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.
Edit Object, supports Grading blocks, Concept Nodes, and Concept Lines.
RefNote Schedule, User Field options all including All, Used, or None.
HotFix: RefNote Schedule, Volume items respect setting of having both symbol and code.
HotFix: Grading Schedule, blocks and callouts appear correctly.
HotFix: Size Lateral Pipe, custom Dripline will not generate a missing pipe data error.
HotFix: Editing a valve, entering a valve elevation will not generate error.
HotFix: Project Manager, Permissions tab, setting project to Read/Write, project record is correctly updated.
HotFix: Editing a Shrub Area, changing the hatch pattern is correctly updated in drawing.
HotFix: Helper function to assemble pipe data, compatible with SQL Server data source.
HotFix: Zoning, Site Development schedules, assemble of schedule settings will not generate error.
RefNote Schedule, has option to include both Code and Symbol.
HotFix: Plant Manager, Highlight button, correctly highlights Shrub Areas associated with hatch objects.
HotFix: Convert Concept Plant, embedded data will not generate error.
HotFix: Placing valve onto mainline, valve is connected to mainline regardless of rotation setting.
HotFix: Pipe Data screen, Sleeve tab, Layer button action corrected.
Pipe sizing functions, toggle C factor as necessary when changing classes; C factor lookup moved from hard-coded list to cached data file.
Place Irrigation Equipment, supports symbol rotation setting; placing onto mainline will match rotation of mainline.
Size Lateral Pipe, patch code reformatted to release standards.
Common function for querying valve type, compatible with being placed inside of Schematic area.
Project Manager, Permissions tab, By User setting enabled for users with local data.
Preferences, Manage, By User setting enabled for users with local data.
Concept Plants, embed their data into the drawing.
Save Detail, respects read-only setting of project or preference set to prevent user from saving detail.
Detail Explorer, category and detail actions of editing and deleting respect appropriate project or preference set permissions.
Detail Explorer, drag and drop capability respects preference and project permissions.
Edit Irrigation Equipment, dialog box respects read-only setting of project.
Save Detail, canceling out of saving an existing detail to a new number will not generate error.
Reactivate, with cloud licensing, expired trial is reported as such.
Irrigation Manager, adding Drip Emitter to project, missing symbol data will not generate error.
Size Lateral Pipes, size all laterals, dialog box allows pressing Enter for OK.
Plant Colorization, turning off color, color RefNote Areas are correctly processed regardless of hatch library chosen.
RedefineBlock, compatible with Dynamic Blocks.
HotFix: Concept Graphics Schedule, symbol column correctly includes only symbol, and is appropriately scaled.
HotFix: Update, when checking for updates on startup, and support is expired, expiration notice will not freeze update dialog.
HotFix: Size Lateral Pipe, pressure variation factor requiring a reduction in velocity will not result in negative friction loss.
HotFix: Uniformity, layer suffix support removed to avoid generating error.
HotFix: Plant Color, Stipple patterns will not generate error.
HotFix: SketchUp Connection, unit conversion corrected for metric plans.
HotFix: RefNote Schedule, processing of xref entities for length items will not generate error.
HotFix: Save Detail, saving existing detail, opening of newly saved detail will not generate error.
HotFix: Error handling function, comparison of installed version to stated version, logic corrected.
HotFix: RefNote Schedule, including of Xrefs will not cause Length items in current drawing to be disregarded.
HotFix: Lighting Schedule, uses default column definitions regardless of current preference set.
HotFix: RefNote Schedule, xref processing will not generate error.
As per Autodesk KB of 2017-04-13, for better performance and AutoCAD 2018 compatibility, all calls to access AutoCAD application, document, and modelspace objects standardized to callable functions.
All functions that access xrefs, now utilize common helper function.
Error handler, additional logic to catch installations with version mismatch.
Insert Detail Template, Width Extension of 1.0 added, to facilitate creating details five modules wide.
Common block placement function, checking for existing folder, logic improved for new install on C drive with existing symbol assignments.
SuperJoin, fires OverKill before attempting to Join.
Size Lateral Pipes, additional logic to account for missing pipe at the last head, or pipe continuing beyond last head.
Common hatch selection dialog box, selection of patterns currently in use compatible with SQL Server.
HotFix: Update, with local data and cloud licensing, backing up all projects will not generate error.
Plant Outlines, save current outline status in the drawing.
Plant Schedule, symbols reflect current plant outline status.
Plant Shadows, does not also rotate symbols within existing schedules.
RefNote Schedule, when Colorization is turned on, color is applied to swatches in schedule.
RefNote Schedule, when running from paperspace for a work area, entities in the current layout are included.
Plant Schedule, logic for Vine symbol rotation improved.
Reading of install xml file, abort condition avoids writing empty xml.
HotFix: Size Mainline, missing class of pipe will not generate error.
RefNote Schedule, allows setting Callout display as a block or text.
RefNote Schedule, Extra Lines settings allows setting to 0 to remove lines between items.
Detail Explorer, creating/edtiing categories, will not allow a description consisting of just a space.
HotFix: Size Mainline, layer assignment for automatic toggling of classes will not generate error.
HotFix: Pipe Data, checking Non-potable before selecting a class will not generate error.
Highlight Plant, supports nested work areas.
RefNote Schedule, when selecting a work area, objects are validated by insertion point and majority of boundary points rather than crossing.
Size Mainline, supports nested flow zones.
Common place hatch function, placing a truecolor within a work area with layer suffix, correct pattern layer is created.
Detail Explorer, detail categories saved in two index files for easier editing/updates.
Edit Plant, downloads hatch patterns as necessary.
RefNote Schedule, with Stipple chosen for an Area hatch, Heavy Sand pattern is used.
RefNote Schedule, dialog box allows setting width of Quantity column.
RefNote Schedule, output to drawing, callout is scaled so that attribute text matches size of schedule text.
Save Detail, when overwriting an existing detail, cleanup operations are done before saving so that drawing is not set as being modified.
HotFix: Editing a shrub area with colorization turned on, will not generate error.
HotFix: RefNote Schedule, with table output to modelspace with user fields assigned widths, in a metric plan, table columns are calculated correctly.
Size Lateral Pipes, Pipe Data, Pressure Variation slider allows setting to 0 to disable automatic reduction of velocity.
RefNote Schedule, output to table with areas displayed as symbol, re-generating a schedule will not remove extra line of height per item.
Plant Schedule, when running on All work areas, supports nested work areas.
Lighting Manager, lighting data fields switched to hard-coded list.
HotFix: Concept Plant Manager, updating changed symbol in drawing, type-o in code corrected.
Planting, Shrub Areas associated with Hatch object instead of bounding polyline; changes effected to Plant Schedule, Highlight, Verify Labels, Concept Plants, Plant Colorization, Edit Plant, and Match Properties.
Convert Concept Plant, functionality migrated to common plant edit function.
Common function to update install.xml file, makes a backup of current copy first.
Preferences, Irrigation, Spray symbol families, slides populate individually for easier customization.
Layer States: Save Layer State, saves Frozen status; Load Layer State, restores Frozen status.
HotFix: Pipe Data, Sleeve class matching for secondary types account for empty default data, will not generate error.
HotFix: New Flow Zone, pipe class assembly will not generate error message.
Pipe Data, Sleeve class auto-sets to updated classification from legacy setting.
Pipe Data, when configuring multiple classes of pipe to use different size ranges of the same pipe, dialog display is correctly updated.
HotFix: Adding a valve to project, custom callout field is not mistakenly overwritten with default radius reduction.
HotFix: Pipe Data, legacy pipe class designation will be automatically updated to new code style, allowing saving of size range.
HotFix: Pipe Data, saving size range for legacy pipe code with local data, will not generate error.
HotFix: Projects, restoring a Preference Set, overwriting existing with local data will not generate error.
HotFix: Common pipe size filter selection, additional improvements for both local and cloud data, with legacy pipe class settings.
HotFix: Common function to assemble pipe inside diameters, local data query will not generate error.
Pipe Data, revised pipe classes, and Non-Potable checkbox added, combination classes removed; Size Lateral Pipes, Size Mainline Pipe, automatically change pipe class as necessary.
Water Source, additional error handling for missing internet connection and/or pipe data.
HotFix: Irrigation Manager, adding a new Custom bubbler or emitter to project, will not generate error.
Irrigation Manager, adding Custom bubbler or emitter to project, default coverage radius changed to 4 ft.
HotFix: Projects, New Project, basing a project on a template with local data and no irrigation equipment will not generate error.
HotFix: Editing an RefNote from the ribbon, then selecting a detail, will not generate error.
Irrigation Manager, adding heads to project, radius reduction amount is saved.
Projects, Save as Template, with local data, Template is automatically backed up as both a local and cloud copy.
Projects, New Project, basing a project on a template, ability to include irrigation equipment restored; irrigation items are automatically updated with latest performance data.
HotFix: Importing plants from another project, with alphanumeric symbols, duplicate symbol assignments are allowed.
HotFix: Block Data, selecting a RefNote with embedded data that is not in the current project, with local data, RefNote is correctly added to project.
Rain Bird PCS screens added as various Bubbler models.
Irrigation Manager, placing MP Rotary, does not prompt for nozzle selection.
HotFix: Startup, OpenDCL library loaded before license validation, in case license transfer dialog needs to be displayed.
HotFix: Projects, Restore, importing an LFX file, checking of target user permissions will not abort operation.
Save Detail, automatic conversion of text entity to attribute for Notes, looks for text consisting of "Detail-Notes".
Preferences, Layers, lineweight setting correctly saved for cloud data users.
Valve Info, Analysis, water velocity is not mistakenly displaying in meters/second for imperial plans.
Message alerts, use OpenDCL message box if possible.
Global preferences, will not attempt to write new install.xml file.
Common MLeader wrapper function, correctly translates first point if it falls within a work area with a UCS.
Startup, Update Details fires for all layout tabs in drawing, and reports to command line the number of details that were updated.
HotFix: Pipe Sleeve, drawing a sleeve without selecting a pipe, with Orthomode on, sleeve is oriented correctly.
HotFix: Pipe Sleeve, drawing a single line sleeve does not require a third click to place.
Detail Manager, adding details to project, Search box appears correctly, and search is not initially limited to first highlighted category.
Projects, Restore, Import a local LFX project file, does not allow overwriting a project/preferences that is set to Read-Only or By User and user has read-only permissions.
Update, ability to download recovery packages discontinued.
Plant Manager, importing plants from another project, duplicate symbol assignments are allowed for alphanumeric blocks.
HotFix: Installs with Local data and Cloud licensing will not receive license mismatch warning.
HotFix: Detail Bubble Callout, drag and drop action to renumber notes will correctly update embedded data in schedule text.
Detail Explorer, Search box added to search categories; detail information displayed in scrollable text box.
Place Head, A/D keyboard commands to adjust radius, accounts for floating point irregularity.
Detail Manager, placed details on a layout that has been deleted are marked as unplaced.
Sheet Index, deleting a sheet immediately marks any details placed on it as unplaced.
Plant Schedule, using name option of Botanical over Common, and selecting Plant Data fields, will not generate error.
Project Manager, Sheet Index, allows drag and drop reordering of sheets to other than alphabetical.
Detail Report, allows including detail data of Saved, Drawn By, Checked By, and Notes.
New/Edit Sheet, Rename layout option allows synchronizing layout tab name with sheet number.
Edit Detail, upon an error when attempting to open detail, allows user to try again.
HotFix: Irrigation Preferences, Schedule Defaults, Valve/Equipment options are correctly saved when using cloud data.
HotFix: Irrigation Preferences, Schematic Irrigation, double-clicking listbox will not fire a place event.
HotFix: Preferences, Manage, deleting a preference set will not generate error.
Common plant/irrigation entity selection function, will not include items which have been copied to Paperspace.
Block Data, when selecting a Detail Callout, displays Preview Dialog box.
Size Mainline, when encountering a pipe class that is not defined in the current project, will not generate error.
Save Detail, when saving an existing detail as a new number, current detail is closed and new one is opened.
Adding detail to a project, Search box searches all categories and descriptions.
HotFix: Detail Bubble Callout, Schedule button will not mistakenly increment key value in placed callouts.
Project Manager, Remove button allows resetting Detail Folder.
HotFix, Project Manager, will delete extraneous Settings records if necessary.
Plant Photo Callout, search engine changed to Yahoo.
Projects, Delete, allows deleting empty projects.
Detail Manager, placing details, next suggested detail number supports alphabetic detail numbers A, B, C, etc.
Detail Bubble Callout, callout changed to an MLeader.
Detail Bubble Callout, generating a new schedule will update embedded text within callouts.
Detail Template, supports a text object of NOTES to be automatically filled out.
HotFix: Projects, Backup, archive project to landfx.com, revised numeric conversion will not generate error.
Preferences, Manage button consolidates tasks, and allows setting a Preference Set to Read-Only.
Irrigation Manager, when editing items from docked palette, changes are immediately requeried; removing the entire description for an item with cloud data will not generate error.
Edit Irrigation Equipment, when editing from toolbar/ribbon, with docked palette, changes are immediately requeried.
HotFix: Editing irrigation equipment from undocked manager, changing symbol to one not defined in drawing will not general exception error.
Plant Info dialog, when converting a Concept plant, Apply to All checkbox is disabled.
HotFix: Concept Shrub Areas are associated with the bounding polyline for best compatibility; initial conversion to hatch association reverted pending further integration.
HotFix: RefNote Schedule, with table output, area hatches, and not including a title, hatches are not mistakenly shifted one row.
HotFix: Size Mainline, unscoped local variable will not cause flow zones to be disregarded.
HotFix: Editing a RefNote Area, will not mistakenly remove truecolor assignment.
Projects, when a project is Activated, it is backed up automatically.
Projects, Project Manager, calls to automatically backup a project will generate unique filename to not overwrite previous backup file generated the same day.
Dialog box language files moved into VLX file for non-English installs.
Area Callout, Schematic Irrigation flow placement, Geometric Center placement extended to AutoCAD 2016 and greater.
HotFix: Pipe Data, removes errant pipe data responsible for multiple classes of pipe appearing only once in schedule.
Project Manager, has a Permissions tab allowing setting a project to Read-Only, or By User (Cloud data users only).
HotFix: Concept Plant Manager will not be mistakenly set to read-only for all projects.
Size Mainline, when using only a Monitor, will not warn about zero flow.
Size Mainline, when using Monitors, subsequent sizing with less available flow will not generate warning regarding lack of pressure.
Size Mainline, lookup lists created for pipe sizing data, for faster performance.
Estimator (Site Development) Schedule, does not include Cost if none are specified.
Slope callout, when selecting two spot elevations for a ratio slope, additional logic dictates rounding of value.
Deactivate/Reactivate project, data lock is set correctly when dealing with current project.
Deactivated projects behave differently -- dialog box controls are deactivated, preventing any changes.
HotFix: Plant Schedule, with names stacked, and Upper Case option selected, bottom name is correctly cased.
HotFix: Irrigation Schedule, rotors with nozzle number outside of symbol, nozzle number appears correctly for multi-line attributes.
Place Detail, Update Details, Save Detail, support attributes of DRAWNBY and CHECKEDBY.
Working with RefNote Length items, when selecting an object in an Xref, extraneous prompts removed.
New Flow Zone, returns to previous layer upon completion.
New Flow Zone, Place Schematic Area, with AutoCAD 2017, flow text is placed at geometric center if possible.
Block Selection dialog, FX-dialog text style used for button position is not deleted after use.
Insert Detail Template, Metric scales of 1:200 and 1:250 added to list.
Project Manager, Sheet Index, SheetSet integration, additional values added to tag list.
HotFix: Irrigation Schedule, single length dripline will not cause missing block warning.
HotFix: Verify Mainline, pipe sleeves that are labeled on their secondary linework will not be mistakenly highlighted as not called out.
Size Mainline, metric plans with a water meter will not fire repeated database lookups for pressure loss.
Dimensioning buttons, correctly apply DIMDSEP setting from saved dimstyle.
HotFix: Pipe Data, after deleting a non-primary class of pipe, navigating away and back, does not generate error.
Pipe Data, on dialog startup, deletes errant local data records.
Support for AutoCAD 2012 and below discontinued.
Verify Mainline, correctly highlights pipe sleeves with solid fill as not called out.
Size Mainline, revised dialog box.
OpenDCL library set to load on startup.
Verify RefNote Callouts, if RefNote has been removed from project, callout attribute is blanked out.
HotFix: Pipe Data, switching from Lateral tab to Mainline, alternate class of pipe is correctly refreshed.
HotFix: Pipe Data, Layer button correctly updates layer in Preferences.
HotFix: Pipe Data, extraneous Pipe Sleeve records are deleted if necessary when editing defaults.
Pipe Sleeve, respects Orthomode.
Plant Shadows, will not rotate color vine blocks.
Size Lateral Pipe, sizing laterals for all valves, new dialog box allows setting parameters.
Pipe Data, new projects pull all defined classes from preference defaults, rather than just the primary.
HotFix: Size Mainline, having VIH Rotors in project will not generate error.
HotFix: Irrigation Manager, when docked as a palette, adding equipment which requires selecting a symbol will not generate error.
HotFix: Irrigation Manager, adding a Booster Pump or Other equipment will not generate error.
New Flow Zone, dialog box displays calculated pipe size for entered flow.
HotFix: Placing POC from Source Data dialog, modal dialog behavior corrected for both manager and palette.
Detail Manager, Import, selecting a detail that is already in the current project will not add it a second time.
Irrigation Manager, dialog box converted to OpenDCL, with dockable palette.
Concept Graphics, legacy layer names hard-coded for compatibility when applying truecolor.
Irrigation helper functions, coverage layers hard-coded for compatibility with mismatched preference sets.
HotFix: Clicking View Data, then selecting Mainline, then clicking Pipe Data, will not generate error.
New Project, basing project on template, RefNote User Field values are correctly copied.
HotFix: Irrigation Schedule, single length Dripline will not be mistakenly duplicated.
HotFix: Size Lateral Pipe, selecting Valve Callout to size a valve will not generate error.
HotFix: Size Lateral Pipe, sizing all valves, valves previously independently sized with spot elevation values will not generate error.
Irrigation Manager, pre-loads OpenDCL library for better compatibility with AutoCAD versions 2014 and 2013.
HotFix: Drawing single-length Dripline, C keyboard option will not generate error.
HotFix: Size Lateral Pipe, will not mistakenly overwrite Valve to POC elevation.
HotFix: Valve Schedule, re-geneating existing schedule with Elevations, columns render correctly.
HotFix: Size Lateral Pipe, manually entered head elevation is correctly registered.
HotFix: Irrigation Schedule, selecting a Work Area will not cause subsequent irrigation functions to limited to same work area.
Irrigation Schedule, will not include Non-plot Caps.
Place Quick Coupler valve, toggles OSnap off during placement.
Plant Schedule, Groundcovers set to a flat count but lacking a spacing are displayed as an area quantity.
Placing non-plot system monitor cap, does not prompt for flow and pressure.
HotFix: Pipe Data, additional logic to account for mismatched pipe data records.
Last update available for AutoCAD versions 2012 and below.
BatchMan, Change Layer Names and Colors, additional error handling for layer name matching.
HotFix: Size Lateral Pipe, Spot Elevation checkbox, compatible with Dripline areas.
HotFix: Size Mainline, additional error handling in revised PSI loss lookup function, to avoid error when equipment missing from project.
Update, OpenDCL library reloading switched to project unloading.
Valve Schedule, Pressure Required at POC, with a looped mainline, value matches Critical Analysis with highest pressure demands.
Verify Laterals, dialog box allows highlighting each type of validation.
Pipe Data, Sleeves allow up to four different classes, and have five different visual styles.
Edit Plant, editing a Shrub Area, additional error handling for missing polyline layer assignment.
HotFix: Labeling a Pipe Sleeve will not generate error.
HotFix: Size Lateral Pipes, Spot Elevations checkbox will not generate error due to missing pipe handles.
HotFix: Size Mainline Pipes, PSI loss is correctly calculated for Backflow Devices without embedded data.
HotFix: Pipe Sleeve, sleeve types 2-4 are correctly marked as such.
HotFix: Pipe Data, changing class of pipe sleeve with local data will not result in an error on save.
HotFix: Size Lateral Pipes, call to common pipe helper function compatible with local data.
Pipe Data screen, allows up to 9 types of Lateral and 6 types of Mainline; Pipe Size dialog re-engineered, legacy pipe size function archived as PIPESIZEOLD; all helper functions relating to Pipe updated and optimized.
HotFix: Draw Spline command, will not generate error.
HotFix: Grading Manager, with legacy style spot elevations in drawing, will not generate error.
Irrigation Schedule, Drip Emitter areas will not display emitter quantities if Quantity option is unchecked.
Preferences, Edit Layer, color 0 displays as ByLayer, color 7 correctly saves with local data.
HotFix: Verify Lateral Pipes, will not mistakenly highlight all valves with a circular pipe error.
Spot Elevation, automatically placed callouts into Inch and Millimeter plans do not derive their numerical precision from the units setting.
Viewport Scale, Rescale Objects option, resets pipe offset from irrigation equipment.
HotFix: Valve Schedule, PSI @ POC column will not generate error in a metric plan.
Internal helper functions created to simplify logic of identifying irrigation pipe.
Leader with Text, right-click options added to pick arrow, frame, mask options; Detail leader with text defaults to no mask; mask option defaults to last used.
Highlight Station, when highlighting Mainline, pipe dead-ends with Drip areas will not mistakenly highlight drip area as connected.
Drip Emitter Area, flow calculations will not mistakenly count mainline dead-ends the same as laterals.
Draw Mainline Pipe, will not mistakenly connect to Lateral fittings.
Station Monitor added as optional type of Irrigation Cap.
Slope callout, upgraded to a smaller callout, supports slope ratios.
Grading Manager, Grading Legend, compatible with new slope callout and spot elevations.
HotFix: Lighting Manager, with Default preferences, lighting columns are correctly saved.
Place Tree/Shrub, keyboard option L added to Label recently placed plants.
HotFix: Grading Manager, correctly reads in Spot Elevation values from MLeaders; Place button places MLeader style spot elevation.
Spot Elevation and Slope dialogs, help documents linked.
Keyboard command created for legacy Spot Elevation callouts: fx_OldSpotElevation
Verify Plant Labels, additional error handling and exit alerts for locked layers.
Spot Elevation, switched to MLeader callout with improved dialog for specifying Slope.
Startup, exit condition added for Cloud Data encountering server-side error.
Plant Labeling, supports attribute tag of ^REMARKS^ for upper-case.
Support for F/X CAD 2017 added.
HotFix: Update, validation of menu location, incorrect function call corrected.
Startup, support path validation, improved logic for removing errant menu path and adding correct one.
HotFix: Grading Schedule, Slope callout is included.
Schematic Irrigation areas, in metric plans, precip rates over 3.0 are assumed to be set in millimeters.
HotFix: Edit RefNote, if preview picture is missing, will not generate error.
HotFix: Escape handler, corrected unscoped local variable shadow for system variable CMDECHO.
Plant Color Render, block Z scale set along with X and Y to retain uniform scaling.
Match Properties, for Irrigation equipment, when a destination object is first selected, subsequent window matches only that exact model and nozzle/size.
Match Properties, will not process destination blocks that have attributes.
Northing/Easting Schedule, values respect USERR3 setting for UCS.
Placing irrigation equipment/valves, compatible with masks defined via multiline attributes.
RefNote Manager, clicking Place for a Length item that is assigned a layer will create the layer if necessary, and fire PLINE command.
RefNotes, Length items, disregard Xref when assigning layer and calculating total; Schedule displays additional information when calculating for troubleshooting purposes.
Site Callouts, Area callout created.
HotFix: Bubblers assigned symbols from emitter family library are placed with correct embedded data.
HotFix: Drip Emitters assigned symbols from emitter family library are placed with correct embedded data.
Common MLeader wrapper function, toggles system variables ATTREQ and ATTDIA as necessary.
HotFix: Adding irrigation equipment to project, checking for symbols in use will not generate error.
Detail Enlargement, re-engineered to automate the process of copying, enlarging, and trimming the source linework.
Drip Emitters and Bubblers, symbols organized into selectable families.
Common MLeader wrapper function, restores SnapMode to last user preference.
HotFix: Generating a RefNote Schedule with the Renumber option, and the Palette docked, palette will be refreshed.
HotFix: Placing a RefNote with local data and MLeader style callouts, database connection will not be mistakenly closed.
General Preferences, editing Layers, description includes default layer name and color.
Project number validation, hash sign added to illegal character list.
Reference Notes (RefNotes) are now placed as Multileaders (MLeaders).
Irrigation Manager, adding equipment to project, simplified abort logic, especially regarding multiple models with different performance data.
Drawing shutdown reactor, license release simplified.
New Project, disallows illegal file characters in project number.
RefNote callouts, support work area layer suffix.
License validation, with local licensing, license mismatch check will always display regardless of license lock date.
All schedules, exporting to CSV file, support inch marks in text fields.
Irrigation heads placed on different layers depending on type of equipment.
Alphanumeric plant symbols, code placed on unique layer.
Plant Labels, Groundcover and Shrub Area labels are placed on unique layers.
Verify Plant Labels, only turns Lineweights on if there is something highlighted.
Startup, error handling for missing vlr functions.
Leaders with Text, switched to MLeaders.
Cloud Licensing, locks the lowest possible license; license automatically release at 24:00 Pacific Time; licenses automatically downgrade if possible.
HotFix: Save Detail Block, errant function name corrected.
Legacy common helper functions, renamed to avoid namespace collision.
Irrigation Preferences, Spray Family ordering uses hard-coded case statement rather than direct record order for sorting.
Plant Schedule, ignores current setting for work area layer suffix when placing hatches.
Concept Manager, Import concept design group, imported plants will retain their same Code from the source project regardless of Preference setting.
SnapTo command renamed to Xhair angle.
Placing plant blocks, if shadow colors are configured to be translated to different colors, layers are not mistakenly turned on during insertion.
Place irrigation equipment, attribute values have leading and trailing spaces trimmed.
HotFix: Internal pipe data lookup function, accounts for errant lookup code.
Document shutdown reactor, validates document count before closing session.
License validation, with local licensing, license expiration notice will not repeat after restarting session.
Place head, sprinkler symbol placed on layer 0 within combined block.
HotFix: Irrigation Manager, placing Area for Drip Emitters, system does not prompt to select an emitter.
HotFix: Photo Callout, selecting a Concept Viewpoint, viewpoint number is correctly displayed.
Copy Along Polyline, Vines are rotated align with polyline segment.
Plant Schedule, output to a table with centimeter units, hatches are scaled correctly.
HotFix: Reading of cached pressure loss data will not mistakenly use data for the previous size of same equipment.
HotFix: Plant Manager, with cloud data, editing a plant with multiple container sizes, inch marks in the size will not prevent plant from being recognized.
Size Mainline, View Data, pipe that has been manually moved to a different class layer is converted to that class.
HotFix: Placing equipment from Irrigation Manager, list of available size/nozzle options will not mistakenly skip the first entry.
Plant Palette, placing a plant that no longer exists in the local database, uses palette setting of plant group when reassociating.
Highlight Station, Colorize option, Schematic Areas are not colorized.
Editing a Groundcover, entering double quotes to indicate inches will not result in spacing being erased.
Irrigation Manager, adding 10 or more items of the same type of equipment will assign the correct block filename.
Irrigation Schedule, Area for Drip Emitters, emitter count is correctly adjusted for hatch areas.
Save Detail, number slider widens with dialog.
Mainline Break, breaking mainline class 2 or 3 will not mistakenly place on primary class layer.
Move Piped Equipment, if pipe segment is mainline that has been broken, segment is restored to a single segment.
General Preferences, when cloud data is unable to access landfx.com, exits without an error.
Startup, logic for checking for updated version simplified, using common file date comparison function.
Common function to look up pressure loss for equipment, revised logic to prefer cached session data and local data files for improved performance.
HotFix: Projects, Backup project with details, standard details saved with full hierarchy are correctly backed up.
HotFix: Command-line tool REDEFINEBLOCK, missing block message will not generate error.
HotFix: Viewport Scale, Rescale Objects option, applies to Lighting fixtures.
Block Data, selecting a label for a Concept plant, fires Convert Concept Plant.
License Management Screen, Cloud Licensing users are able to allocate licenses with plus/minus buttons.
Plant Preferences, after changing plant Code, if Palette is docked it is refreshed.
HotFix: With docked palettes, opening a file with a project number that is not in current database will not generate error.
Command line helper tool LOCATEVALVE created.
Irrigation Manager, Place button, if Show Components option is unchecked, system prompts to select which size/nozzle to place.
Place Head, pre-defines Callout Light font.
HotFix: Adding plants to project, code preference of GS is respected when no existing plants of default value are in the project.
Schematic Irrigation, precip rates entered in millimeters are saved in native units.
Additional Metric scales of 1:3000 and 1:4000 added.
Site Color palette, clicking layer on/off buttons with no project active will not generate error.
HotFix: Project Manager, requery of sheet list uses private variable to avoid namespace collision.
HotFix: Plant Manager, Photo button, plant without a Botanical name will not generate error.
HotFix: Detail Palette, selecting a detail, with a SheetSet active, sheet validation will not generate error.
HotFix: Verify Plant Labels, restoring of unassociated plant label to multiple ground cover areas, will not generate error.
New Site Amenity, revised dialog box streamlines the selection of category and manufacturer.
Workstation Installer, checks existing install.xml file for cloud data setting; legacy cuix files under Landfx folder are removed.
HotFix: Detail Manager, Replace detail, will not mistakenly alter file number attribute of unaffiliated details.
HotFix: Common place block function, Q/E keys to cycle blocks will correctly reset rotation setting.
HotFix: Circuit, Schedule, flow total for metric plans reflects preference setting.
HotFix: RefNote block that has been edited or malformed will not generate error with attribute position calculation.
HotFix: Adding a Custom Bubbler to the project, schedule symbol is correctly assigned.
HotFix: Copy Along Arc, when creating a clockwise arc, subsequent Line segments set end point correctly.
HotFix: Runtime Schedule, additional error handling for valve with unknown precip rate.
HotFix: Place plants, paint mode, compatible with a rotated UCS.
Place palnts, Paint mode, cursor position requirements relaxed for faster response.
Detail Palette, Delete detail, if placed detail has recently been deleted, prompt will not indicate it has been placed.
Detail Palette, highlighted detail is selected in paperspace.
RefNote Manager, Edit RefNote, dialog refreshes after editing.
Copy Along Line/Arc, Enter/Space exits current operation.
Adding plants, new plant names have leading spaces trimmed.
Edit Detail, supports selecting a RefNote that has been assigned a detail.
HotFix: Copy Heads Along Polyline, Polyline cleanup operation will not generate error.
Command line helper REDEFINEBLOCK, supports selecting a dynamic block.
HotFix: Planting and Irrigation calls to display a toolbar corrected.
HotFix: Common function InsidePline name spelling corrected.
HotFix: Draw Spline, function restored.
HotFix: Detail Explorer, Print details, correctly recurses Standard details.
HotFix: Assign sheet double click validation.
HotFix: RefNote requery, invalid division validation.
FXREF, command redefinition performance improved; supports non-English installs.
Multiple helper functions renamed to avoid namespace collision.
Verify Plant Labels, reassigning of dead labels, leaders with no arrow (placed as polylines) will not result in only one plant reassigned to each label.
HotFix: Block Data, selecting a generic block to convert to a RefNote, RefNote dialog correctly defaults to Amenity, and does not generate error on close.
RedefineBlock keyboard command, recurses all block folders as necessary.
Plant Info, editing a plant with Plant Palette docked, palette is refreshed after editing.
New RefNote, improved logic with number validation to avoid conflict with legacy key.
Work Area, layer suffix, layer duplication will not cause duplicately owned dictionary warnings.
Place Shrub Area, bounding line supports work area layer suffix.
Match Plant, supports selecting a hatch.
HotFix: Valve Schedule, Colorize zones, Area for Drip Emitters will not generate error with local data.
Match Plant, supports selecting a RefNote, site callout, or detail callout.
Match Head, Place Head keyboard commands, support Toro Precision additional arcs.
Plant Label, blocks with multi-line attributes or text masks support work area scales.
Valve Schedule, Colorize zones, also colorizes drip hatches.
HotFix: Concept Plant Manager, editing plant fill percentages, values are correctly saved.
HotFix: Detail Preferences, Keynote Callouts button will not generate error.
Grading Manager, functionality restored to edit Spot Elevation and Slope text (note this only applies to newly created entries).
Workstation installer, supports AutoCAD 2017.
HotFix: Placing Shrub Area, RefNote Area, Drip Area, layer suffix validation will not generate error.
HotFix: Place Rotor, Q/E functionality restored for cloud data users.
Plant Photo Callout, supports selecting the hatch of a Shrub Area.
Photo Callout, drop shadow created without using command calls.
Common Place Hatch function, Stipple and Solid hatch patterns support work area suffix.
HotFix: Grading Manager, Schedule button functionality restored.
HotFix: Lighting, Grading, Site Amenities, Zoning, Site Development, users with AutoCAD 2014 and lower will not receive error without OpenDCL library loaded.
HotFix: Verify Plant Labels, reassociating of dead label, will not generate error if label has been transplanted without its leader.
HotFix: Detail Manager, clicking on preview will not generate error.
Plant Manager, defaults to last dock status.
RefNote, callout block creation, screen fill and drop shadow are created without using command calls.
Internal function to determine AutoCAD version, compatible with AutoCAD 2017.
Match Properties, improved processing of RefNote blocks when windowing a selection.
RefNote Manager, revised dialog box that is dockable.
Program load, system variable checking moved to after license validation for F/X CAD users.
Verify Plant Labels, attempts to reassociate labels that have been disassociated from their plants.
Verify Plant Labels, no longer performs a silent Verify RefNotes.
HotFix: Detail Explorer, displays the projects a detail is a member of.
HotFix: New Concept Plant, timecode key generation with local data will not generate error.
Common helper function to zoom to area, for zero distance areas, zooms Center rather than Extents.
HotFix: New RefNote, timecode key generation with local data will not generate error.
New Work Area, allows pressing Enter to close dialog.
Place hatch area, if no object is selected with first click, automatically fires Draw option.
Sheet Index, new sheet internal key number generated randomly rather than incrementing from 1.
SketchUp Connection, Export design to SketchUp, ignores objects on frozen layers.
Place Plant, Shotgun mode, right clicking to end rotation respects crosshair angle.
Set Scale, does not prompt to select work areas within an xref.
HotFix: Detail Callout, with local data, selecting detail will not mistakenly close database connection.
Command line shortcut NEWFLOWZONE created.