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Apr 3, 2024 - New Version Released! SmartDraft 24.0.2

New enhancements.
SmartDraft 23 or prior clients with a current subscription will need new authorization codes to upgrade to SmartDraft 24.
Added support for AutoCAD 2025, AutoCAD Map 2025, and AutoCAD Civil 3D 2025.

Mar 9, 2024 - SmartDraft 23.1.9

New enhancements.
SmartDraft 22 or prior clients with a current subscription will need new authorization codes to upgrade to SmartDraft 23.
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.
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.
Added support for Pipe Network and Pressure Pipes - Pipes and Structure Names as target for the Replace option in the Text Sequential command.
Fixed an issue with the Point Labels Rotation command. Code was skipping multiple selected Civil 3D Points.
Fixed an issue with the Point Station and Offset Information command, misspelled function name. Introduced in 23.1.0
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.
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
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
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
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.
Fixed an issue with the Point Labels Rotation command. Improves processing of selected points.

Dec 19, 2023 - SmartDraft 23.1.3

New enhancements.
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
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.
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.
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
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
Fixed an issue with an Point command which prompted for "First Elevation". The command would continue requesting "First Elevation". Introduced in 23.1.0
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.
Added support for BricsCAD v24 Pro.
Updated BricsCAD version menu to correctly show the first prompt of SmartDraft commands when selected from the ribbon.
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.
Added the Station and Offset Report from Points command to the SmartDraft Suite BricsCAD menu.
Added the BricsCAD Point Creation Options command to select between creating BricsCAD v24 Pro Civil Point or SmartDraft Point.
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.
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.
Added support for BricsCAD v24 Pro Civil points to the Labeling by Points, Measure Angle, and Inverse Points Suite and Survey commands.
Added command Check for Duplicate Point Numbers and alias ptdup.
Added Viewport Lock All and alias vla
Added support for SmartDraft points to the Convert SmartDraft or Land Desktop Points into Civil 3D Points command and alias ptcvt.
Added the command Layer change adding Prefix/Suffix command and alias lyps.
Added Added support for Visibility States to the Text Online command and alias ton.
Improved the speed of the List Available Point Numbers, and List Available Point Numbers in Survey Database commands.
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.
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.
Fixed an issue with the Edit Text Properties commands. It now correctly processes an AutoCAD Table was selected, without an error.
Fixed an issue with the Line Bisect commands. It would error out.
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.
Improved SmartDraft command response speed in BricsCAD.
Added coded to report Windows 11.
Changed the leader layer to match the symbol and note layer in the Construction Notes command.
Fixed an issue with BricsCAD and the Daylight to Surface and Daylight to Surface - Segment command.
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.
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.
Fixed an issue with the Drawing Setup command. Error: bad argument type: stringp nil. Issue introduce in 23.0.7.
Fixed an issue with the Text Styles of the Drawing Setup. The text style values were not holding. Issue introduce in 23.0.7.
Fixed an issue with SmartDraft running in the Block Editor when using the TEXTMASK command.

May 27, 2023 - SmartDraft 23.0.8

New enhancements.
Changes only to the Individual command Associate Survey Working Folder (ASWF)
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.
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.
Changed to the AutoCAD file dialog in the Construction Notes Tools.
Added Use Rounded Curve Calculations in Labeling and Reports to the New Drawing Settings of the Customization Template Manager.
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.
Fixed an issue with the Add a Construction Note options. The non-annotative start tag was inserted as an annotative block.
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.
Fixed an issue with the Add a Construction Note options. The non-annotative start tag was inserted as an annotative block.
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.
Added support for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2024, AutoCAD Map 3D 2024, and AutoCAD 2024.
Removed support for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017, AutoCAD Map 3D 2017, and AutoCAD 2017.

Demonstration Videos

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SmartDraft Profile Labels Dynamic profile labels, profile lines, and 3 line profiles. Civil 3D and BricsCAD v21 Pro.
Crossing Pipe Label (Profile View)
Elevation Labels
Point Block Extract
Text Tools
View Tools
Inquiry Tools
Construction Notes Video provides a quick walkthrough of the Construction Notes Tools (length: 17 minutes)
Cross Sections from Points Video gives an overview on creating cross sections from points collected in the field (length: 6 minutes).
HEC-RAS Tool: Create Sample Lines or Polylines along an alignment
HEC-RAS Tool: Create HEC-RAS Data
HEC-RAS Tool: Create HEC-RAS Floodplain Lines
HEC-RAS Tool: Create HEC-RAS Cross Sections
Inverse Points command
Associate Survey Working Folder command
Parcel Tools
PConnect command


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