SierraSoft Land
BIM software for land 3D modeling and analysis
Latest news
Version 7
| Improvement: | Improved and updated import and export in IFC 4.3 format. |
| News: | Added distance dimension from a polyline. |
| News: | Added distance dimension from an alignment. |
| News: | Added management of quantity calculation using formulas. |
| News: | Added the possibility to filter only the BIM objects and not the BIM structure when exporting to IFC format. |
| News: | Added the possibility to perform the extractions using as a reference subproject the one where the extraction is inserted. |
| Improvement: | Updated the toolbar of drawing styles. |
| News: | Added command for deleting unused layers, blocks and styles. |
| News: | Added command for quick selection of entities. |
| News: | Added the possibility to automatically hide the top bar and bottom bar of the program. |
| News: | Added a command to change the angle of survey points with a fixed value, from a polyline or from an axis. |
| Improvement: | Improved the management of entity selection filters. |
| Improvement: | Speed up the visualization of point clouds. |
| Improvement: | Speed up the functions of saving and opening files. |
Version 6
| News: | Added the management of drawing by codes of the symbol by the next points. |
| News: | Added the command to perform subproject data transformation by calibration points. |
| Improvement: | Updated the component for selection from Google maps to make it compatible with the new Google API. |
| News: | Added the offset command in the commands for editing the section polylines. |
| News: | Added new horizontal earthworks in the calculation style of the areas in the sections. |
| News: | Added in the extraction from point clouds the possibility to exclude points below a certain elevation difference from the project. |
| News: | Added the extraction from point clouds optimized for tunnels. |
| News: | Added the possibility to save an image from the window of the planimetry in “Full Screen” mode. |
| News: | Added “Full Screen” mode for the the window of the planimetry. |
| News: | Added the export to DWG of BIM properties of survey points as hidden attributes. |
| News: | Added material management in realistic mode. |
| News: | Added environment management in the realistic mode. |
| Improvement: | Improved light management in realistic mode. |
| News: | Added the “Orthogonal distance” columning in the sections that allows you to dimension the orthogonal distance between polylines as is the case, for example, in the dimensioning of the tunnel. |
| News: | Added the “Vertical distance” columning in the sections that allows to dimension the vertical distance between the polylines. |
| News: | Added the opening of new image formats: ECW, PCX, WMF, PCT. |
| Improvement: | Managed the unit of measurement when importing block references from DWG. |
| News: | Added the choice of decimal separator in text document exporting. |
| News: | Added the management of the drawing grid in the window of the planimetry. |
| News: | Added new special dimensions: station, polyline, area, triangle slope, transversal slope, axis leader and axis distance. |
| News: | Added arcs and splines linearization tolerance in triangulation. |
| News: | Added the columning with constant step in profile and sections. |
| News: | Added the management of the alignment of the survey points labels. |
| News: | Added the management of the custom size of the survey points labels. |
| News: | Added the management of the angle of the survey points labels. |
| News: | Added command to modify the tension of contour lines. |
| News: | Added the management of auxiliary contour lines. |
| News: | Added the increment option in the block modification of the name of survey points. |
| News: | Added the management of the description 2 of the survey points. |
| News: | Added command for extracting a regular mesh of survey points. |
| News: | Added command for extracting a regular mesh model. |
| News: | Added the possibility to insert 3D faces with the fourth vertex. |
| News: | Added the possibility to order in the table of the survey sections the sections with the same stations. |
Version 5
| Improvement: | Improved the management of hatches in plotting previews. |
| Improvement: | Improved the management of surface polylines with internal areas in SmartPolyline. |
| News: | Added the possibility of defining the origin when exporting in IFC format. |
| News: | Added then command to delete duplicated triangles. |
| News: | Added the possibility of calculating the basin volume from a point of minimum. |
| News: | Added the possibility of displaying or not the date, time and name of the project file in the printouts. |
| News: | Added the possibility to apply longitudinal and transversal rotation to blocks along a polyline in SmartPolyline. |
| News: | Added the command to create thematic maps from models. |
| News: | Added the command for the visualization of the plane areas. |
| News: | Added the command for displaying valleys and ridges. |
| News: | Added the command for displaying peaks and pits. |
| News: | Added the command to calculate the filling volume of a basin. |
| News: | Added the command to calculate a contour line from a point. |
| News: | Added the command for calculating the water path from a point. |
| News: | Added the display of slope vectors in the survey models. |
Version 4
| News: | Added the possibility to create sweeps of shapes with inner boundaries. |
| News: | Added the possibility to create polygonal surfaces from polylines. |
| News: | Added the management of the BIM properties of the project. |
| News: | Added the management of the BIM object of the site and its BIM properties. |
| News: | Added in the BIM Exchange the import and export in IFC 4.3 format. |
| News: | Added features to BIM Modeling to make it compatible with IFC 4.3 format. |
| News: | Added the coloring of survey model by slopes. |
| News: | Added the displacement in Y for the default position of the survey points labels. |
| Improvement: | Moved to the subproject level the management of the filters of the survey points labels. |
| Improvement: | Moved to the subproject level the management of the labels, sizes and symbols of the survey points. |
| News: | Added the command to join BIM objects. |
| News: | Added in the BIM “SMART” properties the possibility to read directly the characteristics of the entity. |
| News: | Added in the BIM Exchange the import and export in ESRI Shape (SHP) format. |
| News: | Added in the BIM Exchange the export in Google KML and Google KMZ format. |
| News: | Added the possibility to generate the BIM objects of the project planimetry grouped by code. |
| News: | Added the possibility to modify the order of project quantity codes, section quantities and WBS. |
| News: | Added the possibility to filter the WBS to print in the quantity summary and in the quantities from sections. |
| News: | Added the possibility to sort or not the quantities in the summary and linked reports. |
| News: | Added the management of the plot windows. |
| News: | Added the management of the drawing sheets. |
| News: | Added the possibility to choose whether to select complete BIM objects or individual entities. |
| News: | Added the import and export of survey points by station and offset in text format. |
| News: | Added the command mirror. |
| News: | Added the command fillet. |
| News: | Added the command chamfer. |
| News: | Added the selection of points in the drawing commands indicating the name of the initial and final survey point. |
| News: | Improved the selection with polyline. |
| News: | Added the possibility to customize the labels of the survey points for single point. |
| News: | Added the command for the insertion of survey points by station and offset respect to an axis. |
| News: | Added the color of the titles and texts of columning by polyline code. |
| News: | Added the commands for the drawing of the sideslopes. |
| News: | Added the command to insert a polyline from a closed area. |
| News: | Added the import and export in DWG and DXF of the hatches. |
| News: | Added the management of the hatches of the sections areas. |
| News: | Added the management and commands for the insertion of the hatches. |
| News: | Added the command to interpolate the elevations of a polyline from survey points. |
| News: | Added the export of the tables to DWG and DXF. |
| News: | Added the export of dimensions to DWG and DXF. |
| News: | Add the commands for the insertion of the dimensions. |
| News: | Added the command to convert texts in the name or in the elevation of the survey points. |
| News: | Added the possibility to import and export the BIM properties “Lists of options”. (BIM Modeling) |
| News: | Added the possibility to import and export the BIM property styles. (BIM Modeling) |
| News: | Added new views of the project BIM structure. |
| News: | Added the possibility of the multiple change of the selected BIM objects properties. (BIM Modeling) |
| News: | Added the possibility to define predefined groups for the entities of the project planimetry and of the SmartPolylines. (BIM Modeling) |
| News: | Added the possibility to view the quantities of the WBS intervals and sections with the quantity code or article. (BIM Modeling) |
| News: | Added the possibility to define the type of IFC entity in BIM objects export through entity styles. (BIM Modeling) |
| News: | Added the possibility to define the type of IFC entity in BIM objects export. (BIM Modeling) |
| News: | Added the possibility to create a group or not for properties that derive from an entity style. (BIM Modeling) |
| Improvement: | Improved the notes display in the BIM objects structure. (BIM Modeling) |
| News: | Added the BIM styles management of the project planimetry elements based on the code of the section polylines. (BIM Modeling) |
| News: | Added the management of the BIM “SMART” properties for the advanced autofill of the BIM object properties. (BIM Modeling) |
| News: | Added new autofill features of the “WBS” BIM properties. (BIM Modeling) |
| News: | Added the management of the BIM properties for the WBS codes. (BIM Modeling) |
| News: | Added the management of the BIM properties “List of options”. (BIM Modeling) |
| Improvement: | Improved the management and insertion of the entity properties. (BIM Modeling) |
| News: | Added management of Spline, Spline Fit, Bezier/Spline types in the drawing polylines and polylines with code. |
Version 3
| News: | Added the possibility to select the position, left or right, of displaying of the section areas |
| News: | Added the video tutorial section in the online help (Requires internet connection) |
| News: | Added the exportation of the survey points as blocks with attributes |
| Improvement: | Improved the import of large IFC files |
| Improvement: | Improved the export of large surfaces in LandXML format |
| Improvement: | Improved the import of large surfaces in LandXML format |
| News: | Added grips in realistic mode |
| News: | Added the lock of the view in the graphic window of the planimetry |
| News: | Added the predefined views in the graphic window of the planimetry |
| News: | Added the projects sharing between the M3 Framework products |
| News: | Added the stereoscopic 3D view in realistic mode |
| News: | Added the management of the SmartPolyline styles in the survey polylines |
| News: | Added the SmartPolylines for the dynamic 3D modeling of composed surfaces and solids |
| News: | Added the command for extruding a polyline |
| News: | Added the command for sweeping a shape along a polyline |
| News: | Added the command for sweeping an object along a polyline |
| News: | Added the command for inserting blocks along a polyline |
| News: | Added the extraction of section flags from sections in planimetry |
| News: | Added the extraction of section polylines in planimetry |
| News: | Added the rectangle command for the polylines of survey, axis, profile and sections |
| News: | Added the rectangle command for the drawing polylines |
| News: | Added the stakeout of the entities |
| News: | Added the conversion of SierraSoft MGD files to point cloud in SierraSoft Mass Data Converter |
| News: | Added the conversion of Esri ASCII Grid files to point cloud in SierraSoft Mass Data Converter |
| News: | Added the management of quantity models |
| Improvement: | Updated the command for the triangulation between two polylines |
| Improvement: | Updated the command for the triangulation of a polyline |
| Improvement: | Updated the command for creating a sideslope to model from a polyline |
| Improvement: | Updated the command for creating a sideslope from a polyline |
| News: | Added the report of survey points with staking out data |
| News: | Added the staking out of existing survey points |
| News: | Added the insertion of survey points from sections |
| News: | Added the staking out of the survey sections |
| Improvement: | Added tabbed management in the program toolbar |
| News: | Added the possibility to filter the extracted entities in section according to a BIM filter |
| News: | Added the possibility to filter the extracted entities in section according to the layer |
| News: | Added the possibility to extract in the sections the intersections references with the axis polylines |
| News: | Added the possibility to extract in the sections the intersections references with the survey polylines |
| News: | Added the possibility to view the intersections with other sections |
| News: | Added the ability to customize the intersections references |
| News: | Added the possibility to define the maximum length of the segments of the polylines extracted from the point clouds |
| News: | Added the possibility to extract and visualize the points of the clouds in the sections |
| News: | Updated the window of the quantities with addition of the project codes and the cost estimation |
| Improvement: | Improved the extraction of the section polylines from the point clouds |
| News: | Added the integration of the survey points in the triangulation of the point clouds |
| News: | Added the possibility to define the minimum density of the triangulation of point clouds |
| Improvement: | Improved the area selection in the partial triangulation of point clouds |
| Improvement: | Improved the osnap on point clouds |
| Improvement: | Improved point cloud visualization |
| Improvement: | Updated the SierraSoft Mass Data Converter for the management of the new CSD format |
| Improvement: | Updated the CSD format for point cloud management |
| News: | Added the extractions of section polylines from drawing subprojects |
| News: | Removed the limit on the number of sections polylines extractions |
| News: | Management of saving plotting previews |
| News: | Management of 3D views in plotting previews |
| News: | Export of plotting previews as images |
| News: | Added new options to improve the quality of the display in realistic mode |
| Improvement: | Improved the display performance in realistic mode |
| Improvement: | Improved selection in realistic mode |
Version 2
| News: | Added new BIM properties by entities for BIM objects of the layers, blocks, codes. (BIM Modeling) |
| Improvement: | Improved the function transform entities |
| News: | Added the import and export of REB documents |
| News: | Added the import and export of text documents |
| News: | Added the management of large images |
| News: | Added the management of new IFC entities |
| Improvement: | Improved display in realistic mode |
| News: | Updated the BIM Exchange extension with the new features of BIM Modeling |
| News: | Added new BIM Modeling extension for information modeling |
| News: | Added new BIM visualization of the project data |
| News: | Added the compability with AutoCAD 2018/2019 |
| News: | Added the possibility to manually assign the section flag to the section polylines |
| News: | Added the possibility to assign the elevation to the allotment in the quantity by models calculation |
| News: | Added the multiple selection of the allotments in the quantity by models calculation |
| News: | Added the multiple selection of the polylines in the quantity by models |
| News: | Added the multiple selection of the polylines in triangulation by polyline |
| News: | Added the multiple selection of the polylines in the commands divide and measure |
| News: | Added the multiple selection of the polylines in the commands edit polyline |
| News: | Added the clipboard management for the graphic entities |
| News: | Added the command for the automatic displacement of the survey point labels |
| News: | Added the command to change the surface of the triangles |
| News: | Added the command copy properties |
| News: | Added the command to insert a circle by tangent, tangent and radius |
| News: | Added the command explode for the polylines |
| News: | Added the commands for the editing of the section polylines |
| News: | Added the possibility to automatically adapt the columning size according to the section entities |
| News: | Added the entity styles for the survey points labels |
| News: | Added in the drawing toolbar the layer commands |
| News: | Added the scrolling toolbar in the windows of the additional desktops |
| News: | Added the management of the properties in the windows of the additional desktops |
| News: | Added the management of the entity filters for the realistic mode |
| Improvement: | Improved and made faster the display in realistic mode |
| Improvement: | Improved the management and the display of the commands messages |
| Improvement: | Improved the query commands ID, distance, angle and area |
Version 1
| News: | Added the command for the triangulation between two polylines |
| News: | Added the command for the creation of a sideslope by polyline with different methods |
| News: | Added the command for the creation of a sideslope to model by polyline |
| News: | Added the filters for the survey points labels |
| News: | Added the management of project coordinates systems |
| News: | Added the command 3D offset |
| News: | Added the command multiple 3D offset |
| News: | Added the possibility to apply to all or more subprojects a single filter or a filter selection |
| Improvement: | Management of the space as separator of the survey codes |
| Improvement: | Updated the survey filters |
| News: | Release SierraSoft Land 1.0 |
