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…
Read more
Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Oct 11, 2018
Tags Project Management, DREF, video, project template, project, CAD Standards, data shortcuts, Reference Template, Civil 3D 2019
We shouldn’t have to reinvent the wheel to employ Civil 3D point data successfully. After more than ten releases of Civil 3D that would be dumb. The Pareto Principal, that famous 80 20 Rule, applies to our civil engineering and survey data. I argue, and most civil and survey folk would agree, that 20% of what we gather and create drives a large part of our project…
Read more
Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Oct 04, 2018
Tags point, survey point, Description Key, figure prefix db, not keys, wildcard, CAD Standards, Survey Query, video
We all know about bad assumptions. You believe something is totally obvious. You proceed to talk about a subject that way. People in the crowd nod their heads in affirmation. Meanwhile that same audience is actually completely baffled. This is a pretty common symptom of ED - Expert’s Disease. Oops, that didn’t come out exactly as I intended. You do get what I mean.
I had…
Read more
Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Oct 02, 2018
Tags Survey Codes, survey, figure prefix db, Description Key Set, survey db, point, survey point, video
The Framework for Civil 3D is all about a better managed Civil 3D. We take that work seriously. The Release 7 Framework’s complete managed system fully supports multiple releases of Civil 3D including: Autodesk Civil 3D 2019, AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018, and AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017. If you need them, Release 7 versions…
Read more
Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Sep 25, 2018
Tags Release 8, Release 7, Civil 3D 2018, Civil 3D 2019, Layer Standards, layer state, spreadsheet, customization, video, NCS 6.0
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…
Read more
Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Aug 30, 2018
Tags Project Management, DREF, implementation, video, project template, project, CAD Standards, data shortcuts, Reference Template