Now Posted! February and March Upcoming Training

We have recently updated our Webinar Series and Virtual Classroom schedules with dates in February and March!

If you’ve recently purchased software, you are eligible to attend any and all sessions of our Webinar Series. Just go to the Webinar Series tab in the upper-right corner of your That CAD Girl Customer portal to find the links to each session.

Click here if you have no recent purchases but would like to attend as a guest.


That CAD Girl is heading west!

We’re very excited – and appreciative! – to the Land Surveyors of Washington (LSAW) and to the Western Federation of Professional Surveyors for inviting us to present sessions at their 2024 conferences!

We will have some fun and exciting events at our booth that you won’t want to miss, so make sure to come by while you’re there!

In Tulalip at the 2024 LSAW Conference, That CAD Girl will be presenting Survey Project from Field to Plotted Sheet with Carlson Software – tentatively scheduled on Wednesday, Feb 28th.

 

At the Western Regional Survey Conference in Las Vegas, we will also have fun ‘n’ games at our booth and will be presenting Survey Project from Field to Plotted Sheet with Carlson Software.

And you won’t want to miss our other session! In Dueling Piano… err, Dueling CAD Stations: Civil 3D vs Carlson Software with John Dingwall of CAD Masters, we will go head-to-head to demonstrate how each program handles your day-to-day Survey work.

Early registration is still open for both Conference, so register today!


2023 Carlson Software Workshops – In-Person and Virtual

We are happy to announce that our annual That CAD Girl and Carlson Software Workshops are finally returning to “our regularly scheduled programming” here in 2023!!

For the first time since 2019 we will be holding in-person workshops in Raleigh and Statesville, North Carolina in November and will also conduct 2-days of Virtual Workshops for those outside our area. We always aim to provide the training you need, as conveniently as possible, to fulfill your continuing education and professional development requirements.

Pricing is $99 per day for in-person and $99 for 2-days of Virtual.

However, you can attend our Virtual Workshops for FREE with the purchase of a new license of Carlson Software from That CAD Girl or with your registration to in-person workshops.

Click here to learn more about our Raleigh NC event on 11/7/2023

Click here to learn more about our Statesville NC event on 11/9/2023

Click here for more about our Virtual Workshop sessions on 11/29 and 12/6/2023

 


Save the date, it’s official! In-person (and Virtual) end of year workshops are back in 2023!


No more 90-day licenses from Carlson

In 2020 with the onset of COVID, Carlson Software began offering the option of 90-Day licenses to accommodate users working at home. Just this weekend, we were notified that the 90-day licenses are no longer being offered as an option.

If you are currently running a 90-day license, you will need to consider purchasing a full license before yours expires. We will be sending out notices to our customers to give you as much advance notice as possible.

Please contact Claire or me at [email protected] or (954) 223-4495 if you have questions or need pricing.


Missed our Virtual Workshops? Recordings now available for purchase

We’ve had many requests to make the recordings from our 2022 Virtual Workshops available for purchase – so we’ve listened! You can now purchase access to all of those recordings for only $99.

Across all session over 6 days, we have about 36 hours of recorded training. The sessions Included:

Day 1, Introduction to CAD, Plain CAD… AutoCAD or IntelliCAD… for the new user

Day 2, Introduction to Carlson Software for the new user

Day 3, Carlson Software Showcase featuring Q & A Round-Table and Ask-the-Expert sessions with Carlson Software staff

Day 4, Carlson Field to Finish, from start to finish

Day 5, Civil Design in Carlson Software

Day 6, Carlson Software Case-Studies and Tips & Tricks

If you have any questions, please reach out to Claire DiBlasi or me at [email protected].


2022 Virtual Workshop Registration Discount!

Although we’ve already completed 2 of our 6-days of workshops, we’ve continued to get calls and requests to register for the remaining days. 

It’s true that “the best is yet to come” but, in the spirit of Thanksgiving, Black Friday and end-of-year specials, we’ve decided to reduce the cost of the registration to $99 for the remaining sessions.

Coming up Tuesday Nov 29th, we are putting the sales, support and development teams from Carlson Software in the hot seat to answer your questions! You won’t want to miss this!

 

Currently scheduled: Bruce Carlson, Leonid Entov, Scott Griffin, Butch Herter, Mark Long, Doug Aaberg, Sara Winter, Shan Lu, Lon Watson, John Gerber and more!


Survey OEM 2023 Released!

I’ve been pretty impressed with the stability and performance of the Carlson 2023 products so it’s not a surprise that they have released Survey OEM 2023 so quickly.

Wondering what’s new in the latest release? Don’t miss our FAQ: What are the improvements to Carlson over previous versions? 

Anyone who purchased 2022 after 10/1/2022 is eligible for a free upgrade to 2023. Please send Claire or me an email at [email protected] and we’ll help you get your new serial number.

If you are interested in running a 30-day trial to try it before you buy it, please reach out to us and we will be happy to send that to you as well. 

PS: Carlson’s and That CAD Girl’s year-end specials are ongoing through 12/31/2022… don’t miss out!


On the Agenda… Fast Track to CAD


I’m just finishing up the agenda for the first day of our 2022 Virtual Workshops – and I couldn’t wait to share! On Tuesday 11/15 we’ll have 6 hours together for an Introduction to CAD. I guess I’m well on my way to developing a “series” of these Fast Track to… sessions.

Whether you’re using AutoCAD or IntelliCAD, I think this is going to be a very helpful training session because it’s scheduled with plenty of time to dig into some of the necessities for beginners. And, although this is a lead-in to Introduction to Carlson Software next week, this is SIMPLY CAD STUFF and will be perfect for beginners!

Here’s a bullet list:

  • Drawing Environment and Settings
  • Basic Draw Commands
  • Basic Edit Commands
  • Layers, linetypes and lineweights
  • Linetype Scales
  • Blocks and External References
  • Model and Paper Space
  • Drawing Templates
  • National CAD Standards

If you think this lesson plan would help you or co-workers out, there’s still time to register… only $199 for 6 days of training, and you can pick and choose which session(s) you’d like to attend!


Virtual Workshops 2022 – a line-up that goes and goes and goes…!

We’re a little late getting this posted but registration for our 2022 Virtual Workshops is now open! We are expecting to get back to our “regularly scheduled programming” (i.e. in-person workshops) in 2023 but, in the meantime, we want to make sure we give everyone more than you’re expecting.

Sessions start on November 15th and we will be offering more than 30 hours of sessions spread over 6 days!

Registration is only $199 and you can attend as many or as few sessions as you’d like.