infraWizard Update Log

Release 23.0.1 - 3-Dec-2023

Fixed bugs:

- Exporting shapefiles hangs in random cases. The fix done will skip the elements
that would cause hanging and report their names at end of the export process.

Release 23.0.0 - 30-Sep-2023

New/Enhanced features:

- Support for AutoCAD, Civil 3D and Map 3D 2024 is provided.

- A new feature is provided for adding network Appurtenances in the project.

Appurtenances, such as valves, fire hydrants, and other network components,
can be added to pipes in both pressure and gravity networks. To add
appurtenances to the network, they should be first loaded to the Appurtenance
Library of the project. The appurtenances will appear in the plan, profile, and
BIM model of the network. A set of predefined appurtenances can be loaded
from the path "...\Documents\infraWizard Projects\Appurtenance Library".

- In node properties, a new property is added to the SimpleStructure type of nodes

to define the structure cover shape. The structure cover will appear in the plan
and the BIM model of the network.

- In importing shapefiles and text files, a new option is added for gravity networks
called "Adjust pipe direction to match flow direction". When this option is
checked, infraWizard will check that the start node of each pipe is the upstream
node with higher invert level and the end node of the pipe is the downstream
node with lower invert level. In case the start node has a lower invert than end
node, the pipe direction will be reversed during import. Reversing the pipe
direction, will not change the invert levels of nodes or the pipe slopes; it only
ensures that the direction arrows of the pipes will represent the flow direction.

- Import Epanet module is enhanced to detect zero length pipes and notify the
user during import.

Fixed bugs:

- When using the "Add Vertex" command, the new vertex is sometimes located on
a wrong segment resulting in a misshapen pipe.
 - In the Group Editing tables, the Sum value does not appear in the Statistics of
the pipe length column.

- In imporing SWMM files, the import process fails if the model contains street
links.

Release 22.0.0 - 17-Oct-2022

New/Enhanced features:

- Support for AutoCAD, Civil 3D and Map 3D 2023 is provided.

- A new type of nodes called "SimpleFitting" is added. A node of this type will be
automatically analyzed and assigned the appropriate set of fittings including
Bend, Tee, Reducer, Collar, and End Cap fittings. The fitting types and sizes will
be assigned to the node based on the sizes and orientations of the pipes
connected at this node. The fittings assigned to the node are modeled in 3D
when a BIM model is exported from the project.

- Two new properties are added to pipes for the Energy Grade Line elevation
(EGL) and Hydraulic Grade Line elevation (HGL). The values of EGL & HGL at
nodes can be imported when creating the networks from shapefiles/text files, or
added manually in the Edit Pipe dialog or the Group Editing tables. The
longitudinal profiles are also provided with an option to show the lines of EGL &
HGL using the related values saved in the pipe properties.

- A new property called "Description" is added to pipes and nodes. The property
can contain any extra information related to the pipe/node to be added by the
user.

- A new property called "Length 3D" is added to pipes.

- A new option is added in Pipe and Node editing dialogs to "zoom" to the
longitudinal profiles related to the pipe/node.

- A new option is added in Edit Group tables for Relabeling of pipes and nodes. All
pipes and nodes can be relabelled using "Append", "Find and Replace", and
"Sequential Relabeling". The gravity network nodes (manholes) can be
automatically numbered based on "Network Hierarchy".

- When creating a new profile, the gravity profile routes detected using the option
"Automatic pipe selection based on network hierarchy" are named after the most
downstream manhole of the line instead of naming them with the upstream and
 downstream manhole names; e.g. "Line C-6" instead of "Line M.H. C-6-4 to
M.H. C-6".

- In longitudinal profiles, an additional numeric format is provided for pipe slope to

be expressed as permille ‰ in the Slope data band.

Fixed bugs:

- When creating a new profile, the option "Automatic pipe selection based on
network hierarchy" cannot detect profile routes if the pipe direction of one or
more pipes within the route is opposite to the flow direction.

- In Edit Group tables, copy data from one column and pasting it in another
column causes an error.

Release 21.1.1 - 5-Jan-2022

Fixed bugs:

- The ribbon tab of infraWizard is automatically activated when opening

AutoCAD even if the drawing is not an infraWizard project.

- When a plan style is modified to show the pipe annotations of "Soil cover
depth" or "Depth to invert" on plan, the shown values of annotations are incorrectly
calculated based on zero ground level.

Release 21.1.0 - 27-Dec-2021

New/Enhanced features:

- In the "Create Pipes" dialog, new options are added to allow selecting the
material and size of the new pipes; and to make the elevations (Z values) of the
Line and Polyline entities assigned to the new pipes as Invert level, Center level,
or Soffit level.

- In BIM Export, a new option is added to draw pipe centerlines as 3D Polylines in

the exported model. The 3D Polylines are classified by layers according to the
network name and pipe size.

- A new command called "INWEXPORTANNOATTBLOCK" is added. This

command will export the annotations of all pipes and nodes of the selected
network as attribute block entities to a new drawing.
 Fixed bugs:

- In longitudinal profiles, when the profile datum is predefined, some manholes

encroach the top border of the graph area.

- In longitudinal profiles, when one pipe is connected to two nodes that appear on
the same profile, this lateral pipe is shown at one of the two nodes only and the
profile datum takes a very low elevation value.

- When importing networks from text files, the importing process will fail if one of
the text files contains empty lines.

- When exporting a BIM model for a network with backdrop connections, some of
the pipes with backdrop are not drawn correctly and cause an error message to
appear.

- When exporting a BIM model for a box section conduit that have a wall thickness
equal to zero, the conduit appears missing the right outer wall.

- While creating a longitudinal profile, after selecting a route using on-screen

selection of elements, the resulting route will have a direction opposite to the
selection of elements made on-screen.

- When the display status of a pressure network is changed from "Undisplayed" to

"Displayed", the marks of its low & high points become visible even though they
are set to be hidden in the settings of low & high points analysis.

- In random cases, renaming a network using the "Manage Networks" panel

causes AutoCAD to crash.

- When a network is renamed using the "Manage Networks" panel, the existing
crossing annotations in the drawing are not updated with the new network
name.

- The node annotations in plan are sometimes located away from the node.

- In the Pipe Library, when editing the dimensions of a box section, changing the
wall thickness or slab thickness to zero value is not allowed, although it is
allowed when adding a new size.

Release 21.0.2 - 29-September-2021

New/Enhanced features:
 - Support for Autodesk Map 3D versions 2017 to 2022 is provided.

Release 21.0.1 - 11-Jul-2021

Fixed bugs:

- Uninstallation of infraWizard fails if a new version of AutoCAD was installed

after installing infraWizard.

- In longitudinal profiles, the plan stations related to a profile always start with
0.00 station even though the start station of the profile is set to a different value.

- In longitudinal profiles, the plan stations block does not include the stations at
nodes but only shows the stations at equal intervals.

Release 21.0.0 - 30-June-2021

* Important Notice *
The project file format was updated in this release to include the newly introduced
Backdrop properties and the change of node annotations from Attribute Block
objects to Multileader objects. When an existing project is opened using this release
of infraWizard, it will be automatically updated to the new format. However, opening
an updated project with an earlier release of infraWizard may cause loss of data.

New/Enhanced features:

- Support for AutoCAD and Civil 3D 2022 is provided.

- Backdrop Connections to manholes in gravity networks are automatically

detected and indicated in the network plan, profiles, and exported BIM model.

· To start using this feature, first verify the backdrop settings of the network
through the “Manage Networks” panel.

· To annotate backdrops on plan, go to “Pipe Annotations” tab in the Plan

Style, and add the annotation component called “Backdrop Annotation” to
the list of displayed annotations.

· To annotate backdrops on profiles, go to “General” tab in the Profile Style,

and enable the option “Indicate backdrop connections” under the “Nodes”
panel.
 · To show backdrops in the exported BIM model, enable the option “Show
manhole backdrop connections” in the export dialog box.

- The plan annotations of nodes are converted into Multileader objects so that
they can have a leader line pointing to the node center. The “Leader Settings”
panel in the Plan Style includes options for selecting the Multileader style and to
show/hide the leader line.

Fixed bugs:

- The plan stations related to a longitudinal profile are always displayed after
updating the profile even though the network is set to be invisible.

- When using the command “Merge Pipes”, the direction of the final merged pipe
is sometimes opposite to the direction of the original pipes.

- When a network is renamed through the “Manage Networks” panel, the network
name is not updated in the crossing pipe annotations that appear on the
longitudinal profiles of the other networks.

- When editing a longitudinal profile by adding a pipe at the beginning of the

profile route, the newly added pipe appears reversed on the profile.

Release 20.6.0 - 03-Apr-2021

New/Enhanced features:

- In importing Shapefiles, Text files, EPANET and SWMM; the imported pipe
diameters from data files are matched with the "inner" diameter in the Pipe
Library instead of matching it with the "nominal" diameter.

- In Edit Group tables, the following new features are added to:

· Option to select table fields and organize their order. Many new fields
were made available to display all properties of pipes and nodes.

· Option to filter data rows based on pipe/node properties.

· Options to copy and paste data of the table to and from clipboard.

· Options to export data table to text file and Excel worksheet.

- In Edit Group tables, the commands of “Zoom” and “Select” elements in drawing
are transformed from right-click commands to new option buttons.
 - In Edit Group tables, clicking the header cell of “Name” column sorts the table
based on the node/pipe names, following a hierarchical approach.

Fixed bugs:

- If a gravity network contains one or more orphan nodes which are not
connected to any pipe, analyzing the profile routes for this network fails when
opening the “Manage Profiles” panel, causing an error message.

Release 20.5.0 - 31-Jan-2021

New/Enhanced features:

- In Edit Group tables, right-clicking the header of "Name" column will show a
new context menu that includes two new commands. The command "Zoom to
pipes/nodes in drawing" will zoom to the selected pipes/nodes in the table. The
command "Select pipes/nodes in drawing" will zoom to the selected pipes/nodes
in the table and select them in the drawing too.

- In the network plan, instead of assigning a single layer for all pipes of the
network, an individual layer is created for each pipe size. For example, the layer
"C-INW-PLN-PIPE-FF-200mm" is assigned to the 200mm pipes in the network
"FF". The effect of this update will appear on the newly created or edited pipes.

Fixed bugs:

- In creating pipes from entities, an error appears if the first material in the pipe
library doesn't include a nominal diameter of 200mm or 8.0in.

- In the network plan, the direction arrow and annotation of any pipe with an
exactly 90O alignment appear incorrectly horizontal.

- When opening the "Manage Profiles" panel, repetitive error messages appear in
case the analysis of automatic profile routes contained an error.

- Importing a profile style fails when the destination project does not include the
same layers of the source project which the profile style uses.

- In longitudinal profiles, the hatch of ground line might be incorrectly located

above the profile when the profile contains short pipes.

- When drawing a set of longitudinal profiles, if the drawing of one profile fails, the
subsequent profiles are inserted starting from the original insertion point of the
first profile.
 - When drawing a set of longitudinal profiles while working in a User Coordinate
System (UCS), the produced profile blocks are not properly arranged in the
drawing.

Release 20.4.0 - 28-Dec-2020

New/Enhanced features:

- The 3D BIM export module is enhanced in the assembly of box section conduits
with bends.

- A right-click command called "infraWizard Edit" is now shown when the user
right-clicks a pipe, a node, or a profile. This command is an alternative to
double-clicking any of these objects to start editing it.

- In the Manage Profiles dialog, selecting multiple profiles in the profiles list is
now enabled to allow deleting a set of profiles in one action.

Fixed bugs:

- When exporting a 3D BIM model, if a pipe has intermediate vertices, small gaps
appear in the 3D pipe object at the location of vertices.

Release 20.3.1 - 04-Nov-2020

Fixed bugs:

- In longitudinal profiles, additional false lateral connections appear on curved

pipes.

Release 20.3.0 - 31-Oct-2020

New/Enhanced features:

- In longitudinal profiles, a new feature is added to enable editing the elements of

a profile by double-clicking. With this feature, double-clicking a pipe on the
profile will open the Edit Pipe dialog for it. This applies to the main pipes of the
profile as well as the crossing pipes. Similarly, double-clicking a node structure
on the profile will open the Edit Node dialog for the node.

- When changing the display satus of a network to "Undisplayed", only the

network plan will become invisible, while the profiles of the network will remain
visible.

Fixed bugs:
 - In profiles, the annotations of crossing pipes are in some cases overlapping with
each other or with the profile data bands.

- In profiles, the ground line drawn from a Civil 3D surface may in some cases
encroach the top border of the profile.

Release 20.2.0 - 26-Sep-2020

New/Enhanced features:

- A new command is added for importing networks from Text Files.

- When creating a pipe from a curved polyline, the polyline is automatically

manipulated by adding a suitable number of vertices to maintain the curved
shape of the pipe instead of converting it into a straight pipe.

- In Edit Group tables, copying data from Excel to the editable columns is enabled.

- In Single Node Edit dialog and Group Edit dialog, the properties "Start Center
Level" and "End Center Level" in pressure pipes are replaced by "Start Invert
Level" and "End Invert Level". The change doesn't affect the levels data already
stored in the project, but is considered only a change in the user interface.

- In the Add/Edit Profile dialog, a new option is added to allow specifing the Start
Station of the profile.

Release 20.1.2 - 29-Aug-2020

New/Enhanced features:

- Support for AutoCAD and Civil 3D 2021 is provided.

- A new property is added to the Simple Structure type of nodes called "Bottom
offset" denoting the vertical distance from the node invert level to the structure
bottom. A default value of 0.00 is set to all nodes.

- In the Add Profile dialog, a new option is added to select the direction of the
automatically detected profiles to be either from Downstream to Upstream or
vice versa.

- The maximum number of pipes allowed in a single longitudinal profile is

increased from 200 pipes to 500 pipes per profile.

Fixed bugs:

- In the Add Profile dialog, the list order of the automatically detected profiles is
 sometimes incorrect.

Release 20.1.1 - 18-Jul-2020

Fixed bugs:

- When working in a User Coordinate System (UCS), picking the vertex position
in Add Vertex and Remove Vertex commands causes an error.

- Unify Slope command occasionally causes change of the pipe matching setting
of nodes into "None".

- A random error appears while deleting a network, and the deleted network
continues to appear in the Manage Networks panel although all of its elements
were erased.

- An error appears when opening the Manage Networks panel if the project
contains a new empty C3D surface.

- When doing a Group Edit in a pressure network, while changing the value of
start/end center level for a set of pipes, the levels of some pipes remain
unchanged.

Release 20.1.0 - 28-Jun-2020

First official release

New/Enhanced features:

- Help document with links to dialogs added to the app.

Release 20.0.6 [Beta] - 29-Apr-2020

New/Enhanced features:

- Interface: Enhancement of dialog forms display for HD screens.

Release 20.0.5 [Beta] - 28-Mar-2020

New/Enhanced features:

- BIM Export: Enhancement of export process.

Release 20.0.4 [Beta] - 5-Mar-2020

New/Enhanced features:

- BIM Export: Data files export added.

Release 20.0.3 [Beta] - 25-Feb-2020

Fixed bugs:

- BIM export errors causing incomplete export and missing node structures.

Release 20.0.2 [Beta] - 21-Feb-2020

Fixed bugs:

- Windows registry issues causing incorrect installation.

Release 20.0.1 [Beta] - 17-Feb-2020

Fixed bugs:

- Random errors appear when assigning a C3D surface to a network or updating ground
levels from a surface.

Release 20.0.0 [Beta] - 14-Feb-2020

Initial release