Upgrades to CDS1

Upgrade list for CDS Standard

4/4/03 Points alter has been extended to include a set offset. This means for example that you could select all the points on road 1 with an offset between -.1 and .1 You can then use point alter to set these offsets to 0.000
4/4/03 cut and fill area's and volumes has been improved. If you are displaying two natural road sections the program will report on each cut and fill area. Right clicking and selecting "show area's" menu item will create a report showing cut and fill areas and points making up each area. A volume will also be displayed using end area rule between the sections both before and after this chainage. You first need to set the natural volume parameters which sets the base and overlay road numbers.
4/4/03 For natural volumes can also display the net area and progressive volume in the long section plot and dwg file.
2/4/03 in road sections the continue last grade has gone missing from the "offset & grade" command. If you add in a grade greater than 99999 it now works.
2/4/03 New tutorial on web site showing how to use above command for simple road widening.
22/4/03 program slowed down when there was deleted points in the database. This has been sped up
22/4/03 when interpolating sections and profiles the intersection of string lines was not always leading to predictable results
22/4/03 added in a new natural road reference type. If interpolate a string profile without sections it now defines a "profile" type automatically
1/4/03 transform, translate and rotate - have added in a report key as a check for the new calculated coordinates. The OK button has had a are you sure message box added in.
18/2/03 land grading - combined grade was being reported incorrectly
18/2/03 cross section plotting - have added in a tick box in parameters so that interpolated natural surface heights can be shown at design heights if needed
28/1/03 bug showing up when writing one of CDS files. Look for jobid.des ; failing over a network - the share option was not being set leading to unpredictable results
21/1/03 added in ability to color triangles via there max slope. Select this option from the contour menu - parameters and then the color tab
21/1/03 when exporting road data to roadpc centre line points that were not part of a section were resulting in incorrect distances between sections
21/1/03 cogo - curve calculator. A loss of significant figures could lead to inaccuracies when calculating curves of less than about a meter radius; now fixed.
17/1/03 added in facility to create cross sections to an RTA standard. ie in section bottom box is natural offsets only, next box is natural heights, next box is design offsets and top box is design heights. The vertical drop lines are only from the design points. To implement specify a cross section type 13. In format dialog notice the two new entry types of offset (nat) and offset (dsn). Change the default 0 box from offset to offset (nat). Next is reference. Next is offset (dsn) and top is dsn.
17/1/03 random land grading - in the reports we are now displaying the bearings of the calculated grades to avoid confusion. Added a import/export volume box to random case. More still being done.
13/1/03 modified database - after closing program down the memory image of database was not always being deleted; with confusing results. ie you could copy in an updated copy of the database but the program would continue using the memory image and then overwrite the file that was just copied in.
13/1/03 land grading - bearing of axes shown on reports
13/1/03 the axes for grade reports now default to the axes specified in the set up grid
13/1/03 land grading random - you can now specify an import / export value when calculating the plane of best fit
18/12/02 land grading grids were slightly out - only if specified in minutes and seconds
17/12/02 When interpolating profiles and sections you now have the option of creating points where each section intersects an existing string line.
17/12/02 When creating templates in cross-sections you now have the option of joining to a design line.
17/12/02 If you have a discon with a null height; that particular segment is ignored. I would suggest however that you may be advised to spend some more time checking your break-line data.
10/12/02 displaying offset by layer was not working.
3/12/02 an alternative method of doing superelevation has been added in. A table is filled in with the grades and widening at appropriate chainages. Variable width template tables may be created and sections displayed easily. You can also print out the width's and grades at arbitrary chainages. See the new tutorial in tutorial section of the web site.
30/10/02 strings listing has been expanded; 2 new options. You can also get the height as well as coords. Another new function only shows points and coordinates, height and codes.
28/10/02 added a new function which will convert any zero height contours into strings. Find under contour menu and contour utilities. This would be typically used after calculating some isopacs. The zero isopacs can then be converted to a string. At present the point numbers used start at the next available and string folder is fixed.
25/10/02 land grading has been further refined. Random grading now done as a tabbed dialog which includes grid options. Further work on the bounding strings when doing random point grading.
25/10/02 GPS pickup has been improved. Space bar halts and restarts pickup. Plus key lets you add in single points. Local grid correction now remembered between instances of the program. ie you can come back the next day and still pick up new points on the same coordinate grid.
8/10/02 feature coding was creating duplicate strings when rerunning a number of times.
8/10/02 changing screen text size was being lost when re-opened job
8/10/02 point monitoring - bearing displayed had lost the plot
17/09/02 the grade edit box in Cogo - Bear & Distance and radiate now accepts the P command. This will calculate the grade between two points if that is what you need. Also if you enter an angle (0 degrees at horizontal only at present) in the format ha10.1245 ie angle 10 degrees 12 minutes and 45 seconds with ha in front it will internally convert this to a grade for you and apply it.
23/08/02 Chainage & Offset Calcs - a feature that has been lost since the DOS version has been added back in. You can now do these calcs by specifying a point and a bearing.
Version 1.06 released.
15/08/02 Join - a new feature has been added to calculate angles from 3 points.
07/08/02 Backup/Restore Dialog box has been redesigned to make its use more logical. When restoring jobs, the unarchive check box has disappeared and the program just looks to see if you have selected a .cab file to know whether to unarchive it and the Source directory is saved away to be used as the default next time you run restore. When backing up jobs the destination directory is saved away to be used as the default next time.
30/07/02 Roadworks buttons on toolbar have been rearranged to match those in CdsPremium.
25/07/02 More buttons have been added to the toolbar for Form Triangles, Calculate Contours, Interpolate Profiles & Sections, Volumes between surfaces, and Edit Triangles - Select Tris by Intersecting Line
19/07/02 After you Store Points to the Database from Stadia/Level/Traverse sheets the program will automatically do a zoom extents.
19/07/02 After you do a File-Import the program will automatically do a zoom extents.
19/07/02 Buttons have been added to the toolbar for Join, and some of the Cogo Routines - Bear & Dist, Angle & Dist, Radiate, 2 Bearing Int, 2 Distance Int and Bearing & Distance Int.
18/07/02 Import Raw Data interface has had a total revamp and can automatically bring up the stadia/level/traverse table for you at the end of the process.
18/07/02 Any formats that were in CDS2000 but not in CDS for Import, Raw Import and Raw Export have now been added to CDS versions too.
21/06/02 Import Raw Data - the following formats have been added:- Leica TPS1100, Leica IDEX, Geodat : Generic(with activity codes), Civilcad Neutral, CandG, TDS Raw File (.rw5). Contact us if you need this update.
21/06/02 File-Import -the following have been added:- TDS Coordinate File and Geologic CSV File. Contact us if you need this update.
06/06/02 Profile interpolation could get confused if the start chainage of the profile was different to the chainage on the first point in the defining string.
03/06/02 Level book routine. Can now export level book in Excell CSV format. Do a file save and type in a name which is a CSV file. eg test.csv
29/05/02 Minimum string area was not working if angles of string were exactly 90 degrees and doing the slide line option.
16/05/02 Query dialog when updating points was rounding coordinates to the nearest millimeter. This was a concern when transforming grids between coordinates systems when displaying bearings etc. ; even though the accuracy of the survey has not changed.
13/05/02 Grid volumes in Land Grading were incorrect if major and minor axes were not along the cardinal axes.
02/05/02 Import Raw Data - Civilcad Neutral Files has been added to provide another method to users of Leica TPS1100 Series instruments of getting their raw data into stadia. Leica has a utility that converts .gsi files into .neu files. Sample Data and/or Civilcad Neutral Format Spec's would be appreciated for further testing.
01/05/02 gridded land grading option now has facility to use an optional bounding string when calculating grades and displaying reports.
29/04/02 When applying a code library we know have the option of only running it on selected points if appropriate. Other wise it runs as always on every point in the database.
29/04/02 If we performed the closed string option on a previously closed string the end point was repeated; now works correctly.
23/04/02 When calculating volumes between 2 surfaces we now have the option of specifying a bounding string. The volume that lies with the closed string is reported.
18/04/02 Export Leica IDEX File - General Improvements have been made.
9/4/02 Have added in two columns to point parameters and string parameters for plotting. This is to set text size going to dwg/dxf file in world coordinates. ie set 3.5 in there it will turn up in Autocad at a size of 3.5 in world coordinates; in either meters or feet depending on what you are using.
8/4/02 When importing a dwg file; now handles imbedded blocks correctly
8/4/02 Road works cross section volumes can now display and report volumes that are defined by the template. For example if you wanted to calculate the bitumen volume as distinct from the amount of dirt in cut and fill. Watch for a tutorial coming shortly.
20/3/02 General improvement in pad design. Indication that something is happening has been added. Rare points were calculated with incorrect batter. External angles of less than 180 now only have 1 point interpolated rather than 3 which caused string to come back on itself. Grid will work on a combined surface to allow overlapping pads.
20/3/02 added in ability to delete triangles by intersecting polyline.
7/3/02 Added in ability to define a background color. Access from first option menu (ie before opening a job; if job is open do file then close first
28/2/02 Now remembers plot parameters; use the "Save Defs" key to store away default. Use "Load Def" button to set the values at any time in any job.
20/2/02 Grid when displaying a profile was not showing properly. Added in some edit box's to control the color and line type of the grid lines
20/2/02 Some slight rounding problems in plotting profiles was showing up as lines etc not quite touching
15/02/02 New Cogo Function - Angle & Distance
12/2/02 VRML 3D output has been upgraded to 97 standard. More coming soon in CDS Premium version
12/2/02 Have added in user control over the distance to step (if points are too close together) for both long and cross section plotting.
24/1/02 When running code library was using deleted points if any as well.
11/12/01 When creating dwg/dxf files the height was being set on points even though we did not have the 3D box ticked.
11/12/01 A grid based land grading system has been implemented. Access it off the contour menu.
11/12/01 Can now triangulate and contour by height difference. Ie points used need both a design height as well as a natural height
11/12/01 Added in ability to plot out height difference as well as eastings and northings of a point.
11/12/01 Traverse program has had some improvements with angular misclose stuff.
11/12/01 Instantanous height display is activated automatically once triangles have been created. Also a number of triangle height related activities should be much faster. Most of this is background stuff so users may not be aware of any differences. Main difference will show up on large jobs.
26/10/01 Cut and fill values were not being displayed.
16/10/01 When zooming in and plotting long strings the program could hang. Appears to be a documented bug in windows3.1 Later versions of windows also appear to have the bug but it is no longer documented. The string is simply not displayed if there is a problem.
8/10/01 When plotting the default color black to Autocad ; it now goes across as pen7. This shows as white on black background or black on a white background. Before it was coming over as a light grey.
25/9/01 CDS now remembers its own printer. This allows you for example to have your default system printer for documents while printing in CDS for example on an A1 plotter.
25/9/01 colors of points and text was being lost when exporting to a dwg file
25/9/01 when importing arcs from Autocad the program was repeating itself when reading an arc. Appeared that the program stopped.

Upgrades to CDS1.04

19/7/01 Miscellanous improvements to the digitizing. Improved some of messages. Inserting single variable (eg height) program now gives this entry the focus in data input and finish's on entry key.
5/7/01 reading in dwg/dxf block scale was not being applied.
12/6/01 long section plotting to dwg/dxf. Chainages and RL's etc had leading blanks in them. It stopped them lining up with the boxing.
22/5/01 long section plotting. Added in dialog elements to control text height etc of datum text.
22/5/01 long section plotting export. First point in natural surface was displayed slightly out
22/5/01 long section plotting. Data box at bottom now takes stepping into account when being drawn.
22/5/01 long section plotting. Last point was getting dropped if you used the default last chainage
8/5/01 long section plotting. Chainage text font and size was being ignored
8/5/01 long section plotting. Default for station equations (a US format) now defaults to disabled
19/4/01 Exporting cross sections to DWG files was failing if an invalid line type was specified
3/4/01 Split strings. Fixed a couple of errors and also allow the snapping of points from the screen.
27/3/01 Leica idex export was missing project name.
23/3/01 Some entries when using feet and inchs with fractions not working
22/3/01 SDR raw input has been changed. Apparently new set 100 does not have backsite shot. The first normal shot after stn shot is assumed to be an AT/BS shot.
20/3/01 minimum string area - parallel line option was failing if it was a parallelogram
7/3/01 translate points routine was leaving a number of commands greyed out
7/3/01 Cogo bearing and distance table - now has the option of turning on or off grades.
7/3/01 In stadia entry options. There is a routine to partly replace codes with other codes; from a table definition. This is useful when getting info from total stations etc that only have numerical codes.
5/3/01 added in a new Cogo routine. Bearing and distance with a table. Find under Cogo routines 3rd entry down. If for example you are entering a traverse and make a mistake. You only need to fix the appropriate line in the table. You don't have to re-enter everything.
1/3/01 added in the ability to export in a dwg True type fonts. At moment only arial, courier new, new times roman, Arial Black aond Isocp come across. Users can add their own fonts into the acadoptions.dwg file in variable directory
15/2/01 When importing dwg/dxf you know have the option of importing strings with a constant height as contours. Tick the create contours box on the import dwg dialog. The ability to interpolate profiles and get volumes from said contours will be coming!
15/2/01 When forming combined surfaces; sometimes design points that should have been in the surface where not used.
7/1/01 Added in an option to write triangles to a file in TP Setout format. Find under File - Export and then select TP Setout
5/1/01 Malaysian transformations were slightly out. Changed the conversion factor of Chains to meters. Was using 20.1168 and changed to 20.11678249.
5/1/01 Traverse program - After doing a transit correction the corrected values were not being shown. Vertical height adjustment now works
05/12/00 L,R and + in bearing calcs playing up ( This bug was only introduced in the 4/11/00 patch)
30/11/00 Query dialog box was not showing design heights to 3 decimal places
30/11/00 A new tutorial has been added to show a road design from go to whoa. Download upgrade to get the appropriate data and view tutorial 15 at http://www.foresoft.com/Tutorials/CDS_tutlist.htm
28/11/00 points used for triangulation - logic problem selecting points on a design surface
28/11/00 logic fix in display of triangles; if there was more than one surface.
23/11/00 If you have downloaded a patch since 4/11/00 and you get the message;"...INITIALIZATION: THUNK_LIB_NOT_FOUND... Demonstration Mode Only", this patch will fix it.
22/11/00 Import - if you have downloaded some of these patches from the web and you now find that Import does not work correctly, then download this latest patch which also includes an update of the import function.
14/11/00 some of bearing calc's in Cogo were slightly out. (This bug was only introduced in the 4/11/00 patch)
4/11/00 Now works under windows ME,fix for message "INITIALIZATION FAILURE: COULD NOT GET FILE LOCATION INFORMATION"
12/9/00 if exporting in 3D autocad was closing lines.
12/9/00 program could stop if displaying a profile view - which was empty
12/9/00 added in ability for CDS to shade in the current triangles displayed according to heights. You can display these bands on the screen. Print them out or export them to Autocad. Picture below rendered in Intellicad after
being exported from CDS with 3D option on
22/8/00 modes screen error. Trouble selecting points, codes etc
22/8/00 strings going to DWG file were being closed when doing them in 3d
21/8/00 Colors going to DWG/DXF from cross-sections and profiles was a lottery
21/8/00 Bug creating DWG file from cross-sections.
15/8/00 Program bug when writing distances/bearings on Win95/98 going to dwg/dxf files
Mass Haulage dwg plot not listening to the plot height field
Mass Haulage dwg plot not listening to the plot name field