Visual Report Designer (for AutoCAD Civil 3D) - Version History

V7.0.1

New Features

• Added GetLatitude and GetLongitude custom functions

Resolved Issues

• Resolved an issue with the installer/deployment that could prevent the application from running

Known Issues

• Old license files (.lic and .xml) must be manually deleted prior to activating. The license and config files are found here: C:\ProgramData\CPLS\VRD-C3D\Lic

V7.0.1

New Features

• Added GetLatitude and GetLongitude custom functions

Resolved Issues

• Resolved an issue with the installer/deployment that could prevent the application from running

Known Issues

• Old license files (.lic and .xml) must be manually deleted prior to activating. The license and config files are found here: C:\ProgramData\CPLS\VRD-C3D\Lic

V7.0.1

New Features

• Added GetLatitude and GetLongitude custom functions

Resolved Issues

• Resolved an issue with the installer/deployment that could prevent the application from running

Known Issues

• Old license files (.lic and .xml) must be manually deleted prior to activating. The license and config files are found here: C:\ProgramData\CPLS\VRD-C3D\Lic

V7.0.0

New Features

• Now supports AutoCAD Civil 3D 2020

Known Issues

• Old license files (.lic and .xml) must be manually deleted prior to activating. The license and config files are found here: C:\ProgramData\CPLS\VRD-C3D\Lic

V6.0.4

New Features

• Fixed build issue in which certain files were not being updated properly.

Known Issues

• Old license files (.lic and .xml) must be manually deleted prior to activating. The license and config files are found here: C:\ProgramData\CPLS\VRD-C3D\Lic

V6.0.4

New Features

• Fixed build issue in which certain files were not being updated properly.

Known Issues

• Old license files (.lic and .xml) must be manually deleted prior to activating. The license and config files are found here: C:\ProgramData\CPLS\VRD-C3D\Lic

V6.0.3

New Features

• Separated 2018 installation from pre-2018; added both the 2013 and 2015 MS C++ Redistributables to the 2018 installer.

Known Issues

• Old license files (.lic and .xml) must be manually deleted prior to activating. The license and config files are found here: C:\ProgramData\CPLS\VRD-C3D\Lic

V6.0.3

New Features

• Separated 2018 installation from pre-2018; added both the 2013 and 2015 MS C++ Redistributables to the 2018 installer.

Known Issues

• Old license files (.lic and .xml) must be manually deleted prior to activating. The license and config files are found here: C:\ProgramData\CPLS\VRD-C3D\Lic

V6.0.2

New Features

• Added debugging 'log' for a specific error that could occur on certain machines/configurations.

Known Issues

• Old license files (.lic and .xml) must be manually deleted prior to activating. The license and config files are found here: C:\ProgramData\CPLS\VRD-C3D\Lic

V6.0.1

Resolved Issues

• Added the MS VCPP 14.0 Redistributable merge module to the installer - this corrects an issue where the application would crash in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018 on machines where this version of the C++ runtime was not installed.

Known Issues

• Old license files (.lic and .xml) must be manually deleted prior to activating. The license and config files are found here: C:\ProgramData\CPLS\VRD-C3D\Lic

V6.0.0

New Features

• Updated to work with AutoCAD Civil 3D 2018
• Misc performance and stability improvements

Resolved Issues

• Corrected an issue with deserializing reports which could prevent a report created with an older version, or a report created for a different version of AutoCAD Civil 3D, from opening
• Corrected an issue which could occur when attempting to scan a DWG for all polylines

Breaking Changes

• Removed support for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2014 and earlier versions
• Requires .NET Framework 4.5 and 4.6

Known Issues

• Old license files (.lic and .xml) must be manually deleted prior to activating. The license and config files are found here: C:\ProgramData\CPLS\VRD-C3D\Lic

V5.0.6

Resolved Issues

• Added NthPairedPoint collection to the Point Entity (example argument syntax for accessing the first paired point after sorting by 'Name': \int[0]|\str[Name++] )
• All paired point entities now include a new 'InverseFromReferencePoint' composite entity field

Known Issues

• Old license files (.lic and .xml) must be manually deleted prior to activating. The license and config files are found here: C:\ProgramData\CPLS\VRD-C3D\Lic
• Drawing thumbnail images are not currently functioning in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017 - you may add controls bound to this field to a report, but the generated image will be blank.

V5.0.4

Resolved Issues

• Modified DWG Property arguments to enable adding 'multiplier' - for example, if you have a DWG property called 'VRD Convergence Angle' and you want to apply a factor of -1 to the value, you can now construct the argument to reference the property as '\dwgprop[VRD Convergence Angle(-1)]'
• Modified the content of report blocks inserted into a DWG: the old insert to DWG functionality added a 'centerline' to all border hatch entities created for 'thick' lines in order to make selection of the block easier in C3D; the new version omits this line because the hatches can still be selected by clicking on the interior edge or by right-to-left drag selection

Known Issues

• Old license files (.lic and .xml) must be manually deleted prior to activating. The license and config files are found here: C:\ProgramData\CPLS\VRD-C3D\Lic
• Drawing thumbnail images are not currently functioning in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017 - you may add controls bound to this field to a report, but the generated image will be blank.

V5.0.3

Resolved Issues

• Corrected an issue with reports inserted to DWG where the plines used to draw the report borders were askew when using heavy/wide borders.
• Modified the location where we store the last used version (used to determine whether the user has updated to a newew version when checking whether to show the changelog). We now store this per user.

Known Issues

• Old license files (.lic and .xml) must be manually deleted prior to activating. The license and config files are found here: C:\ProgramData\CPLS\VRD-C3D\Lic
• Drawing thumbnail images are not currently functioning in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017 - you may add controls bound to this field to a report, but the generated image will be blank.

V5.0.2

Resolved Issues

• The Version History/Changelog dialog is no longer shown when launching modal dialogs from the AutoCAD Civil 3D ribbon bar (e.g. 'InsertReport').

Known Issues

• Old license files (.lic and .xml) must be manually deleted prior to activating. The license and config files are found here: C:\ProgramData\CPLS\VRD-C3D\Lic
• Drawing thumbnail images are not currently functioning in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017 - you may add controls bound to this field to a report, but the generated image will be blank.

V5.0.1

Resolved Issues

• Entity images now generate correctly when running under all supported versions of AutoCAD Civil 3D

Known Issues

• Old license files (.lic and .xml) must be manually deleted prior to activating. The license and config files are found here: C:\ProgramData\CPLS\VRD-C3D\Lic
• Drawing thumbnail images are not currently functioning in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017 - you may add controls bound to this field to a report, but the generated image will be blank.

V5.0.0

New Features

• Now supports AutoCAD Civil 3D 2013 - 2017
• Improved startup time when running in C3D 2015-2017 by pre-loading application dependencies as a background task.
• Updated common assembly references to the latest versions for side-by-side compatibility with:
  • Subassembly Studio (all variants) v9.0.0
  • Surface Stitcher 2.0.0
  • Terra Power Tools 3.0.0.
  • Pond Volume Calculator 2.0.0

Known Issues

• Old license files (.lic and .xml) must be manually deleted prior to activating. The license and config files are found here: C:\ProgramData\CPLS\VRD-C3D\Lic
• Entity and drawing thumbnail images are not currently functioning in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2017 - you may add controls bound to these fields to a report, but the generated image will be blank.

V4.0.23

New Features

• Added PROTOTYPE support for Infraworks
• Added support for suppressing app ribbon load on startup
• Updated common assembly references to the latest versions for side-by-side compatibility with:
  • Subassembly Studio (all variants) v8.0.23
  • Surface Stitcher 1.0.2
  • Terra Power Tools 2.0.23.
  • Pond Volume Calculator 1.0.2

V4.0.22

New Features

• Updated common assembly references to the latest versions for side-by-side compatibility with:
  • Subassembly Studio (all variants) v8.0.21
  • Surface Stitcher 1.0.1
  • Terra Power Tools 2.0.21.
  • Pond Volume Calculator 1.0.1

V4.0.20

New Features

• Updated common assembly references to the latest versions for side-by-side compatibility with Subassembly Studio v8.0.20, Surface Stitcher 1.0.7, and Terra Power Tools 2.0.20.

Resolved Issues

• Corrected an issue where certain paired point patterns may not match up correctly/may yield empty paired point collections.

V4.0.19

New Features

• Updated common assembly references to the latest versions for side-by-side compatibility with Subassembly Studio v8.0.19, Surface Stitcher 1.0.6, and Terra Power Tools 2.0.18.

Resolved Issues

• Corrected an issue where, when using the paired points matching pattern '@*' along with the option to remove from the primary points collection, primary points would be incorrectly included with the calculated paired points and therefore removed from the primary points collection. This had resulted in no primary-paired point sets showing up in the generated report.

V4.0.18

New Features

• Updated common assembly references to the latest versions for side-by-side compatibility with Subassembly Studio v8.0.18, Surface Stitcher 1.0.5, and Terra Power Tools 2.0.17.

V4.0.17

New Features

• INSERTREPORT command: Added a prompt to switch to paperspace when inserting a report into a layout that is currently in modelspace.
• INSERTREPORT command: If the user selects the layout in the InsertToDwg pull-down button and the layout is currently in modelspace, it will be automatically switched to paperspace (no prompt).
• VRD_INSERTREPORTTOLAYOUTS command: Layouts will be automatically switched to paperspace if modelspace is found to be active when inserting reports.
• API/Scripting: Added new event (QueriesSetInDocumentCollection) to the C3PTVisualReport class that will fire immediately after the datasource has been set and queries have been executed, which occurs immediately after the script BeforePrint event.
• When selecting items in a selection set query, if the active viewport is a layout and is currently in paperspace, the selection editor will prompt to temporarily move to modelspace to make the selection, and will then revert back to paperspace upon completion.
• Updated common assembly references to the latest versions for side-by-side compatibility with Subassembly Studio v8.0.17 and Terra Power Tools 2.0.16.

V4.0.16

New Features

• Updated common assembly references to the latest versions for side-by-side compatibility with Subassembly Studio v8.0.15 and Terra Power Tools 2.0.15

V4.0.15

New Features

• Updated common assembly references to the latest versions for side-by-side compatibility with Subassembly Studio v8.0.13 and Terra Power Tools 2.0.14

Resolved Issues

• Updated the URL for license activation.

V4.0.14

New Features

• Updated common assembly references to the latest versions for side-by-side compatibility with Subassembly Studio v8.0.12

V4.0.13

New Features

• Updated the location of the license configuration settings file from C:\ProgramData\C3PT\... to C:\ProgramData\CPLS\...

NOTE: you will either need to reactivate using your same license activation key code, or simply copy (or move) the contents of the old folder to the new location.

Resolved Issues

• Updated the common application resource management module to properly resolve missing sub-cultures when retrieving resource values.

V4.0.12

Resolved Issues

• Updated icon for several form which still showed our old logo.
• Fixed an issue where a null reference exception was reported by AutoCAD Civil 3D when closing the Run (Compiled) Report dialog if a graphical selection set had been initiated on an empty drawing.
• Updated the splash screen to remove the reference to our old company name.

V4.0.10

New Features

• Visual Report Designer now checks for new versions on ACAD/C3D startup. If a new version is available, a 'bubble' notice will be displayed via the AutoCAD InfoCenter near the top of the window. Clicking on the notice will cause the new installation file to download via the default web browser.
• Buttons for 'Visual Report Designer' ('Pro' only) and 'Insert Report' will now appear in the 'Add-ins' ribbon tab (in a 'Visual Report Designer' panel).

V4.0.9

New Features

• Updated references to use the latest versions of the C3PT shared libraries (required for cross-compatibility with new versions of certain other apps).

V4.0.8

New Features

• Added support for a variable-term new subscription-only licensing system option for both the main application and for compiled reports.

V4.0.7

New Features

• License files are now persisted in a subdirectory located under the common application data directory instead of the installation directory. Existing license files will be moved automatically and the old license directory removed on launch . The new license file directory is left intact on uninstall.
• The 'VRD_ShowStatusLog' command has been updated to prompt the user to enable the status log if disabled.

Resolved Issues

• Fixed an error that would cause an unhandled exception message in AutoCAD Civil 3D when refreshing the current report UI components in the batch export utility if no report was actually selected.
• Fixed an issue that would result in an incorrect value being used for the 'category' tooltip in compiled reports.

V4.0.6

New Features

• Added a new function ('_RepeatToken') for use with expressions. This function repeats a 'token' string 'n' times to create a new string value.
• Added help URLs to the buttons on the Visual Report Designer Ribbon Panel in AutoCAD Civil 3D (hover + F1 to access).

Resolved Issues

• Resolved an issue that would cause the Visual Report Designer ribbon bar to disappear when another app was installed from the Autodesk Exchange store.

V4.0.5

Resolved Issues

• Fixed an issue that would prevent saved report settings from being restored properly when a parameter was configured as an 'integer' and a static list of values was used (Run Report dialog for compiled reports).
• Updated VRD DevTools to allow for digitally signing generated MSI files using signtool.exe

V4.0.4

Resolved Issues

• Updated to reference new licensing and other common components.
• ? Rebuilt to fix obfuscation error that resulted in the command string associated with the 'LinkVpToBlock' ribbon bar button being corrupted.

V4.0.3

New Features

• Added a new field 'CumulativeVolumeAllRegions' to the composite enitity 'SpecificMaterial' (accessible via the 'Section' entity). This field returns the total cumulative volume for the entire baseline along a corridor from the beginning to the current station and ignores region boundaries (i.e. it doesn't 'reset' the running total to 0 at region boundaries as the 'CumulativeVolume' field does).

V4.0.2

Resolved Issues

• Updated to reference new licensing and other common components; fixed minor license/activation related issues.

V4.0.0

New Features

• Support for AutoCAD Civil 3D 2016 was added.
• The installation location is changed from: C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins\... to C:\Program Files\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins\....
• All assemblies are now digitally signed to prevent security related loading issues in AutoCAD Civil 3D 2016

Resolved Issues

• Corrected an issue that could sometimes cause certain report controls to fail to copy/paste or drag/drop into a report template.
• Corrected an issue that would prevent the ribbon bar from being generated if AutoCAD Civil 3D opened directly to a new drawing.

Known Issues

• The Deactivate license command may not remove the actual license file from the application's Lic subdirectory...the license file must be removed manually after running the Deactivate license command until this is corrected.