Cadastral Automated Plat Drafting System (CAPD) was developed by
the BLM. Here are a list of command names from CAPD and the
equivalent commands in Carlson. This list is to help CAPD users
find these functions within Carlson.
| CAPD Command | Carlson Command |
Menu Location |
Description |
| ALIGNT |
TXTLINEUP |
Edit > Text > Line Up Text |
Used to align text |
| BAREA |
DEFAREA, PLAREA |
Area/Layout > Area Defaults, Area By Closed
Polyline |
Computes area of a closed figure |
| BBI |
BBINT |
COGO > Locate At Intersect > Bearing-Bearing
Intersect |
Bearing-bearing intersection |
| BDI |
BDINT |
COGO > Locate At Intersect >
Bearing-Distance Intersect |
Bearing-distance intersection |
| BDA, BDT |
AUTOANN |
Annotate > Auto-Annotate |
Bearing distance labels |
| BTRV |
IA |
Area/Layout > Inverse With Area |
Boundary traverse |
| CADINIT |
LDEF |
Annotate >Annotate Defaults |
Set up default layers, fonts, line type |
| CHELEV |
CHGELEV |
Edit > Change > Elevations |
Change elevations of entities |
| CMP |
COMPASSADJ |
Survey > Polyline Tools > Compass Polyline
Adjustment |
Compass adjustment |
| DBK |
BREAKAT |
Edit > Break > At Intersection |
Break lines that cross using grid
coordinates |
| DBK2 |
GEODBK |
COGO > Geodetic > Double Break |
Geodetic double break lines that cross |
| DDI |
DDINT |
COGO > Locate At Intersect >
Distance-Distance Intersect |
Distance-distance intersection |
| DDSETANN, DS |
LDEF |
Annotate >Annotate Defaults |
Set up default layers, fonts, line type |
| DL |
LDEL |
Edit > Erase > Erase By Layer |
Delete layer |
| DPROP |
GEODPROP |
COGO > Geodetic > Double Proportion Line
Division |
Double proportion computation |
| EV |
RMVERTEX |
Edit > Polyline Utilities > Remove Polyline
Vertex |
Delete vertex in polyline |
| FLIP |
FLIPTEXT |
Edit > Text > Flip Selected Text |
Flips text 180 |
| FTCRV |
2TANLIN |
Draw > Arc > 2 Tangents, Radius |
Fit curve |
| GETPRO |
SETUP |
Settings > Drawings Setup |
Set up projection |
| GID |
INVERSE |
COGO > Inverse |
Display geodetic coordinates of points |
| GLBL |
LABLAT |
Annotate > Label Lat/Long |
Label geodetic coordinates |
| GMID |
GEOMID |
COGO > Geodetic > Middle Break |
Breaks line at geodetic midpoint |
| GPOINT |
LPOINT |
Points > Draw/Locate Points |
Input point by lat/lon/elv |
| GRIDRT |
TWIST4 |
View > Twist Screen > Restore Due
North |
Switch between true north and grid north |
| INIDGEO |
READPT, POINTTBL |
Points > Import Text/ASCII File, Annotate >
Create Point Table |
Import points and create table of points |
| IPG |
LABLAT |
Annotate > Label Lat/Long |
Create block of coordinates |
| IRRB |
GEOIRRB |
COGO > Geodetic > Irregular Boundary
Adjustment |
Irregular boundary adjustment |
| ITRAV |
INVERSE |
COGO > Inverse |
Inverse between points |
| MEDLIN |
MEDOFF |
Edit > Offset > Median Offset |
Create midline between 2 polylines |
| PRCRV |
CINFO |
Inquiry > Curve Info |
List curve info |
| REV |
BRGQUAD |
Annotate > Flip Labels > Switch Bearing
Quadrant |
Reverse bearing |
| SETSL |
PICKTXTSTYLE |
Draw > Text > Pick Text Style |
Sets style for text |
| SHOPRO |
SETUP |
Settings > Drawings Setup |
Shows projection information |
| SPROP |
GEOSPROP |
COGO > Geodetic > Single Proportion Line
Division |
Single proportion breaks line
geodetically |
| TRAV |
GEOTRAV |
COGO > Geodetic > Geodetic Traverse |
Geodetic traverse for input of bearings and
distances |