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.
HotFix: Labeling a Concept Plant will not generate error.
Plan Graphics library, layers audited, blocks migrated to cloud.
Nuke, removes linked AutoCAD Map proxy entities from lines and polylines.
Plant Info function renamed to avoid namespace collision.
Plant Label function renamed to avoid namespace collision.
Plant Label, stores plant data in lookup variable to avoid multiple database queries.
Plant Copy function renamed to avoid namespace collision.
Plant Copy, stores plant data in lookup variable to avoid multiple database queries.
Triangular and Rectangular Array, plant data stored in lookup variable to avoid multiple database queries.
Plant Outlines, sets Undo marker.
Plant Colorization, sets Undo marker.
RefNote Callout, selecting a Length item in an xref, prompts to reassign layer setting to the xref selected.
Nuke, sets object Lineweights to ByLayer.
Nuke, "More info" link added to dialog.
HotFix: Zoning, selecting a Truecolor will not generate error.
Nuke, error handling for illegal drawing extents value.
HotFix: Plant Schedule, plants in custom categories will not be excluded.
HotFix: Valve Schedule, Colorize option will not generate error.
HotFix: Irrigation Preferences, with units set to imperial, will not generate error.
HotFix: Irrigation Schedule, decoding schedule preferences will not generate error.
Planting, new plant size validation, empty size will not generate error.
Irrigation Preferences, storing of preference session values standardized.
Print Details, a detail requiring color conversion will not generate error.
Common project lookup function renamed to avoid namespace collision.
HotFix: Site Development, choosing a hatch pattern instead of a truecolor will not generate error.
Highlight Station, C option to Colorize selection.
Save Hatch, saving a new hatch will not generate error after saving.
HotFix: Plant Schedule, Shrub Area spacing will not default to on.
Hunter I-20 MPR nozzles added.
HotFix: Plant Schedule, options for Groundcover density and Shrub spacing respected.
Plant ID attached to plants in drawing as 32-bit integer as necessary.
Project Manager, SheetSet integration, MText fields are sorted by size, giving precedence to larger text.
HotFix: Plant Size and Plant List requery optimization compatible with SQL Server.
HotFix: Save Hatch, selecting a hatch not found in acad.pat will not generate error.
HotFix: Hunter MP800SR, placing adjustable will not generate error.
HotFix: Detail Preferences, CSI prefix setting will not generate error.
Plant Colorization, turning off color symbols, alphanumeric symbols are scaled correctly when plan is drawn in Architectural Inches.
HotFix: BatchMan, with AutoCAD 2015 files are not mistakenly saved when No Save is selected.
HotFix: Detail Preferences, revised format of detail format size will not cause error with Imperial detail functions.
HotFix: Planting Preferences, Schedule Defaults, saving will not generate error.
HotFix: Plant Schedule, Shrub Areas and Groundcovers with no spacing will not be flagged mistakenly as not in the current project.
Reading of layer color preferences optimized.
Startup, reading of irrigation symbol preferences optimized for performance.
Startup, reading of plant size values optimized for performance.
Plant Manager, query of plant list optimized for performance.
New Project, Startup, legacy upgrade of unique preferences discontinued.
MP800SR, full circle nozzle added.
Reading and caching of General and Detail preferences, variable structure standardized and optimized.
Reading of installation information and general preferences separated from requerying of detail preferences.
Reading and caching of Planting preferences, variable structure standardized and optimized.
Plant Schedule, schedule settings stored in revised format.
Planting Preferences, Exclude Shrubs option added for groundcover hatches.
Planting, @ sign in container size discontinued as flag for plant spacing.
HotFix: Plant Schedule, Alphanumeric blocks display correctly.
Command line helper function TEXT2ATTRIB created.
Place Hatch functions, keyboard option to Draw polyline added.
Placing Plants, Paint mode, compatible with UCS.
HotFix: Block Selection dialog, users 2014 and lower without OpenDCL library loaded will not generate error.
HotFix: Block/Hatch selection dialog, text color compatible with Windows Classic color theme.
Startup, installation validation, backslashes removed from Server name if necessary.
HotFix: Discipline Graphics, Callouts, Northing-Easting callout restored.
Planting, supports user customized folders for Alphanumeric blocks.
Irrigation, Pipe Data, secondary classes of pipe are able to have their size list edited.
HotFix: Plant Manager, editing a Shrub Area, changing symbol will not generate error.
HotFix: Selecting a new hatch from the cloud library will correctly save to local library.
Block and hatch selection dialogs updated, featuring mouse wheel scrolling capability, block tree navigation, and automatic downloading of additional content.
Plant Preferences, Allow duplicate symbols option discontinued.
Spray family N2 audited for insertion points.
RefNotes, rectangular style callout, side margin increased slightly.
Projects, Backup, backup details for a project, capability restored.
HotFix: Placing plants, Paint mode, calculations improved for custom symbols.
Enterprise command, additional data validation of values entered for license code.
Save Block, smart zooming, better compatibility for AutoCAD 2015.
Head placement, symbol offset for custom symbols ignores layers with NPLT in their name.
Nuke, sets any layers with a DGN linetype to Continuous.
Nuke, additional error handling to alert when proxy objects are preventing final wblock operation.
HotFix: BatchMan, capability for processing multiple files restored for AutoCAD versions 2014 and prior.
Updated Ribbon – to install, download and run our latest Land F/X Workstation installer.
Circuit, Verify Laterals, Zoom Extents calls adjusted for better compatibility with AutoCAD 2015.
Nuke, additional logic to exclude Xclips, and account for AEC prompt during WBlock command from vertical products.
Nuke, excludes blocks with nested Xclips or annotative blocks.
Size Pipe functions, internal PSI loss lookup function, caches results in memory for better performance.
Schematic Irrigation, Precip Rate saved with 4 decimal places.
Detail Manager, Detail Explorer, dialog box closes after Edit or Print detail.
Print Details, additional error handling for missing PC3 file.
HotFix: Detail Explorer, Export Details, compatible with Standard details.
Save Detail, selecting existing detail for next number, compatible with numeric division and details numbered over 99.
Save Detail, additional logic for re-saving an existing detail from a scratch file.
Size Lateral Pipes, Precip Rate calculation for Drip Emitter Areas modified to match flow per canopy of plant.
Save Detail, entity selection set to Crossing for better compatibility with Xrefs.
Edit irrigation equipment, Replace, supports multiple model replacements for the same block.
Switching to Cloud licensing, legacy enterprise license installs do not require restarting AutoCAD.
Viewport Scale, Rescale objects, rescaling for a Work Area, compatible with AutoCAD 2015.
Detail Explorer, editing detail categories, index xml file is archived as a backup before saving.
Stipple, when Annotative scaling is turned on, stipple will be placed with standard scaling.
N6 family schedule symbols audited for insertion point.
Irrigation Manager, Place button added.
Startup, pre-loads OpenDCL library for AutoCAD 2015.
Detail Explorer, right click menu added to treelist.
Import Details, Export Details, buttons moved from Detail Preferences to Detail Explorer.
Details Preferences, Keynote Callouts button added.
Detail Explorer, checkbox added to Show empty categories.
Print Details, moved from Detail Preferences to Detail Explorer; numerous improvements to facilitate detail printing.
Sketchup Connection, Send Layer, additional error handling for layers exported from Microstation.
Command-line function RECOMPILE discontinued.
Update, no longer downloads updated CUI.
HotFix: Add Plants to Project, entering all characters of Genus name will not generate error.
Nuke tool turns off any active UCS or Dview Twist.
Common place hatch function, toggles HPORIGINMODE system variable once per installation rather than HPORIGIN for every hatch.
Add Plant to Project, partial genus search will be highlighted in results.
Plant placement, additional command line parameters available for beta testing.
Enterprise cloud licensing available for beta testing.
Detail preferences of last detail category, last project, last layer state, moved to Registry.
Update options, user list pulls from license system rather than local install.
Enterprise setup, install server discontinued.
Database connection function, server ping on connection fail, additional error handling for Ping service unavailable.
Common function to assemble Sheets, additional error handling for missing object library.
Common function to query individual sheet number, additional error handling for missing object library.
Common function to create schedule timestamp, additional error handling for missing object library.
HotFix: Out of scope temporary variable in license system will not cause all Irrigation functions to fail.
Startup, Background plotting and publishing is turned off for F/X CAD users.
Common Support ID lookup function, optimized for Enterprise installations.
Plant Photo Callout, compatible with sites running Drupal 7.20+.
Startup, Scrollbars turned off only for F/X CAD version 2012 and 2013.
Install, MySQL Server version 5.5 is now default.
Workstation install, copies menu to ProgramData folder for network installs.
Menu recompile function, respects custom menu location.
Preferences, Support ID and current version display support local settings file.
HotFix: Update correctly writes new version number to install.xml if xml file does not exist.
HotFix: Placing head, keyboard commands to toggle radius will not generate error.
HotFix: Update Options, dialog box will not generate error.
Save Detail, additional logic for saving a valid detail copied to a temporary location.
RefNote Objects are placed onto layer L-SITE-BLKS.
Concept Plant Manager, pre-loads OpenDCL library for compatibility with AutoCAD 2015.
Startup, DEMANDLOAD system variable set to Command Invoke as necessary.
Detail Sheet Template, allows selecting Lower Right corner first.
Runtime Schedule, minute by minute selection of eligible valves changed from a recursive best fit loop, to an itirative next available loop, for vastly improved performance with large multi-valve projects and golf course designs.
HotFix: Menu RECOMPILE function, correctly fires CUILOAD rather than MENULOAD for AutoCAD 2015.
Verify Laterals, Verify Mainline, delete zombie pipe callouts.
Support for detail filing structure pre-8.05 discontinued.
Installation information moved from database to local XML file.
RefNote Schedule, output to Spreadsheet, Code is prepended with apostrophe to prevent Excel auto-formatting.
BatchMan, preloads OpenDCL library for better compatibility with AutoCAD 2015.
Preferences, preloads OpenDCL library for better compatibility with AutoCAD 2015.
Sketchup plugin, Help button, destination corrected.
Plant Color Render, turning Off color render, ground covers are correctly processed.
Center Pivot tool, initial operation capability release.
Command line helper function LL renamed to avoid namespace collision.
HotFix: Startup validation will not attempt to remove legacy cuix file.
Startup, AutoCAD 2014 and greater, adds alternate menu path to Trusted Locations as necessary.
Project Manager, editing Sheets, sheet number is converted to legal layout title.
Common function to temporarily zoom to specified area, compatible with AutoCAD 2015.
Detail Callout, Polyline Area style, compatible with UCS.
BatchMan, no longer toggles to Single Document mode; does not toggle backup copy with save option; file opening and processing compatible with AutoCAD 2015.
Common function to query shrub area quantity, renamed to avoid namespace collision.
Common function to query hatch area, renamed to avoid namespace collision.
Export Details, legacy details without XML metadata files will not generate error.
Plant Colorization, additional error handling for missing gradient library.
Common helper function to determine hatch boundary, deletes invisible hatches with no area.
Welcome Screen, setting to turn off respects user account permissions.
Startup, adds menu folder to support file search path as necessary.
Startup, if menu is loaded from sub-folder location, legacy menu files are erased.
Color conversion, recursion of block library for missing metadata files discontinued.
SheetSet integration, ignores fields with more than one period character; ignores fields consisting of all numbers and a single hyphen.
N5 family schedule symbols audited for insertion points.
Plant Label Group, allows repositioning Groundcover labels.
Detail Manager, details that have been relocated are not mistakenly marked as un-placed.
Set Viewport Scale, unit validation simplified; spawning of DDUNITS dialog discontinued.
HotFix: Standard details with 3-digit detail numbers are saved correctly.
Installer, Workstation installer, menu files placed into multiple sub-folders for support of AutoCAD 2015 themes.
Update, Recompile function, load menu from new subfolder location.
HotFix: Set Spray Radius, compatible with AutoCAD 2015 loading legacy menu.
RefNote Schedule, output to table, description text does not have linebreaks added.
Helper function RAT renamed to avoid namespace collision.
Save Detail, allows setting a three-digit detail number.
Startup, MENUBAR system variable turned on only when Ribbon is turned off.
Irrigation Manager, pre-loads OpenDCL library, for best compatibility with AutoCAD 2015.
Welcome screen loads upon drawing startup.
Save Plant Block, function created.
Plant Schedule, Undo marker added around placing schedule.
Detail Explorer, deleting a category will no siblings will correctly highlight parent for subsequent delete.
Place Head, setting spray radius, toolbar image supports AutoCAD 2015 Dark and Light themes.
HotFix: Arc Leaders, Z elevation processing will not cause arrow rotation to fail for counter-clockwise leaders.
Command-line helper function CONVERTALLTEXT created.
HotFix: Verify Laterals, highlighting of objects, processing object type will not generate error.
HotFix: Adding plants to project, additional error handling for missing default detail.
Common block insertion, accounts for hidden unit scaling with AutoCAD 2014.
Center Pivot Designer, released for beta testing.
HotFix: Editing Dripline with missing emitter spacing will not generate error.
Place Groundcover, Exclude Shrubs, additional error handling when unable to reconstitute polyline boundary.
Layers standardized for all irrigation blocks, callout blocks, and miscellaneous graphics blocks.
Viewport Scale, defaults to Feet if no units are set and drawing is set to Decimal.
Preferences, Irrigation, Spray Symbol Families, allow selecting User Defined Family X.
Irrigation Schedule, pre-defines individual spray symbol blocks if they have not been placed yet.
HotFix: Arc Leaders, arrow scaling compatible with Metric drawings.
BatchMan, Change Layer Names, processes layers within blocks.
Irrigation blocks, layer names standardized.
Projects screen, no longer alerts user if there are no projects.
Sketchup Plugin, adding plants, only plants with assigned 3D components are displayed.
Insert Detail Template, Window button added for Metric details.
Project Manager, setting detail folder, dialog box text clarified.
Plant Schedule, Shrub Spacing option accounts for AutoCAD floating point bug.
HotFix: Insert Detail Template, changing unit type capability restored.
OpenDCL Loader, compatible with AutoCAD 2015 installs that have not run the latest workstation installer.
Valve Schedule, toggles ATTDIA system variable as necessary.
Place Detail, for AutoCAD 2014 and greater, force sets hidden dwg unit scaling.
Valve Schedule, ordering compatible with valves numbered with a two-character prefix.
Sketchup Connection, Export Design to Sketchup, compatible with Land F/X Cloud backup of plant palette.
Plant Manager, Adding Plants, New Plant, no longer checks XML helper library before posting plant name.
Plant Manager, Adding Plants, plants added to the project are backed up at landfx.com.
Project Files, importing project from legacy LFX file format, capability restored.
HotFix: Plant Label, repositioning placed label, compatible with labels that have been moved to paperspace.
Verify Mainline, if all valves have not had their lateral pipes sized, it checks their connection status.
Installer, users server-side routing for help messages.
Installer, non-essential irrigation blocks removed.
Installer, checks for newer version.
Nuke drawing cleanup tool, dialog box refined; purges DGN linetypes; accounts for annotative, anonymous, and nested blocks; removes unreferenced images; toolbar button created.
Place Head Grid, discards Z elevation value of first point selected.
Copy Head Along Polyline, compatible with full-circle heads.
Match Properties, updates flow total text associated with Schematic irrigation areas.
Critical Analysis, wording of pressure loss terms simplified.
Schematic Irrigation, Place button will not be mistakenly disabled after drawing pipe.
Plant labels able to be repositioned with the Plant Label Group button.
Plant Manager, adding plants to projects, Genus search performs phoenetic search as well as exact text.
Plant Colorization, flowering symbols grouped by form.
Insert Detail Template, Window button allows dynamically drawing detail border.
Command line drawing cleanup tool NUKE created.
Plant Color Render, Shrub symbol 104 redrawn to scale correctly.
Welcome screen, extraneous proxy objects removed.
Sketchup plugin, Import plants from CAD, correctly erases existing plants.
RefNote Schedule dialog box, Entire Palette option toggles Quantity checkbox.
Irrigation Schedule dialog box, Entire Palette option toggles Quantity checkboxes.
Menus and toolbars, many items renamed slightly for consistency; plant label tools integrated into pulldown menu.
HotFix: Common block metadata editor, correctly processes changing blocks from Dimscale to 1:1.
Detail Manager, updating of placed details compatible with dwg filenames that contain an apostrophe.
Detail Explorer, editing categories, validation requeries category list to prevent data loss during simultaneous edits.
Match Properties, compatible with solid hatches and gradients.
Irrigation Schedule, Rain Bird SQ nozzles display correct arc.
OpenDCL loader, exit conditions simplified.
Site Builder, Dimension buttons, dimstyle creation respects Angular Unit setting from source dimstyle.
Highlight Plant, ability to highlight Concept Plants restored.
Spot Elevation, elevation value defaults to Z value of point selected.
Railing, correctly processes closed polylines.
RefNotes, editing a Notation after previously editing a Truecolor Area will clear symbol display.
Insert Detail Template, dialog displays the cumulative format size selected.
RefNote Volumes, for Metric plans, fill depth is entered in mm.
Preferences, Details, changing detail store folder, message type-o corrected.
Verify Plant Labels, accounts for multiple instances of same label block having differnet attributes.
Font Manager, restricts size setting to within nominal values.
Placing Site Amenities, block scaling compatible with drawings set to Unitless.
Hunter MP800SR rotaries added.
HotFix: Export Details, compatible with revised schema of saving detail scale.
Plant Label, Connecting Line and Connecting Arc, respect arrow preference when labeing groundcovers.
HotFix: Detail Manager, adding details to project with option to Copy to project folder, will not mistakenly convert detail scale.
HotFix: Export Details, Detail Explorer Drag and Drop, compatible with metric details saved with encoded units.
Concept Lines, toggles OSnap mode as necessary.
HotFix: Copy Head Along Line, metric unit processing will not generate error.
HotFix: Equip Info, correctly displays inches between emitters for single length Dripline.
HotFix: Export Details, does not convert detail scale factors to paperspace factor.
OpenDCL library updated to version 8. Additional error handling added to OpenDCL loader, with link to manual update.
Sketchup Plugin, placing plants, pressing Esc does not add extraneous undo operation.
Sketchup Plugin, Import Plants, able to download missing components.
RefNote Callout, block fill status added to block name.
HotFix: Irrigation Schedule, drip emitter notes are not duplicated when re-generating multiple schedules.
Support for metric plans and details in centimeter units.
Site Amenities, includes ability to request a catalog from supporting manufacturers.
HotFix: Concept Plant Manager, correctly saves and displays Percentage Fill and Spacing for member plants that are in mulitple groups.
Detail Explorer, able to drag and drop details from FX detail library.
Detail Explorer, detail right click menu includes Print option.
BatchMan, Change Layer Names and Colors option, supports keyboard commands.
BatchMan, with no files selected, asks to process the current drawing.
Detail Bubble, additional logic to account for Mtext formatting codes.
Detail Callout, various callout types, Z value of first point is discarded.
Rain Bird U Series, special nozzles added.
Plant Outlines, added support for Generic plant symbols; ignores plants on frozen layers.
DeleteAllXdat command line helper function, added ability to window a selection.
Sketchup Plugin, Placing plants, sets undo marker for each; pressing Enter returns to Manager.
Sketchup Plugin, adding plants to project, downloads component as necessary.
HotFix: Viewport Scale, querying layout object will not generate error.
HotFix: Site Amenities, downloads updated preview image as necessary; selecting a different model will always update model and description text.
Draw Lateral Pipe, able to connect to Filtration devices.
Plant Label, Leader arrow endpoint is placed at 0 Z elevation regardless of plant elevation.
Setting Viewport Scale, helper function that queries existing layout tab viewport scale has added error handling for missing printer driver.
HotFix: Edit Turf Impact, is able to change symbol.
Initialization, database tables created if necessary, creates master install record, imports default data.
Common block placement function, if RegApp corruption is detected, prompts user to access help page.
Preferences, Convert Colors button renamed to Block Colors and moved under Layers.
Block Color Conversion dialog, labels added for clarity.
Installer, upgraded to Windows Installer 3.1; MySQL Server installed as a pre-requisite; default preferences and data imported at first initialization.
Default install, layer names updated for better NCS compatibility.
Match Properties, requires selecting a sample block first before performing a window or crossing.
HotFix: Grading Manager, increases size of field used for spot elevation tag as necessary.
All Help buttons updated for revised documentation.
HotFix: Railing, post size corrected for plans drawn in Inch units.
HotFix: Common pipe distance calculator, compatible with mainline split with Mainline Break.
Sketchup Connection, setting library location, allows creating new folder and selecting empty folder.
Concept Plant Manager, Shrub Area and Groundcover percentage fill can vary for multiple groups.
Detail Explorer, allows resizing width to make preview larger.
Place Groundcover, Exclude Shrubs option, compatible with Spline boundaries.
HotFix: Welcome screen, New Project button, project number validation will not generate error.
Common Place Hatch Area function, requires viewport scale.
HotFix: Detail Bubble Callout, selecting an existing note and then clicking Place will not renumber existing notes.
Detail Bubble Callout, changing note text in dialog box and then clicking another note will update display of notes.
Project Selection, when no project is active, allows creating a new project.
Sketchup Connection, Send Layer, compatible with Spline and 2D Polyline objects.
Common sheet list lookup function, error handling added to layout inquiry.
Size Mainline, alert message for unsizeable system changed to account for valve connections and isolation valves.
HotFix: SheetSet integration, ignores Mtext fields with spaces.
Detail Bubble Callout, removes Mtext Formatting from edited schedule text.
Detail Bubble Callout, selecting existing note will disable number editing; Drag and drop enabled for reordering notes; entering an existing note number for a new note will automatically renumber existing notes.
Metric scales of 1:5000 and 1:10000 added.
Minimum standards of AutoCAD 2009 or later enforced.
Lighting Schedule, symbol sizes corrected for metric plans.
Place Head, Special Spray will default to model selected in Type flyout.
Fonts function renamed to prevent conflict with third-party customization.
Font Manager, adding new font, allows adding legacy SHX files that have been copied to Fonts folder.
Plant Colorization, additional error handling for missing 2014 color library.
Lateral Pipe Size, realtime sizing dialog available for advance testing.
Update Detail Callouts, drawing that requires an Audit will not generate error.
Font Manager, adding new font, compatible with Adobe Font Manager.
Plant Schedule, Include Xref option, if plants are found in the current drawing, merges results with plants found in xrefs.
Sketchup Plugin, Import plants from CAD, downloads missing components as necessary.
Grading, Northing/Easting Point Schedule, point precision matches AutoCAD unit preference.
HotFix: Project Manager, SheetSet integration, additional logic to exclude Mtext Field objects.
Fonts, adding new font, shooting of legacy preview slide discontinued.
Preferences, Planting, changing label style away from existing plan with local common name will not generate error.
Startup, FILEDIA system variable set to 1 as necessary.
Project Files, Backup, backup to LFX file, error handling for octal newline character.
RefNotes, generic objects drawn in units other than inches, or inserted into drawings of differing units, are scaled correctly.
Sketchup Connection, Import Design, generic site amenities that are copied in Sketchup are correctly scaled.
Sketchup Connection, Import Design, site amenities that were rotated in Sketchup are updated in CAD.
HotFix: Placing Rotors, Q and E keys correctly cycle through nozzles that have both numbers and letters.
Preferences, Add Font button discontinued.
HotFix: Plant Schedule, colorized groundcovers with textures, textures are moved to front.
HotFix: Place Detail Callout Placeholder, Naked style, will not generate error.
Preferences, Irrigation, Southeast Asia pipe classes added.
HotFix: Delete Station, delete valve option, having only one mainline segment connected to valve will not generate error.
BatchMan, ByLayer options consolidated into a single checkbox; saving will not fire auto backup.
Highlight Station, Size Lateral Pipes, ignore Schematic areas if layer is frozen.
Northing/Easting Schedule, has separate columns for Description, Northing, and Easting.
Detail Callout, additional option of plain text.
Edit Detail, when selecting an attribute definition in an existing detail, logic simplified.
Detail Explorer, standardized logic for evaluation detail categories; numeric categories allowed for top level categories if they do not conflict with standard detail division rules.
Place Groundcover, Exclude Shrubs option, compatible with polylines that have arcs.
Detail Callout, dialog will not mistakenly include previous detail listing.
HotFix: Save Detail, auto-toggling of Gridmode corrected.
Size Mainline, prompts for zero flow and pressure exceeded reworded for clarity; logic added to avoid prompts and velocity reduction with 0 static pressure.
Critical Analysis, pre-selects points of connection, does not prompt user to select if only one POC; prompts reworded for clarity.
Preferences, Layers, descriptions include desired plot thickness.
Drawing Startup, details auto-update if opened into Modelspace.
Irrigation Schedule, Pressure Reducing Valve, pressure limited text respects schedule uppercase setting.
Delete Station, includes option to delete valve.
Irrigation Manager, custom Drip emitter and Drip equipment will not get assigned the same schedule code.
Circuit, Schedule button added.
Sketchup Plugin, downloading of site amenity components, error handling added.
Site Amenities, blocks not drawn in Inch units are scaled correctly.
License management screen, Google Analytics removed.
Sketchup Plugin, settings file discontinued.
Sketchup Connection, writing of registry settings discontinued.
Save Detail, automatically toggles Gridmode when shooting preview slide.
Sketchup Plugin, placing Site Amenities, correctly rotate after placement.
HotFix: Place Groundcover, Exclude shrubs option, multiple bugs corrected -- compatible with plans drawn in Meters, zooms to visible extents of outer polyline as necessary, trees within polyline will not generate error.
Site Amenities Manager added to F/X Graphics menu.
Sketchup Plugin, dialog callback actions compatible with OS/X Mavericks.
HotFix: Editing a Shrub Area, existing labels will not have their quantity removed.
Legacy command DL removed to prevent conflict with user keyboard customizations.
Viewport Scale dialog box, decimal unit selection changed to dropdown box selection with unit names.
Lighting, analytics moved to server side and standardized.
Plant Label, by Group, when clicking on a label to revise it, compatible with labels that have been moved to Paperspace.
Sketchup Plugin, dialog box sizes adjusted for Windows.
Sketchup Plugin, Settings, when assigning Library location, tests write permissions, and validates for apostrophe character.
Sketchup Plugin, placing plants, components are scaled +/- 10%, and randomly rotated.
Verify Plant Labels, Plant Schedule, auto-correct size mismatch.
Verify Plant Labels, performance improved when processing large files.
HotFix: Place Groundcover, Exclude shrubs option, correctly accounts for plans drawn in Inches or Millimeters.
Workstation Installer, improved setting of LandFX menu to load in AutoCAD.
F/X CAD 2014 released, with Service Pack 1 embedded.
Place Groundcover, option to Exclude shrubs.
Update, access Joomla engine directly for latest version information and display.
Preferences, accesses Joomla engine directly for latest version number.
Server and Workstation installers, shortcut links updated.
Sketchup Plugin, Concept Lines, Groups each finished line.
Common helper function for determining drawing units, additional logic to prevent error when using backup variable setting.
HotFix: Sketchup Plugin, ampersand in plant container size will not generate error.
Sketchup Plugin, plants that already have a component assigned will download it on demand; when downloading components, containing folder is created if necessary.
Sketchup Plugin, Projects screen, similar project numbers with leading zeros will not mistakenly match.
Sketchup Plugin, on a PC, the update will notify user of the need to restart Sketchup.
Insert Detail Template, additional error handling when handling layer state file.
All Schedules, output to Spreadsheet, if Excel is not installed, prompts user for CSV file.
Workstation Installer, includes revised Welcome screen, and folder moving instructions.
Irrigation Piping toolbar, Draw Pipe renamed to Draw Lateral Pipe.
Preferences screen, Manage button renamed to Licenses.
Viewport Scale dialogs, Set Annotation Scale renamed to Use Annotative Scaling.
Irrigation Manager, adding rotary sprays to project, logic improved to allow for descriptions varying by model.
Sketchup Plugin, Plant Info right click functionality restored.
Sketchup Plugin, Concept Lines, when switching to select arrow, tool will not continue drawing.
Sketchup Plugin, component lookup function compatible with mixed-case names.
HotFix: Detail Bubble, re-generating existing schedule, correctly processes newline characters.
Discipline Graphics, Callouts, Northing Easting callouts, override created to use UCS values.
Piping, with Orthomode turned on, Snap Angle setting greater than 90 degrees is discarded.
HotFix: Changing design pressure for Rain Bird RVANs, placed heads will have their flow updated correctly.
RefNote Schedule, Extra Lines settings allows adding additional lines for translation or mark-up.
HotFix: SheetSet integration, will not consider a value of all characters or all numbers as a sheet number; Mtext formatting is also discarded.
HotFix: Common function for determining drawing units, bad or missing printer driver will not generate error.
HotFix: Sketchup Connection, Import Design, Plants added to the project within Sketchup will not generate error.
HotFix: Schematic Irrigation, truecolor zones are not placed as a gradient.
HotFix: Insert Detail Template, non-standard detail layer template file will not generate error.
Sketchup Connection, Import Design, Plants or Site Amenities that have been added to the project in Sketchup are imported.
HotFix: Rectangular Array, Triangular Array, non-zero Z elevations will not generate error.
Common detail path function, able to access details with numeric division prefix when corresponding preference is deselected.
Project Files, Backup, Deactivate project, automatically makes backup of project data.
Place Head toolbar, Radius selection, additional error handling when selecting a radius that has no corresponding toolbar image.
Drawing Startup, RegApp checking, additional error handling for corrupt AutoCAD helper library.
Drawing Startup, RegApp corruption message reworded, directs to web page with more information.
HotFix: common multiline text processor for schedule functions, leading line break will not generate error.
Sketchup Plugin, Concept Lines feature, initial operating capability.
Place Concept Graphics, additional error handling for missing color libraries.
HotFix: Sketchup Connection, Send Layer, Circles are not mistakenly reduced in size by half.
HotFix: RefNote Schedule, newline character processing will not mistakenly trim extra characters.
Detail Manager, Delete detail, deletes all detail callout records referencing detail.
HotFix: Placing plants that have no calculated height will not generate error.
Valve Info, Elevation from POC to valve label includes desired units.
HotFix: RefNote areas that have had their bounding polyline erased are able to be edited.
Editing Zoning or Site Development areas, gradient colors able to be changed.
Plant Schedule, custom symbols that are calculated to have no height will not generate error.
Zoning Schedule, if all areas are set as FAR, Density and Total columns are correctly displayed.
Preferences, RefNotes, allows editing Zoning and Site Development user fields.
K-Rain rotary sprays added.
Lighting, new fixture defaults to manufacturer selection; model selection dialog updated.
All schedules, reset EXPERT system variable as necessary.
Startup, distributes all CTB files located in Administration folder to plot style path.
Project Files, Backup, option to backup all projects.
Update, has option to Backup all projects.
Valve Schedule, correctly updates schedule title if previous schedule has been erased; Colorize option retained with schedule; previous colorization is removed before regenerating.
Editing RefNote Area, linetype selection allows loading a linetype on the fly.
Sketchup Plugin, settings saved in registry for compatibility with Windows 7 UAC.
Place Irrigation Cap, canceling out of attribute prompts will not generate error.
Project Files, Restore Project from LFX file, accounts for increased fields sizes from Color Render and Irrigation Data.
Plant Schedule, columns and header are correctly updated when last Shrub group and first Shrub Area group have the same name.
Plant Color Render, Shrub 004 blocks resaved without ellipses for proper size calculation.
HotFix: Placing Site Development or Zoning area, Gradient option is respected.
Common block data helper function, does not alert if legacy blocks table is missing.
Preferences, Layer lineweight editing, compatible with lineweights in inches.
Planting Preferences, Wide arrow style added to label arrow options.
Sketchup Connection, Send Layer, loops on layer selection, turns layers off after sending.
Size Mainline, calculates Precip Rate of VIH Rotors.
SKETCHUP
Sketchup Plugin, menu items moved into a submenu.
SketchUp plugin, modified to conform with Extension Warehouse requirements.
SketchUp plugin, Projects screen has ability to create new project.
HotFix: SketchUp Connection, plants added to the project include Variety.
HotFix: Sketchup Connection, plants added in SketchUp and then exported to AutoCAD are assigned symbols.
IRRIGATION
Editing irrigation equipment, Replace button, accounts for missing pipe handles.
Irrigation Manager, adding equipment, manufacturer selection, Google analytics moved to server-side to reduce crashes with Internet Explorer.
Equip Info, editing unsized pipe, changing size will update color.
Placing Adjustable Arcs, arcs that begin beyond 180 degrees and span over 180 degrees are created correctly.
Irrigation, View Data buttons throughout, view in default web browser.
Size Mainline, when sizing for a Valve-in-Head system, allows lateral lines to be sized at a different velocity than the mainline.
Valve Schedule, allows excluding head and valve elevation columns.
Pipe Sleeve, additional verification of selected object.
Valve Callout, Size Lateral Pipes, metric flow value uses graduated numeric precision.
HotFix: Placing MP Rotators, when Rain Bird rotaries are also in project, keyboard commands will not mistakenly switch models.
HotFix: Watering Schedule, title is not mistakenly converted to an attribute definition.
Edit Equipment, when selecting a dripline area hatch that has been exploded, will not generate error.
PLANTING
Plant Schedule, for Imperial plans, Shrub Spacing expressed in Inches.
HotFix: Adding plants to project, selecting a different Genus, then selecting Plant Data, correct common name is displayed.
Editing Plants, Shrub Area container size restrictions removed.
Plant Schedule, Shrub Area quantities able to be expressed as Area.
DETAILS
Detail cloud backup, is able to upload a detail that is being overwritten.
Export Details, no longer packages details into a Zip folder.
Detail Explorer, right click menu for details adjusts for detail list scrolling.
Update Detail Callouts, adds detail reference markers as necessary.
HotFix: SheetSet lookup function, additional cross-checking against all sheet set fields.
HotFix: SheetSet lookup function, accounts for title blocks and other non-standard implementations.
HotFix: Placing Details with Sheet attribute into a drawing with an active SheetSet will not generate error.
Adding details to project, allows adding details from entire FX detail library.
Common helper function to determine current sheet, supports AutoCAD Sheet Sets.
Save Detail, additional error handling when existing detail file number attribute has been manually edited.
Associate Callout, additional error handling when assigning a placeholder callout within a detail.
HotFix: Project Manager, changing detail folder when using numeric prefix details, will not generate error.
GENERAL
Project Files, Backup button, eTransmit option added.
Update, automatically downloads CUIX menu file at regular intervals.
HotFix: Sheet Set integration, will not mistakenly interpret a date as the sheet number.
F/X CAD installer, F/X Server installed by default.
Project Files, Delete button added.
HotFix: Paperspace Reactor, selective disabling for Metric plans will not generate error with AutoCAD 2011 and earlier.
Installer, ODBC driver moved to Prerequisite.
Paperspace Reactor, discontinued for Metric plans.
Google Analytics keywords optimized.
New UCS, prompt for X axis direction revised.
New UCS, when selecting an object for X axis, dynamically prompts for Y axis.
Common helper function for determining units, additional error handling for missing layout tab configuration.
Zoning, Site Development, gradient option added; gradient value reduced.
HotFix: RefNotes, Import, warning for updating OpenDCL library closes import dialog first.
HotFix: RefNote Schedule, when running in Paperspace with Length items, Work Area calculations are applied correctly.
HotFix: Discipline Graphics, Callouts, Section Flag, prompts for section and sheet.
RefNotes Manager, Import, alerts user if required OpenDCL library is out of date.
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