22 January 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Simple, Accurate Measuring and Stakeout

Carlson Software Introduces Carlson Layout

LAS VEGAS, Nev. – The all new Carlson Layout, introduced today at the World of Concrete by Carlson Software, is designed to ease and speed the calculations required to lay out the foundations, columns, and utilities of architectural buildings. You will find Carlson Layout is both simple and powerful plus extremely flexible.

Using conventional or robotic total stations, Carlson Layout sets out corners, offsets and columns in record time, minimizing the need for taping distances or making complicated calculations.  The program moves smoothly between decimal feet and architectural feet and inches.  Carlson Layout makes it a one-person job for all aspects of laying out any sized building foundation.

“This is a simple sketch and tap system, with point numbers optional,” says Bruce Carlson, founder and president of Carlson Software. “With Carlson Layout, building plans are digital and portable, in your pocket, ready for location, computing and staking.”

Derived from the versatile and popular Carlson SurvCE 2.0, used by a growing majority of surveyors in the U.S. and abroad, Carlson Layout offers a revolutionary new layout interface that allows replication of paper blueprints or building digital plans simply and fast.  Traditional entry methods are also supported.

Carlson Layout can be connected to most electronic total stations, including Topcon, Trimble, Leica, Sokkia, Pentax, CST and more. Data can be imported with Carlson Survey, Carlson Civil, Carlson Takeoff and many other popular desktop software.

“Carlson Layout makes layout on difficult, non-perpendicular building geometries, such as angled and curved walls, fast and easy,” adds Carlson. “You can even tap the shape of a building directly on the blank screen or by clicking the corners of an image, then enter the distances and the building will square up, ready for staking.”

For more information, or for a dealer waiting to serve you, visit www.carlsonsw.com/layout . Founded in 1983 and celebrating its silver anniversary in 2008, Carlson Software Inc. specializes in field data collection, CAD software design and machine control products for the civil engineering, surveying, construction and mining industries worldwide.