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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Carlson Takeoff 2009 will be available soon, taking the T2 "Estimator" and making it even more powerful. Click here to see the improvements for 2009.

This first-ever AutoCAD®-based site-estimating software is now ICAD*-based, too, and enhanced to continue to provide the ultimate answer for fast and accurate project estimating.

*IntelliCAD® is a robust, DWG-compatible CAD platform that every CAD developer can build upon. Included for no extra cost with every license of Carlson products.

 

Takeoff offers critical Drawing Cleanup features and advanced 2D to 3D routines that streamline the estimating process. It can input all data formats, including DWG, DXF, LandXML, and all formats of Centerline, Profiles, and Section Data. Takeoff calculates cut/fill material volumes and has 3D simulation as well as comprehensive reporting.

In addition, roadwork, trenching, drill-holes, and sub-grades capabilities are all included for one affordable price. And with Carlson Civil RoadNet added in, Takeoff gives land developers the ability to lay out a collection of intersecting roads, process them all together, clean up all intersections and cul-de-sacs in 2D and 3D with a single click.

 
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Standard Features

Runs on AutoCAD 2009 engine.
2D to 3D conversion routines for linework and spot elevations.
Digitizing routines.
Calculates volumes and material quantities.
Cut/Fill Color Maps and labels.
Surfaces are modeled by triangulation
3D Drive Over Simulation 
Easy to use: automated routines with reduced prompting
Takeoff-in-Use Story

In addition to accurately calculating cut/fill material volumes, J. Read Corporation in Hingham, Mass., used Carlson Takeoff to help potential customers visualize the future -- the future plans, that is, that would change an abandoned stone quarry into a a world-class residential and golfing community. More...
Feature Groups:
 
File Import/Export:
AutoCAD DWG
DXF
LandXML
Point Data (LDT, Carlson, CG, Sokkia, Leica, Geodimeter, TDS, Benchmark)
Raw Data (CG, Fieldbook, Sokkia, Leica, Geodimeter, TDS, Caice, SDMS, Nikon, SMI)
Centerline Data (Terramodel, Geodimeter, Geopak, Sokkia, Softdesk, Leica)
Profile Data (Caice, Terramodel, Softdesk, Sokkia, Leica)
 
Section Data (Agtek, Ceal, Geopak, Igrds, Moss, RoadCalc, SMI, Softdesk)
 
CAD Edit Tools:
Layer Controls
Unlimited Undo/Redo
Erase, Move, Copy, Offset, Trim, Extend, Explode, Break, Rotate, Scale, Align
Polyline Utilities
 
Drawing Cleanup:
Remove empty layers
Remove invalid linework
Join broken linework
Reduce Polyline vertices
Set out of range elevations to zero
Erase hatch entities
 
Boundary Polylines:
Set boundary Polyline for site
Set exclusion areas
Display hatch of boundary areas
 
Topsoil Removal/Replacement:
Set amounts for topsoil removal and replacement
Set areas for topsoil removal and for replacement
Display hatch areas for topsoil removal and replacement
Calculate topsoil removal and replacement volumes and areas
 
Overexcavate Surfaces:
Model overexcavate surfaces
Adjust overexcavate surfaces within perimeter polyline
View overexcavate surface
Report overexcavate cut volume
 
Subgrades:
Define subgrade areas by closed Polylines on specified layers
Define subgrade depths by layer
Adjust design surface by subgrade depths within subgrade areas
Handles multiple subgrade areas nested within each other
 
Existing/Design Surfaces:
One step routines to make existing and design surfaces from entities on specified layers
Surface Manager to support multiple existing/design surfaces
Adjust design surface vertically within perimeter Polyline
 
Volumes:
Calculates cut/fill volumes for entire site or within perimeter Polyline
Calculates volumes for a series of elevation stages
Apply shrink/swell factors
Volume report includes cut/fill volumes and areas, strata volumes, topsoil removal/replacement and over-excavate volumes
 
Material Quantities:
Reports volume, area, length and/or count values for drawing entities grouped by entity layer name
Option for user-defined attributes to apply by layer
Supports export to Excel
 
Draw Tools:
Points
2D/3D Linework
Circle
Text
Hatch
Curves
Title Block, North Arrow, Barscale
Boundary Polyline
Shrink-Wrap Polyline
Building Envelope Polyline
 
2D To 3D Tools
Change Elevations By Selected Entities
Spot Elevations
Edit-Assign Polyline Elevations
2D To 3D Polyline (By Points, Text or Text With Leader)
Contour Polylines (Multiple In Series, Selected or From Labels)
Pad Polylines By Interior Text
 
Inquiry Tools:
Surface Inspector (Surface elevations, cut/fill)
Drawing Inspector (Elevations, Layers, Polyline data)
Areas