The Framework for Civil 3D is all about the reduction of the many manhours spent to get Civil 3D to function as advertised in production Civil 3D project environments. The Autodesk Civil 3D software we employ every day is only as capable as the content tools we have and then must maintain. Now that’s a bit crazy.
The Framework for Civil 3D is all about the…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Jun 23, 2020
Tags Civil 3D 2020, Civil 3D 2019, AddOn, Jump Kit, Description Key Set, figure db, spreadsheet, XML, customization, Update, Upgrade
If you use Autodesk Civil 3D in any release, the odds are that you employ LandXML (and some of the other supported ASCII text formats) inside your civil engineering and survey projects. If you don’t at least employ LandXML to backup and protect externally Civil 3D Features like Surfaces, Parcels, Alignments…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Apr 30, 2020
Tags Civil 3D 2021, Civil 3D 2020, Civil 3D 2019, landxml, alignment, profile, Quick Profile, surface, DREF, video, Description Key Set, figure prefix db
The mastery of Points is nothing to take lightly in Autodesk Civil 3D. Like that old saying, “It’s all about location, location, location, Baby.” Points are foundational in the civil engineering and survey professional disciplines. Then your favorite software vendor’s programmers take over.
Points are one of the most overused words in Autodesk Civil 3D speak.…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Mar 31, 2020
Tags Civil 3D 2020, Civil 3D 2019, Civil 3D 2018, Update, Description Key Set, figure prefix db, customization, video, WATT, spreadsheet
There are all kinds of useful videos, help docs, and even products out there in Civil 3D Land to help us pull-off all the many powerful things with Civil 3D Description Keys and Civil 3D Description Key Sets. I’ve been known to take part in all the blather. People sometimes ask what to do first.
Odds are whatever Description Key Set customization…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Jan 30, 2020
Tags tuple, not keys, BESTWay, points, figures, Survey Codes, Description Key Set, customization, spreadsheet
Folks who want or need to employ the Survey functionality in Autodesk Civil 3D tend to appreciate the Framework for Civil 3D. The words deep, robust, and adaptive say it all. You might call those powerful survey and civil engineering resources - features with benefits. Our preference has consequence and accountability that this humorous allusion…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Jan 28, 2020
Tags tuple, not keys, BESTWay, points, figures, Survey Codes, Description Key Set, customization, Survey Query, spreadsheet