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.
• Network License Manager: The Network License Manager has been updated. The 2005 5.4.0 version requires you to obtain new license codes in order to run the network version of Eagle Point. The Network License Manager must be installed on a Windows based server with IP Protocol. The latest Network License Manager has many improvements aimed at making technology administrators' jobs easier, ensuring license usage compliance and providing flexibility in offering licenses to off-line users with the Checkout Module. The latest version of the license manager allows for redundant server support and Module Usage Reports. For more information, see http://www.eaglepoint.com/solutions/workflow/office/lm/.
• Checkout Module: The Checkout module provides the ability for users to check out a license for any module in their corporate network license pool, and disconnect their computer from the network and still run the Eagle Point software. In fact, users can request a license on behalf of someone who has no access to the Eagle Point Network License Manager and e-mail the license to that person for instant access to the Eagle Point modules they requested. Licenses can be held for up to 180 days so users can learn the software at home or work on projects at remote locations.
• Autodesk Map 3D 2006 is now a supported CAD engine. Autodesk Map users upgrading to Autodesk Map 3D 2006 only need to run the Configure CAD Engine from the Eagle Point Administrator Program to "point" to the Autodesk Map 3D 2006 acad.exe file. The 2005 5.3.0 CD also contains Autodesk Map 3D 2006 as a supported CAD engine during installation. If Autodesk Map 3D 2006 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 2005 5.3.0 CD.
  
  Note: The Point and Terrain Models included with Autodesk Map 3D 2006 cannot be utilized with Eagle Point commands.  
• Lot Database: Lots are now being stored per project in an Access database (EPDATA.MDB) rather than only existing within the CAD drawing/design file. Moving to this file format provides a higher level of multi-user security and stability. Additionally, this allows you to have a lot defined once in the database and graphically represented in as many drawings as you wish. Each instance of the lot graphic has a link to the database and graphic modifications to the lot automatically updates the data in the database. Graphic representations of that same lot in other drawings are not automatically updated to reflect the new data. Use the Draw/Update Lot command in the Manage Lots dialog box while in the appropriate CAD drawing/design file to update the graphic representation of the lot. Graphically erasing lots from the CAD graphic using a CAD command will no longer remove the lots from the database. You will need to use the Delete Lot command on the Manage Lots dialog box to remove the lots from the database.
  
  When a drawing within a project is opened, existing lots are converted to this new format. In order to have all lots within a project converted, you will need to open each drawing containing lots. When the lots are converted, a lot group will be created with the name of the drawing the lots were originally in. Once the database is converted, you are not allowed to view the new or changed lots in previous versions of Eagle Point (5.2.0 or less). Every machine that accesses the project data MUST be at the 5.3.0 revision level in order for all users to access the new database.
  
  Since Lots are now project specific, duplicate lot names are allowed. This is done to accommodate the conversion of lots to the database. If you choose to use duplicate lot names, it is recommended that you use lot groups to separate the lots.
  
  Additionally, the Compact Lot Database command has been added to the Eagle Point System menu. In order to successfully compact the lot database, you must be the only user accessing the project data. To ensure optimal performance, compact your lot database on a regular basis.  
• AutoCAD 2006 is now a supported CAD engine. AutoCAD 14/200x users upgrading to AutoCAD 2006 only need to run the Configure CAD Engine command from the Eagle Point Administrator Program to "point" to the AutoCAD 2006 acad.exe file. The 2005 5.2.0 CD also contains AutoCAD 2006 as a supported CAD engine during installation. If AutoCAD 2006 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 2005 5.2.0 CD.
• Process Library: A setting has been added to control the amount of time it takes before the Process Library will automatically hide. This setting is found in Options - Settings. The default time is set to 1 second.
• BricsCad 5.1 is now a supported CAD engine.
• Eagle Point now supports the use of periods in the path name for projects. Also supported is the use of periods in the drawing/design file name.
• Process Library:  The Process Library command is a tool that allows you to electronically organize the procedures you follow to complete your work. In addition to documenting the steps for a task, it includes the ability to execute the corresponding tool(s) needed to complete the task. These tools included launching Eagle Point commands, CAD commands, launching other applications and various hyperlink options (including http, mailto, ftp and others). In networked environments, you can establish your processes once (and optionally password protect them) and have multiple people utilize them to help standardized the way they get their work done. You can also create multiple Process Libraries to categorize the types of processes that certain users need access to.


The Process Library can be accessed via the Eagle Point Tools menu. Once launched, the defined Processes are displayed in a tree view at the top of the dialog box. Processes are the highest level within the tree and contained within the branches of the processes are the ordered tasks that need to be completed. Within each task you establish various steps to follow in order to complete the task. Each step can include a written description of what needs to get done and has an associated tool specified that assists you in completing that step.

Highlighting a branch within the tree displays the corresponding description in the area located beneath the tree. Performing a double mouse click on a step executes the tool associated with the step. The Process Library remembers the last item selected so the next time the Library is launched, the same item is highlighted by default. Refer to the Sample Process included in the Process Library to help you develop your own processes.
• Autodesk Map 3D 2005 is now a supported CAD engine. Autodesk Map users upgrading to Autodesk Map 3D 2005 only need to run the Configure CAD Engine from the Eagle Point Administrator Program to "point" to the Autodesk Map 3D 2005 acad.exe file. The 2004 4.4.0 CD also contains Autodesk Map 3D 2005 as a supported CAD engine during installation. If Autodesk Map 3D 2005 is the only version of Autodesk Map is installed on the workstation and there is no previous version of Eagle Point installed, you will need the 2004 4.4.0 CD.
  
  Note: The Point and Terrain Models included with Autodesk Map 3D 2005 cannot be utilized with Eagle Point commands.  
• Windows XP only: Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) is supported in Eagle Point 2004 Q4 4.4.0.
• TCP/IP Network Installation: On a new install, the Keys folder is automatically created as a sub-folder in the Eagle Point License Manager directory. The Eagle Point License Manager program found in the control panel (Eagle Point TCP LM) is automatically configured with defaults including the keys folder, log file and log file size.
• MicroStation V8 2004 Edition is now a supported CAD engine. MicroStation V8 users upgrading to MicroStation V8 2004 Edition only need to run the Configure CAD Engine from the Eagle Point Administrator Program to "point" to the MicroStation V8 2004 Edition ustation.exe file. The 2004 4.3.0 CD also contains MicroStation V8 2004 Edition as a supported CAD engine during installation. If MicroStation V8 2004 Edition is the only version of MicroStation that is installed on the workstation and there is no previous version of Eagle Point installed, you will need the 2004 4.1.0 CD or later.
• AutoCAD 2005 is now a supported CAD engine. AutoCAD 14/200x users upgrading to AutoCAD 2005 only need to run the Configure CAD Engine from the Eagle Point Administrator Program to "point" to the AutoCAD 2005 acad.exe file. The 2004 4.2.0 CD also contains AutoCAD 2005 as a supported CAD engine during installation. If AutoCAD 2005 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 2004 4.2.0 CD.
• When the Point Protection dialog box displays, you can now check the 'Apply to All' option to not place duplicate nodes when placing one or more Node ID's that already exist in the project.
• The Node (Field Code) Library file format (*.SYM files) has changed to account for long block names for AutoCAD and Eagle Point Graphics Engine users as well as long cell names (now up to 256 characters). Additionally, support for named levels has been added for MicroStation V8 users. Because of these changes, these files will not work with earlier versions of Eagle Point (3.4.0 or earlier). Once any project has been opened in 4.1.0 (or later) and the Field Code library has been converted, you will not be able to open this or any project using that Field Code library using an older Eagle Point version (3.4.0 or earlier). If you choose to not have some machines in your office updated to Eagle Point 4.1.0 or later and are sharing support files on a network, it is required that you point those machines to a separate Support folder.
• The Attribute Styles Library file format has changed to account for named levels for MicroStation V8 users. Because of these changes, these files will not work with earlier versions of Eagle Point (3.4.0 or earlier).
• MicroStation V8 is now a supported CAD engine. Eagle Point will only support running Eagle Point in MicroStation V8 using the native V8 work mode. The DWG and V7 work modes are not supported. Click here for the Microstation V8 Implementation Guide. Users must use MicroStation version 08.01 or greater to use Eagle Point with MicroStation V8. MicroStation 95, SE and J users upgrading to MicroStation V8 only need to run the Configure CAD Engine from the Eagle Point Administrator Program to "point" to the MicroStation V8 Ustation.exe file. The 2004 4.1.0 CD also contains MicroStation V8 as a supported CAD engine during installation.  If you are only installing Eagle Point for MicroStation V8 on a workstation and have not installed previously, you must install Eagle Point using the 2004 4.1.0 CD or better.
• The Utilities file format has changed to account for named levels for MicroStation V8 users. Previously the utility information was stored in a *.utl file. The new format of the files will store the geometry in the *.utg file and the CAD settings in the *.uts file. Because of these changes, these files will not work with earlier versions of Eagle Point (3.4.0 or earlier).
• AutoCAD Map 6 is now a supported CAD engine. Since the AutoCAD Map 6 release overwrites your current 2000/2000i/Map 5 installation, installing the patch is the only step that needs to be performed. AutoCAD 14 users upgrading to AutoCAD Map 6 only need to run the Configure CAD Engine to "point" to the AutoCAD Map 6 acad.exe file, then add an Eagle_Point_98 profile that includes the path to the Eagle Point\Images folder. The 2003 3.1.0 CD also contains AutoCAD Map 6 as a supported CAD engine during installation.
• Terminal Server Installation. Eagle Point now supports being installed on a Terminal Server if you are running the network licensed version (IP/IPX). The Local License (Node) version will not function if Terminal Server is operating. In addition, please be aware of your CAD package's license agreement for its support for Terminal Server.
• Alignment Database. The alignment database is now being stored in an Access (.mdb) database. There is one database file (Align001.mdb) per project. Moving to this file format provides a higher level of multi-user security and stability. When a project is opened, you are asked to convert the alignment database into this new format. Choosing not to convert the database will prevent you from opening the project. Once the database is converted, you are not allowed to view the new or changed alignments in previous versions of Eagle Point (2.3.1 or less). Every machine that accesses the project data MUST be at the 2.4.0 revision level in order for all users to access the new database.
  
  Additionally, the Compact Alignment Database command has been added to the Eagle Point System menu. In order to successfully compact the alignment database, you must be the only user accessing the project data.
• Training Videos. The 2002 Q3 2.3.0 CD contains 17 short training videos (3-5 minutes in length) that can assist you in learning topics and procedures that cover various aspects of the overall Eagle Point system. Some of the topics included are How to Setup Projects, Adding Additional Drawings and Sub-projects, How to Create Project Prototypes, Creating Node Field Code Libraries and How to Customize CAD Toolbars to run Eagle Point commands. These WebEx videos are included as part of your VIP subscription and can be viewed directly from the CD by following the link contained in the "What's New - Training Videos" section of the Kiosk.htm file found on the root of the 2002 Q3 2.3.0 CD.
• Open. A new toggle has been added to the Administrator program that allows you to configure your Eagle Point main system palette to automatically minimize to your Windows taskbar upon opening a project. This frees up more space for users accessing commands through the Embedded CAD menus, CAD toolbars or through the command line key-in. Remember that the command dialogs appear on screen relative to either the floating module menu (if opened) or the location where the main Eagle Point menu palette was last positioned before being minimized. When restored on screen from the taskbar, position either the module menu palette or the Eagle Point menu palette to a location near the top left of your screen so that the command dialog boxes appear cascaded from the menu palettes.
• CAD Settings and Text CAD Settings. The common CAD Settings dialog box found in many commands throughout the software has been updated to include the "Override with Active Attributes" toggle. This allows you to use the current settings in CAD for the Layer/Level, Color, Linetype/Line Style and Weight/Width for the desired item rather than specifying specific attributes in the dialog box. The common Text CAD Settings dialog box not only includes this change but has also been updated to include the "Use Style's Height/Use Font's Height" toggle as a means to control the height of a text item placed in CAD. When placing text with this toggle on, the size of the text is set by the height specified in the corresponding Text Style/Font. A text Unit option is also contained on this dialog box to control whether the text is placed at a fixed height or by plotted inches/millimeters.
• The Help icon that appears in the upper right corner of dialog boxes has been changed to the standard Windows help question mark. This eliminates the displaying problems of the Eagle Point help icon that could occur with certain types of video cards. Clicking the question mark icon still displays the context sensitive help topic related to the command. Additionally, the F1 function key has been enabled to also display the help topic related to the current command.
• A new authorization wizard is included to simplify the requesting and authoring process. This step by step wizard guides you through the request process and offers the ability to receive your codes as an attachment in e-mail either as a self extracting zip file (*.exe) or as an ordinary zip file (*.zip). This option is available for users who cannot receive attachments with executable files in them.
• System Units. A new option has been added to the Linear Units Category of this command that allows you to define unit multipliers and unit indicators that are used in 'linear distance' input fields throughout the software. This provides the capability to enter English unit based measurements while in a metric unit project and vice versa. Additional unit conversions may also be performed to be able to enter distances in US Survey Feet, Millimeters, Survey Chains, Architectural Feet, Architectural Inches as well as your own user-defined unit of measure. When entering data into 'linear distance' type edit fields, you may input the desired numerical value followed by the unit indicator and upon tabbing out of the edit field or clicking another button (Next, Apply, OK, etc.), the value will be converted automatically into the current project units. For example, in an English unit based project, if you enter '5m' in a distance edit field the command will convert the value to 16.40419948 feet. Please note that the edit fields that allow this input are limited to ones that typically accept input in the project's major units as defined in the project prototype (feet, meters, architectural feet/inches) while regular inches/millimeter edit fields do not.
• Node Modification. Numerous commands in various modules that perform modifications on nodes have been changed so that any previous modification will be retained. Instead of erasing and replacing a node during one of these modifications, the node will be modified directly resulting in faster operation and no loss of previous edits (i.e. Resize Nodes). This change also affects native CAD commands such as MOVE, ALIGN, SCALE, ROTATE, grip editing, previous selection sets, grouping and spell check so that they no longer lose previous edits. Additionally, the Data Collection Erase on Re-reduce option maintains its link to nodes even after modifications are performed and using the Additional Symbol option on a Field Code no longer places another additional symbol when performing modifications.
• External Node Database. External Node Databases are now being saved in Access .mdb files (Access 97). Point Protection is also now available so that Node IDs are no longer automatically overwritten when additional Nodes with the same ID are placed in the database. With the 1.4.0 version, all existing, linked External Node Databases will be automatically converted when the project is opened. Additionally, any previous version databases not linked when the project is opened will be converted when the Link button is used on the External Node Database dialog box.
• SDMS Editor. A new editor is provided for the Data Collection - Edit Formatted File, COGO - Edit Batch File and Survey Adjustment - Edit Adjustment File commands that is based on a Windows spreadsheet-like control. Search and Replace, Global Editing, Undo/Redo capabilities and a Find Data Collection Reduction Errors command are among the improved features found in the user interface. The editor is now also modeless to Eagle Point meaning you are able to keep the active file open in the editor while using other CAD and Eagle Point commands. For additional information refer to the on-line help provided in the Editor.
• Field Code Library. Additional Symbol options can now be printed. Additional Symbol items that can be toggled on in the printout include the Symbol, Multiplier, Layer/Level and Color.
• Eagle Point Graphics Engine. Project drawing paths can now use the Universal Naming Convention (UNC).
• Commands outside of the COGO module that build Node selection sets have been sped up. This affects the following commands: Data Collection Uploading and Reporting, Data Transfer Export Data and Export LandXML, RoadCalc Inherit Elevation from Design and Drafting Coordinate Table.
• Convert Previous Projects. When converting projects from previous versions you are prompted to select a Project Prototype as well as what Node Field Code library you wish the converted project to use. The prototype is used for items/settings that previous versions did not have. If the project contains sub-projects, you will also be prompted to select which Sub-project Prototype to use as a basis for the converted sub-project.
• The Preview Objects dialog box (Data Collection Preview Reduction, Preview Contours, etc.) can now be re-sized and the last size and position of the dialog box is remembered per user. Drag the right or bottom edges or the lower right corner of the dialog box to re-size it. Additionally, Preview dialog boxes that show nodes (Preview Reduction and Preview Batch File) now display the Node ID, Description and Elevation values next to a '+' (plus) symbol (rather than the former empty text boxes).
• Open. The Node validation process that occurs when a drawing/design file with nodes is opened, has been significantly sped up. Users that store their Support folder on a network will see the biggest speed increase. This change also greatly reduces the amount of time it takes the COGO Select Nodes dialog box to build a selection set.
• Open. Two new buttons were added to the Open dialog box to access the Rename Project/Sub-project command and Copy Project/Sub-project command.
• External Node Database. An Export option has been added to the Browse Database dialog box that allows you to export the current list of Nodes to an Access database or Excel Spreadsheet. The Export List button enables once you have added nodes to the list. Selecting that button displays the Windows Save File dialog box that allows you to specify the desired location and filename. The two file types control whether the exported file will be in an Access 97 .mdb format or in an Excel 97 .xls format. Prototype .mdb and .xls files are needed in the ...\EGPT\SUPPORT folder. You must install from the 2000 1.1.0 or 2001 1.1.0 CDs in order to have these files and run the Export List command.
• AutoCAD users. Digitizer tablet overlay commands have been incorporated into the Embedded CAD Menus.
• Node Field Code Library. VIP clients who use the Additional Symbol capabilities for Nodes now can change the Additional Symbol Multiplier using the Global Modify command.
• Node Field Code Library. An Export option has been added to the Manage Node Field Code Libraries command that writes an ASCII file in the same format that the Import Field Code Library command uses. This allows for easily making mass changes/additions to a field code library in an external file editor and then re-importing the ASCII file back in.
• DCA2EP. This command has been added to the IntelliCAD and Eagle Point Graphics Engine plug-ins. Type this command at the command line to convert Softdesk 7.0/8.0 Nodes into Eagle Point Nodes. Be sure to THAW and UNLOCK all Node and Node attribute layers prior to running this conversion routine.
• Preview Objects dialog boxes. The zooming and panning controls on all Preview Objects dialog boxes have been changed. The Zoom In and Zoom Out buttons have been replaced with a Dynamic Zoom that works by selecting the Dynamic Zoom icon and then clicking and holding down your primary button on your Windows® pointing device while moving up or down in the preview area. Move the cursor up to zoom in and down to zoom out. Zoom Window has been added to allow you to pick two points that window the desired objects to zoom in on. A Zoom Previous icon has also been added to restore the previous views in the objects. The Zoom Extents button remains. A Dynamic Pan command has replaced the Two-point Pan and scroll bars. Click the Dynamic Pan button and then click and hold down your primary button on your Windows® pointing device while moving around the preview area. The command also remembers the view perspective and settings during the current session of Eagle Point.
• Alignment Synchronization Details. A Details button was added to the Synchronize Alignments dialog that displays the inverse of an alignment's graphic data and the numeric data to help you determine which information should be used to update the other. The two listboxes will "stay in sync" with one another as you highlight specific items in either list.
• Drawing Specific External Node Database files - A new option has been added to the External Node Database dialog box that allows you to link a different external Node database to each drawing/design file within a project. The option 'Current Drawing uses Project Database' means that the database file specified (including the Read and Write settings) are established for the entire project. When a drawing/design file is added to a project, its option will default to 'Current Drawing uses Project Database' meaning that the settings specified for the project will be used for this drawing/design file. Setting the option to 'Current Drawing uses own Database' means that the file and settings established for the current drawing/design file are specific to that drawing/design file. Other drawings that use the project database are unaffected. If you wish, other drawings/design files can also use that database by setting them to use their own database and linking to it. At any time you may establish a different link without affecting the settings for the original file that linked to this database. By allowing each drawing/design file to have it's own settings you may establish different external Node databases that contain certain Nodes that only apply to individual aspects or phases of the project.
• The Open command now allows each drawing/design file within a project to have its own preview image.
• The Sub-project prototype drop list on the New Sub-project command now defaults to the first or second prototype depending on the Project units (English or Metric respectively) for the first sub-project added. After that, any other sub-projects added to that project default to use the last Sub-project Prototype selected. RoadCalc™, Sanitary Sewers, and Storm Sewer each save their own settings.
• Node and Symbol Separation. An additional option now exists on the New/Modify Field Code dialog box that allows you to place your Nodes (points) onto a different layer/level than your symbols. The Place Additional Symbol toggle on the New/Modify Field Code dialog box controls whether you want a block/cell to be placed in addition to the Node (point) marker. By establishing different layers/levels for the symbols, you can freeze/turn off the layer/level that the Node resides on thereby allowing you to see just the symbol. This also allows for a Node and its attributes to be removed from the drawing/design file while leaving the symbol behind.
• Printing. A Font button was added to the Print Setup dialog box to allow you to select a specific font and point size for your reports that print directly to your printer.

COGO

• Manage Lots: The Lot list now remembers the column sizes and the sort orders when the dialog box is re-opened.
• Defined Lots: The Lot list now remembers the column sizes and the sort orders when the dialog box is re-opened.
• Create Lot Group: The Lot list now remembers the column sizes and the sort orders when the dialog box is re-opened.
• Manage Lots: There have been several changes made to the Manage Lots dialog box. First, the dialog box is now resizable so you can see as many or as little lots and their respective data as you desire. Second, an item of <Ungrouped Lots> was added to the Lot Group drop list. This allows you to quickly see any lots that have not been added to a lot group. Third, the Manage Lot Group icon was added next to the Lot Group drop list. This allows you to add, modify or delete lot groups. Finally, two new icons were added to draw or update the lots in the CAD graphic or remove the lots from the CAD graphic. The Draw/Update Lot in CAD Graphics command allows you to place the lot geometry in the current CAD graphic file. If the geometry is already in the CAD Graphic, it will be updated. When a lot is updated, any annotation for the lot will also be updated. The Erase Lot from CAD Graphics will only remove the lot geometry from the CAD Graphic (not the database). Any annotation associated with the lot will not be removed from the CAD Graphic. Use the Delete Lot command to remove the lot from the database and the CAD Graphic. 
• Create Lot Group: The Create Lot Group dialog box is now resizable.
• Defined Lots: There have been several changes made to the Defined Lots dialog box. First, the dialog box is now resizable. This allows you to see as much or as little data about the lots as you desire. Second, the PIC icon was added to the dialog box. This allows you to graphically select a lot from the CAD Graphic. This allows you to quickly select lots without having to know their names. Finally, the Lot Group drop list was added to the dialog box. This allows you to filter the lot listing based on the lot group reducing the number of lots you are looking at. Locations that the Defined Lots dialog box is used include (Modify Lot, Create Lot Group, Create Mapcheck Report, Report Area, Stakeout Boundary, Write Legal Description and Export LandXML).
• Report Nodes: The Report Nodes dialog box can now be resized. The size of the dialog box as well as the size of the columns is saved. Therefore, the size of the dialog box and columns will be remembered the next time the dialog box is recalled.
• Place Node. This command has been optimized to increase your productivity. AutoCAD/Graphics Engine users can also use the EPPN command which is a command line version of the Place Node command.
• Convert to Lot. The Convert to Lot process has been changed to increase productivity. The change is in the dialog box allowing you to enter the Name, Description, ID, Owner and Parent. You can now enter a lot name that will automatically increment when lots are converted.
  
  To use the automatic lot name increment, enter the <> symbols in the Lot Name edit field. Set the corresponding number in the field to the right of the lot name. Anything that is entered before the <> is considered a prefix to the Lot Number and anything after the <> is considered a suffix. When the lot is converted, the <> is replaced with the corresponding number in the edit field to the right of the lot name. When a lot is converted and the Apply button is selected, the number will automatically increment. If the <> symbols are not in the Lot Name edit field, the corresponding number is not used in conjunction with the lot name.
  
  You will also want to toggle on the Convert to Lot on Pick of Internal Point option. When the Apply button is selected, the command will automatically repeat using the Convert to Lot option that was selected. The Lot Name dialog box will no longer display for each additional lot that is converted unless you stop the command and select a new method for converting the lot.
  
  Another option that was added to increase your productivity is the ability to annotate the lot when it is converted. To annotate the lot when it is converted, toggle on the Annotate Lot option. Select an existing annotation style from the Annotation Style drop list. Modifications to the annotation style can be done by selecting Drafting - Annotate - Styles. Highlight the desired style, select Area/Lot in the drop list and click on the Edit button.
  
  If a lot needs to be reannotated once it is converted, you can do so by using the Drafting module. You can use the Annotate - Lots command or the Annotate - Multiple Objects command and select Lots as the option.
• Clean Nodes. MicroStation users only. This command now works properly when cleaning Nodes on complex chains and shapes. ‘Intelligent objects’ such as lines or arcs with annotation, alignments, or spiral segments are treated properly based on the Clean Node Options. Setting the 'Clean Intelligent Objects' option will remove any ‘intelligence data' or dynamic associations made with the object.
• Leader Nodes. The Leader Nodes command has been modified to reduce the number of steps required to leader a node. When the command launches you are now presented with the Leadering options first. After setting the desired options, select the Apply button to be prompted to graphically select the node to leader. Once the node is selected you are then prompted to pick your leader point. The node is then leadered according to your settings and you are again prompted to select the next node to leader until you cancel the command prompt. Additionally, you can now control the length of the tail and the specified options are saved to the project.
• Report Station/Offset. The Coordinate selection method has been updated so that when using the PIC button to select a coordinate point, you are prompted in CAD to select the point without having to Apply the coordinate selection. Additionally, the command repeats the "Select a point" prompt after every selection.
• Place Node. AutoCAD/IntelliCAD/Eagle Point Graphics Engine users only. The EPPN (Eagle Point Place Node) command has been added as an alternate method for placing nodes into your drawing. It runs entirely on the CAD command line and has no dialog box interaction (similar to the EP14 version). Simply type eppn on the CAD command line to invoke the Place Node command. You are prompted to select a point or change the prompts. Type the letter 'p' to toggle on or off what prompts you wish to see during the operation of the command (Node ID, Elevation, Field Code or Description). These options are saved within the project and are remembered the next time the project is accessed. If you do not wish to alter the prompts, graphically pick the location for the node or enter an x,y coordinate pair. Then enter the desired Node ID, followed by the Elevation, Field Code and Description at the corresponding prompts. Note that the prompts contain defaults that allow you to accept them by pressing the Enter key. The prompts use the COGO-Settings-Entry Options-Node Placement settings the first time the command is run. After changing the values during the course of running the command, the prompts then default to the last entered data with the exception of the Node ID default automatically finding the next available. Set the Elevation option in the COGO-Entry Options-Node Placement dialog box to 'Inherit' if you wish to use the elevation of an object "snapped to" in CAD. Additionally, this command can use the 'Print Audit Trail' option if it is toggled on in the COGO-Settings-Toggles command as well as write the data to a batch file by setting an Active Batch file in the COGO-Survey-Manage Batch Files command.
• 2 Point Inverse. AutoCAD/IntelliCAD/Eagle Point Graphics Engine users only. The EP2PI (Eagle Point 2 Point Inverse) command has been added as an alternate method for inversing nodes or points in your drawing. It runs entirely on the CAD command line and has no dialog box interaction (similar to the EP14 version). Simply type ep2pi on the CAD command line to invoke the 2 Point Inverse command. At the 'Start point' prompt you may enter a Node ID or graphically select a point from the drawing as the first point to calculate the inverse. At the 'Next point' prompt you may also enter a Node ID or pick a point graphically. After the Next point is entered the Inverse information is reported in the CAD Command line text window. Information included in the inverse report is the Node or point coordinates, and the Direction, Distance, Delta Elevation, Zenith Angle and Slope Distance between the two points. The command continues to prompt for the next point so that you may continue the inverse from the previous point. Display precision in the report is controlled through the System-Precision command.
• Modify Nodes. This command has been added to the Nodes menu and includes the ability to edit the attributes or symbol of a selection set of nodes. Using the standard selection methods you are able to build your selection set by Range of Node IDs, Elevation Range, CAD, Description, Block/Cell, Field Code or X-Y proximity. After selecting the Nodes, you are able to change CAD properties such as layer/level, color, text style/font, text size and rotation as well as attribute displacement from the symbol and the block/cell name itself. You are also able to perform modifications on multiple attributes at one time by selecting them using a left button mouse click in conjunction with Ctrl or Shift keys.
• Inverse Object. The Tangent In direction and Tangent Out direction have been added to the curve report.
• Construct Through Nodes. A fourth construction method has been added to the Line Type droplist called Complex 2D at 0 elevation. This option allows you to force the elevation of the constructed line/arc to an elevation of zero, regardless of the elevation of the first node/point selected. The resulting line will be drawn as a polyline/complex chain at zero elevation.
• Edit Batch File. Batch processing now includes an option to re-compute the batch file based on angles from a backsight. If you change the angle of one traverse leg, from that point forward all side shots and/or traverse legs update based on the turned angle. When the Re-compute BS option is toggled ON, any turned angles in the batch file will be computed using the previously occupied station as the backsight. All coordinates used to calculate a direction from a backsight are ignored except for the initial starting coordinates of the traverse. When this option is toggled OFF, any turned angles in the batch file will be computed using the coordinate values (XC, XX, YC, and YY data tag values) in the file. Any changes to a horizontal angle (HZ data tag) will only affect the immediate shot changed and will not carry through to the next set-ups. If at any point during the traverse you have entered a backsight direction from a point other than the one previously occupied (excluding the initial set-up backsight direction), you must toggle this option OFF.
• Manage Lots. The Manage Lots command has been added to the Layout menu to provide a way to add, modify, or delete lots as well as generate lot reports and mapcheck reports. The Delete Lot option allows you to remove a lot from the database and drawing without having to delete it from CAD. The Show Lot option helps you identify where the selected lot(s) are located in CAD by highlighting the lot geometry.
• Command Line COGO. The Traverse Curve command has been updated to allow you to enter a non-tangent curve. The Radius Direction input field has been modified so that you can optionally enter the chord direction after specifying the radius or degree of curvature. The radius or degree of curvature entry options remain the same, however, you can now specify a chord direction by entering a forward slash '/' and the absolute direction immediately following the radius/degree of curvature. The available direction methods include bearings and azimuths with the keyboard and numeric entry methods as specified in the Horizontal Direction input field (i.e. sw, na, 2*, etc.). For example, enter "-1000/3*12.3409" in the Radius Direction input field to draw an arc with a radius of 1000 units (feet or meters), deflected to the left with a chord direction of 12 degrees, 34 minutes, 9 seconds southwest.
• Place Node by Station/Offset. The Multiple option has been added that allows you to place multiple nodes over a station range by specifying a station interval or distance along interval. The offset at which the nodes are placed can either be constant or can vary by following a CAD object. When using the Follow CAD Object option, the nodes are placed along the selected object at the intersections of a perpendicular projection from each of the station locations specified along the alignment. You also specify the starting Node ID, Elevation, Field Code, and Description for the nodes. If the Inherit Elevation option is set in the COGO Entry Options - Node Placement, the node is placed at the active elevation in CAD when specifying a Constant Offset or at the elevation of the selected object when using the Follow CAD Object option.
• Place Node. The PIC button has been enabled at all times while navigating the dialog box. No matter what edit control has focus, selecting the PIC button will prompt you to pick the node location in CAD. Previously, focus had to be placed into the Northing or Easting edit fields before the PIC button enabled.
• Place Node by Station/Offset. The PIC button has been enabled at all times while navigating the dialog box and has been modified to allow the graphically selection of the desired station and offset point in CAD. When focus is in any edit control (except the Offset field), selecting the PIC button will prompt you to pick the node location in CAD. Upon selecting the point, the Station and Offset values are placed into the corresponding edit fields. If focus is in the Offset edit field, the PIC functionality remains how it previous worked by prompting you to select an object to use its horizontal distance as the offset.
• Command Line COGO. Two new commands were added to the command line COGO interface. They are:

  Inverse Two Point Offset - i2po
  Zoom Node - zn

  The Inverse Two Point Offset command allows you to query or report the distance from, offset and elevation information about a selection of Node IDs to the Command History dialog box. These values are reported with respect to a line defined by two points with the distance measured from a specified point. The first prompt asks you to enter two Node ID’s separated by a - (dash) that define a direction. To graphically select two nodes from CAD use the PIC button. To graphically select two points from CAD type * (asterisk) and select the Enter key. Then graphically pick two points from CAD. If you are entering two sets of coordinates by typing them use a / (slash) to separate the Northing/Easting/Elevation and a ~ (tilde) to separate the coordinate pair. Next, enter the Node from which you wish to measure the distance from. By default the first node (point) specified in the first prompt is used. Then enter the selection set of nodes to query. Enter single Node IDs separated by a comma or '/' (forward slash) or use a '-' (dash/minus) to enter a range of nodes inclusive. At the Node Sorting prompt, specify 'n' or 0 to sort the report based on ascending Node IDs or specify 's' or 1 to sort the Nodes in increasing distances along. Information included in the report is the first and second point coordinates, the direction and distance between the first and second points, and the coordinates of the measured from point. Also included for every node selected is the distance from the measure point along the direction established, the perpendicular offset from the direction established, elevation and description. Multiple Offsets at the same distance along are sorted left to right (negative to positive).
  
  The Zoom Node command allows you to view a desired Node ID in CAD. The current window size is used and the Node ID specified is centered on screen.
• Report Nodes and Report Station/Offset. These commands have been significantly sped up. This is due to an internal change of how the sorting of the lists occur. Additionally, users that store their Support folder on a network will see additional increases in speed
• Command Line COGO. A new command was added to the command line COGO interface. It is:

  Inverse Station/Offset - iso

  The Inverse Station/Offset command allows you to query or report the station and offset values of selected nodes with respect to an alignment. The data is written to the Command History dialog box. You are prompted to enter an alignment name for which to calculate the stations and offsets from. Type the alignment name including the sub-project number or use type '?' and select the Enter key to display the Select Alignment dialog box. Enter the Node Range of the Node IDs you wish to report. Enter single Node IDs separated by a comma or '/' (forward slash) or use a '-' (dash/minus) to enter a range of nodes inclusive. At the Node Sorting prompt, specify 'n' or 0 to sort the report based on ascending Node IDs or specify 's' or 1 to sort the Nodes in increasing stationing.
  
  Information included in the report is; Alignment Name, Node ID, Station, Offset, Elevation and Description. The Inverse Station/Offset command does not write any information to the active batch file.
• Three new commands were added to the command line COGO interface. They are:
  

  Intersect Direction-Distance - drdt
  Intersect Distance-Distance - dtdt
  Inverse Angle - iang

  The Intersect Direction -Distance command allows you to locate a Node at the intersection point of one direction (with optional offset distance) and the radial sweep of a distance from a second point.
  
  The Intersect Distance-Distance command allows you to locate a Node at the intersection point of the two circles formed by a radial sweep of the distance entered about each occupied Node.
  
  The Inverse Angle command allows you to query or report the angle between three points. The data is written to the Command History dialog box.

• Lots are now dynamic such that grip editing defined lots now updates all numeric data and annotation upon modifying the lot. This affects the Defined Lots dialog box, Modify Lot, Create Lot Groups, Create Lot Report, Create Mapcheck Reports, Annotate Lots, and Write Legal Description.
• Parking Lot commands. The CAD settings for this command now use the settings established in the Site Planning group within the Default CAD Settings command. Additionally, the command options and settings are saved per project.
• Move Nodes. A toggle was added to this command to allow you to use the elevations of the objects you snap to in CAD for your base point and displacement point.
• Save Settings as Default on Entry Options. A new toggle was added to the Entry Options dialog box that allows you to set the default settings for the Defaults, Instrument, Node Placement, Mapcheck, and Audit Trail options for every project created from this point forward. When toggled on, selecting the OK or Apply buttons will write the current settings to the \SUPPORT\CG\DEFAULT.CG file.
• The Select Nodes dialog boxes found on various commands (i.e,. Move Nodes, Report Nodes, Report Station/Offset, etc.) now save the last options specified. For example, if in the Move Nodes command you set your Selection Method to AutoCAD, the Report Nodes command by default is also set to use the AutoCAD Selection Method.
• Command Line COGO. Several of the more commonly used COGO commands will be able to be run from a "command line" interface. The command line interface is primarily keyboard driven rather than dialog box driven for those clients that prefer keyboard entry. Through a simple scripting language, the keyboard entry of the Command Line COGO commands can be recorded to an external batch file. The following is a list of the supported Command Line commands along with their default alias key-in values.

  Start Batch (stb) - starts recording commands
  End Batch (ebt) - ends a recording session
  Draw Line Only (dl) - does not place Nodes during the session
  Draw Node Only (dn) - draws Nodes but no lines
  Draw Line and Node (dnl) - draws both lines and Nodes
  Command Aliases (alias) - customize each key-in command
  Command Sequence Help (?) - help on the sequence of prompts
  Command Line History (hist) - keeps track of entry and can be copied and pasted or printed
  Comment (cm) - inserts a comment into the history or batch file
  Place Nodes (pn) - places Nodes by coordinates
  Place Nodes by Station/Offset (so) - places Nodes by alignment stations and offsets
  Place Polar Point (pp) - places a Node/line entering angle and distance input
  Start Traverse (strav) - starts the definition of a traverse
  End Traverse (etrav) - ends the definition of a traverse
  Traverse/Sideshot Setup (set) - enters the setup data for traverses and sideshots
  Place Traverse Point Angle (tpa) - places a point on a traverse using angles and distances
  Place Traverse Point Direction (tpd) - places a point on a traverse using directions and distances
  Place Traverse Curve PC,R,Curve Parameter (tcr) - places a curve into a traverse
  Place Sideshot (ss) - places a sideshot referencing a traverse setup
  Inverse Points (ip) - reports the inverse between two points or Nodes
  Inverse Curve PC, POC, PT (icpoc) - reports the curve data between 3 points on a curve
  Inverse Curve PC, RP, PT (icrp) - reports the curve data using 3 points
  Two Point Offset (2po) - places a Node at a given offset from any line
  Intersect Direction-Direction (drdr) - locates a Node at the intersection of two inputted directions

  The alias can be changed for each of these commands. The COGO Command Line will be launched from the COGO Settings menu and have a key-in of 'clcogo.'

Data Collection

• 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 Collection - Reduce: When the Query Warnings dialog box displays after reducing a job, it now displays the most recently reduced job file warnings.
• The Linework Library now supports named levels for MicroStation V8 users. Because of these changes, these files will not work with earlier versions of Eagle Point (3.4.0 or earlier).
• Query Observation. This command allows you to display, sort, and print all of the raw observations in the selected job file. Viewing these observations may help you detect blunders or observations that need to be corrected, commented or removed from the job file. This dialog box is divided into two different reports. The Observations listview displays each raw observation to a side shot or a foresight within the job file. The observations are initially sorted chronologically. However, you may sort the data by Node ID, Horizontal Angle, Vertical Angle and Slope Distance by clicking on the respective column header. The Observation Summary listview sorts all of the observations that share the same At-From-To combination into a group. Each group is displayed in a row along with properties of that group: Quantity of observations, meaned angles and distances, range or maximum difference between all angles and distances, and the standard deviations. To use this command, you can sort the groups of observations by greatest range or standard deviation to determine what sets of raw observations are questionable or fail your criteria for accuracy. Keeping this dialog box up, you can comment out the sets of angles using the Formatted File Editor by placing a PR activity on the undesirable observations, save the file, and refresh the Query Observations report dialog box to show the new results. The Refresh button will re-read the formatted file to display any changes since the job file was first selected and displayed. Any information changed in the file will be re-displayed according to your sorting preference. If you previously selected a column header to sort the data, this header will be used to sort the rows in the listview. Reports may be customized. You may determine which columns to include as well as the header for each column, the column width, and the column order of each report. Reports will print the rows as they appear in the Observations dialog box.
• Edit Instrument File. The specified editor is now modeless to Eagle Point. This means you are able to keep the active file open in the editor while using other CAD and Eagle Point commands.
• SMi Collector Download/Upload. New Collector formats have been added to the Download from Collector and Upload to Collector commands to provide direct communication with SMi collectors (for raw and coordinate file formats). New formats include SMi-Coordinate, SMi-SDMS and SMi-SDR2x on download and the SMi-Coordinate format on Upload. To utilize these new formats be sure to toggle off the Custom Translator option. Leave the Custom Translator option on if you prefer using the SMi Transfer program. Additionally, the Import ASCII File command includes the same three formats available on download.
• TDS collector Download/Upload. New Collector formats have been added to the Download from Collector and Upload to Collector commands to provide direct communication with TDS collectors (for raw and coordinate file formats). New formats include TDS-Coordinate and TDS-Raw on download and the TDS-Coordinate format on Upload. These formats replace the use of the DOS Kermit application and allow for direct upload from a project. Additionally, the Import ASCII File command includes the same two formats available on download.
• Uploading to Sokkia SDR33. A new collector format was added to the Upload to Collector command called "Sokkia SDR USFT." This format is for the SDR33 collector and sets the unit of measure in the uploaded file to U.S. Feet. This new format was added to prevent potential coordinate scaling problems if the Distance setting of the SDR33 collector is set to U.S. Feet. Using the "Sokkia SDR33" format still uploads the file as before, setting the unit of measure to Feet (International feet).
• A new option was added to the definition of a cross-section pattern that allows for specifying a field code along with the line name for each shot taken in the pattern. This option removes the need to enter the Node field code as part of the description of the shot. Now, just the cross-section pattern name can be entered in the field and when reduced, the pattern places the Node(s) using the specified field code(s). If a field code is denoted in the description of the shot, that field code overrides the field code specified in the pattern. Additionally, the draw line designator does not need to be used.
• Use Line Name as Counter. This option allows you to specify only one line name in your line work library and have numbered instances of the same line name placed. The Field Code that is entered will be used as the line name in the line work library. The number that is following the draw designator will be the counter for the line name. All counters that are the same will be connected until a stop designator is entered. The counter allows you to increment the line name without having the additional line names in the line work library. For example, if EP is the line name in the line work library, you may have a series of shots coded as EP.1 and EP.2 that are two distinct lines, but they would be placed according to the settings specified for the EP line name. In addition, a toggle has been added to prevent missing lines from being added to the line library automatically.
• Circle Designator. This enhancement to the Data Collection module allows you to code a circular feature by specifying a center point and radius or by shooting three points that define the perimeter of a circular object (storage tank, reservoir, etc.). This designator works similarly to the Rectangle and Feature Line commands previously added to Data Collection.

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.
• Import LandXML. The Import LandXML command now supports the 1.0 schema version (support for the 0.88 version LandXML files is still included). Also, a Settings button was added to the Import LandXML dialog box that allows you to specify unit conversion parameters to convert the data between various units including your own user defined conversion factor.
• Export LandXML. The Export LandXML command now writes the LandXML file using the version 1.0 schema. Additionally, a Settings button was added to the Export LandXML dialog box that provides access to setting the data units and precision. On the Units tab of the Export LandXML File Units Settings dialog box, you can specify the linear units that you want written to the LandXML file as well as a conversion factor to convert the data to specific units. You also control the exported angular units using the options found on this tab. The Precision tab allows you to set the amount of precision on various data members in the LandXML file. This aids in the creation of reports using the data contained in the exported file. Use the "Max Precision" toggle for the various items when you want to ensure the highest degree of precision in data exchange i.e. exchanging projects with clients, project backup, etc.
• Export SDMS/CAiCE. A new command has been added to the Transfer menu that allows you to export alignment, cross-section, profile and superelevation data in CAiCE file formats.
• Import LandXML. You now have the ability to add RoadCalc™ cross-section surface names to the specified sub-project from within the Cross-section Surface Data dialog box. Select the Manage Surfaces icon to add Original, Design or Actual surfaces to the specified sub-project.
• Export LandXML. When exporting Road data, you may now export the "topmost" design surface by selecting the Merged Design surface on the Select Surfaces dialog box.
• Import/Export LandXML. The two new commands have been added to the Transfer menu in Data Transfer to support the transferring of project data between projects or other software packages utilizing the LandXML file format. Objects that can be imported/exported via a LandXML file include COGO Alignments (horizontal geometry), Lots/Parcels, Nodes, Surface Models and RoadCalc™ data (alignments and associated original, design and actual cross-section surfaces, original ground profiles and design profiles). The LandXML file also contains the unit setting for the objects and can therefore also act as a way to convert data from English to Metric units (or vice versa). You can establish a file hierarchy to group certain types of data together. For example, create separate Surface Model groups to distinguish existing vs. proposed models or separate Node groups to isolate surveyed vs. design stakeout data.
• A new file translator has been added to the Import and Export command to support the CAiCE SRV file format. This new format is capable of placing points, Nodes, and/or lines into a drawing or exporting them to the SRV file format from the drawing. This new format will only appear after installing from the 2000 Q3, 2000 G, or 99 U CD.
• A new file translator has been added to the Data Transfer Import command to support the EMXS cross-section file format. This cross-section format requires an alignment be defined before importing. This new format will only appear after installing from the 2000 Q3, 2000 G, or 99 U CD.

• 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.
• Annotate Lots: The Lot list now remembers the column sizes and the sort orders when the dialog box is re-opened.
• Defined Lots (Write Legal Description): The Lot list now remembers the column sizes and the sort orders when the dialog box is re-opened.
• Create Lot Table: The Lot list now remembers the column sizes and the sort orders when the dialog box is re-opened.
• Annotate Lot: Several changes have been made to the Annotate Lot dialog box. First, the dialog box is now resizable. This allows you to see as much or as little data about the lots as you desire. Second, the Lot Group drop list was added to the dialog box. This allows you to filter the lot listing based on the lot group reducing the number of lots you are looking at. Last, the Update Existing Annotation button was added. This will update all lot annotation and all lot tables in the current drawing. This command is typically only needed if you have modified the lot geometry in a different drawing or you have toggled off the dynamic annotation option in the System menu.
• Create Lot Table: The Create Lot Table dialog box has been change to resemble the Annotate Lot dialog box. The dialog box is now resizable. This allows you to see as much or as little data about the lots as you desire. All of the lots and their respective data are displayed on the dialog box instead of going to the Defined Lots dialog box or the Lot Groups dialog box. This allows you to see all of the lots and their respective data to make it easier to determine which lot should be placed into the lot table. The Lot Group drop list was also added to the dialog box. This allows you to filter the lot listing based on the lot group reducing the number of lots you are looking at.
• Alignment Stationing: Alignments that are not in the current drawing/design file can now be annotated. This allows you to reference in your alignment drawing/design file and place stationing annotation in the current drawing/design file. The annotation will not automatically update when an alignment is changed. However, when the alignment is annotated again, the previous annotation will be removed from the drawing/design file.
• Annotate Lines/Curves by Number: When switching between "By Object" and "By Point" annotation methods while annotating Line and Curve Numbers on a polyline/complex chain, the annotation is now correctly written so all numbers will appear in Line and Curve Tables. Previously, the Line and Curves that were annotated using the "By Points" method after the "By Object" method would not appear in the Line and Curve Tables.
• Annotation. MicroStation users only. The Annotate Lines, Curves and Multiple Objects commands now have a Fence option for selecting elements to annotate. Place a fence around the desired elements and select the PIC button to accept the fence contents. The direction annotation is determined from the drawn direction of the object.
• Change Elevation. This command has been updated to no longer erase and replace any objects during the elevation modification. This resolves problems related to losing Group information, Lineweights, Linestyles/LTSCALE and object types changing (linestrings to complex objects and lightweight polylines to "heavy"). MicroStation users may now also change elevations on cells that are not included in the currently attached cell library.
• Write Legal Description. The Captions and Clauses command has been updated to allow carriage returns within the text of the caption and clause. This allows you to insert blank lines and start new paragraphs within the caption and/or clause.
• Curve Annotation. AutoCAD users only. You may now use the unicode representation (\u+0394) for the delta symbol when annotating along curves (curved text). The font you are using must contain the desired symbol.
• Change Elevation. The Change Elevation command now supports selecting Nodes.
• Lots are now dynamic such that grip editing defined lots now updates all numeric data and annotation upon modifying the lot. This affects the Defined Lots dialog box, Modify Lot, Create Lot Groups, Create Lot Report, Create Mapcheck Reports, Annotate Lots, and Write Legal Description.
• Additional Annotation Shortcuts have been added for AutoCAD, IntelliCAD, and Eagle Point Graphics Engine users. Like the previous annotation shortcuts, these are alternative commands that do not use a dialog box user interface for annotating objects in CAD and thereby reduce the number of steps involved in annotating. Five new commands add the leadering capability when annotating lines and curves and two new commands allow for coordinate annotation. The leader commands provide a temporary display of a "bounding box" that approximates the size of the annotation text that will be inserted. The "Annotation Tools.mns" file is provided in the ...\EGPT\PROGRAM folder and has been updated to include the new icons and shortcut tools. The contents of the MNS file can be added to the end of the toolbar section of your current menu file. Refer to the On-line Help topic "Annotation Shortcuts" for additional information on the previously released commands and on customizing the annotation toolbar.

  llo - Annotate Line Leadered by Object
  llp - Annotate Line Leadered by Points
  clo - Annotate Curve Leadered by Object
  clpoc - Annotate Curve Leadered by 3 Points (PC, POC, PT)
  clrp - Annotate Curve Leadered by 3 Points (PC, RP, PT)
  crd - Annotate Coordinates
  crdl - Annotate Leadered Coordinates

• Coordinate Table. A new command has been added to the Create Tables menu called Coordinate. This command allows you to place a user-specified list of Nodes as a table into your drawing/design file. The command starts by prompting you to select the Nodes you wish to table. Select the Nodes using the standard options. To control what the table looks like use the Settings button. Toggle on the options you want to see in the tables as well as column headers, individual cell prefix/suffix, and column order. Use the Place button on the Create Coordinate Table dialog box after you have your Node selection. The CAD settings for this command may be found in the System->Default CAD Settings->Drafting->Coordinate Table.
• Annotation Shortcuts. Annotation Shortcut commands are available for AutoCAD, IntelliCAD, and Eagle Point Graphics Engine. There is a key-in for each such as LAO (Line Along Object or Annotate Line Along Object). If you key-in LAO at the AutoCAD command line it will prompt you for annotation style and then for the selection of the line. If you make a toolbar and enter LAO 1 for the command, it will run and use the first annotation style. For your convenience, the AutoCAD MNS file is provided in the \EGPT\Program directory folder with the toolbar commands and corresponding bitmaps images. The contents of the MNS file can be added to the end of the toolbar section of your current menu file. Commands included are:

  lao - Annotate Line Along By Object
  lap - Annotate Line Along By Points
  no - Annotate Line Numbered By Object
  lnp - Annotate Line Numbered By Points
  cao - Annotate Curve Along By Object
  cno - Annotate Curve Numbered By Object
  capoc - Annotate Curve Along By 3 Points (PC, POC, PT)
  carp - Annotate Curve Along By 3 Points (PC, RP, PT)
  cnpoc - Annotate Curve Numbered By 3 Points (PC, POC, PT)
  cnrp - Annotate Curve Numbered By 3 Points (PC, RP, PT)

• Insert Symbol by Station/Offset. This command has been added to the Insert menu in the Drafting module to place a user-specified block/cell at a given station and offset from a specified alignment.

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.

Profiles

• Annotate Point/Grade Break: The command now shows a preview for the annotation that will be placed. Additionally, the command will automatically repeat once the annotation is placed until the command is cancelled by pressing the Enter key in AutoCAD/BricsCad or the Reset button in MicroStation.
• Annotate Point/Grade Break: When annotating with a leader, the leader line now displays and rubber bands from the previous point as you are selecting points for the leader.
• Annotate Point/Grade Break: A Leaders button has been added when you are annotating the Point/Grade Break with a leader. This allows you to control whether an arrowhead is placed or not, what symbol to use at the start of the leader and the tail length of the leader.
• Annotate Inlet/Manhole: The rotation angle is now available for the options of Above and Below. Previously, it was only available for the Leader option.
• Annotate Inlet/Manhole: A new annotation option of Custom has been added. This option allows you to control the location of each piece of annotation (Structure ID, Station, Rim Elevation, and Left and Right Invert Elevations) and how it is annotated. Additionally, the command will automatically repeat once the annotation is placed until the command is cancelled by pressing the Enter key in AutoCAD/BricsCad or the Reset button in MicroStation.
• Construct - Profile from Surface Model: The option of Place Profile Grid has been added to the Construct Profile from Surface Model dialog box. This option is only available when the Place in CAD option is selected. When Place Profile Grid is toggled on, a grid will be constructed to encompass the profile. The grid is based on the current Construct Grid settings. The grid is sized using the Station Interval, Datum Elevation Interval, and Heavy Horizontal and Vertical Grid Lines.
• Cross-Section Surface Extension Options. A new control type called Extend Existing Slope has been added to the Associate Alignments and Profiles command. This control type can be used to make a segment on the typical section use the slope value of the adjacent segment located toward the centerline. Use this control type for overlays and widenings.
• Various commands. Changes were made to save the input parameters and options on many commands as defaults for the next time the command is executed. Some commands modified include; Draw Pipes, Draw Pipes Structure to Structure, Draw Pipe End, Draw Headwall/Wingwall/Flared End Section, Annotate Point/Grade Break, Annotate Profile and Annotate Inlet/Manhole.
• Draw Inlet/Manhole/Custom Structure. These commands have been modified to allow you to specify a prefix or suffix and have the Structure ID automatically incremented. A toggle was also added that allows you to continue picking structure locations in CAD and have them automatically placed upon the selection. Toggle on the 'Place Structure on PIC' option to continue picking locations in CAD and have the structures placed with the current parameters. Additionally, the PIC button is always enabled allowing you to pick the rim station/elevation from within any edit control.
• Modify Structure. The Modify Structure command has been added to the Draw menu in the Profiles module. This command allows you to modify the properties of previously placed Inlets, Manholes and Custom Structures. Items that can be modified include the Structure ID, Station location, Rim Elevation, Invert Elevations, Width and Sump Depth. If the structure has been annotated, the annotation will dynamically update to reflect the new parameters. Additionally, if a pipe had been drawn to the structure and annotated it will update accordingly.
• The Draw Pipe Structure to Structure command now automatically erases the previous pipe, pipe annotation, and structure annotation and replaces it with the updated values.
• Construct Grid. A new item has been added to the Annotation Settings Precision to control the datum elevation precision. The grid stationing has been changed so that it now uses Interval Station precision set in Annotation Settings. Additionally, the text placement of the datum elevations and stationing has been updated to make the labels more readable.
• A new option has been added to the Draw Pipes and Draw Pipe Structure to Structure commands to allow for customizing the annotation that is placed when running these commands. The Pipe Annotation Settings dialog box allows you to control how the pipe annotation is placed along the pipe. For each of the five pieces of annotation (Length, Size, Shape, Material, and Slope), you can toggle off, change the order of and change the placement of the five pieces of annotation. Additionally, you can customize the prefix and suffix around each piece of data.
• Annotate Entire Profile. This new command has been added to the Profiles menu to speed up the manual annotation of profiles. Instead of individually annotating every vertical curve and tangent grade, this command allows you to select the profile and have these and other items annotated in one step.
• Place Symbol by Station and Elevation. This command has been added to the Draw menu in the Profiles module to place a user-specified block/cell at a given station and elevation within the current Profile Coordinate System.
• The Construct Profile from Surface Model command now has additional CAD Settings for each profile that is extracted from a different surface model. This enables you to place original ground profiles with different CAD Settings than design profiles.

Quantity Takeoff

• A new command has been added to the Database menu called Import. This command allows you to append your current QTO database with additional records by importing an ASCII file that contains your own specific Item IDs and costs. The file to import can be either comma delimited (.csv) or tab delimited. After specifying the file name to import, you must assign which columns of data belong to the specified QTO fields. Minimally, you must import a CSI division, Item ID, Description, Unit of Measure, Unit Cost 1, and Unit Cost 2. You may also optionally import an Alternate ID, Phase Code, or Item Code (these are not required). The CSI Division must be a 2-digit number between 01 and 16. If a CSI division is not important to your database, specify the CSI Division as 01. The Item ID must be 8 characters long. The Description must be between 1 and 70 characters long. The Unit of Measure must be between 1 and 4 characters long. The Unit Cost must be greater than 0.00 and less then 1000000.00. While both Unit Costs are required, you can specify the same unit cost for both Unit Cost 1 and Unit Cost 2. The Alternate ID can not be greater than 12 characters long, the Phase Code cannot be greater than 9 characters long and the Item Code cannot be greater than 4 characters long. The first line of the file must be the headers for each column of data. The rows following the header must contain the data for each record. For example:

  CSI,Item ID,Description,Unit of Measure,Unit Cost 1,Unit Cost 2
  01,12344321,Stop Sign,Ea,15.00,20.00
  01,87654321,Striping,L.F.,3.00,4.50.

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. 
• Offset Controlled Superelevation: Eagle Point now supports offset controlled superelevation. Through the use of special PT codes (-22, -23, -24, -25 and -26), the superelevation limits of the typical section will hold their offsets through the typical section rotation due to super elevating. With this method the sub surfaces will remain parallel to the surface above it when the typical section is superelevated. This results in the outside slopes of the typical section being adjusted in order to maintain offsets of the typical section. This new superelevation method only applies to typical sections that have their sub surfaces extending out to the foreslopes. For additional information, click here.
• The Define Channel command was added to RoadCalc. The key-in command of "rcdefinechannel" displays the Define Channel dialog box. This command was designed for the NRCS and other conservation engineering organizations to aide in the design of grassed waterways. The define channel command allows you to launch an external program to determine the shape for the channel. It also automatically builds parabolic and trapezoidal channel shapes according to the widths, depths and side slopes specified. Once the channel shapes have been constructed, they can be assigned to profile VPI locations. With the channel shapes specified at VPI locations, a default condition is built and the channel shape and conditions are automatically entered in the Edit Design Locations so you are ready to Run the design.
• Query Cross-Sections: The depth from the top most original ground surface to a selected surface or utility is now reported on this dialog box. This allows you to quickly see the depth to a surface or utility at different offsets from the centerline. To display the depth to a surface from the top most original surface, select the desired surface from the Surface drop list. Click on the Move Left and Move Right icons to move the cursor left and right along the selected surface. The depth from the top most original surface to a utility will be measured to the crown or the invert depending on how the utility was defined. The depth will display as a positive number when the selected surface is below the top most original surface and a negative number when the selected surface is above the top most original surface.
• Step Through Editor: The depth from the top most original ground surface to the selected surface or utility has been added to this dialog box. This allows you to quickly see the depth to a surface or utility at different offsets from the centerline. To view the depth to a surface, select the desired surface. Click on the Move Left and Move Right to move the cursor left and right along the selected surface. The depth from the top most original surface to a utility will be measured to the crown or the invert depending on how the utility was defined. The depth will display as a positive number when the selected surface is below the top most original surface and a negative number when the selected surface is above the top most original surface.
• MicroStation V7 Only: The CAD Settings in Cross-Section Sheets now hold their line weight settings when switch between items.
• MicroStation V7 Only: The CAD Settings in Plan and Profile Sheets now hold their line weight settings when switch between items.
• Volume Reports. The Print Volumes dialog box has a new option to produce a Summary Volume report. This report is a brief synopsis of the Design Earthwork totals and includes the following information within the report: Raw Cut Volume Totals for each surface, Raw Fill Volume Total, Material Compaction Factors, Adjusted Cut and Fill Volumes, whether the material is included in Mass calculations, and the Mass Ordinate. This report is given for the station range that is defined in the main Volume Reports dialog box.
• Manage Surfaces. You now have the ability to designate an original ground material as a 'Waste Material'. By marking a material as waste, you are signifying that this material cannot be reused as fill material. RoadCalc will exclude this material from the mass volumes calculations, thereby affecting the Mass Ordinate and available fill. A material marked as Waste will still have values displayed in the raw (uncompacted/unadjusted) Fill Area and Fill Volume columns.
• Cross-Section Staking. A new report item has been added to the staking report called Catch Depth. It is calculated from Catchpoint Elevation - Toe Elevation. A positive depth indicates an amount of cut whereas a negative depth indicates the amount of fill.
• Edit Profile Settings. An option has been added to this dialog box to specify whether or not Original Ground Profiles should be drawn every time the profile graphic is viewed.
• Edit Cross-Section Data. This command has been updated to remember the last station highlighted, Slope Type specified and the current Surface. The current shot highlighted in the shotlist also defaults to highlight the zero offset (or closest offset). Additionally, the Query Cross-Section dialog query arrow remains on the same offset from station to station allowing you to quickly query the same point elevation without needing to move the query arrow. The Pin Slope command also now remembers the last settings specified.
• Edit Profile Data. The Raise/Lower profile command has been added to this dialog box to provide a means by which you can globally raise or lower all VPI elevations. Enter a relative elevation difference (positive or negative) and this command will modify the elevation of every VPI for the current profile. Curve data is maintained and the profile graphic is redrawn according to the new data.
• Create Surface Model from Road. This command has been added to the Output menu to allow you to have a surface model made from your RoadCalc™ design without having to import any 3-D geometry. By default, the topmost, merged design surface (catchpoint to catchpoint) will be used as the data to create the surface model from. You could optionally choose to model just the subgrade surface. You can create the surface model for the entire sub-project or for just a certain station range. A boundary is automatically calculated around the catchlines and is used to limit the triangulation. You can also merge additional models into your final road model. Specify other design models (other roads or intersection models) and the order they should be merged into the road to produce a single, composite surface model. The Place Road Boundary option will place a 2-D boundary of the road design into CAD so that you can manipulate it and use it as a user-defined boundary for the merging process.
• Construct Typical Section. The capability to assign a PT Code to a subsurface at the Centerline has been added. PT Code 1 is no longer assigned to all sub-surfaces which allows you query/annotate the 0 offset point on any surface using a unique PT Code.
• Volumes. Raw undercut volumes are now included as a separate value in the volume report.
• Station and Coordinates. The Additional Constant Offsets button allows you to enter constant horizontal and vertical offset values that are added to the calculated offsets and elevations. By default, the optional offset values are zero, which means the calculated offsets, coordinates and elevations are based on the selected alignment and profile. Enter positive or negative offset values to "move" the offsets, coordinates and elevations from their original coordinate locations. Additionally, a Draw Object button exists to place a 3-D polyline/linestring into CAD using the Northing, Easting and Elevation values in the current Station and Coordinate list. You can choose to place the entire object or through a specific station range. A 2-D polyline/linestring can also be placed by selecting the Place at Elevation Zero option.
• Edit Cross-Sections. The Modify command has been enabled when multiple stations are highlighted. This allows you to control the toggle states (Control, Phantom, Locked, No Catch Slope) of a range of stations more easily.
• Station and Coordinates. Adding new user stations now saves those values to the sub-project. Whenever the calculation for the stations and coordinates is made, the user-added stations are included in the list. Additionally, you may now edit the labels for "key" stations as well as enter your own labels for user-added stations. Whenever an interval station or "key" station is modified, that station is added as a user-defined station and saved within the sub-project. If a user-added station happens to fall on an interval station or "key" station, the user-added label is used.
• Volumes. The Slope Seeding option has been updated to work when the Slope Seeding PT Code is placed on any design surface. Previously it was required that it was placed on the lowest design surface.
• Catchlines. A toggle has been added to this command that allows you to place the catchlines at a 2-D elevation of 0 (zero). This creates a 2-D polyline/linestring, that enables special linetypes to be used in AutoCAD® and allows the feature to be more easily offset.
• Breaklines from PT Codes. A toggle has been added to this command that allows you to place the breaklines at a 2-D elevation of 0 (zero). This creates a 2-D polyline/linestring that enables special linetypes to be used in AutoCAD® and allows the feature to be more easily offset.
• A new toggle was added to the Manage Condition Tables -> Condition Settings - General Tab page that provides new functionality to the processing of typical sections. If the Use Extend Subsurfaces toggle is on, RoadCalc™ will extend subsurfaces to the catchslope line after superelevation is calculated. Only the subsurfaces that have a breakpoint directly under the point at which the slopes are attached will be extended. That point is specified in the New or Modify Condition dialog box in the At PT Code drop list.
• A new command called Annotate Cross-Sections has been added to the Cross-Section menu. This command gives you the ability to annotate the cross-section number and station next to the cross-section line drawn in plan view. You can place the section number, station, or both next to the cross-section line. You additionally control the CAD settings for the cross-section lines and the annotation text.
• A new file translator has been added to the RoadCalc™ Import Cross-Section Data command to support the EMXS cross-section file format. This cross-section format requires an alignment be defined before importing. This new format will only appear after installing from the 2000 Q3, 2000 G, or 99 U CD.
• 3-D Faces. A new button was added to this dialog box to have the 3-D Faces CAD Settings inherit the current CAD settings from the Manage Surfaces command.
• Import Cross-Sections. A new option has been added to the Import Cross-Section Settings dialog box that allows you to import coordinate files as cross-section data without having to use the 'N##+##' convention (where ##+## is a station value) outlined in the user manual. You can now specify the interval at which the data was shot and the tolerance within those interval stations that you wish RoadCalc™ to import the data to. For example, if your data when imported would have been at station 99+99.89 because of the coordinate precision, RoadCalc™ can automatically adjust that to be station 100+00 if your interval is set to a multiple of 10 and the tolerance was set to something greater than 0.11. For stations that do not lie "on interval," RoadCalc™ will gather up all of those shots and present them to you in a dialog box where you can multiple select them and assign them to a specific station. This setting only affects coordinate files and you must not use the 'N##+##' convention.
• No Slope option for Typical Sections - A new feature has been added to RoadCalc™ to allow your typical sections to be processed onto your original ground without catchslopes. This feature is beneficial to show bridge areas without catchslopes and earthwork volumes. A new Slope type has been added to the Slopes Library called 'No Slope' and a single entry is defaulted into that category. The 'No Catch Slope' slope may be used in your condition tables as a slope to apply to your typical sections. When that condition table is specified in your Design Locations and the Run Design command is used, the typical sections processed in the region you used the 'No Catch Slope' option will "float" above your original ground without tieslopes. Design Earthwork volumes will be zeroed out in that region as well. By processing the 'No Catch Slope' condition, your cross-section stations specified in that range will have a Status of 'N' for No Catch Slope. To remove that status use the Edit Cross-Section Data->Modify Station command and toggle off the No Catch Slope toggle. This toggle also affects the 3-D Faces command. In the 'No Catch Slope' regions along your alignment, the original ground lying underneath the "floating" road will have 3-D Faces generated along with the road itself. There will not be any faces created that tie the road into original ground.
• Inherit Node Elevation from RoadCalc™ Design - A new command 'Inherit Elevation from Design has been added to the RoadCalc™ Output menu. This command allows you to select a group of Nodes and change their elevations according to your current sub-project design. No matter what station the Nodes "fall" on, the elevations are processed from your design input (profiles, typical sections, and slope treatments). This is done by calculating the exact station and offset values the Nodes lie at and processing those stations as if they were cross-section stations. This makes the elevations of the Nodes account for such things as vertical curves and superelevation. An optional report may be toggled on to display the Station, Offset, Northing, Easting, and New Elevation of the "changed" Nodes.
• Extend Existing Slope. A new control type called Extend Existing Slope has been added to the Associate Alignments and Profiles command. This control type can be used to make a segment on the typical section use the slope value of the adjacent segment located toward the centerline. Use this control type for overlays and widenings.

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.
• Plan and Profile Sheets: The Profile Pipe/Structure Annotation dialog box has been modified to allow for displacement values (Delta X and Delta Y) when specifying the Structure Description, Rim Elevation, Invert and Station locations. You also have the ability to set the text justification and the rotation angle of the text. 
• General Invert Directions for Sewers: You can now annotate the invert pipe directions in the plan and profile portions of the plan and profile sheet. An Invert Direction tab has been added to the Network Settings dialog box. This tab allows you to specify the labels for eight general directions (N, S, E, W, NE, SE, SW, NW) for the incoming pipe inverts. In order for the pipe invert directions to be labeled, you have to insert braces {} in the location where you want to the incoming pipe directions to appear. The braces can be placed in the Label edit field for the inverts on the Structure tab of both the Edit Plan Pipe/Structure Annotation and Edit Profile Pipe/Structure Annotation dialog boxes.
• Plan and Profile Sheets. A toggle has been added to the New Reach portion of the Plan and Profile Sheets dialog box so that you can choose whether the hydraulic profile is updated every time the profile drawing is viewed. The toggle was added to allow users to not have the profile drawing updated in the event manual editing has been done. The default setting is for the toggle to be on so that updating always occurs.
• Global Edit. The Global Edit command will now allow you to globally edit the pipe lengths. This applies whether or not the pipes are curved. When the length is globally changed, the most downstream junction of the pipes selected will be held in place and the upstream junctions will be adjusted based on the length entered. Previously, this option only changed the lengths of pipes that were toggled as curved pipes.
• Design Settings. You can now specify minimum slopes for each pipe size used in design. The default values for the minimum slope are based on the values from "Recommended Standards for Wastewater Facilities" (1997) by the Great Lakes-Upper Mississippi River Board of State and Provincial Public Health and Environmental Managers.
• General. Calculation results are now being saved so you do not have to re-run calculations to look at the Summary Report, Detailed Report, Comments, Plan and Profiles, System Curve or Custom Reports. If you have edited the network since last looking at the output items, you will be asked if you want to re-run calculations before viewing the output.

 

Site Design

• 3D Offset: The command now repeats once an object is broken so you do not need to re-select the command.
• Change Elevation. This command has been updated to no longer erase and replace any objects during the elevation modification. This resolves problems related to losing Group information, Lineweights, Linestyles/LTSCALE and object types changing (linestrings to complex objects and lightweight polylines to "heavy"). MicroStation users may now also change elevations on cells that are not included in the currently attached cell library.
• Change Elevation. The Change Elevation command now supports selecting Nodes.
• Calculate Grade and Distance. A new toggle has been added to allow you to report the grade and distance between two points by retrieving the elevation information from the CAD object instead of from a surface model. Toggle on the 'Inherit Elevation from CAD' option prior to selecting a node or point in CAD to obtain the elevation from the object/point picked. Additionally, the grade and distance are automatically calculated upon returning to the dialog box. The Apply button only needs to be used when typing Node IDs or coordinates.
• Analyze Slopes. This command has been significantly sped up.
• Make Intermediate and Index Depth Contours. This command has been significantly sped up. Problems were noticed most frequently when running this command in projects located on a network.
• Place Grid Depth Stakes. This command has been significantly sped up. Problems were noticed most frequently when running this command in projects located on a network.
• The Change Elevation command was added to the Layout menu in Site Desig