"Your Construction Partner"
             Since 1970
 


MEMPHIS BRANCH

Ph:(800) 889-1426     mredd@icmmail.com  ( Mark Redd )  Fax: (901) 372-6073
Ph: (800) 889-1426     bthorne@icmmail.com  ( Budd Thorne )  Fax: (901) 372-6073

HOME PAGE   SITE MAP CONTACT US COMMENTS BRANCH  LOCATIONS

ABOUT ICM

ICM News Page
Used Equipment
Email ICM
Construction Info
 & Link Page
Employment

Credit Card Form
We Accept

Carlson Survey 2009 Software
BACK

 
Survey Software  Carlson Software  From ICM, Inc.

Increase accuracy, plus save time and money with Carlson Survey 2009, our most productive and intuitive survey solution yet. Representing the culmination of 25 years of progress by Carlson Software in the development of surveying software, Carlson Survey 2009 features the exclusive SurvNet and 100s of features based on
user input and designed to allow users to do more, do it better and in less time. Carlson Survey 2009 is available now.

NEW this year, in addition to Carlson Survey 2009 running on top of any AutoCAD® or Map® versions 2000, up to and including 2009, Carlson Survey comes with built-in IntelliCAD® -- a robust, DWG-compatible CAD platform that every CAD developer can build upon, making it both a for AutoCAD and a "standalone" product.

Includes SurvNET Network Least Squares, now essential for survey adjustment, and an enhanced LotNET, the most remarkable set of tools for automatic rule-based lot layout available anywhere.

Top new features for Carlson Survey 2009 include the following:

bulletArea Labels: Overhaul for complete flexibility plus overlap avoidance
bulletField-to-Finish: Fixed parameter coding to streamline field entry
bulletDrawing Explorer: Manage and access project data files
bulletSurvNet: New EDM calibration function.
bulletLotNet: Ability to place buildings within the lots.
bulletPlus – more than 50 new or improved features!

click for movieSurveyors will use the point-based CAD/COGO commands extensively, since it has more of them than any other product available today. Add the one-step contouring, volume calculation and construction stakeout features built into this innovative product, and surveyors can do all their mapping and construction stakeout -- from start to finish -- without having to resort to using any other software. For a quick movie sample, click Edit-Process Raw Data File, 

Also included are hundreds of enhancements to basic AutoCAD® commands. Note that Carlson Survey 2009 can be purchased individually or, for even greater savings, as part of the Carlson Civil Suite 2009, Carlson Survey 2009 runs atop AutoCAD versions 2000-2009, plus ICAD (IntelliCAD). Carlson is dedicated to giving its users a choice and in addition to developing on IntelliCAD, will continue to develop on AutoCAD and Map indefinitely going forward.

 


Click to
download Demo Software for Carlson Survey 2009
For AutoCAD, and with the IntelliCAD Engine


Click to download Demo Software for Carlson Survey 2009 Embedded AutoCAD®
With the AutoCAD engine built-in

 
Survey Software  Carlson Software  From ICM, Inc.


 

General

bullet Built on AutoCAD: Runs in AutoCAD® versions 2009 to 2000 as well as AutoCAD® Map, Land Desktop and Civil3D and on IntelliCAD 6.4.
bullet Project Setup: Flexible data storage methods
bullet Drawing Cleanup: Fix common drafting errors
bullet Drafting Enchancements: Handy tools for working in AutoCAD® such as Join Nearest, Shrinkwrap Entities, Polyline Utilities, Drawing Inspector, Layer Inspector and Twist Screen
bullet Data Compatibility: Supports industry standard LandXML and scores of specific data conversions

Surfaces

bullet Build Surfaces: By triangulation or rectangular grids
bullet Contouring: One step triangulate and contour from 3D entities as well as contouring from surface files
bullet Surface Manager: Change surface display properties and adjust surface functions to add and remove points and breaklines and swap edges
bullet Volumes: Earthwork volumes between triangulation or grid surfaces
bullet Pad Design: Tie cut/fill slopes from pad perimeter to surface, build pad surface, calculate and balance volumes, and edit pad parameters

Centerlines

bullet Design and Edit Centerlines: Design or input alignments on screen or in dialog with graphics
bullet Label Stations and Offsets: Annotate station and offsets along centerline and at selected points
bullet Calculate Offsets: Reports stations and offsets for selected points along centerline
bullet Create Offset Points: Create points at specified stations and offsets
bullet Spirals: Flexible handling of the most complex spiral curves including “spiral-only” elements going arc-spiral-arc, arc-spiral-line and line-spiral-line

Profiles

bullet Create Profiles: From surfaces, screen entities, points on centerline, etc.
bullet Quick Profile: One step profile creation with real-time update while adjusting centerline
bullet Input-Edit Profiles: Enter profile data in dual spreadsheet and graphic window, and design in reference to controlling profile grade points
bullet Draw Profiles: Draws profiles on grids or plan-profile sheets with auto-updating based on edits
bullet Profiles To 3D: Create points and 3D polylines from profiles

Points

bullet Import/Export: User-defined import and export of point data along with conversions with specific other formats
bullet Draw Points: Draw points with settings for symbols, layers and styles
bullet Point Groups: Point group manager to define sets of point by filters
bullet Coordinate File History: Tracks all changes to points with report and undo functions
bullet Fix Point Label Overlaps: Finds point label overlaps with rule options to fix automatically
bullet Point Tools: Utilities for modify point labels such as move with leader, twist and resize

Survey

bullet Data Collection Interfaces: Upload and download to popular data collectors
bullet Traverse Adjustment: Spreadsheet editor for raw data with graphics and processing for traverse adjustments
bullet SurvNET: Advanced network least-squares for total station, GPS and level data
bullet Field-to-Finish: Draw points with styles and in point groups set by point descriptions and draw linework by several flexible methods
bullet Field-to-Finish Inspector: Inspect all field-to-finish elements, see description source and re-draw based on descriptions edits.
bullet COGO: Streamlined inverse, traverse, sideshot, intersections, interpolation, translate, rotate, scale and align
bullet Coordinate Transformations: Transform coordinates and screen entities between lat/lon and grid projections as well as local to local by Helmert and least-squares methods
bullet Deeds: Enter deed by description, read deed data from deed file, deed reports, deed correlation and generate legal description from drawing
bullet Cut Sheets: Create custom cut sheet reports with reference grades and station-offsets

Area/Layout

bullet Label Areas: Customized area label styles and several methods to select areas to label
bullet Size Areas: Sliding side area, hinged area, area radial from curve and bearing area cutoff
bullet Lot Manager: Lot definitions by point numbers with functions to create lots, conduct mapcheck for closure, edit in spreadsheet with graphics, report lots and draw lots
bullet Lot Layout: Size lots along alignment with controls for target area, setback and frontage
bullet Offsets, Intersection and Cul-de-Sacs: Layout for ROW and EOP linework

Annotation

bullet Angle & Distance Labels: Flexible routines to label linework in all possible layout combinations plus available rules to automatically fix label overlaps and revise labels when entities move
bullet Curve Labels: Label curve data in stack, along arc or in table
bullet Survey Text: Routines to create typical plat labels such as offset and building dimensions
bullet Label Elevations: Label spot elevations along an alignment
bullet Linetypes: Draw special linetypes

Companion Programs

bullet Carlson SurvCE: Data collection for Windows CE and Pocket PC
bullet Carlson Field: Take Carlson and AutoCAD to the field for data collection and stakeout with total stations and GPS
bullet Carlson Takeoff: Construction Estimating for earthworks, subgrades, material quantities, strata quantities and trench networks
bullet Carlson  Point Clouds: Process laser scan data to generate models, breaklines and points
bullet Carlson Natural Regrade: Design stable land surfaces that follow natural hydrologic and geomorphology principles
bullet Carlson Geology: Models drillholes and strata structures and attributes
 
 
Product History
 

On April 12th, 2006, after 18 years of excellent success in the survey market, Carlson Software officially retired SurvCADD, our original AutoCAD-based survey and civil design software. Carlson Software replaced the original SurvCADD with two new separate products -- Carlson Survey and Carlson Civil -- based on evolutions of SurvCADD’s three basic modules: survey, surface and design. And now we have Carlson Survey 2009 and Carlson Civil 2009.

Carlson Survey 2009 is designed for the surveyor while Carlson Civil 2009 is designed for the civil engineer. However, although these products are designed to be used independently, both packages communicate seamlessly with each other.

Carlson Survey 2009 has been designed to run inside AutoCAD 2009 and on IntelliCAD 6.4. It will also install and work inside AutoCAD 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2002 and even 2000. It is so versatile that it also installs and works with the newest and even older versions of AutoCAD Map, Land Desktop and Civil 3D. And it contains the Network Least Squares program called SurvNET.

Carlson SurvCE, our field data collection software, works together with our office software Carlson Survey 2009 for seamless integration from field to office and back. Carlson SurvCE works with all brands of survey equipment: conventional total stations, robotic total stations, and RTK GPS survey gear. Survey offices and survey departments throughout the US and the world are finding this obvious combination the most productive, straightforward survey solution for their field and office needs.

 
Screenshots
Click the below images to enlarge
 
Raw Data Editor with Graphics
Lot Editor
Lot Report
Sample Resulting Plan/Plat
Point Groups Manager Dialog
Edit Deed Dialog
Deed Reader Dialog
SurvNET Graphics View
3D Objects Creates With Special Field to Finish Coding
3D Drive Simulation of Subdivision
 
 

System Requirements (Standalone)

The recommended system requirements for Carlson Survey 2009 Embedded AutoCAD® are the similar to those of AutoCAD.

System requirements for users who are focusing on 2D drawing creation are as follows:

bulletIntel® Pentium® IV processor recommended
bulletMicrosoft® Windows Vista™, Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional or Home Edition (SP1 or SP2), Windows XP Tablet PC Edition (SP2), or Windows 2000 (SP3 or SP4)
bullet512 MB RAM
bullet750 MB free disk space for installation
bullet1024x768 VGA display with true color
bulletMicrosoft® Internet Explorer 6.0 (SP1 or higher)

System requirements for users who are taking advantage of the new conceptual design capabilities are as follows:

bulletIntel® processor 3.0 GHz or greater
bulletMicrosoft® Windows Vista™ or Windows XP Professional (SP2)
bullet2 GB RAM or greater
bullet2 GB of disk space available, not including installation
bullet1280x1024 32-bit color video display adapter (true color)
bullet128 MB or greater, OpenGL®-capable workstation class graphics card. 

Less capable machines can run Carlson Survey 2009, but the results may be less than ideal. Sufficient swap space is also required to handle the installation of Carlson Survey 2009 as well as any data or drawing files saved. The use of additional memory or faster processors will directly improve performance and capacity.

Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and Windows Vista 64-bit will allow application to run in 32-bit mode.

No Longer Officially Supported: Microsoft Windows 3.x or earlier, 95 and 98, NT.

 
March 30, 2009 Copyright © 2001 ICM EBiz Division.  ebiz@icmmail.com