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. To locate a Carlson dealer ready to serve you, click here.

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:

• Area Labels: Overhaul for complete flexibility plus overlap avoidance
• Field-to-Finish: Fixed parameter coding to streamline field entry
• Drawing Explorer: Manage and access project data files
• SurvNet: New EDM calibration function.
• LotNet: Ability to place buildings within the lots.
• Plus – more than 50 new or improved features!

Click here for the full list of Carlson 2009 improvements. For a list of the top 10 benefits for users of Carlson Software, click here.

Surveyors 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.

General

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

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

Centerlines

• 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

Profiles

• 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

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

Survey

• 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

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

Companion Programs

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