Improvements for Carlson GIS 2007

Here are some important feature improvements in Carlson GIS 2007, from the Carlson SurvCADD 2006 release.

[General Commands]  [GIS Commands] [Data Conversions]

General Commands

• NEW Project Setup – Added ability to define data and drawing folders to associate with drawings. User-defined data folders can be specified for each data file type.
• Drawing Cleanup – Added several new functions such as removing overlapping polyline loops and fixing extruded arcs and text.
• File Selection – For all data file selection, added folder manager to set favorite folders for data files.
• 3D Viewer Window – Added ability to edit entity layers and elevations and to create selection sets.
• Transparent Commands – New transparent command of ‘CL for specifying a position by station-offset from a centerline at any point prompt. Created a new transparent command toolbar with this new station-offset command along with the existing ‘2 and ‘3 for 2D and 3D points by coordinate file point number commands.
• NEW Layer Inspector – New command to highlight, isolate and/or zoom to layers selected from a docked list.
• Report Formatter –Added more controls for sorting fields.
• NEW Selection Set By Elevation – New command to create a selection of entities within a specified elevation range.
• Add Points At Elevation – Inserts vertices into a 3D Polyline at a specific elevation or elevation interval by interpolating between existing elevations in the polyline.
• Draw 2D Polyline – Added method to enter initial distance and use cursor direction to start the polyline. Added method to specify reference centerline and enter points by station-offset. Added option to enter distances in feet and inches within extend mode. New option to label elevation of polyline.
• Highlight Crossing Breaklines – Added option for tolerance of elevation difference to report and option to merge 3D polyline with contour elevations.
• Remove Arcs Offset – New settings in Configure to control spacing on replacing arcs with chords.
• NEW Variable Offset – New command to offset a polyline with different offset amounts for each polyline segment.
• NEW Move Text – New command to slide text parallel or perpendicular to current rotation.
• Insert Symbols – New dialog interface for pre-defined layer, size and rotation.
• NEW Block/Insert Rotate – New command to set the angle of blocks by various methods.
• NEW Copy Polyline Section – New command to copy a portion of a polyline at the specified points and put copied portion on another layer.
• Align To Nearest Line – In Twist Point Attributes, Rotate Text and Rotate Inserts, added method to select multiple alignment polylines and align the objects to the nearest segment.
  

GIS Commands

• Report Formatter – For reports that use polyline perimeters such as Surface Mine Reserves, added ability when outputting the report to a database, to create Carlson GIS links bewteen the polylines and the database. Added more controls for sorting fields.
• NEW Create Image World File – New command to create a TFW file from a TIF image.
• NEW Label Areas With Object Data – New command that labels object data within Mpolygon areas with smart rules for different methods to handle any label overlaps.
• Data Capture: Text By Sample, Enclosed Text and Block Attributes – Rewrote these commands with new user-interfaces and creation of Carlson GIS data links.
  

Data Conversions

• NEW CARIB97 – Added support for this geoid model.
• NEW Civil 3D – New command to convert Civil 3D points into Carlson points.
• Idan Software – Added functions to output Idan .DIS linework and .REG point files in Write Polyline File and Export Text/ASCII file. Added method to import Idan .DIS linework in the Draw Polyline File command.
• NEW Geopak – New routine to import Geopak section data from .soe files.
• Leica GSI – Added another method of GSI coding for the generic format.
• NEW Leica 1200 – Added data collector transfer routines for Leica 1200 TS and GPS.
• NEW Pizer – New routine to import Pizer cross section files.
• Topcon Pocket 3D – In the Draw Polyline File command, added method to import linework from Pocket 3D.
• NEW Trimble/Geodimeter – Added command to import section data from .RLN files.