This is a great article by Greg Jordan who is currently serving his second term as secretary of the NCS Steering Committee and also serves on the Civil Task Team with me. NCS: Common Language for CAD Users
The CHSPACE (Change Space) command is simply a lifesaver for anyone using paper space to put together your project drawings. In AutoCAD, CHSPACE can be typed in at the command line or found in the Modify menu or ribbon panel. … Continue reading
The May 2012 issue of Professional Surveyor magazine has been published. This month they are featuring a software review I submitted: AutoCAD and IntelliCAD. You can order your FREE subscription to the print version of Professional Surveyor here. You can … Continue reading
In case you missed it, here is our April 2012 Newsletter…
I’d like to thank Art Thomas and the Richmond Virginia AutoCAD User Group for inviting Jeremy and me to demonstrate Carlson Software and data collection last night. Our hour-and-a-half long presentation covered the basic tools and Survey, Civil and GIS … Continue reading
Join us on Monday, May 7th when Jeremy and I will be presenting this part-field and part-office training with SurvCE. Topics for the day will include: Set up and configuration of SurvCE with your equipment Managing data files and import/export … Continue reading
Did you know that, when you’re in AutoCAD or IntelliCAD, you have a couple of different options when it comes to displaying the coordinate position of your crosshairs? For instance, when you’re NOT in a command, you have two options … Continue reading
For a limited time I’m offering a Data Flow Discount for current and new Carlson Software and SurvCE customers. If you’ve never purchased Carlson office or field software before, you are eligible for HUGE! discounts off SurvCE and any of … Continue reading
Anyone who has worked with AutoCAD for any length of time can usually create a standard dimension object. However, if you pay close attention to two items in the Object Properties dialog box, you can get very creative with the … Continue reading
With a post to their blog last night, Bruce Carlson announced that Carlson SurvPC data collection software (Windows version of SurvCE) can now view and write directly to the Esri .mxd and Bentley Microstation.dgn file formats. This is pretty exciting … Continue reading