• DATA COLLECTION INTERFACES -- Upload and download to popular data collectors
• TRAVERSE ADJUSTMENT -- Spreadsheet editor for raw data with graphics and processing for traverse adjustments
• SURVNET -- Advanced network least-squares for total station, GPS and level data
• FIELD-TO-FINISH -- Draw points with styles and in point groups set by point descriptions and draw linework by several flexible methods
• FIELD-TO-FINISH INSPECTOR -- Inspect all field-to-finish elements, see description source and re-draw based on descriptions edits
• COGO -- Streamlined inverse, traverse, sideshot, intersections, interpolation, translate, rotate, scale and align
• 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
• DEEDS -- Enter deed by description, read deed data from deed file, deed reports, deed correlation and generate legal description from drawing
• CUT SHEETS -- Create custom cut sheet reports with reference grades and station-offsets

Overview

Carlson Survey is designed to complement land surveying operations and provides a variety of survey features to process data from surface modeling to Least Squares Network Adjustment. Users work seamlessly between the office and the field by utilizing company-wide design styles for ease of use and efficiency.

Choose your platform – Carlson Survey works on:

• IntelliCAD® (built-in)
• AutoCAD® OEM (built-in)
• AutoCAD® (sold separately)

Points

• IMPORT/EXPORT -- User-defined import and export of point data along with conversions with specific other formats
• DRAW POINTS -- Draw points with settings for symbols, layers and styles
• POINT GROUPS -- Point group manager to define sets of point by filters
• COORDINATE FILE HISTORY -- Tracks all changes to points with report and undo functions
• FIX POINT LABEL OVERLAPS -- Finds point label overlaps with rule options to fix automatically
• POINT TOOLS -- Utilities for modify point labels such as move with leader, twist and resize

Surfaces

• BUILD SURFACES -- By triangulation or rectangular grids
• CONTOURING -- One step triangulate and contour from 3D entities as well as contouring from surface files
• SURFACE MANAGER -- Change surface display properties and adjust surface functions to add and remove points and breaklines and swap edges
• VOLUMES -- Earthwork volumes between triangulation or grid surfaces
• PAD DESIGN -- Tie cut/fill slopes from pad perimeter to surface, build pad surface, calculate and balance volumes, and edit pad parameters

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Area/Layout

• LABEL AREAS -- Customized area label styles and several methods to select areas to label
• SIZE AREAS -- Sliding side area, hinged area, area radial from curve and bearing area cutoff
• 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
• LOT LAYOUT -- Size lots along alignment with controls for target area, setback and frontage
• OFFSETS, INTERSECTION AND CUL-DE-SACS -- Layout for ROW and EOP linework

Annotation

• 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
• CURVE LABELS -- Label curve data in stack, along arc or in table
• SURVEY TEXT -- Routines to create typical plat labels such as offset and building dimensions
• LABEL ELEVATIONS -- Label spot elevations along an alignment
• LINETYPES -- Draw special linetypes

Centerlines and Profiles

• DESIGN AND EDIT CENTERLINES -- Design or input alignments on screen or in dialog with graphics
• LABEL STATIONS AND OFFSETS -- Annotate station and offsets along centerline and at selected points
• CALCULATE OFFSETS -- Reports stations and offsets for selected points along centerline
• CREATE OFFSET POINTS -- Create points at specified stations and offsets
• SPIRALS -- Flexible handling of the most complex spiral curves including spiral-only elements going arc-spiral-arc, arc-spiral-line and line-spiral-line
• CREATE PROFILES -- From surfaces, screen entities, points on centerline, etc.
• QUICK PROFILE -- One step profile creation with real-time update while adjusting centerline
• INPUT-EDIT PROFILES -- Enter profile data in dual spreadsheet and graphic window, and design in reference to controlling profile grade points
• DRAW PROFILES -- Draws profiles on grids or plan-profile sheets with auto-updating based on edits
• PROFILES TO 3D -- Create points and 3D polylines from profiles

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