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Carlson, Civil 3D and Shootouts
Update 9/12/2009: Much appreciation to James Wedding at www.civil3d.com for extending the Carlson VS Civil 3D discussion to his website. A lot of commentary and good discussion has taken place on [...]Read more
BIM is not GIS
As someone quite entrenched in both disciplines (Civil and Architectural), I’ll add my 2 cents worth on the BIM vs. GIS subject. In my opinion, BIM and GIS are both [...]Read more
BIM for Civil… Not
Several months have passed since I made my original post BIM This, BIM That… What is BIM?. In that time, I have asked a lot more questions, read a lot more on the internet and had a lot of [...]Read more
Carlson Webinars – BIM, GIS and CAD Standards
Carlson Software recently asked Felicia and me to present webinars on topics we have particular interest in or specialize in. Felicia’s webinar on BIM, GIS and Carlson Software can be [...]Read more
Online Training – Friend or Foe?
With the economy what it is and everyone trying to get as much bang for their buck as possible, I’m finding that online training for your CAD software programs is an increasingly popular and cost [...]Read more
Carlson-IntelliCAD GIS Starter Kit from ESRI
Those currently using Carlson with IntelliCAD are eligible for a new “GIS Starter Kit” from ESRI. The Kit includes: ArcGIS ArcView desktop software A copy of the book A to Z GIS: An [...]Read more
The Power of LandXML
The ability to import and export to LandXML has been around for quite awhile, but I still get a lot of curious looks when I mention it in my training classes. So, what is it? And why should you [...]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
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
How Does Carlson Support Their Users? Ask David Farina
I’m going to post a LONG email stream between one of my clients, David Farina, Bruce Carlson and Dave Carlson. You can see the new feature that David requested and Bruce and Dave’s [...]Read more