Improvements for Carlson Survey 2008 Standalone

Here are some important feature improvements in Carlson Survey 2008 Standalone, from the Carlson Survey 2007 OEM release.

[General] [Survey] [Surface] [GIS Commands] [Data Conversions]

General Commands

• New Toolbars – Added 25+ more default toolbar icons for common commands.
• Reports – Added option to output reports directly to Microsoft Word.
• 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.
• Drawing Inspector – Added option to show curve data. Added setting for high precision data display.
• New Scale 2D – New command to scale entities in x,y coordinates without effecting their elevation.
• 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.
• Highlight Crossing Polylines – Added tolerance settings for intersection points to merge by average.
• 3D Viewer Window – Added options to show axis icon, bounding box and vertical scale amount. Lighting conditions automatically saved and recalled. Additional formats in bitmap output.
• Insert Symbol – Added option to align symbols by centerline or polyline.
• New Draw Arc (PC,PT,Radius len) – New command to draw an arc with these inputs.
• New Draw Polyline Start/End – New command draw different symbols for the start and end points of selected polylines.
• Layer Inspector – Added ability to select multiple layers to highlight.

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.
• Field-to-Finish Inspector – Added ability to select multiple codes to review at a time.
• Import Text/ASCII File – Added option to create point group for new points.
• 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.
• New Coordinate System – Added optional coordinate system data in Drawing Setup to define drawing coordinates as either grid projection or local coordinates. For local coordinates, Define Localization uses control points to define transformation between local and grid systems. The coordinate system setup is used in routines like List Points and Label Lat/Lon to label local, grid and lat/lon coordinates.
• New Distance Scale Factor – Added distance scale factor to Drawing Setup to report and label distances in a second system besides the drawing units such as feet-meters or ground-grid.
• 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.
• Trim By Point Symbols – Improved routine to work more reliably for more types of symbols.
• Coordinate File Utilities – For Copy/Merge function, added prompt for range of points to use and description filter and made several improvements to the merge dialog. Added function to unlink drawing points with coordinate file. For Coordinate Transformation,  added convergence angle to report.
• New Freeze/Thaw Points – New functions to hide/show point entities in the drawing. Points can be selected by range, group or screen selection.
• Cut Sheet – Added runway clearance surface method.
• Tangent Line From Circle – Added option to draw across circles from left to right or from right to left.
• 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.
• New Triangle Solutions – New triangle calculator command.
• Draw Legend – Added option to use description from Field-to-Finish code table as legend default.
• Line/Curve Tables – Added option for header line on line/curve tables.
• Angle/Distance Annotation – Added auto erase of old labels when relabeling the same linework.
• Create Point Table – Added setting for text style.
• Bearing Leaders – Added options to position bearing leaders above or below bearing label.
• Draw Endpoint Leaders – Added support for curves.
• Station Polyline/Centerline – Labels linked to centerline to update labels if centerline is changed. Added options to label deflection angles, to label northing/easting of start, to draw symbols at curve PC/PT stations, and to label curve radius on PC lines. Added setting for text style for labels. Added functions to save/load settings by settings file.
• Input-Edit Centerline – Add function to reverse centerline. For assign point number, added option to include CL type in description.
• Centerline Report – Added support for railroad curves.
• HOT New Lot Network – 25 new commands for subdividing a site into lot and ROW areas. Dynamically updates areas for any changes to boundaries. Includes ability to label linework and areas and to draw setback boundaries.
• Lot File By Interior Point – Added option to prompt for point of beginning and setting for clockwise or not.
• New Draw Lot Setback – New command to draw frontage, side and back lot setback offsets.
• New Fit Structure – New command to draw a building outline within a lot at setback offsets.

Surface Commands

• Triangulate & Contour – Added controls for generating smoother contours by applying an outlier reduction filter and by reducing contour vertices before Bezier smoothing. Added contour collision check to prevent crossing contours otherwise caused by smoothing adjustments. Added separate elevation range settings: one for source data and one for contour output. Added option to draw flow arrows. Added option to draw depression contours. Added function to save/load settings to style file. The Data Error Manager is changed to a dock-dialog to allow editing in the drawing while using the manager to zoom to the data problems.
• Volume Calculations – Improved speed of triangulation volumes by 50%.
• Draw Triangular Mesh – Added option to use inclusion/exclusion perimeters.
• Draw Grid File – Added option to reduce 3D faces resolution in areas that are fairly coplanar.
• Offset 3D Polyline – New method to offset polyline at slope to intersection with a surface model.
• Make Grid File – Added method to read source data from a coordinate file or from a text/ascii file.
• Surface Manager – Added ability to add points outside current surface.
• Triangulation File Utilities - Added function to apply subdivisonal surfaces to the triangulation.
• Design Pad Template – Added method to define slope as projected in slope direction instead of perpendicular to pad polyline. Added setting to control side line interval at corners.
• New Slope Zone Analysis – New command to report and color slope zones of a surface.
• Profile From Surface Entities - Add support for railroad stationing.
• Profile From Grid or Triangulation Surface - Add support for railroad stationing.
• Profile From Points On Centerline – Added option to record point offsets to centerline into profile descriptions.
• Draw Profile – Added support for drawing a user-specified number of profiles at a time. Added draw grid option to use grid ticks and dots. Added setting to control width of profile polylines. For horizontal label box, added option for user-defined rows and option to draw above profile grid. For vertical curves, added option to auto-place labels above highest vertical curve, added option to label high/low points, added more PVI-V linework styles, added control of the curve symbols, added option whether to label the grades on the profile polyline and added prefix/suffix settings for all the curve labels. For profile grid, added setting for vertical grid adder to top and bottom. For profile crossings, added settings to control each label prefix, suffix, style, size, decimals and rotation. For plan-profile sheets, added options to draw sheet layout border in plan view, to draw a north arrow in plan view and to draw plan-view only sheets. For sewer/pipe profiles, added options to draw flow direction arrows on the pipes and to close pipe connections at the structures. For pipe crossings, added method to calculate and draw crossing on-the-fly and new method to specify swath width for drawing any parallel pipes. For drawing additional profiles onto an existing grid, added a button to pick the existing grid to get the grid dimensions. For station and elevation grid text, added settings for offset amount from grid lines. Added separate settings for road, sewer, pipe and crossing labels for label size, color, style and layer. New option to label profile name at start of profile polylines. Added Draw Grid options for grid ticks with checks and whether to label elevations on the left side only.
• Input-Edit Profile – For road profiles, added ability to set vertical curve to make a sag/crest at the specified through point. Added report function within editor. Added graphic display option to show slopes.

GIS Commands

• GIS Query/Report – Added method to query across multiple tables in a relational database.
• New Place Camera Symbol/Image – New command to draw a camera symbol with an attached image.

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.
• LandXML – Added support for sewer network data. Added import of parcel data and parcel groups from Civil 3D.
• MOSS – Improved import of Genio files to support curves and layers.
• Northern Ireland Geoid – Added support for this geoid.
• Republic of Ireland Geoid – Added support for this geoid.