Land Surveying & Civil Engineering Software
What's New In LISCAD Version 2018/2019

April 2019

S.E.E.

April 2019

• New "Create Best Fit Long Section" command
  • Automatically create new best fit profiles by straight line, arc or parabola that best fit any part or whole of any existing long section.
• New "Isolated Stringable Points" report
  • Report on points that are not part of a line but have a feature code set to stringable in the code table. This report assists in locating points that should have been included in a line but were not.
• Enhanced "Edit Attributes" commands
  • When editing point, line, polygon or text attributes by Group, the required group may be selected from a drop list which expands to show the group names in entirety.
• New "File/Save" command
  • Use this command to save the changes at any time when "Optional Save" is selected.
• New "PCPLANS" export
  • Allows the export of lines and polygons with associated data to the South Australian Government PCPLANS format.
• CAD Output of coloured end areas
  • Cross Section CAD Output has been enhanced to include coloured cross section end areas.
• Enhanced Local Rotations and Scale Factors
  • Local rotations and scale factors are now stored with their relevant project.
• CAD Output of the Legend enhanced
  • Legend objects in the CAD legend are created according to the layer set for their code if the AutoCAD ByLayer or MicroStation ByLevel output option is selected.
• Enhanced Field Tranfer of Leica DBX
  • The coordinate system used for the DBX is now shown as a comment in the RAW (GSI) file, the Field (FLD) file and the Reduction Report.
• Polygon Area Check report enhanced
  • This report can now be sorted by alpha or numeric order of the descriptions, as well as by area. The new numeric sorting is very useful in checking for sequence gaps when the descriptions are used as allotment numbers.

November 2018

S.E.E.

• "Polygon Creation" enhanced
• Polygon Descriptions can be edited and set to automatically increment while creating polygons by all methods .
• "Elevation Banding" enhanced
• Elevation banding can now be restricted to any elevation range and interval.
• "Adjustment module" enhanced
• Control observations from multiple field files may be extracted and appended to a single adjustment file.
• "CAD Output" enhanced
• CAD Output parameter files (.CPF) may be set to 'Read Only' to prevent users changing standard settings.
• CAD Output of the Legend enhanced The SEE colour of the legend objects is now always retained in the created CAD legend, even when the AutoCAD ByLayer or MicroStation ByLevel output option is selected.
• New "Long Section Point by Grade Intersection" command
• Creates a new long section point by intersecting two grades.
• New "Point by Chainage" command
• Creates a new point by chainage along an alignment with options to control the elevation by the alignment or by a long section.
• Field Transfer of Leica DBX offsets enhanced
• Offsets (up/down, forward/back, left/right) that are applied on board Leica sensors supporting DBX are now passed to the raw and field files as comments and noted in the reduction report.
• "CivilCAD" exchange enhanced
• Import and Export of CivilCAD dump files has been enhanced to cater for both the original and later formats.
• "Long Section Points" report enhanced
• The report can now be produced as HTML or comma delimited text.
• "Point Comparison by Point" report enhanced
• The report can now optionally include point descriptions.
• "Merge" dialog enhanced
• This dialog may now be resized allowing very long group names to be easily seen in full.

C.A.D.

• Text Objects enhanced to support masking
  • Text may be masked preventing it from being obscured by other objects. The mask attribute is supported when setting, examining, editing, adopting or changing text attributes.

August 2018

S.E.E.

• New "Automatic Subdivision Dimensioning" command
• Dimension cadastral subdivisions automatically with appropriate bearings and distances, greatly reducing the time to produce required final plans.
• New "View Edit Line Attributes" command
• Simultaneously view and/or edit the attributes of any selected line for easy and fast desired presentation.
• New "Multiple Local Rotations and Scale factors"
• Define and use multiple local bearing datums and distance scale factors. This makes it very easy to view dimensions and compute using bearing datums and distance scale factors matched to any number of different datum surrounding surveys.
• New "Model by Approximate Offset" command
• Create a new model at a desired approximate offset to an existing model.
• New "Model by Elevation Difference" command
• Create a new model at an exact elevation difference to an existing model.
• Co-ordinate Transformations enhanced
• Save and load user computed co-ordinate transformations as .trp files. Store and easily recall previously defined transformations for use in any project. The transformations can also be applied in reverse meaning that only one transformation is needed to transform either way between any two coordinate datums.
• New "Downsample Scan" command
• Downsample point cloud scans to a user specified density.
• New "Extract Ground Scan" command
• Extract ground and non-ground scans controlled by user entered variables.
• New "Transform Scan" command
• Transform point cloud scans using any coordinate transformation.
• New 3D Creation commands
• Create new intersecting points by "3D Line and Plane" or "3D Reference Line and Plane"
• Projection Transformations enhanced
• There is a new option to apply or not apply 3D projection transformations to the elevations.
• Examine Offset commands enhanced
• Examine Offset by Reference Line, Line or Alignment now return the horizontal and vertical offsets as well as the offset grade and offset point elevation.
• Examine 3D Offset commands enhanced
• Examine 3D Offsets to a Reference Line, and Line now also return the horizontal and perpendicular components of the 3D offset.
• Splay object enhanced
• Splay objects typically used in subdivision design can be set to any size as a percentage of the splay distance.
• Polygon Creation enhanced
• Polygon Descriptions can be edited and set to automatically increment while creating polygons by Trace or Mouse Click.
• Polygon Area Check report enhanced
• This QA report may now be sorted by polygon area or polygon description. It also reports subtotal areas by polygon code and warns of any gaps in the polygon description sequence.
• "Move Point on Line" enhanced
• There is a new option to insert the moved point into the line to which it was moved, thereby ensuring that the lines intersect in 3D.
• Point Comparison by Alignment enhanced
• Providing further control over the reported points, the report is now group sensitive such that only points in displayed groups are available to be included in the report.
• New "Insert Abutting Point" command
• Inserts the points that abut lines into the lines they abut. This can be used in conjunction with Filter Lines to produce digital plans with no overlapping lines.
• "Configure Folders" enhanced
• There is a new option to configure your desired location for the licence file.
• AutoCAD 2018 Exchange
• This latest AutoCAD release is supported for Import and CAD Output.
• MX Exchange enhanced
• MX Export of various line types has been enhanced.
• Field Operation Codes enhanced
• Field operation codes have been enhanced for Field Genius and TDS.
• D-Spec export enhanced
  • DSPEC export for drainage has been enhanced to support various changes to the DSPEC requirements.
• e-Plan enhancements
• Various enhancements for Australian e-Plan jurisdictions.
• Other general enhancements throughout the system including but not limited to: Create Text; View/Edit Text; File/Print/Plot;

C.A.D.

• New Extend / Trim function
• Linear objects including lines, line strings, arcs and splines may be extended or trimmed to other objects including lines, line strings, arcs, circles, splines, boxes or symbols.
• Edit Scale enhanced
• When rescaling and holding symbol sizes, there is a new option to retain clipping.
• AutoCAD 2018 Exchange
• This latest AutoCAD release is supported for Import and Export.