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ESurvey CAD Release Notes

Version 5.10

This new version of ESurvey CAD, Version 5.10, released on 23-09-2011 is incorporated with extra features and improvements which are listed below:

What is new?

  1. Now, ESurvey CAD works with open office. Select Microsoft Excel or Open office and set it as the Default Spread sheet.
  2. Default Layer colours have been changed.

In TopoDraw

  1. In Setting Screen layer can be set automatically, based on Remarks, Elevations and Blocks.
  2. In Setting Screen we can group the layers based on Remarks, Elevations and Blocks.

Version 5.00

This new version of ESurvey CAD, Version 5.00, released on 07-07-2011 is incorporated with extra features and improvements which are listed below:

What is new?

  1. Globalization of the product is made. Different country based regional settings for support has been added.
  2. Product can be installed in any directory.
  3. Introduced Quick Launch of commands and Look up table for all lisp commands.
  4. Now Menu, Ribbon, Help and Quick launch of commands can be loaded just by loading a single lisp.

In TopoDraw

  1. Configuration is made simpler by introducing it in the settings screen.
  2. In Configuration screen, only one setting can be made at a time.
  3. Under Configuration screen, drawing preview can be viewed for the configuration made.

In Contours

  1. 3D Surface is introduced in CAD.
  2. Now annotation can be done using Fence option.

In Earthwork

  1. Ground and Formation Elevations can be exported separately.

Now team viewer can be accessed directly via Product, from a short cut under help or using Start-> Program->ESurvey->Team Viewer

What is improved?

  1. Temp path directory can be set in desired directory.
  2. Lock updater will get installed in Common files in C:\Program files\Common files\E survey directory) it can be accessed via Start->Program files -> ESurvey -> Lock Updater.
  3. Now generating drawings using TopoDraw is at least 10 Times faster than earlier version.

Changed concepts

  1. Now Menu loading using a separate lisp (menuload.lsp) is dropped. Only by loading ‘LoadESurveyCAD” Lisp, menu and ribbon can be loaded.
  2. Now Temporary folder need not be c:\Eurvey\Temp. User can specify any directory as temporary directory by setting it using Set Temp Path (Start-> Program->Set Temp Path).
  3. Free utilities and More Lisp concept is dropped from ESurvey CAD. Now all free Utilities and most of the More lisps are available in ESurvey Lisps.
  4. ESurvey CAD specific More lisps also gets loaded when “LoadESurveyCAD” Lisp is loaded. Please run “Quick Command Help” to know the functions available.
  5. Contour Annotations will be generated only at endpoints. Other options are removed.

Globalization:

Now Product works with any setting of country in Regional Setting.

  1. List Separator – “,”,(“;”)
  2. Decimal Separator – “.”, (“,”)

Version 4.51

This new version of ESurvey CAD, Version 4.51, released on 24-12-2010 is incorporated with extra features and improvements, which are listed below:

What is new?

  • Works with Bricscad
  • Works with GstarCAD
  • Free Utilities:
    • a)Field Book: Now more options are provided in Field book export
    • b)Traverse: Now traverse correction is made simple with Least Square / Transit / Bowditch / Crandall methods
  • Now contour drawing can be viewed in 3D

    [Note: Now we are showing 3D with simple interface, we are working on developing a true 3D View Solution]

  • Some minor Bugs are solved

'ESurvey CAD’ version 4.5 released on 12-08-2010. ‘E SurveyCAD’ now combines 3 Products TopoDraw, Contours and Earthwork. The Section, Interpolate and E QuickSections modules have been dropped.

What is new?

  • Keep Existing Feature introduced in ESurvey CAD Surface import Screen allows users to import data from multiple survey data file into single data file

Topo Draw

  • Import point data directly CAD.
  • Eastings and Northings can be displayed along with Serial, Elevation, Block and Remark.
  • Directly Import data from CAD with all the settings.

Contours

  • Export different contour lines to different layers while exporting to CAD, so that users can change the line type or color of the lines
  • Contour Area Calculation is introduced

Earthwork

  • Block method of Area Calculation is introduced
  • Now you can import surface data available in Tabular Format
  • Generate all Section drawings in Single Drawing file

More Lisps

Two more lisps are added under More Lisps Category.

  • Joining 3D Lines: Two 3d Lines having common end points can be combined to form single 3d line
  • Incrementing Contour: Elevations can be assigned to consecutive contours with given interval

Utilities

Traverse Correction and Field Book now runs only from Utility Menu not from Explorer

What are the improvements?

  • All the reported bugs till date are solved
  • Many icons changed to maintain uniformity and better look and feel across the software
  • The Ribbons and Menus in CAD are rearranged and revised
  • While importing surface points CSV, Excel option need not be selected

Topo Draw

  • Points are on by default

Earthwork

  • Earthwork Section drawings now section line indicating ground and formation level matches with color of elevations representing the same

What is dropped?

CSV / Excel to be removed from Surface Import Screen (General)

More Lisps

  • Among AutoCAD Based Lisps OverKill.lsp is dropped as part of setup

'ESurvey CAD’ version 4.02 released on 08-07-2010, and it incorporates many new features.

What is new?

    • E SurveyCAD is now made ZW CAD compatible
    • E SurveyCAD is now made 64bit compatible  so that it can be installed in Windows 7 also
    • · No. of lisps in More Lisp directory is increased to 13
    • Grids in Earthwork and Contours can now be drawn at any given angle

    What are the improvements?

  • Interpolation now works much faster (Almost 10 times faster)

    • ESurvey CAD Utilities

    Traverse: Helpful for distributing the traverse error among each point depending on selections such as distribute error (only distance, only angle or both) using proven distribution algorithm.

    What is dropped?

    ESurvey CAD Utilities

    GPS Data Conversion utility is dropped

    'ESurvey CAD'version 4.00 was released on 20-05-2010, and it incorporates many new features

    "E Survey CAD" is a comprehensive product developed by combining 4 individual Products E TopoDraw (Version 1.20), E Contours (Version 2.05), E Earthwork (Version 2.02) E Interpolate (Version 3.02) and a new module ‘Section’.

    What is new?

    Section Module

    It is a Simple section generation tool to create section generation from Excel / CAD Data.

    1. Importing and exporting data from CAD and Excel
    2. Print option is available from software
    3. Area and volume calculation using trapezoidal method
    4. Report generation in Excel

    ESurvey CAD Utilities

    1. Field Book: Takes field book data as input data and generates excel format as output data to generate sections, contours etc
    2. Plot Ready: Printing settings can be made and section wise drawings can be arranged and accordingly printing can take place
    3. Bulk Plot: batch plotting of drawings can be done
    4. GPS Data Conversion: Converts universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinates to latitude/longitudinal and vice versa

    What are the improvements?

    TopoDraw Module

    You can even generate contours now while generating the topographical map.

    Contour Module

    Section can be generated from a line drawn on the contour; generation of the section is faster. Value will get interpolated even if part of line is outside the boundary, interpolated value outside the boundary will be in different layer (layer2).

    Section Settings are now included in contour menu in AutoCAD.

    Earthwork Module

    3D surface based earthwork computation is introduced.

    Previous Release Notes for Respective Products:

    E TopoDraw

    Version 1.20

    The version, Version 1.20 of E TopoDraw released on 23-01-2010, incorporates many new features.

    Changes/Modifications

    1. Reported bugs are fixed.

    Version 1.10

    The version, Version 1.10 of E TopoDraw released on 11-01-2010, incorporates many new features.

    What is Included?

    Autoconfig Option in the TopoDraw screen

    The version,1.0 of E TopoDraw released on 18-10-2009, incorporates the following features.

    Salient Features

    Instantly generate CAD drawings from point data in Excel

    With point data in Excel, the drawings can be instantly generated. These drawings can also be taken to CAD package, for further editing.

    Use Custom defined blocks for various points

    Use user-defined blocks and attach them to any point within a drawing.

    Detailed Layerisation for easy editing of drawings

    Plot directly from E TopoDraw.

    It is possible to plot the drawings directly from E TopoDraw eliminating the need to take it to a CAD package.

    E Contours

    Version 2.04

    The new version, 2.04 of E Contours released on 01-02-2010, incorporates many new features.

    What new changes are done?

    1. Reported bugs are fixed
    2. Unwanted Interpolate options are dropped

    Version 2.03

    The new version, 2.03 of E Contours released on 30-10-2009, incorporates many new features.

    What new changes are done?

    1. Unwanted Interpolate options are dropped

    Version 2.01

    The new version, Version 2.02 of E Contours released on 30-09-2009, incorporates many new features.

    What new changes are Included?

    1. reported bugs are fixed

    The new version, Version 2.0 of E Contours released on 15-09-2009, incorporates many new features.

    What new features are Included?

    Faster

    The new version of E Contours works much faster compared to previous version. It is contended that time required for generating contours is atleast 5 times lesser now.

    Plotting from E Contours Directly

    Now it is possible to scale and print the drawings directly from E Contours without having it to export it to any other CAD Software. Just click on ‘Preview’ on the top of the Viewer.

    Configure all the print settings like Scale, Paper size from within this screen. Then, select the printer and click Print to print the drawing.

    New menu for Generating Contours in CAD

    Now, for generating contours in CAD, a new menu has been provided. With this menu, the contours can be generated just by clicking a menu option instead of running a lisp every time.

    Better Viewer

    The new version of E Contours incorporates a CAD like viewer with much more powerful zooming facility.

    With this viewer, the contours can be zoomed in greatly to observe even the minutest objects or texts. The Preview is now more dynamic and powerful with Layerisation that supports renaming of layers along with other layer settings.

    Other Minor Interface Changes

    The Color and Layers button in the earlier version has been replaced with the Layers and Settings option located above the viewer.

    What is dropped?

    In the CAD output settings, options for selecting display layers are dropped. Now the same display layers that are selected in the interface are used instead.

    Release 1.0

    E Contours, released on 15-06-2009, is used for generating contours. The objective of E Contours is to generate smooth contours in the simplest way.

    Salient Features

    Generates Contours from CSV or Excel File

    Generate Contours either in Contour generation Interface or CAD Package.

    1. Generates contours very easily from data available in Excel or CSV file. Data available in both Excel and CSV form can be imported to E Contours for contour generation. Few points among imported data may be eliminated for contour generation
    2. Generates contours for interval of user’s choice. The interval for generating contours can be specified before contour generation
    3. Contour Identification Contours can be marked as Major / Minor or Contours color can be gradually changed
    4. Specific Contours It is also possible to draw contours for specified contour value

    Contours can be generated from CAD package

    1. Generate contours from CAD package. In CAD, generating contours is just a 3 –step process
    2. Detailed Layerisation
    3. Contours can be annotated at End points, midpoint, and at regular interval. After the contours are generated, they can be annotated at endpoints, midpoint and at regular interval. Also, optionally lines can be trimmed around annotation text

    Interpolating Options

    Introducing new interpolating options like Interpolate at given point, Interpolate at Intersection Points.

    E EarthWork Release Notes

    Version 2.01

    This new version of E EarthWork, Version 2.01, released on 27/01/2010 is incorporated with extra features and improvements, which are listed below:

    What is included in Version 2.01?

    Optimum Cutting and Filling Automated

    Optimum cutting and filling value can now be known at a click of button. Clicking the Optimum button automatically finds out the best value of formation without getting into repeated trial and error procedures.

    Version 2.0

    This new version of E EarthWork, Version 2.0, released on 18/01/2010 is incorporated with extra features and improvements, which are listed below:

    What is included in Version 2.0?

    Import multiple Boundaries

    It is possible to import multiple boundaries from CAD into the software as shown in the figure above. This feature would particularly helpful when an empty area is to be included in a portion of the earthwork map.

    Import multiple Formations

    This feature is used to import multiple formation levels at once. The feature is particularly helpful when the formation level varies from point to point as shown in the figure above. In such a case, it is possible to import the multiple formations.

    Advanced Quantity Calculation Technique

    This feature is used to calculate the area of Cutting or filling for a layer that is at a constant distance from one another. I.e., it is possible to calculate the Area of Cutting for the layer that is 0.5 m below the Ground level as shown in the above figure.

    This version of E EarthWork, Version 1.0, released on 11/11/2009 is incorporated with extra features and improvements, which are listed below:

    Salient Features

    Generates Accurate Quantity Estimates instantly from Point data

    1. Generate Area Report
    2. Generate Volume Report
    3. Generate Quantity drawing
    4. Can be exported to E Sections

    Decide optimum Cutting and Filling Values

    1. Decide Optimum Cutting and Filling Volume
    2. Decide a Cutting and Filling Volume for any particular Formation level

    Detailed Layerisation option while exporting the drawing to CAD

    1. Original elevations, grid elevations, annotations, grids etc can be stored in separate layers
    2. Give Colors to each of these layers

    Plot directly from E EarthWork

    1. Configure all print related setting within E EarthWork
    2. Plot drawings in Black & White an Colour form

    E Interpolate Release Notes

    Version 3.01

    The new version 3.01 of E Interpolate released on 01-02-2010, incorporates some new features.

    What is included in Version 3.01?

    Reported bugs are fixed.

    Version 3.0

    The new version, Version 3.0 of E Interpolate released on 18-01-2010, incorporates some new features.

    What is included in Version 3.0?

    Inserting blocks at Intersection and Endpoints

    This option is used to insert blocks at the end points of selected lines and at the intersection Point of the selected two lines.

    Export Section Details by selecting a 3D Line

    This feature is used to export the longitudinal section details in the form of 3D Line, to the E Interpolate interface. This data can then be subjected to further calculations.

    Release Notes for Version 1.0 of E Interpolate

    The new version, Version 1.0 of E Interpolate released on 23-04-2009, incorporates many features.

    Feature list of E Interpolate

    3 Different Methods of Interpolation

    E Interpolate has 3 different methods of interpolation to choose from depending upon the needs and requirements.

    1. Straight line Method: To interpolate/Extrapolate values based on values in the same line or cross section
    2. Tin Method : To interpolate values which are irregular and non planar using the popular TIN(Triangulated Irregular Network) method
    3. 3D Interpolation: To interpolate values when 3D polylines are involved

    Sl No Lisp Description
    1 Straight Line Method of Interpolation
    Tin Method of Interpolation
    3D Line Method of Interpolation
    Settings for Tin Method

    Lisp Routines to prepare drawings

    E Interpolate is incorporated with useful lisp routines that help in preparing the drawing before interpolation. Be it marking chainages, converting polylines to 3D Polylines or converting the texts to their z values, these routines do it all.

    Sl No Lisp Description
    1 To Mark Chainages
    2 To join adjoining polyline entities into a single polyline entity
    To reverse the direction of the polyline
    3 To create 3D polyline by selecting texts one by one
    To create 3D polyline by selecting group of texts
    To create 3D Polyline by select 2D Polyline
    4 To convert baseline to 3D Line
    5 To make z value of text to zero
    To make z value of text same as the value in the text
    To create text considering the z value of the text
    To change the text to specific value
    To create elevated points
    To create points from elevated texts

    Additional Utilities

    E Interpolate comes with many lisp utilities to make the drawing presentable and show/mark the statistics of the drawing, changing section numbers etc.

    Sl No Lisp Description
    1 Straight Line Method of Interpolation
    2 To mark intersections of selected lines
    To mark selected Line ends
    3 To show Minimum Value,Maximum Value Number of Elevation
    To mark all the text value below specified value
    To mark all the text value above specified value
    4 To change section numbers along LS

    Exporting

    E Interpolate allows to export the interpolated values as a cross section/Longitudinal section level file in excel templates or as point data with x,y and elevations to a csv file.

    Sl No Lisp Description
    1 To create Cross section level file to create longitudinal section level file
    2 To export XYZ values point data to csv file to import XYZ values point data to csv file