The
complete range of Survey functionality is contained within the Carlson
Civil,
and is also available in the Carlson Survey program.
This includes communication with data
collectors, editing and processing of raw survey data, including
traverse adjustment,
and Field to Finish, which controls the generation of point symbols and
linework.
Land
Desktop uses Description Keys for point-based symbol insertion, and
Autodesk
Survey uses Figure notation for the generation of linework. Autodesk requires field coding to produce
linework, and the processing of that information takes place when the
raw file
(.fbk) is Imported. Carlson inserts
symbols and linework with one function known as Field to Finish (F2F),
and
performs this task using the point descriptions from the coordinate
file, not
the raw observations file. So linework can actually be generated from
any set
of points, even if no field coding has taken place.
However, the addition of field coding can
certainly make the generation of linework more precise. Carlson
Civil can use LDT Description Key file
to start a Field to Finish Code File.