Product Description
Carlson Survey CAD software
OVERVIEW
Carlson Survey is designed to complement land surveying operations and provides a variety of survey features to process data from surface modeling to Least Squares Network Adjustment. Users work seamlessly between the office and the field by utilizing company-wide design styles for ease of use and efficiency.
Choose your platform – Carlson Survey works on:
■ IntelliCAD® (built-in)
■ AutoCAD® OEM (built-in)
■ AutoCAD® (sold separately)
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DATA COLLECTION INTERFACES
Upload and download to popular data collectors
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TRAVERSE ADJUSTMENT
Spreadsheet editor for raw data with graphics and processing for traverse adjustments
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SURVNET
Advanced network least-squares for total station, GPS and level data
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FIELD-TO-FINISH
Draw points with styles and in point groups set by point descriptions and draw linework by several flexible methods
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FIELD-TO-FINISH INSPECTOR
Inspect all field-to-finish elements, see description source and re-draw based on descriptions edits
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COGO
Streamlined inverse, traverse, sideshot, intersections, interpolation, translate, rotate, scale and align
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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
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DEEDS
Enter deed by description, read deed data from deed file, deed reports, deed correlation and generate legal description from drawing
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CUT SHEETS
Create custom cut sheet reports with reference grades and station-offsets
POINTS
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IMPORT/EXPORT
User-defined import and export of point data along with conversions with specific other formats
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DRAW POINTS
Draw points with settings for symbols, layers and styles
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POINT GROUPS
Point group manager to define sets of point by filters
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COORDINATE FILE HISTORY
Tracks all changes to points with report and undo functions
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FIX POINT LABEL OVERLAPS
Finds point label overlaps with rule options to fix automatically
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POINT TOOLS
Utilities for modify point labels such as move with leader, twist and resize
AREA/LAYOUT
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LABEL AREAS
Customized area label styles and several methods to select areas to label
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SIZE AREAS
Sliding side area, hinged area, area radial from curve and bearing area cutoff
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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
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LOT LAYOUT
Size lots along alignment with controls for target area, setback and frontage
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OFFSETS, INTERSECTION AND CUL-DE-SACS
Layout for ROW and EOP linework
ANNOTATION
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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
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CURVE LABELS
Label curve data in stack, along arc or in table
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SURVEY TEXT
Routines to create typical plat labels such as offset and building dimensions
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LABEL ELEVATIONS
Label spot elevations along an alignment
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LINETYPES
Draw special linetypes
SURFACES
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BUILD SURFACES
By triangulation or rectangular grids
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CONTOURING
One step triangulate and contour from 3D entities as well as contouring from surface files
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SURFACE MANAGER
Change surface display properties and adjust surface functions to add and remove points and breaklines and swap edges
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VOLUMES
Earthwork volumes between triangulation or grid surfaces
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PAD DESIGN
Tie cut/fill slopes from pad perimeter to surface, build pad surface, calculate and balance volumes, and edit pad parameters
CENTERLINES & PROFILES
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DESIGN AND EDIT CENTERLINES
Design or input alignments on screen or in dialog with graphics
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LABEL STATIONS AND OFFSETS
Annotate station and offsets along centerline and at selected points
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CALCULATE OFFSETS
Reports stations and offsets for selected points along centerline
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CREATE OFFSET POINTS
Create points at specified stations and offsets
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SPIRALS
Flexible handling of the most complex spiral curves including spiral-only elements going arc-spiral-arc, arc-spiral-line and line-spiral-line
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CREATE PROFILES
From surfaces, screen entities, points on centerline, etc.
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QUICK PROFILE
One step profile creation with real-time update while adjusting centerline
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INPUT-EDIT PROFILES
Enter profile data in dual spreadsheet and graphic window, and design in reference to controlling profile grade points
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DRAW PROFILES
Draws profiles on grids or plan-profile sheets with auto-updating based on edits
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PROFILES TO 3D
Create points and 3D polylines from profiles
