There is no doubt about it. The Framework for Civil 3D is a continuously developed product. The Framework products for Autodesk Civil 3D 2021.2 dropped in earlier this week. We make changes to the Framework all the time. Over more than a decade of on-going effort, most of those improvements came at the request and suggestion of our many happy Framework customers.
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Jan 14, 2021
Tags Civil 3D 2021, Civil 3D 2020, AddOn, Expression Set, surface, contour, Label Style, Jump Kit
How we must express ourselves and our Civil 3D Surface data with Contour Labels is far from the simple task it first appears. Is anything in Civil 3D as simple as it first appears? We face the somewhat unnerving deliverables publication challenge of What if.
What if our client’s reasonable demand for a specific civil engineering design or…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Jan 06, 2021
Tags Civil 3D 2021, Civil 3D 2020, AddOn, Expression Set, surface, contour, Label Style, video, Jump Kit
MoreCompetency released a major Surface Contour Label Style update for the Release 8 Framework for Civil 3D 2021 and Civil 3D 2020 Jump Kit Style Libraries. These much-requested Label Style Library improvements support in-depth truncation of Contour Elevation display in multiple Contour Label Style formats. Hundreds of useful Contour…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Dec 29, 2020
Tags Civil 3D 2021, Civil 3D 2020, AddOn, Expression Set, surface, contour, Label Style, Jump Kit
No serious, in-depth discussion about Civil 3D Label Styles can dodge the serious matter of Expressions in Label Styles. In the Framework for Civil 3D products, we intentionally try and keep the risk of Label Style Expression use in the Framework’s Core Style library to a minimum. This has to do with practical Civil 3D Style maintenance problems…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Dec 17, 2020
Tags Label Style, Label Set, expressions, Expression Set, Jump Kit, AddOn, customization, template, Reference Template
We continue to chisel away at the nuances of Civil 3D Label Style method and practice - The art of annotation in Autodesk Civil 3D matters to us all. Some of that pound and grind is similar to the removal of the sculptural whitepace from the original blocks of marble that became Michelangelo’s David or Madonna and Child. Do we need Label Style structural…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Dec 01, 2020
Tags Label Style, Style, Style Management, annotation, annotative scale, iPOD, customization, implementation, Style Import