The Point is one of the most overused words in Autodesk Civil 3D. Are we talking about COGO points? Survey Points? Point Groups? Point data in a Surface? Points of Intersection in our horizontal, vertical, and cross section control?
This list of different and/or separate meanings for the word Point seems to be a never-ending story.
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Feb 12, 2026
Tags Description Key, Description Key Set, point, Point Style, Point Label Style, expressions, Expression Set, Property Set, point group, figure, survey db
It’s a pretty good bet that most people in Civil 3D Land consider Points to be pretty much a survey thing in Civil 3D. It’s an even better bet that these same folks have complaints about Civil 3D’s point display representations, or rather point resolutions. It’s sad but true. Many want and still try and force Civil 3D to behave like older CAD software.…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
May 15, 2025
Tags points, Survey Codes, Standards, CAD Standards, Layer Standards, customization, Implementation
What is the Templates Only for Autodesk Civil 3D product? We get this question a lot for understandable reasons. We claim that Templates Only is a trial product. Templates Only is the quick and easy way to get a taste of our most popular product - Jump Kit is the Framework for Civil 3D.
Folks want to know, “Does…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Apr 10, 2025
Tags Templates Only, Jump Kit, design, survey, Civil 3D 2024, Civil 3D 2023, template, Civil 3D 2025, Civil 3D 2026
Some folks will unquestionably wait for an upcoming Autodesk Civil 3D 2025.1 Update before they upgrade to the 2025 release of Civil 3D. That’s a historical habit thing, do’n ja know. Before and during the recent July 4th week, Autodesk released the Civil 3D 2025.02 Update, a couple of significant Civil 3D Tools, and those sometimes vital…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Jul 10, 2024
Tags Civil 2D 2025, Toolbox, Desktop Connector, transformation, Survey, Reference Explorer, geotechnical, Update
What is the Templates Only for Autodesk Civil 3D product? We get this question a lot for understandable reasons. We claim that Templates Only is a trial product. Templates Only is the quick and easy way to get a taste of our most popular product - Jump Kit is the Framework for Civil 3D. Folks want to know, “Does it work?”
The…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Feb 01, 2023
Tags Civil 3D 2023, Civil 3D 2022, Civil 3D 2021, Templates Only, Jump Kit, design, survey