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Joined: March 23, 2011 11:22 am
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Topics: 7 / Replies: 518
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RE: Drawing Trees

I used a lisp routine that for individual trees it would place a circle at the diameter of the trunk and the dripline would be placed at approximate s...

10 years ago
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RE: Jacob Robert Barton

So sorry for your loss. Truly terrible news.

10 years ago
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RE: Late 2008, and how bad it was

Jan 20, 2009 was the day I was laid off working for the same surveyor for 18 years. All due to the lack of revenue coming in the door. I have been ki...

10 years ago
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RE: What are these called?

Quick Stakes Stake whiskers or stake chasers.... Usually in hard surfaces, I would just use 60d nails with flagging tied on

10 years ago
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RE: Responsible charge

I have no problem using the cad file, but as Dan said, you have to confirm that the information matches the printed plans. With the way most designs ...

10 years ago
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RE: oops

There should have been some buffer in the design, designing for a couple inches to spare in clearance is just plain dumb. The contractor should have ...

10 years ago
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RE: Automated watershed delineation

Carlson Civil Suite Hydro module will show drainage areas

10 years ago
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RE: Carlson 3D View

3D viewer is where you can pick objects to look at them in 3d, surface viewer is to show the modeled surface tin.

10 years ago
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RE: .PDF to .DWG software

Cadnet module from Carlson will convert pdf to dwg Autodesk Raster Design should do it as well (Part of Infrastructure Design Suite) I have not tried...

10 years ago
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RE: Equipment cost for Solo Startup

I've been working on a plan to start up my practice. I am currently looking at about $25k - $30k to get it started. I could bring those costs down q...

10 years ago
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RE: Georeferenced images in Carlson, and sources of images

Do you have the Civil Suite or just running Survey?

10 years ago
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RE: Dual monitor size?

2 24" monitors and the 17" display on the laptop.

10 years ago
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RE: Latitudes anyone?

Which pole? North, South or prism =)

10 years ago
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RE: No GPS in this area...

The surveyor said that so he could get more stakeout fees LOL

10 years ago
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RE: New Computer, Carlson Settings, Please help.

Yes, that would be the layer lock, when it's locked you can't change any entity on that layer. Helpful to lock control points in a cad file so they d...

10 years ago
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RE: No GPS in this area...

NCGS has a station in Shelby. There should be great coverage on NC VRS

10 years ago
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RE: Help! Carlson point attributes are blocked. How do I separate them?

Type movepnt, that command allows you to move an attribute independently and rotate. movepntleader will move all point attributes for one point with a...

10 years ago
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RE: Saving cash tricks

Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover seems to be along the same lines as The Richest man in Babylon. It's all common sense knowledge that most of Ameri...

10 years ago
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RE: 360 prism tracking prism or pole center?

Our Trimbles lock above and left of center. If you manually sight the pole and set zero, then turn on autolock and the angle should not change. The i...

10 years ago
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