I probably go on and on too much about Intelligent Publish on Demand (iPOD) in Civil 3D. There is reason to my madness. I want to save every Civil 3D user tons of time. The people that care to pay attention say I do. Thanks for the feedback folks.
In the real world planned and systematic methods produce more consistent deliverables and better iterative civil design. The…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Aug 09, 2018
Tags project template, Toolbox Reports, Project Management, video, data shortcuts, project reports
Civil 3D bloggers often tend to focus on Civil 3D tactics rather than strategies. Civil 3D is a big and complex beast, so that is understandable. Here I try to strike a balance of the obligatory tactical detail and the loftier strategy issues that CAD Managers, advanced Civil 3D users, and customizers of Civil 3D must cope with. Like all the rest of you in Civil 3D Land, I continue to fail forward.
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Aug 07, 2018
Tags project, Project Management, NCS, alignment, collector, project template, naming convention
For reasons that remain even a mystery even to me, this month has been a collection of large-scale project questions and answers. Everyone who called seemed to have a larger and more complex project in the works. They were all head down in the practical details of large SurveyDb projects or big lidar point cloud data sets coupled in their projects with lots of connected models delivered in various…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Jul 26, 2018
Tags Infraworks, Civil 3D 2019, Update, Revit, coordinate system, Project Management, video, project, ArcGIS
We learn fairly quickly that when we open a raw AutoCAD dwg or dwt file in Civil 3D, the software code injects the core components of the Civil 3D data behind into that dwg or dwt. Symptomatically, we end up with a collection of code-built Standard styles unless we feed Civil 3D a template with a Style collection. If we customize Civil 3D, we learn rapidly not to…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Jul 19, 2018
Tags project template, data shortcuts, video, customization, implementation, Project Management
Our sense of expectation is a powerful force. It casts a ghostly hue and cry across all our endeavors. Writers, playwrights, and directors like to employ twists on our expectations to entertain us. Films like the Sixth Sense and The Others help make the point entertaining. We love being fooled - so…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Jul 17, 2018
Tags Project Management, DREF, implementation, video, project template, project, CAD Standards, data shortcuts