Civil 3D
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
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
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
AutoCAD 2010 Release, Autodesk 2006 Software Retirement
Autodesk has announced that their 2010 products will be released on March 24, 2009. I found this post by Randy McSwain to be a good overview of the new features in AutoCAD 2010. As of March 13, [...]Read more
BIM this, BIM that… What is BIM?
Q: What is BIM? And, exactly how does it relate to the civil engineering industry? A: BIM, by definition, has nothing to do with civil engineering. BIM stands for “Building [...]Read more
Top Myths About Carlson Software
I’m asked many of these questions on a fairly regular basis and thought it was time to look into some of them and provide the fullest answer I could. Where possible, I’ve researched [...]Read more