Carlson Field-to-Finish 3D

New Spread Sheet Editor in Carlson Survey 2012

Carlson Survey 2012 and Carlson Survey 2012 Embedded AutoCAD® have been released--look for better 3D visualization, new 3D coding & much more

Carlson Survey 2012 gives users increased 3D visualization, extensive new 3D coding in its industry-renowned Field-to-Finish, and the ability to produce customized, more professional reports among its many additional improvements.

Here's a surveying software solution that is extremely versatile as well as a real time- and money-saver. As it always has, Carlson Survey works like a surveyor thinks. To learn more about Carlson, find a Carlson Representative or dealer near you or request a fully functional 30-day product evaluation.

The #1 office software solution for surveyors in the United States, Carlson Survey provides support in its 2012 release for AutoCAD^® 2012 and comes with IntelliCAD^® 7.1 built-in. This is in addition to working on AutoCAD versions 2000 and up. Carlson Survey 2012 Embedded AutoCAD comes with AutoCAD 2010 built-in. The following is a quick list of additional improvements:

• Geoids – Improved delivery of geoid models with addition of automatic download from web server when a geoid is referenced for the first time. Added Geoid Manager function to Data Collection to carve out a portion for uploading to SurvCE.
• Export Text/ASCII File – Added filter methods of within inclusion perimeter polyline, by coordinate window or center within radius.
• SurvNET – Added ability to report both grid and ground coordinates.
• Draw Locate Point – For polyline filter, added support for both inclusion and exclusion perimeters.
• Field-to-Finish – Added option for two different symbols with different sizes. For size special code SZ, added method to scale symbol x,y separately from z. Also added method to scale symbol "z" by another shot. Plus added SZ code method as a scaler size instead of absolute size.
• Edit-Process Raw File – Added method in Modify Measurements to adjust latitude/longitude/z of GPS records.
• Enter Deed Description – Upgraded to use Auto-Annotate for labeling with full set of controls including ability to link labels to the linework. Added option to choose Tangent for line segment after a curve to save having to enter the line bearing. Added option to enter angles as angle rights or deflections. For RW5 output, added ability to append to the RW5 and include the deed name as a note.
• Process Deed File – For Draw function, added option to label angles and distances in addition to drawing geometry. Added function to copy a deed.
• Inverse – Added option to report mean bearing.
• Label Station-Offset – Brought back feature to add offset description to existing point descriptions.
• Offset Point Entry – Added support for custom field order for import from file, and support for importing a point description.
• Station Polyline/Centerline – Added option for separate station intervals along curves.
• Cut Sheet – For points method, added option to match points by description field and added description field filters for station and offset data.
• Right of Way Crossing Table – New command to create table of ROW distances and lot data for polyline crossing through lots.
• Sliding Side Area – Added method to set angle for new edge by two reference points, by entered angle or by reference line.
• Survey Text Defaults – Added setting for decimal places to match current drawing precision.
• Stack Label Arc – Added option to center justify labels and option for delta symbol.
• Label Angles – Added support for labeling mean bearings.
• Label Coordinates – Added setting for the text style.
• Line/Curve Table Defaults – Added setting to control row height. Added functions to save/load settings to a file. Added support for Switch Bearing Quadrant to work with Table Entity style tables. Added support for using an alphanumeric string for the tag label.
• Split Table – New command to split a table entity style line or curve table into two tables.
• Merge Table – New command to combine two table entity style line or curve tables into a single table.
• Edit Table Values – New command for table entity style line or curve tables to edit table data in a spreadsheet.
• Line Types – Added new double parallel continuous line type.

Carlson Survey 2012 is made with surveyors in mind, allowing them to get the most out of all of their software. This software package is the culmination of 29 years of working with and for surveyors to both increase their accuracy as well as their productivity.

Click here to read what The Engineering Groupe, Inc., of Woodbridge, VA, has to say about using Carlson Survey and other Carlson Software products.

Surveyors will use the point-based CAD/COGO commands extensively, since it has more of them than any other product available today. Add the one-step contouring, volume calculation and construction stakeout features built into this innovative product, and surveyors can do all their mapping and construction stakeout -- from start to finish -- without having to resort to using any other software. For a quick movie sample, click Edit-Process Raw Data File.

Carlson is dedicated to giving its users a choice and in addition to developing on IntelliCAD, and will continue to develop on AutoCAD and Map indefinitely going forward.

"Carlson Survey does it all for us – it's a big time saver on all different levels. Platting seems to be easier because bearings and distances work better. The topography works a lot better – you can get TOPOs out quicker and the changes are minimal. Field-to-Finish is better because it connects all the line work for you. It just makes the whole process a lot easier. Every surveyor should have Carlson in their cad toolbox! It's the complete survey package with the best technical support on the market."

– Reed Adams, LS
Director of Land Surveying, Koontz-Bryant
Richmond, VA

General

• Built on AutoCAD and IntelliCAD: Carlson Survey 2012 will run in AutoCAD^® versions 2012 to 2000 as well as AutoCAD^® Map, Land Desktop and Civil3D and also on IntelliCAD 7.1.
• Project Setup: Flexible data storage methods
• Drawing Cleanup: Fix common drafting errors
• Drafting Enchancements: Handy tools for working in AutoCAD^® such as Join Nearest, Shrinkwrap Entities, Polyline Utilities, Drawing Inspector, Layer Inspector and Twist Screen
• Data Compatibility: Supports industry standard LandXML and scores of specific data conversions

Surfaces

• Build Surfaces: By triangulation or rectangular grids
• Contouring: One step triangulate and contour from 3D entities as well as contouring from surface files
• Surface Manager: Change surface display properties and adjust surface functions to add and remove points and breaklines and swap edges
• Volumes: Earthwork volumes between triangulation or grid surfaces
• Pad Design: Tie cut/fill slopes from pad perimeter to surface, build pad surface, calculate and balance volumes, and edit pad parameters

Centerlines

• Design and Edit Centerlines: Design or input alignments on screen or in dialog with graphics
• Label Stations and Offsets: Annotate station and offsets along centerline and at selected points
• Calculate Offsets: Reports stations and offsets for selected points along centerline
• Create Offset Points: Create points at specified stations and offsets
• Spirals: Flexible handling of the most complex spiral curves including “spiral-only” elements going arc-spiral-arc, arc-spiral-line and line-spiral-line

Profiles

• Create Profiles: From surfaces, screen entities, points on centerline, etc.
• Quick Profile: One step profile creation with real-time update while adjusting centerline
• Input-Edit Profiles: Enter profile data in dual spreadsheet and graphic window, and design in reference to controlling profile grade points
• Draw Profiles: Draws profiles on grids or plan-profile sheets with auto-updating based on edits
• Profiles To 3D: Create points and 3D polylines from profiles

Points

• Import/Export: User-defined import and export of point data along with conversions with specific other formats
• Draw Points: Draw points with settings for symbols, layers and styles
• Point Groups: Point group manager to define sets of point by filters
• Coordinate File History: Tracks all changes to points with report and undo functions
• Fix Point Label Overlaps: Finds point label overlaps with rule options to fix automatically
• Point Tools: Utilities for modify point labels such as move with leader, twist and resize

Survey

• Data Collection Interfaces: Upload and download to popular data collectors
• Traverse Adjustment: Spreadsheet editor for raw data with graphics and processing for traverse adjustments
• SurvNET: Advanced network least-squares for total station, GPS and level data
• Field-to-Finish: Draw points with styles and in point groups set by point descriptions and draw linework by several flexible methods
• Field-to-Finish Inspector: Inspect all field-to-finish elements, see description source and re-draw based on descriptions edits
• COGO: Streamlined inverse, traverse, sideshot, intersections, interpolation, translate, rotate, scale and align
• Coordinate Transformations: Transform coordinates and screen entities between lat/lon and grid projections as well as local to local by Helmert and least-squares methods
• Deeds: Enter deed by description, read deed data from deed file, deed reports, deed correlation and generate legal description from drawing
• Cut Sheets: Create custom cut sheet reports with reference grades and station-offsets

Area/Layout

• Label Areas: Customized area label styles and several methods to select areas to label
• Size Areas: Sliding side area, hinged area, area radial from curve and bearing area cutoff
• Lot Manager: Lot definitions by point numbers with functions to create lots, conduct mapcheck for closure, edit in spreadsheet with graphics, report lots and draw lots
• Lot Layout: Size lots along alignment with controls for target area, setback and frontage
• Offsets, Intersection and Cul-de-Sacs: Layout for ROW and EOP linework

Annotation

• Angle & Distance Labels: Flexible routines to label linework in all possible layout combinations plus available rules to automatically fix label overlaps and revise labels when entities move
• Curve Labels: Label curve data in stack, along arc or in table
• Survey Text: Routines to create typical plat labels such as offset and building dimensions
• Label Elevations: Label spot elevations along an alignment
• Linetypes: Draw special linetypes

Companion Programs

• Carlson SurvCE: Data collection for Windows Mobile and Windows CE
• Carlson Civil: Roadway design and site grading featuring the Carlson SiteNet, Road Network, and Lot Network routines
• Carlson Takeoff: Construction Estimating for earthworks, subgrades, material quantities, strata quantities and trench networks
• Carlson Point Cloud: Process laser scan data to generate models, breaklines and points
• Carlson Natural Regrade: Design stable land surfaces that follow natural hydrologic and geomorphology principles
• Carlson Mining: Models drillholes, strata structures for both Surface and Underground Mines

Carlson SurvCE combines advanced functionality, ease-of-use, and sheer capability to make it the first choice in data collection software.

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