• Built on AutoCAD: Runs in AutoCAD® versions 2008 to 2000 as well as AutoCAD® Map, Land Desktop and Civil3D
• Project Setup: Flexible data storage methods
• Drawing Cleanup: Fix common drafting errors
• Drafting Enchancements: Handy tools for working in AutoCAD® such as Join Nearest, Shrinkwrap Entities, Polyline Utilities, Drawing Inspector, Layer Inspector and Twist Screen
• Data Compatibility: Supports industry standard LandXML and scores of specific data conversions

Surfaces

• Build Surfaces: By triangulation or rectangular grids
• Contouring: One step triangulate and contour from 3D entities as well as contouring from surface files
• Surface Manager: Change surface display properties and adjust surface functions to add and remove points and breaklines and swap edges
• Volumes: Earthwork volumes between triangulation or grid surfaces
• Pad Design: Tie cut/fill slopes from pad perimeter to surface, build pad surface, calculate and balance volumes, and edit pad parameters

Centerlines

• Design and Edit Centerlines: Design or input alignments on screen or in dialog with graphics
• Label Stations and Offsets: Annotate station and offsets along centerline and at selected points
• Calculate Offsets: Reports stations and offsets for selected points along centerline
• Create Offset Points: Create points at specified stations and offsets
• Spirals: Flexible handling of the most complex spiral curves including “spiral-only” elements going arc-spiral-arc, arc-spiral-line and line-spiral-line

Profiles

• Create Profiles: From surfaces, screen entities, points on centerline, etc.
• Quick Profile: One step profile creation with real-time update while adjusting centerline
• Input-Edit Profiles: Enter profile data in dual spreadsheet and graphic window, and design in reference to controlling profile grade points
• Draw Profiles: Draws profiles on grids or plan-profile sheets with auto-updating based on edits
• Profiles To 3D: Create points and 3D polylines from profiles

Points

• Import/Export: User-defined import and export of point data along with conversions with specific other formats
• Draw Points: Draw points with settings for symbols, layers and styles
• Point Groups: Point group manager to define sets of point by filters
• Coordinate File History: Tracks all changes to points with report and undo functions
• Fix Point Label Overlaps: Finds point label overlaps with rule options to fix automatically
• Point Tools: Utilities for modify point labels such as move with leader, twist and resize

Survey

• Data Collection Interfaces: Upload and download to popular data collectors
• Traverse Adjustment: Spreadsheet editor for raw data with graphics and processing for traverse adjustments
• SurvNET: Advanced network least-squares for total station, GPS and level data
• Field-to-Finish: Draw points with styles and in point groups set by point descriptions and draw linework by several flexible methods
• Field-to-Finish Inspector: Inspect all field-to-finish elements, see description source and re-draw based on descriptions edits.
• COGO: Streamlined inverse, traverse, sideshot, intersections, interpolation, translate, rotate, scale and align
• Coordinate Transformations: Transform coordinates and screen entities between lat/lon and grid projections as well as local to local by Helmert and least-squares methods
• Deeds: Enter deed by description, read deed data from deed file, deed reports, deed correlation and generate legal description from drawing
• Cut Sheets: Create custom cut sheet reports with reference grades and station-offsets

Area/Layout

• Label Areas: Customized area label styles and several methods to select areas to label
• Size Areas: Sliding side area, hinged area, area radial from curve and bearing area cutoff
• Lot Manager: Lot definitions by point numbers with functions to create lots, conduct mapcheck for closure, edit in spreadsheet with graphics, report lots and draw lots
• Lot Layout: Size lots along alignment with controls for target area, setback and frontage
• Offsets, Intersection and Cul-de-Sacs: Layout for ROW and EOP linework

Annotation

• Angle & Distance Labels: Flexible routines to label linework in all possible layout combinations plus available rules to automatically fix label overlaps and revise labels when entities move
• Curve Labels: Label curve data in stack, along arc or in table
• Survey Text: Routines to create typical plat labels such as offset and building dimensions
• Label Elevations: Label spot elevations along an alignment
• Linetypes: Draw special linetypes

Companion Programs

• Carlson SurvCE: Data collection for Windows CE and Pocket PC
• Carlson Field: Take Carlson and AutoCAD to the field for data collection and stakeout with total stations and GPS
• Carlson Takeoff: Construction Estimating for earthworks, subgrades, material quantities, strata quantities and trench networks
• Carlson  Point Clouds: Process laser scan data to generate models, breaklines and points
• Carlson Natural Regrade: Design stable land surfaces that follow natural hydrologic and geomorphology principles
• Carlson Geology: Models drillholes and strata structures and attributes