People organizations and make AutoCAD Civil 3D implementation too big a deal. It isn’t rocket science. Civil 3D is a software tool. It may be a big, new tool, so a bit of caution is probably in order. The fact of the matter is, we actually already know how to do it. We’re engineers.
The Mission Impossible
“Houston. We have a problem.” Yes. Barring a miracle, the astronauts…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Aug 29, 2013
Tags implementation, AUGI, AUGI World, sheet set template, sheet template, template
Last post we splashed down and around the term Bucket to make Civil 3D Features a bit easier to get our heads around. There’s What, How, When, and Model buckets to AutoCAD Civil 3D Features. For all that strange stuff we have really only one chore.
Ripples in the Bucket
Each and every single Feature MUST have a unique name. This is an OOP (Object Oriented Programming)…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Feb 28, 2013
Tags naming conventions, collector, bucket, Name Template, template, placeholder, standards, feature name
Earlier this month there was a barrage of tweets about the stock templates that ship with AutoCAD Civil 3D. By in large everyone seems to agree Autodesk’s stock templates are pretty pathetic. Many users attest they are “useless” or worse. There were a few tweets that contained replacement characters like #@$%.
What the Tweet?
Their original creator (who shall remain unnamed here)…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman Jan 02, 2013
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), Highway Division has posted thier CAD Standards for AutoCAD Civil 3D on thier website.
The MassDOT Highway Division now has a public page where you can download thier CAD Standards for AutoCAD Civil 3D.
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The resources available include: Templates, Assemblies, Symbol and block libraries, Survey guidelines, Description…
Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jan 12, 2012
Tags DOT, road templates, template
In Hyannis, MA at the annual at the Massachusetts Association of Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers (MALSCE) Annual Convention late last month The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MASSDOT) announced the department will require future project submissions in AutoCAD Civil 3D beginning Jan 2012.
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