Inside Autodesk Civil 3D there are intimate, hierarchical relationships between an Alignment; its child Profiles; its child Offset Alignments; their slope-controlled Offset Profiles; Widenings; Intersections; Curb Return Alignments; and their Connected Alignment and Profile cousins.…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
May 16, 2024
Tags alignment, connected alignment, offset alignment, baseline, feature line, DREF, corridor, corridor surface, grading, Grading Optimization
Autodesk released the new Autodesk Civil 3D 2025 last month. Most of us in Civil 3D Land have more important work to do than install and test the latest and greatest Civil 3D. We have civil engineering and survey project work to get out the door. Truly, the latest Civil 3D 2025 is a faster, less buggy, and generally a better version of the software. Trust me. Sooner,…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
May 09, 2024
Tags Upgrade, Update, Batch Save, Jump Kit, Templates Only, Project Management, project template, Civil 3D 2025, Civil 3D 2024
Any exhaustive discussion about the big topic of the Alignment in Autodesk Civil 3D is a serial and long-term effort. Even the hopefully, familiar fundamentals of civil engineering Horizontal Control are nuanced for this one of many roles for the Civil 3D’s Design Control Manager. We certainly need to align our thinking with the essential and functional…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
May 01, 2024
Tags alignment, alignment type, feature line, horizontal control, vertical control, Project Management, reference point, station, segment types
Civil 3D maintenance and upkeep is a huge topic. The better cures for the most common Autodesk Civil 3D maintenance issues are probably best administered in small doses over long periods of time. Rather than having to lose 20 pounds, it is far better to never gain those extra pounds in the first place. Sadly, that’s not usually how it gets done out here in the real world.
If we think about…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Apr 25, 2024
Tags Upgrade, Update, Civil 3D, Batch Save, Reference Template, Reference Explorer, tips, maintenance, Implementation
Should we rename this post Civil 3D Reference Templates are Derived and Dependent? My use of classic Latin references does sometimes gets in the way. However, the Latin verb redux combines well the concepts of both derived and dependent. In the case of Style references in Autodesk Civil 3D, the combined implication…
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Posted by
Tench Tilghman
Apr 18, 2024
Tags Reference Template, Reference Explorer, TREF, CAD Standards, Upgrade, Update, implementation, Civil 3D 2025, video