VisionCivil is a solution of calculations and designs that helps Engineer

Engineer

An engineer is a professional practitioner of engineering, concerned with applying scientific knowledge, mathematics and ingenuity to develop solutions for technical problems. Engineers design materials, structures, machines and systems while considering the limitations imposed by practicality,...

s and Land Surveyors of Canada. Programmers have developed the civil engineering software

Civil engineering software

There are a variety of software programs which are available for the different specialized disciplines of civil engineering. Most civil engineers practice in specialized subsets of civil engineering, such as geotechnical engineering, structural engineering, transportation engineering, hydraulic...

 in order to facilitate terrain modeling from different angles; triangulation

Triangulation

In trigonometry and geometry, triangulation is the process of determining the location of a point by measuring angles to it from known points at either end of a fixed baseline, rather than measuring distances to the point directly...

 mode, producing profiles, sections cross plans, capping, pipe services, and also to make rapid and accurate volume calculations for Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers.

Initially released in late 1992 VisionCivil was one of the first vertical CAD programs. VisionCivil ran on primitive entities, as the technology evolved VisionCivil followed. In 1996, from a simple design tool it acquired graphic interface and C programming. The drafting features associated with COGO

COGO

COGO is a suite of programs used in civil engineering for solving coordinate geometry problems.COGO was originally a subsystem of MIT's Integrated Civil Engineering System , developed in the 1960s. Other ICES subsystems included STRUDL, BRIDGE, LEASE, PROJECT, ROADS and TRANSET, and the internal...

 calculations and digital terrain modeling

Digital elevation model

A digital elevation model is a digital model or 3-D representation of a terrain's surface — commonly for a planet , moon, or asteroid — created from terrain elevation data....

capacities brought VisionCivil to the new era.

VisionCivil, developed by Geo-Plus, is a Pioneer for Canada’s geomatics industry and is widely use for it has thousands of licenses in circulation.

VisionCivil runs on AutoCAD, MicroStation, PowerDraft and IntelliCAD environments.

Education

VisionCivil and VisionPlus are used in some Technical Design Colleges in Canada as a teaching tool for Geomatics.

Version history

Official Name	Version	Release	Date of Release
Version 1	1.0	1	1991,dec
Version 2	2.0	2	1992, dec
Version 3	3.0	3	1993, dec
Version 4	4.0	4	1994,dec
Version 5	5.0	5	1995, dec
Version 6	6.0	6	1996, dec
Version 7	7.0	7	1997, dec
Version 8	8.0	8	1998,dec
Version 9	9.1	9	1999, dec
Version 10	10.0	10	2000, dec
Version 11	11.1	11	2001, dec
Version 12	12.2	12	2002, dec
Version 14	14.0	14	2003, dec
Version 15	15.1	15	2004, dec
Version 16	16.1	16	2005, dec
VisionCivil2007	17.0	17	2006, dec
VisionCivil2008	18.0	18	2008, jan
VisionCivil2009	19.1	19	2008, dec