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Take another look! If "you looked" at GPS2CAD, and haven't purchased it yet we invite you to take another look and explore all the new capabilities here.
The
long-awaited interface for Magellan GPS is now available!
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It's summer, and things can get a bit hectic. Here's a synopsis of the pandemonium:
Our plans for the rest of the summer include
We received an excellent testimonial from Bardell Mangum, RLA: "I am a landscape architect for the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks. We are responsible for design and construction projects on 43 state parks, over 320 fishing access sites, several wildlife management areas and several fish hatcheries. With sites spread across the fourth largest state in the nation, I have been looking for a product to improve my efficiency in conceptual site design. I've found it. GPS2CAD allows me to do conceptual site design on the ground where it should be done. Your product efficiently fills the niche between project scoping and detailed construction surveys. Today I upgraded to GPS2CAD 3.0 and I am amazed at the improvements. I look forward to my next project so that I can use it."Thanks, Bardell! You can see other reports at http://www.aztechsoft.com/Testimonials.htm
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The latest
version of GPS2CAD (ver 3.1) has been released. It is a no-cost upgrade
for existing owners of Version 3.0, and the biggest change for this version is
compatibility with Magellan GPS. In a nutshell, the changes in this
version include:
What comes next for GPS2CAD? After the release of Version 3.1, we will begin working on taking GPS2CAD into the .Net platform. This environment is now reaching a solid maturity in industry, and offers a great deal of opportunity for new features and greater functionality. We hope to have this version available in 4th Quarter of this year.
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| Using
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| Does GPS2CAD
plot in 3d?
In our last newsletter, the answer was no. However we are now glad to report that the answer is YES. The program now plots both points and blocks in 3D if this option is selected in the Setup. Lines are not plotted in 3D because the program uses lightweight polylines, which do not have a separate z elevation for each vertex. You should still be aware that although many (usually older or less expensive) GPS units show the elevation on their screen, it is not recorded in their data base. A way to check this is go into the waypoint list of the GPS and work through the menu as if you were going to edit the point info. If you don't see an elevation, it's because it's not in the database. So when GPS2CAD downloads the points, it inserts a 0 for elevation. Using GPS2CAD without GPS or CAD It sounds like an oxymoron, but you can use GPS2CAD without hooking up a GPS unit, or even having AutoCAD on your computer. In fact we do it frequently for testing or demonstration purposes, and even for Tech Support calls. Here's how:
At AzTechSoft we provide the "True Point of Beginning" for finding the tools and resources needed by Engineers, Architects, AutoCAD users, and the technical community in general. To contact us: AMC Inc Email:
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