July 17, 2008:
Carlson Software Introduces All-New Simplicity ‘Sight’ Survey 2009.
Get well orchestrated harmony of COGO and CAD with this new release from Simplicity/Carlson that’s perfect for DOTs and for firms working with DOTs.
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June 30, 2008:
Carlson Survey 2009 Embedded AutoCAD® Just Released.
Carlson Software’s new release provides yet another choice for the surveyors and designers looking for feature-rich, intuitive surveying office software.
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April 28, 2008:
Carlson Software 2009 Office Solutions Released.
Get ready for increased productivity plus the ability to create better designs with Carlson’s new line-up of land development software solutions for 2009, all built to run on both AutoCAD® or Map® and IntelliCAD®.
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April 21, 2008:
Carlson Software and HydroCAD Form Alliance
A new alliance between Carlson Software Inc. and HydroCAD Software Solutions, LLC, to take advantage of the strengths of both companies and to benefit both companies' customers was recently revealed at the Carlson Silver Anniversary User Conference. HydroCAD is a Computer Aided Design tool used by civil engineers for modeling stormwater runoff.
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April 14, 2008:
Carlson Software to Give Users CAD Platform Choice.
At the opening session of the Carlson Silver Anniversary User Conference, Bruce Carlson, president and founder of Carlson Software Inc., announced the addition of the ability to run on IntelliCAD® (ICAD) to the 2009 releases of Carlson Software.
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March 11, 2008:
Carlson Software and Prolec U.K. Announce OEM Partnership.
Under a new agreement with Carlson Software, Prolec U.K. will be providing European distribution of Carlson machine control software and products.
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March 11, 2008:
All-New Carlson Grade 3.0 Introduced by Carlson Software.
Now contractors and heavy equipment operators have no need to buy or install more software than they need. Learn about Grade's Upgrade Option Authorization, Open Positioning Architecture, and User Defined Interface.
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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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One Powerful Software Package For All Applications

Carlson Grade is Carlson Software's latest unique machine guidance product. The software is cross-platform for use on Windows and Linux operating systems. Carlson Grade is available for:
dozers drills
loaders scrapers
excavators bucketwheels
compactors shovels
graders TruckPro
barges foreman trucks
 
Description

Carlson Grade enables heavy equipment operators to know their grade and location without the need for stakes or in severe weather conditions. Accordingly, when work is done at night, when a surveyor may not be available, production can continue with confidence. The significance of this latest program is that you can now see what is going on, on the operators screen from your network, if the rovers are set-up with the network access anywhere in the world through secured sites.

Carlson Grade can even be mounted on a pick-up truck to provide mine foremen and supervisors with real-time position and height inspection capabilities. There is no need for converting site drawings; because, this product recognizes standard dwg files. Combined with Carlson's Productivity Tools, your process and equipment performance can be monitored and analyzed to gain advantage over your competitors.

Carlson Grade is ideal for real-time grading applications, since heavy equipment operators can grade sites without stakes, even in blinding conditions. Instead, they glance at a screen mounted in the cab and respond to cut/fill and position information. This empowers the employee by giving them instant feedback on their design performance and allowing them to achieve the proper grade with the first pass. This eliminates excessive movement and tramming of the machine, which results in less maintenance and cost.


Benefits and Features

On-the-fly road and ramp design
Supports any RTK GPS using a ruggedized touch screen computer
Useful for grade check in a supervisors vehicle
Multiple views in profile, section and plan
Uses AutoCAD drawings and Carlson Civil 2007 surfaces, no conversion necessary
Real-time monitoring back at the office with Telescope or SiteNet
Creates logging file for real-time or future analysis with ProTools
Optional tilt sensors provide more accurate position and elevation
Optional light-bars give the operator more indication of cut or fill
Easy to use, cross-platform software (Windows, Linux, WinCE)
Multi-purpose: one system for all equipment and applications (dozer, grader, excavator, drill, etc.)
Works with all major manufacturers of GPS and robotic total station equipment
Fast, improved graphical response
On-Board Mission Planning Satellite Forecast and Almanac
Multiple Design Layers
Specialized Features for Construction, Mining and Landfill Applications
 
Carlson Grade Dozer
 

Real-time 3D GPS with Indicate or Automatic Guidance

 
Applications
Rough Grade
Fine Grade
Reclamation
Mining
Ditches
Ramps
Roads
Slopes
Complex Surfaces
   
   
   

 
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Benefits and Features on Machine
Plan / Profile / Section / Indicate views
Easy to use
On the fly road and ramp design 
Separation of materials 
Stakeless Grading 24/7 
Optional task / Delay and user login 
Warning / Watch zones by polygon or DTM 
Display quality and other attribute grids 
Data Logging or Real-time data transmission
 
Benefits and Features in Office
(subject to Productivity Tools and Fleet Manager)
Productivity analysis 
Push counts 
Individual machine reports for fleets / users / activities 
Update existing surfaces 
Wireless project distribution 
Real-time monitoring
Near real-time volumes

  Screen Captures (click on image to see enlarged version)
 
 
 
 
Carlson Grade Loader
 

Real-time 3D GPS with Indicate Guidance