Carlson Releases Takeoff R5
January 5, 2012
MAYSVILLE, Ky. – Carlson Takeoff R5, which comes with the
AutoCAD engine built-in, gives users increased 3D visualization, a
whole new set of commands for working with PDF files, and the ability to
produce customized, more professional reports among its many additional
improvements.
A comprehensive and accurate
CAD-based project-estimating and modeling software solution for contractors,
Carlson Takeoff 5.0 (R5) allows users to estimate and report cut/fill
quantities, subgrade materials, topsoil removal/replacement, over-excavation,
trenching, roads and strata calculations from a variety of possible sources.
“Contractors are increasingly getting
design files as PDFs that often contain images,” explains David Carlson, vice
president of development for Carlson Software. “The new routines in Carlson
Takeoff R5 that convert images to CAD linework speed up the process of making
this image data useful.
“For road work in Carlson Takeoff,” he
says, “we added the ability to break out cross section quantities by staging
and also the reporting of unsuitable material for end areas.”
These new features, combined with a new
and improved Report Formatter, make for more customized and more impressive
reports.
Carlson Takeoff R5 enables users to
develop precise estimates to help win jobs, and then the software helps build
accurate machine control models that output to all major machine control
providers. Takeoff R5 is a complete product that works with the many different
data sources used for today’s varied construction application, including PDF
and TIFF images, LandXML files, CAD drawings (.dwg, .dxf, and .dgn) and
digitized paper plans.
Along with Carlson Takeoff R5 with
built-in AutoCAD, Carlson Software also just released Carlson Survey 2012
Embedded AutoCAD.
For more information, visit
www.carlsonsw.com/takeoff.
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