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Quick Links:
[ Why choose Carlson? ]
[ Download Fully Functional Demos ]
[ Competitive Cross-grades and Upgrades ]
[ Take-Home Copies ]
[ Embedded vs. Add-On vs. IntelliCAD Engine ]
[ More About IntelliCAD ]
Why
should you choose Carlson instead of the competition?
Better, more
dependable and easier to use tools: Carlson works the way you think
and Carlson works.
Easier to learn:
Carlson products work the way we (engineers) think
Real telephone
support: if you have a question you can call knowledgeable factory
support engineers who can help you work through any issues. You don't need
a current software maintenance agreement for access to factory support.
Support is provided for users evaluating products, licensed users and users
whose software has fallen out of a current maintenance agreement.
Reasonable
Pricing: the initial purchase price of Carlson is usually a fraction
of comparable products.
Reasonable
Maintenance Pricing: All Carlson software includes 90 days of updates,
if a new major software revision is released you automatically will receive
it. For 10% per year you can continue to keep your software investment up-to-date.
Remember that you don't need to have a current maintenance agreement to
receive free factory support!
Sanity Checked
Product Migration: buttons don't move, functions remain similar
between versions. Updating does not equal starting over with Carlson!
Easy-to-Use:
remember that Carlson is not too complicated for surveyors and engineers
to learn and use. You won't need a consultant to set it up and maintain
Carlson desktop products.
Download Fully Functional
Demos
Download the latest version
of Carlson Civil Suite to your computer, try out the fully functional version
for 30-days. During the evaluation period, Carlson factory support will
be happy to answer any questions that you might have just as if you were
a registered customer.
Call us (+1
801-412-0011) or send us a note by email cad@igage.com and we will send you a serial number and links to enable the demo.
You can download the
latest, fully functional desktop software from this [
Demo Link ].
Competitive Upgrades and Cross Grades
If you have recently
purchased or upgraded a competing product, don't despair! Call us for a
competitive cross-grade deal!
Call for the
best cross grade pricing: +1 801-412-0011
Carlson Take-Home Copies
Carlson desktop products
include a 'Take Home' copy. This allows you to install a copy on your office
machine and install a second, authorized copy on your laptop or home computer.
Embedded vs. Add-On vs. IntelliCAD®
Carlson desktop products
can installed and run with three different engines:
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on top of any
AutoCAD version (2018 through 2023)
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for use with the
latest IntelliCAD engine (which is included in the distribution)
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Embedded AutoCAD
(Available with Carlson Survey and Takeoff Only)
Existing AutoCAD (On-Top-Of)
Carlson desktop products
will install 'on-top-of' your existing AutoCAD software. Supported AutoCAD
versions include: regular AutoCAD, AutoCAD Map, AutoCAD Land Desktop, AutoCAD
Civil 3D. All AutoCAD versions from 2004 through 2013, 32-bit and 64-bit
are supported. The Carlson installer automatically takes care of the installation
details.
IntelliCAD Engine
The Carlson installer
includes the latest released version of IntelliCAD (and perhaps the latest
BETA version), you can choose to automatically install Carlson products
with either IntelliCAD engine.
Even if your office
needs the full blown AutoCAD engine, you may benefit from using the AutoCAD
engine at the office and deploying the 'Take Home Copy' at home with the
IntelliCAD engine.
Embedded AutoCAD Engine
Carlson desktop products
are also available with the 'Embedded AutoCAD Engine'.
The Embedded alternative
is more expensive:
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Carlson Embedded Survey (2022
OEM Engine) |
$2,995 (MSRP) |
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Carlson Survey (IntelliCAD or
runs on AutoCAD 2000-2023) |
$1,950 (MSRP) |
And maintenance updates
of the Embedded Survey product are not available. A upgrade copy must be
purchased with each new release (approximately $675 vs. $185 per year.)
If you have any full
version of AutoCAD from 2004 through 2013 (anything other than AutoCAD LT)
then the Carlson product will work directly on top of your existing engine.
If you are an AutoCAD LT user, then the IntelliCAD engine will provide enhanced
functionality.
The Embedded AutoCAD
engine is appropriate for power users who need absolute file and configuration
compatibility with other AutoCAD 2017 users.
More about IntelliCAD
The
IntelliCAD® Technology Consortium
(ITC) is an organization of members and focuses on the development of the
IntelliCAD CAD platform compatible with the DWG file format. ITC members
[ full list of
members ] each focus on the customization and marketing of CAD solutions
based on the IntelliCAD technology.
A great history of the
IntelliCAD engine and development can be found at Wikipedia: [
IntelliCAD ]. There
is additional information for early releases (V6.5) of IntelliCAD on the
Carlson website: [
Carlson
History of IntelliCAD ]. An absolutely fabulous description of the history,
backwater, gossip and and comparison by Ralph Grabowsky dated September
2004 can be found here: [
Outside Look In At IntelliCAD ]
[
Compare IntelliCAD 11 to Autodesk® AutoCAD® ]
IntelliCAD 11.0 was [
released ] August 4th 2022. Release 11 [
details
].
IntelliCAD 10.0 was [
released ] July 30th, 2020.
IntelliCAD 9.0 was
released June 29th 2018 [
2019 ICad
Improvements ]
IntelliCAD 8.0 was released
in June 2014 and includes 64-bit support:
[
IntelliCAD 2015
Improvements ]
IntelliCAD 7.1 was released
11 November 2011 and includes significant enhancements to printing, multiline
text, .PDF file export, .DGN file support and layout enhancements.
With each new release
of IntelliCAD, the IntelliCAD engine is greatly improved. 90% of all commands
are identical or nearly identical to AutoCAD. Some commands run a bit slower,
some are much faster. Most users will not notice any compatibility problems
or have any issues.
Many AutoCAD Map and
LDD users find it is easier to upgrade to Carlson Civil with the IntelliCAD
engine than it is to the latest AutoCAD 2013 version. If you are a
power AutoCAD user who uses most of the features of 2013, you probably won't
be happy with the IntelliCAD engine. However if you are 'just a regular'
user with a job to do, the IntelliCAD engine will be a fantastic, cost effective
engine.
Offices using using
AutoCAD LT for survey applications will certainly benefit from IntelliCAD's
support of LISP, ShapeFiles, GeoTIFF (and other georeferenced raster images),
3D data, XREFs, extensive imaging engine and all of the other features not
includ3ed in AutoCAD LT.
It is much less expensive
to deploy Carlson IntelliCAD based Survey solutions to field crews, project
managers and temporary employees.
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