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The following items discuss the most recent changes found in
this version of Eagle Point Software. Please note that the
following sections are organized alphabetically, by module,
starting with System level descriptions of VIP Enhancements,
General Enhancements and then bug fixes.
Compatibility testing of Eagle Point 2001/2002 2.1.0 has been
performed in the Professional version of Windows XP and to date
nothing has been found that impedes the performance or stability
of the software. There are a few cosmetic items that will be
resolved in future releases, but they do not impair the current
functionality. As an example, the Eagle Point help icon does not
align with the close icon when using the default "Windows XP"
theme, but still operates properly. Also, the software GUI (Graphical
User Interface) will not take on the "Windows XP"
default theme until a problem with certain edit controls can be
resolved.
Formal testing with Windows XP Home will commence after the 2.1.0
release. Due to the similarities between the Professional and
Home Editions, it is not anticipated that any unique problems
will arise that will prevent the support the Home Edition of
Windows XP. If any Windows XP specific problems are identified
after the 2.1.0 release, they will be addressed in future
maintenance releases.
Also note that not all of the CAD packages Eagle Point runs
with are supported in Windows XP. Autodesk has chosen to support
Windows XP Professional with AutoCAD 2002, and Bentley's
MicroStation V8 is the only version that is supported in Windows
XP Professional or Home. Currently, Eagle Point is not supported
in MicroStation V8, but support is anticipated with the 2002 Q2
CD. Testing has also been completed on the Eagle Point Graphics
Engine in Windows XP Professional.
Novell has yet to release a Netware client for Windows XP
Professional. Therefore anyone who is running Eagle Point with
the Novell License Manager will have to wait until Novell
releases a Netware client for Windows XP Professional.
The following features have been added to Eagle Point Software:
- System - 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 preformed
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 except 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.
- Landscape Design – Edging. This command enables you
to create a database of edging that includes line type,
width, color and Quantity take off Item ID number. The
command also displays a drafting tool bar to aid in the
drafting of curvilinear lines.
- Advanced Irrigation – Evaluate P.O.C. The view icon
was added to the secondary evaluation dialog box so you
can select another flag to evaluate without returning to
the main dialog box.
- COGO – Resolve Duplicate Nodes. The speed to report
the duplicate Nodes with the Resolve Duplicate Node
command has been increased.
- Administrator – Configure CAD Engine. When the CAD
configuration is changed (i.e. a newer version of the CAD
is selected), there is now an option change the CAD
configuration for the local machine as well as for the
current user.
- System – General. The toolbars for modules that have
never been opened will now cascade down from the main
Eagle Point toolbar (preventing them from going off the
screen when the main toolbar is at the top of your screen).
- System – Manipulate Level Group. MicroStation users
only. All levels within a Level Group will now be turned
on correctly in the selected views.
- System – Open. Projects with an External Node
Database created prior to the 2001 1.4.0 version will now
convert to an Access Database correctly.
- System – CAD copy of Nodes. The functionality of
copying Nodes using the native CAD command has changed.
The Nodes will automatically renumber to the next
available number (ID) instead of displaying the Point
Protection dialog box. The next available number (ID) is
set in COGO - Settings - Entry Option - Node Placement
Tab.
- Advanced Irrigation – Locate Lateral. Added error
checking to allow for interactive modification, without
affecting the original pipe.
- Advanced Irrigation – Locate Lateral. Auto snapping
is snapping to selected heads.
- Advanced Irrigation – Auto Size Laterals. Labels are
no longer being placed on every pipe when transition is
the label style selected.
- Advanced Irrigation – Auto Size Laterals. Colors and
Line Widths that are defined in the Pipes Database are
now being utilized.
- Advanced Irrigation – Auto Size Laterals. You can
now define zones interactively.
- Advanced Irrigation – Locate on Edge. Error checking
added to keep spacing precision set to two decimal places.
- Advanced Irrigation – Locate on Edge. If you toggle
on the label heads option, the labels are now being
displayed when the heads are inserted.
- Advanced Irrigation – Edit Pipe Database. You no
longer get error message stating " Size and/or Inner
Diameter already exist(s). Please enter new values when
modifying the size of pipe.
- Advanced Irrigation – Evaluate P.O.C. The report
option to the Excel spreadsheet. The Default location is
now the project folder location. The Default name of the
spreadsheet is the project name, and the spreadsheet is
no longer dropping the number from the zone descriptions.
- Base Plan – Sum Area by Layer. Correctly reports
areas without causing an error.
- COGO – Field Data Traverse. The contents of the
angle edit field are now highlighted after selecting the
"Next Leg" or "Sideshot" button so a
new value can be entered without using your mouse to
remove the previous value.
- COGO – Inverse Objects. The area and perimeter of an
open object that ends with an arc is now reported
correctly.
- COGO – Inverse Points. The tab order within the
command has been modified to operate in the same fashion
as similar commands.
- COGO – Report Nodes. All instances of Nodes that
have truly identical properties (Northing, Easting,
Elevation, Field Code and Description) will now display
in the Report Node list when it is empty and an option
other than "All" is used. Once the Node list
contains items, only one instance of truly identical
Nodes will be added to the list.
- COGO – Point Protection. The Delete Old Node option
within the Point Protection dialog box will now remove
the original Node.
- COGO – Resolve Duplicate Nodes. MicroStation Users
Only. When Linked to an External Node Database, the Node
in the database now displays "External Node Database"
for the level.
- COGO – Resolve Duplicate Nodes. When using the
Delete Selected Nodes option, only the nodes highlighted
are deleted and removed from the list. Previously,
additional Nodes were removed from the listing. This
required you to close the command and reopen it to
display the Nodes in the list.
- ColorFast – System. Integrated Colorfast product
Menu.
- ColorFast – Create ColorFast Drawing. Extracts
correctly with Xclip utilized.
- ColorFast – Create ColorFast Drawing. Hatch patterns
being extracted without exploding.
- Data Collection – Download from Collector. When you
use the SMI, TDS Coordinate or TDS Raw formats, you will
no longer receive an error during file transfer when
characters such as a forward slash are contained in the
job name.
- Data Collection – Reduce Jobs. Spaces in the PD-mapped
info block for Leica users is now supported.
- Data Transfer – Import LandXML. MicroStation Users
Only. Contours that have placed when importing surface
models can now be annotated.
- Drafting – Create Tables. The Line and Arc Table
commands will no longer lock up (on certain systems) when
placing a table that contains a line/curve number on a
polyline/complex.
- Drafting – Place Text. The command now uses the text
height defined within the specified text style when
setting your Default CAD Settings to 'Use Current Style's
Height'.
- Irrigation Design – Auto Locate. Activated the PIC
button for: Spacing between heads edit field, corner
angle tolerance edit field, overspray angle edit field.
- Irrigation Design – Locate by Array. Activated the
PIC button for the Head spacing edit field.
- Irrigation Design – Locate Single. Activated the PIC
button for the Radius edit field.
- Irrigation Design – Critical Head. Calculating the
values correctly for Metric projects.
- Irrigation Design – Locate Single. FT label is no
longer staying visible for length and width, when you go
to another style head.
- Irrigation Design – Pipe/Label Configuration. Pipe
label configuration now says plotted Inches for the
fitting size edit field.
- Irrigation Design – Auto Size Lateral. This command
now has psi next to pressure at valve, and ft\sec
displayed by maximum flow velocity.
- Landscape Design – Modify Plant Attributes. Does not
select items in the dialog box that are hidden.
- Landscape Design – Convert to Plant. No longer
displays section view plant symbols as an option.
- Landscape Design – Tree Shadows. When selecting
plants by layers the proper plants are being shadowed.
- Plant Database – Show Plants. Correctly lists the
plants contained in the design.
- RoadCalc – Manage Alignments. When associating an
alignment from a different drawing, the path to the
current sub-project drawing is now entered properly and
the alignment is drawn in the correct drawing file.
- RoadCalc – Utilities. Utilities are now displayed in
the correct location in Cross-Section, Profile and Cross-Section
Plot Sheets when the alignment has a BOP station other
than zero and station equations.
- RoadCalc – Import Cross-Sections. Cross-Sections are
now imported correctly when the alignment has station
equations.
- RoadCalc – Cross-Section Sheets. Reference Lines are
no longer labeled in unrestricted zones of the alignments.
- RoadCalc – Create Plan and Profile Sheets. The Major
Interval, Minor Interval, Interval on Tangent and
Interval on Curve within the Edit Station/Elevation
Intervals command now require you to enter an integer.
- RoadCalc – Create Plan and Profile Sheets. Profile
stationing within the sheets now start at the correct
locations when a BOP station other than zero is used.
- Sewers – Custom Reports. The Input Flow label has
been changed to gpd to match the units of the value being
reported.
- Site Analysis – Sub Area Statistics. The static
label used to display the area is now wide enough to
display all values of the area.
- Surface Modeling – Merge Surface Models. User-Defined
boundaries can now have an unlimited number of vertices.
- Survey Adjustment – Compute Adjustment. The printed
report now displays the unadjusted coordinates for the
initial backsight instead of the adjusted coordinates
when the backsight is included in the traverse.
- Water Surface Profiling – View Cross-Section
Graphics. When you do not have any cross-section data,
you are now informed and the dialog box will not display.
- Watershed Modeling – Manage Land Uses. Land Use
Groups can now contain more than 20 land uses.
- Watershed Modeling – Summary. The correct Unit
Hydrograph data is now printed when it is printed along
with the Flood Hydrograph.
- Watershed Modeling – Hydrograph Printouts. The
Incremental and Cumulative Rainfall values for an SCSIII
storm type now display the correct values.
- Watershed Modeling – Hydrograph Printouts. The time
interval for a Storage Indication Flood Hydrograph now
reports according to the value set on the Hydrograph
printout dialog box.
- Watershed Modeling – Flood Hydrograph Printout. The
lag time displayed in the Unit Hydrograph section of the
Flood Hydrograph printout is now reported correctly.
The following items are links to other pages that contain
important information that should be reviewed before using Eagle
Point Software:
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Corporation
Last revised: December 13, 2001.