I hope you caught the recent planetary news out of Caltech that our solar system may indeed have a new ninth planet. Mike Brown, who led the crusade to change Pluto’s formal classification to a dwarf planet from a planet, and his research partner,…
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Tench Tilghman
Jan 26, 2016
Tags Description Key Set, point group, point, deliverables, video
At the root of the NCS system is the concept of Standard Keys. These are most often connected to the NCS rules of Standard Layers and the way drawing information is published. The concept and implemented practice of Standards Keys can do a lot more than that. We employ Standard Keys all over the place in the Production…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jan 21, 2016
Tags standard keys, layers, implementation, customization, video
Great products actually get better and save you more time and effort. They can produce new unexpected, and even more useful results and opportunities. Our AddOn updates to the Production Solution products make a difference.
Our infamous Legends and Lists AddOn for many releases of AutoCAD Civil…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jan 19, 2016
Tags survey, spreadsheet, customization, implementation, points, AddOn, video
I’m an avid proponent of the use of AutoCAD Civil 3D Survey Dbs. If I need to track and annotate location in its many forms, I use them. We have multiple in-depth video series our Members can watch and learn about how to do that in your own projects. Productive stuff like how to get Survey data related to Alignments.
I’ve said before our old…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jan 07, 2016
Tags survey db, COGO points, survey point, figure, video
We know everything about the mechanics of Surface creation in AutoCAD Civil 3D. Don’t we?
Civil 3D works. Toss in the Points. Pump in the Breaklines. Manufacture a Boundary. Create the Data Shortcut and we’re good to go. You know. It’s the same old Cha Cha Cha.
“Bob? Did you just make us more work?”
A customer asked if I had an end to end walk-through…
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