What is new in Carlson 2013
General
AutoCAD 2013 – Added support for this new version.
IntelliCAD 7.2 – Improved performance and stability.
Ribbons – New ribbon user-interface with ribbons for General,
Survey, Civil and Takeoff.
Toolbars – Added 173 new toolbar icons.
Report Viewer – New output method from Report Formatter for
formatted fields and table layout.
Symbol Library – Added 22 new symbols.
Linetypes – Added 9 new linetypes.
Hatch – Added 30 new hatch patterns.
Barscale – Added two new barscale styles.
Twist to 3D View – New command to rotate points, symbols and text
to face the current 3D viewpoint.
Draw Box Around Text – Added settings for gap offset and whether to
round corners.
Draw Item - Added support for using point #'s from the current
coordinate file and for creating 3D polylines.
Freeze Layer By Pick – New command to pick individual entity on
layer to freeze.
Erase By Layer – Added functions to save and load layer
selections.
Export Google Earth – Added ability to export point entities. Added
support for layer and color attributes. Added support to create kmz
files as well as kml.
Import Google Earth – New command to import points and linework
from kml file.
Survey Commands
CRDB – New coordinate file format built on SQLite database for
better performance than MDB.
Search Published Control - New command to lookup points from NGS
geodetic control database.
Edit-Process Raw File – Added method to display only selected point
range and hide the rest.
Field-To-Finish – Many new coding methods for tree surveys
including coding by description sequence, by GIS attribute or by
user-defined special characters. Also added method to draw circle
for drip radius, method to draw circle for truck radius and method
to draw polyline for treeline perimeter. Added function to generate
tree table and reports based on tree coding in the point
descriptions. For general point reports, added option to use the
report formatter and include fields for the dwg description and
code full name. For GIS labeling, added settings for decimal places
and custom symbol attributes as reals. Also for GIS processing,
added support for using GIS attribute for special codes such as
horizontal offset. For ROT special code, added method to rotate by
description using companion codes.
Edit-Multiple Point Attributes – New user-interface with tabbed
dialog. Added method to change attribute colors. Added ability to
toggle visibility of attributes.
Edit-Process Deed File – Added method to use label precision for
calculating closure.
Twist Screen Surveyor – Added option to use grid mapping angle.
Inverse – Added option to report distances as delta
north-south-east-west. Added option to report lat/lon. Added option
whether to report coordinates.
Draw Locate Points – Added method to create points by entering
lat/lon.
Bearing/Bearing Intersect – Added support for geodetic
bearings.
Distance Between Entities – Added average distance to the
report.
Map Check By Screen Entities – Added options whether to auto-select
entities and set max offset.
Best-Fit Point – New command to average points and report
statistics.
Cut Sheets – New spreadsheet interface, import from SurvCE and plan
view labeling methods.
Lot File Manager – Added function to hatch lots.
Angle/Distance Annotation – Added settings for bearing quadrant
labels. Added control for arrow size for end point leaders. Added
separate settings for justification of angle and distance labels.
Added option for prefix for distance labels.
North Arrows – Added ability to add custom north arrow symbols.
Label Coordinates – Added style for labels along X/Y axis.
Label Lat/Lon – Added real-time display of lat/lon while picking
points to label.
Area Labels – Added option to use grid to ground conversion to
label geodetic areas.
Geodetic Single Proportion – New command to split line by
proportion between record part and total distances.
Geodetic Double Break – New command to break two intersecting lines
based on mean bearing.
Geodetic Middle Break – New command splits line to make lines with
same geodetic length and mean bearing.
Grant Boundary Adjustment – New command to apply Grant boundary
adjustment on closed polylines.
Civil Commands
Centerlines – Added support for non-tangent spirals.
Station Polyline/Centerline – Added settings for deflection angle
precision. For polylines on a profile grid, added setting for
vertical exaggeration.
Label Station Offset – Added option for arrow on leader.
Draw Profile – Added method to label linework that crosses
reference centerline. In options dialog, added screen pick method
for dimensions like plan view window size. Added option for output
to DWG to have separate DWG for each layout. In metric mode, added
unit setting for pipe size labels as m, cm or mm. For horizontal
axis labels, added settings for prefix/suffix on elevation labels.
Also for horizontal axis elevations, added option to draw tick and
option for separate interval along curves. For sewer labels, added
control for vertical shift of labels with leaders, added method to
place manhole label as offset from rim, and added controls for
different combos of pipe length and slope labels. For sheets, new
setting for whether to label sheet #. Added option for separate
rows to crossing labels with vertical lines.
Profile Report – Added support for reporting elevations and
cut/fill for any number of profiles at once.
Draw Sections – Added option to hatch cut/fill end areas. In metric
mode, added unit setting for pipe size labels as m, cm or mm. For
sheet output, added option for all in same layout or separate
layout for each sheet.
Label Profile On Centerline – Added method to label at station
interval.
Calculate Section Volumes – Added support for cut/fill gap
stations.
Lock Sections – Added method in Input-Edit Section File to lock
sections to prevent changes by any routines.
Input-Edit Section File – Added display of end areas when editing
two section files.
Mass Haul Analysis – Added average haul distance per range to
report. Added support for cut/fill gap stations.
Template Transition – Added report function.
Template Point Profile – Added report function.
Template Point Centerline – Added report function.
Road Network – Added cut/fill gap stations per road. In Show
Sections review, added method to go to specific station. Added
setting for transition distance from template ID at intersections.
For report, added option to use report formatter.
Draw Spot Elevations – Added option for vertical offset and option
to label a second elevation. Added method to use 3D polylines for
elevation reference and added option to link labels to the
reference polylines.
Set Point Elevations By 3D Polylines – Added option to link
elevations to reference polylines.
Set Point Elevations By Surface Model - Added option to link
elevations to surface model.
Cut/Fill Grid Map – New command to label cut/fill quantities at a
grid interval.
Elevate Text – New command to set elevation of text entities by
values in the text labels.
Edit Wall Polyline Profiles – New command to define 3D wall for
surface modeling by top and bottom profiles.
Triangulate & Contour – Added option to control number of
digits in elevation labels and put comma in labels for values in
thousands.
Contour Elevation Label – Added options to label ends of contour
lines and to align labels facing uphill.
Draw Contour Gradient Marks – New command to draw tick marks along
contour to show slope direction.
Cut/Fill Slopes Lines – Added options to hatch slope areas and to
use different slope symbols.
Draw Surface Boundary – Option to label polyline perimeter with
user-specified text at an interval.
Triangulation Surface Volumes – Added ability to report staging
volumes.
Hydrology Commands
Design Bench Pond – Added option for sloped pond bottom.
Design Valley Pond – Updated user-interface with new options
dialog.
Sewer Network – Added method for headwall with skew rotation.
Lateral Design – New lateral structure types for sewer network plus
reporting and profiles.
Plan View Labels – Added label options for deflection angle,
structure description, northing and easting values. Added option to
add pipe material to invert-out label. Added setting for separate
layer for outside line of dashed thick linetype.
Sewer Spreadsheet Editor – Made dialog resizable.
Pipe Profile Label – New command to label bottom or top of pipe
elevations at picked locations.
Library Files – Added default libraries for pipe and rainfall for
North Carolina and Kentucky standards.
GIS Commands
Create Image From Drawing – New command to create a georeferenced
image from the drawing entities.
Esri ArcGIS Services - Added support for server 10.x.
SQLite – Added support for SQLite databases in addition to MDB and
ESRI MSC.
Geology Commands
CDB – New drillhole database format built on SQLite for better
performance than MDB.
Define Drillhole – New user-interface with spreadsheets. Added
method to restrict strata/bed/attribute names to pre-defined
lists.
Define Lookup Database – New command to define drillhole and custom
attribute tables.
Edit Drillhole – New user interface with spreadsheet. New functions
to lookup strata and bed names from pre-defined lists. Added
options to color strata by strata definition or by grade
parameters.
Drillhole Data Sheet – Added function to run Edit Drillhole for
selected drillhole.
Drillhole Core Images – New command assign core images to depth
ranges of drillhole.
Drillhole Text Formatter – Added method to set text rotation per
text field. Added option to create mtext.
Select Drillholes By Filter – New command to build selection of
drillhole by parameter filters.
Auto-Run Isopach Maps – Added setting for whether to extrapolate
models from grid files.
Fence Diagram – Added support for angled drillholes and drawing
multiple additional surfaces.
Quick Geologic Column – New command to show selected drillholes in
section view.
Geologic Column – Added options to draw mtext labels and to create
a block of the geologic column entities. Added setting to control
offset amount between columns.
Define Grade Parameters – Added support for up to 50 attributes to
define grades.
Grid File Utilities - Scripts allow a custom message for file
selection and perimeter selection prompts.
Surface/Underground Mining
Commands
Range Diagram – New command to design cut/place for dragline with
dynamic graphics and reports.
Design Bench Pit – Added support for using TINs as surface model in
addition to grids. Added setting for minimum bench height. Added
method to process multiple pits by using Timing file (TIM ) for
sequencing.
Quantities By Grid Method – Added options to set grid resolution
and choose modeling method.
Recalculate Extraction - Added additional layer capture ability:
entry width and attribute group.
Assign Timing Grids – Added auto-run method to make
assignments.
Surface History – Added support for TINs in addition to grid
surfaces.
Hatch Pits – New command to hatch pit polylines.
Surface Equipment Timing – Added method to assign block sequence by
rules. In 3D pit scheduling, added real-time display of selected
quantities and qualities. Also, in 3D pick window, added time
slider and scheduling information. Weight qualities by volume
instead of area. Added ability to define precedence rules as
formulas to be applied automatically based on custom naming
strategy. Timing window has new function to adjust sorting of
unassigned pit/panels so that precedence is satisfied. Added
ability to define how attributes are weighted by another attribute.
Pit attribute data is moved to the extension dictionary to allow
for more attributes to be assigned.
Underground Equipment Timing - additional option for the timing
events to affect only secondary units and not the unit encountering
the event.
Spoil Placement Timing – Added swell factor and added time
available to place volumes.
TakeOff Commands
Drawing Cleanup – Added method to rename layers with wildcard
characters in names.
Cut/Fill Color Map – Added two more coloring schemes.
Report Subgrade Areas – New command to report areas by subgrade
type.
Make Surfaces – Added option to minimize flat triangles.
Make Existing Surface – Added drillhole surface elevations into
surface model.
3D Drive Simulation – Added display of current coordinates and
option for reference CL for station-offset.
Point Cloud Commands
Snap Modes – Added new snap modes for top of slopes and bottom of
slope.
Data Conversions
ESRI – Added function to export ESRI grid surfaces from Grid File
Utilities.
Geoids – Added three Bayern geoids and GCG05-KUESTE geoid for
Germany, Romanian geoid, Papua New Guinea geoid, Slovenia geoid,
Croatian HRG2009 geoid and TRST geoid.
Horizon – Added import for Horizon raw data.
Minex – Added import for Minex grids in Grid File Utilities.
Vulcan – Added imports for Vulcan grids and Vulcan block
models.