August 26, 2009
Update 9/12/2009: Much appreciation to James Wedding at www.civil3d.com for extending the Carlson VS Civil 3D discussion to his website. A lot of commentary and good discussion has taken place on both sites. I’ve just posted my response to the comments. Also, as noted at the end of my reply, I am working on setting up a very thorough Shootout between Carlson and Civil 3D. Invitations have been sent, so keep looking for updates.
www.civil3d.com Carlson VS Civil 3D Post
Latest Autodesk Discussion Group Post
Update 9/1/2009: Folks at www.civil3d.com have started a post comparing Carlson to Civil 3D. Link is here. James has a minor detail wrong about my background. As a sole-proprietor, I was never an Autodesk reseller, but I did work for a couple of them before going out on my own. I’ve posted that as a comment and thanked James for starting the thread but, as of a couple hours later, it is still telling me that “Your comment is awaiting moderation”.
Update: Not that the edits, so far, have changed the original Posts too much, but wanted to make everyone aware that the Moderator is revising some of the posts. Mostly, it makes me look like I don’t know grammar and don’t proofread very well.
An interesting discussion has been started on the Autodesk Discussion Group here:
http://discussion.autodesk.com/forums/message.jspa?messageID=6243535#6243535
Harry Ward discusses the shootout between Carlson, Civil 3d and Bentley and several others discuss their experiences and compare their use of the products.
Leave a Comment » | 
AutoCAD, BIM, Bugs, Carlson Software, Events, Hydrology, Machine Control, Survey | Tagged: autocad lt, autodesk.autocad, bentley, carlson, civil 3d | 
Permalink
Posted by Jennifer DiBona, That CAD Girl
July 18, 2009
Carlson Software recently asked Felicia and me to present webinars on topics we have particular interest in or specialize in.
Felicia’s webinar on BIM, GIS and Carlson Software can be viewed here: BIM, GIS and Carlson Software Webinar
My webinar on CAD Standards can be viewed here: CAD Standards for Carlson Software with AutoCAD or IntelliCAD
Leave a Comment » | AutoCAD, BIM, Carlson Software, Civil, ESRI, Events, GIS, Hydrology, IntelliCAD, Machine Control, News, Product Updates, SurvCE, Survey, TakeOff | Tagged: BIM, carlson, Civil, Engineering, ESRI, GIS, SurvCE, Survey, TakeOff, utilities | Permalink
Posted by Jennifer DiBona, That CAD Girl
June 8, 2009
Those currently using Carlson with IntelliCAD are eligible for a new “GIS Starter Kit” from ESRI. The Kit includes:
- ArcGIS ArcView desktop software
- A copy of the book A to Z GIS: An Illustrated Dictionary of Geographic Information Systems
- A copy of GIS Tutorial: Workbook for ArcView 9, Third Edition
- A 10% discount for the ESRI Survey & Engineering GIS Summit ($325 – standard registration price)
To take advantage of the offer, call 1-800-GIS-XPRT (1-800-447-9778) and request the Carlson-IntelliCAD GIS Starter Kit and please have your Carlson Serial Number available.
You can read more about ESRI’s commitment to survey and engineering services by visiting http://www.ESRI.com/engineering.
4 Comments | AutoCAD, Carlson Software, Civil, ESRI, Events, GIS, IntelliCAD, News, Product Updates, Survey | Tagged: ArcGIS, ArcView, carlson, Engineering, ESRI, GIS, IntelliCAD, Survey | Permalink
Posted by Jennifer DiBona, That CAD Girl
April 8, 2009
So, how cool is this?
At the Carlson User Conference this week in Lexington, KY, Brent Jones of ESRI announced a new grant program in coordination with Carlson Software. The program will bring ESRI products to every IntelliCAD-based Carlson program.
Speaking with Brent on Tuesday, he said that a few of the details have yet to be worked out, but Carlson IntelliCAD users should be hearing details in about a month.
Leave a Comment » | AutoCAD, Carlson Software, Civil, ESRI, Events, GIS, Hydrology, IntelliCAD, News, Product Updates, Survey, TakeOff | Tagged: brent jones, carlson, carlson user conference, ESRI, GIS, IntelliCAD | Permalink
Posted by Jennifer DiBona, That CAD Girl
March 27, 2009
Autodesk has announced that their 2010 products will be released on March 24, 2009. I found this post by Randy McSwain to be a good overview of the new features in AutoCAD 2010.
As of March 13, 2009, Autodesk no longer supports or offers upgrades from their 2006 products.
Because of the retirement of Land Desktop, I see that Autodesk is offering to crossgrade existing Land Desktop customers to Map or Civil 3D with special pricing. Subscription will probably be mandatory, but I’m not certain.
Leave a Comment » | AutoCAD, Events, News | Tagged: autocad 2010, autodesk, civil 3d, land desktop, map | Permalink
Posted by Jennifer DiBona, That CAD Girl
March 27, 2009
Carlson Software put out a press release this week announcing that a representative of Dewberry will be making a presentation at the User Conference about their recent implementation of Carlson Survey and Civil Software.
This is a good supporting argument for my Myth #7 about how large companies DO use Carlson.
Click here for the press release about Dewberry.
Leave a Comment » | Civil, Events, GIS, Hydrology, Survey | Tagged: carlson, Civil, dewberry, GIS, hydro, implement, palumbo, Survey | Permalink
Posted by Jennifer DiBona, That CAD Girl
March 27, 2009
Thanks for taking the time to visit us at Carlson Connection.
The site is a little bare right now, but keep checking back. We hope to make it an active community with lots of good information and discussion.
If you’d like to be a Contributor to the site, please email me here.
Leave a Comment » | AutoCAD, Bugs, Civil, ESRI, Events, GIS, Hydrology, IntelliCAD, News, Survey, TakeOff, Wishlist | Tagged: SurvCE | Permalink
Posted by Jennifer DiBona, That CAD Girl
