• Improved production drafting, unmatched data interoperability, and new drawing sheet management.
• Enhanced land development features and industry-leading analysis and drafting tools.
• Complete set of imperial and metric CAD standards for the land planner and surveyor.
• Built on the AutoCAD 2006 foundation and components of Autodesk Map 3D 2006.
• Collaborate more effectively because critical data Ð including points, terrain models, and alignments- are centrally stored.
• Complete submittal sets faster than ever Ð detail creation functionality helps you create, annotate, and manage construction details quickly and easily.
• Single-user license

OVERVIEW

Autodesk® Land Desktop 2006 centralizes data and interoperates with all Autodesk® civil products to form a unified, complete solution based on the AutoCAD® 2006 platform.

Coordinate Land and Surveying Functions
Autodesk Land Desktop 2006 extends AutoCAD 2006 and Autodesk Map® 3D 2006 with enhanced land development features and industry-leading analysis and drafting tools. Quickly add and label coordinate geometry (COGO) points, define and edit parcels and roadway alignments, automate drafting procedures, create terrain models, and calculate volumes accurately and rapidly. Autodesk Land Desktop is the foundation for Autodesk® Survey, enabling the consolidation of civil data and integration of your organization's land and surveying functions.

Collaborate More Effectively
Project teams work more productively with Autodesk Land Desktop because crucial data - including points, terrain models, and alignments - is stored centrally and shared globally. Any team member can extract 3D grids, contours, and sections from a project's master terrain model, so project teams can work with the most up-to-date data. Automatically convert Autodesk® Civil 3D drawing objects into usable data for seamless interoperability throughout your organization.

Complete Submittal Sets Faster Than Ever
Autodesk Land Desktop 2006 includes AutoCAD and Autodesk Map 3D software's drafting automation functionality to streamline the completion of submittal documents. Create, annotate, and manage construction details, and generate legal descriptions and radial stakeout reports quickly and correctly.

FEATURES

• Industry-Specific Drawing Standards for Engineering and Survey - New
  Autodesk® Land Desktop 2006 includes a complete set of imperial and metric CAD standards for the land planner and surveyor. Accompanying prototype drawings contain standard layer definitions, prototype projects with description key files, point group definitions and other project settings, symbol libraries, label styles, contour styles, drawing setup files, and figure prefix libraries. Supporting documentation makes it easy to create your own office standards manual. Use these drawing and production standards to dramatically lower costs while improving quality of construction documents by ensuring consistency.
• Autodesk Civil 3D Data Interoperability - New
  Work in the familiar Autodesk Land Desktop environment while familiarizing yourself with Autodesk® Civil 3D 2006 software, the most advanced civil engineering tool from Autodesk. Seamlessly migrate Autodesk Civil 3D data into Land Desktop projects and back again. Use Autodesk Civil 3D 2006 to increase productivity and accuracy by using a dynamic engineering model for civil engineering projects such as road, site, sewer and storm drain, and subdivision projects.
• Support for Microsoft Windows XP Restricted and Limited User Setup - New
  New support for Microsoft® Windows® XP Restricted and Limited User settings provides IT professionals and network administrators with greater control over security configurations. Autodesk Land Desktop 2006 now supports Windows XP Restricted and Limited User network configurations, so you can deploy Land Desktop 2006 without changing user permissions on your network. Simplify network administration while maximizing security using the most appropriate permissions configuration for your Land Desktop 2006 deployments.
• Parking Layout Dynamic Blocks - New
  Based on the AutoCAD® 2006 Dynamic Blocks, Autodesk Land Desktop 2006 now includes Dynamic Blocks specifically designed for parking lot layout. Dimensions are dynamically displayed on geometry as you create or edit it. Enter new values directly at the graphics cursor. Revised values are displayed instantly in the drawing geometry, providing immediate feedback on the information you enter. Parking lot and island layout is interactive and much more efficient for not just 90-degree parking lot lines but for angled parking and curb stops.
• Capabilities of AutoCAD 2006/Autodesk Map 3D 2006
  Autodesk Land Desktop 2006 is built with components of Autodesk Map® 3D 2006, so you gain access to powerful drafting and base mapping functionality in one product. Plus you benefit from full DWG compatibility and many of the new features included in AutoCAD 2006 software.
• Detail Component Manager
  The Detail Component Manager provides an uncomplicated interface for creating and managing construction details simply, quickly, and easily. It combines database information with XML files to create a detail of one or more construction materials in Plan, Elevation, or Section view. You can also use it to manage blocks and symbols.
• Legal Descriptions and Radial Stakeout Reports
  Dramatically reduce the time and effort spent creating common reports. Enhanced LandXML reporting capabilities now include customizable legal description and radial stakeout reporting.
• Survey Equipment Support
  Share terrain models and point data directly to survey equipment with updated Carlson Connect(TM) and Trimble® Link communication applications that enables survey equipment vendors and utilities to download and upload data from Autodesk Land Desktop 2006, Autodesk® Civil Design 2006, and Autodesk® Survey 2006.
• Point Management and Reporting
  This is an efficient method of defining and managing point collections into logical and clear groupings. Point groups also allow users to represent data from a single point in multiple ways, eliminating unnecessary duplication of points. The result - increased performance and a streamlined project.
• Plan Alignments
  The ability to lay out road alignments using graphical and tabular input and editing functions provides flexibility to meet a variety of different design challenges and techniques.
• Alignment Annotation
  With this feature, you can quickly and accurately draft stationing, station/offset labels, and offset alignments that match drafting requirements.
• Label Styles
  A style-based mechanism to control label appearance and drafting helps to ensure that all drafters will create consistent finish drafting for labels and tables.
• Terrain Model Creation
  Create a surface from a variety of 3D data including points, contours, breaklines, AutoCAD entities, and more.
• Parcel Definition and Management
  Lay out parcels using standard AutoCAD functions or focused lot-sizing commands.
• Contour Creation
  Create contours directly from a terrain model or using flexible layout commands. Styles help to control contour appearance, smoothing, and label characteristics.