Carlson Natural Regrade Software

Carlson Natural Regrade Software

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Carlson Natural Regrade software provides a natural, cost effective method to bring sustainability to disturbed lands, whether altered from mining or development.
Utilizing the GeoFluv^TM method for landform design, Carlson Natural Regrade minimizes material handling, erosion, and creates sustainable lands.

Carlson Natural Regrade with GeoFluv™ applies fluvial geomorphic principles to upland landform design. This unique Carlson 2011 module helps you to create a landscape design that mimics the functions of the natural landscape that would have naturally evolved over time. The result is a stable hydrologic equilibrium ... naturally.

The U. S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining (OSM), Reclamation and Enforcement has identified Carlson Natural Regrade as a 'TIPS Core Software'. See this news release for full details. For more detailed information about Natural Regrade and GeoFluv, call or email Nicholas Bugosh, 970-631-4190 or nbugosh@carlsonsw.com.

Carlson Natural Regrade was awarded a Silver Award in the Services Category of Intermat's award series. The awards ceremony was held during the 2009 Intermat, April 20 to 25 in Paris, France. Intermat is one of the world’s largest trade shows for the construction industry.

In addition to Natural Regrade running on top of any AutoCAD® or Map® versions 2000, up to and including 2011, Natural Regrade also comes with built-in IntelliCAD® -- a robust, DWG-compatible CAD platform that every CAD developer can build upon for no extra cost with every license of Carlson products.
Natural Regrade is something new happening in landform design. It’s the future. It’s natural. It's sustainable. Be a part of it

Features

Old method

Natural Regrade
software with GeoFluv™


	Based on conveying a single extreme discharge event
	Conveys only water discharge effectively at lower Q
	Requires expensive off-site earth material, e.g., rip-rap
	Expensive on steep slopes
	Requires long-term maintenance
	Requires maximum backfill to lower slopes
	Provides minimal slope aspect diversity
	Visual affront
	Rigid design sideboards limit landscape alternatives
	Regulatory agencies not satisfied


	Based on all discharges
	Natural channel morphology conveys water and sediment discharge; hydrologic balance
	Built with on-site materials
	Cost is significantly lower than gradient terraces and down drains on steep slopes
	Self-maintaining
	Can reclaim steep slopes in stable and suitable configurations, save money on material moving
	Increased slope aspect diversity promotes vegetation success and animal habitat
	Natural beauty
	Landscape designs can vary and provide alternatives
	Regulatory agencies embrace, GeoFluv™ approach is award-winning

Product Description

The essence of the GeoFluv™ approach is to identify the type of drainage network, i.e., stream channels and valleys, which would tend to form over a long time given the site’s earth materials, relief, and climate to achieve a stable landform, and to design and build that landform. The resulting slopes and stream channels are stable because they are in balance with these conditions. They are a reclamation alternative to uniform slopes with terraces and down-drains. Rather than fight the natural forces that shape the land, GeoFluv™ helps the user create a landscape that harmonizes with these forces.

•	Natural Regrade software replaces lengthy and tedious manual calculations with fast, efficient design
•	Natural Regrade frees the user’s creative design energies
•	View topographic maps and three-dimensional images of the resulting landscape design
•	One-button volumes and cut / fill material balance calculations for designs gives instant colored-coded feedback
•	Rapid evaluation of many landscape design alternatives allows the user to select the optimum landscape design for bond alternatives, construction costs, changing mine plans, land use, etc.

Screenshots

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One-button view of 3D triangle mesh model of design helps user see effect of design changes fast

One-button profile viewing and editing of channels and slopes allows user to see and change slope anywhere in the design.

The user may modify the draft landform, for example to reduce the fill volume by lowering a ridgeline, and the software can almost instantaneously recalculate the cut/fill balance to meet the user’s design.

Natural Regrade is ideal for integrating with Global Positioning System and laser machine control to simplify and speed construction and reduce costs. The need to survey and stake the designs in the field is eliminated using these technologies.