Tips from Experts Video Training
Useful Video Training Tips from Experts
The Civil Experts produce a wide range of Tips video content.
Content that is of significant benefit is listed here.
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ClearType and the Text Component Editor
ClearType and the Text Component Editor
3/11/2021
Autodesk's Jeff Bartels covers how to turn off Windows ClearType to improve Text Display in the Label Style Text Component Editor.
This is a Civil 3D Quick Tip post and video.
See the Jeff Bartels YouTube Channel.
and the Civil Immersion blog.
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A somewhat useful bit of Windows Settings trivia that may make work in the Text Component Editor (TCE) easier.
Automated Property Set Data Labels
Automated Property Set Data Labels
2/8/2021
Joe Hedrick, a Technical Specialist at IMAGINiT, delivers the second of a three part video series on a creative use of Property Set Data implemenation in Civil 3D.
This second video focuses how to employ Property Set Definitions in Civil 3D Label Styles.
From the IMAGINiT YouTube Channel.
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You will only see the Property Set tab in the Text Component Editor (TCE) for Label Styles for Civil 3D Features with Property Sets that reference them in the drawing.
Automated Civil 3D Property Set Data Definitions
Automated Civil 3D Property Set Data Definitions
2/5/2021
Joe Hedrick, a Technical Specialist at IMAGINiT, delivers the first of a three part video series on a creative use of Property Set Data implemenation in Civil 3D.
This initial video focuses how to define a Property Set Definition with a Formula based calculation and simply apply that to entities.
From the IMAGINiT YouTube Channel.
Comments
Joe delivers some solid advanced Property Set creation and assignment instruction on the way to solving an interesting challenge in Civil 3D.
There is a small bit of Civil 3D API VBSCRIPT code involved which is explained.
You might want to employ a Civil 3D Structure ObjectID and not the AutoCAD drawing specific Handle, but maybe I'm missing something.
These days we might also consider a Dynamo for Civil 3D solution to test the Structures differently and then update the Property Set value(s) via a Dynamo script.
That is not so instant a solution, but is less Civil 3D release specific and perhaps easier to generalize to other and/or more detailed purposes.
The power of the Property Set vehicle is the most important transportable and adaptive part to get.