Carlson Civil
Another Twist for World
I’d like to offer a few other arguments for the use of the DVIEW TWIST routines discussed in North Rotation: Using Twist Screen. The four Carlson DVIEW routines cited: Standard – This [...]Read more
North Rotation: Using Twist Screen
There have been many debates in various blog posts, discussion group posts, and articles regarding what is the best way to handle North rotation on maps. With AutoCAD-based systems, there were [...]Read more
Working with Land Desktop or Civil 3D Contours in IntelliCAD-based Carlson Programs
If you are working in an IntelliCAD version of Carlson Survey or Civil and need to bring in surface entities (contours) from a Civil 3D (C3D) or Land Desktop (LDT) drawing, it’s actually [...]Read more
Engineering, Construction, and BIM
There have been many articles, discussions, and presentations on Building Information Modeling in the recent months. If you haven’t already heard the basics, this post covers it well. For [...]Read more
Carlson + ESRI = Wow!
So, how cool is this? At the Carlson User Conference this week in Lexington, KY, Brent Jones of ESRI announced a new grant program in coordination with Carlson Software. The program will bring [...]Read more
Brent Jones of ESRI discusses ‘Why GIS Needs Surveyors’
Combining all the GIS and land development technologies that exist today is what Brent Jones suggested surveyors do in his keynote address to the attendees at the 2nd annual Carlson User [...]Read more
Dewberry’s Dave Palumbo presents ‘Choosing and Implementing Carlson’
Starting his presentation at the Carlson User Conference by saying “Carlson works for us,” Dave Palumbo, PE, Technology Manager for Infrastructure Services at Dewberry, noted that [...]Read more
BIM vs. “CIM” – Is it a Noun or Verb?
I wanted to share my opinion related to the BIM this, BIM that… What is BIM? article to essentially equate (or draw parallels between): “Acronym” “Location” [...]Read more
Carlson Software Expands Carlson College™
Carlson Software recently expanded their expert level training program, Carlson College™, and started the Carlson College Training Program. This new program will allow individuals and companies [...]Read more
Coming in Carlson 2010
I’m not privy to the “official” list of coming updates, but I can share a few things that I know will be in the next release. Most of these come from “wishlist” [...]Read more