All posts by Jennifer DiBona

Software Review: My Evolution from Land Desktop to Carlson Software

With the retirement of Land Desktop, many land surveyors and engineers are wondering where to go next with their design software. This month’s column is the first of a two-part series explaining how and why two AutoCAD Land Desktop experts made the decision to move in different directions: Jennifer DiBona currently recommends Carlson Software, and...

Picks and Clicks: Assorted CAD Tips and Tricks

Here’s a selection of CAD applications and features that I find a lot of people aren’t aware of but can save picks and clicks, time and money. DWG Convert in DWG True View DWG TrueView is a very, very stripped-down version of AutoCAD that allows you basically to open and plot DWG and DXF files....

Picks and Clicks: Assorted Carlson Tips and Tricks

Because my last column focused on tips and tricks for those who use AutoCAD or IntelliCAD, for this issue I put together a few of my favorite tips for working in Carlson Software. Non-Surface Points and Entities Like other survey/civil software programs, Carlson gives you several ways to specify the data that’s to be included...