News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 24.10.00

October 2024

 

Service Pack #2 - 2024

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News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 24.09.03

September 2024

 

General

·     Minor bugs: fixed some minor bugs.

Survey

·     Average (TPS & GNSS): fixed an issue that prevented adding more than two measurements to an averaged point.

TPS

·     Zoom45: support of the new mechanical total station GeoMax Zoom45.

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 24.09.02

September 2024

 

General

·     Minor bugs: fixed some minor bugs.

 

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 24.07.01

July 2024

 

General

·     Minor bugs: fixed some minor bugs.

·     Sketches: extended metadata are now saved to low resolution and geo tagged photos and not only in the high resolution photos.

·     Point’s list: improved sorting considering numerical part of the point name.

·     License: improved the workflow to avoid activation errors in case device configuration changes.

 

Export

·     ASCII – GNSS measurements and Averaged epochs: fixed an issue that caused the coordinate to always be the same for each single exported epoch.

 

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 24.05.02

May 2024

 

General

·     Minor bugs: fixed some minor bugs.

·     Export DXF: fixed a bug on saving the file on the controller.

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 24.05.01

May 2024

 

General

·     Minor bugs: fixed some minor bugs.

·     New devices supported: improved software aspect for Nautiz X6 and Alps H6BM devices and managed their function keys.

 

GNSS

·     Zenith 60 IMU calibration: fixed minor bug.

·     PPP calibration on known point: new input field allows to enter current antenna height.

 

TPS

·     Function keys: added a new action to search prism through GPS (X-POLE).

·     Offset VA: improved points description with height difference from ground.

·     Scan plane: fixed a problem with the colorization of the surface when tolerance change value.

 

COGO

·     Reference line: aligned CAD view states like in stakeout functionalities.

 

Surfaces & Volumes

·     CAD previews: improved using current CAD filters.

·     Stakeout surface: fixed position of bubble/IMU component.

 

Export & Report

·     Clouds/X-PAD 365: managed multiple uploads to avoid the use of zip files for DXF, Shape and HeXML exports, now automatically uploaded to a dedicated folder.

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 24.04.01

April 2024

 

General

·     Minor bugs: fixed some minor bugs.

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 24.04.00

April 2024

 

Service Pack #1 - 2024

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X-PAD Ultimate Service Pack 1 - 2024

 

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News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.10.30

March 2024

 

General

·     Minor bugs: fixed some minor bugs.

·     Job report: improved the part of the report related to Station setup.

·     Coordinate system: fixed a minor bug with Barbados coordinate system.

 

GNSS

·     Zenith06: support of variance and covariance matrix values.

·     GNSS MOCK location: added VRMS value.

 

TPS

·     Zoom75/95: fixed a minor visualization issue on the e-bubble when another prism type is selected.

 

Tablet Zenith08

·     Auto-survey of points: fixed a minor issue causing the system error message "X-PAD Ultimate Survey isn’t responding".

·     Screen rotation: fixed a minor bug with screen rotation still active in some pages even if disabled in Android settings.

 

Survey

·     Sets of angles: introduced several improvements during measurement phase and in visualization of results.

·     Collaborative survey: fixed a minor issue with overwritten points saved during an active session.

·     Traverse calculation: fixed a minor error on open traverse calculation.

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.10.20

January 2024

 

General

·     Minor bugs: fixed some minor bugs.

·     Import & Export: restored the functionality of the Google Drive cloud.

·     GNSS Advanced Average: fixed minor bug.

·     Job Report: fixed an issue with scale factor.

·     External reference: fixed a problem caused by using same DWG in different jobs.

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.10.12

December 2023

 

General

·     Minor bugs: fixed some minor bugs.

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.10.10

December 2023

 

General

·     Minor bugs: fixed some minor bugs.

·     Logo on reports: fixed a visualization problem of the logo in the reports.

 

Survey

·     Average (TPS & GNSS): fixed a problem with average of not consecutive points.

·     Autosurvey GNSS: some data were not saved.

·     TPS Aim360 and tape: fixed a problem when tape was used together with Aim360 option.

 

Import & Export

·     ASCII: fixed a problem with SKIP option during importation of topographic points from ASCII file.

·     Esri SHP: general improvements in exporting SHP files.

·     External references: fixed some minor problems with external references.

 

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.10.1

November 2023

 

General

·     Minor bugs: fixed some minor bugs.

·     Job’s report: fixed some minor problems when report is generated in PDF format.

 

CAD

·     CAD: fixed an issue on “Edit->Properties” command.

·     CAD: fixed an issue on “Info” command on entities belonging to external references.

 

Survey

·     GNSS Survey: fixed an issue on creating local system without X-PERT functionalities.

 

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.10.0

October 2023

 

Service Pack #2 - 2023

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News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.9.42

July 2023

 

General

·     Minor bugs: fixed some minor bugs.

·     Single point local coordinate system: fixed an issue related to convergence angle.

·     Angles/Directions: fixed an issue in entering in DMS format.

·     External references: fixed an issue on adding new DWG.

 

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.9.40

July 2023

 

General

·     Minor bugs: fixed some minor bugs.

·     Maps: fixed a bad management of the zoom levels on saving offline maps.

 

TPS

·     X-POLE: add new offset for MPR 122 prism.

·     Monitor: fixed a bug that caused the telescope stalled vertically at the end of the measurement session.

·     Survey: fixed a bug on measurements saved using prism offsets.

 

GNSS

·     Static survey: Zenith16/25/40 fixed a bug that stopped the static survey accessing the "GPS Status" page.

·     Survey: Fixed a bug that didn’t allow the correct base point saving during raw data logging.

 

CAD

·     Labels: Improved labels visibility management considering the layers on/off status.

·     Texts: Fixed an issue with the Z-value of the texts linked to drawing elements.

 

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.9.30

June 2023

 

General

·     Minor bugs: fixed some minor bugs.

 

Coordinate systems

·     GNSS multi points calibration: it is possible to specify the method to use to calculate elevations when more than two points are used.

o  Average plane: this is the standard method always used by X-PAD

o  Average shifts: this method define a horizontal plane based on the average of all elevation differences

 

 

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.9.20

May 2023

 

General

·     Minor bugs: fixed some minor bugs.

·     Maps: fixed some minor problems with maps visualization.

·     Virtual keyboard: fixed some minor problems with the input of numeric values.

 

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.9.10

May 2023

 

General

·     Minor bugs: fixed some minor bugs.

·     Report: minor improvements and bugs fixed in the job’s report.

 

TPS

·     Aim360 on tape: Aim360 can be used now with tape targets.

 

Stakeout

·     Point name: fixed a bug when the name of the staked point was changed by the user.

·     Labels: fixed a bug on label’s visualization during stakeout operations.

·     BIM: fixed a bug when a BIM object was used for stakeout operations.

 

 

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.9.1

April 2023

 

General

·     Minor bugs: fixed some minor bugs.

 

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.9.0

April 2023

 

Service Pack #1 - 2023

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News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.8.22

February 2023

 

General

·     Satellites: fixed a problem with one receiver model on counting used satellites.

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.8.20

February 2023

 

General

·     Minor bugs: fixed some minor bugs.

·     License: general improvements in license checking and license management.

 

GNSS

·     Shift base: fixed an error when shifting was applied to multiple measurements.

·     Static survey: it is now possible to switch from rover to static survey and return to rover without to repeat the receiver configuration.

·     Static survey: fixed an issue with the length of the file name.

 

TPS

·     Calibration report: fixed a wrong value in the calibration report.

·     Automatic free station: reduced calculation time when several control points were stored in the current job.

 

Survey

·     Automatic survey TPS: points were stored even without a valid measurement.

·     Survey code: fixed an issue with the usage of custom symbols.

 

Surface

·     Report: improved volume calculation report.

 

Automeasuring

·     Restart TPS: a new command allows to restart the TPS.

 

Import & Export

·     Import DWG: DWG files can be imported without any limitation on Zenius 700 and on some Samsung tablet.

·     DXF: fixed some small issues in exporting topographic points in specific conditions.

 

 

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.8.10

November 2022

 

General

·     Minor bugs: fixed some minor bugs.

 

TPS

·     Measurements automatic output: improved the speed of the output.

 

GNSS

·     Hidden points by distance: fixed a possible crash of the software in some situations.

·     Coordinate system: it is now possible to use a GNSS multi points localization to calculate elevations even if a cartographic system is used as main coordinate system.

 

GIS

·     Site name as fixed attribute: a new fixed attribute is available that is filled with the current site name. Fixed attributes can be added to each GIS features.

 

Import & Export

·     Collaborative job & External reference documents: if an external reference document is changed in X-PAD 365 storage area for collaborative jobs, the document is downloaded in the controller together with the job.

·     External reference documents: when an external reference document is changed the user is informed when the job is open and so he is aware that something different will be used.

·     External reference DWG: the intermediate DXF file is hidden and cannot be accidentally used.

·     Automatic export – Report: in the Automatic Export settings it is possible to decide to include the automatic generation of the job’s report document.

·     Automatic export: fixed a bug in if this command was used without an open job.

·     Export KML/KMZ: measurement lines can be included or excluded from the export.

 

 

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.8.1

October 2022

 

General

·     License: fixed a minor license problem that could happen in some cases.

 

GNSS

·     Hidden points with distance-distance: fixed a problem on some controller models.

 

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.8.000

October 2022

 

Service Pack #2 - 2022

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News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.7.70

September 2022

 

General

·     Minor bugs: fixed some minor bugs.

·     Zenius800 and licenses: improved the license management that was lost in some specific circumstances.

 

GNSS

·     Base shift: new base position can be stored as topographic point.

 

 

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.7.60

July 2022

 

General

·     Minor bugs: fixed some minor bugs.

 

X-PAD 365

·     Registration devices: the registration of the hardware devices (total stations and GNSS receivers) can be done within X-PAD Ultimate in one single click.

·     Notifications when folders content changes: when the content of the folders stored in X-PAD365 changes (for example because an upload), a notification is sent to the interested users and the notification is immediately visible in X-PAD Ultimate.

 

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.7.050

July 2022

 

General

·     Minor bugs: fixed some minor bugs.

 

TPS

·     Station setup with traverse: various improvements.

 

Export

·     Carlson RW5: exported offset values for TPS measurements.

 

 

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.7.030

June 2022

 

General

·     Minor bugs: fixed some minor bugs.

 

GNSS

·     Satellites: some improvements in reporting the satellites PRN numbers and number of used satellites.

 

Survey

·     Invert line direction: fixed a bug in export of lines that have been inverted during the survey phase.

·     Description of the point: fixed a bug that removed the description of the survey points.

·     Survey codes: fixed some minor bugs in defining the properties of a survey code.

 

Import-Export

·     DWG as external reference: a DWG is used as external reference, can now be updated and it is updated in the job files that are linked to it.

·     LandXML – Surfaces: supported additional visibility attributes on the LandXML surfaces.

 

 

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.7.020

May 2022

 

General

·     Minor bugs: fixed some minor bugs.

 

GNSS

·     Zenith 60 – 20hz: fixed a problem when Zenith60 was used at 20hz.

 

Survey

·     Add layer from Survey code: fixed a problem in adding a new layer from Survey code.

 

Import & Export

·     OneDrive: list was limited to 1000 files.

 

Surface & Volume

·     Volume Stockpile & Pit: fixed a calculation problem.

 

 

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.7.010

April 2022

 

General

·     Minor bugs: fixed some minor bugs.

 

GNSS

·     Zenith35 (first release): fixed a problem during the initial connection.

·     Zenith60 – reference station name: fixed a problem with the custom prefix of the reference station on Zenith60.

 

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.7.000

April 2022

 

Service Pack #1 - 2022

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News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.6.110

March 2022

 

General

·     Minor bugs: fixed some minor bugs.

·     Map view: circles are now displayed.

 

GPS

·     Zenith 06: fixed a problem in reconnecting after a disconnection.

 

Survey

·     Smart drawing: fixed and improved some special cases.

·     Measurement report: added Grid-To-Ground scale factor.

·     Station setup with traverse: survey code is stored and prompted correctly for the measurements.

 

Road

·     Station equations: fixed a special case in entering stations when station equations are defined.

 

Export

·     StarNet: improved export of data in StarNet format.

 

X-PAD 365

·     Backup: fixed a problem with automatic backup.

·     Assets manager: improved registration of devices from X-PAD Ultimate.

 

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.6.100

February 2022

 

General

·     Minor bugs: fixed some minor bugs.

 

X-PAD365

·     Shared files and folders: added the possibility to access to shared files and folders.

·     Registration: during the license activation it is possible to register to X-PAD365 to get access to the new releases and all the technical resources.

 

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.6.030

February 2022

 

General

·     Minor bugs: fixed some minor bugs.

·     Visualization: improved the visualization of the dialogs in some controllers.

 

GNSS

·     Zenith 35 TAG: fixed a problem with interferences when TAG mode was used.

 

Survey

·     Collaborative survey: removed saving sound for external points.

·     NTV2 grid files: fixed a problem with large grid files.

 

Import & Export

·     DropBox: supported new policies and regulations of Dropbox services.

·     Report measurements: added horizontal and vertical distances for TPS measurements.

·     RW5: improvements in the exported information.

 

 

 

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.6.011

November 2021

 

General

·     Minor bugs: fixed some minor bugs.

 

GNSS

·     Zenith 40 – Info receiver: fixed a bug on reading the information.

 

Survey

·     Backsight and Traverse point: now is fully automatic; with motorized total station the measurement sets are performed automatically.

·     Free station with F1/F2: removed an information message that was not correct.

·     Measure with photo: a wrong attribute was assigned also to next measured points.

·     Check orientation TPS: fixed a problem with which there was no automatic rotation to the point.

 

Stakeout

·     Rotate to point with Free station 3D: rotation to the point didn’t work if the station setup was a Free station 3D.

 

Road

·     Road edge: fixed a problem on saving road edge data.

·     Station equation: fixed a problem on entering some values.

 

Import & Export

·     Export points in ASCII: a new option allow to export topographic points and reference points all together.

·     Export 12D format: improved the export.

·     Export RAW: added survey lines.

·     Import DXF: improved the option “Recognize point name”.

·     Export DXF – “Basic mode”: fixed a problem with polylines.

·     REB surface (Germany): fixed a bug.

 

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.6.000

October 2021

 

Service Pack #2 - 2021

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News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.5.090

October 2021

 

General

·     Minor bugs: fixed some minor bugs.

 

GNSS

·     GeoMax Zenith 60: full support of the new GeoMax Zenith 60 GNSS receiver.

·     GeoMax Zenith 06: support of RTCM3.1 messages.

 

Survey

·     Sets of angles: fixed a bug when the sequence A’A”B”B’ was used.

·     Free station F1/F2: prism is always maintained locked during the measurement of the two faces.

 

Surface

·     Manual triangulation: fixed a bug that didn’t allow to do a manual triangulation between points.

 

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.5.080

September 2021

 

General

·     Minor bugs: fixed some minor bugs.

·     Visualization: improved graphic visualization and user experience in some controllers.

 

Survey

·     Measure on the same point with TPS: fixed a bug when a same position is measured two consecutive times.

·     Start GNSS base: fixed some small bugs in starting GNSS base.

·     Zenith 16/40 – raw data: fixed a bug in reconnection to a receiver that was logging Rinex data.

 

Road

·     Stakeout: fixed a small bug related to the offset.

·     Sideslope stakeout: improved the visualization of the current and target position.

·     Axis from DXF: fixed a bug in converting a drawing polyline into a road axis.

 

Export

·     DXF in mm: fixed a bug when it was requested to export the data in DXF format as millimeters.

 

 

 

 

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.5.060

July 2021

 

General

·     Minor bugs: fixed some minor bugs.

 

TPS

·     X-TILT: fixed a problem in the stored measurement.

·     Bluetooth connection: improved reconnection when connection is lost.

·     Zoom10: reflector type and prism constant are set before each measurement.

 

AUTOMEASURING

·     Station setup: added two additional station setup methods; Backsight to point and Automatic free station.

 

IMPORT & EXPORT

·     Carlson RW5: fixed some small issues in the exported format.

 

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.5.050

July 2021

 

General

·     Minor bugs: fixed some minor bugs.

 

CAD

·     Splines: improved visualization of splines objects.

·     Layers: fixed a problem with command that switch on and off all layers.

 

SURVEY

·     Sets of angles - delta: double visualization of delta values; they can be referred to the average value or they can be the difference between max and min value.

·     Sets of angles - store: measurements can be stored without to update the coordinates of the points.

 

STAKEOUT

·     Block’s reference: insertion point of block’s reference can be used for stakeout operations.

 

COGO

·     Object info: for line objects the corresponding azimuth/bearing is now displayed.

 

TPS

·     Zoom75 - 95: support of the new motorized and robotic total station GeoMax Zoom75 and 95.

 

ROAD

·     Section width: it is possible to define the maximum width of the cross-sections; this value is used to extract the cross-section view from the edge polylines.

·     Station value: fixed an error with station’s values if the current distance unit is in Feet.

 

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.5.030

June 2021

 

General

·     Minor bugs: fixed some minor bugs.

·     Web Map Server: support of WMS with a specific coordinate system; in the configuration of the WMS it is possible to specify to use the current coordinate system of the job.

 

GNSS

·     Start base and raw data: fixed a problem with antenna height when base is started together with raw data registration.

 

Road

·     Cross-sections from polyline: center point is calculated if center polyline was missing.

 

Import & Export

·     USB storage and Android 11: supported USB storage with Android 11.

·     SDL format for Denmark: import of SDL data format.

·     MDD format for Germany: export data in MDD format.

·     ESRI Shape: general improvements and bug fixing.

 

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.5.010

May 2021

 

General

·     Minor bugs: fixed some minor bugs.

 

Export

·     Export ASCII: fixed a problem in exporting headers of the columns.

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.5.000

April 2021

 

Service Pack #1 - 2021

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X-PAD Ultimate Service Pack 1 - 2021

 

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.4.040

March 2021

 

General

·     ZeniusX: black screen appears in some situations due to limited memory. On this device point’s icons are not loaded to have more memory free and reduce the risk to have black screens.

·     Points deletion: fixed some display issues with deleted points.

·     Survey codes and linetype: fixed an issue with linetype defined in the survey codes.

·     Point’s labels: fixed an issue with visualization of the labels of the points.

 

GNSS

·     GPRS External – PPP mode: it is possible to connect to servers, through IP address, that transmit corrections also with the GPRS External configuration (internet on the controller).

·     Static survey: fixed some issues with static survey and receivers Zenith 16/25/40.

 

TPS

·     Auto free station – custom target: it is now possible to use the custom targets in the automatic free station.

·     Zoom10 and tracking mode: fixed an issue when Zoom10 was used in tracking mode.

 

Stakeout

·     Survey code: the survey code used to store a stakeout point is prompted for next stakeout points.

 

COGO

·     Closed loop traverse: fixed a problem in the calculation of closed loop traverse.

 

Roads

·     Transformation from drawing polyline: it is now possible to have a multiple selection of the polylines to transform in horizontal alignment or in edge polylines.

·     Interpolated cross-sections: interpolated cross section didn’t follow the profile elevation. Now they are interpolated but applied to the profile elevation at the requested station.

 

Automeasuring

·     Fixed small issues: fixed some small issues in some specific situations.

 

Bathymetry

·     New NMEA messages: supported additional NMEA messages transmitted by some echosounder models.

 

Import & Export

·     DXF blocks with texts: texts included in the blocks are now imported.

·     Road data in REB format: fixed a small issue in importing road data from REB format.

·     External references: fixed some visualization issues with external references.

·     Share and Android 11: fixed an issue that didn’t allow to share exported data on devices with Android 11.

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.4.030

January 2021

 

CAD

·     Offset/Lengthen commands: fixed a small issue in selection.

 

Survey

·     Sets of angles: fixed some small issues.

 

Bathymetry

·      Store points & measurements: this option is now more visible and appears as a setting before to start the bathymetric survey.

 

Stakeout

·     Overlapped points: in case of overlapped points, now it is possible to select from a list which one has to be used for stakeout.

·     Report: fixed a bug in the report.

 

Import & Export

·     ASCII: now it is possible to import latitude-longitude-ortho and calculate automatically the ellipsoidal height from the orthometric height.

·     Raster TIF: fixed a problem in using World file of raster images in TIF format.

·     LandXML: fixed a small issue related to the unit to use to convert latitude-longitude.

 

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.4.020

November 2020

 

GNSS

·     Used satellites: fixed a problem with visualization of used satellites.

·     Static survey: fixed a problem with static survey and Zenith16/25/40.

·     X-TILT: now available also for Zenith35 NO TAG models.

 

TPS

·     Zoom10: made some general improvements in the connection with Zoom10.

 

 

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.4.010

November 2020

 

Coordinate systems & Geoid

·      Geoid: fixed a problem with calculation on the boundaries of the geoid.

 

CAD

·     CAD – TPS & Map: fixed a problem with TPS position visualization in map view.

 

Survey

·     Visualization problem: fixed a visualization problem on new job with cartographic coordinate system.

·     Map mode by default: fixed a problem in case map mode is used as default view in Survey.

 

Road

·     Road stakeout – slope from segment: fixed a problem with slope from segment option in road stakeout command.

 

MEP

·     Restore TPS status: restore previous TPS EDM status when MEP – Level point command is used.

 

Import-Export

·     Raster map: fixed a problem with the usage of DPI value.

·     ESRI Shape: supported import of MultiPointZ format.

 

Automeasuring

·     Export VDV report: added in the list of the possible export types.

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.4.000

October 2020

 

Service Pack #2 - 2020

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X-PAD Ultimate Service Pack 2 - 2020

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.3.051

September 2020

General

·     Minor improvements: several minor improvements have been introduced.

·     Small bugs: several small bugs have been fixed.

·     Android 10: implemented a better support of Android 10.

·     Exported files: exported files are now immediately visible when the controller is connected to a PC. On some controller it was necessary to disconnect and connect again the controller or restart it.

·     Sketch on Zenius800: fixed some problems on the Zenius800 related to the sketches of the topographic points.

 

GNSS

·     Static survey on Zenith16 / 40: fixed a problem on stopping static survey on Zenith16/40.

·     Base & log raw data on Zenith16/40: fixed a specific case in which base height was used in a wrong way.

 

Stakeout

·     Use of reference points: fixed a problem on selecting reference points of the reference job.

 

Roading

·     Parabola: fixed a problem with the calculation of vertical parabola.

 

Import & Export

·     Trimble NIS Elenia for Finland: new export format.

·     DPI format for Bulgaria: new export format.

·     DandasTV XML for Denmark: new export format.

 

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.3.040

August 2020

General

·     Minor improvements: several minor improvements have been introduced.

·     Small bugs: several small bugs have been fixed.

 

GNSS

·     Satellites number: fixed a problem with the satellite number (PRN).

·     Number of seconds on point: fixed a problem on exporting to ASCII format the number of seconds on a measured point.

 

TPS

·     Target height: when controller is used in vertical (portrait) mode change the target height require a double step. Now it is possible to change directly the target height by pressing for at least two secs (long press) on the panel that report the target height value.

·     GeoTrail: fixed a problem with the usage of the GNSS on the controller.

·     Measurement report: fixed a problem related to the orientation to one point.

 

Locator

·     Depth: measured depth can now be manually modified by the user.

 

Stakeout

·     Stakeout object: fixed a problem related to the elevation in case offset value is changed.

·     Stakeout object with TPS: fixed a problem in case distance is not returned (value 0) by the total station during tracking mode.

·     Surface: fixed a problem when the point name is changed.

 

Automeasuring

·     Export: fixed a couple of problems in exporting data.

 

Import & Export

·     SDR33: fixed a problem on importing and exporting SDR33 format.

·     Load survey code library: fixed a problem when library is loaded from a USB memory.

·     DXF – Contour lines: contour lines were exported in layer 0 instead in the right layer.

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.3.030

June 2020

General

·     Minor improvements: several minor improvements have been introduced.

·     Small bugs: several small bugs have been fixed.

 

GNSS

·     Additional offset: added an additional offset to better support external receiver that send position on the antenna phase center instead of the antenna reference position (ARP).

·     Zenith 40 – external radio: fixed a bug on configuring the Zenith 40 with external radio.

·     Zenith 16/25/40 - Start base: fixed a bug on defining the base ID.

 

Survey

·     Store photos: it is possible to decide what type of photos has to be saved: all photos (low resolution, high resolution and geotagged) or only low resolution, only high or only geotagged.

·     Set of angles: fixed some bugs and did some improvements.

·     Hidden points with GNSS – laser: improved the command that allow to measure hidden points with laser distance meter.

 

Stakeout

·     Surface: now it is possible to accept the point without to have to stop the measurements.

·     Store point: it is now possible to take a photo or draw a sketch also for stakeout points.

 

Road

·     Sideslope stakeout: several improvements that allow to stakeout sideslopes with more flexibility and to cover more cases. It is important to mention that now it is possible to get the slope of an existing segment (previous or next) and also define the sideslope (cut or fill) instead to use the automatic system.

 

IFC – BIM models

·     IFC – Hide/Show: improved the performances about hide and show IFC models.

 

Import-Export

·     ESRI Shape import: now it is possible to define an attribute to use as description of the point.

·     External references DXF: it is possible to decide if import or not BLOCKS entities.

·     Raster map: fixed a bug in the visualization of raster map georeferenced with X-PAD Office Fusion.

·     DXF – MTEXT: fixed a bug in importing MTEXT when multiple paragraphs were used.

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.3.020

May 2020

CAD

·     TPS Symbol not visible: in some cases, the symbol of TPS was not visible.

 

GNSS

·     Rinex 3.04: added the option to save raw data in Rinex 3.04 format for GeoMax Zenith 16/40 receivers.

·     X-Pole with NMEA receivers: fixed a bug on using generic NMEA receivers with X-Pole.

·     Generic NMEA – mountpoints list: fixed a bug on loading mountpoints list with generic NMEA receivers.

 

Survey

·     Photographic survey: added a new command that allows to take some photos of an object and then transfer these photos, together with the standard survey data, to X-PAD Fusion software and to the new X-PHOTO module for image processing. X-PHOTO allows to process images and generates a dense point cloud and a 3D mesh.

Roading

·     Where am I: added the possibility to have the vertical elevation difference from the current position and the selected surface/layer.

 

Import & Export

·     Export ASCII – Horizontal and vertical distance: added the possibility to export horizontal and vertical distances for TPS measurements.

·     WMS: did some improvements and support some new cases.

·     Land XML roading - Circle: fixed a bug on importing a round-about.

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.3.010

March 2020

 

General

·     Bearing label: if Bearing mode is used the corresponding label is “Bearing” instead of “Azimuth”.

 

Stakeout

·     Automatic sideslope: fixed a bug when offset value was zero.

 

Surface

·     Manual creation of triangles: fixed a bug on manual creation of triangles.

 

Import-Export

·     DXF with 3DFaces: improved the importation speed in DXF with 3D faces.

·     LandXML – Plan features and Parcels: plan features and parcels are now imported from LandXML files.

·     Export SHP: introduced the possibility to select how to export points when they belong to lines.

·     LandXML: fixed a bug in importing LandXML that includes also surfaces or roads.

·     Symbols for codes: fixed a bug on importing symbols made with small arcs.

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.3.000

March 2020

 

Service Pack #1 - 2020

This Service Pack #1 2020 includes a lot of many new features and general improvements. Please click below to download the detailed list.

X-PAD Ultimate Service Pack 1 - 2020

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.2.040

February 2020

 

General

·      Black screen on first start: on old Android device the first installation didn’t ask for the permissions that had to be activated manually.

·     Small bug: fixed several small bugs in different part of the software.

·     Commands manager: some commands were not listed in the commands manager list.

 

CAD

·      Surface and contour lines: contour lines are now displayed together with the surface.

·     Working area: working area settings of the previous opened job were used also in the current job.

·     Offset: new objects created by offset were stored in a different layer and not in the one of the original entity.

 

TPS

·     Unlock prism on disconnect: when the software closes it releases the lock of the prism.

 

Survey

·     Multi codes: fixed a bug that didn’t allow to select more than two multiple survey codes.

·     Smart drawing – Close: fixed a problem with Close command in smart drawing.

·     Spline without code: spline polylines were stored without the current survey code.

·     Symbols from code: fixed a problem with updates and size.

·     Points from reference job: fixed a problem with points imported from a reference job.

 

Stakeout

·     Stakeout object – highlighted: the drawing object to stakeout is now highlighted and more visible than before.

 

Surfaces & Volume

·     Stakeout surface: measurement is now saved.

·     Surface visualization: in case of more surfaces all of them were displayed together.

 

Road

·     Snap from axis objects: axis objects can be used as “snap to object” in the CAD commands.

·     Road stakeout: fixed a problem with next/previous station option.

 

MEP

·     Plumb/Level: fixed a problem on these commands with some TPS setup (reference axis, backsight to known points and others).

 

Import/Export

·     DXF - Import Ellipse: ellipses are now imported as polylines.

·     DXF as External reference: it is now possible to specify the units used in the DXF.

·     DXF – inches: fixed a problem when importing DXF in inches.

·      Google Drive: fixed a problem with Google Drive due to a change in the policies by Google.

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.2.030

January 2020

 

CAD

·     Area information: added Acreage value.

·     IFC models: fixed some small bugs.

 

GNSS

·     NTRIP on controller: improved the connection, stability, speed and automatic reconnection when NTRIP is managed by the controller and not by the receiver.

 

Stakeout

·     CAD – Stakeout circle: when a circle is selected for stakeout it is now possible to decide if stakeout the center of the circle or the shape of the circle.

 

COGO

·     Move, Rotate & Scale: fixed a bug on saving the data.

 

Road

·     Import from drawing: fixed a bug on importing an axis from a drawing.

·     Horizontal alignment: fixed a bug when some elements have zero length.

 

Import & Export

·     Export ASCII: file was empty with some specific settings.

·     Import DXF: fixed some problem with text alignment.

·     External reference file on USB: when is added an external reference and the file is on the USB memory drive, now is copied locally in the site folder.

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.2.021

December 2019

 

General

·     Android version below 4.4.4: fixed an incompatibility problem in controllers with an Android version below 4.4.4.

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.2.020

December 2019

 

General

·     External references: fixed a couple of small bugs.

 

CAD

·     General improvements: some general improvements for some specific cases.

·     Autocenter in drawing: in drawing commands the selected position is automatically moved on the center of the screen.

 

GNSS

·     Zenith 16: support of the new GeoMax Zenith 16 GNSS receiver.

 

TPS

·     TPS output: added the possibility to send out TPS measurements also through BT connection from the controller and another device.

·     Report free station: added residuals difference and fixed a bug when report is created for the second time.

·     Connection Long Range BT adapter: fixed a problem.

 

Stakeout

·     General improvements: some general improvements related to the graphic visualization during the stakeout phases.

·     Automatic stakeout: possibility to use also Reference points.

·     Automatic sideslope: possibility to define the bottom elevation by measuring a top reference point and then specify the excavation height.

 

Road

·     Where am I - TPS: possibility to accept and store the point without to stop the tracking measurements.

 

Import & Export

·     DXF: general improvements.

·     Trimble NIS format: possibility to export with or without the elevation of the points.

·     Geograf: new export format for Geograf software.

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.2.008

October 2019

 

CAD

·     Selection: fixed a problem with selection.

·     Labels of point: fixed a small problem in visualization.

 

GNSS

·     Reference station prefix: it is now possible to set a prefix to the NTRIP reference station.

 

TPS

·     Zoom10: some small improvements with the use of Zoom10.

 

Stakeout

·     Stakeout of points: general improvements.

·     Distance & Offset: fixed a problem with offset value.

·     List of reference point: fixed a problem in creating a list of points to stakeout from reference points list.

 

 

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.2.005

October 2019

 

CAD

·     Drawing polyline: fixed a problem in drawing polyline with point very close each other.

Survey

·     X-Live share points: fixed a problem.

·     Physical keyboard: improved the use of the physical keyboard on ZeniusX.

Stakeout

·     Save points: fixed a problem on saving points in small size phone controllers.

·     Automatic sideslopes: improvements to solve some specific cases.

Surface

·     Breaklines: fixed a problem on selection of breakline by “area”.

Road

·     Stakeout: fixed a problem if road doesn’t have surfaces.

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.2.003

October 2019

 

General

·     Zenius 800: some improvements in the use of the virtual keyboard.

 

CAD

·     Visualization performances: Improved drawing visualization performances in some devices.

·     Drawing polylines: fixed a special case in drawing polyline command.

 

Survey

·     Zenith35 - calibration: fixed a problem when return back to X-PAD from Zenith 35 compass calibration procedure.

 

Stakeout

·     Distance & offset: fixed a problem in the visualization of the calculated point.

 

Import/Export

·     DXF: fixed a problem with import of some types of DXF files.

·     Export KML: fixed a problem on exporting surfaces.

·     IFC models: supported new cases of IFC models.

 

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.2.000

October 2019

 

Service Pack #1 - 2019

This Service Pack #1 2019 includes a lot of many new features and general improvements. Please click below to download the detailed list.

X-PAD Ultimate Service Pack 1 - 2019

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.1.100

June 2019

 

General

·     Small bugs: fixed some small bugs in some parts of the software.

·     Download update: download stopped to work in case of rotation of the tablet.

 

CAD

·     Label’s background: has been removed due to a slowdown of the performances in many devices.

·     Delete layer: fixed a bug.

 

Survey

·     SmartDrawing: fixed some small problems.

·     Tracking mode with TPS: fixed a problem in case of stop of the search during the continuous measurement.

 

Import & Export

·     DWG/DXF In: it is possible to import drawing in Inches.

·     DXF external reference: fixed a problem with unique color.

·     DXF and polyline with many vertexes: improved the importation speed.

 

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.1.005

May 2019

 

General

·     Small bugs: fixed some small bugs in some parts of the software.

·     Mesa2: fixed some problems when X-PAD is running on this controller.

 

Surfaces

·     Volume report: on some controller the image with the model was wrong.

 

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.1.000

May 2019

 

General

·     Small bugs: fixed some small bugs in some parts of the software.

·     External reference DXF: fixed a problem with colors.

 

CAD

·     Improvements: general improvements in CAD use and in the loading time.

·     Polylines: fixed a problem on recalculating the position of the vertexes when a topographic point changes its coordinates.

·     Color by object: fixed an error.

·     Labels on hidden points: labels are not displayed for hidden points.

·     Info and object’s report: fixed some small issues.

 

GPS

·     Configure from GPS Status: fixed a disconnection problem when the receiver is configured within the GPS Status dialog.

 

TPS

·     Automatic zoom: fixed a problem on the automatic zoom in “Direction mode”.

·     Zoom 25: fixed a problem in tracking mode.

·     Free station – automatic scale factor: fixed a problem on very first calculation of the results when the scale factor calculation mode was set to “Automatic”.

·     Free station - residuals: residuals are now displayed only if the measurement is used.

 

Survey

·     Multi code: fixed some problems on using the multi code option and the corresponding drawing.

 

Stakeout

·     Stakeout segment of a polyline with Mesa: fixed a problem on Mesa controller and stakeout of a polyline segment.

·     TPS Stakeout - object: distance from beginning and from the end of the object was reversed.

·     GPS Stakeout – distance and offset: the current offset value was wrong.

 

Volume

·     Report stockpile/pit: fixed a problem with complete report in which cut and fill values were reversed.

 

 

News X-PAD Ultimate Survey release 4.0.900

April 2019

 

General

·     Small bugs: fixed some small bugs in some parts of the software.

 

CAD

·     Polyline area: length is not calculated if segments of the polyline intersect each others.

·     Layout: distances are now managed as ground distances.

·     Raster maps: fixed a bug in visualization.

·     Improvements: general improvements in CAD use and in the loading time.

 

Coordinate system

·     RTCM1025: coordinate system defined by RTCM 1025 message is used only if the current coordinate system is not a local GNSS calibration based on multi points.

 

TPS

·     Zoom25: fixed a bug on setting the horizontal angle.

·     Zoom90 – Power search: fixed a problem with STOP button.

·     Zoom90 – GeoTrail: with measurement F1/F2 search with GPS is deactivated.

·     Zoom90 – Mesa2 & Panasonic: improved the reconnection in case the connection is lost.

 

GNSS

·     Zenith35: after the calibration it is possible immediately to start to measure.

 

Stakeout

·     Objects: distance from beginning and from the end of the object is now displayed.

 

Import & Export

·     DXF Arcs: fixed a bug with export of polyline with arcs.

·     Import DXF without invisible layers: fixed a bug with polylines.

·     Export DXF: variables PDMODE and PDSIZE are now defined; points are then displayed in AutoCAD with a cross symbol.

·     ESRI SHP: the current units for distance is used.

 

X-LIVE

·     Map views: X-LIVE points are displayed also in the map view.

 

News X-PAD Ultimate release 4.0.800

March 2019

 

General

·     Speed improvements: improved all the load and display operations of the graphic data. Graphic data are loaded one time only and not every time as before; this means that the switching time from the different part of the software is now faster.

·     Small bugs: fixed some small bugs in some parts of the software.

·      “Diamond” key on Mesa2: “diamond” key is used to open the Tools button; in GPS/TPS survey it is used to enter directly free notes.

 

CAD

·     Layout command: fixed some small problems with Layout command in CAD.

 

Stakeout

·     North view: restored the north view in the graphic view.

·     Elevation on arc: fixed the calculation of the elevation along the arcs.

 

News X-PAD Ultimate release 4.0.703

March 2019

 

General

·     Small bugs: fixed some small bugs in some parts of the software.

 

News X-PAD Ultimate release 4.0.701

March 2019

 

General

·     Small bugs: fixed some small bugs in some parts of the software.

·     Area in feet: fixed an error on calculating the area in feet units.

·     USB & Panasonic FZ-B2D: problems on using the USB memory with Panasonic FZ-B2D have been solved.

·     Compass calibration: if the internal compass of the controller is not calibrated a warning icon appears in the graphic view. By clicking on the icon, a dialog inform you on the calibration procedure. A calibrated compass is necessary to have the best performance when the “2D direction” and “3D” visualization mode are used during survey and stakeout operations.

·     Vocal commands: an auto learning procedure has been added. For each command it is possible to instruct the system by repeating 10 times the command. In this way the command recognition is much more reliable than before.

·     Working area: in case of drawings with entities in opposite positions (for example some entities are in local coordinate and other are in cartographic coordinates) a new option allows to define the main working area. In such situations a warning icon will appear on the bottom right of the graphic area; by clicking on the icon it is possible to define the main working area. The “Zoom all” commands return the working are view instead of the full view and also the visualization of the objects inside the working area it is perfect.

 

CAD

·     Layers: fixed an error on deleting the layers.

·     Area: the perimeter is drawn; the internal filling of the area only when possible.

·     GPS symbol: the symbol used to display the GPS position is the one defined and used also in Survey and stakeout.

 

Map

·     Drawing: only entities in visible layers are now displayed in the map.

 

Survey

·     Linework: fixed an error an activating lineworks.

 

Automeasuring

·     FTP with folder: it is possible to define the subfolders in the FTP area in which store the result of the measurement.

 

Import & Export

·     Sokkia SDR: points in Sokkia SDR format can be imported.

 

News X-PAD Ultimate release 4.0.600

February 2019

 

General

·     Small bugs: fixed some small bugs in some parts of the software.

 

CAD

·     Snap: fixed a bug on snapping.

·     Delete measurements: it is possible to delete measurements lines from the CAD.

 

TPS

·     Zoom25/50: fixed an issue on the target constant.

·     Station elevation: reference point can be measured even in Face1/Face2 mode.

 

Survey

·     Drawing: fixed some small issues on drawing created by measured points.

 

PicPoint

·     Android 7 and 8: PicPoint is also supported on Android versions later of 6.

 

Bathymetry

·     Store data: fixed an issue on storing some bathymetry data.

 

Import/Export

·     Scheme: an import/export scheme can be overwritten by new settings.

·     GSI format: fixed an error in export of negative target height.

 

News X-PAD Ultimate release 4.0.550

February 2019

 

General

·     Language/Country: it is possible to select the language/country. For UK and US, users can select English UK and English US. Some local options (import and export formats) are available only with the corresponding language/country.

·     Small bugs: fixed some small bugs.

 

CAD

·     Offset: fixed a bug with offset command.

·     Distance & Offset: fixed a bug with distance & offset command.

 

TPS

·     Station setup – 2 reference axis: fixed a bug.

 

Stakeout

·      Point stakeout: stakeout of a point from the table of points causes an error.

 

Bathymetry

·     Bathymetry survey: depth is stored as a separated value.

·     Bathymetry survey: fixed a bug on storing data.

 

Locators

·     Locator survey: depth is stored as a separated value.

·     Locator survey: fixed a bug when locator was not available.

 

Import/Export

·     DXF-DWG: white colors transformed in black.

·     DXF - Arc: fixed a problem on importing arcs.

 

News X-PAD Ultimate release 4.0.520

January 2019

 

General

·     Small bugs: fixed some small bugs.

·     External documents: fixed a conversion problem of external documents.

 

Automeasuring

·     License: fixed a problem with the license.

 

Surfaces

·     Report: the report didn’t include the image of the surface.

 

 

News X-PAD Ultimate release 4.0.501

January 2019

 

GNSS

·     Zenith 15: fixed an issue with Zenith15.

 

News X-PAD Ultimate release 4.0.500

January 2019

 

General

·     Job’s position: if not defined the job’s position is defined by the first GNSS measured point.

·     Job’s manager: if you hold on a job a new option allows you to rename the job.

·     Small bugs: fixed some small bugs.

 

GNSS

·     Generic NMEA External – RTK corrections: in case of use external GNSS receiver and communication through NMEA, it is possible to define the RTK mode as “External GPRS (controller)” and send to the receiver the RTK corrections. GPS Extended module is of course required.

 

TPS

·     Station setup – Free station with angles only: free station with angles only now it is able to calculate also the elevation of the station and not just coordinates.

·     TPS Reconnection: fixed a bug with the connection of the TPS when the connection was lost. It happened mainly with Getac Z710.

 

Survey

·     Automatic survey TPS & GNSS: a new option allows to define the distance 2D and the elevation difference; when the current position overpass one of the two values then the point is automatically stored.

 

Volume

·     Surfaces: fixed a couple of problems on the visualization of the surfaces.

 

Road

·     Edge polylines: standard axis can be transformed in edge polylines and assigned to a main axis.

 

Import & Export

·     Carlson SurvCE RW5: import and export of the SurvCE RW5 format.

·     IFC: fixed a bug on importing IFC file with the geometry in millimeters.

 

News X-PAD Ultimate release 4.0.400

January 2019

 

General

·     Small bug fixing: some small bugs has been fixed.

·     Getac Z710: fixed an error that didn’t allow X-PAD to start on Getac Z710.

 

GNSS

·     Zenith35 – Radio FEC: radio FEC option (Forward Error Correction) can be activated.

 

Stakeout

·     Polyline - segment: fixed an error when trying to stakeout a segment of a polyline.

 

PicPoint

·     PicPoint: fixed an error that didn’t allow to use it.

 

Export

·     KOF50 for Norway: added the KOF50 format in the list of available formats for export.

 

News X-PAD Ultimate release 4.0.300

January 2019

 

General

·     Small bug fixing: some small bugs has been fixed.

 

Stakeout

·     TPS rotation to point: fixed a bug when rotation to point was requested.

 

COGO

·      Reference line: a new option allows to define a rotation of the reference line.

 

BIM

·     Cartographic coordinates: fixed an issue with visualization of BIM model in cartographic coordinates.

 

Export

·      DXF: fixed a bug on DXF export.

 

News X-PAD Ultimate release 4.0.220

December 2018

General

·     Small bug fixing: several small bugs has been fixed.

 

CAD

·     Fast loading: added a new option that allows to load drawings faster. Properties (color and linetype) by entities are ignored and are used the main properties of the layer to which the entity belongs to.

 

Import

·     Ignore properties by entities: in importing DXF and GFD files it is possible to ignore the properties (color and linetype) by entity in order to have a faster loading of the drawing in the CAD viewer.

 

Automeasuring

·     Store measurements on external files: it is possible to store the measurements of each session on an external file. This means that main job file doesn’t increase its size due to all measurements stored.

 

News X-PAD Ultimate release 4.0.201

December 2018

CAD

·     Zenius700: fixed a bug on CAD visualization.

 

News X-PAD Ultimate release 4.0.200

December 2018

General

·     Waiting cursor: waiting cursor appears for slow devices.

·     General improvements.

·     Several small bugs fixed.

 

CAD

·     Points already staked out: it was not possible to select points already staked out.

·     Survey lines: they were not selectable.

 

Road

·     Road stakeout: option to have the station from the beginning of the axis or the distance to the target station.