Configure

Use Startup Wizard: The Use Startup Wizard controls whether this wizard appears when creating a new drawing.

Generate Report Log: When the Generate Report Log option is on, output from several commands will be accumulated in a report buffer. Commands that output to the report log include Inverse, Traverse, Curve Info, etc. Also any report that is displayed in the standard report viewer is also added to the report log. While activated, the report log resides in the lower left corner of the desktop as a minimized title bar that shows how many lines are in the report buffer. To view the report log, pick on the maximize icon on this title bar. You can also view the report log by running the Display Report Log function in the Misc menu. The report log can be edited, saved to a file or printed. To quickly turn the report log on and off, you can type REPORT at the command prompt. This function toggles the report log on/off.

Use Notepad for Reports: When Use Notepad for Reports is turned on, whenever a report is generated, it will appear in a Windows Notepad instead of the Carlson Report Viewer.

Save Drawing INI Files: Save Drawing INI Files will create an .INI with the same name as the .dwg file to store the project data files for the drawing.

Auto Zoom Center for New Points: This option zooms the display to center the new, located point. If it is off, the screen does not center the new point.

Ignore Zero Elevs: This option will ignore any entities with a zero elevation. It is used for many commands, such as Triangulate and Contour or Make Grid File.

Use South Azimuth: Turning on this option will use a South Azimuth instead of a North Azimuth, which is the default.

Use Dview Twist Angle: This will use the screen Twist Angle defined with the AutoCAD command DVIEW. This is similar to Twist Screen.

Set Dimscale to Drawing Scale: This will set the dimension scale to match the drawing scale. By default, it is set to 40.0.

Set PDSIZE to Symbol Size: This will set the PDSIZE scale to match the symbol size defined in Drawing Setup. By default, it is set to 4.0.

Point Layer: This is the default layer to draw any new points.

Date Format: You can control the display of dates in Carlson reports with this dropdown menu. The default is ‘Windows Setting’ which allows you to control it with Windows Control Panel. Several other common formats are available.

Digitizer Puck Layout & View: There are two main formats for the digiter puck. They are numbered 1 and 2. Selecting the View button brings up the window showing the two formats.

Auto Tablet On for Digitize Commands: This option will activate the auto tablet when using the digitize commands.

Put Data Files in DWG Directory: The Put Data Files in DWG Directory will set the Data Path to the directory of the drawing. The Data Path is the default directory for Carlson data files such as the coordinate (.CRD) files, profile (.PRO) files, etc.

MS Excel Path: This sets the path to the Excel.exe file for launching Excel from the Report Formatter. Many different reports can be exported directly into Excel.

Coordinate Report Order: You can choose the traditional north-east format, or reverse these in reports with east-north.

Object Linking: The Object Linking section contains options for creating reactors to the drawing entities. The Link Points with CRD File option will attach a reactor to the Carlson point entities so that any change to the entities such as MOVE or ROTATE will update the coordinates in the CRD file. The Link Linework with Points option will attach reactors to line and polyline entities that are drawn by point number so that moving the points will automatically move the linework. The Link Labels with Linework applies to bearing/distance annotation. This link with update the annotation when the linework is modified. The Group Point Entities option joins the three entities of a Carlson point (attribute block, symbol, node). For each point, selecting any one of these entities selects all three entities for the point. See the Points Menu Commands and Dynamic Annotation sections of the manual for more information about linking.

Database Format: The Database Format chooses between Microsoft® Access 97 or 2000 (and higher) format. This database format applies to creating new database (.MDB) files in the GIS module, the drillhole database and the Export to Microsoft® Access option in the Report Formatter.

CRD File Pt# Format: Carlson can run live on any of these coordinate file formats. The CRD File Pt# Format option sets point number format for coordinate files as one of the following. Here are the options:

Inverse Distance/LeastSquares Modeling Parameters: The modeling methods of Inverse Distance and Least Squares are similar ways to create a grid from datapoints or drillholes. It is not recommended to use these methods for griding contour or breaklines. Triangulation is better for that. These methods need a search radius defined. Anything past this distance from one data point to the next will be ignored for influence. The Max Samples are the number of data points that will be used to influence each data point. The area is broken into 4 quadrants. The Min and Max Quadrant are the numbers of data points that will be used in each quadrant.

Specify Grid Resolution As: There are two ways to create a grid file. Once the boundary has been selected, the cells need to be determined. Number of Cells in X and Y will divide the boundary up into the specified number of cells. These will then be odd shaped rectangles, with the size calculated by the boundary dimensions and the number of cells. The Dimensions of Cells is the more commonly used method. This will allow for a set cell size for the X and Y directions. Most of the time the grid cells should be square, where you set the size.

Grid Precision: This is the number of decimals that are stored in the grid file.

Inverse Distance/Least Squares Search Radius, Samples and Quadrants: The modeling methods of Inverse Distance and Least Squares are similar ways to create a grid from datapoints or drillholes in that they use the same settings. It is not recommended to use these methods for griding contour or breaklines. Triangulation is better for that. These methods need a search radius defined. Anything past this distance from one data point to the next will be ignored for influence. The Max Samples are the number of data points that will be used to influence each data point. The area is broken into 4 quadrants. The Min and Max Quadrant are the numbers of data points that will be used in each quadrant.

SDPS Directory: This is the directory that the SDPS program (Subsidence Deformation Prediction System) is installed in, if it is on the computer.

Fill in Missing Strata Above/Below Existing Strata (Seam Stacking/Conformance): This important setting is used for griding and modeling from drillholes. It does two things. The first item it controls is to fill in missing strata. For example, if a drillhole does not go deep enough to penetrate a deep seam, or a drillhole is drilled down in a valley or low spot, it will either fill in (carry the seam through the hole) or pinch it out at the hole. None will not fill it in, meaning it will pinch the seam out at the shallow or partial hole. All will not pinch the seams out at the shallow or partial hole. Seam-Specific will use the Define Strata settings where the marker and target beds are defined there. The second modeling concept this controls is conformance. In these same partial holes where certain seams are not encountered, when it fills them in, it controls how it behaves. None will let each seam do want they want, independent of any other seam. All has all the seams looking at each other and they all conform to each other. Seam-Specific will use the Define Strata settings where the marker and target beds are defined there. The marker bed is the "main" seam and other seams will conform to it. There can be more than one marker seam. There is also a hierarchy for conformance, so if the main marker seam is not present, then the next marker seam in line will prevail. 

Calculate Strata Pinchout and slide bar: This setting determines if the thickness of a seam is pinchout when it does not occur in a drillhole. Turn it on to activate pinchout. If a seam is not present, it will pinch it out using that drillhole. If it is off, it will carry the seam through the hole where the seam is not encountered. The slide bar determines the distance between the drillholes for pinchout. Near zero will pinch the seam closer to the hole where it does not appear. Non-zero will pinch the seam closer to the drillhole where it does appear. Most of the time, the best "guess" is to leave it in the middle, where it will pinch the seam half way between the holes. It is also recommended to have the pinchout turned on when making thickness grids. This will model the thickness properly. But, when modeling the bottom elevation of a seam, turn OFF pinchout. If it is on, many times it will bring the elevation of the seam up to the next seam to pinch it out. Turning the off for elevation grids will keep them down where they belong. Then just add the thickness and the bottom elevation to obtain the roof elevation grid.

Process Only Strata with Beds: This setting is used mostly when duplicate strata appear in a drillhole. It will only model with strata that have a bed name, ignoring those that don't. This useful in a situation where only the KEY strata have a bed name. It will ignore all the NONKEY strata, and just model the KEY strata. This can be used when modeling geology such as lignite or bentonite, where thin seams have bed names and the overburden, partings and interburdens do not.

Prompt for Advancement Pline for Quantities: When running the quantity routines in the standard mining module, turning this on will prompt for the Advancement pline for quantities.

Composite Bed Qualities by Density: When modeling the quality attributes from drillholes, and they are sampled at multiple intervals, by default, they are averaged by thickness and that one value will be used for griding. This option will weight the quality attribute by a Density value instead of thickness. the Density attribute needs to be in each drillhole and the name is entered in the box to the right. It is usually DENSITY, and is in pounds per cu. ft or kg/cu m.

Use Strata Limit Lines: When using Strata Limit Polylines for modeling, this needs to be turned on or the program will not use them, even if they are on screen. If just this one is on, then you will be prompted to select them for all commands.

Auto Select All Strata Limit Lines: Turning this on will automatically select all the Strata Limit Polylines for all commands that use them. They will not have to be selected each time.

Use 0 Values for Blank Entries in Coal Sections: When using the Coal Sections in the standard mining module, if a value is blank, this option will assign a 0 value instead of a blank or Null value.

Report Format for Quantities by Avg/Grid Methods: This setting determines the report format from the quantity commands in the standard mining module. Standard is the regular text editor. Column puts them in columns in the editor and Formatter will use the powerful Report Formatter.

Key Material Name: This is the name of the KEY material you are mining. Enter in COAL or LIMESTONE or GOLD, or whatever ore you are mining.

Include Strata Name in Bed Composite: This will add the strata name to the bed name when running the bed composite commands, such as Split Bed by Parameters.

Template Name: This is the drawing template file that will be used when starting a new drawing. The Browse button allows for selecting a new file.

Carlson 2007 Folder: This is the folder where Carlson is installed. The Browse button allows for selecting a new file.

Carlson 2007 Launch Folder: This is the folder where Carlson will initially look for, and save a drawing file. The Browse button allows for selecting a new file.

Profile Name: This is the AutoCAD Profile that will be used when working in Carlson and AutoCAD.

AutoCAD command switches: This turns off the AutoCAD "splash" screen upon launching the program. The /nologo takes the splash screen out of the start up procedure.

AutoCAD product to run: This is the AutoCAD version and flavor (Map or LDT, etc.) that Carlson is installed for, and will run with.