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What's New Version 20.9

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Highlights September 2020

3DM Desktop Core

New Features and Enhancements

  • Drag and drop original data, structured in a Mapping Run import template, into a ready to use Mapping Run.
    Easily import original data, make use of the new Optimize Run Administrator Procedure.
  • Ortho Resource supported in a Mapping Run
    The resource is available in the dataset list when the run is open.
  • Textured mesh supported in Mapping Run
    The resource is available in the dataset list when the run is open. The textured mesh is not used as 3D reference for measurements in the mapping tabs.

Usabilities

  • Mapping Run type indicator in dataset list
    The indicator shows which type of run each resource is part of. Different icons are available for different mapping run content types such as Mobile Mapping, Aerial, Oblique.
  • Convert and Optimize tools are available from Map GL
    Drag and drop resource files to be converted onto Map GL now opens the tools sidebar correctly.

Layout

  • Renaming Mapping Tab and Procedures from “UAS Mapping” to “Aerial Mapping”.
  • Renaming of Mapping procedures “Projects” into “Group of Runs”

Bug fixes

3DM Content Manager

The 3DM Content Manager includes all 3DM Core improvements.

New Features and Enhancements

Usabilities

Layout

Bug fixes

  • A resource manager user couldn't log in to the 3D Mapping Cloud Upload extension.

3DM Feature Extraction

The 3DM Feature Extraction includes all 3DM Core improvements.

New Features and Enhancements

Usabilities

Layout

Bug fixes

3DM Viewer

The 3DM Viewer includes all 3DM Core improvements.

New Features and Enhancements

  • Set the timeline for the entire Workspace
    The new setting to set the timeline to the entire workspace simplifies changing the time on all the views at the same time.
  • Open Supported Resources as Local Resources
    Local Resources can be temporarily added to the 3DM Viewer in the resource sidebar. The resources have to bo Orbit Supported and can be a mobile mapping run, a pointcloud, vector data,
  • Open KML as Local Resource
    A local KML file can be temporarily added to the 3DM Viewer in the resource sidebar.
  • Add Local Resource by drag and drop
    Instead of browsing to the Local Resource, drag & drop is also enabled.
  • Set the Smallest Scale and Visibility of Resource Footprints on Reference View
    The renamed Footprints legend
  • Vector labels respect the resource view distance
  • Possible to switch the toolbar to the right side
  • Extra stage for sidebar: fully folded in. cycle through stages with arrow icons pointing in both directions
  • option to display one timeline for the whole workspace that controls all views at once
  • drag and drop local resource vector file, pointcloud
  • add option to save settings in a bookmark (button not available)
  • improved visualization of planar images in reference view (thicker line)
  • click search area to open planar images expanded to 8 pixels
  • coverage legend panel is renamed to footprints legend panel
  • scale limit can be set for envelope, trajectory, positions
  • toggle on or off envelope, trajectory, positions with checkbox
  • “reset to default” will reset the footprint legend
  • New setting to hide the footprint legend from the viewer.

Usabilities

  • redesign the quick navigation guide to fit with current style
  • flyout menu are immediately shown on hover, this improves the speed of the viewer, no longer waiting for animation to finish before continuing
  • scalebar implemented on reference view, when hovering over scale, 1:1000 is visualized

Layout

  • Floorpicker moved to left toolbar
  • Geocode search moved to “New View” group of icons
  • Spacing between sidebar icons is more compact
  • Toolbar buttons fold in all at once when the sidebar is no longer tall enough to fit them all (1: sidebars, 2: floor picker, 3:new view buttons)
  • Right toolbar: remove what's new, quick navigation guide as pop-up

Bug fixes

  • Annotations are now saved in bookmark when toggled on (to fix)
  • annotation can be resized/rotated after changing size in the sidebar

3DM Publisher

The 3DM Publisher includes the 3DM core and 3DM Viewer improvements.

New Features and Enhancements

  • Edit in viewer doesn't count as concurrent session anymore (to test)
  • Adding none-available resources to resource group is disabled

Usabilities

Layout

Bug fixes

  • For a .3dtiles resource, resource type is not “unknown” but “Textured Mesh” (to test)
  • when a resource that was linked to a resource group or publication was deleted, the given resource group or publication became uneditable until the application was refreshed (to test). The removed resources are removed from the publicattion.

3DM Cloud

The 3DM Cloud includes the 3DM core and 3DM Viewer improvements.

New Features and Enhancements

Usabilities

Layout

Bug fixes

3DM Viewer SDK

The 3DM Viewer SDK includes the 3DM core and 3DM Viewer improvements.

Bug fixes

 
Last modified:: 2020/09/25 11:49