How we annotate our Civil 3D Surface models with Contour Labels is far from the mindless task it first appears. Is anything in Civil 3D as simple as it first appears? Each and every Surface Contour Label can become many in Autodesk Civil 3D. We also face the somewhat unnerving deliverables publication challenge of What if.
What if our client’s…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Mar 17, 2022
Tags Expression Set, contour, surface, Civil 3D 2020, Civil 3D 2021, Civil 3D 2022, Civil 3D 2023, customization, Jump Kit, video
The Autodesk version of March Madness begins. Any day now the latest release of AutoCAD 2023 will hit the street. The Autodesk 2023 release is sure to provide us with productivity improvements. ACAD 2023 will ship with the usual collection of specialized AutoCAD Toolsets. Did you know that there are seven AutoCAD Toolsets? Can you name them?
An…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Mar 15, 2022
Tags Civil 3D 2023, Civil 3D 2022, Jump Kit, Templates Only, Upgrade, Update, Map 3D, video, implementation, customization
Here is something serious to consider or maybe that is something to consider seriously? Here’s an intriguing notion about Civil 3D Templates, Civil 3D Styles, and other Civil 3D resources development concerns what we might want to call The Is It Worth it in Civil 3D Paradox.
One side of the Civil 3D development coin says…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Aug 25, 2021
Tags customization, Civil 3D, Style Management, Jump Kit, CAD Standards, change management
The latest Framework for Civil 3D 2021.3 products officially hit the street this week.
The latest Jump Kit and Templates Only Release 8 products support the Civil 3D tools and features in the recent Autodesk Civil 3D 2021.3 Update.The increased Liberty to Work in Civil 3D is the fundamental goal…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Aug 05, 2021
Tags Civil 3D 2021, Update, Upgrade, Jump Kit, Templates Only, Release 8, NCS, NCS 6.0, customization, Adaptive, CAD Standards
Do we ask the right questions about Civil 3D and how we use it?
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By definition…Probably not. We human beings tend to not ask questions about what we believe we already know how to do. We rely too much on habit. We could call this the human autopilot. The autopilot works 95%+ of the time. Our brains spend a good deal of invisible time behind the scenes working on those building those structures…
Posted by Tench Tilghman | May 18, 2021
Tags customization, implementation, alignment, points, surface, corridor, grading, Jump Kit, Templates Only, project template, Style Management