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Highlights
• IntelliCAD
8.2 – New
3D Solids module. New commands. Improved performance. Native DGN
with basic CAD functions.
• Reports
– Improved
reporting especially for Takeoff and Hydrology as well as general
Report Formatter.
• Carlson
Community – For
sharing point symbols, 3D models and other files with Carlson
Software users.
• Field-to-Finish
– Lots
of new features based on user requests.
• GIS
for points – New
ability to store GIS data in the CRDB coordinate file to make GIS
for point much easier.
• 3D
Solids – New
routines to use 3D Solids for profiles and cross sections as well as
new 3D viewing for solids.
• Supersonic
Viewer – New
command to view large surface models and 3DX files.
General
• AutoCAD
2017 – Added
support for this new version.
• IntelliCAD
8.2 – Added
new Solids module with commands to create and process solids. Set
paper size for new layouts. MText in-place editor. 3DORBIT.
Customize for toolbars and ribbon. Work with DGN files natively
without conversion and do basic CAD edits. Performance improvements.
• Carlson
Community – For
sharing point symbols, 3D models and other files with Carlson
Software users.
• LandXML
– Added
support for LandXML 2.0 to output TIN surfaces with colors and
materials. Added support for import of linework (plan view
features).
• Startup
Wizard – Added
method to select dwt for new drawings.
• Merge
PDF Files – New
command to combine PDF files to make master PDF report.
• Output
Layouts to PDF – New
command to create a PDF from selected drawing layouts.
• Drawing
Explorer – Added
right-click functions to zoom and pan to selected data files.
• Change
Layer Color – New
command to change the color for a layer by selecting an entity on
the layer.
• Google
Earth File Export – Added
control for which point attribute to use as marker.
• Remove
Civil 3D Custom Objects – New
command to remove AEC entities from the drawing to make a standard .dwg
file.
• Supersonic
Viewer – New
command to view large surface models and 3DX files.
• 3D
Solid and Polymesh Converter – New
command to convert solids and polymesh entities into 3D Faces.
• 3D
Model to Solid – New
command to convert .mdl files to 3D solid entities.
• 3D
Arc – New
command to draw a 3D arc by three points.
• Draw
2D/3D Polyline – Added
option to draw smooth curves on-the-fly.
• Draw
3D Line – New
command to draw a line in 3D.
• Field
Text – Added
method to apply labels to block attributes.
• Text
Import – Added
method to import Microsoft Word documents as formatted MText with
ability to dynamically update when document is changed.
• Draw
Table – Added
option to dynamically link the drawing table to the source text
file.
• Text
Math – New
command to apply math functions on values in text labels.
• Replace
Text – Added
method to copy replacement text from another label.
• Zoom
Extents On All Layouts – New
command to do a zoom extents on all layouts in the drawing.
• Move
Text With Leader – Added
option to draw as MLeader. Added settings for separate layer or use
layer of text.
• Offset
3D Polyline – Added
Slope Intersection method to create 3D polyline at intersection of
two slopes from 2 reference 3D polylines. Added option to use
separate layer.
• Hatch
Wizard – New
command to hatch by picking an interior point.
• Chamfer
By Chord Length – New
command to chamfer by a specified chord length.
• Rotate
By Bearing – Added
option to update existing viewports.
• Draw
Model View – New
command to draw border of model view viewport into plan view.
• Report
Formatter – Added
method for sub-headers. Improved saving of the report formats. Added
method to setup list of values per field to select from for field
options.
• Command
Search – New
command to search menus for a command name.
Survey
• Legal
Description – Added
option for decimal degrees and for fraction degrees. For using
centerline option, added setting for max offset for reporting
station/offset values.
• Enter
Deed Description – Added
method to enter bearings and distances by selecting text in the
drawing. Added method to use TPOB.
• Section
Subdivision – Added
option to draw lines.
• Cut
Sheet – Added
function to undo edits. Added method to apply a pipe equation. Added
option to report zero elevations. Added method to import points from
text file. Added storing of the report formatter settings into the
Cut Sheet .cut file. Added option to color labels by tolerance.
Added option to draw arrow from design point towards the survey
point.
• Polyline
Report – Added
option to report only the perimeter and area.
• Bearing
Entry – Added
support for entering bearings in formats like “NE45.1234” and “N45
12 34E”.
• Angle
Rotation – Added
option to apply rotation defined in Drawing Setup to all bearing and
azimuth labels and reports.
• Edit
Process Raw File – Improved
reporting for GPS measurements to include RMS and other values
recorded in the raw notes. Added processing for DZ notes. Added
method to output selected notes to the coordinate file.
• Field
To Finish – Added
function to edit all the code definitions in a spreadsheet. Added
method to hatch areas from closed linework. Added option to thaw
layers used during drawing. For text attributes, added controls for
label order, separate settings for the size of each label and option
to group the text entities. Added new special code LABEL to control
point attribute format. Added new special code BFIT to make best-fit
line between points. For WALL3D special code, added method to set
width by second value after code. Automatically creates photo links
when image files are stored by SurvCE. For PHOTO special code, added
option to create CAD hyperlinks for images. For Offset Both special
code, added option for offset amount as full or half offset. For
multi-point symbols, added option to set code for automatic, option
for rotate only (no scale) and option to create a fourth corner
point. Added method to draw text fitted by two or three control
points using multi-point symbol with Fit Description option. Added
option to apply rotation to labels only and not the symbols. For
Rotate To Line, added settings for align by forward or backward
tangents or by ends for culvert. For pipe features, added option to
label structures. For tree features, added option to label each
field on a separate line and option to group tree trunk circle with
the symbol. Added new LTW special code to set line width. Added
linework method to stop linework when point numbers change in point
groups. Added option to label elevation just once for points on
linework or rectangle with same elevation. Added method to use a GIS
special code to append to the main code for processing. Added method
to use point description for GIS attributes by using Fixed Parameter
settings. Added method to put point attributes (name, elevation,
description) into custom attributes on the point symbol. For
labeling descriptions along linework, added setting for start of the
increment. Added a linework coding style for having the linework
code before the main code. Added function to import Topcon F2F codes
and layers from an XML file. Added LandXML style coding that reads
point linework from the XML file to determine how to connect the
points.
• Label
Station Offset – Added
option to highlight labels more than specified offset tolerance.
Added option to use MLeaders. Added leader style to point to
beginning of label. For metric, added cm and mm unit options for
offsets. For line from centerline to point, added options to place
label along line and to shorten the line.
• Point
Groups – Added
new Isolate function for point groups. Added more functions to call
for point groups including Edit Point Attributes, Renumber, Change
Elevations and Set Description. Added method to define group by date
range using the data stored in the CRD history. Added method to
define group by number of digits from start of point numbers.
• Draw
Points – Added
option whether to draw point node.
• Draw/Locate
Points – Added
option to draw only new points.
• Point
Symbols – Added
set of symbols to Symbol Library that have built-in wipeout to hide
linework under the symbols.
• Search
For Points – New
command to search for a point number or description in CRD and RW5
files in a folder.
• Edit
Point Attributes – Added
display of images attached to points with ability to add and remove
images. Added display of point groups and setting for non-surface
status.
• Renumber
Points – Added
method to create points by sequence along a centerline.
• Edit
Points – Added
function to delete a range of points or all points.
• Erase
Points – Added
option to delete the linework associated with the points.
• Freeze
Points – Added
method to freeze linework associated with the points.
• Local
Transformation – Added
method to enter translate, rotate and scale parameters, and
save/load parameters to file.
• Annotation
– Added
support for linework reactors to update labels for deflection angle
and interior angle labels. Added settings for total distance prefix.
Added option for strip trailing zero to leave single zero. For
endpoint leaders, added control for length of leader. Added method
to use different number of decimals based on size of the number and
added option to round distances to the nearest half. Added option to
remove extra leading zero on angles in degrees. Added option on
distance units to label as Rods or Varas. Added option to label
scale factor when using geodetic distances.
• Auto
Annotate – Added
arc dimension style option that labels the chord angle and length,
radius and radial angles along dimension lines for the chord and
radials.
• Label
Coordinates – Added
method to combine coordinate label with lat/lon. Added settings to
center justify and to label headers.
• Label
Angle – Added
option for decimal degrees.
• Line/Curve
Tables – Added
method to create a combined line/curve table.
• Swing
Table – New
command to draw a swing table.
• Stack
Label Arc – Added
option for label header line and method to use C/L symbol.
• Draw
Legend – Added
option for second description and method to draw the symbol on the
right.
Civil
• Grid
File Format – Added
indexed binary grid format that uses 50% less file size and loads
twice as fast.
• Triangulate
and Contour – Added
Reduce Meander filter for creating smoother contours.
• Triangulatiton
File Utilities – Added
function to break bent edges, to draw ridge/valley lines, to apply
polynomial smoothing, and to export x,y,z text file of TIN points.
Added controls for the color display method.
• Triangulation
Surface Manager – Added
method to draw Carlson points when adding points to TIN.
• Slope
Zone Analysis – Added
method to model surface using contours and hatch zones between
contours.
• Contour
Elevation Label – Added
option for separate layers for main and intermediate labels.
• Design
Pad Template – Added
method to apply subgrade depth to pad when balancing.
• Edit
Pad Template – Added
functions to add and remove perimeter points.
• Cut/Fill
Color Map – Added
option to limit map cut/fill range to color. Added auto color
styles.
• Cut/Fill
Movement – New
command to optimize earth movement with reporting by dozer and
truck/shovel ranges.
• Draw
Curb Ramp – New
command to adjust 3D curb polylines to fit in ramp of specified
dimensions.
• Lot
File Manager – Added
method in check lot to report closure with tolerance and option to
draw symbol at any bad misclosures.
• Tag ROW Segments To Skip Frontage – New command to control setback
amount for lot sides.
• Input/Edit
Centerline – Added
function to scale centerline.
• Station
Equations – Added
support for station-equations in more commands including Input-Edit
Profile, Profile Report, Draw Sections, Input-Edit Sections and
Section Report.
• International
Roughness Index – New
command to report this index of a profile.
• Draw
Profile – Added
option to use MLeader for leader labels. Added option to draw
manhole names within an ellipse. For sewer profiles drawn as single
lines, added setting for polyline width. Also for sewer profiles,
added option to draw symbol for pipe flow arrow, option to prefix
label layers with profile name, and option to skip rim and invert
elevations for outlet and to skip invert-in label for first
structure. For crossings, added option to label elevation at top of
pipe and draw label leader to top of pipe. For the horizontal label
box, added settings for text offset with a row and option whether to
draw row header labels.
• Draw
Section File – Added
sheet output method to model space with viewports from layouts into
model space. For crossings, added option to show pipe thickness. For
crossings on-the-fly, added method to check selected .sew and .util
files associated with the drawing. Added option to output each
station to a separate dwg when using vertical stack. Added settings
to control label position for grid elevation and offset labels.
• Profile
Solids – New
command to create profiles from solids or polymesh entities in the
drawing.
• Section
Solids – New
command to create cross sections from solids or polymesh entities in
the drawing.
• Input
Edit Section Alignment – Added
method to create sections at pipe crossings and method to use
polylines to define cross section alignments.
• Section
Cut Sheet – Added
support for using grade ids.
• Design
Template – Added
method for subgrade depth to match existing surface for road
rehabilitation. Added option for ditch on end of fill to use only
when existing ground goes uphill from the tie.
• Template
Grade Table – Added
method to create table from polylines.
• Process
Road Design – Added
method to output TIN surface for bottom subgrade.
• Road
Network – For
point output, added controls for left and right sides.
Hydrology
• Rainfall
– Added
method to lookup using NOAA Atlas 14 method. Added SCS triangle and
Delmarva storm types to storm sewer networks.
• Define
Watershed Layers – Added
function to color a TIN file by the ground cover areas.
• Watershed
Area Grid – New
command to create grid model of drainage area above each node.
• Watershed
Above Points – Improved
method for calculating watershed using a grid model.
• Run
Off Tracking – Improved
method for using a grid model for calculating flow lines.
• Time
of Concentration – Added
FHWA Kinematic Wave method. For the SCS-TR55 method, added K-table
for shallow concentrated method and added method to pick flow 3D
polyline and make multiple flow segments using specified delta slope
tolerance.
• Peak
Flow Regional Method – New
command for peak flow by this KY DOT method.
• Edit
Bench Pond – Added
option to size for target storage at elevation. Added functions to
add and remove perimeter vertices.
• Design
Detention Pond – Added
stage-discharge editing onto the main dialog.
• Hydrograph
Routing – Added
option for formatted reports to Hydrograph, Pipe, Channel and
Reservoir routines.
• Pipe
Routing – Added
support for multiple barrels.
• Drop
Pipe Spillway Design – Added
method for using multiple riser inlets.
• Draw
Stage/Storage Curve – Added
option for spillway and cleanout.
• HEC-RAS
– Added
support for multiple skews on cross sections.
• HydroNET
– Improved
report contents and format, and added method to report multiple rain
events at once.
• Plan
View Labels – Added
option to label pipe stationing. Added control to place symbol at
inlet or structure location.
• Circular
Inlet – Added
support for circular inlets in Sewer Networks.
• Input
Sewer Line – New
command to create sewer network by placing structures on polyline
vertices.
• Sanitary
Sewer Network – Added
option to enter known flows and label.
• Edit
Sewer Network – Added
undo function in the editors.
• Edit
Sewer Profile View – Added
functions to change pipe size and rim elevation.
• Move
Plan View Label – Added
option to use leaders.
• Sewer
Network Quantities Report – New
command to report pipe and structure quantities by depth.
• Import
Network From Text File – New
command to read a sewer network model from a CSV text file.
• Transform
Coordinates – New
command to transform the x,y coordinates in a sewer network model.
• Report
Sewer Network – Added
method to report multiple storm events at once.
• Utility
Network – Added
setting for utility type (ie. gas or water) with default colors per
type. Added support for rectangle, hexagon, trapezoid and ellipse
shape pipes. Added method to place solids along utility alignment
for valves, connections and elbows. Added support for laterals with
spreadsheet editor and methods to input by picking points or lines.
Added material quantities report. Added pipe material parameter and
user-defined parameters to the model. Added LandXML export for
utility networks.
GIS
• Point
GIS – New
system to store GIS data in CRDB coordinate files with ability to
use this data in all point based GIS commands.
• Point
GIS Editor – New
command to import, export, edit and report GIS data for points.
• Topology
Area Check – New
command to find gaps or overlaps.
• Topology
Point Check – New
command to report points that are within tolerance of each other.
• Set
Text Layer By Text String – New
command to set text entity layers to match the text string.
• Web
Feature Service (WFS) – Added
default service for FEMA and USDA soil maps.
Construction / Trench
• Tag
Area of Interest – Added
support for using multiple areas with the same name.
• Make
Design Surface – Uses
layer settings to set colors for the TIN.
• Calculate
Total Volumes – Added
option to output report to layout.
• Make
Overexcavate Surface – Added
function to define by selecting a TIN file.
• Make
Layout – New
command to create a layout with title block and optional model view.
• Save/Restore
Layout Layers – New
commands to store and recall the visible layers for the layout model
view.
• Place
Image on Layout – New
command to crop an image to fit the dimensions of a view window.
• Linework
Length Report – New
command to report lengths of linework.
• Cost
Summary Report – New
command to report project costs from Takeoff commands including
Material Quantities and Calculate Total Volumes.
• Input
Trench Line – Added
method to make trench at fixed depth from the surface.
• Import
Sewer Network – New
command to import a sewer network .sew file into trench network.
• Import
Utility Network – New
command to import a utility network .util file into trench network.
• Input/Edit
Trench Template – Added
method to define backfill relative to middle of pipe.
• Trench
Network Quantities – Added
option for costs in the report.
CADnet
• Import
PDF File – Added
method to handle dense hatch by option to skip tiny lines.
• 3D
PDF Reports – Added
method to use template PDF. Added output to 3D PDF directly from 3D
Viewer Window and 3D Drive Simulation commands.
• Pipe
Connector – New
command to draw pipe between two connections with output to BIM.
• Trace
Polyline – Improved
ability to follow image and snapping. Added method to create 90
degree corners. Added auto zoom options. Added ability to switch
active end of line for tracing.
• Trace
Rectangle – New
command to draw a rectangle from an image.
• Trace
Circle – New
command to draw a circle from an image.
• Replace
Color – New
command to reassign selected colors to a new single color.
• Remove
Speckles – Added
method to select area to process by window or polyline. Added option
for preview.
Pointclouds
• Regions
– Added
functions to define and set visibility for a selection of points in
the cloud.
• Contours
– Added
Reduce Meander filter for creating smoother contours.
• Import
Cloud – Added
option to batch import files (ie LAS and E57) and to apply scale on
import.
• Color
Cloud – Added
method method to color by elevation range with control of range with
repeating pattern.
• Subtract
Cloud – New
function to subtract cloud from current cloud.
• Scale
Cloud – New
function to scale cloud between feet and meters or by custom amount.
• Camera
– Added
clipping method by polyline.
• Edit
Features – New
functions to edit the dimensions of pole and tree features.
• Command
History – Added
function to report the history and added option to time stamp each
command in the history.
Data Conversions
• Civil
3D – Added
support for spot elevations in Import Civil 3D Labels.
• Geoids
– Added
support for Florida FPRNGD16, Malaysia EMGG05a, Australian Cocos,
Norway 2016A, Guadeloupe and Latvia 15.
• Indiana
– Added
Indiana County projections INDOT INGCS.
• MicroStation
– Upgraded
routines to import and export GENIO files.
• Trimble
– Added
import/export of Trimble GIS attribute data from CSV files.
• WinCMM
– Added
support for .cor and .lev files in Points > Read Text File
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