Many, if not most, of our Civil 3D Projects will involve multiple forms of Reference Replacement. Many of us employ the classic External References (XREF) basemap strategy in our plan set publication.
There are two common scenarios here. The Survey dept must update the existing annotation for the proposed project’s Parcel map. Survey can…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jul 13, 2022
Tags reference, XREF, DREF, IREF, Project Management, Data Shortcut Manager, Data Shortcut Editor, Reference Explorer, video
The latest Autodesk Civil 3D 2022.2 Update is a good thing. One good thing deserves another. The latest update builds of the Framework for Civil 3D 2022.2 products are now available. The new Jump Kit and Templates Only products include many significant improvements to the supplied Civil 3D Templates, Civil 3D Style Libraries, and…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jun 23, 2022
Tags Civil 3D 2022, Jump Kit, Templates Only, Update, Upgrade, video
Autodesk Civil 3D includes many powerful and capable grading tools. We each develop our go to lists of favorites and preferred workflows to follow. Ted is a Feature Lines Only fanatic. Sally is a Site Design Corridor wunderkind. The company design group in Tulsa banned the use of Civil 3D Grading Objects in all projects. We know the drill.
Our preferred…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jun 16, 2022
Tags Grading Optimization, AEC Collection, Civil 3D 2023, grading, site design, Multiple Baseline Corridors, Corridors, video, implementation
The Framework for Civil 3D Jump Kit product is notable and perhaps even famous for the product’s native support for multiple variations of the National CAD Standard (NCS) Layer Standards. These include the current NCS 6.0 and NCS 6.0 AIA variants. These common NCS Layer Standard variants are variously required for GSA, DOD, and US Army Corps project submittals.
People ask,
“Does…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jun 14, 2022
Tags CAD Standards, Layer Standards, CAD Management, NCS, NCS 6.0, layers, layer state, video, Jump Kit, LAYTRANS
The latest Framework for Civil 3D 2023 Release 8 contains the largest and most in-depth collection of Civil 3D Templates, Civil 3D Styles, and mission critical Civil 3D resources available anywhere at any price. There’s a mouthful.
The capability for our Framework for Civil 3D civil engineering and survey customers to visualize, edit, and maintain all of those many Civil…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jun 07, 2022
Tags Civil 3D 2023, Jump Kit, Project Management, customization, Expression Set, project template, project reports, Reference Explorer, video