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Carlson Software just released its Carlson 2024 product line. General enhancements are found in drawing setup, 3D viewing, drawing inspection, and more. Carlson Survey includes improvements to edit-process raw functionality, importing DBX, SurvNET, Carlson Cloud, field to finish, and legal description writer. Carlson Civil contains improved road network and ParkingNET functionality, curb ramps, and templates. Carlson Hydrology delivers many enhancements to sewer networks. And there's a whole lot more.

To find out about Carlson Software's latest tools and CAD software for the land surveying, civil engineering, GIS, construction, and mining industries:

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IntelliCAD is the default CAD engine that comes built-in to Carlson Software products. To find out how Carlson Software and the ITC work together, see the success story. To find out more about IntelliCAD's .dwg technology, go here.

Carlson Software just released its Carlson 2023 product line. A brief roundup of new features and enhancements: Carlson Survey supports multiple centerline files and GNSS base point adjustments, Carlson Civil contains improved 3D design tools, Carlson Point Cloud includes improved color edge identification, and Carlson Hydrology delivers enhancements to HydroNET and GIS features. And there's much more!

To find out more about Carlson Software's latest tools and CAD software for the land surveying, civil engineering, GIS, construction, and mining industries:

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IntelliCAD is the default CAD engine that comes built-in to Carlson Software products. To find out how Carlson Software and the ITC work together, see the success story. To find out more about IntelliCAD's .dwg technology, go here.

All DotSoft CAD add-on products are updated to include support for the new IntelliCAD 11.0 release:

• ToolPac: CAD Productivity Tools
• XL2CAD: Excel to CAD Connectivity, eliminating OLE problems
• WD2CAD: Word to CAD Connectivity, eliminating OLE problems
• MapWorks: Civil/Survey, Mapping & GIS Tools

Existing DotSoft users should contact DotSoft directly to obtain discounted upgrades to their existing versions.

DotSoft is a member of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium. For details about the IntelliCAD platform, go here.

Carlson Software just released their Carlson 2022 product line with faster performance, increased file compatibility, and too many new features to list.

To find out more about Carlson Software's latest tools and CAD software for the land surveying, civil engineering, GIS, construction, and mining industries:

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IntelliCAD comes built-in to Carlson Software products. To find out how Carlson Software and the ITC work together, see the success story. To find out more about IntelliCAD's .dwg technology, go here.

Carlson Software has released their Carlson 2021 product line update with IntelliCAD 10, bringing users in the land surveying, civil engineering, and mining industries new features, faster performance, and increased compatibility.

Highlights include photogrammetry in Carlson Survey, the ability to insert and manipulate BIM models in Carlson CADnet, and support of ODBC and ESRI File GeoDatabase databases in Carlson GIS. 

IntelliCAD comes built-in to Carlson Software products. To find out more about Carlson 2021:

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Carlson 2021 is available with IntelliCAD 10 which was released by the ITC earlier this summer. To find out how Carlson Software and the ITC work together, see the success story.

progeCAD 2020 Professional is available now with enhancements for working with IFC BIM files, tool palettes for blocks and hatches, digital signatures for .dwg files, formulas in tables, additions to 3D printing, and upgrades to working with point cloud files .rcp/.rcs, .pcg, .isd, .xyz, .ply, and .las, .laz files. And much more.

progeCAD 2020 Professional is based on the IntelliCAD 9 engine and is designed for drawing in 2D and 3D: CAD field and concept sketch, electrical schematics, building construction, AEC architectural, civil, GIS, Topography, structural, mechanical and industrial engineering, and MCAD mechanical.

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MicroSurvey users can get a new version of MicroSurvey CAD 2019 with Service Pack 1 available now. Service Pack 1 contains enhancements to GIS import capabilities and important fixes throughout the product.

MicroSurvey CAD 2019 Service Pack 1 is based on the IntelliCAD 9.0a engine and contains all of the new features and fixes available with IntelliCD 9.0a.

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IGiS-CAD 2018, based on IntelliCAD 8.4, passed all Open Geospatial Consortium WMS 1.3 client with queryable tests to receive compliance certification. 

Open standards and open platforms — it's what the ITC is all about. So it comes as no surprise that ITC members are pairing their products with additional open standards. IGiS-CAD 2018 compliance certification comes from Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), which develops and manages open standards for the global geospatial community.

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Scanpoint Geomatics Limited develops IGiS-CAD, a part of the IGiS system which brings together GIS, image processing, photogrammetry, and CAD on the same platform. It is designed for the agriculture, defense, forestry, disaster management, land information, mining, power, smart city, urban planning, utilities and location based service industries.

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IntelliCAD users can now use these DotSoft products, with more coming soon:

• ToolPac : CAD Productivity Tools
• XL2CAD : Excel to CAD Connectivity, eliminating OLE problems
• WD2CAD : Word to CAD Connectivity, eliminating OLE problems
• MapWorks : Civil/Survey, Mapping & GIS Tools

DotSoft is a developer of add-ons for multiple CAD engines and has been working directly with ITC developers to complete their port. DotSoft says this about working with ITC developers:

Of the three engine developers we work with, the ITC is certainly the most responsive and was very quick to address every issue we encountered. We look forward to working with the ITC and its members in the future. 

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