General

• Crash Reporting: If Eagle Point crashes, an Eagle Point Error Report dialog box displays allowing you to send the error report. The Error Report allows you to enter a description of what you were doing when the crash occurred to Eagle Point. It also allows you to enter in contact information. The description and contact information is not required, however, it may provide important information need to resolve the issue. The error report will also be stored in your %temp%\Eagle Point Software\Exception folder. This allows you send the file to Eagle Point support personnel to help resolve a problem. This file is the same file that is sent to Eagle Point when you click on the Send button. The information that is stored in the error report includes the following:
  • Description
  • User
  • Company Name
  • Email Address
  • Phone Number
  • Eagle Point Version
  • Eagle Point Command
  • Operating System
  • CAD version

Network License Manager

• Network License Manager: The Server Code for the selected server has been added to the Servers drop list.

System

• AutoCAD 2008 is now a supported CAD engine. AutoCAD 200x users upgrading to AutoCAD 2008 only need to run the Configure CAD Engine from the Eagle Point Administrator Program to "point" to the AutoCAD 2008 acad.exe file. The 2007 7.2.0 CD also contains AutoCAD 2008 as a supported CAD engine during installation. If AutoCAD 2008 is the only version of AutoCAD that is installed on the workstation and there is no previous version of Eagle Point installed, you will need the 2007 7.2.0 CD.
   
• AutoCAD Map 3D 2008 is now a supported CAD engine. AutoCAD Map users upgrading to AutoCAD Map 3D 2008 only need to run the Configure CAD Engine from the Eagle Point Administrator Program to "point" to the AutoCAD Map 3D 2008 acad.exe file. The 2007 7.2.0 CD also contains AutoCAD Map 3D 2008 as a supported CAD engine during installation. If AutoCAD Map 3D 2008 is the only version of AutoCAD Map installed on the workstation and there is no previous version of Eagle Point installed, you will need the 2007 7.2.0 CD.
   
• Windows Vista: Eagle Point and the Eagle Point Network License Manager is now compatible with the 32-bit version of Windows Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Ultimate, Business, and Enterprise. When upgrading your operating system to Windows Vista, it is recommended that you first uninstall Eagle Point and then reinstall. This is recommended because the folder structure for users has changed from Windows XP to Windows Vista.
   
• Preview Objects: Mouse wheel functionality has been implemented in the preview window. To zoom in, move the wheel away from you. To zoom out, move the wheel towards you. To Pan, press and hold the wheel and move your mouse in the direction you want the preview to move. To Tilt the preview (XY Plane Angle), hold down the Shift key and move the wheel. To Twist the preview (X-Axis Angle, hold down the CTRL key and move the wheel. To Tilt and Twist the preview at the same time, hold down the Shift and CTRL keys and move the mouse. The Preview Objects command can be found in various products such as Advanced Irrigation, Data Collection, Data Transfer, Intersection Design, Site Analysis and Surface Modeling.
   
• MicroStation XM is now a supported CAD engine. MicroStation SE/J/V8 users upgrading to MicroStation XM only need to run the Configure CAD Engine from the Eagle Point Administrator Program to "point" to the MicroStation XM ustation.exe file. The 2006 6.4.0 CD also contains MicroStation XM as a supported CAD engine during installation. If MicroStation XM is the only version of MicroStation installed on the workstation and there is no previous version of Eagle Point installed, you will need the 2006 6.4.0 CD.
• BricsCad 7.0 is now a supported CAD engine.  
• Autodesk Map 3D 2007 is now a supported CAD engine. Autodesk Map users upgrading to Autodesk Map 3D 2007 only need to run the Configure CAD Engine from the Eagle Point Administrator Program to "point" to the Autodesk Map 3D 2007 acad.exe file. The 2006 6.3.0 CD also contains Autodesk Map 3D 2007 as a supported CAD engine during installation. If Autodesk Map 3D 2007 is the only version of Autodesk Map installed on the workstation and there is no previous version of Eagle Point installed, you will need the 2006 6.3.0 CD.  
• AutoCAD 2007 is now a supported CAD engine. AutoCAD 14/200x users upgrading to AutoCAD 2007 only need to run the Configure CAD Engine from the Eagle Point Administrator Program to "point" to the AutoCAD 2007 acad.exe file. The 2006 6.2.0 CD also contains AutoCAD 2007 as a supported CAD engine during installation. If AutoCAD 2007 is the only version of AutoCAD that is installed on the workstation and there is no previous version of Eagle Point installed, you will need the 2006 6.2.0 CD.

• Reduction Settings: There are now two methods in which the Use Line Name as Counter may be utilized when collecting line work in the field. The Redefine after Stop Designator option allows for redefinition of the line, or counter, after a stop designator has been entered. This change will allow the line, or counter, to be reused by allowing it to generate a new association with the current field code. The Define Line Once option is how the Use Line Name as Counter worked previously whereby lines were defined only once for the job. Below are some examples:

  Define Line Once: The Use Line Name as Counter option maintains the original definition of a line in the job through the entire job. For example, say you use line 1 in conjunction with an Edge of Pavement Field Code (e.g. EOP.1) in the job. Now later in the job line 1 is used in conjunction with a Sidewalk Field Code (e.g. SW.1). Since all occurrences of line 1 are now treated as ‘EOP’, line 1 at this point is considered to be an Edge of Pavement (EOP) as defined earlier in the job.
  
  Redefine after Stop Designator: The Redefine after Stop Designator option allows for redefinition of the line, or counter, after a stop designator has been entered. For example, say you first use line 1 in conjunction with an Edge of Pavement Field Code (e.g. EOP.1) early in the job. Then at some point that line is stopped using a stop designator (e.g. EOP.1!). Now later in the job line 1 is used in conjunction with a Sidewalk Field Code (e.g. SW.1). Line 1 at this point is now associated with the Sidewalk Field Code used at that shot and will be defined as such through to the end of the job or until the line is stopped and re-used within that same job.

Data Transfer

• Import/Export LandXML: The Import LandXML now supports the 1.1 LandXML schema. The Export LandXML command now exports the LandXML file as a 1.1 schema version.

Drafting

• Write Legal Description: You now have the ability to select whether you want a hard return or carriage return between courses. This new option was added to the General Tab in the Legal Description Settings dialog box.
   
• Write Legal Description: A option for Non-Tangent Curves has been added to the Curves Tab in the Legal Description Settings dialog box. This allows you to customize the wording for Non-tangent curves. You can select to write the radial line direction and the tangent in and tangent out directions.
   
• Write Legal Description: A option for Compound and Reverse Curves has been added to the Curves Tab in the Legal Description Settings dialog box. This allows you to customize the wording for compound and reverse curves.
   
• Annotate Crossings: The Annotate Crossing command allows you to annotate the station value of any object (alignment, line, arc, spiral, etc.) that crosses an alignment or selected object. You can graphically select an alignment or CAD object by clicking on the Pick In CAD button or select a defined alignment by selecting the Defined Alignments button. You can choose a Review method for the crossing annotation that is placed. The Review Methods are All Annotation, Overlapping Annotation and None. When the Review Method of All Annotation is selected, the first crossing annotation is centered in the CAD window allowing you to modify its location. Select a new location for the annotation to be placed or press the Enter key or right mouse button to advance to the next crossing annotation. When the Review Method of Overlapping Annotation is selected, the first crossing annotation that interferes with another crossing annotation or text, the interfering annotation is centered in the CAD window allowing you to modify its location. Select a new location for the annotation to be placed or press the Enter key or right mouse button to advance to the next interfering crossing annotation. When the Review Method of None is selected, there is no review of the crossing annotation that is placed.
  
  Once the alignment is selected, the crossing annotation is placed. You will review the crossing annotation if a Review Method of All Annotation or Overlapping Annotation is selected. If the Review Method was set to None, the command is finished. You can edit the location of any crossing annotation using the Edit Annotation option. This option prompts you to select text. Select the crossing annotation that you want to modify. When you select a location on the same side of the alignment, the leader is drawn to the new location selected. When you select a location on the opposite side of the alignment, the annotation is flipped to the other side of the alignment. When you are done editing the crossing annotations, press the Escape key or the Enter key or right mouse button without selecting any crossing annotation. 
  
  This command uses the Station/Offset settings for the selected Annotation Style. For best results, you should create a style that has only the Station value toggled on and has a justification of Middle Right. The annotation is automatically placed perpendicular to the alignment, so the Rotation in the annotation style should remain at 0 (zero). Since the Annotation Crossing command uses the Station/Offset settings for the selected annotation style, the CAD properties for the crossing annotation are controlled by the Station/Offset settings as well. A leader line is also drawn from the crossing location to the annotation with a 10% gap between the alignment and the leader and also between the leader and the annotation. The CAD properties of the leader line are controlled by the CAD Settings icon located on the Annotation Crossings dialog box. 
  
  Existing annotation placed with the Annotate Crossing command can be erased in a couple of ways. If the annotation was placed for the selected alignment, toggle on the Erase All Existing Crossings for this Alignment. All annotation that is placed for the alignment will be erased and new annotation is placed. The other method is to select the Erase By Select button and graphically select a crossing annotation. All crossing annotation that was placed at the same time as the selected crossing annotation will be erased.
  
  The Crossing Annotation is not dynamic. If the alignment is modified, the crossing annotation is not automatically updated. You will need to run the Annotate Crossing command again to have the crossing annotation reflect the changes made to the alignment.
• Break: The command now repeats once an object is broken so you do not need to re-select the command.

Landscape Design

• Label Symbol: A scale multiplier has been added to the Edit Label Style dialog box. This allows you to adjust the size of the hexagon or circle that is placed when labeling plants. To reduce the size of the symbol, enter a value less than 1 (one) in the Scale Multiplier edit control. To increase the size of the symbol, enter a value greater than 1 (one) in the Scale Multiplier edit control.
• Label Symbol: There is now an option to attach an arrowhead to the end of the leader line. To place an arrowhead at the end of the leader, toggle on the arrowhead option, select an arrow from the drop list and specify a scale factor. The list of arrowheads in the drop list is obtained from the symbol organizer in the Arrows - Plan section.

RoadCalc™

• Dynamic Profile Entry: The Dynamic Input command has been added to the Edit Profile Data dialog box. This command provides a more flexible and efficient tool to construct or modify a profile. It displays Station, Elevation, Delta Station, Delta Elevation, % Grade and Distance. For more information on the Dynamic Input command watch the supplied Dynamic Input Video.
• PT Codes: Eagle Point now supports the following PT Codes: -7, -8, -9, -17, -18, -19, -27, -28, and -29. See below for more information on how these may be utilized within RoadCalc. These additional PT codes may be useful when you require more that one PT code to control the same breakpoint across an entire subproject yet have the need to differentiate between surfaces when generating reports, breaklines or profiles from PT Codes. Superelevation: Eagle Point now allows the use of PT Codes -7, -8 and -9 to be used in the same manner that PT Codes 2, -3, -4, -5 and -6 may be used during superelevation. These additional PT codes may be useful when you require more that one PT code to control the same breakpoint across an entire subproject yet have the need to differentiate between surfaces when generating reports, breaklines or profiles from PT Codes.
  
  Slope Controlled Superelevation: Eagle Point now allows the use of PT Codes -17, -18 and -19 to be used in the same manner that PT Codes -2, -13, -14, -15 and -16 may be used during Slope Controlled superelevation. Through the use of these PT codes, the side slopes will be maintained during superelevation for typical sections that have their upper-most surface(s) extending to the edge of the section. Slopes will be extended as defined on the typical section when a cut condition is met, and as specified in the condition table when a fill condition is met. The sub-surfaces will also remain parallel to the surface above it when the typical section is superelevated. Click Here for an example of Slope Controlled Superelevation.
  
  Offset Controlled Superelevation: Eagle Point now allows the use of PT Codes -27, -28 and -29 to be used in the same manner that PT Codes -22, -23, -24, -25 and -26 may be used during Offset Controlled superelevation. Through the use of these PT codes, the typical section will hold the offsets of the slopes as drawn/defined in the typical section. The sub-surfaces will remain parallel to the surface above it when the typical section is superelevated, resulting in the outside slopes of the typical section adjusted to maintain offsets of the typical section. Click Here for more information on Offset Controlled Superelevation or Click Here to see an example.
• Run Design: The extents of the topmost original ground cross-section surface is now used as the limits to look for controlling alignments and profiles when processing the design. This prevents typical sections from being controlled by alignments or profiles that parallel the centerline but are located on the opposite sides of the site. An example of this would be a horse-shoe type centerline that has an alignment at the end of the alignment an not the beginning. With this example, the typical section is prevented from using the alignment at the end to control the alignment at the beginning since it is beyond the extents of the topmost original ground cross-section surface.
• Cross-Section Sheets: The Update Sheets button was added to the Cross-Section Sheets dialog box. This allows you to update Cross-Section Surfaces, Cross-Section Annotation, Utilities and Utility Annotation on cross-section sheets created in 6.2.0 or later. The purpose of this command is quickly update your cross-section sheets when a change to your design is made. Upon selecting this command, only the highlighted sheets will be updated according to the options selected on the Update Cross-Section Sheets dialog box. This allows you update just a single sheet or your entire plan set.
  
  The Update Sheet command will only update cross-section surfaces, cross-section annotation, utilities and utility annotation placed by Eagle Point. Any geometry or annotation you have placed to customize your cross-section sheets will be not be changed. 

Sanitary Sewers

• Plan and Profile Sheets: The Item of Offset was added to the Edit Profile Pipe/Structure Annotation dialog box. When this option is toggled on and a reference alignment has been selected for the sewer reach, the offset value is placed for the structure. You can specify the Label, Placement, Justification, Delta X and Delta Y for the offset or you can toggle on the Append to Station option and have the location controlled by the settings specified for the Station item. When using the Append to Station option, the offset value is added to end of the Station Annotation.
• Plan and Profile Sheets: The Item at the top of the drop list of Structure Description was renamed to Junction Description in the Edit Profile Pipe/Structure Annotation dialog box. This was done for consistency reasons since this item is the user-defined description placed for the junction. A new Item of Structure Description was added to the bottom of the drop list. When this option is toggled on, the name of the structure from the structure library (Elbow, Circle, Box, ...) is annotated at the location specified. For the location you specify the Label, Placement, Justification, Delta X, Delta Y and Rotation for the structure description.

 

Site Design

• 3D Offset: The command now repeats once an object is broken so you do not need to re-select the command.

 

Storm Sewers

• Plan and Profile Sheets: The Item of Offset was added to the Edit Profile Pipe/Structure Annotation dialog box. When this option is toggled on and a reference alignment has been selected for the sewer reach, the offset value is placed for the structure. You can specify the Label, Placement, Justification, Delta X and Delta Y for the offset or you can toggle on the Append to Station option. When the Append to Station option is selected, the offset value will be added to end of the Station Annotation.
• Plan and Profile Sheets: The Item at the top of the drop list of Structure Description was renamed to Junction Description in the Edit Profile Pipe/Structure Annotation dialog box. This was done for consistency reasons since this item is the user-defined description placed for the junction. A new Item of Structure Description was added to the bottom of the drop list. When this option is toggled on, the name of the structure from the structure library (Elbow, Circle, Box, ...) is annotated at the locations specified. For the location you specify the Label, Placement, Justification, Delta X, Delta Y and Rotation for the structure description.
• Plan and Profile Sheets: The Item of Inlet Description was added to the Edit Profile Pipe/Structure Annotation dialog box. When this option is toggled on, the name of the inlet from the Inlet Library is annotated for the structure. You can specify the Label, Placement, Justification, Delta X, Delta Y and Rotation for the inlet description.