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.