Templates are Derived and Dependent? My use of classic Latin references does sometimes gets in the way. However, the Latin verb redux combines well the concepts of both derived and dependent. In the case of Style references in Autodesk Civil 3D, the combined implication…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Apr 18, 2024
Tags Reference Template, Reference Explorer, TREF, CAD Standards, Upgrade, Update, implementation, Civil 3D 2025, video
The new Framework for Civil 3D 2025 products officially hit the street this week. The latest Jump Kit Release 8 product for Autodesk Civil 3D 2025 includes huge libraries of well-crafted, integrated, and system managed Civil 3D content resources.
The new Framework for Civil 3D is great news if you want and need your Autodesk Civil 3D to…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Apr 11, 2024
Tags Civil 3D 2025, Upgrade, Update, Jump Kit, Templates Only, video
The Autodesk Civil 3D Alignment Feature alters, and continues to alter, how civil engineers and survey professionals and their organizations employ Civil 3D in production. Autodesk invests heavily in the technology surrounding the many Alignment-based tools in Civil 3D. The many capabilities and properties of the Alignment make the Alignment the core Feature in…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Feb 15, 2024
Tags alignment, alignment type, naming conventions, Name Template, offset alignment, connected alignment
Our work stays the same and our work changes. This is certainly true for Style maintenance and improvement tasks in Autodesk Civil 3D. It is fair to say that almost everyone who employs Civil 3D has issues with maintaining Style consistency inside the projects. Civil 3D Users mess with the stuff. This can be a good thing and a bad thing.
Those that claim to have conquered this beast in Civil…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Feb 01, 2024
Tags Style Management, Label Style, Label Style Defaults, CAD Standards, customization, maintenance, template, Reference Template, TREF