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
Someone called this week and asked if the Framework for Civil 3D supports and/or supplies Reference Templates. Good question. In brief, we supply the resources in the latest Framework for Civil 3D 2019 products. Maybe we should produce and AddOn for 2018 products? In any case you have to choose to employ them and do so effectively.
Quality People Time
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Jul 12, 2018
Tags Project Management, DREF, implementation, video, project template, project, CAD Standards, data shortcuts, Reference Template
We say that Civil 3D requires you have a viable working Civil 3D Template (.dwt) that includes a library of Civil 3D Styles when you start a drawing. I might argue that we should consider this dubious advice to be a bit of a deception for the unwary. I certainly don’t want it to be a stone that causes others to stumble. Like the Accuser’s three temptation questions…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Jul 05, 2018
Tags Project Management, DREF, implementation, video, project template, project, CAD Standards, data shortcuts
Each new project we start in Civil 3D is an opportunity that we either capitalize on or we waste the chance to make the new project better. In my experience a lot of really awesome and skilled Civil 3D folks punt like the German World Cup team. It’s way too easy to be champions who go home early.
We All Do This
We use Civil 3D for a while. We undoubtedly now have a standard…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Jun 28, 2018
Tags project template, project, Project Management, dynamic model, implementation, CAD Standards
People often ask me what makes the Framework for Civil 3D special and different. In fairness everyone wants an answer that speaks to their current need. Let’s just call it - the state of their Civil 3D usage.
If you are a Civil 3D newbie crawling up out of Eagle Point or something, you look at the entire Civil 3D templates and Civil 3D styles challenge a…
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Posted by Tench Tilghman | Jun 14, 2018
Tags CAD Standards, Layer Standards, symbol, spreadsheet, Civil 3D 2019, Adaptive, management, change management