March 3, 2008:
Carlson Software forms new Positioning & Machine Control Division
The construction industry is rapidly embracing technology and Carlson Software is ready with the newly formed Positioning & Machine Control Division incorporating its machine control software development team, a specialized sales force and global OEM distribution.
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February 22, 2008
Carlson Software say 'BRING IT ON' at ConEXPO-CON/AGG 2008, March 11-15
Carlson Software invites attendees to bring their CAD files to the Carlson booth, #H-29013, and sit back and see Carlson Takeoff 2.0 in action.
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January 29, 2008
Carlson Software Continues Focus on Applications for AutoCAD and Map

Carlson Software develops survey, civil engineering, construction and mining software that works with the AutoCAD engine and as add-on software to AutoCAD® and AutoCAD Map®. As of February 20, 2008, we no longer are a reseller of AutoCAD and Map but are continuing to actively develop our innovative products on these platforms.
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January 22, 2008:
Carlson Software Introduces the all new Carlson Layout
Get simple, accurate measuring and layout with Carlson Software's new Carlson Layout designed to ease and speed the calculations required to lay out the foundations, columns, and utilities of architectural buildings.
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January 3, 2008:
CG-Survey 9 & CG-Survey 18 -- New from the ‘Muddy Boots Guys’
Featuring hundreds of improvements to help speed and ease the work of land surveyors, CG-Survey 9 and CG-Survey 18 are now available from Carlson Software. Developed by land surveyors for land surveyors, CG software solutions are known for their precise management of the field data and coordinate files, the heart of any surveyor’s project.

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November 20, 2007:
Carlson Software Forms Civil Engineering Division
Carlson Software has formally formed a Civil Engineering Division incorporating its civil software development team and a specialized sales force headquartered in strategic locations throughout the U.S. and abroad.

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September 21, 2007:
Carlson Survey 2008 Standalone Now Available
Get unprecedented automation together with user options that leave the control with the surveyor in the updated Carlson Survey 2008 Standalone. Representing the culmination of 25 years of progress by Carlson Software in the development of surveying software, Carlson Survey 2008 Standalone features more than 70 improvements based on user input and designed to allow users to do more, do it better and in less time.

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There is something new happening in landform design. It’s the future. It’s natural. Be a part of it.

Carlson Natural Regrade with GeoFluv™ applies fluvial geomorphic principles to upland landform design. This unique Carlson 2009 module helps you to create a landscape design that mimics the functions of the natural landscape that would naturally evolve over time. The result is a stable hydrologic equilibrium ... naturally.
 


If fact, the U. S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining (OSM), Reclamation and Enforcement has identified Carlson Natural Regrade as a 'TIPS Core Software'. See this news release for full details. For more detailed information about Natural Regrade and GeoFluv, call or email Nicholas Bugosh, 970-631-4190 or nbugosh@carlsonsw.com.

NEW this year, in addition to Natural Regrade running on top of any AutoCAD® or Map® versions 2000, up to and including 2009, Natural Regrade also comes with built-in IntelliCAD® -- a robust, DWG-compatible CAD platform that every CAD developer can build upon) for no extra cost with every license of Carlson products.

Features

Old method   Natural Regrade
software with GeoFluv™
 
   
Based on conveying a single extreme discharge event
Conveys only water discharge effectively at lower Q
Requires expensive off-site earth material, e.g., rip-rap
Expensive on steep slopes
Requires long-term maintenance
Requires maximum backfill to lower slopes
Provides minimal slope aspect diversity
Visual affront
Rigid design sideboards limit landscape alternatives
Regulatory agencies not satisfied
 
   
Based on all discharges
Natural channel morphology conveys water and sediment discharge; hydrologic balance
Built with on-site materials
Cost is significantly lower than gradient terraces and down drains on steep slopes
Self-maintaining
Can reclaim steep slopes in stable and suitable configurations, save money on material moving
Increased slope aspect diversity promotes vegetation success and animal habitat
Natural beauty
Landscape designs can vary and provide alternatives
Regulatory agencies embrace, GeoFluv™ approach is award-winning
   
Description
 
The essence of the GeoFluv™ approach is to identify the type of drainage network, i.e., stream channels and valleys, which would tend to form over a long time given the site’s earth materials, relief, and climate to achieve a stable landform, and to design and build that landform. The resulting slopes and stream channels are stable because they are in balance with these conditions. They are a reclamation alternative to uniform slopes with terraces and down-drains. Rather than fight the natural forces that shape the land, GeoFluv™ helps the user create a landscape that harmonizes with these forces.

Natural Regrade software replaces lengthy and tedious manual calculations with fast, efficient design
Natural Regrade frees the user’s creative design energies
View topographic maps and three-dimensional images of the resulting landscape design
One-button volumes and cut / fill material balance calculations for designs gives instant colored-coded feedback
Rapid evaluation of many landscape design alternatives allows the user to select the optimum landscape design for bond alternatives, construction costs, changing mine plans, land use, etc.
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One-button view of 3D triangle mesh model of design helps user see effect of design changes fast
One-button profile viewing and editing of channels and slopes allows user to see and change slope anywhere in the design.
   
   
The user may modify the draft landform, for example to reduce the fill volume by lowering a ridgeline, and the software can almost instantaneously recalculate the cut/fill balance to meet the user’s design.
Natural Regrade is ideal for integrating with Global Positioning System and laser machine control to simplify and speed construction and reduce costs. The need to survey and stake the designs in the field is eliminated using these technologies.
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Pricing
 
Product Price
Natural Regrade Module
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$5000.00
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