What's new?

KTF 7.1136, 7.1036 and 7.0036

• Added Vertical Analysis to ZTV answering questions: Visible?, How much is visible? and how much is visible above skyline?
• New function: Export cross sections to a .csv file KTF, Sections, Miscellaneous, Write .csv file from cross sections for section data spreadsheet analysis / modifications for example
• New function: Convert above file to a KTF cross section file KTF, Sections, Miscellaneous, Write .sek file from .csv file to redraw / superimpose sections that have been modified
• Added optional Level and Code prefix to Co-ordinate input
• KTF's Section, Ground Model and Geneal File Selection dialogues now have a "History" button that eases folder navigation
• Many functions that used to seemingly "freeze" CAD while still working now don't freeze and show progress bar
• Added Client Network Licence Manager to ease NLM server changes etc. common Network Licence maintenance tasks
• KTF menu improvements

KTF 7.1135, 7.1035 and 7.0035

• Introducing of KTF .11 in version numbering for Bricscad V11 platform
• Cross sections now enabled to use Crank Decenders operation
• New menu item Design, Strings, Gradient to 2D Polyline from Levels/3D Polylines to improve ease of use when working from thresholds
• New menu item Design, Schedules and analysis, From a .csv file to work like Schedules and analysis, 3D Polyline (.csv) but starting with .csv file.
• Drawing 3D polylines directly from section(s) option added to program KTF, Sections, Create sections from drawing entities, Polyline(s) on Section or Cross Section(s)
• Ground model creation with breaklines speed improved, can create some models in 13% of the time it took previously (in one test: 12 minutes now, over 1.5 hours before). Time improvement will vary depending on source data.

KTF 7.1034 and 7.0034

• Version for Bricscad V11 Pro
• Local dongle recognised (no NLM required) for AutoCAD 2010, 2011 and 2012 64bit
• Integrating some minor changes to pre-release "33", hence jumping from 32 to 34.
• Some general enhancements added to program code to speed up ZVI / ZTV analysis.
• Added Multi Core Processing to ZVI / ZTV analysis.
• Added Progress Bar to ZVI / ZTV analysis and to Ground Model creation.
• When selected centreline is 3D polyline Single string defined by offset and gradient, Assign by gradient to 2D polyline and Assign to 3D polyline with tolerance now give an option to accept the 3D Polyline's levels as vertical geometry.

KTF 7.1032 and 7.0032

• Added decimal control for Ground Modelling, Interpolated levels, Picked points (and gradients)
• Added Solar Reflection sub menu item with two functions: Draw panel and Reflection. To be used in conjunction with ZVI / ZTV analysis to see if solar reflection happens.
• New special code added to KTF .txt Co-ordinate file input Tagged Information Block.
• New menu item Rivers, Digitise river photo locations added. Part of functionality to export river survey data to the Environment Agency's new EACSD format.

KTF 7.1031 and 7.0031

• ZVI user interface improvements.
• Added an option to change the layer of found entities in Code and number search.
• Number of River functions improvements.

KTF 7.1030 and 7.0030

• New option added to annotate the elevation of picked point on a section with a triangle for menu item Sections, Chainage and Level of picked point.
• New menu item Survey, Annotate levels on elevation added. Adds elevation markers to projected building elevation.
• Added a new option when analysing ZVI results with Z value colour analysis: Draw Polygons for hatching.
• New menu item 3D Utilities, Draw steps added. Draws steps from one elevation to another.
• Enhanced function Sections, Create sections from drawing entities, Levels projected onto 2D polyline so that the 3D polyline Draw option now draws the 3D polyline along the centreline, not just joins the inputted level points.
• Eliminated the default folder change which sometimes happened when CAD performed an Autosave.

KTF 7.1029 and 7.0029

• New sub menu Translators and OS, OS, OS OpenData added added to support OS free downloadable content import to CAD. Initial supported formats are Street View and PANORAMA.
• Added a new option to have horizontal floor level at highest elevation and horizontal roof for menu item Ground Modelling, Drape, Extrude

KTF 7.1028 and 7.0028

• New sub menu Help, Network Licencing added. Control and verify NLM, dynamic licence release and acquiring.
• Added new dimension to menu item Land Survey, Project building face observations: Enables wall / cliff face monitoring for example.

KTF 7.1027 and 7.0027

• New menu item Sections, Add to section(s), Levels and 3D Polylines from plan added. Projects 3D entities next to a section line in plan view to a section drawing. A bit like house face projections but more simple.
• Added new annotation option to menu item Sections, Chainage and level of picked point: Mark levels with arrows (triangle) pointing to the level
• One to 1250 scalebar added
• New menu item Rivers, Create drainage channel cross sections added. Works like river sections but sections are not in "reverse" as with River sections.

KTF 7.1026 and 7.0026

• New menu item Ground Modelling, Drape, Move to High Level added. Moves closed polylines to the highest level on the model over the polylines' areas.
• New menu item Rivers, River section input, Convert EEBY to KTF section file added. Adding flexibility to KTF with another format to import to KTF.
• KTF tested to install and run on new AutoCAD 2011 platforms.

KTF 7.1025 and 7.0025

• New menu item Sections, Dimensions added. Easy way to inspect and annotate horizontal and vertical dimensions on sections.

KTF 7.1024 and 7.0024

• New menu item Sections, Volume added. Calculating volumes from cross sections with end area method. Handy for quick volumes while designing on sections and good for providing calculation details.

KTF 7.1023 and 7.0023

• New menu item Sections, Add to Sections, Vertex codes added. Designing and analysing roads, rivers and even landfill sites on cross sections made much easier.
• Drawing cross sections has a new option: Force zero start offset and trim to size. Helps producing cross sections that comply with EA standards.
  

KTF 7.1022 and 7.0022

• KTF now runs on a new platform: Bricscad V10 Pro
• Zones of Visual Influence menu item enhanced by adding Field of View analysis to help visualize the actual visibility on loaction.
  
• Gradient annotation added to long- and cross fall analysis.
  

KTF 7.1021 and 7.0021

• Primary Support Folder introduced to help with network installations. This allows system administrators to keep survey and co-ordinate input routines' code lookup tables etc. in one folder in the network.
  
• Menu item Rivers, Create cross section file (.sek) modified to include 3D Polyline vertices as well as spot levels and the sections are now organised to work in a downstream direction.
  
• Key Code web link points now to right place

KTF 7.1020 and 7.0020

• New menu item Bund design from volume to calculate bund parameters to accommodate a specified volume.
  
• New menu item 2D utilities, OS Imagery to insert OS 1km. x 1km. .jpg at location defined by a picked point.
  
• Added River function to create cross section file and .csv file from centerline, crossing 2D Polylines and spot levels.
  
• Added Rivers menu item - Overlay design now included in Main Design.

KTF 7.1019 and 7.0019

• Added code lookup table facility to Create Level Data file from 3D Polylines with default codes LB, LT, DB, CLB, RT and RB for river sections.
  
• New menu item Bed design to cross sections - adds horizontal lines to each section at a level from a Vertical alignment design and draws the embankments.
  
• Adding Invert Levels etc. to a section - new menu item Add to section. Added an option to import Invert Levels etc. from a .dat file.
  
• New level data input format added to the Cross section data file Editor for .csv files (in order level, code, chainage, offset).

KTF 7.1018 and 7.0018

• KTF is now available in AutoCAD 2010 platform (version 7.1018)
  
• New Translators menu item to extract River centreline and cross section location data.
  
• Rapid and Multisections now include a function to select a number of individual section files and write one cross section file to enable much faster drawing outputs

KTF 7.0017

• Sections menu item to get Invert Levels etc. from plan location and then draw on Long Section
  
• Installation option to make multiple shortcuts to work with two or more AutoCAD versions
  
• Set nominal scale factor from configuration dialogue
  
• New option added to swap E and N co-ordinates in LandXML conversion to .kgm model

KTF 7.0016

• Codefind function now supports MText and filters the text more intelligently for non-numeric characters
  
• Z value analysis program reports volumes on different cut levels or depths
  
• Some horizontal geometry functions now can see in "shadow corners"

• ZVI visual barrier enhancement: 3D Polylines can now contain unlimited number of elements, not only one as before
  
• New menu item in Translators: Convert USGS SRTM BIL data into KTF readable format. That's Space Shuttle level data, available free and covering the whole of the UK.

• Section drawing: Added "Vertical exaggeration" field
  
• Section drawing: Added a toggle for auto datum change prompting
• Contouring: Added option to align the contour labels to uphills or not (if not: align in readable angle)
• Draw 3D Polyline(s) from .sek file: Added option to mark chainages as it's drawing 3D polyline(s) from .sek file
• Volume calcs: Made the "Suggest to optimise" suggestion more accurate in some rare cases
• Volume calcs: Differencial model creation now has an option to make "True Model", an accurate presentation of cut and fill depths
• Added update checking in KTF menu