There is a synergistic trinity of powertools available in the latest Release 7 update for Civil 3D 2019.1. We should consider that Civil 3D Project Templates, Reference Templates, and Project Placeholders are a powerful and productive triad. If we use them together, we get more project productivity than the sum of the parts. To…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Oct 11, 2018
Tags Project Management, DREF, video, project template, project, CAD Standards, data shortcuts, Reference Template, Civil 3D 2019
Many software enhancements and improvements happen throughout the year in Civil 3D Updates. The Civil 3D 2019 release in no exception. The 2019.1 Update is probably more significant than the initial release. The remorseless state and rate-of-change never ends. A single one of these new Civil 3D capabilities can shave days of work off the projects you are plugging away at today.
Civil engineers…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Sep 20, 2018
Tags Civil 3D 2019, Update, Jump Kit, InstantOn, Templates Only, Framework, AddOn, customization, implementation
The best companies that employ Civil 3D plan and manage their projects for creation, maintenance, and deliverables success. It is easy to mouth these conceptual platitudes. Are they AU bumper stickers? The work reminds me of Labor Day. We must acknowledge that the continuous development discipline and work is hard to do. The fixes are emotionally hard to keep doing. This is why the results of that…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Aug 30, 2018
Tags Project Management, DREF, implementation, video, project template, project, CAD Standards, data shortcuts, Reference Template
I probably go on and on too much about Intelligent Publish on Demand (iPOD) in Civil 3D. There is reason to my madness. I want to save every Civil 3D user tons of time. The people that care to pay attention say I do. Thanks for the feedback folks.
In the real world planned and systematic methods produce more consistent deliverables and better iterative civil design. The…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Aug 09, 2018
Tags project template, Toolbox Reports, Project Management, video, data shortcuts, project reports
Civil 3D bloggers often tend to focus on Civil 3D tactics rather than strategies. Civil 3D is a big and complex beast, so that is understandable. Here I try to strike a balance of the obligatory tactical detail and the loftier strategy issues that CAD Managers, advanced Civil 3D users, and customizers of Civil 3D must cope with. Like all the rest of you in Civil 3D Land, I continue to fail forward.
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Aug 07, 2018
Tags project, Project Management, NCS, alignment, collector, project template, naming convention