Carlson civil was cost effective and intuitive to learn. My previous experience was with a competitor and when I branched out and started my own firm, I found Carlson for a fraction of the price. What I liked most was that the support was excellent and the modules that I needed came with the Civil Package without having to pay for a lot of add ons. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I really haven't found anything that has given me problems. The support is excellent but I suppose because not everyone uses Carlson my only complaint would be that I wish more training materials were available to compare with high price competitors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ease of use of the Carlson Software is the best part of it. I have found that I can simplify work flows based on this. We use this in Pipelines and there are a ton of simple commands that make pipeline data management easy. Everything from centerlines and stationing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't like the way Carlson has the product set up to check for a license each time you run a command. This needs to be addressed and should just be and Start Up. This would benefit users that move from the office to the field. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This review is about Carlson Civil Suite for surveying drawing. The software is very handy and easy to learn. Some of integrated functions can not only shorten the learning time but also help to speed up drawing time. The way that these commands run follows collection process of field surveying. I like the field-to-finish function. The tutorials in the help documentation really helps as well. Users can follow the step-by-step instructions to learn different aspects of Carlson Software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The interface to access feature codes was a little bit of intimidating initially. There are so many settings you can choose and change. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the Carlson package with the intelacad drawing engine because I used that previously. The integration with survey works very well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I’ve had trouble upgrading from 2012 version. I tried 2013 briefly, then 2014 too. Still stuck on 2012. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Carlson has always been a very good and user-friendly platform to do Civil Design and Land Surveying. I feel that they are lacking in their customer support. I wanted to purchase a updated version prior to getting Civil 3D and I never got a call from a salesman. So I figured my I was too small of an entity for them to support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Customer support for me is more important than anything. I'm not particularly fond of internet sales but becoming more comfortable if it involves lower price. Carlson is a company that is hard to contact. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The most important reason is the ease of use. The navigation of the menus is easily accessible. With one click of a button you can go from one module to another. No need to have your screen populated with other features that you don't use on a daily basis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Accessing point data is a bit cumbersome. Maybe a new window to the side would be helpful. This is where AutoCAD civil 3d is a better product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like using the Surface, Annotate, Profiles and Section menus the most. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not being able to use all the functions that Carlson has to offer, meaning that our company does not work in all areas of Civil engineering. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Very easy to use. No project necessary. Alignments, profiles, cross sections and surfaces are created independent from a "project" and can be created on the fly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The surfaces that Carlson Civil creates are not as accurate and smooth as I would like but they work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy flow from CL design, sectioning, profiling, to even `DTM modeling. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I ran an older version that was slightly buggy, sometimes you would need to clear the programs memory which would return any customization to default settings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Carlson Civil and it's accompanying modules (mining, geology, cogo and hydrology) are easy to use. The help topics are detailed, have step by step instructions and provide detailed examples. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The software packages are not as powerful as others available, but for the price they get the job done. Does not handle large amounts of data, memory limit and 3D graphics are slow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.