You do it. I do it. Most of us do it in Civil 3D. We employ no plot solid hatches as masking devices in our blocks to make the output we want to produce work when we publish. Put another way, we want our white space in the right place for a bunch of readability reasons.
Note to self.
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Please resist the temptation to turn we want our white space in the right…
Posted by Tench Tilghman | Feb 21, 2019
Tags block, symbol, Symbol Set, Upgrade, Reference Template, customization, Draw Order, Display Order
The new Release 8 of the Framework for Civil 3D 2019.2 is the Christmas present that delivers better production to civil engineers and surveyors from Autodesk Civil 3D 2019 all year long. The Framework is an adaptive managed system for all the many resources required to create and maintain a Civil 3D production environment. The latest Release 8 Framework is flexible,…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Dec 20, 2018
Tags Release 8, Civil 3D 2019, Jump Kit, InstantOn, Templates Only, Upgrade, NCS 6.0, Adaptive Template Building Blocks
The management of a Civil 3D customization and the many resources required by the software to function well in a Civil 3D production environment is no small task. When it is time to upgrade to a new release or a significant new Civil 3D Update, it pays to be aware of and to employ the latest available tools. Meet the BS Wingman.
Civil 3D Batch Save Utility
Autodesk released the…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Nov 20, 2018
Tags Batch Save, Civil 3D 2019, Civil 3D 2018, Civil 3D 2017, Upgrade, Update, customization, CAD Standards, management
Truth be told, the initial concept of the Framework for Civil 3D began over a beer at an AU many years ago. That small event might once again prove the point that free beer is responsible for the rise of civilization. Speaking of building civilization…
We Need Civil 3D Templates and Styles that Work
For regular attendees AU 2018 in Las Vegas, NV starts today. If…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Nov 13, 2018
Tags AU2018, Autodesk University, Release 8, Jump Kit, InstantOn, Upgrade, training, Civil 3D 2018, Civil 3D 2019
The deployment and implementation of any new Civil 3D release involves both significant opportunity and risk. No matter what, we all know it can steal our time. We all have a love to hate relationship with new product releases and upgrades.
This time of year firms consider upgrading their production version of Civil 3D for all the usual Civil 3D Update reasons. The first Civil 3D…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Nov 08, 2018
Tags Civil 3D 2019, Civil 3D 2018, deployment, implementation, training, customization, Jump Kit, InstantOn, Upgrade