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Land F/X Update History
2008-07-03
4.70 | Additional hardscape hatch patterns added.
| 2008-07-01
4.66 | Irrigation Manager, allows adding second of same Rotary sprays to a project.
Pipe Sleeve, clicking on some unsupported entity type will not generate error.
Precip Rate calculation for Drip Areas, ground cover area missing from project does not generate error.
Plant Manager, Add Plants from DWG, requires drawing scale to be set.
HotFix: Data Manager, Update, downloading of truecolors will not generate firewall warning.
Data Manager, if a firewall blocks downloading of revised Data Manager, routes user to manual download steps.
| 2008-06-26
4.65 | Internal MidPoint function renamed to avoid conflict with other software.
Project Files, Import Project, imported project is highlighted.
Plant Schedule, output to Table, Remarks Below Name, option is allowed.
| 2008-06-24
4.64 | Export Details function created.
Import Details function created.
Export and Import Details buttons added to Preferences screen for Details.
HotFix: Rain Bird rotaries have the correct schedule block reference.
Plant Schedule, output to table, margin setting compatible with AutoCAD 2006.
| 2008-06-23
4.63 | Update Detail Callouts, additional flow control to avoid error when corrupted drawing prevents updating callouts.
Discipline Graphics, Place Scale block, additional flow control to avoid error when inserting block with non-standard attributes.
Save Block, after saving block, purges block reference out of drawing.
Pipe Hop, if selected segment is too small for standard size arc, prompts for start and end points.
Plant Schedule, option for Symbols at Plan Size.
Plant Schedule, option for destination into Table.
Place Irrigation Equipment, nozzle/size sorting compatible with BricsCad.
Irrigation Manager, allows adding a Custom Drip Bubbler to the project, with user-specified gallonage.
Place Head toolbar, Spray Radius default image updated.
Place Shrub Area, Place RefNote Area, Place Drip Area, associating existing polyline, additional flow control to avoid error when selecting polyline with non-standard data.
Zoning Schedule, displays Density and Units.
Zoning, Site Development, New area, selected color name becomes default title.
| 2008-06-13
4.62 | Plan Graphics, Elevation Graphics, error handling for block library missing.
Plant Info/Edit, changing plant type while also changing one or more user fields will not generate error.
Place Irrigation Equipment, dialog box defaults to last equipment chosen.
Site Builder, dimensions are placed onto layer L-SITE-DIMS.
Pipe Callout, lasso circle reduced in size.
Pipe Draw, compatible with rotated UCS.
Common Get Point List function, internationalized for compatibility with non-English installs.
| 2008-06-11
4.61 | Site Builder, dimension buttons, function calls updated.
Irrigation Preferences, liters/second added to flow choices.
Plant Info/Edit, Alphanumeric blocks named differently to allow changing from one alphanumeric symbol to another.
Irrigation Schedule, conditional handling for symbols that have been modified to non-standard number of attributes.
Move Piped Equipment, if pipe callout has been moved from midpoint of pipe, label remains with pipe.
Lateral Pipe Size, Precip Rate calculation for Rotors, unusually spaced rotors will not generate error.
| 2008-06-04
4.60 | RefNote Schedule, if displaying areas or volumes as symbol, orders them together.
Save Standard Detail, sub-categories are correctly sorted.
Data Manager, updating irrigation or plants, displays update progress.
Downloading of files on demand, error control and alerting if Firewall has blocked the download.
Detail Builder, Material Callout added.
Details, Material Schedule created.
Details, Detail Report created.
Site Builder toolbar created; Discipline Graphics, Plan Graphics, Elevation Graphics, Concept Graphics moved to Site Builder.
Zoning Manager, Zoning Schedule created.
Site Development Manager, Site Development Schedule created.
Updated Help File.
Assign Drip Emitters, ground cover container size validation does not mistakenly filter other sizes.
| 2008-06-03
4.58 | Match Properties, if selecting a hatch or block with no Land F/X data, object is correctly translated.
Highlight Station, when Circular Pipe Error is detected, highlights pipe in question, and any relevant pipe tee.
New TrueColor, allows entering color name.
Irrigation Schedule, if description has too many characters without a space, description is cut.
| 2008-06-02
4.57 | Valve Callout, when Incrementing or Renumbering valves, correctly renumbers valve selected when valve number is lower than desired number.
Plant Schedule, if remarks wrap to multiple lines, and one or more user fields are not being used, remarks correctly wrap in same column.
Project Manager, if no project is active, allows selecting one.
Print Details, report resized to avoid text overlapping detail; if detail boundary is over 7.25 inches, it is additionally scaled down to fit onto sheet.
Plant Schedule, to Spreadsheet, column titles for unused user fields are correctly skipped.
Size Laterals, Precip Rate calculation for Rotors, compatible with UCS.
HotFix: Ground Covers with additional user fields do not have quantity displayed as area.
| 2008-05-30
4.56 | HotFix: Editing a plant, symbol width is not disabled by groundcover container size validation.
Match-Line layer color changed from 202 to 220.
Head Grid layer color changed from 217 to 211.
| 2008-05-29
4.55 | Preferences, Plant Sizes, Ground Covers allow sizes that do not end with @; such sizes are automatically represented as areas rather than quantities.
InstallNewBlocks, changes to avoid reator-fired system variable calls.
Completed test/validation of data connection from Windows 64-bit.
| 2008-05-27
4.54 | Irrigation Manager, allows adding the same drip emitter as both an emitter and an Area for emitters.
Placing/Associated detail callouts marks drawing as having detail callouts.
When opening a drawing that has detail callouts in it, callouts are automatically updated.
Break-Line callout created.
HotFix: Insert Pipe Hop, toggles Osnap mode; insert hop at point selected rather than auto-calculating.
Schedule text height calculations adjusted for Archquik.shx.
Irrigation Schedule, Single Outlet Emitters and Multi-Outlet Emitters roll up to one line per family.
Irrigation Schedule, fixed-arc rotors roll up to a single line per nozzle.
Metric scale block improved; second metric scale block added; attribute processing corrected.
| 2008-05-22
4.53 | Drip Emitter Areas, scanning of planting Xref, additional flow control to avoid error from missing Xref.
Size Lateral Pipes, automatically sets DELOBJ system variable if necessary when calculating Precip Rate.
Place Head, using W,A,S,D keys to adjust radius, echos percentage adjustment at command line.
Insert Pipe Arc renamed to Insert Pipe Hop.
Size Mainline, allows selecting which valves to size for.
Match Properties, when used on Valves, correctly retains association with connected pipe and/or callout.
Size Lateral Pipes, calculates Precipitation Rate for Dripline and Drip Emitter Areas.
Drip Emitter Areas, scanning of planting Xref, additional flow control to avoid error from missing Xref.
Valve Callout, additional changes to logic for increment and renumbering.
Placing Heads, offset calculation for Quarter arc spray heads improved.
Insert Pipe Arc, automaticaly inserts arc of standard size.
Verify Laterals, allows automatically placing pipe hops at all apparent intersections.
Irrigation Spray Radius selection, switched to dialog box, keyboard key commands of Q and E added to toggle radius; Tab and R changed to toggle nozzle.
Mainline Size, automatically reduces velocity to attempt to balance a system.
Adding Hunter MP Rotators to project, when selecting popup style, View Data works correctly.
Irrigation Schedule, output to Paperspace with a Metric plan, symbols are scaled correctly.
Irrigation Schedule, with work areas that have custom scales, symbols are scaled correctly.
Precipitation Rate calculations improved for rotor heads.
| 2008-05-14
4.52 | Lateral Pipe Size, Precip Rate calculation corrected for rotor heads and metric plans.
HotFix: Legacy call to RAD function in placing adjustable heads leveraged.
Irrigation equipment category "Other" added for miscellaneous equipment.
Watering Schedule redesigned.
Irrigation Schedule, with Work Areas defined and details placed onto same layout tab, toggling to modelspace to select work area will not abort schedule placement.
Valve Schedule, Valve-in-Head Rotors appear on schedule.
| 2008-05-12
4.51 | Valve Callout, additional changes to address changing multiple valves without exiting command.
HotFix: Internal RAD function renamed to avoid third-party conflict.
| 2008-05-09
4.50 | Valve Callout, changing value of just current valve correctly updates callout.
Changes to startup database validation and connection function to be compatible with 64-bit data sources.
Place Irrigation Head, resets system variables ANGBASE and ANGDIR if set to nonstandard values.
Internal RAD function renamed to avoid conflict with third-party customizations.
Lockout for no drawing scale, displays scale dialog box for user to set scale.
Detail Components renamed to Detail Graphics.
Changes to project number validation to be compatible with MySQL data source.
HotFix: Plant Schedule, when not displaying space between plants, a space between groups is still displayed.
| 2008-05-06
4.49 | Mainline Size, saves PSI required at POC to each valve.
Station Analysis, displays PSI required at POC.
Valve Schedule, additional column of PSI required at POC.
Highlight Station, if selected item is not piped to anything, highlights all of that type in drawing.
Valve Callout, allows renumbering valves.
Valve Callout, when incrementing or renumbering valves, will not alter numbers next to valves of altering number schemes.
Plant Info, converts negative width/spacing into positive value.
Convert Concept Plant, will not generate error if data for selected concept plant is missing.
Draw Lateral Pipe, additional keyboard option Z to toggle Zone layer.
Label Concept Plants, label is placed utilizing a manual extension line.
Font Select, Detail Builder, entering Mtext uses AutoCAD Mtext Editor.
Labeling plants from floating modelspace, labels are moved to paperspace without the need to toggle viewport setting, or the CHSPACE command.
Revised Welcome screen fires when user has not yet created a project.
Precipitation Rate calculation corrected for Metric plans.
Plant Schedule, Concept Schedule, symbol column width automatically adjusted for narrow pitch fonts.
Discipline Graphics, Callouts, Northing/Easting and Spot Elevation callouts placed onto V-CTRL layer.
Alert message if Layer 0 is locked during certain operations.
LandFX command to restore pulldown menus renamed to LandFXMenus.
Welcome screen removed from startup.
| 2008-04-30
4.48 | HotFix, Paperspace Reactor, detail redefining will not leave errant copies of details in modelspace.
HotFix, Alphanumeric symbol checking will not cause error when assigning groundcover patterns.
Detail Builder, Leader with Text, supports arrowhead setting from Preferences.
Detail Builder, Text and Mtext buttons support Layer setting of Detail Text font.
Detail Builder, Dimensioning, recreating dimstyle supports custom arrow blocks, and child types having different arrow preference than parent dimstyle.
Preferences, Set Dimstyle, saves child types of current Dimstyle.
| 2008-04-29
4.47 | Save Detail, if more than one detail boundary in drawing, and associative dimensioning is turned on, does not generate error.
Booster Pump for Metric plan, maximum flow is correctly converted and saved.
Plant Manager, choosing symbols for plants, allows using same Alphanumeric symbol for multiple plants.
Match Properties, accurately matches pickbox size when selecting target entities.
| 2008-04-25
4.46 | HotFix, Plant Schedule, duplicate plant group support will not generate error message when first column is quantity.
Plant Label, Dot leader for Shrub Areas, if current dimstyle is set to Dot leader, will not generate an error.
Detail Manager, Replace Detail, detail block is redefined without command call.
Paperspace Reactor, error handler modified to avoid cascading error during routine abort.
Paperspace Reactor, automatic reloading of details correctly reloads details copied to project folder.
| 2008-04-24
4.45 | HotFix, SketchUp Connection, Assign Components, missing/changed component path or different plant type will not cause lockup. | 2008-04-22
4.44 | Irrigation Manager, Drip Tubing, allows adding Custom to the project.
Detail Manager, Detail Info, details in decimal scale 3/4" and above do not generate error.
Plant Schedule, allows duplicately named plant groups across primary plant categories.
Plant Schedule, Metric scale, to Paperspace, ground cover patterns are scaled correctly.
RefNote Schedule, Metric scale, to Paperspace, callouts and hatches are scaled correctly.
RefNote Schedule, areas or volumes with symbol in schedule have bounding line on schedule text layer.
Place Details, Update Details, slightly revised flow control to avoid missing file error messages.
Irrigation Edit Equipment, allows duplicate symbols within the project.
SketchUp Connection, Assign Components, a plant that was previously assigned a component of different plant type will not generate an error.
Irrigation Schedule, Mainline Size, scan for water sources limited to modelspace entities.
Valve Schedule, Watering Schedule, supports upper case option from Preferences.
Plant Manager, Add Plants by Name, adding same plant 10+ times does not produce duplicate plant codes.
Size Lateral Pipes, size all valves, retains any existing Highest Head elevation changes.
Plant Schedule, when selecting a schedule to re-generate based on a work area, will correctly locate source work area.
Error Handler, switched from global redeclaration to local scope.
Mainline Size, system with multiple sections of pipe incorrectly forming a loop will not cause an error.
Irrigation Schedule, deselecting all options for any category will not cause entire group to be skipped.
Mainline Size, Lateral Size, alerts user and exits if units are not set.
Place Hatch area, does not allow selecting a polyline that has a Z elevation for any vertice.
| 2008-04-07
4.43 | Insert Detail Template, revised flow for better handling of Decimal detail scales without error.
Size Lateral Pipes, Precipitation Calculation compatible with legacy heads that have head symbol on incorrect layer.
Common Place Block and Place Leader functions, support for Space / Enter exit.
| 2008-04-03
4.42 | Data Manager, update all irrigation data, correctly updates multiple PSI records for drip devices. | 2008-04-01
4.41 | Data Manager, package download, minor bug fix. | 2008-03-28
4.40 | Minor changes to Polyline Center function used in schedules by Work Area.
Data Manager, able to download additional packages.
Data Manager, Irrigation functionality removed.
Data Manager, Update, irrigation data pulled directly from master irrigation database.
Data Manager, plants added are automatically backed up to master plant database if an internet connection is available.
Data Manager, Update, installs new and revised plants from live master plant database.
| 2008-03-26
4.38 | Paperspace reactor, automatic reloading of details will not interfere with schedule functions prompting for a work area. | 2008-03-25
4.37 | Save Detail, compatible with UCS.
Plant Schedule, by Work Area, revised Inside Polyline calculation will not cause system to lock up for unusually shaped polylines with multiple arc segments.
SketchUp Export, Base Point renamed to Origin Point.
| 2008-03-21
4.36 | Reference Note Schedule, quantity for metric areas displayed correctly.
Water Source, when service line flow is a custom value, value is displayed correctly on dialog initialization.
Place Rotor, with AutoCAD 2008, and rotors with two attributes, correctly restores units if a decimal plan.
| 2008-03-17
4.35 | HotFix: ATTDISP mode toggle compatible with all versions of AutoCAD. | 2008-03-16
4.34 | Updated Help file.
Plant Schedule, by Work Area, Inside Polyline calculation performance improved for plans many miles from 0,0.
Update Details, standard details copied to project folder will not generate error.
Detail Manager, scanning of detail number changes compatible with details having non-standard attribute order.
RefNote Schedule, ordering restored from debugging mode to original behavior.
ATTDISP system variable accounted for throughout system.
SketchUp Connection, Prepare Base File, correctly explodes all polylines.
Data Manager, restores Welcome Screen if necessary after an update.
Data Manager, when update requires menu recompile, looks through all possible versions of AutoCAD to remotely operate.
| 2008-03-12
4.33 | HotFix: Fix for AutoCAD 2008 bug when inserting rotors updated to avoid other errant crashing.
HotFix: Concept Schedule, for all Work Areas, quantity display does not generate error.
Line Leader Big, switched to Qleader; Line Leader Big option in RefNotes also switched to Qleader.
Tech Support, Plant View Photos, Irrigation View Data, Irrigation Web Configure, Detail Info View History File, Intro Video, all use windowed web browser to view web content.
| 2008-03-10
4.32 | Code lockouts enforce AutoCAD 2004 or greater.
Plant Label, does not attempt to move labels to paperspace when in a maximixed viewport.
RefNote Highlight function created.
Plant Schedule, option to not include Remarks.
SketchUp Connection, use of Base Point able to be set; better flow for saving of Base Point.
Draw Pipe, Orthomode snaps to nearest 45 degree angle.
Plant Copy, uses common Ortho snap function when copying in Orthomode.
Plant Copy, Arc, does not utilize command calls to create arc.
Internal function for determining a polyline's internal point, improved to always return a point inside of irregular shaped polylines.
| 2008-03-04
4.31 | Plant Labeling, will not mistakenly select a nearby Shrub Area when labeling from floating modelspace.
Convert Colors, converting layer state files will not mistakenly include all previous layer states.
RefNote Schedule, metric quantities displayed to 1 decimal place of accuracy.
Convert Colors, better error control when processing all blocks.
RefNotes, have line leader with Big arrow option, and Mtext Frame option.
RefNote Schedule, if title is wider than schedule text, title line will extend the length of the title.
Internal Place Hatch function, accounts for system variable FILLMODE.
SketchUp Export, deselecting a component for a plant does not generate an error.
Water Source, changing Service Class immediately recalculates GPM and PSI available.
| 2008-03-02
4.30 | Pipe Data, Polyethylene/PVC Class 200 added to Lateral Line classes. | 2008-02-27
4.28 | HotFix, Irrigation Schedule, by POC, correctly includes Dripline areas.
Detail Builder, 1" = 1' Decimal scale does not cause scale lockout message.
Startup load support for AutoCAD enabler technology missing.
Highlight Station, circular pipe error will not cause error in unusually looped system.
Critical Analysis, multiple POCs are separated by spaces.
Place Head, Space and Enter function the same as Right Click to exit.
HotFix, Mainline Size, does not double-count PSI needs for elevation change from POC to valve; valve elevation saved correctly as "Ev"; Critical Analysis correctly reports Valve Elevation.
Match Properties button, works on Pipe.
| 2008-02-25
4.27 | Update Details, works with details copied to project folder.
Insert Detail Template, compatible with UCS.
Piping, remembers last class of pipe used; intersecting pipe with different class retains initial class linetype.
Water Source, Service Line class, length, and velocity only applied to Water Meters.
Place Detail, adds timestamp of detail modified time; Update Details updates by timestamp; Paperspace reactor automatically notifies if details have changed.
| 2008-02-19
4.26 | Italian language support added to error handler; Korean language support added to error handler.
Mainline Break, clicking on polyline that is not pipe does not generate error.
SketchUp, Plant Info dialog allows changing component and/or size.
SketchUp, Add Plants dialog common to administrative system; correctly sets project number.
SketchUp, Place Plants, better control of Z elevation while placing.
| 2008-02-17
4.25 | Vastly improved Help file.
Highlight Station, when highlighting mainline, does not highlight pipe callouts.
Plant Photos moved to SSL server.
Drip Area emitter calculation, does not scan nested Xrefs.
Irrigation Schedule, Master Valves and Backflow Devices have Size appended to schedule entry.
Irrigation Equip Info, Booster Pump dialog box, entering PSI and blanking out Model does not generate error.
Reference Note Schedule, with Work Area, does not generate error (4.23 bug).
Help file, if Windows Vista security prevents auto-distribution, alerts user.
Plant Schedule, large number of Work Areas does not generate error.
Mainline Size, includes loss for Master Valves.
| 2008-02-06
4.23 | Pipe Data, Type K Copper added to Mainline classes.
Water Source, Service Line Classes match Mainline classes.
Data Manager, extracting a new Data Manager compatible with Windows Vista.
Reference Notes, Delete, notifies user if item is still placed in current drawing.
Irrigation View Data, uses Ajax helper library for better compatibility.
Valve Schedule, reports head elevation and valve elevation.
Irrigation Manager, after Editing equipment other than Heads, equipment group display is set correctly.
Detail Manager, scans for deleted and changed number details regardless of modelspace/layout tab setting.
Font Select, when selecting point within a Work Area with a UCS, correctly translates first point selected.
Work Areas, revised system of storing pointer to title.
Highlight Station, PLINEGEN system variable will not cause pipe segments to be highlighted.
Pipe Size, when dripline areas are included, and flow velocity is reduced to balance the system, correctly rescans all dripline areas.
Irrigation Schedule, Entire Palette option, to Modelspace, does not generate error.
| 2008-01-31
4.22 | Place Irrigation Equipment, clicking View Data button for a Point of Connection does not look for missing catalog page.
Convert Concept Plant, plants in custom groups are able to be accessed.
Concept Schedule, Shrub Areas display total area quantity, individual plants display quantity at spacing.
Plant Schedule, Concept Schedule, 0 quantities are not displayed.
Reference Notes, Objects stored in new Plan_Graphics structure able to be assigned.
Plant Schedule, Entire Palette option with Work Areas defined, correctly generates schedule title.
HotFix: internal hatch owner function repaired to deal with stipple areas.
| 2008-01-28
4.21 | HotFix: Irrigation Schedule to Modelspace does not generate error. | 2008-01-26
4.20 | View/Edit Plant, Add By Name dialogs, have Photo button to view/upload plant photos.
Source Data, Water Meters automatically adjust service line size to allow for maximum flow.
Installer, disallows UNC paths.
Set Scale, if Associative Dimstyle is active, does not set Dimscale.
Reference Note Schedule, by Work Area, if Work Area title is missing, does not generate error.
Irrigation Schedule, for Work Area with custom scale, to Paperspace, schedule is scaled correctly.
Internal Get Point List function, if user enters an unsupported keyboard command, does not generate error.
Custom plant symbols, with prefix higher than Alphanumeric, are correctly displayed from Generic Plants.
Schedule with Work Areas, Inside Work Area calculation disregards Z elevation setting.
Irrigation Equipment Info button, clicking on POC does not generate error (4.13 bug).
SketchUp Export, if Vista rights prevent access, alerts user to the situation and exits.
Data Manager, Updates able to modify database.
Save Standard Detail, if Category has no Sub-Categories, system automatically sets to next available detail number.
Irrigation POC placed on correct layer.
| 2008-01-15
4.15 | Reference Note Schedule, quantity notations corrected for Metric plans.
Verify Plant Labels, Concept Shrub Areas do not generate an error.
Unique Preferences does not cause system fonts to be added repeatedly.
| 2008-01-14
4.14 | HotFix: Pipe Data, Source Data, legacy named pipe classes do not generate error.
Irrigation Manager, Drip equipment is grouped by type.
Reference Notes, editing a note with a custom division not in the current division list does not generate error.
Set Scale, Rescale Objects, Solid hatches do not generate error.
| 2008-01-08
4.13 | Convert Colors, change all blocks switched to different technology for more speed and reliability.
Water Source, changes to program flow to work better with multiple POCs.
Detail Template, does not error out if an Annotative Dimstyle is currently active.
Placing plants, Alphanumeric trees and shrubs have code correctly inserted.
Plant Schedule, RefNote Schedule, calculating the area of a hatch, when owner object is not a polyline, correctly rebuilds boundary.
Reference Notes, all item types able to have callout style witout leader.
Detail Manager, logs changes made manually to placed detail number attributes.
New Plants entered from the Add By Name dialog are automatically added to the master plant database if an internet connection is available.
Pipe Data, if lateral minimum size is 1" and both 1-1/4" pipe and label minimum pipe are deselected, the schedule text reports that only sizes 1-1/2" and larger are noted on the plan.
| 2007-12-21
4.12 | Pipe Data, HDPE DR 13.5 added to available pipe classes.
SketchUp Export, components from the Vines-Espalier folder are rotated to match setting in AutoCAD.
Tech Support web page updated and moved to new location.
Auto-download of new files, color conversion compatible with AutoCAD 2008.
Data Manager, Font display sorted by font filename.
Technical Support, uses Etransmit to assemble files; automatically Zips files; compatible with Vista; compatible with Windows Domains.
Mainline Size, accounts for pipe data only having sizes larger than minimum size setting.
Pipe Class C900 added to mainline classes.
Pipe Class descriptions improved.
Error handler, automatically checks for latest version, and notifies user more graphically of error.
| 2007-12-12
4.11 | Irrigation Schedule, Multi-outlet emitters do not mistakenly appear under Sprays and Drip.
Place Details, does not allow associating multiple dwgs/layouts with the same sheet.
Project Manager, Set Current does not allow associating multiple dwgs/layouts with the same sheet.
SketchUp Connection, Prepare Base File, does not mistakenly delete errant polylines.
Common define polygon region function, does not trim second point (4.08 bug).
Irrigation Schedule, Metric units, sending schedule to spreadsheet, valve and pipe sizes are in mm.
| 2007-12-06
4.10 | Water Source, several programmatic flow updates; service line class and flow velocity added.
Metric Quick Coupler able to be placed.
Head Info, several bugs involving fixed-arc rotors addressed.
Place Quick Coupler, Zone Control, uses common block placement function for preview radius.
HotFix: Pipe Sleeve record saved correctly, to appear onto schedule (4.08 bug).
| 2007-12-04
4.09 | Hotfix: Verify Plant Labels switches to new highlight layer (4.08 bug).
Watering Schedule created.
Pipe Data, correctly updates Default settings without having to change pipe class.
| 2007-12-03
4.08 | Draw Pipe routine optimized for faster access to database; license verification enabled.
Plant Label, license verification enabled.
Place Irrigation Head, data access optimized for multiple calls; license verification enabled.
Match Head, data access optimized.
Pipe Data, allows up to 2 classes of Lateral pipe, and up to 3 classes of Mainline pipe.
HDPE pipe inside diameters corrected up to 16".
Data Manager, update system pulls plant data from master plant database directly.
Match Properties, allows selecting multiple objects by Window or Crossing.
Metric scale of 1:125 added.
Irrigation Cap added as available equipment, to account for future GPM/PSI needs.
Critical Analysis, header display matches other schedules.
Irrigation Schedule, Wire Bundle appears correctly.
Define Work Area, Polyline made default option, W option for window.
Irrigation Schedule, with spray heads Grouped, adjustable spray heads secondary schedule identifier is correct.
Placing POC or Water Meter, mainline layout layer is set active.
Valve Callout, supports attribute tag of PSI for Design PSI.
Move Piped Equipment, if equipment has pointers to missing pipe entities, does not error out.
Placing Backflows, POCs, and other equipment with auto-incrementing attribute, correctly increments beyond 10.
Valve Schedule, Drip valves correctly display make and model.
Common block placement routine accounts for Workarea UCS rotation on the fly.
Head Info, changing Design PSI for Drip Bubblers does not cause symbols to be reduced in size.
Place Head toolbar, 2 removed from radius selection.
Highlight Plant generalized and optimized for large drawings; allows selecting a RefNote Area.
USERI4 toggle allows calculating shrub area quantities at square spacing.
| 2007-11-19
4.07 | Toolbar images copied to Large buttons.
Valve callouts placed on LI-VALV-ANNO.
Plant Manager, assign detail, if plant group selected, will only change details for that group of plants.
Details able to be placed on multiple layout tabs.
SketchUp Export, if Land F/X Plugin has just been turned on, yet SketchUp has not been run yet, Plugin checking will not generate an error.
Restore UCS, when restoring Work Area, automatically zooms to extents of area.
| 2007-11-03
4.05 | Add Custom irrigation equipment, selected Set Detail and then canceling detail selection does not generate error on saving equipment.
Data Manager, reverted recent database access changes after reports of corrupted index files; Graphics view able to display Hatches.
| 2007-10-30
4.04 | Data Manager, no longer looking in Registry for install location.
Reference Note Areas allow setting hatch to TrueColor.
SketchUp Connection, automatically turns on Land F/X Plugin.
Placing Plants, plants with same sub-group name no longer appear when placing plants of different type.
Data Manager, only downloads updated Data Manager if necessary.
Minor fixes for SketchUp Connection: Shrub symbol folder is correctly highlighted; saved mappings to missing file names are correctly displayed as blank; exporting or mapping with a missing component mapping does not generate an error.
Plan and Elevation Graphics placed onto layer LG-ANNO-BLOK.
| 2007-10-11
4.03 | Verify Plant Labels, automatically deletes any errant invisible plant labels; highlights additional labels for plants labeled more than once.
Concept Schedule has quantities.
Work Areas can have spaces in title.
Insert Detail Template, toggles Osnap off.
Place Details, does not allow placing into Modelspace.
| 2007-10-09
4.02 | Add Plants from DWG, does not error out for missing symbols.
Plant Label, all Leader functions, Orthomode snaps at every 45 degrees.
Plant Label, labeling a mix of Concept and Project plants, label style is correctly set.
Reference Note Schedule, does not error out if scale is not set.
| 2007-10-08
4.01 | SketchUp Connection HofFixes: Import Design correctly interprets plant code; SU Place Plant correctly writes extended size columns; Assign Components View Folder button correctly displays shrub folders; SU Select Component, changing Component folder after clicking Next button correctly displays first 20 images; Slides stored in single Slides folder; Missing configuration or canceling project selection does not cause Ruby system error; Canceling component or symbol width selection does not cause Ruby system error.
Project Manager, Set Current works with file paths that have apostrophe in them.
| 2007-10-05
4.00 | Massive improvements to Land F/X functionality within SketchUp, including custom dialog boxes, component selection, adding plants to project, dynamically selecting projects, and more.
Slope callout added to Discipline Graphics Callouts.
Overhauled Data Manager, includes automatic database repair utility.
Place Block routine creates initial block without command-line call.
Minor change to error routine to prevent cascading error calls.
Material Objects split and renamed into Plan Graphics and Elevation Graphics.
BatchMan toggles Welcome Screen off during operation.
Font Manager, changes made with a project that has Unique Preferences does not also change the default office fonts.
Plant Schedule, can regenerate all schedules in drawing at once.
Spot Elevation callout added to Discipline Graphics Callouts.
Discipline Graphics, Callouts, Northing/Easting Point, places correctly.
Placing Alphanumeric plant blocks, enforces having a scale before placement.
Generic Plants, ignore Alphanumeric symbol groups.
| 2007-09-24
3.94 | New Project dialog box, Template list defaults to listing no template.
Convert Concept Plant, works with Shrub Areas.
SketchUp Connection, Assign Components, processes Concept Plants; SketchUp Place Tree/Shrub includes Concept plants; SketchUp Plant Info displays Concept Design Group; SketchUp Import correctly imports Concept plants; Import Design account for missing/different project data; Import Design correctly imports Concept plants; Prepare Base File explodes Xrefs and polylines.
Copy Plant along Line/Arc, prompts for distance in dialog box; revised copying methodology results in lower overhead when copying complex blocks; plants are copied at current UCS rotation.
License locking routine, minor change to avoid multiple license locks caused by 2008 bug (Service Pack 1 resolved).
SketchUp Connection, Import Design, trees are placed onto L-TREE layer.
SketchUp Connection, Export Plan, with no base file selected, does not remove exported plants from drawing.
Save Detail, if resaving a detail from an external drawing, correctly exports detail rather than Qsaving.
SketchUp Connection, Assign Components updates database with changes.
Plant Schedule by Work Area, ground covers with missing bounding polyline do not generate error.
Northing/Easting Point callout hotfix, alphanumeric plant block processing does not cause error.
| 2007-09-13
3.92 | Plant Schedule by Work Area, calculates whether within area by insertion/centroid point, rather than toggling layers for selection crossing.
SketchUp Export, does not process plants that have no Component assigned to them.
Leader with Framed Mtext callout added to Discipline Graphics Callouts.
| 2007-09-10
3.91 | Pipe Class data added to update.
Placing detail added to project folder does not generate missing detail message.
| 2007-09-08
3.90 | SketchUp Connection vastly improved with bi-directional support, and SketchUp placement of plants.
Irrigation Schedule, description with no spaces that must wrap to second line does not generate error.
Define Work Area, compatible with UCS.
Add Irrigation Equipment, Series descriptions wrap to multiple lines correctly.
| 2007-09-03
3.89 | Reference Note Schedule, Electrical Symbols correctly placed after renaming library to Discipline Graphics.
Reference Note Callout, does not attempt to save callout reference to objects in xref.
Rain Bird corner strips adjusted to 4x15 pattern.
Convert Concept Plant, correctly processes ground covers.
Schedule helper function to determine text height completed cross-checking across all version of AutoCAD 2004-8.
Dimension Text added to system fonts in Preferences.
2.5" valve callouts added.
Placing Valves or Equipment, Orthomode and Osnap are toggled off.
Shrub triangular spacing calculation using sine of 1/3 pi, for maximum accuracy.
Define Work Area, simplified, does not save work areas in database.
Alphanumeric symbols for Trees and Shrubs.
Data Manager, does not allow Component Detail Category to be renamed to numeric value.
Reference Notes Schedule, if run on a Work Area, includes Work Area abbreviation in schedule title.
Detail Builder, saved Dimstyle correctly restores DIMDLE, extend dimension lines beyond ticks.
Place Drip Area, if placing on existing area, correctly deletes previous hatch pattern.
Schedule Symbol spacing optimized by version of AutoCAD and font chosen.
Northing/Easting point callout created, integrated with Reference Notes.
Reference Notes, placing Electrical symbols, correctly returns to previous layer.
| 2007-08-19
3.87 | Detail Info screen, saving changes to a detail copied to project folder does not generate error.
Irrigation Schedule, with multiple POCs, by POC includes any connected Drip Areas.
Head Info, changing Design PSI for Walla Walla rotary heads, GPM is correctly updated.
Detail Builder toolbar, Leader with Text, always creates Dimstyle with text style Detail Text.
Flow Total, includes Drip Emitter Areas.
Detail Components, Symbols that are scaled at dimscale insert correctly when multiple detail boundaries are defined in one DWG.
Head Copy, Triangular and Square Array work with Bubblers; prompt for metric plan asks for distance in Meters.
| 2007-08-13
3.86 | SketchUp Export, SketchUp components sized to more accurately match size of blocks in AutoCAD, accounting for buffer space given to SU objects.
Revised Trial licensing, requiring re-activation of any Trial version.
HotFix, numeric style fixed-arc heads correctly include angle of spray direction, but not arc degrees.
| 2007-08-09
3.85 | Dimstyle creation from Detail Builder toolbar modified to work with many tested dimstyle settings.
Labeling Plants, if in Floating Modelspace, with AutoCAD version 2007 or greater, labels are automatically moved into Paperspace.
Closing AutoCAD, if license is locked, auto-releases.
Place Heads, Q and E buttons allow switching to Previous and Next nozzle.
Place Ground Cover with Stipple hatch, Right Click for first interior point does not generate error.
Irrigation ViewData, auto-download capability discontinued; attempts to view data on manufacturer web site, then landfx.com copy, then local copy.
Paperspace reactor, more simplified logic, and revised method of setting system variable to avoid potential conflicts.
Place Head, numeric style head block names do not include arc degrees; block is not redefined.
Reactivate button removed from Preferences screen.
Place strip sprays, does not redefine target radius block.
Plant Label functions toggle Orthomode and Osnap off.
Preferences, Set Dimstyle button removes all previous settings before saving new ones.
| 2007-08-02
3.83 | Scale dialog box, ability to Rescale objects to changed scale.
SketchUp Export works with Concept Plants.
Matchline, additional fix for beginning line from Quadrant I or IV.
Place Concept Plants, Manager button correctly goes to Concept Manager.
Navigating from Concept/Plant Manager, to Placing plants, pressing Esc correctly restores error handler.
Help commands auto-distribute Help file to local drive and view it from there.
| 2007-07-31
3.82 | Checking for corrupted application database improved, tested on multiple corrupted drawings.
Plant Labels, arrow style of None.
Reference Notes, option for No leader.
Plant Schedule, tree symbol minimum size increased, reading better for symbols less than 10 feet wide.
SketchUp Export, View Folder button to view thumbnails of all components in folder.
HotFix, adding details to project do not prompt for project detail folder.
HotFix, Palette option for Irrigation Schedule still allows schedule to be regenerated.
Paperspace reactor, logic simplified to reduce conflicts with third-party system variable reactors.
Consolidated calls to set project settings from multiple locations of code.
Placing a Ground Cover onto a bounding line of a Shrub Area deletes the Shrub Area association.
View/Edit Plant, allows selecting the bounding line of a Ground Cover.
Additional minor changes allowing for Spline support for Shrub Areas.
Pipe Sleeve layer changed to color 220.
UCS Restore, if no Work Areas defined, displays list of defined UCSes.
Irrigation Schedule, to Spreadsheet, Itemized equipment, unsized Pipe Sleeve quantity of 0 is not displayed.
Verify Laterals, improved logic for better speed and accuracy in checking for apparent intersections.
| 2007-07-30
3.81 | HotFix, Plant Schedule accounting for exploded shrub areas does not skip ground cover areas.
Draw Mainline Pipe, turns off Mainline Layout layer when done.
Irrigation Schedule, with multiple POCs in project, puts correct POC in schedule.
Verify Mainline, highlights Drip Control Valves that have not had their lateral lines sized.
Irrigation Schedule, Entire Palette option.
RefNote Length, placing, message notifies user of layer associated with note.
Highlight Station highlights mainline-connected items.
| 2007-07-25
3.80 | Revised Help file.
SketchUp components available for download! (http://landfx.com/sketchup.zip -- into LandFX\Sketchup)
Plant Schedule, errant exploded shrub areas do not affect quantity.
Plant Manager, Add from DWG button activated.
HotFix, corrupt application checking still allows Reference Notes to be placed.
SketchUp Export, randomly rotates trees and shrubs, and varies their size +/- 10%.
Verify Piping, highlights Drip Popups as unpiped.
Standard Details added to a project are able to be copied to the project folder.
| 2007-07-20
3.77 | Lateral Piping, allows piping to Drip Popups.
Associate, Add Detail, View button, flow control for data access error.
Error handling for corrupt application database, with directions to purge extraneous entries.
Placing Plants, correctly restores state of Osnap.
Placing Plants, toggles Orthomode off, then correctly restores it.
| 2007-07-13
3.76 | HotFix, opening a project does not cause a cascading series of calls to set default plant details (3.75 bug).
HotFix, Concept planting toolbar buttons given unique command names for accurate toolbar display in 2006/7.
| 2007-07-11
3.75 | Preferences allows saving Dimstyle to be used by Detail Builder dimensioning functions.
DetailSetup function in LandFX.MNL discontinued.
Leader functions use auto-created Dimstyle compatible with multiple detail scales, and Detail Builder dimstyles.
Multiple changes to the pulldown menus and toolbars: toolbar button images appear next to every pulldown menu item; Custom Line icons updated; Truecolor functions removed; Discipline Symbols renamed to Discipline Graphics; Add Plants from DWG moved into Plant Manager; Export to Sketchup moved to Plant Rendering flyout; Additional Concept Plant buttons for labeling, copying, etc.; Detail Callout Placeholder moved to far left of callout toolbar.
Sheet Borders renamed to Work Areas, saved independently from sheets.
Irrigation Manager, Import button functionality improved.
Irrigation Schedule, with one POC, Sheet Border areas defined, and output to Paperspace, correctly scales schedule.
Pipe Size, calculates Precipitation Rate.
Irrigation toolbar reorganization: Valve Schedule and Critical Analysis placed under Irrigation Management; Flow Total integrated into Circuit dialog box.
Station Analysis converted to Valve Schedule.
New UCS and UCS Restore functions created.
Initial Sheet Border Area UCS support: Plant labels auto-align to UCS assigned to sheet border area.
Match Line callout, pointing to Quandrants I and III does not generate error when placing text.
Place irrigation heads, numeric style symbols support Sheet Border Area custom scales.
Precipitation Rate added to Station Analysis.
SketchUp Export, auto-distribute updated Ruby Plug-in improved, accounts for Ruby case sensitivity.
Update Detail Callouts, improved for better speed and stability; avoids 2008 crash when placing detail with placeholder callouts.
Irrigation Source Data, Custom POC, custom description is saved.
Plant Label, automatically turns on ATTDISP system variable if necessary.
Project Plant Manager, reloads default plant detail setting if missing from reloading Land F/X.
Project Files, Activating the current project resets datalock, allowing modifying data.
DrawSpline function created.
Place Truecolor Fill, New Color, does not attempt to create dummy slide of color.
Place Truecolor Fill, reorders crossing objects on top of the Solid Fill.
Multiple updates to SketchUp Export: no longer attempts to close polylines; moves all objects closer to origin if necessary; deletes base file record when option is deselected; moves all objects within Xref to layer 0.
| 2007-06-29
3.74 | Shrub Areas and Ground Covers able to be placed as Splines.
Placing Ground Covers, non-plot layer created for bounding line is created as a non-plot layer.
Placing Reference Note Areas, non-plot layer created for bounding line is created as a non-plot layer.
Valve Callout, supports block attribute named Type.
Pipe Sleeve, secondary line does not mistakenly have a marker to source pipe, affecting pipe size if Sleeve is later labeled.
Detail Callout, Section Flag and Section Double, do not reuse detail number variable and error out.
Head Info, changing Design PSI for fixed-arc rotors assigns correct GPM.
Place Head, Multi-Outlet Emitters do not give Head type not set error.
| 2007-06-23
3.73 | Irrigation Schedule, Rain Bird 8' flats arc pattern appears correctly.
Drip Emitters and Bubblers inserted with Place Head function.
Pipe Sleeve sizes available up to 18".
Reference Note Schedule, does not mistakenly count old style Length objects.
Reference Note Schedule, areas and volume polylines that have been exploded do not generate an error.
Plant Manager, Plant Schedule, compatible with having the same named custom plant group in multiple categories.
Schedule functions, helper function to determine line height, hard-coded multipliers to match all common fonts.
| 2007-06-19
3.72 | Detail Callout, section cut option, does not generate error (3.70 bug).
Critical Analysis for a Metric plan with a POC, does not generate error.
Plant Schedule, regenerating an existing schedule with more content does not cause it to generate additional columns unless original schedule had more than one column (3.68 bug).
Detail Save, multiple detail boundaries in drawing, Right Click on selection exits without warning.
| 2007-06-18
3.71 | Plant Schedule, missing spreadsheet template file does not generate error when sending schedule to drawing (3.70 bug). | 2007-06-17
3.70 | Help file migrated to revised template.
Plant Info/Edit, changing a Shrub Area without a hatch to a Ground Cover does not generate an error.
Plant Schedule, to Spreadsheet, allows setting a Template file to use.
Welcome Screen created.
Drip Emitter and Bubbler areas do not require Drip Tubing to be in the project.
Place Shrub Area, Place Hatch, allow selecting a polyline drawn with system variable PLINEGEN set to 1.
Installers use Microsoft XML 3.0 to validate Support ID, rather than pre-installing and using 4.0.
Drip Area, Emitter assignment, B and B containers use all size columns for unique size.
Detail Callout, Section Flag style available as callout option.
Detail Callout, Section Double style available as callout option.
Detail Callout, Callout style without any arrow as an option.
Irrigation, new Match Properties button works on Irrigation heads.
Plant Manager, Default Detail, sets in project settings child record rather than main project record.
Editing a Ground Cover to sod, seed, or mulch, without assigning it a hatch pattern; assigning a hatch pattern when placing correctly marks plant to appear on schedule.
Project Manager, unchecking Unique Preferences correctly deletes settings for only project selected.
Pipe Data, Polyethylene added to available mainline pipe classes.
GPM Circuit, Head Tally button, works when clicking on Drip Emitter hatch areas.
| 2007-06-10
3.68 | Head Info, allows changing nozzle of any head.
Place Head, Adjustable blocks of small angles placed in Quandrant IV are not assigned block names over 360 degrees.
Verify Valves, if Valve-in-Head Rotors are in project, does not highlight Controllers as not connected to water source.
Selecting Component Detail, Components without description do not generate an error.
Valve Callout, hack to account for 2008 bug.
SketchUp Export, works with components of any size.
SketchUp Export, auto-distributes revised Import Ruby script.
Internal calls to Microsoft XML Services uses version 6.0 if installed.
Concept Plant Manager correctly reads in project default plant detail settings.
Welcome Screen created.
Plant Schedule, with no symbols, prompts for lower right corner and auto-flows into multiple Mtext columns.
SketchUp Export, accounts for UCS being active; correctly translates from Decimal Feet or Meters into SketchUp Inches.
Irrigation Schedule, Plant Schedule, Concept Schedule, Reference Note Schedule, more accurate method of placing symbols at correct line position.
Concept Schedule, tree groups are not given an extra space at beginning (3.67 bug).
Text Style creation, missing font file results in descriptive error message.
Drip Emitter Areas do not require a Zone Control, lateral line pipe can simply dead-end inside of them.
Irrigation Schedule, Drip Emitter Areas, Emitter Notes displays emitter nozzles; schedule line does not display emitter nozzle.
Internal place block function, does not attempt to auto-download blocks already defined in drawing; will place a block defined in drawing but not in block library.
GPM Circuit correctly identifies Turf Impact heads.
| 2007-05-30
3.67 | Drip Area flow calculation, if ground cover in xref is missing bounding polyline, does not generate error.
Reference Note Schedule, selecting a Sheet Border Area with a custom scale, with output to Paperspace, does not generate error.
Plant Schedule, Concept Schedule, more accurate method of determining row height for symbol positions.
Plant Schedule, regenerating existing schedule without first using any other planting command correctly regenerates schedule (3.62 bug).
Plant Schedule, Concept Schedule, tree symbol maximum size increased.
Plant Schedule, tree symbols staggered as necessary.
Plant Schedule, Concept Schedule, symbol column minimum width increased by 30%.
| 2007-05-25
3.66 | Mirror Plants, additional flow control to avoid error when no opposite mirror point can be found.
Reference Note, does not generate cost message when entering a new note (3.65 bug).
Move Piped Equipment, error handling for pipe missing connected entity.
Pipe Size, correctly detects Drip Areas drawn with PLINEGEN system variable set to 1.
Verify Piping, correctly detects Drip Areas drawn with PLINEGEN system variable set to 1.
Highlight Station, Delete Station, correctly detect Drip Areas drawn with PLINEGEN system variable set to 1.
New project, default plant detail is correctly set (3.60 bug).
| 2007-05-22
3.65 | Reference Note Schedule, Length objects, tallies all objects on associated layer.
Place Reference Note Area, Shrub Area, Drip Area, current layer is restored.
Reference Note Schedule, output to Excel, Northing/Easting points do not generate error.
Reference Note Schedule, if only Northing/Easting points in drawing, schedule still runs.
Place Strip Spray renamed to Place Special Spray.
Data Manager, able to delete Nurseries.
Reference Note Lengths allow setting to a layer; placing allows selecting an object; labelling allows selecting any object on that layer.
Reference Notes, each note type has a custom edit dialog box.
Concept Plant Manager, accounts for a missing design group member plant.
Pipe Label, when labeling Pipe Sleeve, prepares it to be itemized by Irrigation Schedule.
Irrigation Schedule, to Spreadsheet, Itemize equipment, itemizes Pipe Sleeve.
Irrigation Manager, editing a valve and changing callout does not generate error.
| 2007-05-11
3.63 | Placing Concept Plants without first going into Concept Manager, minor bug relating to new custom plant groups resolved.
Unique Preferences checkbox, checking and unchecking multiple times does not mistakenly delete plant preferences.
Rain Bird 8' Flat special sprays place correctly.
Irrigation Schedule, Drip Multi-Outlet Emitters correctly roll up to a single line on the schedule.
Equipment Info, Replace button, accounts for missing pipe references.
| 2007-05-09
3.62 | Groundcover container size of "mulch" acts like "sod" or "seed".
Verify Piping, highlights Dripline Areas and Drip Emitter Areas that have not been piped.
Plant Label, with Extension Line set to Auto or Manual, additional leader lines when labeling by Group start at leader endpoint and not label insertion.
Circuit, Head Tally, does not error out if click on a non-Land F/X entity.
Plant Manager and Plant Info dialog boxes allow adding custom plant groups.
Smart zoom for plant labelling and other functions, only smart zooms if necessary.
Valve Callouts, regardless of whether placed with arrow, number, or neither, marked as Land F/X objects.
Valve Callout, Increment option correctly includes callouts placed with neither arrow or number.
Save Plant Schedule preferences, 3.60 bug resolved.
View/Edit Plant, editing name and then clicking Change Plant and selecting a plant in the project, name is correctly changed.
Add Plants from Project, dialog box displays plant code.
Plant Manager, View All checkbox discontinued, main category views all automatically.
Draw Mainline Pipe, automatically turns on mainline layout layer.
| 2007-05-07
3.61 | Common Assign Detail function, if detail reference is empty, prompts to select Standard Detail Category.
Equipment Info, Replace button, removes current equipment before selecting new symbol code and name.
New Project, basing on Template, 3.60 bug resolved. | 2007-05-04
3.60 | Reference Note Schedule, maximum width set to 1 detail module, rather than 1.5.
Data Manager TreeView control rebuilt in order to remove errant Installation message.
Drip Areas correctly pick up ground covers.
Land F/X menu verifies Support File Search Path exists.
Startup code automatically adds additional Support File Search Paths as necessary.
Startup code confirms database is correctly configured.
Mainline Size, if flow exceeds maximum booster pump allowable, more appropriate message is displayed.
Mitigation Trees added to tree categories.
Reference Note Schedule can display listing of Northing/Easting points.
Project Manager allows setting a project to have unique preferences.
Basing a project on a Template correctly uses template settings for default planting details.
Placing Heads, W,A,S,D buttons allow adjusting radius.
| 2007-04-30
3.56 | New Project, basing on template, compatible with new Concept data organization.
Adding Custom types of irrigation products, compatible with new equipment info dialog box.
Labeling Ground Covers as sod or seed does not generate error.
| 2007-04-21
3.55 | Irrigation Equipment Info dialog box, description allows up to 254 characters.
Head Info dialog box, better error control for equipment not being in project.
Plant Info dialog box, error handling for switching to a missing size value, when changing plant type.
Valve Callout, Increment option, compatible with valves having only alphabetical identity.
Concept Shrub Areas are able to be labeled.
| 2007-04-11
3.53 | Sizing lateral pipe running to Dripline areas, dripline gallonage assigned to only first instance of pipe.
Rain Bird 5 Series stream bubbler, CST nozzle has correct preview and radius pattern.
Graphics Leaders functions create custom Dimstyles; Leaders with Text can be placed into details with different scales, and arrowheads will be correctly scaled when details are inserted into a detail sheet.
Adding Dripline to project correctly gets hatch assignment (3.50 bug).
Adding Plants by Name, New Plant button, entering plant with no Genus selected does not error out.
Place Head, head symbol offset calculation exactly matches best tangent offset distance.
Internal function to determine centerpoint of polygon, error handling for no point found.
Reference Notes, applying Length to all objects on a layer will not apply to illegal object types; Reference Note Schedule will not attempt to calculate lengths of unsupported objects.
All internal calls to block insertion routine compatible with demand-load capability.
Internal block placement routine, demand loads missing files from landfx.com.
Preferences screen displays version number.
Plant Label by Group, system smart zooms out to account for user mouse-wheel zooming in.
Smart zoom enabled on common entity selection routine, calculating Drip emitter flow, Verify Valves, Irrigation Schedule.
Drip Bubblers and Emitters, placed onto LI-HEAD layer.
Font point size accurate to 2 decimal places, allowing easier matching of text size requirements.
Changing plant type to one with no matching container size, does not generate error.
Rain Bird rotaries place correctly; in schedule correctly.
Reference Notes allow up to 256 characters for description.
Irrigation head pressure saved with block as an integer.
Head Info, changing Design PSI, radius percentage slider works.
Verify Plant Labels, does not highlight or message if no labels in plan.
Saving a new Ground Cover hatch pattern, allows changing the name.
View Irrigation Data or Catalog Data, allows downloading of latest data on the fly.
Highlight Plant works on Concept Plants.
Minor improvements to Plant Label function, resulting in better performance when labeling ground covers and shrub areas by Group.
Plant Label quantity display uses commas and square area indicator as necessary.
Plant Label functions work on Concept Plants.
Verify Plant Labels, works on labeled Concept Plants; Quantity display includes area suffix and comma.
Drip Emitter areas divide total gallonage by number of Zone Controls, and include gallonage of any unpiped emitters placed within the area.
Circuit, Recalc button works with Drip Areas.
Circuit, correctly picks up individual Drip Emitters.
Pipe Size, correctly picks up GPM of Multi-Outlet Emitters.
Highlight Station works with Dripline and Drip Emitter areas.
Verify Piping, correctly restores error handler.
Verify Piping, highlights Zone Controls that are not connected to a valve.
| 2007-03-30
3.50 | Place Head, compatible with rotors having radius over 100 feet.
Move Piped Equipment, minor bug regarding selecting a pipe intersection resolved.
Pressing Esc when system is prompting for any user input suppresses console break error message.
Better Esc handling for all block placement calls.
Irrigation Equipment scaling preference setting correctly applied to Valves.
Irrigation Schedule, to Spreadsheet, not incuding descriptions does not error out (3.45 bug).
Fixed-arc rotors add correctly to project (3.45 bug).
Reactivate button in Preferences does not need to launch Data Manager to activate software.
Minor type-o in code for Match Properties, when clicking on the hatch area for a Shrub Area.
Area for Drip Spray, Bubblers, Emitters, correctly sets hatch pattern.
Minor change to Place Head, to account for bubblers with no spray radius pattern.
Head/Equip Info button works with Drip Areas.
Water Source information appears on schedule with Water Meter/POC.
Circuit command works with Dripline areas.
Circuit command for Emitter and Bubbler areas, access Xref of plant material.
Plant Schedule, regenerating a schedule without Order setting does not generate error.
BatchMan, All Blocks with Shoot Slides, does not attempt to create Layer state folders slide libraries.
Reference Note Schedule, lockout for floating modelspace does not mistakenly fire in Modelspace.
Move Piped Equipment: switched to Dynamic technology; offset calculation updated; moving equipment attached to a pipe with arc, pipe arc is correctly moved; supports Orthomode.
| 2007-03-21
3.45 | Place Detail, preview is solid filled.
Common object selection function ignores Paperspace objects.
Assigning detail callouts within a Component Detail, Up button allows selecting a different Component Detail Category.
New common dialog box Head Info, Valve Info, Equip Info; ability to change symbol of any equipment; ability to change Design PSI of any head.
Plant Info dialog box, Select button changed to checkbox titled Apply to all.
Placing plants, Osnap is toggled off.
Placing plants, if user presses Esc, correctly resets error handler.
Common Place Block routine, disallows placing objects if UCS origin has a Z elevation value.
Common Place Block routine, Osnap support changed to End, Int, Cen.
Reference Note Schedule, lockout if in Floating Modelspace.
Verify Valves supports Sheet Borders.
Labeling valves with a letter prefix, correctly suggest next valve number over 10.
New button, Plant Match Properties.
Draw Pipe button placed on Place Drip toolbar.
Mainline Break compatible with UCS, does erroneously create mainline loop calculations for broken segments.
Irrigation equipment scaling is not mistakenly applied to plants.
Main Line pipe correctly sizes up to 16".
PVC Class 160 SDR 26 added as Main Line pipe category, sizes up to 16".
Main Line pipe callouts up to 16".
| 2007-03-07
3.42 | Place Detail, if detail record in master database is missing, does not error out.
Pipe Data, Schedule 40 Steel data up to 16".
Plant Manager, Editing a plant, then clicking Select, then pressing Esc, correctly resets error handler.
Irrigation Schedule, continues if missing block is encountered.
Save Hatch, saving Ground Cover hatches allows more than 100.
| 2007-03-02
3.41 | Revised Dripline hatch patterns that were mistakenly not included with the 3.40 update. | 2007-03-01
3.40 | Plant Schedule, option for Quantity before Name.
Plant Schedule, Sort By option.
Plant Schedule, output to Spreadsheet, not including Size column does not generate error.
ExportSettings command, exports all Preferences; compatible with Import button in Project Files.
Pipe Size, sizes for Dripline areas.
Pipe Size, separate function to determine Design Pressure removed; first head or drip area sized sets design pressure.
Plant Schedule, with options for Both symbol and code, and Remarks in separate column, does not error out.
Irrigation Manager, allows multiples of same Controllers or Backflows to be added to the project.
Custom scaling of rotors correctly scales attributes.
Placing Dripline, hatch rotation matches angle of polyline segment selected.
Revised Dripline hatch patterns.
Move Piped Equipment correctly resets temporary entity selection set, preventing maximum selection set error.
Plant Schedule, if running on Sheet Borders with a custom scale to paperspace, schedule is correctly scaled.
Custom scaling of irrigation equipment does not also affect pipe size callouts.
Plant Labels, if 3D shading has been configured, places labels correctly.
Place Head, accounts for Impacts that have inch marks in their nozzle.
SketchUp Export, compatible with SketchUp 6.
Error function correctly ends any active dialog boxes and running commands.
Add Plants by Name, New Plant button does not require a Variety.
Setting TrueType font style current does not have extraneous command line prompt.
Data Manager, editing or creating Standard Detail categories, enforces numeric values.
Pressing Esc from within an internal call to SnapTo correctly restores error handler.
| 2007-02-16
3.33 | Valve-in-Head Rotor compatibility.
Rotors with second attribute for variable arc nozzle correctly display arc.
Edit Detail, error handling for detail file no longer existing.
Escaping out of placing a detail into a metric plan restores INSUNITS.
Placing metric details, preview and final inserted scale are correct.
New irrigation toolbar images for metric compatibility.
New Walla Walla strip schedule blocks.
Walla Walla strip sprays are correctly piped to.
Plant Schedule, with Remarks in separate column, they will correctly wrap to additional lines.
Numeric style spray heads are correctly placed onto LI-HEAD layer.
Upgrade button renamed to Reactivate.
Plant Schedule and Concept Plant Schedule, ground cover and shrub area symbol box width calculation compatible with broader range of fonts.
| 2007-02-09
3.32 | Plant Remarks increased to 250 characters.
Place Head, pressing F3 toggles Osnap.
Plant Schedule, option whether to include space between plants.
Walla Walla Strip Sprays work correctly.
North Arrow blocks do not repeat place.
Save Standard Detail, slider defaults to next available number.
Save Component Detail, slider defaults to next available number.
Plant Label with Remarks, Remarks object switched to standard Attribute.
Save Detail, if an existing detail, correctly determines existing detail number.
Save Detail, if Group was previously set but no longer exists, Grouping is correctly removed.
Spray head type correctly defaults to Turf in Place Head toolbar.
8, 10, and 12 inch pipe callouts added.
| 2007-02-02
3.30 | Rain Bird strip sprays adjusted to catalog-stated value of 15/30 feet length.
BatchMan has error handling for missing file, rather than a hard exit.
Add Plants by Name has New Plant button, to easily allow adding plant to the master database.
Placing adjustables with new numeric symbols, bug fix to place correct radius pattern.
Match Line switched to dynamic technology.
Section Flag and Section Double switched to dynamic technology.
Save Detail, if Grouping specified, saved into database as preference; preference read in when selecting detail number.
Save Component Detail, New Category, disallows if category code would become parent level of existing code.
Convert All Blocks, ending process of shooting slide libraries has additional flow control for missing files.
Place Rotor, fixed-arc rotors do not have nozzle list duplicated.
Circuit, Head Tally button correctly resets total each time.
Verify Plant Labels, removes plant association from Shrub Areas that have had their bounding polyline exploded.
Concept Schedule does not have extraneous line at top.
Concept Schedule, symbol width column increased by one character.
Place Ground Covers, if polyline selected is not currently on a non-plot layer, it is moved to L-NPLT-002.
Plant Schedule, option for Both symbol and code, Code appears in its own column.
Edit Irrigation equipment, does not generate error in empty drawing.
| 2007-01-21
3.25 | Pulldown Menu commands compatible with renamed IconMenu function.
Trunk objects added to planting blocks that did not have any.
Renamed corner strip blocks.
Critical Analysis does not subtract Booster Pump pressure from Critical Station at POC.
Critical Analysis correctly displays critical station number.
| 2007-01-15
3.23 | Internal IconMenu function renamed to avoid conflict with other third-party applications.
Changes to Save Detail process when only one detail boundary is in drawing, to avoid incorrect scale and not reading existing detail number.
Irrigation Schedule, when selecting POCs or Sheet Borders, does not generate an error if a non-landfx entity is selected.
Draw mainline pipe, does not freeze layers by default.
Revised Place Head function accounts for place nozzle entry without head type set.
Pipe Callout reads in irrigation preferences if not already done so.
| 2007-01-09
3.22 | Bug with 3.20 update regarding renaming alternate shrub spray heads resolved. | 2007-01-08
3.21 | Alternate spray heads show up on schedule (3.20 bug). | 2007-01-07
3.20 | Updated irrigation data.
Additional families of spray head symbols.
Fixed incorrect piping to Rain Bird corner sprays.
Revision Callout added to Discipline Symbol Callouts.
Internal scale lockout function accounts for Metric 1:1000 scale.
Irrigation Preferences of size sliders for different types of equipment.
Plants able to change type.
Up to two types of Turf Spray and four types of Shrub Spray allowed.
Irrigation preferences of color-coding pipe, and including the pipe callout lasso.
Changes to Dimension buttons from Detail Builder toolbar for Metric details.
Plant Shrub group of Deer Resistant added.
Place Shrub Area, Drip Area, Ref Note Area, closes polyline as necessary.
Saving an existing detail correctly determines existing detail number, including standard detail grouping.
Minor bug with saving a new Groundcover hatch resolved.
Additional Preferences for Irrigation.
Critical Analysis, correctly displays size of Point of Connection (minor bug from Metric changes of 3.18).
Head Info, GPM correctly displayed when in Imperial units (minor bug from Metric changes of 3.18).
| 2006-12-09
3.18 | Detail Save, no longer toggles INSUNITS.
GPM Total renamed to Flow Total, To Screen option removed.
Place Head, adjustable angle selection, modifications to avoid creating corrupt full circle spray radius block.
Place Head, better logic for determining if head symbol has attributes.
Changes throughout irrigation for Metric plans.
Detail cut callout adjusted for metric plans.
| 2006-12-02
3.17 | Turf and Shrub Rotary categories added to Irrigation Manager.
Walla Walla rotary heads added.
View/Edit Plant, placing cursor into plant code box and then clicking Change Plant does not cause an error.
Flow Sensor category added back to Irrigation Manager.
Reference Notes, validation of custom number for two-digit division notes corrected.
Shrub Areas with Stipple pattern appear correctly on schedule.
| 2006-11-27
3.15 | True Color fill, bug fix (3.0).
Revised icon for Data Manager.
Viewpoint switched to Dynamic technology.
Associate Detail Callout Placeholder with Detail Title, title justification is the same as Insert Detail Callout.
Detail Callout with Title, Title font set in Preferences.
Plant Label with Remarks, Remarks font set in Preferences.
Metric Detail scales adjusted.
Detail Info allows saving Detail Title.
Leaders with Text added to Leaders toolbar.
Support for Rain Bird corner strip sprays added.
Lateral Size and Mainline Size font style set in Preferences.
Match-Line font set in Preferences.
Northing-Easting callout font set in Preferences.
Valve Callout font set in Preferences.
Reference Notes callout font set in Preferences.
Viewpoint callout font set in Preferences.
Saving a detail multiple times correctly updates detail file number attribute.
Place Detail accounts for non-standard attributes.
Place Head, data access calls remain connected for better stability.
Place Detail toggles INSUNITS.
Ref Notes allow setting number; Import respects previous projects numbers.
Standard Details have capability of organizing details by group and sub-group. | 2006-11-13
3.12 | Pipe Label Cleanup, accounts for older style pipe labels that are in lower-case.
Plant genus Abies restored.
Detail Sheet Template, automatically toggles Osnap mode Endpoint and Intersection.
Export to SketchUp correctly saves changes to component mapping for a previously mapped component.
Stipple function has error handling for user Right Clicking rather than selecting a first interior point.
RedefineBlock helper function created, to redefine block with attribute changes.
Irrigation Schedule, saves defaults by destination.
| 2006-11-09
3.11 | Detail Sheet Template, support Osnap.
Detail Title display next to detail callout widened from 1.25 to 2 inches; justification logic reversed.
Verify Piping turns on Lineweights at function beginning.
Irrigation head highlighting uses no command line calls, and sizes circle for size of head.
Pipe Callout, hoop circle created without command call.
Verify Piping, improved logic for checking for Apparent Pipe intersections.
Pipe Draw, allows beginning from pipe intersection.
Pipe Draw, Head autosnap defaults to Off every time.
Pipe Draw, point logic for head snapping adjusted to 110% of outside head radius.
| 2006-11-03
3.10 | Help file has Index terms added.
New videos for most irrigation topics -- download videos from landfx.com/shadow/videos.zip
Main Line Break, compatible with new pipe label system.
Irrigation Schedule, Pipe Distance compatible with new pipe label system.
Internal Mtext routine for schedules calculates exact width of a space for the current font.
Irrigation Schedule, improvements to correctly size symbol width column based on current font.
Valve Callout, callouts placed with Escape for no arrow or number, are still tabulated for next valve number.
Valve Callout, Increment option correctly updates text labels placed next to valves.
Detail Sheet Template, not rounding to nearest 1/10 inch, allowing more accurate grid to be placed.
Main Line Size, Pipe Insert Intersection, bug fixes for revised pipe label pointer system.
Piping to existing pipe intersection, bug resolved (2.30).
Numerous changes to Pipe Draw to be more accurate: existing pipe intersections are highlighted in green, and can only be piped to while highlighted; artificial pickbox size set to more appropriate value, while still supporting zoom precision; offset distance from any head at any angle is exact.
Place Head Grid, supports F3 for Osnap.
Main Line Size, dialog box includes Velocity slider, for easy adjustment.
Pipe Class Copper added; Pipe C factor corrected for Polyethlyene pipe.
Pipe sizes up to 12" added for applicable pipe.
Pipe Class Schedule 40/315 added.
Revised Place Head function, when setting head rotation, angle line should not remain.
Draw Pipe, snaps to head only if point selected is within offset distance of head.
Irrigation Schedule correctly displays fixed-arc rotors and rotary heads.
Internal schedule creation function uses E as a width calculator for spaces, rather than X.
Irrigation Schedule calculates width of symbol column depending on schedule font selected.
Irrigation Schedule function no longer saving maximum schedule width.
Irrigation Schedule, output to spreadsheet now has Itemize Equipment option.
Copy Head uses dynamic technology.
Placing Adjustable heads, arc selection uses dynamic technology.
Irrigation category of Flow Sensor removed.
Minor changes to Plant Label function to prevent maximum selection set error.
Piping, insert intersection code accounts for 2006 bug of not returning Osnap point value.
Critical Analysis includes date and water source information.
Internal Pipe Label function switched to more stable technology for label pointers.
Pipe Callout switched to more stable technology.
Size Lateral Pipes, saves water Velocity used; Station Analysis reports velocity.
Pipe Callouts placed onto pipe drawn as an arc are placed correctly.
Pipe Label Cleanup does not allow moving callout beyond length of pipe.
Pipe Label Cleanup supports pipes drawn as arcs.
Pipe Draw, Undo retains realtime pipe preview.
Pipe Draw Undo counters optimized.
Pipe Draw, Head Autosnap option added.
Valve Info correctly accounts for 1-1/4 valves.
Valve Info, Upsizing/Downsizing a valve with a custom callout retains correct callout.
Irrigation Details assigned by each equipment, rather than by category, allowing multiple types of equipment in any given category to have individual details.
Common Place Block routine toggles INSUNITS system variable to 0 during block insertion.
GPM Circuit has Recalculate Zones button to adjust for resizing zone polylines.
Revised Irrigation symbols for Master Valve, Flow Meter, POC, Backflow, and Meter.
Main Line Break, traps for error of pipe missing one or both connected items.
Place Hatch and Place Line-Hatch turn on system variable HPASSOC if it is off.
Verify Valves does not remove link to valve callouts placed by escaping out of arrow placement.
Irrigation Head Array function does not error out if no objects are in drawing.
| 2006-10-13
3.03 | Startup function correctly interprets 1/4" = 1' scale.
RefNote Schedule, with option for Entire Palette, does not error out with no scale.
Irrigation radius blocks are created on layer 0, then inserted onto spray or rotor radius layer.
SketchUp Export has View button to preview SU components.
| 2006-10-05
3.00 | SketchUp Export production release!
Revised Help.
Additional plant data.
Revised irrigation data.
Save existing detail defaults to existing title.
Reference Notes Import button, correctly sets unique code.
Font Select correctly deletes Office font if project is open.
Match Line callout bug resolved.
Scale block insertion into paperspace, attributes fill out correctly.
Hard-coded layer names changed to NCS scheme.
Change All Layers, dialog only displays names and colors of changed values.
Change All Layers, correctly skips Xref-dependent layers.
Reference Notes, Division List modified to more applicable divisions for Landscape Architecture.
Detail Callout, with Title, title moved above horizontal leader line, leader line extended to with of title.
Insert Detail Template supports Osnap mode.
Concept Lines works with UCS.
Corrected logic for setting LTSCALE for Metric plans.
Plant Label with Remarks, label going to the Left places remarks correctly if remarks are beneath label.
Detail Callout toolbar switched to floating.
Detail Builder toolbar created.
Plant Manager, dialog focus defaults to plant list, allow mouse wheel scrolling.
Site Hatch and Detail Hatch allow setting appropriate layer for each hatch.
Font Select tool allows setting layer for each font style.
| 2006-09-27
2.96 | Labeling Plants, G option for ground covers works regardless of result of arrow end point logic (2.90 bug).
Save Block works (2.95 bug).
Place Hatch function has improved logic to avoid maximum selection set error.
Project Manager, Editing a Sheet, Delete Remarks button works.
| 2006-09-19
2.95 | New Place Head function places nested head object, and finished head, on L-HEAD (2.90 bug).
PRG added as alias for Purge_All function.
Save Detail toggles system variable INSUNITS.
Save Block toggles system variable INSUNITS, uses EXPORT rather than WBLOCK.
Selecting the Detail Manager from the pulldown menu does not generate an error (2.90 bug).
Common SuperLeader function toggles ATTDIA and ATTREQ system variables.
Saving multiple details at different scales toggles system variables as necessary.
Plant Schedule toggles ATTDIA and ATTREQ system variables.
Reference Note Schedule toggles ATTREQ system variable.
Changing font for a text style correctly updates in the database (2.90 bug).
Copy Head compatible with new Place Head function.
Common place block routine toggles ATTDIA and ATTREQ system variables.
Internal place block routine toggles INSUNITS system variable.
| 2006-09-14
2.93 | Place Head, Ortho Mode support added for when pointing heads.
Detail Format Template, uses dynamic technology to place, system allows multiple templates to be placed.
Detail Hatch, scale supports multiple Detail Templates.
Leaders, Text, other scalable objects support Detail Template scales.
Save Detail, supports multiple detail templates.
Metric Detail scaling verified.
| 2006-09-13
2.91 | Lateral Piping, pipe is draw correctly to rotors with an angle (2.90 bug).
Plant Schedule, using both symbol and code with names in separate columns, code is not added to both columns.
Head Array compatible with rotors created with 2.90 Place Head function.
Labeling Shrub Areas, bug with 2006 not recognizing point selected, found and resolved.
Fonts use filename as code.
Revised system of setting scale verified for Metric plans.
| 2006-09-10
2.90 | Error function cancels any active dialog boxes.
Editing Booster Pump does not generate error.
Pipe Draw scale compatible with Sheet Border scales.
Section Callout compatible with Sheet Border scales.
Selecting existing sheet allows double-clicking.
Plant label with Remarks support Sheet Border scales.
Size Lateral Pipe, if no ending fitting or head is on piped system, does not generate error.
Plant Label, Connecting Line, switching to Arc mode, if arc is not created, exits without error.
Pipe Arc, better error handling for missing connected objects.
Irrigation Schedule, selecting a POC, compatible with new Valve Callout system.
Head Info works with Single Outlet Emitters.
Place Head preview for strip sprays has two radius circles, for each extremity of the strip.
Insert Sheet border optimized for large irrigation drawings.
Target Radius uses no command calls.
Hatch Reconstitute function correctly closes complex multi-arc polylines (and if not, correctly deletes the attempted polyline boundary).
Place Head function uses dynamic preview technology; head scale supports Sheet Border scales.
Pipe Draw scale bug found and resolved.
Reference Note Schedule, able to display Areas and Volumes by symbol or code.
Reference Notes have Length capability.
Place Hatch compatible with Sheet Border scales.
Stipple function compatible with Sheet Border scales.
Pipe Draw, entity clearance based upon scale of object, allowing compatibility with multiple scales.
Plant Schedule compatible with Sheet Border scales.
Reference Note Schedule compatible with Sheet Border scales.
Font Select tool compatible with Sheet border scales.
Edit Plant compatible with Sheet Border scales.
Edit Concept Plant ground cover or shrub area compatible with Sheet Border scales.
Plant Manager, clicking Place highlights plant currently selected.
Block placement of dimscale'd blocks adjusts for Sheet Border scales.
Valve Callout adjusts for Sheet Border scales.
Workstation Installer, pulldown menus do not replace user/custom pulldowns.
Selecting OK when project list is empty for Importing Details or other data does not generate error.
Place Head, errors out if GPM data for any head is Zero.
Leader functions support Sheet Border custom scales.
Reference Note areas and volumes able to be called out with new hatch pointer system.
Placing plants, blocks, supports Osnap modes.
Highlight Station, better error handling of missing entity data.
Main Line Break, error handling for if user Right Clicks while selecting break point.
Set Scale, code cleaned and optimized; if Sheet Border in plan, prompts to set for sheet border.
Plant Label scale checking supports Sheet Border custom scales.
Plant Callout leader dot arrow option.
Plant Label, logic for arrow insertion optimized; arrows placed with group label option.
Additional plant label leader lines to ground covers and shrub areas are drawn to nearest point selected; also, arrow is added to the end of each leader.
Lateral Piping allows piping to individual Single Outlet Emitters.
Plant Label, when arrow style is Pline, arrow inserted on all plant leaders.
Copy Plant along Line or Arc works within a UCS.
Save Detail uses Export rather than Wblock, to avoid prompts for Map info in LDD.
Single Outlet Emitters correctly add to project with PSI and GPM data, and symbol assignment.
Place Drip Emitter Area, re-associating an area placed with pre-2.73 drip area does not generate error.
Size Laterals, check for Design Pressure accounts for missing/corrupted entity data.
Size Laterals, sizing loop accounts for missing/corrupted entity data.
Pipe Label Cleanup, clicking on a label placed pre-2.50 when no polylines exist in drawing does not generate error.
Label Valves, Increment option requeries used numbers for subsequent valve callouts.
Label Valves, Increment option, error control for no valves found (probably corrupted entity data).
Pipe Arc, better error handling for not clicking on pipe.
Sod/Seed added to Ground Cover categories.
Rain Bird rotary nozzle heads place correctly.
| 2006-08-19
2.80 | SketchUp Export uses more appropriate registry setting to locate SketchUp.
Place Block function has better error control when adjusting for orthomode.
Revised Valve Callout blocks for 2007.
Upgrade button exits Preferences screen.
Pipe Label Cleanup allows pressing F9 to toggle Snap mode.
Valve Info displays make and model of valve.
Rotor data cleaned up to not specify a separate schedule symbol, code changed to account for that.
Changing symbol of valve also correctly changes schedule symbol.
Circuit dialog allows zones of mixed sprays.
Secondary shrub strip sprays display in place strip spray dialog box.
Plant Schedule regeneration, better error handling for empty values in preferences.
Drip Control Valves able to be called out.
Hunter ICZ drip control valve data fixed.
SketchUp Export, minor bug with archiving custom path resolved.
Convert Colors makes backup copies of setup.gcl and lfxpens.dwg before running.
Preferences screen, disables Convert Colors button after being completed.
Reference Note Schedule traps for error of schedule width being 0 characters wide.
Additional error condition handling when canceling out of selecting a sheet.
Stipple available for working drawings.
Helper function to determine owner object for hatches made more reliable.
BatchMan dialog box, unused options removed; zombie dialog image fixed; does not shoot slides of LAY files or Administration files.
Placing irrigation equipment uses standard block placement function, allowing for realtime preview.
Paperspace reactor only applies if a project is active.
Walla Walla rotators do not show up as strip sprays.
Change Line Color utility renamed to Change Layer Colors.
Better error control in SQL data seek function for multiple catastrophic error.
ConvertColors function to assist in color conversion process.
| 2006-08-10
2.77 | Project Manager, better error handling for sheets with or without titles.
Placing Shrub Area onto one created with previous style of hatch pointer does not generate error.
Plant Schedule able to regenerate itself without having to delete and re-place it.
Irrigation Schedule able to regenerate itself without having to delete and re-place it.
Reference Notes Schedule able to regenerate itself without having to delete and re-place it.
Pipe Sleeve dummy PSI/GPM data saved correctly.
Main Line loop correctly reduces flow for reduced segments; pipe info displays reduced GPM for each segment.
SketchUp Export button added.
Stipple auto-sets MaxHatch if hatch area too dense.
Placing Hatches auto-sets MaxHatch if hatch area too dense.
Bug with Detail Manager, with sheets with a title, resolved.
Size Lateral Pipes, Get Design PSI routine compatible with new style of valve callout pointer.
| 2006-08-04
2.75 | Valve Callout pointer changed to more stable method.
Highlight Station compatible with new style of valve callout pointer.
Verify Piping compatible with new style of valve callout pointer.
Verify Valves compatible with new style of valve callout pointer.
Size lateral pipes compatible with new style of valve callout pointer.
Main Line Size, minor change to initial valve scan, possible bug fix.
Main Line Size compatible with new style of valve callout pointer.
Valve Info, compatible with new style of valve callout pointer.
Move Piped Equipment compatible with new style of valve callout pointer.
Station Analysis, stations are sorted numerically.
Station Analysis, compatible with new style of valve callout pointer.
Place Drip icon moved to match order in Irrigation Manager.
Shrub Areas and Reference Note Areas use more stable pointer to reference hatch object.
Several improvements to code for selecting shrub area hatches when labeling, notably for speed improvement in large drawings.
Modifying Shrub Areas, both Concept and Production, hatch logic improved.
Shrub Area hatch pointer saved as more stable hard reference.
Valve Callout, suggests a default value.
Valve Callout, undo markers set.
Valve Callout, allows incrementing other valves if duplicate value is entered.
Valve Callout, utilizes dynamic technology for realtime preview while placing.
Pipe Data, Lateral pipe pressure variation factor minimum set to 5.
Head Grid reports the dimensions used to draw the grid.
Booster Pump dialog box, un-necessary fields of horsepower and power source removed.
Reference Note schedule without general reference notes has correct beginning space.
Pipe Draw utilitizes dynamic technology to preview pipe.
Sheet selection code improved to avoid error.
Pipe Size, labeling routine, better error control for pipe with no legitimate size.
Pipe Label Cleanup, error handling for clicking on the Xref.
Pipe Sleeve, when selecting arbitrary points, sleeve lines are always correctly offset.
Pipe Data, minimum lateral sizes 1-1/4 and 1-1/2 added; minimum 2-1/2 and 3 main line sizes added.
Add irrigation equipment, Series is initially selected.
Verify License translates apostrophes out of username.
Place Zone Control, previews 50, 75, and 100 foot radius lines.
Selecting Add from Project, does not display projects that are inactive.
Highlight Plant supports arcs in polylines around ground covers and shrub areas.
Place Head does not attempt to purge existing unplaced head.
Place Head allows placing the same head at multiple scales within the same drawing.
Plant Schedule, placement of top bounding line and title compatible with UCS.
Plant Schedule, title is an attribute for easy renaming.
Irrigation Schedule, placement of top bounding line and title compatible with UCS.
Irrigation Schedule, title is an attribute for easy renaming.
Reference Note Schedule, placement of top bounding line and title compatible with UCS.
Reference Note Schedule, title is an attribute for easy renaming.
Irrigation Schedule, when sending schedule to modelspace with decimal units and a UCS, symbols line up correctly.
| 2006-07-21
2.70 | Revised Irrigation Data, and all Drip irrigation data.
Revised Plant Data, and additional Nurseries.
Irrigation Schedule does not error out when running to spreadsheet with no scale set.
Irrigation Schedule requires a scale set before running to drawing.
Radius layers split and renamed to Z-RADS-ROTR and Z-RADS-SPRY.
Pipe Sleeve labels onto their own layer, L-LABL-SLEV.
Pipe Sleeve allows selecting arbitrary points as well as a pipe.
License verfication also saves user name.
License information, Upgrade and License Release capability added to Preferences screen.
Place Shrub Area, Place RefNote Area, if hatch command fails, incorrect hatch marker is not saved with line.
Data Manager, editing plants, alerts user to the use of an apostrophe in the species name.
Highlight Station displays GPM of highlighted components.
Insert Sheet Border menu command renamed to Define Sheet Border.
Place Drip Area, loads linetype as necessary.
Make Slide Library accounts for UNC paths.
Piping in Orthomode, Intersections are made at orthographic point, not point selected.
Piping in Orthomode to pipe with an arc segment at a non-orthgraphic angle, does not generate error.
Main Line Sizing, highlighting of error valves done without command calls.
Pipe Draw, point highlighting done without command calls.
Pipe Draw, correctly inserts Undo End marker at end.
Save Component Detail, creating a New Category, maximum 4/6/7 characters allowed by hierarchy level.
| 2006-07-17
2.67 | Plant Schedule, having names in separate columns, still allows toggling between Botanical only.
Highlight Station works when clicking on Drip Control Valve.
Lateral Pipe Size works with Drip Control Valves, and Drip Bubblers, Single Outlet Emitters, and Drip Popups.
Plant Schedule skips additional size fields to match size list.
Master Valve equipment type consolidated out of normally open and normally closed types.
Drip Popups compatible with Head Info.
Placing Drip Popups inserts radius and offset (2.65 bug).
Spaces before sheet title in pulldown removed.
Editing custom Plant Size columns, more than one edit at at time is saved.
Place Detail, does not erroneously save partial sheet title with sheet number.
Place Detail Callout, does not create extraneous block reference.
New Sheet auto-translates spaces to hyphens.
Edit Sheet auto-translates apostrophes and spaces to legal characters.
Main Line Layout layer created as non-plot.
Valve Info compatible with Drip Control Valves.
Save Layer State compatible with installations without a LandFX folder.
Save Layer State enforces one level of folders.
Copy Head, error control for Zero copies.
Obsolete PlantTargetLayer global variable removed.
Random Pointy Line and Random Cloud Line now require a scale.
Esc handler improved for all Line drawing functions, including new irrigation zone and new sheet border.
Error handler cancels all active commands.
Ref Note Callouts work on hatch objects in Xrefs.
Ref Notes, Electrical items do not display leader types.
Details that are placed, and then deleted and marked as unplaced, updating detail callouts will blank out attributes.
Concept Lines accepts Enter to end.
Concept Lines, Specify Width accepts decimal point.
Line Leaders do not create extraneous small tick at arrow location of leader.
Leader functions support toggling Snap mode with F9.
Drip Equipment is highlighted as not connected to a water source.
Irrigation Manager, allows editing Dripline.
Highlight Plant works on Ground Covers; Highlight Plant works by clicking on hatches of a Shrub Area; Highlight Plant performs license validation; Highlight Plant displays quantity of selected plant.
Plant Highlighting done without using command calls.
Concept Schedule with Shrub Areas, minor bug resolved.
Save Detail process streamlined; clipping from being zoomed in when saving a detail does not occur; saving multiple component details does not update file number in previously saved details.
| 2006-06-23
2.65 | Global DCL variable renamed to avoid conflict with improperly coded third-party applications.
Global error message variable removed.
Global dialog box location variable removed.
Detail Boundary, Imperial Scale is listed as 1'=0" rather than 12".
Font utility does not generate warning message if TrueType fonts are not in search path.
Data Manager Sync operation ignores TrueType font files.
Server install no longer includes TrueType files.
Plant Copy, Triangular and Rectangular array toolbar commands made unique for correct button image display in 2006.
Error handler correctly restored after Material Objects, Discipline Symbols, and Detail Components.
Northing-Easting callout added to Discipline Symbols.
Edit Detail works on the detail file number of a recently saved detail (fix after detail title block re-engineering 2.50).
Project Manager, accounts for unable to access project record in data.
Pipe Distance function used by Irrigation Schedule accounts for both connected items missing.
Placing Drip Multi-Outlet Emitters compatible with recent change to place irrigation equipment.
| 2006-06-08
2.60 | New Installer -- manually download http://landfx.com/shadow/setup.exe to your LandFX folder
Irrigation Catalog Data, and many irrigation data additions.
Saving a detail accounts for mixed case text objects in title block.
Type-o in code, when adding plants from project, with plant code preference GS, not respecting previous plant code.
Adding Plants, with plant code preference GS, accounts for plant codes with or without interior spaces.
Placing Water Meters, POCs, Drip Equipment, looping for additional placement fine-tuned.
Valve Callout, if valve GPM is Zero, inserts a hyphen rather than a 0.
Placing Water Meter or Point of Connection automatically creates L-MAIN-LAYOUT layer.
Error function sends username.
Concept Plant Manager, changing linetype/symbol of Shrub Area does not generate error.
Shrub Areas in a Concept Schedule do not generate error.
Initget calls in Place Head removed.
Add Plants from DWG, accounts for Shrub Areas with no specified linetype.
Plant Copy, additional error checking to avoid divide by zero error.
New dynamic leader calls compatible with line leaders with no arrow.
Better error handling for Insert Sheet Border with selecting a sheet.
| 2006-05-19
2.56 | Saving a Standard Detail as a Component Detail, prompts to select a new detail number automatically.
Add Plants from DWG, adds multiple sizes of same plant code.
Re-associating plant with data, other plants of same code but different size also not in data will not exit.
Verify Plant Labels highlights plants that are not in the project.
Drawing Main Line pipe, allows piping to Flow Sensor.
Internal Place Hatch calls, error control for hatch unable to be placed.
Drip Emitter types consolidated on toolbar for placement.
| 2006-05-16
2.55 | Plant Label, Arc, Right Clicking for arc mid-point does not generate error.
Adding Drip Popups to the project, Design PSI is correctly saved.
Adding irrigation equipment, apostrophe characters in remarks automatically translated.
Minor changes to the Save Detail process, accounting for non-standard detail boundary templates.
Plant Label, new system correctly scales labels for metric plans.
RefNotes and other callouts, new dynamic system preview works for metric plans.
Plant Label, with remarks, several bugs from 2.52.
Placing Details, does not error out if detail has no attributes.
Setting scale, error control for user entering 0 inches to 1 foot.
Setting scale, better accounting for non-standard imperial scales.
Plant Sizes switched to entirely customizeable system.
Copy Plant, if no spacing specified, does not generate a divide by zero error.
Custom sizes for Ground Covers and Shrub Areas can contain any utilization of Sod or Seed.
RefNotes, editing an item, placing cursor in Cost field without entering a cost does not generate error.
| 2006-05-09
2.53 | Preferences, selecting a Caliper or Size Range disables Cost.
Type-o in code of allowing Plant Label to label Ground Covers by groups after hitting G key.
Type-o in code of Plant Labeling, allowing Snap mode to function as Orthomode.
Polar Mode support pulled from Plant Label until more complete support can be engineered.
Pipe Label cleanup does not remove pointer from pipe to callout (2.52 bug).
Piping restores Osnap mode(s).
Irrigation Schedule, valve callout symbol is only inserted if valves/equipment are included.
| 2006-05-05
2.52 | Plant Labels dynamic. | 2006-04-30
2.50 | Revised documentation.
Concept Lines, width selection to dynamic.
Placing Plants, Material Objects, Discipline Symbols, Detail Components, Concept Graphics, to dynamic.
Detail section callout, section lines to dynamic.
Detail Callout 1:1 lockout.
Detail Callout and all Line Leaders to dynamic.
RefNotes to dynamic.
Main Line Size, command line messages indicate activity.
Pipe Label Cleanup, improved performance when clicking on arc in a large drawing.
Pipe Label Cleanup converted to dynamic.
Checking for apparent intersections zooms extents, ensuring proper selection.
Re-syncing plant with data only allowed when going into Plant Info dialog box.
Save Detail Prototype button created.
Head Info accounts for drawing with corrupted entity data.
Plant Info dialog box, spacing text for Ground Covers or Shrub Areas indicates units (inches or meters).
Metric detail scale of 1:1.
Imperial detail scale of 6" = 12".
Plant Label by Connecting Line or Arc, lines and arcs are converted to a single Polyline.
Placing Plants, plant code is displayed.
Main Line sizing, loop calculation sizes shortest two paths to each valve according to appropriate flow ratio.
Pipe Sleeves able to be labeled.
Pipe Data creation of new data, code improved.
Pipe Data, allows setting detail of lateral pipe.
Pipe Data, able to edit description and set detail for pipe sleeve.
Main Line Size and Critical Analysis indicate which station is Critical Station.
Hunter corner strip sprays are correctly highlighted, and piped to correctly.
Pipe Draw, offset distance calculation simplified.
Shrub Area line color changed to 123.
Irrigation Schedule, include checkboxes for each equipment group.
Irrigation Schedule, allows selecting one or more POC's, or a Sheet Border.
Plant Label, G option works for Shrub Areas as well as Ground Covers.
Change Plant accesses plants of same general group.
View/Edit Plant, allows re-associating plant with one in the data if dwg/data consistency has been lost.
Verify Plant Labels, accounts for a label with remarks with all associated plants missing.
Detail Title on callout into Preferences.
Detail Callout arrow style in Preferences.
Adding plant by name with GS preference correctly sets new plant code.
Import Details and Import RefNotes displays only projects that have respective data.
Adding Plants from Project displays only projects with plants.
Import RefNotes allows selecting individual items.
Import Details allows selecting individual items.
Copy Plants along an arc, when arc start angle is at far point, plants are correctly copied.
Draw Lateral Pipe, when starting from a new pipe intersection in Ortho mode, does not generate error.
Adding Turf by name, then placing, is correctly marked as schedule plant (2.30 bug).
Editing a Ground Cover that is sod or seed, spacing is correctly blanked out.
Ground Cover spacing blanked out for all varieties of container size containing "sod" or "seed".
Data Manager, Component Detail report for all categories and components.
Editing a sheet number that is the current sheet runs the Set Current code.
Sheet name in the pulldown menu is trimmed of trailing spaces.
RefNote Schedule correctly processes Xref objects.
Valve Info dialog box allows inputing elevation difference from POC to valve.
Concept Lines has an option to place arrows at both ends.
Concept Lines, placing arrow after an arc is rotated correctly.
Change Plant dialog box displays plant codes and sizes.
Button arrangement on Change Plant dialog box normalized.
Detail Manager, after viewing Detail Info, returns to selected detail.
Irrigation Manager, Viewing All to Set Details, stays on selected equipment.
View/Edit Plant, allows clicking on the hatch of a Shrub Area.
Esc handler for placing blocks improved.
Scale uses USERI5 system variable to mimic INSUNITS setting, accounting for INSUNITS being set to 0 by third-party or other code.
New Sheet on the fly, auto-translates apostrophes.
Insert Sheet Border requires scale set.
RefNote Callout, supports calling out objects placed in the Xref.
Scaling of dim arrow types works for metric plans.
Detail Template flyout, retains icon.
Layer States flyout, retains icon.
Project Management flyout, retains icon.
Detail Components dialog box title changed to Detail Components.
Detail Template toolbar button renamed to Insert Detail Template.
Plant Label, sets Undo marker.
Preferences, Plant Label Open Files button, will open files of currently selected callout.
Sheet number can be up to 8 characters.
Insert Detail Template, allows hitting Esc to choose different size/scale when in decimal units.
RefNotes, adding a new note automatically selects it.
RefNote Schedule, volume quantities correctly place comma for values over 1000.
RefNote Schedule, correctly tabulates metric volumes.
RefNote Schedule, compatible with UCS.
RefNote, editing a volume displays units of depth.
Importing a Template resets project number, correctly imports template as a project.
Saving a detail, logic for converting title/number to attributes changed.
Print Details, accounts for non-standard attributes.
Place Detail, inserts sheet number into any attribute named SHEET.
Replace Detail, accounts for non-standard attribute count of details.
Detail Save, accounts for Sheet attribute.
Detail Info, accounts for decimal-scaled details.
| 2006-04-10
2.45 | Load Layer State, accounts for if desired current layer exists and is frozen.
Save Component Detail, slider to choose detail number, also displays existing detail titles.
Detail Components numbered 90 and higher are considered to be Prototypes, and are exploded upon insertion.
Save Component Detail, category hierarchy correctly expands as necessary to display last detail saved.
Detail Manager toolbar icon remains on primary.
Completely revised Print Details.
Preference for Plant Label arrow style.
Data Manager, adding third-level Component Category does not generate incorrect error.
Site Items renamed to Reference Notes; Pline leader added, Volume quantity improved to two decimal places, Cost capability added, dialog box simplified, item types merged on schedule, all items expressed by callout tag, Label function created.
Reference Notes icon remains on primary.
Revised electrical blocks.
Material Objects, revised data call to assemble groups.
Detail Sheet Template, optimized to be smoother and faster.
Site Items, displays detail if assigned.
Tree categories alphabetized, Flowering Trees and Fruit Trees added.
Shrub categories alphabetized, Ground Cover Shrubs added.
Save Standard Detail, slider to determine detail number, existing detail displayed.
Add Plants, Exit button renamed to Done.
Add Plants from Project, Cancel button renamed to Done.
Site Items, Cancel button renamed to Exit.
Detail Manager, Cancel button renamed to Exit.
Selecting Detail for Reference Notes or Callout, dialog box simplified.
Project Manager, Exit button renamed to OK.
Detail Manager, buttons reorganized.
Planting Preferences screen size reduced.
Plant Copy, Right Click exits without copying.
Placing Details, system does not allow same detail to be placed more than once.
Move Piped Equipment, uses entity selection crosshairs.
Place Hatch, uses entity selection crosshairs.
Main Line Size, sizing for maximum flow defaults to POCs maximum flow.
Shrub Spray 2, strip sprays place correctly.
Pipe Draw, does not allow piping between objects that are already piped together.
Reference Notes Leader previews, area circle improved.
Pipe Data, correctly displays class of Pipe Sleeve.
Head Info works for Drip Bubblers.
Insert Detail template, toggles OSNAP mode.
Saving a detail toggle OSNAP mode.
Project Name trimmed of trailing spaces for pulldown menu.
ViewPoint placement repeats.
Plant Copy flyout retains initial icon.
Concept Line prompt indicates Right Click to finish.
Pipe Draw, uses entity selection cursor.
Creating a project based on a template, with no project currently open, correctly makes new project.
Having a template open, and then creating a new project, correctly resets data lock.
Basing project on template with empty detail references does not generate warning message.
Plant Schedule, ground covers and shrub area symbols on appropriate layers.
Irrigation Schedule, Drip Area symbols on appropriate layers.
Generic Drip Zone Control symbol table record created.
Drip Equipment allows multiple placement.
Reconstitute Hatch Boundary code, accounts for various types of recreated polylines.
Discipline Symbols, scale lockout removed.
Material Objects, People-Plan and Vehicle-Plan renamed to People and Vehicle to be listed first.
Draw Main Line pipe, correctly turns off lateral pipe callout layer.
Shrub Area, Ground Cover, size list, flat moved to top of list.
Valve Callout, more protection for missing callouts.
Station Analysis, better logic processing valves with missing callouts.
| 2006-03-21
2.40 | PLANTING:
Plant Schedule with Sheet Border areas, output to Paper Space, text is scaled correctly.
Preferences, Plant Label extension line setting, minor bug in saving value.
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