MicroSurvey inCAD 2020 Released

MicroSurvey Software Inc., part of Hexagon, is pleased to announce the release of MicroSurvey inCAD 2020. Productivity is central to your success, and MicroSurvey has designed its tools with your needs in mind. MicroSurvey inCAD is a plugin for AutoCAD® 2020 products that adds powerful survey-specific tools and workflows to complete your survey drafting workstation.

(West Kelowna, BC, Canada – November 29, 2019) – MicroSurvey announces the release of inCAD 2020. MicroSurvey inCAD adds the MicroSurvey feature set to the latest Autodesk® software – including AutoCAD® 2020, AutoCAD Map 3D™ 2020, and AutoCAD Civil 3D™ 2020 – providing users with complete survey drafting and calculation workflows, including COGO, point tools for gridline-based projects, traverse input and adjustment, misclosure reporting, common data collector support, 3D surface representation and computation, corridor design, and much more.

These utilities are perpetually licensed and are designed to complement the professional land surveyor and their desire for maximum efficiency. With two product tiers, inCAD allows the avid professional to choose precisely the features and price point they need to produce the quality deliverables they want. MicroSurvey inCAD works directly in your existing AutoCAD® environment, facilitating collaboration with existing AutoCAD® users within your organization.

Notable improvements in MicroSurvey inCAD 2020 include:

AutoCAD® 2020 Support

including full support for Autodesk® AutoCAD® 2020 products, including 64-bit English versions of AutoCAD® 2020, AutoCAD Map 3D™ 2020, and AutoCAD Civil3D™ 2020;

Smart Point Blocks

allow users to draw point nodes and labels as a single block, with automatic leaders and editing functions for label placement;

Smart Polylines

are created from Polylines, LWPolylines, and 3DPolylines which are connected by survey points, and will be automatically updated when points move. A new “CAD Polylines Dialog” has been created to review polyline details. LandXML Export and Google Earth (.kml) export have both been upgraded to export smart polylines;

Angular Units

have been updated to include Gons/Gradians, and may be used for all input/output throughout the program;

Bing® Maps

have been added to allow users to easily download background imagery as a raster image. The area of interest may be specified by project location or other input, and Resolution, coverage area, and image type may be specified on import;

GIS Import

allows users to import various types of GIS data into their drawing. Filters have been added to control data limits, remap attributes, and import the file as 3-dimensional objects;

JobXML

data from Trimble® and Spectra Precision® may be imported as traverse files, including point coordinates, GNSS coordinates, and total station measurements;

3D Point Labels

allow users to draw point labels at the elevation of their respective nodes, rather than at zero. This is very useful for those who prefer to work in 3D;

Drawing Comparison Tools

from AutoCAD® have been made to work properly with MicroSurvey database objects, and allow a user to compare two similar drawings to determine their differences;

Upgraded CSMap Library

includes over 125 new coordinate systems for Africa, Asia, Europe, Australasia, and the USA

Full details are available in the MicroSurvey inCAD 2020 Release Notes. MicroSurvey offers free trial versions for all of its major software – Click Here to download your trial version of MicroSurvey inCAD today!