Our list of updates is a testament to the development schedule at Land F/X. We tend to implement bug fixes immediately, and we're constantly refining our code – often at a user's request. Many of the updates described on this page consist of exciting new tools or features. However, we also retain this list to inform our technical support team of bug fixes, which in turn allows us to provide better support to users who need it.
Lighting callouts, supported tags updated and standardized.
Lighting, verification calculations, callout updates offloaded to common function.
HotFix: Edit Lighting Wire, editing cost for IEC 60228 wire will not generate error.
HotFix: Common function to automate a framed Mleader, compatible with non-English AutoCAD installs.
HotFix: Preferences, Block Layer Colors, saving of revised colors with local data will not generate error.
Detail Report, option of reporting only unique numeric division numbers.
Concept Graphics Schedule, defaults to including quantity.
Project Manager, Assign Sheet, multiple improvements to allow reassigning existing sheets.
HotFix: Concept Graphics Schedule, when including linked RefNote Length items, does not mistakenly report not a polyline.
HotFix: Detail Manager, Renumber button, actually renumbers details now.
HotFix: Creating RefNotes, when using numeric divisions and suffixes, suffix is incremented rather than subdivison.
HotFix: Project Manager, Assign Sheet, does not use command line calls to avoid fatal error.
Lighting, IEC 60228 wiring added.
Detail Manager, Renumber button added.
HotFix: Associating a Naked detail callout within a detail, correctly updates callout.
HotFix: RefNote Schedule, with Both symbol and code selected, symbol is correctly offset to the left.
HotFix: Edit light fixture, correctly displays fixture height.
Additional layers created for lighting blocks.
HotFix: Placing a Naked Detail Placeholder, will not generate error.
HotFix: Adding a light fixture, uplights with a designated height are not mistakenly displayed as downlights.
HotFix: Placing generic blocks, using keyboard keys to advance to a different block, attribute status is correctly refreshed.
Plant Label customization, supports Group as a tag name.
Plant Shadows, supports Generic blocks.
Plant Schedule, when including Concept plants by Group, Code of each member plant is included.
Irrigation circuiting, performs inside polyline calculations on objects rather than crossing window.
HotFix: Detail Callout, correctly fires Naked style if that was chosen previously for that detail.
HotFix: Preferences, Block Layers, saving revised color choices with local data will not generate error.
HotFix: Area for Drip Emitters, adding a second model with local data, emitter assignments are correctly saved.
HotFix: F/X CAD 2021, correctly locks a license on startup.
Detail Callouts, Naked style callout switched to MText field.
Update Detail Callouts, processes both Model Space and Paper Space entities at once for better performance.
Irrigation Flow Zones, switched to MLeaders.
HotFix: Irrigation Schedule, when selecting a Work Area, allows selecting the multileader work area title.
HotFix: Irrigation Schedule, Drip Emitter Area without any emitter assignments, will not generate error.
HotFix: Recalculate Zones, turns off spray radius layers.
HotFix: Highlight Station, allows selecting circuit or flow zone mleaders.
HotFix: Detail Explorer, Save Detail, additional error handling for bad/missing xml data.
HotFix: Placing details, when a detail contains a callout to another detail that is not in current project, callout is not mistakenly reverted to a placeholder.
Tech Support, sends Parallels version if applicable.
Placing Rain Bird RVAN 14 rotary sprinklers, radius can be adjusted below 75% to match catalog values.
HotFix: Verify Lighting, a custom fixture with nothing entered for Watts will not generate error.
HotFix: Match Plant, Match Object, when selecting a generic block that was just placed, Q/E keyboard commands correctly advance to the next block.
HotFix: Placing Generic plants with Shotgun mode, W/S keys adjust spacing.
HotFix: Editing irrigation equipment, Replace button, equipment with only a single size will not generate error.
HotFix: Placing a site block, number keys will not mistakenly enter plant shotgun mode.
HotFix: Watering Schedule, with output to Excel, valves without a precip rate will not generate an automation error.
Area for Drip Emitters, allows selecting a Bubbler.
Generic Plant blocks, support 1-0 keyboard commands for shotgun mode.
Plant Schedule, when including Concept plants by Group, and including Cost, if any member plants have a cost assigned, group cost is zeroed out.
HotFix: Adding an Area for Dripline to the project, drip hatch data is downloaded as necessary.
HotFix: Photo Callout, when placing photo in paperspace, having a work area with an assigned scale near the drawing origin will not interfere with scaling.
HotFix: Plot Scale, Rescale objects option, compatible with lighting fixtures that have photometrics; also compatible with Northing/Easting callouts.
HotFix: Replacing a rotor with a rotating arc symbol, arc indicator is correctly maintained.
HotFix: RefNote Schedule, Renumber option, compatible with notes within a numeric sub-division.
HotFix: Dimension tools, default dimstyle for Decimal Feet, settings corrected.
Generic Plants, allow entering a width at the command line.
HotFix: Irrigation Schedule, Area for Drip Emitters, emitter quantities appear correctly.
HotFix: Editing an Area for Drip Emitters, closing and reopening emitter panel with no emitters defined will not generate error; saving of emitter assignments will not generate error with local data.
HotFix: Common function to query drip emitter assignments, with local data, will not generate error.
Irrigation Manager, allows adding more than one Area for Drip Emitters per project.
Area for Drip Emitters, includes toggles to only apply to certain plant types.
Edit Irrigation Equipment, dialog upgraded to latest programming standards.
Plant Color Render, inner dialog content marked as safe for IE security settings.
HotFix: Drip Accessories, correctly access symbols from Drip folder.
HotFix: Selecting a Drip hatch, on first use, hatches are correctly sorted.
HotFix: Insert Detail Template, correctly sets drawing scale for use with common annotation functions.
HotFix: Editing an existing Work Area with a custom scale, will not generate error.
HotFix: Editing a RefNote item corrects errant callout assignment.
HotFix: Plant Schedule, output to Spreadsheet, when including Cost and Detail, Total column is correct.
HotFix: Tech Support, copy current drawing to zip file, compatible with AutoCAD 2021.
Placing generic blocks, keyboard commands Tab/R added to cycle through dynamic block states.
Detail Viewport function created.
Startup, F/X CAD license validation, supports MySQL server installs.
Installer, no longer includes hatch xml files.
HotFix: Verify RefNotes, RefNote callout style without leader, will not cause verification to abort.
HotFix: Placing a shrub area with Scallop linetype, scallop shape file is downloaded as necessary.
HotFix: Verify RefNotes, Length items require having entities on the specified layer in order to be notified of missing callouts.
License Validation, F/X CAD license count validated after 30 day grace period.
Project List, includes a header with ability to order by project number or name.
Color Zones, allows selecting an individual valve; color choice is saved with valve.
Work Area titles, switched to framed MLeader.
New Work Area, allows setting plot scale.
Edit Object, supports editing a Work Area
HotFix: Placing generic blocks, after using keyboard commands to change view or category, rotation setting of different block is respected.
HotFix: Restore UCS, xref support, revised memory variable management to avoid null interface error.
HotFix: Project List, Organization tab, editing a detail folder will not generate error.
HotFix: Common function to access work areas in xref, missing title text will not generate error.
HotFix: Placing irrigation equipment, keyboard command validation will not generate error.
Tools on Site ribbon now require a Planting F/X license. More information
Generic Block placement, Keyboard commands implemented.
Restore UCS, able to restore UCS from an xref.
Common function to query Work Areas, if work areas are in xref and have matching UCS, UCS is automatically migrated to current document.
Common function to assemble details for printing or exporting, rewritten to address multiple issues.
Detail Explorer, with "Show empty categories" unchecked, numeric divisions with no local details but matching FX details are displayed.
Print Details, FX details display category titles.
Save Detail, when specifying a numeric prefix for a project detail, prefix list displays only divisions that have three levels of hierarchy.
Common function to requery fonts, only queries landfx.com if fonts.xml file is missing.
Match Properties, works with generic blocks.
HotFix: Concept Plant Schedule, Shrub Areas with no percentage fill do not get assigned a quantity.
HotFix: Locate Valve, after sorting by secondary columns, correct valve is highlighted.
HotFix: Detail Manager, with preference setting to copy details to project folder, and no project folder assigned, choosing one after clicking New correctly correctly updates project setting cache.
Colorize Zones command created.
Site ribbon, Copy, Array, and Match tools now require a Planting F/X license; revised Design F/X ribbon released with its version of same tools on Details tab.
Detail Explorer, validation of category edits improved.
HotFix: Placing Hunter MP800SR from Irrigation Manager, does not prompt to select a nozzle.
HotFix: Save Detail, when selecting a numeric division for a project detail, button is disabled to prevent errant double-firing.
Startup, Support Path validation, compatible with App Store installations.
Update, validating installed menu, compatible with App Store installations.
HotFix: Detail Explorer, New/Edit category, does not generate error.
Irrigation circuit zones, zone text created as an MLeader.
Locate Valve, includes POCs at end of list.
Locate Valve, allows clicking on header column to sort values.
Support for custom language file discontinued.
Numerous instance of code accounting for AutoCAD version 2015 and lower discontinued.
HotFix: Opening a blank drawing with RefNote palette docked, will not generate error.
RefNote Manager, type selection changed to option buttons; Undocked version discontinued.
Detail Explorer, Print details, simplified logic for assembling matching details.
HotFix: Placing an ACAD_ISO hatch into a metric drawing, hatch is scaled correctly.
Irrigation Schedule, supports customization of language strings in Preferences.
Irrigation Schedule, when itemizing pipe, and colorizing pipe by size, pipe block is set to corresponding pipe color.
HotFix: Northing/Easting Schedule, when regenerating, points with descriptions do not include an extra blank line.
HotFix: Detail Explorer, allows printing a level 4 division of standard details.
Common function to assign irrigation symbol, assigns default symbol if all symbols in category are in use.
HotFix: Detail Callout, with dialog box collapsed without preview, detail photo buttons are not visible.
Labeling Concept Plants, landing distance setting taken from plant label preference.
HotFix: Preferences, editing discontinued layer with no description, will not generate error.
HotFix: Lighting throw pattern calculation, additional error handling for beam angles that do not have a lux value meeting minimum target.
HotFix: Place Head, Copy Head Along Line, specialty fixed-arc emitters without a half-circle nozzle, will not generate error when copying.
HotFix: Irrigation functions that access POC instances, helper function created that is compatible with revised block naming.
Lighting, downlight lighting throw patterns, additional logic to avoid duplicate or non-planar points.
Irrigation Manager, adding Custom equipment to project, default block is downloaded before displaying edit dialog.
Custom Bubbler, Custom Drip Emitter, allow changing symbol.
Edit Light Fixture, displays both Watts and Volt-Amps.
Lighting callouts, display Watts to one decimal place.
Move Piped Equipment, supports pipe with hops.
HotFix: Calling out a transformer before wiring it, will not assign first tap.
HotFix: Water Source, correctly places revised naming of POC and Water Meter blocks.
HotFix: Common Multileader function, if multileader style already exists, system respects current setting of landing distance.
HotFix: Detail Manager, additional error handling for slow network drive response when looking for photos.
HotFix: Placing RefNote items, with local data, marking of item as placed will not generate error.
Keynote Callout, manager upgraded to docked palette.
Detail Explorer, updated to latest OpenDCL programming standards.
HotFix: Detail Explorer, Export and Import buttons include associated photos.
HotFix: Lighting Manager, with local data, equipment is only displayed in their relevant category.
HotFix: Lighting Manager, Verify, generic transformer will not generate error.
Detail Explorer, Search functionality improved.
Detail Explorer, allows assigning photos to details.
Irrigation equipment symbol names renamed for ease of customization.
Edit Detail, automatic project assignment excludes templates.
HotFix: Size Mainline, Critical Analysis dialog height increased.
HotFix: Placing a RefNote set to no arrow, block preview is not mistakenly offset.
HotFix: Labeling a Concept plant, with label style that includes Field1, and a design group with no member plants, will not generate error.
HotFix: Force reloading of OpenDCL on startup discontinued pending further testing.
Print Detail, detail category information moved to upper left, slightly increasing height available for detail.
Block libraries, dialog box initializes to last folder chosen.
HotFix: OpenDCL force reloads project file, to prevent issues that may occur if another user updates Land F/X.
HotFix: Trees in a Concept Shrub Area, in an Imperial drawing, have their spacing calculated correctly in feet rather than inches.
HotFix: Edit Valve, Station Analysis, Design Pressure line is included.
HotFix: Elevation Graphics, Detail Blocks, editing a block before downloading it, scale will not be mistakenly set to Dimscale.
HotFix: Editing a Concept Graphics Area, Linetype selection is saved correctly.
Edit Lighting Transformer, View Data button added to dialog.
Edit Light fixture, dialog box revised with Reconfigure button to choose different configuration options.
Size Lateral Pipe dialog, when pressure variation causes velocity to be reduced, label "Actual Velocity" is changed to red along with velocity text.
Critical Analysis, Station Analysis, dialogs ported to OpenDCL.
Placing RefNotes, legacy support of block style callouts discontinued.
HotFix: Edit Object, selecting a generic block and choosing to convert it to a Land F/X entity, does not prompt to select manufacturer.
Lighting Schedule, dialog allows selecting additional options.
HotFix: Editing Area for Dripline row spacing, with Dripline hatch scaled at row spacing, hatch is scaled correctly in a metric plan.
HotFix: Plant Schedule, with Entire palette option, Shrub Areas that have a linetype but no hatch pattern assigned, will not generate error.
HotFix: Editing a Concept Line, when choosing a new symbol, selecting Cancel will not blank out symbol assignment.
HotFix: RefNote Schedule, respects selecting a single Division.
Support for AutoCAD version 2015 ended.
RefNote Preferences, allow setting default callout and arrow style.
HotFix: Valve Schedule, valve type compatible with using a Pipe Transition Point without a drip area and only piping to individual emitters.
HotFix: Irrigation Manager, editing emitter and changing only design pressure, manager correctly requeries revised data.
HotFix: RefNote Schedule, Cost checkbox setting respected.
RefNote Preferences, allow setting Schedule Defaults.
HotFix: Error handler, revised method of checking known error messages.
RefNote Schedule, dialog ported to OpenDCL.
HotFix: Planting Preferences, editing Plant Groups, with cloud data, compatible with Unicode characters in group names.
HotFix: Project Manager, editing Sheets, with cloud data, compatible with Unicode characters.
HotFix: RefNote Callout, callout style without a leader arrow will not generate error.
Insert Detail Template, additional scales of 1" = 50' and 1" = 100' added.
HotFix: Plant Info dialog, legacy cloud data backup markers will not interfere with Plant Data button functionality.
HotFix: Common function to backup a project, automatically converts illegal characters in project name.
HotFix: Project List, deleting the current project removes its association from dwg.
HotFix: Piping Dripline, does not allow connecting directly to a valve.
HotFix: Editing a Concept Node, updating of existing symbols will not generate error.
HotFix: Project Manager, Description allows entering linebreaks.
Project List dialog ported to OpenDCL: resizable dialog, with Edit and Report buttons, and Organization tab.
RefNote Callout, automatically sets leader end point based upon point selected.
HotFix: Editing a RefNote object that has been called out, changing the number correctly updates callout.
HotFix: Labeling Shrub Areas in a metric plan, with AREA tag in callout, area is rounded to nearest 0.1 square meter.
HotFix: Common function to create a temporary line, additional error handling when drawing corruption prevents entity creation.
HotFix: RefNote Preferences, reordering user fields, SQL statement updated for compatibility with MySQL.
HotFix: Plant Colorization, turning off color, with millimeter units and alphanumeric blocks, blocks are scaled correctly.
HotFix: Verify Lighting, updating callouts, tap number is correctly updated.
HotFix: Common function to look up valve number, additional error handling to deal with hyphens in valve number when combining multiple values in one attribute.
HotFix: Lighting IES file processing, additional logic to account for tab-only separated values.
HotFix: Creating a RefNote Area, choosing an manufacturer and then clicking back to choose Generic, correctly prompts for hatch pattern.
Lighting Manager, Circuit button added with ability to define zones.
HotFix: Grading Manager, selecting a symbol for a new item will not generate error.
HotFix: Lighting IES file processing, target lux set based on maximum value regardless of position; compatible with lamp data spanning multiple lines; compatible with rows of all 0 lux.
Highlight Object, when highlighting wired light fixtures, command line displays total wattage, lowest voltage, and transformer tap.
Edit Wire dialog, when selecting segment of verified wire, dialog displays amperage and current gauge of selected segment.
RefNote Callout, allows calling out lighting fixtures, equipment, and wiring.
3D Connection, imports and exports lighting fixtures.
HotFix: New/Edit project, with cloud data, compatible with unicode characters for project name.
Lighting Manager, Verify button performs wiring validation and voltage drop calculations.
Lighting Manager, prevents user from adding more than six types of wire.
HotFix: Irrigation Schedule, pipe drawn as an arc, that has been exploded, will not generate error.
HotFix: Lighting Manager, adding a fixture to project with photometric data, symbol placement will not generate error.
HotFix: Editing a lighting auxiliary or power symbol, changing block will correctly update in drawing.
HotFix: Lighting Schedule, output to table, displaying wiring will not generate error.
Lighting Manager, additional categories of equipment added; ability to draw Wiring; Fixture options have ability to add custom values.
HotFix: Editing an Hunter MP815 Rotator, changing design pressure, GPM will update correctly.
HotFix: General Preferences, with cloud data, requerying layer list will not generate error.
Startup, RegApp warning message, ported to OpenDCL.
HotFix: Drawing open, reading of Irrigation Preferences, with cloud data, internet outage will not generate error.
HotFix: Labeling plants within viewport, when moving labels to Paperspace, compatible with having more than one viewport on sheet.
HotFix: Editing a Plant, deleting existing cost, with cloud data, will not generate error.
Plant Manager, Concept Plant Manager, Stipple pattern removed from hatch options for Shrub Areas.
Common Block Selection dialog, spacing calcuations for sub-folders improved; minimum width set for any folder name.
HotFix: Editing Dripline, Replacing with a different model, placed dripline is correctly updated.
HotFix: Plant Shadows, processing Concept Plants placed without embedded data (pre 13.60), with local data, will not generate error.
HotFix: RefNote Preferences, New Division, orphaned sub-division will not prevent division from being created.
HotFix: Associate Detail Callout, copying the detail number text entity and using it as unrelated text, will not generate error.
PlantFile integration, plants are added with selected Cultivar name.
SheetSet integration, ignores empty sheet number "----".
Valve Schedule, valve type reported as Dripline if connected as such; Heads column for Dripline lists total length.
Size Lateral Pipes, single length Dripline calculates precip rate for a fixed area 12" wide.
Lighting, fixtures with IES files are placed with lighting throw footprint.
Startup, menu path validation, compatible with AutoCAD App Store installation.
HotFix: Irrigation Schedule, with Dripline Perimeter option selected in Preferences, and Drip Quantity unchecked, will not generate error.
HotFix: Railing to Poly, Spline to Poly, Region to Poly, SuperJoin, compatible with PEDITACCEPT set to 1.
Edit Plant, Change Plant button, with cloud data, plant list is sorted by botanical name.
HotFix: Edit placed spray head, changing nozzle from Full to partial, will not generate error.
Common function to create MLeader styles, block attachment style changed to Center Extents.
Save Dimstyle, deleting of existing dimstyle, optimized to a single data call.
HotFix: Save Dimstyle, unchecking saved dimstyle, correctly deletes substyles.
HotFix: Draw Pipe, additional error handling to avoid error during Undo.
HotFix: Common function to sort irrigation valve sizes, additional error handling for missing values.
HotFix: Plant Schedule, re-generating multiple schedules in Modelspace, with units either millimeters or centimeters, schedule is scaled correctly.
HotFix: Edit Irrigation Equipment, when restoring missing equipment to project, accounts for non-standard drip hatch names, and mismatch between model ID and symbol code.
HotFix: RefNotes, placing a generic amenity, if block is missing on local install, defaults to scaling in Inch units.
HotFix: Editing MP Rotator 800SR, changing design pressure calculates GPM correctly.
HotFix: Replace irrigation equipment, updates embedded model ID.
HotFix: Manage Preferences, when set to By User, New and Delete user buttons are not mistakenly disabled for an Admin.
HotFix: Edit RefNote, Cost displays correctly.
Plant Size Preferences, with cloud data, checking of existing field values is case sensitive.
Draw Pipe, highlight circle sized to match symbol size.
Irrigation Schedule, Valve Schedule, Dripline length total includes perimeter if preference is selected.
Site Color palette, Detail Manager palette, Verify Laterals, Verify Mainline, HiDPI version of image buttons added.
Detail Bubble Callout, updated to latest programming standards, drag/drop reordering compatible with HiDPI displays.
RefNote Preferences, User Field drag/drop reordering, compatible with HiDPI displays.
Plant Preferences, Plant Groups, drag/drop reordering, compatible with HiDPI displays.
Lighting Manager, drag/drop reordering, compatible with HiDPI displays.
Concept Plant Manager, design group drag/drop reordering, compatible with HiDPI displays.
HotFix: Rotor symbols with two attributes will correctly populate second attribute with degree of arc.
HotFix: RefNote Schedule, when including Site Amenity blocks, if block is in drawing but has not been downloaded to current installation, block is scaled correctly.
HotFix: Highlight Station, highlighting a Cap with all non-plot linework will not generate error.
Irrigation Preferences, additional setting to include dripline perimeter.
Dripline flow calculations, rounds to the nearest whole emitter.
K-Rain strip sprays added to database.
HotFix: Editing a generic light fixture, selecting the lamp dropdown will not generate error.
HotFix: Importing items from another project, with cloud data, Unicode characters will not get backslash prepended.
HotFix: Placing Impact heads, keyboard commands to change model will not generate error.
HotFix: Verify Plant Labels, highlighting a Multileader will not generate error.
Color Render, after turning color on, fires HatchToBack and TextToFront commands.
Detail Preferences, Sheet Ordering button allows setting sheet prefix sorting.
Common function to highlight irrigation equipment, highlight circle sized at block width.
HotFix: Highlighting drip emitters, highlight circle sized correctly around symbol.
HotFix: ImportCSV, missing block folder in plant data will not generate error; importing N/E points, when also setting a note, with local data, will not generate error.
Detail Manager, Search and List Click events, do not query SheetSet information, for better performance for multiple subsequent calls.
HotFix: Lighting Manager, adding fixtures with local data, will not generate error.
Plant Schedule, title position calculations changed to match RefNote Schedule.
Drawing Dripline, is able to insert pipe fittings in an existing segment.
Edit Light Fixture, Replace fixture button added.
HotFix: Lighting Manager, RefNote Manager set to Grid view will not generate error.
HotFix: Plant Manager, importing a plant with a group that is not listed in current preference set, group list is requeried.
HotFix: Detail Callout, when including detail title, missing metadata file will not generate error.
HotFix: Editing a Schematic Irrigation Area, missing cost data will not generate error.
HotFix: License Validation, missing ODBC registry data will not generate error.
HotFix: XLayer, missing entity data will not generate error.
Lighting Manager, fixtures pull from improved database with additional fields and photometrics.
Concept Plant Schedule, Size column includes all user fields.
HotFix: Copy Head Along Line, with symbols that rotate, does not mistakenly include xhair angle rotation.
HotFix: Edit RefNote, errant data without cost field will not generate error.
HotFix: Edit generic block, converting to Site Amenity, will not generate error.
HotFix: KeyNote callout, will not generate error.
HotFix: Detail Manager, Search box, rapid subsequent keyboard presses will not generate error.
Plant Manager, adding plants to project, partial name search also queries common name.
Edit RefNote, updated to latest programming standards.
Plan Graphics, Elevation Graphics, Discipline Graphics, Detail Blocks, require blocks to be stored in a sub-folder.
Save Block, simplified validation of block name length.
Save Block, enforces saving into a sub-folder of one of the block libraries.
HotFix: Labeling Concept plants, with Field1 option, labeling trees/shrubs will not generate error.
HotFix: Lighting Manager, drag and drop fixture, with local data, will not generate error.
HotFix: Editing a generic plant, converting to a schedule plant, with color render turned on, will not generate error.
HotFix: Placing dimscale blocks into metric plan drawn in centimeters, blocks are scaled correctly.
HotFix: Arc Leader, with local data, does not generate error.
Planting Preferences, allows setting Concept Label preference for labeling concept plants.
Update, does not notify users of CAD version 2019 and below regarding menus out of date.
HotFix: Irrigation Manager, fixed-arc rotors display only once per nozzle.
HotFix: Irrigation Schedule, fixed-arc rotors assigned to single-attribute symbols display correctly.
HotFix: Preferences, changing preference set and then clicking Ok before preferences have requeried will not generate error.
HotFix: Plant Manager, Importing plants from another project, with local data, plant group is correctly assigned.
HotFix: Placing Shrub Area onto existing area that is labeled, label pointer is updated to new hatch.
Plant Manager, Import, retains assigned plant group of plants from other projects.
Plant Outlines, Plant Shadows, Plant Colorization, dialog boxes updated with common On/Off/Cancel buttons.
HotFix: Project List, Restore project from LFX file, with SQLite data source, message regarding increasing column sizes only appears once per column.
HotFix: Insert Detail Template, D keyboard command allows toggling up to 5 modules wide.
Project Manager, updated to latest programming standards.
HotFix: Project load, querying of plant groups will not generate warning with MySQL Server versions 5.7.5 and greater.
HotFix: Menu out of date message, does not appear for CAD versions 2015 and 2016.
Lighting Manager, allows drag/drop reordering of fixtures.
HotFix: Editing a Groundcover assigned Stipple hatch, will not generate error.
Plant Schedule, requeries data for shrub areas and groundcover spacing, rather than relying on embedded data.
Irrigation Schedule, supports custom schedule blocks for rotors.
Hatching in Metric drawings, supports MEASUREMENT setting of 1 for acadiso.pat file.
Project List, when called from a tool requiring a project, Restore button is no longer disabled.
Project List, when called from an Import button in a manager, Templates are listed before Projects.
Plant Label Group, allows reassigning plant selection when calling out concept plants.
HotFix: Edit Dripline, Pipe Data button is correctly disabled.
HotFix: Drawing Dripline or Lateral pipe, able to connect to each others fittings.
HotFix: Prototype license notification message for F/X CAD, discontinued pending integration with actual license data.
Edit irrigation equipment, if equipment is not in current project, attempts to add it back.
Plant Preferences, Plant Groups allow drag and drop re-ordering.
Update, OpenDCL is reloaded before backing up all projects.
Locate Valve, also highlights the selected valve.
Common function to create MLeader Style, sets DIMBREAK size at 0.125 for Imperial, 3.175 for Metric.
Edit Plant dialog, flat count value of 15 added.
Draw Pipe, improved logic for piping to fittings, to be compatible with layer name changes.
Pipe Fittings, support Work Area Layer Suffix setting.
Draw Pipe, when inserting a fitting into existing pipe, supports Work Area Layer Suffix setting.
Pipe Label, supports Work Area Layer Suffix setting.
Zoning Schedule, defaults to one blank line between items with no description.
HotFix: Editing a Concept Line/Node/Area, selecting an Indexed color will not generate error.
HotFix: Verify Plant Labels, repairing of label that has been copied, MLeader style callout will not generate error.
HotFix: Editing a plant, changing to/from Shrubs/Trees, existing symbols will not generate missing block error.
Irrigation Preferences, Pipe Callout Layer by Class option added, to separate pipe callouts by layer per pipe class.
Irrigation Preferences, Pipe Callout Mask option discontinued, masks added by default to all pipe callouts.
Circuit, Valve Schedule Colorize Zones, New Flow Zone, use revised list of truecolor values.
New Work Area, uses revised list of truecolor values.
Concept Graphics Schedule, total cost appears beneath notes.
HotFix: Plant Info dialog, multiple changes to prevent error from Block Selection taking focus during rapid clicking.
HotFix: Valve Callout, placing callout without first registering any mouse movement will not generate error.
HotFix: fxREF, when xref is unable to be attached, does not generate error.
HotFix: Plot Scale, Rescale objects, rescaling Mleaders, missing style property will not generate error.
HotFix: Startup, with AutoCAD and local licensing, opening a file with RefNotes or Details, license validation correctly opens database connection.
HotFix: Concept Plant Manager, changing percentage fill or spacing with no design group selected will not generate error.
HotFix: Plant Schedule, output to Spreadsheet, processing of plant group name will not generate error.
Lighting Manager, converted to dockable palette.
Detail Layer States, downloads available cloud content.
Adding Rotors to project, if rotating arc or symbol, additional blocks are downloaded immediately.
HotFix: Adding a Drip Emitter or Bubbler to project, Symbol rotate setting is correctly saved.
HotFix: Editing a RefNote, assigning a Photo from a network drive, accounts for OpenDCL bug prior to 9.0.2.1.
HotFix: Plant Info dialog, does not mistakenly convert plant code to uppercase on dialog initialization.
HotFix: Placing Spot Elevations, placing every set distance, if target specified is shorter than increment distance, does not generate error.
HotFix: Pipe Callout, labeling Sleeves, with legacy style pipe labels in drawing, will not generate error.
HotFix: Valve Callout, changing an existing value to duplicate another, correctly updates callout.
HotFix: Valve Callout, when calling out VIH Rotors, Increment option will not generate error.
Rotor symbol library expanded, with rotating arc indicators and symbols.
Pipe Sleeve callouts, created uniquely from Mainline callouts, with a text frame.
HotFix: Editing a plant, Change Plant button, Add New, with local data, apostrophe characters in plant name are correctly translated.
HotFix: Plant Manager, clicking Import or selecting a plant group, after receiving an error running an update, will not generate error.
HotFix: Size Lateral Pipes, with legacy pipe callouts, errant pipe data with minimum size of 30" will not generate error.
RefNote User Field values, secondary row, data stored in memo field.
Place Valve, placing onto arced mainline, arc bulge and offset calculations improved.
Move Piped Equipment, correctly handles arced pipe segments.
HotFix: Place Plant, Q/E keys will not generate error.
HotFix: Plant Schedule, Alphanumeric blocks correctly display.
HotFix: Copy Along Line, selecting an object other than a block or hatch will not generate error.
Draw Pipe, arced pipe offset is calculated more accurately.
Placing Valves directly onto curved segment of mainline, pipe curvature is retained.
Pipe Distance calculation, correctly accounts for curved pipe.
HotFix: Editing a plant, setting a detail will not generate error.
HotFix: Verify Laterals, highlighting apparent intersections will not generate error.
HotFix: Plant Schedule, when including symbol, block folder processing will not generate error.
Startup, License Validation, Reactivate, changes to support Autodesk App Store installation.
Edit Plant, 2D symbol stored without folder prefix; Place Plant, Plant Schedule, Color Render, 3D Connection, use common lookup function to determine symbol folder.
Edit Plant, upgraded to latest programming standards, with local variables replaced with data constructs, and several improvements to requery/save logic and program flow.
Edit Plant, allows selecting a generic block to convert.
System variable USERS3, controlling spray head type, no longer set to default on load.
Copy Along Line/Arc/Polyline, do not require a project active to copy generic block.
Triangular Array, Rectangular Array, do not require a project active to array generic block.
Mirror, allows selecting generic blocks.
Highlight Plant, works on generic plants.
Nuke, if an error is encountered when saving file, brings up a knowledge base article.
Common block selection dialog, variable names standardized and made unique to avoid namespace collision.
Layer tools fx_LAYISOLATE and fx_LAYFREEZE created as alternatives to AutoCAD versions, with improved behavior with blocks and xrefs.
HotFix: 3D Connection, Import, correctly respects unchecking Trees or Shrubs.
HotFix: Match Plant, when selecting a generic shrub, block is correctly scaled.
General Preferences, display of latest version switched to cached lookup.
Planting MLeader callouts style 3, 4, 6, and 7, converted from block-style to MText multileaders.
Plant Preferences, allows selecting PlantFile as database provider, for adding plants to project, and viewing plant data.
Superjoin, processes 2D polylines.
Plant Schedule, name column header made consistent whether stacking or combining names.
Size Lateral Pipes, when Friction Loss exceeds Pressure Variation at Minimum Velocity, message box indicates what has happened and how to resolve it.
Size Lateral Pipes, when sizing all valves and Friction Loss exceeds Pressure Variation, system zooms to valve in question.
HotFix: Size Lateral Pipes, custom attributes in valve callout are not blanked out.
HotFix: Common valve number sorting function, correctly accounts for numeric start and alphabetic suffix.
HotFix: Common function to assemble plant sizes, with cloud data, groundcover sizes ending with @ sign will not generate error.
HotFix: Plant Size Preferences, changing column count will not generate error.
HotFix: Highlight Station, selecting a valve placed within a drip area that is not piped to any laterals, will highlight drip area.
Plant Label, with MultiLeader style, only fires a single license validation.
HotFix: Valve Callout, when renumbering existing callouts, missing valve will not generate error.
HotFix: Size Lateral Pipes, Dripline that is no longer in current project will not generate error.
HotFix: Match Properties, custom drip emitter block with non-standard spray radius block will not generate error.
HotFix: Dragging plants from Plant Manager to Concept Manager, with code preference set to GS, if subject plant has a code longer than two characters, it is added to concept group correctly.
HotFix: Size Lateral Pipe, in a Metric drawing, if pressure variation requires a velocity reduction, will not errantly turn pressure variation off.
HotFix: Common function to update valve callout, if swapping of callout block fails, will not generate error.
HotFix: Detail Manager, New detail, variable renamed to avoid namespace collision.
Pipe Callouts, text created on Layer 0.
Placing Sprays, legacy toolbar, radius button no longer dynamically updated.
HotFix: Valve Callout, renumbering valves, checking for combined attribute tags will not generate error.
Valve Callout, supports multiple tags in a single attribute.
HotFix: Legacy toolbar to place heads, radius selection will not generate error.
XLAYER tool created to quickly change layer colors and/or linetypes.
Planting Multileaders, support multiline text and underlining top line.
Common MultiLeader placement function, text background masks default to 1.1 offset factor.
fx_MaskSize command line tool created to set all MLeader background mask offset factors.
Valve Callout, supports attribute tag of HEADS for number of heads.
Concept Graphics, graphics default to no gradient.
Edit RefNote, leader arrows populated from PNG files rather than slide library.
3D Connection, dialog box ported to OpenDCL; checkboxes added to control which object types are affected.
HotFix: Concept Graphics, output to Spreadsheet, processing description will not generate error.
HotFix: Edit Plant, Code textbox does not require a second dialog initialization to respect preferences setting of capitalization.
HotFix: RefNote Preferences, creating a sub-division with local data, will not generate error.
HotFix: Irrigation Schedule, output to Paperspace in a plan with centimeter units, schedule is scaled correctly.
HotFix: Plant Schedule, when including Concept Shrub Area by Group, and no shrub areas plants are in project, group is included correctly.
HotFix: Plant Schedule, with Quantity before name, and no symbol or code, will not generate error.
HotFix: Plant Schedule, output to Spreadsheet, more than one size used size field will not cause blank header row.
HotFix: Plant Schedule, when re-generating a schedule in Paperspace, schedules on other layouts will not get confused with current tab.
HotFix: Plant Schedule, when including concept plants By Plant, with All work areas, will not generate error.
HotFix: Irrigation Schedule, with output to JSON, does not include emitter notes for drip emitter areas.
HotFix: JSON output, inch marks in string fields are escaped.
Irrigation Rotors, symbol family added with spray direction indicators.
XCOPY and XCORO commands created, as wrappers for MOCORO.
XLAYER tool created, at beta test phase.
Plant Schedule, Alphanumeric symbols in an xref are bound into the current drawing.
Highlight Plant, Highlight Object, function renamed to match latest standards.
Highlight Plant, echoes plant name to command line.
Save Dimstyle, Edit button added to bring up Dimstyle Manager.
Schedule Integration, URL field lengthened.
HotFix: Schedule Integration, processing of post destination will not generate error.
HotFix: Schedule Integration, post header sets content type as JSON.
HotFix: Update, will not attempt to toggle DIMZIN system variable.
Schedule Integration, common helper function created for schedule output with multiple levels of error reporting.
Update, downloading VLX adds URL token to avoid cached version.
Plant Labels, with MLeader callout, font in block matches setting in Preferences.
General Preferences, new option of Schedule Integrations allows configuring connections to schedule processors.
Irrigation Schedule, new option to send schedule to a Schedule Integration resource.
License Validation, with SQLITE database, attempts to write registration info to empty database.
FX_LAYERCOLOR, lists name of layer selected at the command line.
License Management screen, updated appearance and functionality, local license calls moved to AWS.
Update, additional notifications for menu loaded from incorrect location, too old, or not installed.
HotFix: Update, force reloads OpenDCL on success.
HotFix: Color Render, RefNote Areas and Volumes are correctly ordered beneath all plants.
Concept Graphics, changing color for Nodes and Lines updates in drawing.
Concept Graphics, area types allow setting a depth.
Dimension tools, when prompting to use defaults, indicate type and units.
Random number generator upgraded for better results when called successively.
Detail Callouts, sheet references sorted by common sheet sorting logic.
Irrigation Schedule, includes an option for dripline quantity as area or length.
HotFix: Plant Size Preferences, after deleting a size value, clicking past the range of remaining values will not generate error.
HotFix: RefNote Preferences, updating a division description with local data will not generate error.
Plant Labels, when MLeader block consists of only a single attribute definition, MLeader is created with MText.
3D Connection, post operating numeric conversions done with real-to-string wrapper function.
Sheet Index, drag/drop functionality discontinued in favor of revised sheet ordering logic.
HotFix: RefNote Preferences, deleting a Subdivision, with local data, does not generate error.
HotFix: Plant Size Preferences, editing column titles will not mistakenly rename all titles as default.
HotFix: Preferences, changing preference set and then making changes or canceling will not mistakenly affect original preferences.
HotFix: Plant Schedule, when running on a single work area, title of schedule includes work area name.
Plant Label, with MLeader style callout, and fixed length landing distance, MLeader style dogleg length does not include half of callout width.
HotFix: Irrigation Preferences, pipe class dropdown does not mistakenly show the next class.
HotFix: Copy Along Line/Polyline, random rotation setting will not generate error.
HotFix: Common function to convert real numbers to strings, accounts for variations in DIMZIN setting.
Planting Preferences, when callout arrow option None is selected, applicable plant type checkboxes are disabled.
Plant Schedule, title and header assembly code updated for commonality with RefNote schedule and dual-language capability.
RefNote Manager, when placing Amenity objects, Q/E keys allow cycling through items.
HotFix: Helper function that queries plant size columns, error handling adding for missing column title.
HotFix: RefNote Preferences, drag and drop user field reordering, SQL query compatible with MySQL.
Preferences, migrated to OpenDCL, incorporating several wishlist requests.
Preferences, Save Dimstyle, saves Suffix (DIMPOST) setting; Save operation batched for better performance; revised dialog allows deleting saved dimstyle, browsing saved variables, and previewing dimstyle.
Preferences, General tab includes button for Acad Support Paths; Numeric Display dialog ported to OpenDCL for better display.
Preferences, RefNotes tab, Divisions and Sub-divisions combined into treeview; splitter control allows maximizing display area for divisions or user fields.
Preferences, Planting tab, Code capitalization option split for Trees/Shrubs, logic revised for code capitalization and editing of plant to mixed case variant of same code; MLeader style callouts added.
Preferences, Details tab, changing detail library location no longer moves the physical files.
Plant Labeling, support for MLeader callouts added throughout.
LANDFXCLASSIC and LANDFXRIBBON now only link to relevant documentation.
Plant Info dialog, Code textbox automatically capitalizes typed characters according to setting in Preferences; save logic allows changing Code or Size to a mixed case variant of existing.
Nuke, removes associated proxies from point objects.
Concept Schedule Text Style discontinued.
Irrigation Schedule, Drip Emitters with By Nozzle option, display indentifier next to model.
HotFix: RefNote Schedule, Keynote Schedule, secondary language logic for title will not generate error with numeric division headers.
HotFix: Schematic Irrigation, Delete functions correctly.
Backup All Projects, from Projects screen and Update, also backs up detail category files.
RefNote Schedule, when running for a single division, title includes division code only if code is numeric.
Edit Detail, if lock file is detected, and is less than 24 hours old, created by a different computer/user, system prompts to open read-only.
Preferences, when changing plant callout, prompts user regarding changing labels in current drawing.
HotFix: Hunter MP Side Strip, spray pattern dimensions corrected.
HotFix: Concept Nodes, with a width setting of exactly 0.4, 1.0, 2.0, 4.0, 5.0, or 6.0, are scaled correctly.
HotFix: Placing heads, switching to copying along line from fixed-arc, when half-arc spray pattern block is not defined in drawing, spray pattern is defined correctly.
Preferences, Edit Layer and Edit Block Colors, Color selection no longer includes ByBlock.
Import Project, with SQLite data source, only notifies user a single time regarding upgrading database definition.
Place Head, Piping, Highlight Station, Copy Head, Irrigation Schedule, logic accounting for strip sprays moved to common functions.
HotFix: Photo Callout, selecting a photo on a network path works.
HotFix: RefNote Schedule, User Field column widths, wider columns to the right will not be mistakenly copied on subsequent row processing.
HotFix: Detail Builder Blocks, blocks are placed on correct layer.
Error reporting function, includes includes database configuration.
Save Detail, additional logic for setting detail number when using CSI prefix and saving to folder with existing details.
Edit RefNote, querying of User field existing values in other projects, query optimized for better performance.
Edit RefNote, with secondary row/language user field row, existing values from other projects are padded into dropdown.
Placing valves and equipment, when placing on mainline, symbol rotation is applied before calculating pipe offsets.
Save Block, when saving a Plant Callout, confirms auto-generated filename.
HotFix: Irrigation Schedule, Schematic Areas in a metric plan, flow calculations simplified; cost correctly applied.
HotFix: Edit RefNote, User field, dropdown of available values does not mistakenly repeat values.
HotFix: Edit RefNote or Light fixture, with local data, empty user field data will not get mistakenly saved.
HotFix: Schedule helper functions, additional error handling to avoid missing string error when block paths are not complete.
HotFix: Move Piped Equipment, using A/D keys to adjust radius, fixed-arc nozzles retain their correct rotation.
HotFix: RefNote Schedule, User Field column widths are not mistakenly applied to the next column over.
HotFix: Irrigation Preferences, corrects errant symbol scaling data.
HotFix: Edit Lighting fixture, dual language support will not generate error.
HotFix: Site Color palette, additional error handling for click events when no document is open.
Size Mainline, with VIH Rotors connected via Lateral pipe to Shut-off valves, and using Spot Elevations, elevation change is not mistakenly counted twice.
RefNote Schedule, initial support for dual language display, and/or alternate language customization, with table output only.
HotFix: Lighting Schedule, dual language support will not generate error.