Land Desktop
Thank you to the Richmond AutoCAD Manifest (RAM)
I’d like to thank Art Thomas and the Richmond Virginia AutoCAD User Group for inviting Jeremy and me to demonstrate Carlson Software and data collection last night. Our hour-and-a-half long [...]Read more
Picks and Clicks: Field to Finish Follow Up
This article originally appeared in the December 2011 issue of Professional Surveyor magazine. After we published “Understanding Field to Finish” in the September issue, I received more feedback [...]Read more
Picks and Clicks: Conquer Problem Drawings
This article originally appeared in the February 2011 issue of Professional Surveyor magazine. While working with IntelliCAD, AutoCAD, or any other AutoCAD-based programs, we’ve all encountered [...]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
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