AutoCAD Civil 3D started out to establish a new civil engineering design paradigm. Get the model and the data right. For practical purposes that right means - suitable. From that suitable model we may automatically publish what we need to deliver in many forms.
This is the first installment in a multi-post review of key Civil 3D Tools. A primer on the mission critical capabilities and tools…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Mar 07, 2017
Tags survey db, survey, surface, Civil 3D 2016, Civil 3D 2017, query, video
One of the great things about AutoCAD Civil 3D is that there are lots of ways to get things done. One of the worst things about Civil 3D is that there are lots of ways to get things done. The power of the Civil 3D Data Behind, the Clout of Style, and this dichotomy is often exemplified by how (well) we employ annotative Label Style.
Substance and Style
Both…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Feb 23, 2017
Tags iPOD, Label Style, Point Label Style, publish on demand, layers, Layer Standards, video
Autodesk works continuously to improve AutoCAD Civil 3D. That’s a good thing. They had user meetings last week to prove it. Based on managed, corporate governance the development team works from a set of known goals towards a clear set of objectives. Does that mean that Civil 3D users actually can benefit from the new cool stuff? History demonstrates to all of us…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jan 17, 2017
Tags Jump Kit, Release 7, Style, Style Management, tools, video
Autodesk released a third update to the 2017 release of #Infraworks360 aptly named Infraworks 360 2017.3. The download update is/or will be available to subscription customers via the Autodesk Desktop App.
This latest January 2017 release extends the Infraworks capabilities in the directions pointed…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jan 05, 2017
Tags Infraworks, Update, video
AutoCAD Civil 3D is stuffed like a platter of Football Playoff Day nachos with an overwhelming number of ways and tools to manipulate our civil engineering and survey data. I’ve said it before. In Civil 3D it pays to ask the question:
“What Do You Watch?
It’s All About that Data Behind.”Happy New Year! Get that mojo workin’. To get more from what we have we must think outside…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jan 03, 2017
Tags deliverables, point group, Point Label Style, annotation, implementation, video