Maysville, Kentucky, USA (September 8, 2025)– Carlson Software’s latest CAD software releases—including Survey, Civil, Hydrology, GIS, Mining, and Point Cloud—introduce new features, enhancements, and powerful tools designed to boost user efficiency in the office. Carlson 2026 also features IntelliCAD 13.1 as well as compatibility with AutoCAD® 2026.
From more powerful pit design in mines to fast design of driveways, traffic islands and streams, to automated extraction of road edges and open pit breaklines, Carlson 2026 brings advances for users of every sort. Here are a few of the highlights:
LotNET now supports Custom Setbacks for control over a-typical setback requirements and corner lots.
Also added is the ability to create Individual Parcel Edges with no frontage for parcels not to be subdivided:
DGN Import available for IntelliCAD has greatly improved capabilities including the option to Import into the current drawing:
Point Group Manager has new control options including drawing 3D polylines (breaklines) and On/Off toggle for surface modeling:
The upgraded Road Network offers several new features:
Design and grade Median Traffic Islands…
….and automatically create colored TINs of the resulting road design.
The new quick Driveway routine cuts and grades driveways from Roads to Elevated Building Pads:
In Hydrology, Enhanced Lateral design workflow, new “T” style lateral cleanout symbol and attribute block label style:
New Sewer Profile Inspector displays station, elevation and slope for any sewer profiles at the cursor within the drawing:
Runoff Coefficient now includes the HSG option for Rational method hydraulic calculation:
The BANKPRO command will create a Template Point Profile that will elevate a template ID for external curves of a stream.
For those power users, IntelliCAD 13.1 now supports the full use of Dynamic Blocks:
Including Moving, Stretching, Rotating and Visibility States. This allows the modification of blocks without the need to explode or recreate.
Exporting a Civil 3D drawing can assign Carlson points, surfaces and centerlines to existing Civil 3D object styles:
In Mining, The new PitMaster command allows for easier pit designs including multiple roads and switchbacks using a faster polyline-based workflow:
Reworked Surface Mine Autorun setup allows for easier bench-by-bench volume calculations. Users no longer need to create surface files to define bench tops and bottoms.
Point Cloud extraction takes another leap forward with improved automated extraction routines such as:
Open Pit Breaklines
Material Boundaries
…and Road Edges
For more information about the many other enhancements in this new release, visit the Carlson 2026 webpage, carlsonsw.com/2026 or view the Carlson 2026 feature update list here.
To demo Carlson 2026 today, click here.
Versions 2024 and newer may also move your network license to the cloud.
About Carlson
Founded in 1983, Carlson Software Inc. specializes in CAD design software, field data collection, laser measurement and machine control products for the civil engineering, surveying, GIS, construction, and mining industries worldwide, providing one-source technology solutions for the entire project cycle. Carlson Software is headquartered in Maysville, Ky., U.S.A., with branch offices in Boston, Mass.; Almere, The Netherlands; Melbourne, Australia; Ottawa, Canada; and York, England.
