1. GEOPAK 8.8/XM/Athens Review Derricke Gray GEOPAK Product Manager

2. 2 GEOPAK Review In the calendar year 2008, there will be 4 releases of GEOPAK software: 8.8 (Service Pack 4) XM (Service Pack 1) XM (Service Pack 2) Athens We have customers on different versions and attempting to make migration plans. So we thought it would be good idea to take a quick review of where we’ve been over the last year.

3. 3 GEOPAK 8.8.3.24 (Service Pack 4) Posted 2/26/2008 Certified With: MicroStation 8.5.2.55, 8.5.2.70 ProjectWise 8.5.1.57, 8.9.3.70 Operating System: Windows XP

4. 4 Windows Vista This version of GEOPAK was not certified on Windows Vista. However, we have regression tested it under Vista and found only one major issue: QM will not work in this version under Vista.

5. 5 File Format Changes D&C Manager (.ddb) Quantity Manager (.mdb) COGO (.gpk ) - The format will only change if the user takes advantage of the new functionalities in COGO. Even then, the GPK will open in older versions, but any information that was stored using the new capabilities in 8.8 may not be readable in the older version. Bridge (.bdb) Rebar (.rdb)

6. 6 New Configuration Variables GPK_LEVEL_SET_BYLEVELS = 1 GPK_LEVEL_XS_CELL = Level Name GPK_LEVEL_PROFILE_CELL = Level Name

7. 7 New Applications LIDAR XYZ Tools Draw Signs Draw Cell Area

8. 8 DTM LIDAR Tools Convert XYZ to ASCII/Binary Clip XYZ Filter XYZ Build TIN Compare XYZ Fit Report Coordinate Range Display LIDAR Points

9. 9 Draw Signs Places the panels & corresponding support as an assembly. Places labels for the sign assembly. Automatic quantity generation.

10. 10 Draw Cell Area Options: Within Shape Flood Area Union of Shapes Intersection of Shapes Difference of Shapes Defined Vertices Within Fence

11. 11 Application Enhancements COGO Graphical COGO D&C Manager Tables Quantity Manager Earthwork Horizontal Alignment Generator Vertical Alignment Generator Ancillary Features Superelevation Miscellaneous

12. 12 COGO File Enhancements Next Available Element Dialog Merge GPK Naming Standardization Database Utilities Validate Clean/Compress

13. 13 COGO - Parcel User Attributes Parcel Number Property Address Deed Area Building Area Owner Name Etc.

14. 14 COGO Navigator  User Defined Column Headings  In-Place Editing

15. 15 COGO Navigator – Export Options Export Preferences – Create user-defined preference files for exporting data to CSV formatted files.

16. 16 PI Alignment Editor Load Graphic Element to Table

17. 17 Vertical Alignment Generator Best Fit Line Best Fit Parabola (Curve) Best Fit Profile

18. 18 Database Import/Export Options DDB  MDB SMD  MDB SMD  XML

19. 19 Quantity Manager Database format change aecXML project location data enhancements Project location export to aecXML Database merge Unique item name + description Supplemental descriptions Adhoc attributes on quantities Boundary data management Graphic viewer

20. 20 Quantity Manager – Graphic Viewer Available in Quantity Manager via the Tools > Graphic Viewer pulldown.

21. 21 Earthwork Earthwork material and area adhoc attributed in shapes

22. 22 Earthwork – Ignore Areas Syntax Ignore Areas from 25+000.00 R 1 to 26+000.00 R 1

23. 23 Earthwork – Split Summary Totals

24. 24 GEOPAK 8.8.3.24 (Service Pack 4) At present there are no plans to produce another 8.8 Service Pack. This should be the final release of GEOPAK 8.8.

25. 25 FAQ regarding GEOPAK 8.8 Question: Will GEOPAK 8.8 run with PW Athens? Answer: Although not officially certified with PW Athens (since PW Athens was not out when it was released), we have done some regression testing with this combination and there doesn’t seem to be any problems.

26. 26 GEOPAK XM 8.9.5.36 (Service Pack 1) Posted 3/18/2008 Certified With: MicroStation 8.9.4.51 ProjectWise 8.9.4.50 Operating System: Windows XP, Vista* * First GEOPAK Release certified with Vista

27. 27 Modified the installation process to use the Bentley standard MSI install which will allow it to be installed “silently”. GEOPAK Bridge is not included. GEOPAK XM 8.9.5.36 (Service Pack 1)

28. 28 File Format Changes DTM (*.tin) The new TIN format is not backwards compatible.

29. 29 New Configuration Variables GPK_COGO_EXPORT_PREFERENCE_FILE GPK_FORCE_COGO_EXPORT_PREFERENCE_FILE GPK_COGO_DEFAULT_PARCEL_ATTRIBUTE_PREFERENCE_FILE GPK_ACBOOK_POBPOELABEL GPK_COMPUTATION_NEW_PHASE_LABEL GPK_QUANTITYMANAGER_CFGFILE GPK_COMPUTATION_GRAPHIC_TABULATION_PREFERENCE_FILE GPK_COMPUTATON_CSV_REPORT_PREFERENCE_FILE GPK_TYPICAL_CRITERIA_OUTPUT_DIR

30. 30 D&C Manager Enhancements Added a configuration variable to automatically load a predefined standard file format for the computation results option "Table". Added the ability to control the label for the POT at the beginning and ending of an alignment by setting a configuration variable. Added support for labels placed by Design and Computation Manager to use the text character as defined in the MicroStation preferences for the degree symbol. Added the ability to control the placement of the VPC and VPT labels on Profiles.

31. 31 D&C Manager Enhancements VPC / VPT labels –Station Elevation –Elevation Station –Station Elevation –Elevation Station

32. 32 Plan/Profile Sheet Composition Added Support for the “New Level Display Options” for Reference files in Plan/Profile Sheet Composition. When the sheet files are created, the Plan/Profile Sheet composition application honors whatever setting is defined in the preferences of the motif file or current file settings.

33. 33 Quantity Manager Provided a configuration variable to define the location of the QM configuration file. This will allow the QM configuration file to reside on a server and used by all users in the company. –GPK_QUANTITYMANAGER_CFGFILE Added support for using UNC paths in the QM configuration file to define the location of reports, XML files etc.

34. 34 Proposed Cross Sections An option has been added to “Disable View Updates” when processing cross sections. This option prevents the screen from updating and greatly increases the speed at which proposed cross sections and earthwork will process. When processing proposed cross sections or earthwork, the user may now select the “Escape Key” to terminate the process. A prompt will be issued allowing the user to choose to accept the abort or continue.

35. 35 Drainage Iterative Velocity has been added to reports generator. Added ability to specify a base flow as an option to a linked drainage area. Added the ability to label multiple items at one time using selection sets.

36. 36 MicroStation XM Enhancements

37. 37 Using MS enhancements with GEOPAK Although GEOPAK XM doesn’t provide a mechanism for setting Element Priority and Element Transparency within the D&C Manager it does honor these settings if they are defined in Level Manager. Transparency and element priority allows you to easily see the various elements in a file.

38. 38 Using Element Transparency and Priorities on Elements Placed by the D&C Manager

39. 39 Using the Save Fence Command allows you to save and later retrieve fences that were used for computation purposes

40. 40 Graphic Display Enhancements for 3D The enhancements for 3d in MicroStation XM makes it easier to review GEOPAK DTM features such as 3d boreholes.

41. 41 MicroStation GUI Changes Support of MicroStation XM GUI changes, such as transparent dialogs.

42. 42 Fixes 236 issues from previous versions have been fixed, including issues when working in ProjectWise.

43. 43 GEOPAK XM 8.9.6.31 (Service Pack 2) Posted 7/21/2008 Certified With: MicroStation 8.9.4.51 ProjectWise 8.9.4.63 Operating System: Windows XP, Vista

44. 44 GEOPAK XM 8.9.6.31 (Service Pack 2) Corridor Modeling Application Applications > Road > 3D Tools > Corridor Modeling

45. 45 GEOPAK XM 8.9.6.31 (Service Pack 2) Create Template

46. 46 GEOPAK XM 8.9.6.31 (Service Pack 2) Roadway Designer

47. 47 GEOPAK XM 8.9.6.31 (Service Pack 2) Drive Roadway

48. 48 GEOPAK XM 8.9.6.31 (Service Pack 2) Draw Cross Sections Enhancements

49. 49 GEOPAK XM 8.9.6.31 (Service Pack 2) Cross Section Labeler

50. 50 GEOPAK XM 8.9.6.31 (Service Pack 2) User Preferences > COGO Job Directory With ProjectWise activated, if the user selects a PW folder (e.g. PW:\Projects\Route32\), the folder will be automatically converted to the appropriate local working directory for the selected PW folder. This will allow users to check and/or copy out their GPK files from PW.

51. 51 GEOPAK XM 8.9.6.31 (Service Pack 2) COGO > Import LandXML Added the COGO Window/Output File option. Using the Window Option is the standard behavior where all resulting output is written to the COGO Window. Using the Output File option will significantly increase the speed of importing XML files.

52. 52 GEOPAK XM 8.9.6.31 (Service Pack 2) COGO > SMD Annotation Scale support When mapping points via the SMD, the text/symbol/cell elements that are mapped will now honor the MicroStation key in "AnnotationScale ADD".

53. 53 GEOPAK XM 8.9.6.31 (Service Pack 2) VBA > ProjectWise Integration Added the File Open/File Create GEOPAK functions in VBA to recognize ProjectWise.

54. 54 DTM > Analysis > Trench Volumes Supply trench volumes by a user definable depth range. GEOPAK XM 8.9.6.31 (Service Pack 2)

55. 55 Site Added “Optimize Object Volume” to modeler menu. Added a configuration variable to set the Bspline smoothing factor instead of using a hard-coded value. DTM_BSPLINE_SMOOTHING_FACTOR Added capability to import objects from different Modeler Projects into the current Project file. Added the option to display the Side Slopes with the Objects in the preferences and the Apply All option to the Object>Side Slope dialog. GEOPAK XM 8.9.6.31 (Service Pack 2)

56. 56 Added the ability to plot drainage crossings where the link is a box or arch shape as a box shape instead of circular. GEOPAK XM 8.9.6.31 (Service Pack 2)

57. 57 Fixes 56 Trouble Reports 3 Change Request

58. 58 FAQ regarding GEOPAK XM Question: Will GEOPAK XM run with PW Athens? Answer: Just as with the 8.8 release, GEOPAK XM is not officially certified with PW Athens. However, we have done some regression testing with this combination and have not found any problems.

59. 59 GEOPAK Athens Posted 11/18/2008 * Certified With: MicroStation 08.11.05.xx ProjectWise 08.11.05.xx Operating System: Windows XP, Vista

60. 60 GEOPAK Athens Roundabouts

61. 61 GEOPAK Athens Roundabouts

62. 62 GEOPAK Athens Civil AccuDraw Tools > AccuDraw Note: OFF by default

63. 63 GEOPAK Athens Civil GPS MicroStation Tools > Geographic > Global Positioning System (GPS)

64. 64 GEOPAK Athens Added Task Navigation tools.

65. 65 GEOPAK Athens Added the ability to specify a global XIN with the addition of the configuration variable: GPK_ACBOOK_XINFILE_STYLES Included support for Texas DOT parabolic transitions in Roadway Designer superelevation. Added the ability to import Default features when importing DDB features. Added support for delimiter lines to Cross Section Labeling. Added the ability to define filter tolerances when importing plan graphics. Previous limit of 20 labels increased to 50 in Cross Section Labeling application. Included InRoads superelevation tables Corridor Modeling

66. 66 GEOPAK Athens Plan/Profile Sheet Composition Added the ability to recognize underbars in the match line text as enter data fields. Added support for MicroStation Annotation Scales Added the ability to ignore missing references files when clipping sheets to lessen processing time. This capability is available through the use of a the new configuration variable: GPK_SHEETCLP_IGNORE_MISSING_REFS

67. 67 GEOPAK Athens DTM Elevation Differences Added a 'TIN to Plane' option

68. 68 GEOPAK Athens Earthwork - The output format of the earthwork log file and the earth text file was modified to reflect the actual decimal settings in user preferences. 8.8/XM Athens

69. 69 GEOPAK Athens LDD Import This is a standalone program (UILauncher.exe) that is accessed from the GEOPAK bin\LDD folder. This application translates a Land Desktop project into a LandXML file that can be imported into GEOPAK.

70. 70 GEOPAK Athens Design & Computation Manager Support of the MicroStation Annotation Scale for cells was added when using the option ‘Active Scale’.

71. 71 GEOPAK Athens Cross Section Reports Increased the limit of the search text fields to 512 characters.

72. 72 GEOPAK Athens Site Added a series of Quick Extract tools to Modeler to allow the user to extract graphical information from a CAD drawing to create Site elements and build Objects.

73. 73 GEOPAK Athens Site – Drainage – Water & Sewer Added configuration variables to define the location of default preference files: GPKHYD_DEFAULT_PROFPREFWATER GPKHYD_DEFAULT_PROFPREFSTORM GPKHYD_DEFAULT_PROFPREFSEWER GPKSITE_DEFAULT_PREFERENCES

74. 74 Fixes 153 Trouble Reports 23 Change Request

75. 75 What’s Next?

76. GEOPAK 8.8/XM/Athens Review Derricke Gray GEOPAK Product Manager