Carlson Civil Suite

perpetual license (~$4,450 Civil Suite bundle); optional ~10%/yr maintenance; subscription option available Design the Building

AutoCAD/IntelliCAD-based desktop civil design suite (Carlson Civil, Survey, Hydrology, GIS) for grading, roads, lots, and hydrology. Sold as a perpetual license (Civil Suite bundle around $4,450) with optional annual maintenance and a subscription option. Scriptable via AutoLISP and .NET through its AutoCAD/IntelliCAD engine; reads/writes DWG, DGN, and LandXML.

3.6 /5 composite score
Perpetual-license civil CAD suite for grading, roads, lots, and hydrology -- public perpetual pricing (~$4,450 bundle) and AutoLISP/.NET scripting via its AutoCAD/IntelliCAD engine give it strong interoperability (DWG/DGN/LandXML), though it is desktop-only with no REST API.
Solid

Rubric Scorecard

How we grade →

Criterion Score Evidence
Value for the price 4/5 perpetual license (~$4,450 Civil Suite bundle); optional ~10%/yr maintenance; subscription option available, from $4450 Source →
Agent Friendliness 3/5 API: none (desktop CAD)
Ease of adoption 2/5 --
Portability & lock-in 5/5 4 file formats
Interoperability 4/5 2 integrations

Pricing

Modelperpetual license (~$4,450 Civil Suite bundle); optional ~10%/yr maintenance; subscription option available
Entry price$4450
Free tierno
Free viewerno
Billing unitflat
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Evidence

File formats

FormatDirectionSupport
DWG both full
DGN import unknown
LandXML both full
DXF both full

Integrations

AutoCAD IntelliCAD

Sources

Pricing

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