Improvements for Carlson Survey Desktop - Release 4.0

Here are some important feature improvements in CSD R4, up from the R3 and R2 releases.

[Survey Commands] [Data Conversions]

General Commands

• Report Formatter – Added output options to create a table in the drawing for the selected fields and to create an html format report. Added ability to save report with all the settings, data and user defined attributes.
• Perpendicular From Osnap – Added ability to snap perpendicular from linework within the ‘CL transparent command.
• Join Nearest – When layers or elevations don’t match, add option to prompt for which one to use. Added option to stop at intersections with more that two connections.
• Insert Symbol – Added option to align symbols by centerline or polyline.

Survey Commands

• Edit-Process Raw File – Added support for all grid projections for the Calculate Grid Scale Factor option. Added option to apply a geoid for the Calculate Grid Scale Factor option. Added function to convert point records into notes. Added function to create new raw file within editor. New processing method to calculate coordinates from angle only measurements. Added processing option to not store point numbers from the control coordinate file into the active coordinate file. Added Data On/Off records to comment out sections of the raw file from processing. Added Elevation 2D/3D notes to control whether to process elevations. Added support for angles in GONS units in spreadsheet and reports. Added report function for a summary report of the traverse, sideshot and store points in the rw5 file. Added settings for min/max ranges of valid instrument and rod heights that are checked during processing.
• Edit-Process Level Data – Added import of Leica level data.
• SurvNET – Added import of GPS vectors from LandXML and Trimble .DC formats. Added import of Leica level data. Added functions to save/load standard error settings into the project settings. Added support for more projections including UTM, New Brunswick and user-defined. Several improvements to the formatting of ALTA reports. Improved processing speed by 30%.
• Field-to-Finish – Added option to draw attributes as text instead of blocks with control of text style, position, prefix, suffix, layers and precision. Added option for values to assign for custom attribute symbols. Added functions to import Eagle Point and C&G code tables. Added option by code to truncate high digits of elevation labels. For JOG special code, added ability to extend a line. For curves with more than 3 points, added option to draw the best-fit curve. Added code option to align points by their associated linework.
• Draw/Locate Points – Improved speed of using Field-to-Finish code table and added support for more coding methods. Added option to truncate high digits from elevation labels.
• Inverse – Added option to report in feet and inches.
• Enter Deed Description – Now auto-saves during command to enable resuming in case of cancel.
• Legal Description Writer – Added option to spell out numbers and option to report interior angles. For curves, added option to identify compound, reverse, tangential and non-tangential.
• Cut Sheet – Added runway clearance surface method.
• Building Offset Extensions – Added option to create points at diagonals and for edges projected across building. Added controls to set layer and elevation for points.

Data Conversions

• Belgium – Added support for hBG03 geoid.
• Canada – Added support for GSD95 geoid.
• Finland – Added support for Finland 2000 geoid.
• France RAF98 Geoid – Added support for this geoid.
• Geoid 03 – Added support Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico.
• Northern Ireland Geoid – Added support for this geoid.
• Republic of Ireland Geoid – Added support for this geoid.