miniCAD Release 5.1 Latest Features (all features)

• Open / Merge


• miniCAD 3 jobs.
• ASCII Point files. (i.e. CSV)
• LandXML.
• Duplicate detection: ASCII Point files.


• Export


• LandXML.


• Setout: With reference to a backsight.


• Plotting


• New Plot settings: 2D all lines, linestyles, symbols, text, images
• Plot Natural and Design Surfaces in 3D Wireframe. ( to DXF)
• Plot all Surfaces or Natural and one other.
• Merge Surfaces on plotting.


• Terrain ( DTM )


• Multiple Surface models.
• Cut and Fill Volumes.
• Erase Triangles, (myjob.tri is now xml.)
• Load Surfaces from LandXML.


• Annotation


• On Screen Drawing Annotation. (Dimensions and Bearing)
• New Annotation Settings. (annotate.ini is now xml.)


• Point Selections


• Improved individual Point selection with popup menus.
• Point Selections now have: 'View Inverted Selections'.
• Create Point selections from CSV data when merged.
• All Change Tools support named Point Selections.


• New Draw Tools


• New Offset Point.
• New Offset Point Batch.
• New Parallel String.
• New Draw String.
• Trim Extend Lines and Arcs. Includes Intersection.
• New Change Rotate. Rotate text, points and images.
• Improved on screen prompting. Insert Image.


• New Data Recorder.


• Set Station and Backsight.
• Take Observations.
• Setout/Stakeout existing points
• GPS Terrain Rover
• Terrain Scan
• Manual mode for observation entry
• Shoot or enter by HA, VA, SD or HA, VD, HD.
• miniCAD.cod browse/edit


• Other


• New Display Settings dialogue.
• Revised Tool Trackers.
• New Point code: TEXT to suppress point attributes.
• Set the Control Tracker colour and line size.
• Fully revised help.
• Messages may now appear in a balloon.
• Tool bugs no longer close the program.
• All Bugs now report to the crash log on the desktop.