General

• Built on AutoCAD: Runs in AutoCAD versions 2007 to 2000 as well as AutoCAD Map, Land Desktop and Civil3D
• 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 overlapsand 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 CE and Pocket PC
• Carlson Field: Take Carlson and AutoCAD to the field for data collection and stakeout with total stations and GPS
• Carlson Takeoff: Construction Estimating for earthworks, subgrades, material quantities, strata quantities and trench networks
• Carlson  Point Clouds: 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 Geology: Models drillholes and strata structures and attributes
  
  
  To see some of the feature improvements in Carlson Survey 2007 from the SurvCADD 2006 release, click here.
  
  
  
  

  On April 12th, 2006, after 18 years of excellent success in the survey market, Carlson Software officially retired SurvCADD, our original AutoCAD-based survey and civil design software. Carlson Software has replaced the original SurvCADD with two new separate products -- Carlson Survey 2007 and Carlson Civil 2007 -- based on evolutions of SurvCADD’s three basic modules: survey, surface and design. Carlson Software timed the announcement for the release of these two new and improved products to closely coincide with the release of AutoCAD 2007, the next generation of CAD design software from Autodesk.

  Carlson Survey 2007 is designed for the surveyor while Carlson Civil 2007 is designed for the civil engineer. However, although these products are designed to be used independently, both packages communicate seamlessly with each other.

  Carlson Survey 2007 has been designed to run inside AutoCAD 2007. It will also install and work inside AutoCAD 2006, 2005, 2004, 2002 and even 2000. It is so versatile that it also installs and works with the newest and even older versions of AutoCAD Map, Land Desktop and Civil 3D. We’ve even added a new Network Least Squares program called SurvNET.

  Carlson Survey 2007 combines the surveyor’s private language of point-based coordinate geometry (or COGO) commands within the AutoCAD drawing environment better than any other survey software in AutoCAD. Using Carlson Survey 2007, surveyors can download and upload to all popular field data collectors, process raw field data, check closures, adjust field data and map by Field-to-Finish using field coding. The surveyor can also input, rotate and translate boundaries, perform lot layouts, calculate and label areas and execute flawless curve data and line work labeling. Surveyors will use the point-based CAD/COGO commands found in Carlson Survey 2007 extensively as these CAD/COGO commands are the essence of the surveyor’s private professional survey language.

  Carlson SurvCE, our field data collection software, works together with our office software Carlson Survey 2007 for seamless integration from field to office and back. Carlson SurvCE works with all brands of survey equipment: conventional total stations, robotic total stations, and RTK GPS survey gear. Survey offices and survey departments throughout the US and the world are finding this obvious combination the most productive, straightforward survey solution for their field and office needs.

  Carlson Survey 2007 is a complete surveying solution working in AutoCAD, so all the core AutoCAD functionality is present when using Carlson Survey 2007. AutoCAD is the dominant CAD software for surveyors and civil engineers worldwide. Combining AutoCAD’s superior core functionality with Carlson Software’s 18 years of experience writing features for surveyors in AutoCAD, it’s easy to see why Carlson Software has become the most popular AutoCAD-based office survey solution available today.
  
  
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