Classrooms & Conferences
That CAD Girl offers both virtual (online) and on-site, in-person classroom training.
Classroom training may be conducted solely through That CAD Girl or as sessions during industry conferences and trade shows.
Classes & Conferences
Virtual Classroom
Conferences
In-Person Classes & Conferences
North Carolina Society of Surveyors 2024 Conference & Trade Show
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!
Please stop by our booth in the exhibit hall!
Kentucky Association of Professional Surveyors - 2024 KAPS Annual Conference
Join That CAD Girl for our session Overview of Carlson Survey – From Field (to Finish) to Plotted Sheet and Surface Modeling in Carlson Software then stop by our booth to say “Hi!”
Maryland Society of Surveyors - 57th Annual Fall Conference and Exhibition
Join That CAD Girl for our session Survey Project from Field to Plotted Sheet in Carlson Software and Surface Modeling and Profiles in Carlson Software then stop by our booth to say “Hi!”
Delaware Association of Surveyors - 2024 Conference and Expo
Join That CAD Girl for our session Overview of Carlson Field to Finish and Surface Modeling in Carlson Software then stop by our booth to say “Hi!”
Land Surveyors Association of Washington 2024 Conference
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!
Early registration ends January 30th
Join That CAD Girl for our session From Field to Plotted Sheet in Carlson Survey and then stop by our booth to say “Hi!”
Western Federation of Professional Surveyors - 2024 Western Regional Conference
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!
Early registration ends January 29th
Where can you find us?
Join That CAD Girl for our session From Field to Plotted Sheet in Carlson Survey
Also, our session Dueling CAD Stations: Civil 3D vs Carlson Software with John Dingwall of CAD Masters will demonstrate how each program handles your day-to-day Survey work.
And, please, stop by our booth in the exhibit hall to say “Hi”!
2023 That CAD Girl & Carlson Software - End of Year Workshops
REGISTRATION STARTS SEPTEMBER 2023!
In-Person Workshops
Nov 7th Raleigh NC
Nov 9th Statesville NC
Virtual Workshops
Nov 29th
Dec 6th
Instructors:
Jennifer DiBona
Various presenters from Carlson Software
In-Depth with Carlson Hydrology
Dates:
March 16, 2022
March 23, 2022
Instructor:
Travis Maxwell, PE
This training has ended but access to the recordings may still be available for purchase. Please email [email protected] to find out more.
This 2-day virtual training class will cover the process of designing and calculating storm collection and detention systems using Carlson Hydrology.
Travis brings 30 years of experience in stormwater and civil engineering design and will cover every step of the design process from initial layout to submittal to construction.
Click here for Travis’s notes and a preview of the custom tool palette and material that will be covered in training.
The cost is $600 per person and includes:
- 9 hours of instruction
- Handouts and supporting spreadsheets
- Custom Tool Palette
- Recording will be available after the event – technology permitting
Each day will be broken into 3x 1.5-hour sessions separated by 1 hour breaks. There will be separate Go To Webinar sessions with unique links to each session. The links will be provided to you the day before the session.
We will be conducting a “test session” on Monday 3/14/2022 for everyone to test audio and video connections.
Getting Started in Carlson Civil
Dates:
2 days in May 2022
Instructor:
Travis Maxwell, PE
Fast Track to CAD and Carlson Software
Dates:
2 days in June 2022
Instructor:
Jennifer DiBona
Standardizing and Customizing IntelliCAD and Carlson Software
Dates:
2 days in July 2022
Instructor:
Travis Maxwell, PE
Fast Track to Surface Modeling in Carlson Software
Dates:
2 days in August 2022
Instructor:
Jennifer DiBona
2021 Virtual Workshops
Live, Interactive Online Training
Dates:
Dec 1, 2021
Dec 2, 2021
Dec 9, 2021
Dec 14, 2021
Instructors:
Jennifer DiBona
Travis Maxwell, PE
Doug Aaberg, PLS
Over 4 days, Jennifer DiBona, Travis Maxwell, Mark Long and Doug Aaberg will be presenting a variety of virtual online training sessions. Our agenda will provide more than 25 hours of online instruction over 4 days and you will be able to attend any or all sessions.
Day 1 will be similar to last year’s virtual workshops and previous year’s in-person workshops as we will have speakers rotating in and out through the day. The remaining 3 days will offer in-depth training focusing on different Carlson Software products.
The cost is $99 per person, payable at the time of registration and there will be no refunds.
Registration includes:
- your option to attend any or all sessions over 4 days
- certificates of attendance for professional development
- Day of Show Specials on software, upgrades and maintenance renewals
Over the course of the 4-day Virtual Workshops, we will have separate Go To Webinar sessions with unique links to each session. The links will be provided to you the day before the first event.
We will be conducting a “test session” on Monday 11/29/2021 for everyone to test audio and video connections.
Getting Started in Carlson Software
Hands-On Training
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
Raleigh NC
Jennifer DiBona, Instructor
This is a full-day of hands-on training with, due to COVID-19, very limited seating of 10 people.
You will need to provide your own laptop computer with Windows 10 installed, power adapter and mouse. If you don’t have it already, we will provide Carlson 2020 or 2021 software with a 30 day trial serial number for you to use.
Cost is $250 per person, payable at the time of registration. There will be no refunds; however, registration to any hands-on class includes registration to all sessions of our Virtual Workshops scheduled for December 2020.
Registration includes:
- certificates of attendance for 8 hours professional development
- optional registration for Virtual Workshops in Dec 2020
- coffee, water & snacks, box lunch
- Day of Show Specials on software, upgrades and maintenance renewals
- door prizes and giveaways
Getting Started in Carlson Software
Hands-On Training
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
Raleigh NC
Jennifer DiBona, Instructor
This is a full-day of hands-on training with, due to COVID-19, very limited seating of 10 people.
You will need to provide your own laptop computer with Windows 10 installed, power adapter and mouse. If you don’t have it already, we will provide Carlson 2020 or 2021 software with a 30 day trial serial number for you to use.
Cost is $250 per person, payable at the time of registration. There will be no refunds; however, registration to any hands-on class includes registration to all sessions of our Virtual Workshops scheduled for December 2020.
Registration includes:
- certificates of attendance for 8 hours professional development
- optional registration for Virtual Workshops in Dec 2020
- coffee, water & snacks, box lunch
- Day of Show Specials on software, upgrades and maintenance renewals
- door prizes and giveaways
Basics of Surface Modeling in Carlson Software
Hands-On Training
Friday Nov 13, 2020
Raleigh NC
Jennifer DiBona, Instructor
This is a full-day of hands-on training with, due to COVID-19, very limited seating of 10 people.
You will need to provide your own laptop computer with Windows 10 installed, power adapter and mouse. If you don’t have it already, we will provide Carlson 2020 or 2021 software with a 30 day trial serial number for you to use.
Cost is $250 per person, payable at the time of registration. There will be no refunds; however, registration to any hands-on class includes registration to all sessions of our Virtual Workshops scheduled for December 2020.
Registration includes:
- certificates of attendance for 8 hours professional development
- optional registration for Virtual Workshops in Dec 2020
- coffee, water & snacks, box lunch
- Day of Show Specials on software, upgrades and maintenance renewals
- door prizes and giveaways
Introduction to Site Project Grading in Carlson Software
Hands-On Training
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
Raleigh NC
Jennifer DiBona, Instructor
This is a full-day of hands-on training with, due to COVID-19, very limited seating of 10 people.
You will need to provide your own laptop computer with Windows 10 installed, power adapter and mouse. If you don’t have it already, we will provide Carlson 2020 or 2021 software with a 30 day trial serial number for you to use.
Cost is $250 per person, payable at the time of registration. There will be no refunds; however, registration to any hands-on class includes registration to all sessions of our Virtual Workshops scheduled for December 2020.
Registration includes:
- certificates of attendance for 8 hours professional development
- optional registration for Virtual Workshops in Dec 2020
- coffee, water & snacks, box lunch
- Day of Show Specials on software, upgrades and maintenance renewals
- door prizes and giveaways
Introduction to Subdivision Road and Lot Grading in Carlson Software
Hands-On Training
Friday Nov 20, 2020
Raleigh NC
Jennifer DiBona, Instructor
This is a full-day of hands-on training with, due to COVID-19, very limited seating of 10 people.
You will need to provide your own laptop computer with Windows 10 installed, power adapter and mouse. If you don’t have it already, we will provide Carlson 2020 or 2021 software with a 30 day trial serial number for you to use.
Cost is $250 per person, payable at the time of registration. There will be no refunds; however, registration to any hands-on class includes registration to all sessions of our Virtual Workshops scheduled for December 2020.
Registration includes:
- certificates of attendance for 8 hours professional development
- optional registration for Virtual Workshops in Dec 2020
- coffee, water & snacks, box lunch
- Day of Show Specials on software, upgrades and maintenance renewals
- door prizes and giveaways
Introduction to Pipe and Structure Design in Carlson Hydrology
Hands-On Training
Tuesday Dec 1, 2020
Raleigh NC
Mark Long, Instructor
This is a full-day of hands-on training with, due to COVID-19, very limited seating of 10 people.
You will need to provide your own laptop computer with Windows 10 installed, power adapter and mouse. If you don’t have it already, we will provide Carlson 2020 or 2021 software with a 30 day trial serial number for you to use.
Cost is $250 per person, payable at the time of registration. There will be no refunds; however, registration to any hands-on class includes registration to all sessions of our Virtual Workshops scheduled for December 2020.
Registration includes:
- certificates of attendance for 8 hours professional development
- optional registration for Virtual Workshops in Dec 2020
- coffee, water & snacks, box lunch
- Day of Show Specials on software, upgrades and maintenance renewals
- door prizes and giveaways
Introduction to Pond Design in Carlson Hydrology
Hands-On Training
Wednesday Dec 2, 2020
Raleigh NC
Mark Long, Instructor
This is a full-day of hands-on training with, due to COVID-19, very limited seating of 10 people.
You will need to provide your own laptop computer with Windows 10 installed, power adapter and mouse. If you don’t have it already, we will provide Carlson 2020 or 2021 software with a 30 day trial serial number for you to use.
Cost is $250 per person, payable at the time of registration. There will be no refunds; however, registration to any hands-on class includes registration to all sessions of our Virtual Workshops scheduled for December 2020.
Registration includes:
- certificates of attendance for 8 hours professional development
- optional registration for Virtual Workshops in Dec 2020
- coffee, water & snacks, box lunch
- Day of Show Specials on software, upgrades and maintenance renewals
- door prizes and giveaways
2020 Virtual Workshops
Live, Interactive Online Training
Dec 15, 2020
Dec 16, 2020
Dec 17, 2020
Instructors:
To Be Announced
Over 3 days, Tuesday Dec 15th thru Thursday Dec 17th, we will be presenting a variety of virtual online training sessions. Over the 3 days I anticipate approximately 20 hours of online instruction to be offered and you will be able to attend any or all sessions over the course of 3 days.
This will be somewhat familiar to those of you who have joined us for our in-person workshops in past years as we will have speakers rotating in and out through the day. Details are still being worked out but we will be updating those here as we get closer and will have a confirmed lineup for you before registration opens.
Cost is $99 per person, payable at the time of registration and there will be no refunds.
Registration includes:
- your option to attend any or all sessions over 3 days
- certificates of attendance for professional development
- Day of Show Specials on software, upgrades and maintenance renewals
- door prizes and giveaways
2019 Western NC Workshops for Surveyors & Engineers in Hendersonville & Statesville
Hendersonville NC on Tuesday Nov 12, 2019
Statesville NC on Wednesday Nov 13 and Thursday Nov 14, 2019
2019 Eastern NC Workshops for Surveyors & Engineers in Raleigh
Raleigh NC
Tuesday Dec 10 – Thursday Dec 12, 2019
2019 Western NC Carlson Workshops for Surveyors & Engineers in Hendersonville
Day 1
Tuesday Nov 12, 2019
Hendersonville NC
Demonstration & Presentation
$99 per person
Seating is Limited
- Overview of SurvCE
- Avoiding Pitfalls with Data Processing in Carlson Survey
- Network Least Squares traverse adjustment with Carlson SurvNet
- Surface Modeling with P3D Topo
- CadNet 101
- Carlson Tips & Tricks
2019 Western NC Carlson Workshops for Surveyors & Engineers in Statesville
Day 2
Wednesday Nov 13, 2019
Statesville NC
Demonstration & Presentation
$99 per person
- Overview of Carlson GIS
- Down & Dirty Data Transfer
- Processing Drone Data with Carlson’s Photo Capture & Point Cloud Basic
- CadNet 101
- Surface Models, Profiles & Utility Networks with Carlson Civil & Hydrology
2019 Western NC Carlson Workshops for Surveyors & Engineers in Statesville
Day 3
Thursday Nov 14, 2019
Statesville NC
Hands On
$250 per person
Seating is Limited
You will need to provide your own laptop computer with Windows 10 installed. We will provide a 30 day trial serial number for you to use.
Room 1: Jennifer DiBona will teach Surface Modeling, Basics to Advanced
Room 2: Mark Long will teach Subdivision Design, layout and roadway grading
Room 3: Doug Aaberg will teach Survey Processing with Carlson Survey, traverse adjustment and field to finish
2019 Eastern NC Carlson Workshops for Surveyors & Engineers in Raleigh
Day 1
Tuesday Dec 10, 2019
Raleigh NC
Demonstration & Presentation
$99 per person
- Overview of SurvCE
- Avoiding Pitfalls with Data Processing in Carlson Survey
- Network Least Squares traverse adjustment with Carlson SurvNet
- Surface Modeling with P3D Topo
- CadNet 101
- Carlson Tips & Tricks
2019 Eastern NC Carlson Workshops for Surveyors & Engineers in Raleigh
Day 2
Wednesday Dec 11, 2019
Raleigh NC
Demonstration & Presentation
$99 per person
- Overview of Carlson GIS
- Down & Dirty Data Transfer
- Processing Drone Data with Carlson’s Photo Capture & Point Cloud Basic
- CadNet 101
- Surface Models, Profiles & Utility Networks with Carlson Civil & Hydrology
2019 Eastern NC Carlson Workshops for Surveyors & Engineers in Raleigh
Day 3
Thursday Dec 12, 2019
Raleigh NC
Hands On
$250 per person
Seating is Limited
You will need to provide your own laptop computer with Windows 10 installed. We will provide a 30 day trial serial number for you to use.
Room 1: Jennifer DiBona will teach Surface Modeling, Basics to Advanced
Room 2: Mark Long will teach Subdivision Design, layout and roadway grading
Room 3: Doug Aaberg will teach Survey Processing with Carlson Survey, traverse adjustment and field to finish
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Sample Training Classes
This class will provide a thorough overview of AutoCAD/IntelliCAD that will most benefit the beginning user and managers or principals wanting to know the basics.
Although these programs are not discipline-specific (ie. Civil, architectural, etc.) some areas will be discussed from a land surveying and civil engineering perspective.
Menus, coordinate formats, basic commands, drafting tools, layering, blocks, object properties and plotting will be covered.
Prerequisites: Basic computer knowledge.
With a new release of Autocad coming out every year, it’s hard to keep up! Come to this class to learn about the newest features contained in the last several releases of Autocad such as: dynamic blocks, tool palettes, the customized user interface (CUI) editor, tables, fields and sheet set manager.
We’ll also spend some time on external references, paper space and drawing orientation & rotation that are typical headaches to users.
Prerequisite: Basic understanding of Autocad functionality.
As a manager of CAD drafters and designers, do you find yourself asking, “How’d they do that? Why is it taking so long? Why can’t I just get in there and fix that? What in the world is a layer?
Or, maybe you want to know “just enough to be dangerous” about AutoCAD or IntelliCAD.
Whether you once considered yourself a pro at AutoCAD Release 10 or have yet to open your first DWG file, the information provided during this class will help you manage your CAD personnel more effectively and, quite possibly, help in production during those crunch times.
This class will be an overview of AutoCAD and IntelliCAD functionality covering such basics as file types, file management, layers, CAD standards, inquiry commands, plotting & printing. We will look at seemingly basic instructions that might be given to your CAD staff and the actual steps needed to complete them – you might be surprised!
Prerequisite: Basic computer knowledge.
Imagine a training class that allows you to create your own set of CAD Standards for your company that you can take back to the office with you. This 2 day class provides 12 hours of hands on training and guidance to help you create a comprehensive CAD standard for your company. We will cover standard layers, linetypes, pen weights, text styles, blocks and title blocks.
A more detailed list and description of needed content will be provided after registration. In order to ensure that each attendee is prepared for and brings the content needed for the class, a one hour pre-training session will be held online approximately 2-3 weeks before the class.
Please bring your own laptop and mouse. Trial versions of Carlson Civil Suite with IntelliCAD will be provided if needed.
Pre-Requisite: General working knowledge of IntelliCAD or AutoCAD and basic computer knowledge
This class is currently scheduled for: Mon/Tues, September 20-21 in Raleigh, NC
This class will demonstrate how to create a standard sheet set file and how to update your standard title blocks to work with sheet set manager.
Prerequisite: Basic AutoCAD functionality
Dynamic blocks are one of the most exciting new features of AutoCAD to come along in many years. Even learning the most basic steps can save many hours of production.
This class will teach you how to add basic parameters to and combine some of your most used blocks to increase their functionality. We will also look at how dynamic block properties can be extracted to tables and automatically update when quantities or properties change.
Prerequisite: Basic AutoCAD functionality
This class is designed to present the basics of Autocad as needed to work with Carlson software’s stand-alone Survey, Roads and TakeOff software packages.
Prerequisite: Basic computer knowledge