SierraSoft Rails

BIM software for the design of railways

Latest news

Version 2

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Added the generation of the project planimetry of the section quantities.

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Added the command constraints checking.

News:	Added filter on drawing style in quick selection.
News:	Added the possibility to set the orientation of contour line dimensioning in the direction of rises.

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.

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Added the management of quantity calculation bands by sections.

News:	Added the management of axis points to insert points and objects related to an axis.
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 display of WBS in the section table.
News:	Added preview of speed diagram.
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 axis generation.
Improvement:	Speed up the visualization of point clouds.
Improvement:	Speed up the functions of saving and opening files.

Version 1

News:	Added the command to perform subproject data transformation by calibration points.
News:	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 workings 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.

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Added the management of the IfcAlignment in IFC 4.3 format.

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 visualization in profile of terrain and project lines between sections.
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 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 the possibility to insert 3D faces with the fourth vertex.
News:	Added the possibility to save simulation terrains in the Typical sections building windows.
News:	Added the possibility to see the references of the planimetry and profile polylines in the typical sections building window.
News:	Added the possibility to open the window for editing typical objects from the typical sections building window.
News:	Added the command to copy property values of one object to another in the typical sections building window.
News:	Added the command duplicate objects in the typical sections building windows.
Improvement:	Updated the management of object catalogs in the typical sections building window.
News:	Release SierraSoft Rails 1.0

News:	Added the dimensioning of the grade lines slopes in the profile.
News:	Added the possibility to generate the stripping line as a closed polyline.
News:	Added 2D/3D distance property of elements in BIM objects created from the project planimetry (BIM Modeling).
News:	Added volume property to BIM objects created from project planimetry plan (BIM Modeling).

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Improved the typical objects: Band between two lines, sideslope with berms and top soil cut layer.

News:	Added the command to convert a horizontal alignment element from straight to curve and vice versa.
News:	Added the command to invert a horizontal alignment element.
News:	Added the command to join two consecutive vertical alignment elements.
News:	Added the command to divide a vertical alignment element.
News:	Added the command to join two consecutive horizontal alignment elements.
News:	Added the command to divide a horizontal alignment element.

News:	Added the management of closed cutting polylines in the generation of the project model.
Improvement:	Improved the management of the cutting polylines in the generation of the project model.
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 to view the summary of quantities in the BIM objects of the axis.
News:	Added the possibility to extract quantities from BIM objects. (BIM Modeling).
News:	Added the possibility to select which codes to display in the summary of the quantities in reports and in the BIM objects.

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Added the management of cubic parabolas in the transition curves straight-curve and reverse.

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 possibility to sort the tables of the elements of the geometry annotation by curves.
News:	Added the possibility to give a name to the horizontal alignment elements to be recalled in the geometry annotation and in the prints.
News:	Added the possibility to choose whether to dimension the clothoids in the geometry annotation as a dimension or as an element offset.
News:	Added the dimensioning of the stations of tangent points in the geometry annotation.
News:	Added the possibility to use marks in the table headers of the geometry annotation.
Improvement:	Improved the dimensioning of horizontal alignment elements in the geometry annotation.

News:	Added the Sideslope separator object that sizes itself based on an offset from a sideslope.
Improvement:	Updated the single separator object with the possibility to extend to a section polyline.
Improvement:	Updated the single separator object with the possibility to set the slope.
Improvement:	Improved the visualization of the policy check in the tables of horizontal and vertical alignment elements.

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Added a function to extend the intervals of the selected typical sections and characteristics at the end of the axis.

News:	Added the extraction of a section polyline from the terrain profile of an axis.
News:	Added the projection of an axis in the extractions of the profile.
News:	Added the projection of an axis polyline in the extractions of the profile.
News:	Added the projection of a survey polyline in the extractions of the profile.
News:	Added the command to create an offset of an axis.
News:	Added the command to create thematic maps from models.
News:	Added the command to calculate the quantities between two surveys.
News:	Added the command to calculate the quantities of a survey from a fixed elevation.
News:	Added the command to calculate the plane and sloped area of a survey.
News:	Added the command to calculate the perimeters of a survey.
News:	Added command to delete triangles of a survey with a polyline.
News:	Added the command to divide the triangles of a survey with a polyline.
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 visualization of the slope vectors on project planimetry models.
News:	Added the display of slope vectors in the survey models.

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Release SierraSoft Rails 1.0 - Beta