People often ask what makes the Framework for Civil 3D special and different. Everyone wants an answer that speaks to their current need. Everything depends on the state of their Civil 3D usage both personal and corporate. Yes, there are indeed corporate Civil 3D skills.
If you are a Civil 3D newbie or are starting a new civil engineering practice, you must…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Jul 14, 2020
Tags Jump Kit, Templates Only, Civil 3D 2021, Civil 3D 2020, customization, CAD Standards, Style Management, change management
People call and ask when will the Framework for Civil 3D 2021 be available. Real soon now. We are head down finalizing a major upgrade to the Framework Release 8 for multiple releases of Civil 3D. The Framework products for Civil 3D 2020 already run great in 2021. The Framework Civil 3D Templates, Civil 3D Styles, and in-depth other resources already perform beyond…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | May 28, 2020
Tags Civil 3D 2021, Civil 3D 2020, Civil 3D 2019, Release 8, Jump Kit, Templates Only, Style Library
To sub or not to sub. That is the question.
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Do you employ the Autodesk Civil 3D stock subassemblies or your own custom PKT files versions produced with the Civil 3D Subassembly Composer to produce Assemblies used in Baseline Regions in your Corridor designs? As in the norm with the Civil 3D Diva, we soon discover there is…
Posted by Tench Tilghman | May 05, 2020
Tags subassembly composer, Subassembly, Assembly, Assembly Set, corridor, region, Code Set Styles, codes, video
We can make the annotation of Complex Corridors in Autodesk Civil 3D faster, better, and more consistent. A Complex Corridor is one of those Multiple Baseline beasties (or beauties) that can model our design solutions more effectively.
Autodesk invests seriously on improving the Civil 3D Corridor engine’s capabilities. Today, Civil 3D users to can grade…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Feb 18, 2020
Tags corridor, annotation, group labels, Label Style, feature line, View Features, Survey Codes, survey db, spreadsheet, video
I intentionally employ the metaphor of the US Constitutional principal of the Separation of Powers to talk about how civil engineers and surveyors need to systematically manage to divide and conquer resources and more inside and around Civil 3D. The Arts of Separation help us all to employ the software successfully in production.
The principals of separation are, as they…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Jan 16, 2020
Tags implementation, Project Management, Style Management, names, Dynamiic Model, change management, XREF, DREF, TREF, CAD Standards