Mar 9, 2024 - New Version Released! SmartDraft 23.1.9 |
New enhancements. |
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SmartDraft 22 subscription clients will need new authorization codes to upgrade to SmartDraft 23. |
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Fixed an issue with the Points at Station and Offset command in Civil 3D. On 3rd point add, would return the Error: Civil 3D API: Point number must be unique. Introduced in 23.1.0. Now it will correctly add points. Introduced in 23.1.0. |
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Fixed an issue Drawing Setup and Horizontal Scale is AutoCAD and BricsCAD. Now will sync the horizontal scale with the Annotation Scale, and create the Annotation Scale if it does not already exist. |
Feb 22, 2024 - SmartDraft 23.1.8 |
New enhancements. |
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Added support for Pipe Network and Pressure Pipes - Pipes and Structure Names as target for the Replace option in the Text Sequential command. |
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Fixed an issue with the Point Labels Rotation command. Code was skipping multiple selected Civil 3D Points. |
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Fixed an issue with the Point Station and Offset Information command, misspelled function name. Introduced in 23.1.0 |
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Fixed an issue with the Point Labels Clean command, misspelled function name. Introduced in 23.1.0 |
Feb 1, 2024 - SmartDraft 23.1.7 |
New enhancements. |
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Changed the code to increase the decimal precision of the data read from profile design to better draw the profile line. Improves the commands: Label Profile (Station and Elevation) and Create Profile Line |
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Fixed an issue with Point commands which access the Civil 3D Survey Database. Error: ; error: no function definition: sm:survprjptlst. Introduced in 23.1.0 |
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Fixed an issue with the Section View: Points command. It would place 1 point and return the error: too few arguments. Introduced in 23.1.0 |
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Fixed an issue with Construction Notes Manager running with Autodesk Desktop Connector, every time user would edit the notes file, the tool would ask the user to confirm deletion of the *.cnl file. We have removed this issue. |
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Fixed an issue with the Point Labels Rotation command. Improves processing of selected points. |
Dec 19, 2023 - SmartDraft 23.1.3 |
New enhancements. |
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Fixed an issue with the Edit Text (ED) command and Civil 3D Points, it would not edit the elevation or description. Introduced in 23.1.0 |
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Added all the update in 23.1.2 to BricsCAD. We forgot to recompile the files for BricsCAD. |
Dec 17, 2023 - SmartDraft 23.1.2 |
New enhancements. |
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Added support for tag width factor setting on MLeader tags. Note: All MLeader tags will follow the last setting in the drawing. For Construction Notes Notes tags and Reference Symbols when MLeader is On. |
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Fixed an issue with any command with a point selection object, when the Point Group select option was used, the incorrect numbers were selected. Introduced in 23.1.0 |
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Fixed an issue with slow point creation in Civil 3D when there were a large number of points, or a large number of Point Groups. Introduced in 23.1.0 |
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Fixed an issue with an Point command which prompted for "First Elevation". The command would continue requesting "First Elevation". Introduced in 23.1.0 |
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Fixed an issue with the Point Options command and any point command with the Options selection, when selecting to OK button, the command would exit with an error. Introduced in 23.1.0 |
Oct 17, 2023 - SmartDraft 23.1.0 |
New enhancements. |
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Added support for BricsCAD v24 Pro. |
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Updated BricsCAD version menu to correctly show the first prompt of SmartDraft commands when selected from the ribbon. |
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Added support for reading BricsCAD v24 Pro Civil points to the PConnect, Point: Zoom To, Point Elevation, Point Label, Point Coordinate Table, Point Labels Rotation, Points Connect with Polyline, Modify Elevations of Points: Relative Hinge, Modify Elevations of Points: Absolute Hinge, List Available Point Numbers, Points Report using Surface(s), and Points: Create Selection Set Point commands. |
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Added the Station and Offset Report from Points command to the SmartDraft Suite BricsCAD menu. |
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Added the BricsCAD Point Creation Options command to select between creating BricsCAD v24 Pro Civil Point or SmartDraft Point. |
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Added support for creating BricsCAD v24 Pro Civil points to the Points Manual, Points by Coordinates, Points Calculate Slope, Points Elevation by Slope, Points Elevation at PVI, Points Setback, Points along Objects, Points at Station and Offset, Points Offset Staking, and Traverse commands. |
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Added support for BricsCAD v24 Pro Civil points to the Profile from Points or 3D Polylines along an Alignment , Edit Object's Elevation, and Slope Label (Two Points) Suite commands. |
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Added support for BricsCAD v24 Pro Civil points to the Labeling by Points, Measure Angle, and Inverse Points Suite and Survey commands. |
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Added command Check for Duplicate Point Numbers and alias ptdup. |
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Added Viewport Lock All and alias vla |
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Added support for SmartDraft points to the Convert SmartDraft or Land Desktop Points into Civil 3D Points command and alias ptcvt. |
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Added the command Layer change adding Prefix/Suffix command and alias lyps. |
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Added Added support for Visibility States to the Text Online command and alias ton. |
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Improved the speed of the List Available Point Numbers, and List Available Point Numbers in Survey Database commands. |
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Fixed an error with the Construction Notes > List, and Construction Notes List: Update commands. If the current layer was locked, it would not create or update a list and display the Error: bad argument type: lentityp nil. |
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Fixed an issue with the Construction Notes > List, and Construction Notes List: Update commands. Now the oblique angle of the notes style is applied to the attribute in the symbol when creating or updating a notes list. |
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Fixed an issue with the Edit Text Properties commands. It now correctly processes an AutoCAD Table was selected, without an error. |
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Fixed an issue with the Line Bisect commands. It would error out. |
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Fixed an issue with changing the Node Type on the Point Label Edit command. Introduced in SmartDraft 23. |
June 26, 2023 - SmartDraft 23.0.11 |
New enhancements. |
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Improved SmartDraft command response speed in BricsCAD. |
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Added coded to report Windows 11. |
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Changed the leader layer to match the symbol and note layer in the Construction Notes command. |
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Fixed an issue with BricsCAD and the Daylight to Surface and Daylight to Surface - Segment command. |
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Fixed an issue where some commands turned Polar Tracking off. Now it should stay the same as before a command started. |
June 21, 2023 - SmartDraft 23.0.10 |
New enhancements. |
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Fixed an issue with BricsCAD v23 starting with v23.2.*. The SmartDraft Civil Tools would not load. |
June 9, 2023 - SmartDraft 23.0.9 |
New enhancements. |
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Fixed an issue with the Drawing Setup command. Error: bad argument type: stringp nil. Issue introduce in 23.0.7. |
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Fixed an issue with the Text Styles of the Drawing Setup. The text style values were not holding. Issue introduce in 23.0.7. |
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Fixed an issue with SmartDraft running in the Block Editor when using the TEXTMASK command. |
May 27, 2023 - SmartDraft 23.0.8 |
New enhancements. |
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Changes only to the Individual command Associate Survey Working Folder (ASWF) |
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For ASWF: Fixed the loading error message which falsely read Error: This version of SmartDraft was written for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017 to 2024, but would not load load in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2024. |
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For ASWF:Fixed the loading error message which falsely read Error: This version of SmartDraft was written for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017 to 2024, but would not load load in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2024.
Fixed an error message when loading in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018 to 2023. ; error: no function definition: SM:GetMaskFrame. Introduced in 23.0.5 |
May 26, 2023 - SmartDraft 23.0.7 |
New enhancements. |
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Changed to the AutoCAD file dialog in the Construction Notes Tools. |
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Added Use Rounded Curve Calculations in Labeling and Reports to the New Drawing Settings of the Customization Template Manager. |
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Fixed an issue with Planview Labels associated to a Civil 3D alignment. For rare situations, typing to update the label would Errpr: bad argument type: numberp: nil |
May 24, 2023 - SmartDraft 23.0.5 |
New enhancements. |
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Fixed an issue with the Add a Construction Note options. The non-annotative start tag was inserted as an annotative block. |
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Fixed an issue with the tag symbols used by the Construction Notes tools, and Labeling Tags Tool were recreate. We removed any Civil 3D Objects from these tag blocks. |
Apr 19, 2023 - SmartDraft 23.0.2 |
New enhancements. |
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Fixed an issue with the Add a Construction Note options. The non-annotative start tag was inserted as an annotative block. |
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Fixed an issue with the tag symbols used by the Construction Notes tools, and Labeling Tags Tool were recreate. We removed any Civil 3D Objects from these tag blocks. |
Apr 6, 2023 - SmartDraft 23.0.1 |
New enhancements. |
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Added support for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2024, AutoCAD Map 3D 2024, and AutoCAD 2024. |
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Removed support for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017, AutoCAD Map 3D 2017, and AutoCAD 2017. |
Mar 28, 2023 - SmartDraft 22.0.18 |
New enhancements. |
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Added the "(" character to the comment character option of PConnect > Suffix Codes. |
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Fixed an issue with the Profile Labeling tools for AutoCAD Civil 3D. The Profile Labeling tools would display the error "Error: bad argument type: VLA-OBJECT nil when a new ProfileView was added and the drawing was not reopened. |
Jan 13, 2023 - SmartDraft 22.0.16 |
New enhancements. |
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Fixed an issue with the Construction Notes > Add List option, if the drawing decimal precision was set to 0, the command would return an error "Error: Automation Error: Invalid Input". |
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Fixed an issue with the Edit Label - Alias ED in BricsCAD v23 when select a TEXT object. It would erase the TEXT object. |
Jan 10, 2023 - SmartDraft 22.0.15 |
New enhancements. |
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Added code to check if no alignment is assigned to ProfileView, which causes an error on Profile Tools. |
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Added code to Construction Notes Manager so when a new category is added, it correctly changes the index number associated to the category. This is so the command can better handle multiple categories, even if they have the same symbol. |
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Added code to Construction Notes so when the user has the "Update Associated Drawings List" checked and the drawing is added to the Notes file, the notes do not get switched when there are multiple categories. |
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Fixed an issue with the Program and User Option Enable Construction Notes List Update on Save. Fixed error: error: bad argument type: fixnump: nil and construction notes list not updating on save. |
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Fixed an issue with SmartDraft inside BricsCAD v23. Some command would not work correctly.. |
Nov 8, 2022 - SmartDraft 22.0.11 |
New enhancements. |
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Fixed an issue with the Text Mathematics command. Now the adjustment value remembers the value entered in the options dialog. |
Nov 2, 2022 - SmartDraft 22.0.10 |
New enhancements. |
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Added support for BricsCAD v23. Note: BricsCAD's new civil point object is not supported in this release.. |
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Fixed an issue with the Point Block Extract. It would error if the point style block had a block inside of it, or if the point object did not have a point style assigned. |
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Fixed an issue with the Construction Notes Tools and the save file name variable. |
Sep 2, 2022 - SmartDraft 22.0.9 |
New enhancements. |
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Added support for elevations for vertically curved pressure pipes for Civil 3D 2021 - 2023 in the Elevation Label and ID Elevation commands. |
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Added the commands Xref Unload and Xref Reload and their aliases XRU and XRR. |
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Corrected a misspelled prompt in the Points Export command. |
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Fixed an issue with the Elevation Label command. Correctly remembers settings for first input type vs going back to polyline. |
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Fixed an issue with commands which could not find the alignment name and would return and error. Introduced in 22.0.8 |
Aug 18, 2022 - SmartDraft 22.0.8 |
New enhancements. |
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Added layer database loading to the Text Online. |
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Added code to check Category - Construction Notes text heights are not zero, when reading the Construction Notes File (.cnm). Fixes the "Error: Automation Error. Invalid input" when adding or updating a Notes List. |
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Added ability to double-click in the Select Number(s) dialog when a text, mtext, arc text, attribute is selected with multiple numbers in the value. |
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Added the ability to select a single Pipe in the Pipe 2 Polyline command. Added option to press enter for ending pipe selection vs selecting the same pipe. |
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Fixed a spelling error on the dialog for the Legal Description Options Style Manager command. |
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Fixed an issue with the Construction Notes Manager reporting a notes files is lock when using Autodesk Docs ("BIM 360" replacement). |
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Fixed an issue with the Pipe 2 Polyline command. When selecting the same pipe for starting and ending, it no longer double the polyline. |
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Fixed an issue with the Measure Angle command. Fixed an issue were it would incorrectly report an arc and line as tangent and endpoints matching. |
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Fixed an issue with the Labeling command, when labeling an arc and the Toggle Label Masking On / Off is toggled On. The labeling command would error and stop working. Introduced in 22.0.5. |
Jun 16, 2022 - SmartDraft 22.0.6 |
New enhancements. |
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Added the "Flip 180" to the Flip option in the Alignment Station and Offset Labels command. |
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Fixed an issue with the Options of the Dimension, Dimension Outside, Dimension Truncate, Dimension with Prompt, Dimension without Leader, Dimension Arc, and Profile Dimension commands. Issue introduced in version 22.0.5 |
May 21, 2022 - SmartDraft 22.0.5 |
New enhancements. |
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Added the Toggle Label Masking On / Off command and alias AMA. Automatically mask text, mtext, and blocks with attributes when using any of the SmartDraft commands which add text, mtext, arc text, polyline text, or blocks with attributes. |
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Improved performance of the Dimension, Dimension Outside, Dimension Truncate, Dimension with Prompt, Dimension without Leader, Dimension Arc, and Profile Dimension commands. |
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Changed the Inverse Points command to report negative or positive elevations and slopes from first point to second point. |
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Fixed an issue correctly list Civil 3D ProfileViews in Profile Tools which draw or label in profile views. Issue introduced in version 22.0.1 |
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Fixed an issue with the Construction Notes command. Would error when selecting the List Options > Notes > Selected Drawing Tags. |
May 4, 2022 - SmartDraft 22.0.4 |
New enhancements. |
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Added the Point Labels Clean command and alias PTCR to reposition Civil 3D Point Label Styles to enhance readability. |
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Fixed an issue with the Update Labels or Program Options / User Options which run the Update Labels command on Open and Plot. In some situations Alignment Station Intersection Labels would flip. |
Apr 29, 2022 - SmartDraft 22.0.3 |
New enhancements. |
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Fixed an issue with the Profile Label Editing. Introduced in SmartDraft 21.1.18 |
Apr 25, 2022 - SmartDraft 22.0.2 |
New enhancements. |
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Fixed an issue in the authorization process. |
Apr 22, 2022 - SmartDraft 22.0.1 |
New enhancements. |
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Added support for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2023, AutoCAD Map 3D 2023, and AutoCAD 2023. |
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Removed support for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2015 - 2016, AutoCAD Map 3D 2015 - 2016, AutoCAD 2015 - 2016, and BricsCAD v19 - v20. |
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Added the SmartDraft profile design command Define / Edit Profile and alias PFM. |
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Added the SmartDraft existing ground profile command Create Existing Ground Profile and alias PFEG. |
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Update Profile Tools to support the new SmartDraft profile design. |
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Update Grading labeling command to support the new SmartDraft profile design. |
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Update Point placement and labeling commands to support the new SmartDraft profile design. |
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Update the support for the new SmartDraft profile design to the Create Planview 3D Polyline from Profile command. |
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Added the Half Square monument symbol to Monuments. |
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Added command alias SVW for the command Display who has a Survey Database Open. |
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Added the Toggle Update Labels On / Off and alias SDUT command. |
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Moved the Update Labels command to the Setup Panel. |
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Added Progress Bar to the Grid Tick Label, Grid Label Display Update, and Grid Label Reposition commands. |
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Added Progress Bar to the Update Labels command. |
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Added Progress Bar to the Update Profile View Label command. |
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Added Progress Bar to the PConnect command. |
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Added Progress Bar to command reactors. |
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Added point layer to the Points Calculate Slope, Points Elevation by Slope and Points Elevation at PVI commands. |
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Fixed an issue with the Points Elevation by Slope command. When selecting Options an Error: bad argument type: consp "Output" would appear. |
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Fixed an issue with the ID Block Layer, ID Layer, Freeze VP Block Layer, Freeze VP Layer, Freeze Object or Block Layer, and Layer Isolate commands when selecting Civil 3D Pipe Structures. Command would return an error. |
Demonstration Videos |
Click on the icon below to view a video demonstration |
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Dynamic profile labels, profile lines, and 3 line profiles. Civil 3D and BricsCAD v21 Pro. |
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Crossing Pipe Label (Profile View) |
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Elevation Labels |
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Point Block Extract |
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Text Tools |
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View Tools |
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Inquiry Tools |
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Construction Notes Video provides a quick walkthrough of the Construction Notes Tools (length: 17 minutes) |
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Cross Sections from Points Video gives an overview on creating cross sections from points collected in the field (length: 6 minutes). |
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HEC-RAS Tool: Create Sample Lines or Polylines along an alignment |
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HEC-RAS Tool: Create HEC-RAS Data |
| HEC-RAS Tool: Create HEC-RAS Floodplain Lines |
| HEC-RAS Tool: Create HEC-RAS Cross Sections |
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Inverse Points command |
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Associate Survey Working Folder command |
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Parcel Tools |
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PConnect command |
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