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3DM Desktop Core

New Features and Enhancements

  • New attribute formula “ME Mapping Resource Name”
  • Double click on dataset in datasetlist triggers zoom to dataset extent
  • New Mapping preference with global mapping settings
    • Use Image Direction intended for Oblique Mapping
    • Views in tab (horizontal, vertical or tiled) for MM, uav and oblique
    • Review Dataset List and Dataset Properties UI for Mesh resources
      • name of mesh instead of placeholder.ovf
      • display name, format and type filled in Dataset Properties Inspect
      • dataset list context menu: unsupported items greyed out
  • Display viewing direction labels
  • Option Close Dataset in datasetlist-toolbar is not disabled for Mapping datasets
  • Increase attribute items to display warning 'large number of records' (up until 200 000 records)
  • Create olg file when exporting Point Cloud selection
  • Set Target CRS automatically to selected source CRS at Import Run
  • Delete missing Photo Positions and missing Image Files using image availability metadata
  • Add 'Focus other views' to the view-context-menu
  • Add option to choose quality of panorama image created from planar groups
  • Make it possible to rearrange all Mapping views in 1 overview panel
  • New procedure: Import % Process run to convert available original run resources in the run
    • Create locations.ovt if import_locations.csv available
    • Create trajectory.ovf if import_trajectory.csv available
    • Import las file if las in pointcloud/original folder
    • create trajectory_simplified (required panorama1/locations.ovt or planar1/locations.ovt)
    • create envelope
  • Change naming 'Project' to 'Group of run'
  • Option to split source point cloud into classes, result are opc file for every class
  • Various UX improvements for Single Model Datasets
  • Create omr file from oop file when Add Run in Oblique Mapping extension (also for drag and drop)
  • INHOUSE: Convert Demo or Trial licensed point cloud into Full licensed point cloud
  • Disable resources from dataset list when functionalities can not be used (OSM not in Map3D and Map GL, MEsh and models not in Map 2D and 3D)
  • Skip images without position in CC export XML
  • Make it possible to show the cursor position on the other viewers
  • Show a better display name when actions 'Open View' and 'Focus View' are activated
  • Display feet measurement results as integer feet and decimal inches
  • Visual association of individual mapping run resources in dataset list
  • Enable mobile mapping area select function (select object in mobile mapping tab)
  • Make it possible to see metadata of the views

Usabilities

  • Scrolling in 3D Backdrop Sidebar enabled
  • Creating Resource Ord at optimize or convert Image Resource to Omi
  • Upgraded for UAS Mapping to Aerial Mapping, tags and translations
  • Alphabetical sort of Procedures and Administration Procedures (Procedures, Administration Procedures, Catalog listing Resource options)

Layout

  • Re-arranged Mapping Admin Procedures (Add run before Import run)
  • Layout issue with too long Run name in 'Add Run' wizard

Refactoring

  • Open Oblique Resources using Mobile Mapping Resource Type
  • Rename UAS Mapping into Aerial Mapping
  • Stop now instead of Cancel now when optimizing imagery
  • Re-arranged

Bug fixes

  • Image availability checks fail with “.” in file name
  • Image availability check case sensitive on file extension .jpg vs .JPG
  • Assets Preferences could not be opened from Preference context-menu
  • Auto-generate ini and ord for .3dtiles resources

3DM Content Manager

New Features and Enhancements

  • Optimize and Convert Tools sidebar in Map GL
  • Cursor Spinner at Calculate Data Volume and Calculate Image Availability
  • Open Map GL from Map 3D and Map 2D via Map Context Menu
  • Add measure preference to access 3d hover preferences to ground control points and georeference sidebar
  • When checking for HTML5 Compatibility: check that the folders of the planars are named starting from 1 and not skipping a number (planar1, planar2,…)
  • Verify Cloud/Html5 Ready for Runs via Scripting
  • Simplified Cloud Upload, reduce options to specify Resource Type

Usabilities

Layout

Bug fixes

  • Cloud Resource admin cannot login to upload (if user is added to one group (team or role) only)
  • Geo-reference Run sidebar is incompletely visible for long Run Names
  • Second 'Zoom to Dataset extent' of a Mesh is not possible

Refactoring

  • Rename “Cancel Import” into “Cancel” for running Task Manager

3DM Feature Extraction

New Features and Enhancements

  • New extension Tree Analysis
  • Catenary measurements are part of semi-automated measurements
  • Option 'Include overlays on snapshot' have problem with multiple mobile-mapping extensions
    • Add inventory item in mobile mapping tab, accompanying snapshot, the measure-overlay is not visible on the snapshot
  • Drag and drop resource file to import Theme
  • Add option to cancel Volume Calculation.
  • Option to add the attribute table as an overlay on the Mapping View when making a snapshot in Asset Inventory
  • Additional rectangular volume measure functions
  • Edit Selected Volume Object via 3D Measurements

Usabilities

Layout

Bug fixes

  • Duplicate structure to create new theme not working

3DM Viewer

New Features and Enhancements

  • Timeline setting by Workspace
  • Open Supported Resources as Local Resource
  • Open KML as Local Resource
  • Add Local Resource by drag & drop
  • Smallest Scale and Visibility of Resource Footprints on Reference View
  • Hide Mapping Resource Footprint legend editing in Publication Setup
  • Improve Planar Footprints (thickness, scale) on Reference View
  • Scale Bar on Reference View
  • Limit display of Vector data labels by Resource View Depth
  • Removed close action from the menu, close via click out-side or upper right corner
  • List pages, Search and filter using Tags, viewer catalog
    • every table now has invisible Tags column for searching
  • List pages, Description as the last column
  • Adjust image brightness via View Action Menu (uas, oblique, mm)
  • Increase image brightness range
  • Render mode-specific maximum photo distances
    • New for MM Planar, UAS Planar and Oblique Planar
  • Visualize Focus and Hover Position
    • Technical settings, default inactive
  • Optionionally hide geocoding search
    • nice to know, search by coordinate 51.0872828,4.0114779
  • Play function by OrbitPhotoID
    • only thing we can impact
  • Play function on obliques
  • Keep viewing direction also when using manual sequence actions, cfr Play
  • Synchronize Reference from Views
  • Improve usability of flyout menu's containing controls
  • Switch View Mode Planar MM to Spherical Image, closet image to Planar Viewpoint is not opened

Usabilities

  • Contact name not shown in login panel if concurrent users exceeded
  • Re-organize Viewer Settings
    • re-aranaged layout of Viewer Settigns to increase usability, a lot of setting, easy access, consider to remove?
    • general > general (cleaned)
    • viewing > views > all views (new)
    • cosmetics hamburger and close icon
    • quick settings updated accordingly
  • Show Slice on 3D Views default enabled
  • Redesign user navigation manual for viewer
  • Added missing tags on
    • #error.login.internal_error#
    • #error.login.no_session_available_reserved#

Layout

  • Possibility to switch left sidebar and right viewer menus
  • Remove animation on flyouts to improve the UX and performance
  • Various layout updates on the Sidebar Menu for an easier, cleaner, compacter and more flexible UI, preparing for mobile devices
    • 3 staged sidebar collapse including
    • full-screen option
    • no more overlap with the viewer, push aside
    • icons collapse order to flyouts 1) Sidebars 2) Floors 3) Views
    • horizontal flyout for floors
    • smaller icons, font, no extra spacing for divider
    • Move geocode search from Viewer toolbar to Sidebar toolbar
    • Move floor picker from Viewer toolbar to Sidebar toolbar
  • Various layout updates on the Viewer Menu sidebar for easier and cleaner UI
    • quick navigation guide in the standard pop-up component
    • divider for base maps
    • no more what's new
    • knowledge base first
  • Viewing direction label is incorrectly positioned if play function is active
  • Extract all confirmation popup windows out of the pages to a higher level

Bug fixes

  • Annotation model resizing/rotate stops working after manual entering size dimensions
  • View depth on image of Vector objects with labels not applied
  • Switch floor, correct image opens but not found message displayed (issue 20.7 only)
  • Measurement download is not available in combination with Basic measurements only
  • Image legend editor is not available for resources having planar images only
  • Move Up/Down resources duplicates resource with samen name in Resource Sidebar
  • When moving a spherical image on reference, photo not found error is displayed (issue in 20.7 only, patched)
  • Spherical Image replaced by Planar at Move position while Planar Footprints are not visible on Reference View
  • Only 20 closest photo positions around spherical photo are available, not up to 50m
  • Show Slice view in 3D, not stored in Workspace
  • Maximum vector overlay view depth viewer setting, not stored in Workspace
  • Move spherical image on Reference View doesn't open the closest photo position
  • Reference View is not synchronized by Image View at Play image

Refactoring

  • Obfuscation by prefix to avoid manual maintenance of allow list
  • Sidebar Flyout button functional component

3DM Publisher

New Features and Enhancements

  • Admin and personal User Bookmarks for publisher
    • A link will be prepared that can be shared with anyone that can open the publication.
    • Any admin bookmark should be usable by anyone in any publication
    • bookmark that only captures the workspace state, but does not interfere with opened resources.
    • <server>/publication/<name>?bookmark=<bookmark>
    • publisher_3dm/bookmarks/publication_<publicationId>/user_<userId>/<bookmarkId>.xml
    • Use the same type of bookmark identifiers as with cloud (having the Bmk marker).
    • Re-order bookmark to be last item in the sidebar
    • Review UI of Guest Bookmarks
  • Optionally include workspace settings in publisher publication bookmarks
  • List pages, Search and filter using Tags
  • List pages, Description as the last column
  • Autocomplete on Tags
  • Import multiple users from csv for publisher
  • Import multiple resources from csv for publisher
  • Table consistency for displaying tags & description
  • Add Tags to Publications
  • Change secondary table sort from id to name
  • Add multiple resources to resource group
    • not perfect
  • Publication overview, Login, Users and Sessions
  • List pages functionality is not the same as publisher console
    • remember search and sort
    • multiple select

Usabilities

  • Context menu for detail pages
  • Enhance Back button for On-Prem Publisher
  • Disable adding none-available resources to resource group

Layout

  • Rename Upload into Import Multiple Resources
  • Label 3dtiles resource as Textured Mesh, currently Unknown
  • Label gtlf and glb resources as 3D Models, currently Textured Mesh

Bug fixes

  • Deleting a resource does not remove it Publications
    • could not duplicate publication,
  • Annotation is not saved with Bookmark
  • Publication share amount of users is incorrect

Refactoring

  • Remove invalid resource references from publisher configuration on server startup
    • not available resources

3DM Cloud

New Features and Enhancements

  • List pages, Search and filter using Tags
  • List pages, Description as the last column
  • Autocomplete on Tags
  • Set custom Publication Token
  • Resource & Resource Group List pages ContextMenu

Usabilities

  • Context menu Resources, Resources Groups, Projects and Publications to have direct
  • Update and simplify 3D Models into Annotation Objects, re-use generic concepts
    • 3D Models > 3D Objects in Console and Viewer
    • complexity Categories for 3D Models is replaced by Tags (cfr resources, … search .. )
    • system Annotation Objects
    • layout update, thumbnails,
    • Publisher, already ok, but also renmaing Model > Annotation Object
  • Table search remove minimum characters of 3 to start search
  • List pages functionality is not the same as publisher console
    • remember search and sort
  • Market place hidden
  • Hybrid resources are hidden
  • sample publication are hidden
    • sample resources will be hidden

Layout

  • Rework thumbnail upload component
    • Thumbnail / Image upload consistency
  • Rearrange and rename Console and Viewer Catalog menu items inline with order of usage
    • Resources, Individual Resources, Resource Groups, Base Maps, Terrains, Projects, Publications
    • Viewer Catalog and Console
    • For publisher was this already ok
  • Layout update Data Center list page
    • general layout update
    • Icon for availability
    • Data-center type is removed
    • Hybrid resources are set hidden
  • Table consistency for displaying tags & description

Bug fixes

  • Deleting a User deletes all Publications created by this user
  • Guest User can access Guest User Publication in Edit mode
  • A newly created generic resource group won't open in de viewer
  • Cannot create Bookmark if including Annotation

Refactoring

  • Delete unused account pages in Cloud Console
  • Rewrite autocomplete field and oselect
 
Last modified:: 2020/10/08 18:10