by Dent Cermak » Sat Oct 15, 2011 4:06 pm
Greetings from a former AutoCad user that was in the same boat you now find yourself in. My outcome was that I switched 10 seats of AutoCad over to Carlson, saved a boat load of cash and increased productivity astronomically.
Yes, you can do exactly what you need to do in Carlson Survey. Under the Surface tab there is a pull down item entitled "Slope Zone Analysis". That should give you what you need.
Describing the steps here would not give a clear answer to your question. I strongly suggest that you contact the Carlson Rep for your area (you can email Carlson and get that name) or see if your local VAR knows enough about the product to do a demo for you. Believe me , a demo will blow you away.
Also, look on this site for tha Carlson College member closest to you. Perhaps they can help you in your decision.
Having gone through what you are just beginning, let me give you some good advice: when you transition to any new software, do NOT try to do it by yourself. The days of taking "The Book" and teaching yourself the program are long gone. You can get the basics, true enough, but to maximize productivity some training is required. Every dollar that you spend on training will be returned to your company many times over in increased productivity and skills learned.