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• What's Changed
• Contact Information
• Other Information

What's Changed in Eagle Point for 4.1.0

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 changes followed by enhancements and bug fixes.

System

• MicroStation V8 is now a supported CAD engine. Eagle Point will only support running Eagle Point in MicroStation V8 using the native V8 workmode. The DWG and V7 workmodes 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.
• Nodes are now stored in the design file/drawing using XDATA/User Data. Eagle Point no longer stores all of the node information using an external node file *.dnd. All of the node information is now stored on the node itself in the CAD graphic. This is similar to how the nodes were stored in Eagle Point version 14/5.5. You can still use an External Node Database to store node data in an external file.
• MicroStation users only - Eagle Point no longer uses a *.dbl file to store double precision information for projects in MicroStation. This information is now inherently stored on the elements in MicroStation SE, J and V8. In MicroStation SE and J Enhanced Precision needs to be ON. This can be done by setting the MicroStation configuration variable MS_ENHANCEDPRECISION to 1.
• MicroStation users only - MicroStation 95 is not supported beginning with Eagle Point 4.1.0 due to changes in how precision is stored in the design file.
• 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).
• 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).

Data Collection

• 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).
• Geodimeter Data Collectors - Eagle Point now supports raw instrument files using the factory default user defined sequences for instrument setup information. This means you will no longer be prompted for SDMS Setup data for the Occupied Station and Backsight information for the beginning of the job if you have already entered this in the job file.
  The change involved placing a change of activity before each label 2 and label 62 that are recorded within a job file. The value entered for label 2 is now read as an Occupied Station point number along with any entered coordinate values, and label 62 value is now treated as the Back Sight Point Number.
  If your current UDS files automatically write out a change in activity, these will continue to work normally and a change in activity will not be inserted unnecessarily.

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Other Information

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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Last revised: January 14, 2004.