I’m reflecting on my impressions of the inaugural meeting of the Kansas City Carlson User Group meeting held at the corporate office of Griner & Schmitz on August 20, 2009. About a dozen individuals Read the rest of this entry »
The Kansas City Carlson User Group
August 26, 2009
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Carlson 2010 Sneak Peek
June 18, 2009The 2010 edition of Carlson Software is a few weeks away from general release and is slated to have approximately 400 new features and enhancements. Suffice it to say, there should be something for just about everyone with this release. While by no means exhaustive, here are just a few of the new features that will be found in Carlson 2010 (a few of which were mentioned in the Coming in Carlson 2010 post): Read the rest of this entry »
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Another Twist for World
May 6, 2009I’d like to offer a few other arguments for the use of the DVIEW TWIST routines discussed in North Rotation: Using Twist Screen. The four Carlson DVIEW routines cited:
- Standard - This option allows you to select a rotation angle using the mouse.
- Line, Polyline or Text – This option allow you to select an object to set as a view baseline. It is the most useful when trying to match views to objects such as property lines or road centerlines.
- Surveyor – This option prompts for the manual entry of a bearing or azimuth for the rotation angle.
- Restore Due North – This option returns the screen to the orientation where North is straight up.
fall right in line with remarks made by ESRI’s Brent Jones at the 2009 Carlson User Conference who said: Read the rest of this entry »
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Ribbon vs. Menu… Your preference is??
April 24, 2009I was reading a recent AP article that was similar to the article entitled Meet Microsoft’s antidote to Vista and saw the following:
You probably don’t know her name, but if you’re using Office 2007, the sleeper hit of the Vista era, you’re already familiar with Larson-Green’s work.
She was the one who banished the familiar system of menus on Word, Excel and other programs in favour of a new “ribbon” that shows different options at different times, depending on what a user is working on.
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Brent Jones of ESRI discusses ‘Why GIS Needs Surveyors’
April 8, 2009Combining all the GIS and land development technologies that exist today is what Brent Jones suggested surveyors do in his keynote address to the attendees at the 2nd annual Carlson User Conference. Jones, PE, PLS, is the Survey, Cadastre, and Engineering Industry Manager for ESRI, which designs and develops the world’s leading geographic information system (GIS) technology.
To help surveyors accomplish this, Jones announced an upcoming grant program to be offered by ESRI for every Carlson IntelliCAD user. “ESRI is very supportive of Carlson’s development on IntelliCAD and we want to support your users,” said Jones of this specialized grant program being developed exclusively for Carlson IntelliCAD users. “We want to help surveyors leverage their existing resources to help in the GIS market.” With this offer Carlson IntelliCAD users will be able to access GIS technology and jump-start a GIS practice. Read More
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Dewberry’s Dave Palumbo presents ‘Choosing and Implementing Carlson’
April 7, 2009Starting his presentation at the Carlson User Conference by saying “Carlson works for us,” Dave Palumbo, PE, Technology Manager for Infrastructure Services at Dewberry, noted that Dewberry, an ENR top 50 design firm was an early adopter of technology as a differentiator. The evaluation and implementation of three competing solutions took Dewberry more than two years. “Patience was of the essense,“ Palumbo said.
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BIM vs. “CIM” – Is it a Noun or Verb?
April 7, 2009I wanted to share my opinion related to the BIM this, BIM that… What is BIM? article to essentially equate (or draw parallels between):
| “Acronym” | “Location” | “Data” | “Mechanism” | “Discipline” |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIM | Building | Information | Modeling | Architectural |
| GIS | Geographic | Information | System | Civil |
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Carlson Software Expands Carlson College™
April 3, 2009Carlson Software recently expanded their expert level training program, Carlson College™, and started the Carlson College Training Program. This new program will allow individuals and companies to get training direct from Carlson Software or through the members of the Carlson College Training Program. New members of the Training Program include Harken-Reidar Inc. of Front Royal, Va.; Carlson Desktop Solutions (CDS), based in Austin, Texas; That CAD Girl, located near Raleigh, N.C.; and, for C&G products only, Larry Phipps of the Land Surveyor’s Workshop in Jefferson, N.C. Membership in the Carlson College Training Program is available to any person or organization that makes a commitment to providing quality training on Carlson Software products.
For more information on the Carlson College Training Program or training, please contact Carlson Software at 800-989-5028, email training@carlsonsw.com or visit www.carlsonsw.com/training. Members of the Carlson College Training Program are independent entities from Carlson Software.
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