Stringer Topo V23 has undergone a complete, ground up, rewrite to deliver the following benefits:
- Significant speed and performance improvements (over 5x faster)
- Streamline current workflows
- Expand on current functionality
- Improve interoperability with Civil 3D points and surfaces
- Enhance point display capabilities and management of point properties
Our redevelopment goals have been to build on the best of what Stringer Topo has always offered: rapid reduction of raw survey data, intuitive string creation and editing tools to fast-track breakline and linework generation, and click-button output of a legend table.
To find out more, we have created a short overview video showing the key improvements and changes.
Stringer Topo V23 | Critical Licensing Information
Stringer Topo v23 requires a v23 license key.
License keys have been added for all current subscription holder accounts and can be obtained directly from the Customer Centre.
Stringer Topo V23 is only available as a standalone license.
We are currently in the process of changing our licensing system for Stringer Topo to allow greater flexibility for customers in the future.
To enable Stringer Topo customers who have network licensing to upgrade to Stringer Topo V23, we will provide enough single user / standalone licenses to cover the entire workforce until such time as the multi user / network license is available.
If you are a customer with multi user / network Stringer Topo and would like to upgrade to Stringer Topo V23, please email Jack Haughton to discuss single user / standalone licenses for you:
Email: jack.haughton@civilsurveysolutions.com.au
Stringer Topo V23 | Resource Videos
We’ve created a collection of video resources to step you through the key workflows and changes in Stringer Topo V23.
Stringer Topo V23 | Migration Tools
Stringer Topo V23 comes with migration tools to facilitate transfer of your current Stringer Topo settings across to Stringer Topo V23. The processes are slightly different between AutoCAD/BricsCAD and Civil 3D users, mainly because AutoCAD/BricsCAD users also manage the COGO point display.
See below for a rundown of the options for transferring settings from previous versions of Stringer Topo to Stringer Topo V23.
Stringer Topo – New and Old Side-by-Side
The previous Stringer Topo (Stringer Topo Legacy) has been updated to operate side-by-side with Stringer Topo V23. During installation you will have an opportunity to add the Stringer Topo Legacy ribbon to your installation. This will add the Stringer Topo ribbon and all functionality will be available.

Note that there is a new command included in Stringer Topo Legacy called ‘Enable Dynamics’. In order to maintain performance in Stringer Topo V23, some dynamics have been disabled in Stringer Topo Legacy. If it is intended to use only the legacy tools for a session, you can click Enable Dynamics to turn on all event reactors for the legacy commands.
Stringer Topo V23 | Old vs New Ribbons
Stringer Topo V23 has a different ribbon (menu) system to previous versions. So, if you’ve installed both Stringer Topo V23 and (now legacy) Stringer Topo, look out for these ribbon tabs:
- Civil 3D Users
- Stringer Topo V23 has a Ribbon tab named Survey
- Stringer Topo legacy has a Ribbon tab named Stringer Topo
- AutoCAD/BricsCAD Users
- Stringer Topo V23 has three Ribbon tabs:
- Survey (this is core Stringer Topo for surveys)
- Site (this expands on surface volumes, alignment and long and cross section output functionality)
- General (this manages core settings, pack mode and data sharing)
- Stringer Topo legacy has a Ribbon tab named Stringer
- Stringer Topo V23 has three Ribbon tabs: