Improvements for Carlson Survey 2007 Standalone

Here are some important feature improvements in Carlson Survey 2007 Standalone, from the Carlson Survey 2006 OEM release.

[General] [Survey] [Surface] [Data Conversions]

General Commands

• New Project Setup – Added ability to define data and drawing folders to associate with drawings. User-defined data folders can be specified for each data file type.
• Drawing Cleanup – Added several new functions such as removing overlapping polyline loops and fixing extruded arcs and text.
• File Selection – For all data file selection, added folder manager to set favorite folders for data files.
• 3D Viewer Window – Added ability to edit entity layers and elevations and to create selection sets.
• Transparent Commands – New transparent command of ‘CL for specifying a position by station-offset from a centerline at any point prompt. Created a new transparent command toolbar with this new station-offset command along with the existing ‘2 and ‘3 for 2D and 3D points by coordinate file point number commands.
• New Layer Inspector – New command to highlight, isolate and/or zoom to layers selected from a docked list.
• Report Formatter –Added more controls for sorting fields.
• New Selection Set By Elevation – New command to create a selection of entities within a specified elevation range.
• Add Points At Elevation – Inserts vertices into a 3D Polyline at a specific elevation or elevation interval by interpolating between existing elevations in the polyline.
• Draw 2D Polyline – Added method to enter initial distance and use cursor direction to start the polyline. Added method to specify reference centerline and enter points by station-offset. Added option to enter distances in feet and inches within extend mode. New option to label elevation of polyline.
• Highlight Crossing Breaklines – Added option for tolerance of elevation difference to report and option to merge 3D polyline with contour elevations.
• Remove Arcs Offset – New settings in Configure to control spacing on replacing arcs with chords.
• New Variable Offset – New command to offset a polyline with different offset amounts for each polyline segment.
• New Move Text – New command to slide text parallel or perpendicular to current rotation.
• Insert Symbols – New dialog interface for pre-defined layer, size and rotation.
• New Block/Insert Rotate – New command to set the angle of blocks by various methods.
• New Copy Polyline Section – New command to copy a portion of a polyline at the specified points and put copied portion on another layer.
• Align To Nearest Line – In Twist Point Attributes, Rotate Text and Rotate Inserts, added method to select multiple alignment polylines and align the objects to the nearest segment.

Survey Commands

• Point Protect – Added point history review, comparison of old and new coordinates and option to list points to the point protect dialog.
• SurvCOM – Added ability to transfer a range of points from a coordinate file and merge coordinate files with a new Merge Point Manager to handle any point number conflicts. For file overwrite protection, added ability to rename the files.
• Hot Field To Finish – New codes for creating 3D objects (building faces, walls, blocks, etc) using 3D faces. Added function to define a simple template to apply along linework. New code setting to control whether points are used for surface modeling in Triangulate & Contour. Also new code setting to create point groups by code. Added new setting for elevation label prefix and suffix per code and for all points. For data points report, added option to report only points with undefined codes. For codes report, added method to only report codes that are used in the current coordinate file. Added new special code for creating circles. Added support for PC-PT curves defined by two points and using tangents in/out. Added code settings to control the linetype spacing and size.
• Hot New Field To Finish Inspector – New command to review entities in the drawing by Field To Finish code. Point descriptions can be edited and the drawing is updated for both the point symbols and linework using the Field To Finish coding.
• Edit-Process Raw File – Added support for COGO commands of translate, rotate, scale and align. Added ability to use a separate control coordinate file to use as reference for station setups and for check point reporting. Added option to specify the traverse control points in a list of the points and with a graphic preview. With graphics window, new feature to highlight graphic lines and points for the selected spreadsheet record and likewise the associated spreadsheet record will highlight when a line or point is selected in the graphic view. Reorganized reports with sideshots and closure active to show the closure at the top of the report and report the traverse shots separately from the sideshots. Added more details for the Check Points report. For the modify measurements function, any changes are recorded to the rw5 file and added an option for a description filter. On processing, when a referenced backsight point doesn’t exist, the program has options to enter the backsight coordinates, enter the backsight angle or return to the editor. Added startup option whether to prompt for the rw5 file and added an exit option whether to automatically save changes to the coordinate file or prompt to save. Added a toolbar within the editor for common functions. Added another spreadsheet color setting for different colors between traverse and sideshot measurements.
• Hot SurvNet – New interface as separate command with option for graphics view. Improved processing speed. Improved 3D adjustment model. Added support for level data into 3D adjustment. Added support for control points and multiple angle sets from rw5 files. Improved initial coordinate calculations to handle two or more control points anywhere in job. Added support for Topcon .TVF vector files. Added support for LandXML GPS vector data. Added the averaging of the same control point coordinates while preprocessing data. Added import for Topcon digital level data.
• Distance and Angle Input – All COGO input fields for distances and angles support reading point numbers, units conversion and processing formulas.
• Edit Points – Added undo function. Added ability to sort by any of the columns in the spreadsheet.
• Edit Point Attributes – Added setting for the elevation label decimal places.
• Edit Multiple Point Attributes – Added selection method to pick point by point group or point numbers. Added setting to control the decimal places for the elevation labels.
• Hot New Coordinate History – All changes to the coordinate file record the command and status to make a coordinate history that can be reported by point number or by command. Commands like Drawing Inspector and Point Snap show the most recent history for each point. All changes can be rolled back.
• New Move Point With Leader – New command to move point attribute labels and draw dynamic leader to point node.
• Hot New Fix Point Attribute Overlaps – New command to adjust point attribute labels to avoid overlapping labels. Applies adjustment methods in user-specified order and tolerances. Steps through any remaining overlaps in an Overlap Manager with ability to manually move labels. This point overlap feature is also available within the Draw-Locate Point and Field To Finish commands.
• Scale Points – For the combined factor method, added the option to apply the geoid for the ellipsoid height for the elevation factor.
• Import Text/ASCII File – Added option to draw imported points by Draw-Locate Points or Field-to-Finish.
• Export Text/ASCII File – Added option to output point note data.
• Coordinate File Utilities – Added Helmert 7-parameter method for local transformations. Added function to swap northing-easting within the coordinate file. New Merge Points Manager for handling point conflicts when combining coordinate files.
• New Linework Intersection Points – New command to create points at all the intersections between the selected linework entities.
• Interval Along Entity – Added option whether to label elevations on the new points and added option to set same description to all the points.
• Label Station Offset – Added options whether to label parallel or perpendicular to the centerline and whether to draw leader.
• Offset Point Entry – Added method to enter increment distances. Added option for cross slope percent and vertical delta-z when using a reference elevation.
• New Set Point Elevation By 3D Polylines  – New command to assign elevations to points by referencing 3D polylines.
• Closure By Point Numbers – Added support for entering a range of points or point group.
• Hot New Deed Reader – New command to extract deed line and curve data from the text of a deed. Shows the deed data in a spreadsheet and graphically. Deed data can be saved to deed file, drawn and reported.
• Process Deed File – Changed deed editor to a spreadsheet with dynamic graphic window to show deed perimeter.
• New Deed Linework ID – New commands to report deed name associated with selected linework. Deed commands that draw deeds now attach the deed name to the linework.
• Deed Correlation – Added the ability to apply the alignment to the points and select drawing entities. New report function to compare the survey and deed points before alignment. Added delta x,y to the Check Align report.
• Lot Layout – Added method to specify number of lots to equally divide whole area between them. Added method to define backlot by max setback distance instead of linework.
• Create Lots – Added the option to draw any new points for all the Create Lot routines.
• New Lot File By Interior Pick – New command to create a lot by picking a point and having the program figure the enclosing linework.
• Hot New Lot File Manager – New command that combines Input-Edit Lot, Draw Lot and Report Lot into one command. New spreadsheet data entry for lot data with dynamic graphic preview. Added functions to change direction of the lot, to change the point of beginning for the lot and to save and load lot name selections.
• Label Coordinate – New option to label the delta x,y and/or z between two points. Added setting to draw label at real z.
• North Arrow – Improved interface with dialog options and better default scale.
• Area By Closed Polylines – Added option to link polyline to area label and update label when polyline is modified. Added setting to auto-center labels.
• New Area Tables – New routines to define, create and edit area tables.
• New Area Descriptions – New routines to assign and report area descriptions.
• Hot Auto-Annotate – Added option to set line label positions by inside/outside of closed polyline. For line and curve tables, added option to combine table entries with same data values. For tight fitting labels on curves, added option to label curve fields that fit on curve and rest in curve table. Added option to label interior and exterior angles between adjacent line segments.
• New Draw Endpoint Leaders (Pick Side) – New command for placing crow’s feet on selected side of line segment.
• Annotate Bearing/Azimuth – Added settings for prefix and suffix to angle labels.
• Custom Label Formatter – Added method to enter quick-key style keywords to quickly change label format.
• Stack Label Arc – Added setting to justify label left or right.
• Line/Curve Tables – For AutoCAD 2005 and higher, added option to use new AutoCAD table entity. Added option to combine table entries with the same data to share a table number.
• New Mirror & Flip Selected Labels – New command to both flip and mirror the selected annotation labels.
• Special Leader/Leader With Text– Added options to set text position and alignment.

Surface Commands

• Triangulate & Contour – Improved speed by 33% and improved memory usage 25%. Added processing option to simplify the triangulation by a user-specified tolerance. Added setting to control line width for intermediate contours.
• Surface Manager – Added ability to add a surface into the manager by selecting a triangulation file.
• Triangulation File Utilities – Added function to Enhance Flat areas and improved routine to Simplify (reduce) triangulation. Added method for Merge tin’s to erase old tin under new tin and re-triangulate the gap.
• Design Pad Template – Added the option to use an interior triangulation surface for the pad design surface and on editing the pad, there is an option to apply the adjustments to this interior surfaces along with selected drawing entities. For slope groups, added ability to transition between different slopes, method to assign group between specified points and ability to save and load slope group settings.
• Volumes By Triangulation – Improved speed to be twice as fast.
• Contour Elevation Label – Added options to set break offset distance, label style and label index contours only.
• New Move Label Along Contour – New command to slide a contour elevation label along the polyline.
• Centerline Reactor – Added option to link centerline polyline with centerline .cl definition to update the .cl file when the polyline is modified.
• Input-Edit Centerline – Added horizontal curve speed tables and radius calculator. New function to fit curve between two line segments. Within the routine, added method to select centerline by screen polyline. Also added support for double-click on centerline polyline to run centerline editor. Added ability to select centerline points from point list or screen pick including the curve PI point.
• Draw Centerline – Added option to draw lines at curve PI.
• Input-Edit Profile – Added vertical curve tables with more default tables plus ability for user-defined tables. When a reference profile is active, the Check Stations and graphic window report the cut/fill with the current profile and the elevation of the reference profile.
• Hot Draw Profile – New streamlined user-interface. Added ability to save and load profile settings. Added settings for colors, text styles and linetypes for profile lines and labels. Added options to label break point stations, elevations and description, and horizontal axis elevations. For sewer profiles, added an option to prompt for dimensions of each manhole. Also for sewer profiles, added option to label descriptions and added separate settings to control label precision for pipe lengths and slopes, rim and invert elevations and stations. For the horizontal label box, all the fields are user-defined for the sequence, size, layer and style.
• Profile To 3D Polyline – Added option to station by a separate reference alignment.
• Profile To Points – Added option to station by a separate reference alignment.

Data Conversions

• CARIB97 – Added support for this geoid model.
• Civil 3D – New command to convert Civil 3D points into Carlson points.
• Idan Software – Added functions to output Idan .DIS linework and .REG point files in Write Polyline File and Export Text/ASCII file. Added method to import Idan .DIS linework in the Draw Polyline File command.
• Geopak – New routine to import Geopak section data from .soe files.
• Leica GSI – Added another method of GSI coding for the generic format.
• Leica 1200 – Added data collector transfer routines for Leica 1200 TS and GPS.
• Pizer – New routine to import Pizer cross section files.
• Topcon Pocket 3D – In the Draw Polyline File command, added method to import linework from Pocket 3D.
• Trimble/Geodimeter – Added command to import section data from .RLN files.