?_ñÿÿÿÿ‘aáØl!6a™8MX Help: Release Notes  ©1995 - 2000, Infrasoft Limited"RR(`hdk3html.dll',`HdkGoUrl',`S')BrowseButtons()ZmainMX Help: Release NotesÀRÿÿæÀÀÀZ inputLinemode ExampleÀªÀÿÿÿZhowtoHow to ...°€pÀÀÀ   îÌ¡¢ºîÌ¡¢ºîÌ¡¢ºîÌ¡¢º/&;)z4ÿÿ n ÿÿÿÿHDKCTNTS;&HDKFTSUß7HDKLISTSÏ%|CF1 !|CF25!|CONTEXTÛ|CTXOMAP™ |FONT”|SYSTEM|TOPIC |TTLBTREE¬|bm0`!tkÿÿÿÿ 9ÿÿÿÿE1çÿÿÿÿe†Ey/ Contents4 y( €€˜˜€€‚ÿContentsAEº$ €:€°€‚ÿVersion 2.4 (January 2000)ñÂy«/ ,‚“€R˜Ö,‚VÈJH(`',0x5A646DD)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A6490C)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A64937)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A64962)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A6407B)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A63EF8)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A592CD)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÿWhat’s new?User reportsVersion compatibilityKnown limitationsSystem configuration (Windows NT)System configuration (Windows 95)Windows 95 or NT?Dºï& €<€°‚V€‚ÿVersion 2.4 (November 1999)[« ¿ N¾€R˜Ö,‚VÈJH(`',0x5A641FE)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A6465C)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A64687)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A646B2)€†"€‰€ƒ€‚ÿWhat’s new?User reportsVersion compatibilityKnown limitations4ï=& €€°‚V€‚ÿVersion 2.3Z S¼ H¼€R˜Ö,‚VÈJH(`',0x5A63F23)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A64050)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A641A8)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A641D3)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÿWhat’s new?User reportsVersion compatibilityKnown limitations4=‡& €€°‚V€‚ÿVersion 2.2ZS¼ H¼€R˜Ö,‚VÈJH(`',0x5A5A16A)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A67FF9)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A68024)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A6804F)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÿWhat’s new?User reportsVersion compatibilityKnown limitations4‡Ñ& €€°‚V€‚ÿVersion 2.1Zç¼ H¼€R˜Ö,‚VÈJH(`',0x5A59C35)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A5A0E9)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A5A114)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A5A13F)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÿWhat’s new?User reportsVersion compatibilityKnown limitations2 Ñ& €€°‚V€‚ÿVersion 2Zç/ ¼ H¼€R˜Ö,‚VÈJH(`',0x5A58BBF)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A58D17)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A58D42)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A58D98)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÿWhat’s new?User reportsVersion compatibilityKnown limitationsKz 16z À =What's new in Version 1.1?F/ À ( €<€˜˜€€‚ÿWhat's new in Version 1.1?ײz — % €e€˜€‚ÿMX in Windows is a major new implementation of MX, developed for simplicity and ease of use, which runs under Windows 95 or Windows NT. The major changes are summarised below.>À Õ $ €4€°€‚ÿThe Windows environmentC—  < F€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€‚ÿ·MOSS IGMODE has been replaced by a new Graphical User Interface. This is fully Windows compliant and has all the features you would expect from a standard Windows application, such as pull-down menus, toolbars, tool tips, dialogue boxes and right-hand mouse button menus. In addition, many of the options available in IGMODE have been combined so that they can be carried out in a single operation. All these features make MX easier to use, and simplify the transfer of output data from MX to other programs.÷ÊÕ - (€•€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Wizards have been introduced for the more complex tasks. A Wizard is a set of panels which allow you to carry out a procedure step by step, so making it easier to perform and less prone to error. Ò¥ á- (€K€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Tabbed panels have been used to separate compulsory and optional data. This has reduced the amount of data you have to supply before you can process an option.ä·Å- (€o€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Many preview boxes have been added to panels to illustrate the data which has been entered into a panel. This allows you to check data visually before carrying out an operation.îÁá¿@- (€ƒ€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Multiple oÅ¿@/ ptions can now be invoked in parallel rather than sequentially; for example, you can work in the Design option and also have a Report panel open to generate reports as required.ӦŒA- (€M€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·A new Output window has replaced the alpha plane. This can be switched on or off, docked at the bottom of the main MX window, or displayed as a separate window.g:¿@ùB- (€u€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Long filenames are supported for files such as project files and style sets. They may also be used in some Linemode options (see under Linemode for details). Long filenames allow a total of 256 characters to be used for the path, the filename and the extension, and the filename may include space characters.@’A9C& €4€°‚H€‚ÿThe project environment×ùB@D0 .€¯€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·The project environment has been developed to make it easier to start a new project and set up default parameters for a design. You now invoke MX and start or open a project, rather than the other way around.¹Œ9CùD- (€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Standard design and drawing styles have been introduced. See `New drawing features’ and `New design features’ for further information.§{@D E, (€ö€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Error and warning messages have been improved, with access to Help for those messages which require more explanation.öÉùD–F- (€“€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Journal and logging have been improved so that the filenames are date and time stamped. In addition, you can append to an existing journal file and select the level of detail written to the file.A E×F& €6€°‚H€‚ÿThe graphics environmentï¿–FÆG0 .€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·A new graphics engine, HOOPS, has been implemented. This gives much faster performance than GKS (approximately x10), and allows an extended colour range and colour rasters to be used. ”h×FZH, (€Ð€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Multiple windows are now available which allow you to display different views of the same drawing.µyÆGJ< F€ó€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·Zoomed areas (previously known as windows) within a window may be saved with a name, so removing the 10 zoom area limit. The new Zoom Toolbar contains many features, including:Zoom by opposite cornersZoom by specified amountRotate zoom area clockwise or anti-clockwiseCentre zoom areaTwo point pan zoom areaDelete zoom areaImmediate zoom on/offReset to extents÷ÊZHK- (€•€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Status information is displayed in a tool tip box when you move the mouse cursor over a string or other feature in the graphics area. The amount of information displayed can be varied as required.BJHK& €8€°‚H€‚ÿModel and string handlingW'KŸL0 .€O€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·Model handling has been greatly enhanced. Each model type now has a default model name which is automatically applied when you use an option. In addition, feature sets have been introduced to apply a string naming convention to every model and to give a useful description to each string.žrHK=M, (€ä€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Models are now filtered by model type so that only models of the appropriate type are offered for selection.•ŸLÿM- (€+€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·String naming has been automated so that when a string is created, the next available name in a string’s feature set is offered as the default.}Q=M|N, (€¢€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Selection masks are now stored in tables for easy recall in any MX session.×ÿM€O- (€¯€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Concurrent string selection has been improved. When two or more strings are coincident on the screen and you select them, a panel is displayed listing the strings so that you can select the string you require.4|NÀ€- (€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Functions such as Point Selection Methods have been made more accessible. They €OÀ€/ are now available from a menu which is displayed when you click the right hand mouse button. The functions available vary according to the option you are using, but they include:ñ€O±/ ,€…€˜È‚H€‚ÿPoint Selection MethodsPoint Edit and Point AmendCut, Copy and PasteList models from working display or model fileSelect model typeEdit model defaultsEdit feature setUse selection mask=À€î& €.€°‚H€‚ÿNew drawing features.þ±ƒ0 .€ý€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·Drawing in MX has been greatly improved. It has been split into two functions; Display and Draw. Display is used to create the drawing on the screen (the working display), whereas Draw is used to produce the drawing pages to be printed or plotted.ßî$…) €¿€˜È‚H€‚‚ÿStyle sets are a new facility which allow an entire model to be drawn in plan in a single step, with each feature in the model being interpreted and drawn in the appropriate colour and style. Style sets can be easily modified to adhere to local or national standards. Default style sets are associated with a model as soon as it is created, making a new model quick and easy to draw.Cross and long section drawings may also be produced interactively using section style sets. áƒ-‡( €Ã€˜È‚H€‚ÿPage setups and page layouts have been introduced. A page setup defines the paper size and orientation, margins, frames and grids to be applied to a drawing page, and can be used again and again for different projects. A page layout defines the scale, coordinate origin and rotation for each page in a set of drawing pages. For plan drawings, the page layout is unique to a project, but for long and cross sections the page layout can be used repeatedly from project to project.ì$…Iˆ0 .€Ù€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·The macro file has been replaced by individual files for command macros, macro symbols and macro lines. All the standard files are stored in a single directory, but it is now possible to access macros from anywhere on the system.Õœ-‡Š9 @€9€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·Colour images can now be displayed as a backcloth with the Draw Raster option. In addition, the number of supported image formats has been increased, and include GIF, TIFF, and Windows BMP. To display a raster image successfully, the colour palette on your PC must be set to more than 256 colours (normally 65536). To change the setting, use Settings -> Control Panel -> Display from your Start button.>Iˆ\Š& €0€°‚H€‚ÿPrinting and plotting³ŒŠ‹' €€˜‚H€‚ÿPrinting and plotting is now performed using standard Windows plotter drivers, allowing a wide range of printers and plotters to be used.<\ŠK‹& €,€°‚H€‚ÿNew design features+û‹v0 .€÷€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·Earthworks design is now much more interactive. Preview boxes show you the shape of a profile, and you can modify the shape and see the results immediately on the screen. Default earthworks styles are also stored on disk so that they are available for use with any project, and you can create or modify styles and store them for repeated use. It is also easier to implement alternative strategies, ie, apply different earthworks slopes depending upon the conditions of the ground and design surfaces.†ZK‹ü, (€´€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Design has been rationalised so that many options can be performed in one operation.b6v^Ž, (€l€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·New Edit options have been added. These include:’füðŽ, (€Ì€˜È‚H€‚ÿTrim model to a boundaryJoin two stringsMove stringsShift stringsReverse stringTruncate string£t^Ž“/ .€è€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·New surface analysis options have been added. In particular, the Surface Analysis Wizard contains options to:½’ðŽ\À+ $€%€˜È‚H€‚ÿDisplay contoursCreate level bands, slope bands and aspect bands“\À/ Display flat spots, steep slopes and flow arrowsCreate a simple long section1 “À& €€°‚H€‚ÿLinemodeD\ÀÑÁ0 .€)€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·MX Linemode is now accessible from a special Linemode window. This allows you to process individual options one by one, or type a group of options and then process them in one go. In addition, you can copy and paste previously typed options as a group for reprocessing.mAÀ>Â, (€‚€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Output from Linemode is displayed in the new Output Window.b6ÑÁ Â, (€l€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·The following new options have been implemented:T>ÂôÃC T€#€˜È‚H€€€€€€€€€‚ÿMajor option AUTODRAW - switches automatic drawing on or offMajor option DISPLAY - switches the display on or offMajor option PAGE - selects the page number of a DPF to be displayed.Major option DRAW, minor option 850 - draws selected strings with a style setpA ÂdÄ/ .€‚€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·The following options have been removed from this version:Ú®ôÃ>Æ, &€]€˜È‚H€‚ÿMajor option ARCHIVE (major option RETRIEVE is still available)Major option ERASEMajor option REPLAYMajor option NEWRPF (this option is no longer required as raster images are now stored in separate files).Major option MACRO (this option is no longer required as macro symbols and macro lines are now held in individual files. A utility is provided to convert an existing macro file to the files required by MX in Windows).c4dÄ¡Æ/ .€h€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·The following options support long filenames:ïÂ>ÆÇ- (€…€˜È‚H€‚‚ÿMajor option ASSIGNMajor option OVERWRITEMajor option INPUTMajor option OUTPUTMajor option NEWDPFNote that long filenames are not allowed within UPM, MIFILE, DXF (all variants) and OSPP.6¡ÆÆÇ& € €°‚H€‚ÿDocumentationŠ[ÇPÈ/ .€¶€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·Documentation is now available in the form of Help. This can be accessed as follows:¸\ÆÇÊ\ †€¹€˜È‚H€€€€€€€€€€‚‚€€€€€€‚ÿ- from the MX Help icon- from the Help pulldown on the main menu bar- in-context with the F1 key- as What’s This Help using the `?’ button. In addition, the following printed documentation is available:- Introduction to MX in Windows- Getting Started with MX in Windows- MX Command Language Reference (renamed from the QRG)5PÈ=Ê& €€°‚H€‚ÿInstallation@Ê}Ë0 .€!€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·The installation scripts have been improved. A Security File Wizard has been incorporated to assist you in editing the security file. You can also access these Release Notes before installing the software by clicking the appropriate button on the first Setup panel.ì¹=ÊiÍ3 4€s€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·MX in Windows is distributed on two CDs or a single CD with two structures; a language structure and a system structure. The language structure contains all the files which are relevant to a particular locale, ie, any files which are translatable and any macros, style sets, default settings etc which have been customised to reflect national design and drawing standards. This includes the installation scripts and the on-line Help.6}ËŸÍ& € €°‚H€‚ÿCustomisation~NiÍÏ0 .€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·A System Builder’s Kit is available which replaces UPM. Microsoft Visual Basic is used for creating new programs using libraries of custom controls and Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs). MX file and data access functions are also provided which are similar to those used in UPM, allowing you to develop programs which link into MX.SŸÍœÏ, (€¦€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Drawing style sets can be created or modified to produce customised drawings.•iÏ=, (€Ò€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Feature sets can be created or modified to produce dœÏ=/ ifferent string naming conventions for a model.FœÏƒ1ÿÿÿÿƒÄ›Version compatibilityA=Ä( €2€˜˜€€‚ÿVersion compatibilityiCƒ-& €‡€˜€‚‚ÿModel files and Draw Picture Files created on a PC with MOSS V10.5 are fully compatible with MX in Windows. The same files created on a Unix, Alpha or Vax workstation must first be converted using the Unix/Vax to PC Converter, available on your workstation. If you need this converter and do not have it, please contact your MX supplier.Input files are compatible, except that the display is not automatically updated on exit from the input file. If you have DRAW commands in your input file, add a DISPLAY command immediately after the DRAW 999 option to update the display.êÄ>' €Õ€˜€‚‚‚ÿExisting Linemode UPMs are also compatible. IGMODE UPMs, ie, those which use any of the UPM menu commands such as &IGMENU, will not run in MX in Windows.Because the macro file is no longer used in MX in Windows, any macro symbols and macro lines you have in addition to the standard set must be converted to individual files. To do this, use the MX in Windows Macro Converter in the MX in Windows Program Group.Due to the increase in the number of available colours, drawing files now store colour indices rather than colour names. Similarly, any MIFILE (.mif) created from MX in Windows drawing files will also contain colour indices. You should check any software you have which uses .mif files to ensure that it can cope with this change.qM-¯$ €š€˜€‚ÿThe following Linemode major options have been removed from MX in Windows;‘a>@0 0€Â€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·Major option ARCHIVERETRIEVE is still available to extract models from old archive files.D¯„, (€0€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Major option ERASEE@É, (€2€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Major option NEWRPF`„V- *€À€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Major option MACROMacros are now stored in separate files and need an initial conversion.EÉ›, (€2€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Major option REPLAYKVæ1å:^þæ, @What's new in Version 1.2?F›, ( €<€˜˜€€‚ÿWhat's new in Version 1.2?…aæ± $ €Â€˜€‚ÿMX V1.2 contains many new features compared with V1.1. The major changes are summarised below.@, ñ $ €8€°€‚ÿProducts and applications“J± „ I `€•€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€€ € € €‚ÿ·Two variants of MX are now available; MOSSpro and MOSSlite. MOSSpro is a full version of MX, while MOSSlite is a low-cost version of the full system and essentially covers the same breadth of function, but with less depth.Both products are built up from individual modules, which can also be purchased separately. o<ñ ó 3 4€y€R˜È:‚H€ €ƒ€ €‚ÿ·Three new application packs can be added to either MOSSpro or MOSSlite, these are MXCONCEPT, MXROAD and MXSITE. MXCONCEPT is for preliminary design, while MXROAD is a collection of road modules specifically developed for highway design, and includes many new options. MXSITE is tailored for site development.‘e„ „ , (€Ê€˜‚H€€€‚ÿSee the section New modules for a list of the available modules in each product and application.J$ó Î & €H€°‚H€‚ÿStandard string naming conventionž\„ lB R€¹€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€€€‚ÿ·A new standard string naming convention has been introduced which gives automatic integration of any design produced from any of the road modules. This string naming convention is mandatory if you wish to use any of the road design options. For further details, refer to the topic Standard String Naming Convention in the on-line help.4Î  & €€°‚H€‚ÿNew modulesÛ´l‡@' €i€˜‚H€‚ÿAt V1.2, MX has been split into modules to allow greater ‡@› flexibility when choosing your system. Each module contains a group of options which can be used for a particular task. `: ç@& €t€˜‚H€‚ÿNew modules or options are marked with an asterisk (*).1 ‡@A& €€°‚H€‚ÿMOSSlite; ç@SA/ .€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·Base 9 AŒA, (€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Analyse6 SAÂA, (€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Edit8 ŒAúA, (€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Report8 ÂA2B, (€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Design6 úAhB, (€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Draw;2B£B, (€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Visualise0 hBÓB& €€°‚H€‚ÿMOSSproI£BC/ .€4€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·MX Command LanguageCÓB_C, (€.€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Advanced AnalysisAC C, (€*€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Advanced Design/ _CÏC& €€°‚H€‚ÿMXROAD}H CLD5 :€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€‚ÿ·Preliminary Design (*) - also available separately as MXCONCEPTFÏC’D, (€4€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Report Generator (*)JLDÜD, (€<€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Carriageway Widening (*)K’D'E, (€>€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Superelevation Design (*)EÜDlE, (€2€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Junction Design (*)R&'E¾E, (€L€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Pavement and Subgrade Design (*)JlEF, (€<€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Cross Section Editor (*)/ ¾E7F& €€°‚H€‚ÿMXSITEFF}F/ .€.€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·Site DevelopmentA7F¾F, (€*€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Drainage Design_9}FG& €r€˜‚H€‚ÿIn addition, there are the following advanced modules:L¾FžG5 :€˜€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€‚ÿ·Explorer (*) - included as standard in MXCONCEPT, MXROAD and MXSITEU#GóG2 4€F€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·Visualisation Pre-ProcessorgAžGZH& €‚€˜‚H€‚ÿNote that individual modules can also be purchased separately.ySóGÓH& €¦€˜‚H€‚ÿThe following paragraphs describe the content of the new modules in more detail.f-ZH9J9 @€[€R˜È:‚H€ €ƒ€ €€€‚ÿ·Explorer has been added to the File menu and is a project management tool which allows you to manage the model file and other information in your project. You use Explorer in the same way as you would use Windows Explorer, except that it works on MX files rather than all files on your disk..ïÓHgK? L€ß€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€€‚ÿ·Preliminary Design is a collection of options for the rapid design and evaluation of alternative routes for road or railway schemes. It is accessed from the Design, Modify and Visualise menus and contains the following options:¦z9J L, (€ô€˜È‚H€‚ÿQuick AlignmentCarriagewaysKerbs, Verges and FootpathsCross SectionsDrive-Thru PerspectiveDelete String Groups (*) ÓgKM6 :€§€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€‚ÿ·The Report Generator allows you to define horizontal and vertical alignment reports and customise the output to your requirements. It is accessed from the Report menu and contains the following options:wN LM) "€œ€˜È‚H€‚ÿHorizontal Alignments (*)Vertical Alignments (*)Chainages and Offsets (*)õ¿M‚N6 :€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€‚ÿ·Roadway Widening is a quick and easy way to add extra lanes, lay-bys and junction widening to your road design. It is accessed from the Design menu and contains the following option:BMÄN* $€0€˜È‚H€€‚ÿRoadway Widening (*)³ƒ‚NwO0 .€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·Superelevation Design adds superelevation to a road design based on national design rules. It contains the following option:K!ÄNÂO* $€B€˜È‚H€€‚ÿRule-based Superelevation (*)öÆwOÄ€0 .€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·Junction ÂOÄ€›Design provides integrated 3D design of simple junctions by creating and regrading fillets and inserting traffic islands in single step operations. It contains the following options:UÂOC* $€ª€˜È‚H€‚ÿCreate Fillet (*)Regrade Junction (*)Create Traffic Island (*)Tidy Junction (*)ûËÄ€>‚0 .€—€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·Pavement and Subgrade Design allows detailed design of pavement layers and subgrades, as well as producing cross section working drawings and volume calculations. It contains the following option:CC‚' €8€˜È‚H€‚ÿPavement Layer Design (*)üÀ>‚}ƒ< F€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€‚ÿ·The Cross Section Editor provides the ability to dynamically modify your model data by editing cross sections. It is accessed from the Modify menu and contains the following option:B‚¿ƒ' €6€˜È‚H€‚ÿCross Section Editor (*)4}ƒóƒ& €€°‚H€‚ÿNew optionsY3¿ƒL„& €f€˜‚H€‚ÿThe following new options have been added to MX:‹Vóƒׄ5 :€¬€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€‚ÿ·A start-up panel has been added to make creating and opening projects easier.lL„C†Q p€7€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€€€€€€€€‚ÿ·Digitiser has been added to the Tools menu. This allows you to create strings in MX using real world coordinates from a digitiser you connect to your PC. Digitiser has three functions; Configuration, Calibration and Use, which are all available from a single panel.»wׄþ‡D V€ï€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·Triangle grouping options have been added to the Analysis -> Triangle menu. These include:Group by SeedingGroup IndividualGroup by BoundaryGroup by Seed StringGroup by CriteriaShow Ungrouped TrianglesDelete GroupReset Group CodesTriangle grouping is used by drainage options and by visualisation options for defining the textures and colours of surfaces. ºC† ŠQ p€u€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€€€€€€€€‚ÿ·Zip Project and Unzip Project are available from the new start-up panel and also from the File menu if you choose not to use the start-up panel. Zip Project creates a WinZip compatible zip file containing an entire project directory in compressed form. You can also include any styles and macros from your project styles and macro subdirectories. Unzip Project extracts the project and stores it in any location you specify.&çþ‡/‹? L€Ï€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€€‚ÿ·A new Point Selection Method, PSM Construct, has been added. This allows you to return the coordinates of a point from a geometrical construction. See Features in MX -> Tools in the on-line Help for further information.à ŠHŒ9 @€Á€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·Scale String from Origin has been added to the Modify -> Edit Strings menu. This allows you to scale a string by a specified scale factor from an origin. The scale factor can be obtained from two reference lengths.ØŸ/‹ 9 @€?€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·Place Pages with Auto String has been added to Draw -> Plan Page Layout. This allows you to layout drawing pages automatically along a master string.ÖHŒ/Ž9 @€­€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·Add-In Manager is a new entry on the main menu bar and allows you to add your favourite programs to the Add-Ins menu. For example, you can add Windows Explorer so that you can invoke it from the MX frame.É•  À4 6€+€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·An education version of MX is now available. This is available to educational establishments and has the following restrictions:A maximum of 600 records is allowed in the model fileUp to 10 models can be created in the model fileA maximum of 4000 triangles may be created in a triangulation model.A maximum of 5 alignments can be created in a GDS.Contact your MX supplier for further details./Ž À›=/ŽIÀ& €.€°‚H€‚ÿGeneral improvementsûÅ ÀDÁ6 :€‹€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€‚ÿ·Point Selection Methods (PSMs) have been improved and can now work in two modes; single pick and multi-pick. You can also lock the PSM to a particular type for subsequent point selections.Ê‘IÀÂ9 @€#€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·New parameters have been added to Tools -> System Parameters. These allow you to specify the default values used in the Design Options.6 DÁDÃ- (€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·The limit of 10000 graphics segments has been removed, allowing you to display larger models. However, large models and displays use a large amount of memory and disk space, so there are still practical limits on the size of the model you can create and draw.ÅÂRÅI `€‹€˜È‚H€€€€€€€€€€€‚ÿIf you have problems with performance with very large drawings, you can try any of the following:- use View -> Hide/Delete from Graphics to hide any information which is not of immediate interest (for example, spot levels)- use View -> Preferences to display status tooltips in a mini frame window and do not highlight the status element.- if you are using Linemode, use DRAW option 814 to create single element groups where appropriate.קDÃ)Æ0 .€O€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·Graphics performance has been improved, particularly in the areas of memory usage, highlighting and automatic refresh when elements are erased from the display.±RÅÚÆ2 4€þ€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·When displaying grids from the Plan with Tools menu, you can now change the colour of the grid and the grid annotation.ò¿)ÆÌÇ3 4€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·When drawing drainage networks from the Plan with Tools menu, you can move the annotation which is drawn with a symbol such as a manhole or gully up or down from its default position.‰ÚÆŽÈ9 @€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·In Plan Page Layout, when using Edit Page you can now choose whether to move other pages in line with the page you are editing.FÌÇÔÉ3 4€'€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In View -> Hide/Delete from Graphics, you can now hide or delete a single instance or all instances of a particular element. For example, in the case of a master string with chainage annotation, the string is one instance of the element and the annotation is another.{OŽÈOÊ, (€ž€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Reports output in PISTE format are now available in your native language.°ƒÔÉÿÊ- (€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Curve fitting has now been switched off in the contour model style set and is now the default in the Surface Analysis Wizard.âOÊÌ9 @€Å€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·The colours in the file palette.dat define the display and plotting colours used in MX in Windows. An alternative file palette.acad is also provided so that you can maintain colours between MX in Windows and AutoCAD.~2ÿʘÍL f€e€˜È‚H€€€€€€€€€€€€€‚ÿThe file palette.acad contains colours 1 to 10 which are fixed MX in Windows colours and colours 11-155 to permit consistent colours with AutoCAD. To use these colours, in the folder :\Program Files\mfw\ukk_sys, copy palette.dat to palette.old, then copy palette.acad to palette.dat .1 ÌÉÍ& €€°‚H€‚ÿLinemode©z˜ÍrÎ/ .€ô€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·Major option ARCHIVE has been added. This allows you to make safe copies of individual models from your model file.ð½ÉÍbÏ3 4€{€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·A new field (Field 2) has been added to DRAW minor option 817, Erase element. This is for use in style sets only. See the Linemode Reference in the on-line Help for further details.ÉœrÎ7- (€9€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Minor option 857 in DRAW can now be used to annotate cross sections. Specify the initial section set charactebÏ7›r in Field 1 rather than the string name.qbÏÔ, (€â€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Minor option 803 in DRAW can now be used to create stepped long sections which are drawn on multiple pages.B7& €8€°‚H€‚ÿInstallation and securityg2Ô}5 :€d€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€‚ÿ·You can now run on-line Help from the CD.©}&, (€ú€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·When using a network installation, both NETBEUI and IPX/SPX protocols are now supported in addition to TCP/IP protocol.{O}¡, (€ž€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Setup can now be used to install AutoMOSS, with or without MX in Windows.Ÿs&@, (€æ€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·The Security Wizard has been improved to cater for MOSSlite, MOSSpro, MXCONCEPT, MXROAD, MXSITE and AutoMOSS.= ¡}1úž|}µ~User reports8@µ( € €˜˜€€‚ÿUser reports]9}$ €r€˜€‚ÿThe following user reports have been fixed since V1.1:nµ¯/ .€Ü€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·In Alignment, you can now use Point Edit, Same Bearing and Same Radius on an alignment element or link.wK&, (€–€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·In Alignment, you can now snap to an element or link using Point PSM.mA¯“, (€‚€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·In Alignment, the railway options are now fully functional.Y-&ì, (€Z€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·In Alignment, Swap Link has been fixed.…Y“q, (€²€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·In Macrosymbol Editor, the application macro.exe is no longer left running on exit.›oì , (€Þ€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·The problem that printing to an HP LaserJet printer required a large amount of memory has now been fixed.rFq~, (€Œ€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·In Copy, you can now specify a negative shift for a translation.F Ä1ËþÄŸ Version compatibilityA~( €2€˜˜€€‚ÿVersion compatibilityšsÄŸ ' €ç€˜€‚‚‚ÿProjects created in V1.1 are fully compatible with V1.2; however, you should read the documentation about the new standard string naming convention to see if this has any implications for your projects.The default GENIO file extension has been changed from .crd to .txt to allow easy modification from any text editor. If you have existing GENIO files, you may wish to rename them with a .txt suffix.Curve fitting has now been switched off in the contour model style set and is now the default in the Surface Analysis Wizard, so any drawings you create with contours might appear differently in V1.2 than they did in V1.1.Bá 12|á  ÌKnown limitations=Ÿ  ( €*€˜˜€€‚ÿKnown limitationsnJá Œ $ €”€˜€‚ÿThe following are known limitations with this version of MX in Windows:.  º $ €€°€‚ÿGeneral/ÿŒ é 0 .€ÿ€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·There is a limit to the number of panels which can be open at any one time. This limit varies depending upon your system and the particular panels you have open, but it is recommended that you do not have more than five panels open at any one time.Ѻ í 3 4€£€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·You should restrict the length of pathnames in MX in Windows to 128 characters, including the filename. You can do this by creating your project directories at the top-level, for example, c:\myproject.>é +- (€#€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·If you wish to change the number of colours used by your workstation (for example, from 256 to 65536) you must not do this when MX is running, or performance will be adversely affected. If you are running MX, exit MX first, change the colour setting, then restart MX.¼‹í  @1 0€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·The following configuration causes poor cursor performance in this version:Screen resolution 1280x102416777216 ColoursTrue Colour+ @Ÿ ‚V+Ž@, (€¬€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Do not use large fonts in your display settings, or some menus may be truncated. Ö @šA6 :€­€R˜È:‚H€ €ƒ€ € € ‚ÿ·To change the language that MX in Windows uses, you have to edit the MossSys setting in the file mosswin.ini in your Windows directory (eg, C:\winnt). The equivalent project setting is not yet implemented.éŽ@¹B6 :€Ó€R˜È:‚H€ €ƒ€ € € ‚ÿ·If you have a large model with many strings drawn on the display (including text), you can improve the graphics performance by using View -> Hide/Delete from Graphics to hide any graphics which are not of immediate interest.ö´šA¯CB R€i€R˜È:‚H€ €ƒ€ € € € € € € ‚ÿ·From some options, you may not be able to run Alignment, Visualise or Drainage immediately afterwards. As a workaround, restart MX in Windows and then use Alignment.  k¹BOD5 :€Ö€R˜È:‚H€ €ƒ€ € € ‚ÿ·When specifying a gradient, the Same Gradient function from the right mouse menu is not available.®{¯CýE3 4€÷€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·The default long and cross section drawing scales are more ideally suited to metric units than imperial. The default values are coded in the relevant panels as 1000/100 for long sections and 100/25 for cross sections (only the plan drawing scale is currently saved in the project settings). You can alter these values using the Custom entry on the drawing scale pulldown.8OD5F& €$€°‚H€‚ÿWindows 95 onlyHýE}F/ .€2€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·Windows 95a users:a-5FÞG4 6€[€˜¶‚6€€€€€‚ÿIn View -> Preferences, if you select highlight status element, maximum (fast) sensitivity, and display status tooltips the sensitivity cannot then be reduced. The solution is to upgrade to Windows 95 version 4.00.950B, or upgrade to a more recent copy of the dynamic link library comctl32.dll.*ú}FI0 .€õ€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·The What’s This Help button is not visible when running some options, including Alignment, Drainage and Visualise, under Windows 95. Although the button is invisible it does function and What’s This Help is available. This is a Windows 95 bug.ƒVÞG‹J- (€­€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Certain Windows 95 applications are known to have an adverse effect on the performance of MX in Windows. These include (but are not limited to) Microsoft Access and WinAgent. If very poor performance is encountered in MX in Windows, then check your process list for other applications that may be 'stealing' CPU time from MX in Windows.5IÀJ& €€°‚H€‚ÿFile optionsu3‹J5LB R€g€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€€€‚ÿ·When using Input, Import or Export, there is a limit on the number of characters allowed for an input file, a DXF file or an Intermediate Graphics File (MIFILE). This limit is 8 characters for the file name, 3 characters for the extension and a maximum of 28 characters for the entire pathname.Ö†ÀJ€P n€ €R˜È:‚H€ €ƒ€ €€ €€€€€€ € € ‚ÿ·The MX DXF options are compatible with AutoCAD Releases up to Release 12. Since Release 12, changes to the format of a DXF file have resulted in an incompatibility with the MX Import -> DXF options, if the DXF file contains arcs or circles. Trying to read a DXF file in this case will cause a MX error - Read Error 4.If the DXF was created by Release 13, then it can be converted back to Release 12 format by running the ‘DXFIX’ routine supplied by AutoDesk. AutoCAD Release 14 provides the ability to save a DXF file in one of several AutoCAD version formats. In the File > Export option, choose to save the file as an AutoCAD R12/L T2 DXF. This will then be processed correctly by MX. For further information, see the AutoCAD documentation.For full compatibility for AutoCAD releases later than Release 12, use the MX product AutoMOSS. Contact your MX supplier for further5L€Ÿ  details.;5LR6 :€ €R˜È:‚H€ €ƒ€ € € ‚ÿ·When importing a DXF file, if you use the Select option to define which models your blocked and unblocked data are sent to, the models must exist already; they cannot be created from within the Wizard. Use Modify -> Edit Models -> Create Model instead.]€á2 4€º€R˜È:‚H€ €ƒ€ €‚ÿ·When importing a DXF file, there is a practical file size limit of approximately 6MB.5R‚& €€°‚H€‚ÿView optionsß©áõ‚6 :€S€R˜È:‚H€ €ƒ€ € € ‚ÿ·Do not use View -> Show/Hide Graphics -> Manipulate Text on a cross section. If you do, individual text is moved and the rest of the text in the box is deleted.6‚+ƒ& € €°‚H€‚ÿTools options/ãõ‚Z…L f€Ç€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€€€€€€‚ÿ·Digitiser can be used throughout MX with the exception of Quick Alignment and the Macro Symbol Editor. This is because it does not cater for the dynamic movement of individual points. When digitising 3D strings using a 16 button puck, you will have to type in the Z value using the keyboard.As a workaround for Quick Alignment, you can create a string using the digitiser in Edit, use the snap to point facilities in Quick Alignment, then delete the original string.7+ƒ‘…& €"€°‚H€‚ÿDesign optionsØ¢Z…i‡6 :€E€R˜È:‚H€ €ƒ€ € € ‚ÿ·In Quick Alignment, with the standard string naming convention turned on, if you use the feature pulldown to obtain the next available string name, you are given the wrong name. The third character of the string name should be incremented rather than the fourth. As a workaround, type in the string name. For example, if string MC00 already exists, you will be offered MC01 whereas you should be offered MC10.9‘…¢‡& €&€°‚H€‚ÿAnalysis options›fi‡=ˆ5 :€Ì€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€‚ÿ·In the Earthworks Wizard, variable width elements and reverse analysis are not yet available.7¢‡tˆ& €"€°‚H€‚ÿModify optionsã­=ˆW‰6 :€[€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€‚ÿ·In Copy, the Copy Wizard does not check for valid combinations of transformations, so any errors are reported when the option is processed instead of at data entry.s+tˆÊŠH ^€W€R˜È:‚H€ €ƒ€ € € € € € € € € ‚ÿ·In Modify -> Edit Strings ->Create a String, when using digitised points, only XY PSM is valid. The other PSMs available from the right mouse button have no effect. You have to use Create from Part of String or Create from Individual Points if you want to select points from strings. 1 W‰ûŠ& €€°‚H€‚ÿLinemodeh9ÊŠc‹/ .€r€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·In Linemode, major option CLIP is not implemented.8ûŠ›‹& €$€°‚H€‚ÿMacro ConverterÑc‹¢Œ6 :€£€R˜È:‚H€ €ƒ€ € € ‚ÿ·The macro converter does not convert command macros. As a workaround, copy each individual macro to a text editor from the input file and save it with a .mcm file extension in the macros subdirectory./ ›‹ÑŒ& €€°‚H€‚ÿMXROADܬ¢Œ­0 .€Y€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·The MXROAD toolbar is at an early stage of development. It has been included in this version for your convenience if you choose to use it. The known limitations are:Ž`ÑŒ;. *€Á€˜È‚H€‚ÿThe toolbar will not dock to the main windowFlyouts always go to the right, so be careful where you put itYou cannot size the toolbarTool tips may be displayed behind the toolbarThe tool tip text cannot be translatedIt will be improved for the next version, so please do not report problems or provide feedback on this toolbar to the Helpdesk.ߣ­&À< F€G€R˜È:‚H€ €ƒ€ € € € € ‚ÿ·In Junction Design, when regrading a junction, only the Any Z lock option can be used to lock the junction profile outside of th;&ÀŸ e extents of the fillet.¿‰;åÀ6 :€€R˜È:‚H€ €ƒ€ € € ‚ÿ·In Road Design, you may encounter problems if you attempt to design a carriageway using an alignment which loops back on itself.Þ&ÀÿÁ< F€½€R˜È:‚H€ €ƒ€ € € € € ‚ÿ·In Road Design, you must design the carriageway in one session; you cannot go back and amend it with a different template. Use Modify -> Delete String Groups instead to delete a carriageway and then start again.)óåÀ(Ã6 :€ç€R˜È:‚H€ €ƒ€ € € ‚ÿ·In Road Widening, if you apply widening to one road, then attempt to apply widening to a different road without exiting the Road Widening Wizard, MX in Windows hangs. As a workround, restart the Wizard for each road you wish to widen.ÐÿÁ:ÅB R€¡€R˜È:‚H€ €ƒ€ € € € € € € ‚ÿ·In Road Design, Kerbs, Verges and Shoulders, if you apply the template to both sides of the carriageway and then finish, there is no problem. If you apply the template to the left or the right independently, followed by the other channel, the second application will appear to fail. If you exit the Kerbs, Verges and Shoulders Wizard and then re-enter to check that the application is correct. If it isn’t re-apply the template to the missing channel. Ð(ÃFÆ< F€¡€R˜È:‚H€ €ƒ€ € € € € ‚ÿ·In Rule-based Superelevation, do not use urban design rules on an alignment with C curves and no transitions as this gives incorrect results. Use Design -> Amend a String -> Superelevation instead. Í:ÅOÈ< F€›€R˜È:‚H€ €ƒ€ € € € € ‚ÿ·In Rule-based Superelevation, when using dual carriageway pivot methods, the levels on the centre line level string and any other central reserve strings (with the exception of carriageway edges) may not be modified according to the superelevation. Consequently, when viewed as cross sections, the central reserve kerbs and surface may be displayed incorrectly. Use Design -> Design a String -> Extension of Crossfall to modify the incorrect strings.öºFÆEÉ< F€u€R˜È:‚H€ €ƒ€ € € € € ‚ÿ·In Vertical Alignment Reports, an error will occur if you report an alignment that ends on a vertical curve. This will not occur if you have used Alignment - Vertical Profile.ÝOÈ^Ê< F€»€R˜È:‚H€ €ƒ€ € € € € ‚ÿ·In Cross Sectional Editor, moving the panel around can cause strings to look as if they have moved. If this happens, re-enter the editor to regenerate the cross sections. Any changes you have made will be lost.zGEÉØË3 4€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Cross Sectional Editor, if you use drag techniques on the string which intersects with the ground, the profile may appear corrupt. If the display of model data and cross section edit data do not agree, exit and re-enter Cross Sectional Editor to regenerate the sections. This will then confirm the current situation.0^ÊÌ* $€ €˜‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·KØËSÌ1T? ‹S̙̼ÏWhat's new in Version 2.1?FÌ™Ì( €<€˜˜€€‚ÿWhat's new in Version 2.1?M&SÌæÍ' €M€˜€‚‚‚ÿMX V2.1 includes MX running in AutoCAD and a full version of MXRAIL. It also includes some user report fixes from V2.0.If you already have MX in Windows V2.0 installed, you can upgrade it to V2.1 (MX in Windows only) using Service Pack 1 (SP1).Click on a button below for more information.Ö§™Ì¼Ï/ ,‚]€R˜Ö,‚VÈJH(`',0x5A59C60)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A5A195)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A5A012)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A5A03D)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A5A068)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A5A093)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A5A0BE)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÿProducts and applicationsNew optionsModified optionsGeneral improvementsLinemodeInstallation and securityBonus folderJæÍ1Œ«‰ W²Products and applic¼Ï¼ÏationsE¼ÏW( €:€˜˜€€‚ÿProducts and applicationsª{/ .€ö€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·MX is now available in the AutoCAD environment. See the rest of the Release Notes for details of changes since V1.2.±rW²? L€å€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€€‚ÿ·MXRAIL is now available as a full release, and may be accessed from the Applications toolbar. MXRAIL is used for the design of railway alignments, light railway alignments, and junction layouts. It enables you to design three-dimensional alignments representing plain line track, simple turnouts, diamond crossings, crossovers and complex multi-lead layouts.< î1‹? î%New options7²%( €€˜˜€€‚ÿNew optionsq=î–4 8€z€°€‚€€€€€‚ÿMX in AutoCADAnalysis -> Sections -> Dynamic Sectionæ%³7 <€Í€˜€€€€€€€‚ÿA new option, Dynamic Section has been added to the Analysis menu. This option displays a long section along an object you select and shows intersections with other objects. For further details, refer to the on-line help.8–ë$ €(€°€‚ÿDisplay -> Rasterï³+ $€ß€˜€€€‚ÿYou can now display a raster image using the MX option Display -> Raster. Previously, this was only implemented in MX in Windows. You can then use the AutoCAD commands to manipulate this raster and the changes will be reflected by MX.AëF1L   F‚ Modified options<‚( €(€˜˜€€‚ÿModified options4F¶$ € €°€‚ÿMX in AutoCADƒR‚91 0€¥€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·The MfA Toolbox has been improved. It is now a standard toolbar known as the MX toolbar, and allows you to select the current feature as well as the current model.When you select the current feature from the toolbar, the associated layer is automatically made current. If there is no associated layer, it is automatically created. Ù¶E 3 4€³€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In View -> Configuration (formerly called MfA Preferences), an extra tab has been added called MX Strings. This contains the options which were accessed via the Geometry Options button in the previous version.X9 F Z€%€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€€‚ÿ·In View -> Configuration, the following options have been added:Delete Strings from Model File on EraseEnable 2D SnappingOutput MX Messages to AutoCAD Text WindowExplode/Offset using GeometryFor further details of these options, refer to the on-line help.EE â 1ª?˜  â " › General improvements@ " ( €0€˜˜€€‚ÿGeneral improvements4â V $ € €°€‚ÿMX in AutoCADj(" À B R€Q€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€€€‚ÿ·MX output and reports can now be sent to the MX Output Window. You can display this from the MX View menu or by pressing SHIFT-F2. You can send output to the AutoCAD text window as well by checking the Output MX Messages to AutoCAD Text Window box on the View -> Configuration panel.Û¨V › 3 4€Q€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·The Create New Feature panel has been updated so that you can add a new feature to an existing feature set and create new feature sets from scratch more easily.9À Ô 1m ¼  Ô DLinemode4 › ( €€˜˜€€‚ÿLinemode<Ô D$ €0€˜€‚ÿNo change since V2.0.JŽ1m˜ ñ  ŽÓInstallation and securityEDÓ( €:€˜˜€€‚ÿInstallation and security<Ž$ €0€˜€‚ÿNo change since V2.0.= ÓL1E¼ ª€L„cBBonus folder8„( € €˜˜€€‚ÿBonus folderT,LØ( €X€°€‚€‚ÿMX in AutoCADPack 'n' Go (mosspack.exe)™m„}A, &€Û€˜€‚€€Ø}A‚ÿThis program copies all the files that the current AutoCAD drawing depends on including any ARXs. The program is based on the AutoCAD Bonus pack'n'go wizard, but also includes the ability to zip or unzip the ARX file which prevents the drawing being displayed as proxy graphics only.To display the pack'n'go panel, type mosspack at the AutoCAD command prompt.æªØcB< F€U€R˜È:‚H€ €ƒ€€€€€‚ÿ¨This option is available as part of mosspack.arx. If you type the command mosspack and you get an invalid command message, ensure that you have loaded the ARX.= }A B1ñ ñ BØB¥„User reports8cBØB( € €˜˜€€‚ÿUser reports~Z BVC$ €´€˜€‚ÿThe following bugs have been fixed since V1.2 (MX in AutoCAD) and V2.0 (MX in Windows):<ØB’C$ €0€°€‚ÿMX (all environments)sDVCD/ .€ˆ€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·A problem with slope distance in Drainage has been corrected.‡O’CŒD8 @€ž€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·In Surface Analysis, level bands are now created correctly (TR22407).*ñD¶E9 @€ã€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·In Pavement Layer Design, a message has been added which recommends that you compress your model file when appropriate. This is because this option can consume large amounts of wasted model space in certain circumstances (TR22359).©wŒD_F2 4€î€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·When creating long sections on multiple sheets, MX no longer hangs when using certain drawing scales (TR22709).ªr¶E G8 @€ä€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·Using View -> Show/Hide Graphics to delete an element on a section drawing no longer hangs MX (TR22687).¶ƒ_F¿G3 4€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Draw -> Plan with Tools, a problem which delayed the display of some panels when using very large models has been fixed.šh GYH2 4€Ð€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Design -> Junction Design, you can now use YX coordinates (US) when creating traffic islands.¨v¿GI2 4€ì€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Analysis -> Sections -> Cross Sections, you can now create skewed cross sections using YX coordinates (US).ò³YHóI? L€g€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€€‚ÿ·In Design -> Earthworks Wizard, a problem in custom earthworks with multi-elements where the height is changed and the slope does not change has been fixed (TR 22836).v1IiKE X€c€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€€€€‚ÿ·In Design -> Earthworks Wizard, on the custom earthworks intersection tab, the description of Intersection below Ground has changed to Intersect +/- Ground At so that negative numbers can be added. Now if you are in cut, you can create an element that intersects above the ground (TR 22837).Þ¥óIGL9 @€K€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·In Design -> Earthworks Wizard, you can now set up a flat element correctly when your height distance is specified as zero in custom earthworks (TR 22839).ÖiK\M? L€­€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€€‚ÿ·In Design -> Earthworks Wizard, panel number EW0015 in custom earthworks shows the name of the style (newerthw.sty). This field was active but has been made read-only as you cannot change it (TR 22841).k,GLÇN? L€Y€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€€‚ÿ·In Design -> Earthworks Wizard, on the Intersect at Ground tab in custom earthworks, at V2.0 the height and width values were greyed out on the first tab but one value was used in the calculation (minor option 261 field 5 ) when it should not have been. This has been addressed (TR22843).6\MýN& € €°‚H€‚ÿMX in AutoCADxCÇNuO5 :€†€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€‚ÿ·Crossfall annotation is now displayed correctly (TR21990).–dýN€2 4€È€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·Geometry checks have been improved when creating MX master strings from polylines (TuO€cBR21904).¦nuO½€8 @€Ü€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·You can now specify the drawing convention correctly from the View -> Configuration panel (TR21359).™g€V2 4€Î€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·MX triangulations with solid fill now get converted correctly on the AutoCAD drawing (TR20431).zH½€Ð2 4€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·AutoCAD line widths are now implemented on MX strings (TR20414).´V„‚3 4€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·Alignment performance has now been improved by modifications to the temporary graphics handling inside AutoCAD (TR20408).vDÐú‚2 4€ˆ€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·MX line hatching representation has been improved (TR19866).§u„‚¡ƒ2 4€ê€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·Blocks which are modified and converted to macrosymbols for a second time are now mapped correctly (TR18876).uCú‚„2 4€†€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·OSNAP interaction with MX PSMs has been improved (TR18432).W¡ƒ¥„8 @€®€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·Surface Analysis may now be used more than once in any one session (TR18142).F„ë„1㪀?ë„,…Þ‰Version compatibilityA¥„,…( €2€˜˜€€‚ÿVersion compatibilityæ¿ë„‡' €€˜€‚‚‚ÿProjects created in V1.1 or V1.2 are fully compatible with V2.0 and V2.1.Model data, drawing data, project files, macros and styles created or edited with this version of Infrasoft product cannot be guaranteed to function correctly with previous versions of the product.In addition, drawings produced by V2.0 or V2.1 can only be read by uMOSS V4.0 and AutoMOSS V4.3 as supplied on the V2 CD; you cannot use earlier versions of these products.<,…N‡$ €0€°€‚ÿMoving back a version^‡Þ‰2 2€½€˜€€€€€‚‚ÿAs with most PC software, MX uses common system dynamic link libraries (DLLs) and OCXs. These are installed from your MX CD if they are not already present on your system. MX uses the most up-to-date versions of these shared components when the software is developed.Because of this, you cannot return to a previous version of the software (eg, V1.2) once a later version has been installed. This is because the previous version may use an earlier version of a shared DLL. It is not advisable to install older versions of DLLs because they may not be compatible with other software on your machine.BN‡ Š1Êñ“… Š]ŠMKnown limitations=Þ‰]Š( €*€˜˜€€‚ÿKnown limitations4 Š‘Š$ € €°€‚ÿMX in AutoCADç]Š®‹6 :€Ï€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€‚ÿ·If you have an X-ref drawing in your current drawing, the tool tip will only show the model and string name for MX objects in the drawing. This is because the information is not present on the current MX drawing (TR14779).泑Š”Œ3 4€g€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·If you erase or explode a contour string, and then click Undo, you will get separate strings created where a discontinuity in a single string previously existed (TR22297).ª~®‹>, (€ü€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Circles do not get generated as 6D master strings when transferred to a master string layer but as 3D strings (TR20607).íº”Œ+Ž3 4€u€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Analysis -> Sections -> Dynamic Section, the fact that the layers are frozen is ignored, ie, the option still reads in the data from these layers if you select them (TR21805).â¯> 3 4€_€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·If you attempt to manipulate a read-only string (eg, a geometry string) using AutoCAD commands, MX does not allow the action but gives no indication of this (TR20612).µˆ+ŽÂ- (€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Hatching using MX options can be slow. To speed up the hatching, use solid fill by setting this from the Styles Toolbar (TR20710).« yÀ, (€þ€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Applying a filÂyÀÞ‰l style from the Styles toolbar does not work for Enhance elements. Use AutoCAD hatching instead (TR22062).ê±ÂcÁ9 @€c€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·When using Alignment, Drainage or Visualise, do not exit AutoCAD without first leaving the option, otherwise processes are left running and data may be lost (TR21122).w>yÀÚÂ9 @€}€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·Because some temporary models used in MX have names derived at run-time, they cannot be distinguished from user-defined models, and so they are not assigned feature and style set names automatically. This means you may have to assign a feature set and style set manually for these temporary models (TR22032).HcÁ"Ä9 @€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·You cannot use the MX toolbar to convert a string to a Tree feature in MfW Simple Survey.fns, because this feature is defined using a four character string name in the style set, and the string is renamed so that it no longer conforms to this feature (TR22872).PÚÂrÅ3 4€;€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·You should exercise caution when using Save As to save an AutoCAD drawing, particularly when overwriting an existing drawing. This is because the corresponding MX drawing (DPW or DPF) will not be renamed and so the MX / AutoCAD drawing association may become confused (TR22885)À“"Ä2Æ- (€'€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·If you set the drawing priority to DWG, any MX string which is on the associated DPW or DPF but not on the DWG will still be drawn (TR22875).ÕrÅGÈ@ N€«€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€€‚ÿ·If you attempt to change the layer of an MX string to a plain AutoCAD layer, an incorrect warning is displayed about read-only strings, and the operation is cancelled. Although the warning message is incorrect, the resulting action is as designed. The documentation under Change Properties in Effect of AutoCAD commands on Strings is also incorrect. To change the layer of an MX string to a plain AutoCAD layer, you must explode the string first (TR22874).…W2ÆÌÉ. *€¯€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·If you change the line style of an MX string to a standard AutoCAD line style, and if the configuration is set to display using AutoCAD line style, the line style is not displayed correctly. Also, if you modify the drawing outside of MX, and the DWG has priority, the drawing is not updated until a command has been processed (TR22876).6GÈÊ& € €°‚H€‚ÿAutoCAD Snapsß©ÌÉáÊ6 :€S€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€‚ÿ·AutoCAD snaps do not work correctly with clearance checking in Design -> Quick Alignment because of the click and drag techniques used in this option (TR14194).åÊóË- (€Ë€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·With running object snaps, AutoCAD snap markers will not be displayed correctly if an MX panel has focus. As a workaround, override the snap, rely on the magnet or return focus to AutoCAD by clicking on the frame (TR22869)./ áÊ"Ì& €€°‚H€‚ÿMXRAIL qóËÂÌ/ .€â€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·MXRAIL will only work in XY coordinates. All other coordinate systems have yet to be tested and confirmed. t"ÌbÍ, (€è€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·MXRAIL has two switch and crossing libraries, US Imperial and UK Metric. No other libraries are yet available..õÂÌÎ9 @€ë€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·Cant on Curve should be used sequentially from the start of a track to its end. If this is not done the last cant application may be removed from the rail. If this happens, you can reapply the cant manually with the Cant Design option.$÷bÍÀ- (€ï€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Lost alignments cannot be directly retrieved if cant has been applied to the associated rails. However, a copy of all geometry strings prior to cant application is automatically made to the model named ' SAFE G STRINGXXX’, where XXX is the name of your design model. To recover a string, delete the problem geometry stÎÀÞ‰ring from your design model, and then copy the equivalent string from the safe model named ' SAFE G STRINGXXX’. You will be then able to retrieve the alignment in the normal way.BÎMK d€…€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€€€€€€‚ÿ·If you use Add Line or Add Vertical Regression when creating a vertical profile drawing, you must ensure that the lines to be added are running in the same direction. If they are not, reverse them using Modify -> Edit Strings -> Reverse Strings before using the Add Line or Add Vertical Regression options.KÀ˜1tp/˜Þ!What's new in Version 2.2?FMÞ( €<€˜˜€€‚ÿWhat's new in Version 2.2?ñ˜÷( €ã€˜€‚‚‚‚ÿMX V2.2 includes the latest version of MX implemented in MicroStation. It also includes some user report fixes since V2.1.MX in AutoCAD has been updated from V2.1 to V2.2 as a result of some file name changes to conform to Autodesk standards.If you have MX in Windows or AutoCAD V2.1 installed, you can upgrade to V2.2 in the same environment using Service Pack 2 (SP2), when available.If you have MX in Windows V2.0 installed, you must upgrade this first to V2.1 using Service Pack 1 (SP1).T0ÞK$ €`€˜€‚ÿClick on a button below for more information.Ö§÷!/ ,‚]€R˜Ö,‚VÈJH(`',0x5A5A2C2)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A5A2ED)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A5A318)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A5A343)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A5A36E)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A5A399)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A6817C)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÿProducts and applicationsNew optionsModified optionsGeneral improvementsLinemodeInstallation and securityBonus folderJKk1æBÑk°eProducts and applicationsE!°( €:€˜˜€€‚ÿProducts and applicationsµ…ke0 .€ €R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·MX is now available in the MicroStation environment. See the remainder of the Release Notes for details of changes since V1.2.< °¡1–/å¡Ø= New options7eØ( €€˜˜€€‚ÿNew options9¡ $ €*€°€‚ÿMX in MicroStation,ðØ= < F€á€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€‚ÿ·No new options have been added since V1.2. However, many improvements have been made, particularly in the area of performance and MX to MicroStation data mapping. See Modified options and General improvements for further details.A ~ 1ÞÑ ~ º gModified options<= º ( €(€˜˜€€‚ÿModified options<~ ö $ €0€°€‚ÿMX (all environments)³ƒº © 0 .€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·The Softdesk Import options have been updated so that they can be used with the Autodesk AEC Land Development Desktop (LDD).;ö ä & €*€°‚H€‚ÿMX in MicroStationg+© K < F€W€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·View -> Configuration has been updated to give more control over the mapping of data from MX to MicroStation (import mapping). You can now map the following:ColoursFontsMacro line stylesLine widthsMacro symbolsLine style representationYou can also specify the seed files used by MX.(õä s3 4€ë€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·A new setting has been added to View -> Configuration so that you can choose whether features are automatically mapped to level numbers (ie, the next available level number is used), or whether you are prompted to specify a level number.ôÇK g- (€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·The equivalent elevation to the MX null level is now a single value which works in both directions, ie, when you create a MicroStation element and when you create an MX string with null levels.Es¬1rå „¬ @MEGeneral improvements@g @( €0€˜˜€€‚ÿGeneral improvements¬ @g9¬E@$ €*€°€‚ÿMX in MicroStationÆ– @ A0 .€-€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·Graphics performance has been improved in that redraws are only now performed when necessary and only on the elements which need to be redrawn.pCE@{B- (€‡€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Reference files are no longer used for each plan view in a drawing page file (DPF). This means that only one DGN file is produced for each page in an MX drawing, giving an increase in performance. Note that this was a late change so you should ignore any mention of these reference files in the printed documentation.Ê AEC- (€;€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·The global origin has been changed to make more effective use of the 3D design cube. If needed, you can modify this yourself in the MX model seed file.uC{BºC2 4€†€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·Seed files are now configurable from View -> Configuration.6ECðC& € €°‚H€‚ÿMX in AutoCAD]-ºCME0 .€[€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·If you have the AutoCAD Land Development Desktop (LDD), you can now install MX in AutoCAD to work in this environment. This is done by utilising a profile (called MOSSMX) which restricts LDD to an AutoCAD Map 3 version. This is done automatically. You cannot invoke LDD and MX at the same time.9ðC†E1l .„†EºEõELinemode4 MEºE( €€˜˜€€‚ÿLinemode;†EõE$ €.€˜€‚ÿNo change since V2.0JºE?F1m „c„?F„FÀFInstallation and securityEõE„F( €:€˜˜€€‚ÿInstallation and security<?FÀF$ €0€˜€‚ÿNo change since V2.0.= „FýF1m.„‹„ýF5GqGBonus folder8ÀF5G( € €˜˜€€‚ÿBonus folder<ýFqG$ €0€˜€‚ÿNo change since V2.1.= 5G®G1Œc„“‰®GæGAOUser reports8qGæG( € €˜˜€€‚ÿUser reportsk®GuH$ €Ö€˜€‚ÿThe following bugs have been fixed since V1.2 (MX in MicroStation) and V2.1 (MX in Windows and AutoCAD):<æG±H$ €0€°€‚ÿMX (all environments)> uHïI1 0€€R˜È:‚H€ƒ€€ƒ‚ÿ·Licensing of Custom Earthworks. MX Service Pack 1A has been incorporated into this version. This permits access to Custom Earthworks while running MX Professional Foundation or MX Standard Foundation regardless of whether MXROAD, MXRENEW or MXRAIL are licensed.6±H%J& € €°‚H€‚ÿMX in AutoCADsDïI˜J/ .€ˆ€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·Alignment now functions in both XY and YX coordinate systems.;%JÓJ& €*€°‚H€‚ÿMX in MicroStationq<˜JDK5 :€x€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€‚ÿ·User-defined font mapping has now been implemented.ØÓJ[L? L€±€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€€‚ÿ·Tags have been removed and replaced by internally stored MX attributes. To use these attributes, load the MDL application moss_select. See Key-Ins and Applications in the on-line help for further details.ÁˆDKM9 @€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·When using tool tips, the arrow is now displayed regardless of the setting of Highlight Status Element in View -> Preferences.S[L›M, (€¦€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Temporary markers are no longer removed from the screen when it is refreshed.wKMN, (€–€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·The active depth is no longer modified when you draw or edit strings.‚P›M”N2 4€ €R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Quick Alignment, transitions are now displayed in the correct colour.­uNAO8 @€ê€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·In Draw -> Plan -> Draw Plan Pages, the Create AutoCAD Views check box is no longer displayed on the panel.F”N‡O1+‹„v ‡OÈOu„Version compatibilityAAOÈO( €2€˜˜€€‚ÿVersion compatibilityÕ®‡O©' €]€˜€‚‚‚ÿProjects createdÈO©AO in V1.1 or V1.2 are fully compatible with V2.2.Model data, drawing data, project files, macros and styles created or edited with this version of Infrasoft product cannot be guaranteed to function correctly with previous versions of the product.In addition, drawings produced by V2.2 can only be read by uMOSS V4.0 and AutoMOSS V4.3 as supplied on the V2 CD; you cannot use earlier versions of these products.<ÈOå$ €0€°€‚ÿMoving back a version^©u„2 2€½€˜€€€€€‚‚ÿAs with most PC software, MX uses common system dynamic link libraries (DLLs) and OCXs. These are installed from your MX CD if they are not already present on your system. MX uses the most up-to-date versions of these shared components when the software is developed.Because of this, you cannot return to a previous version of the software (eg, V1.2) once a later version has been installed. This is because the previous version may use an earlier version of a shared DLL. It is not advisable to install older versions of DLLs because they may not be compatible with other software on your machine.Bå·„1‚!“‰? ·„ô„ÄKnown limitations=u„ô„( €*€˜˜€€‚ÿKnown limitationsiE·„]…$ €Š€˜€‚ÿThe following are known limitations with this version of software.<ô„™…$ €0€°€‚ÿMX (all environments)æ­]…†9 @€[€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·Update the contents of a view window will correctly remove the temporary graphics but on re-entry to PSM Construct, the graphics are redrawn incorrectly (TR23635).rF™…ñ†, (€Œ€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·You cannot apply line colour using the Styles Toolbar (TR23322).;†,‡& €*€°‚H€‚ÿMX in MicroStation0 ñ†\‡& €€°‚H€‚ÿGeneral£n,‡ÿ‡5 :€Ü€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€‚ÿ·MX macro lines used as survey objects (for example, objspred.mml) do not display correctly (TR17312).è\‡‰- (€Ñ€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·MX macro line styles which are mapped to MicroStation custom line styles may overlap at vertices, depending upon the point spacing and the repeat pattern. As a workaround, use a linear pattern or cell representation (TR17313).ãÿ‡*Š3 4€Ç€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€ €‚ÿ·If you have an IntelliMouse and use the Step Savers option, you may have problems running in MicroStation. This is a known MicroStation problem. See www.bentley.com/tools/technote/8111.htm for further details (TR22923).A‰k‹3 4€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·If you need to edit MX annotation, for example, the chainage text on a master string, you must first close the project using File -> Close Project. You may then need to turn the graphical group lock off if you wish to modify an individual item of text (TR23446).˘*Š6Œ3 4€1€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·Using View -> Show/Hide Graphics to delete a single instance of an item (for example, pips on strings) actually deletes all instances (TR23931).é¶k‹3 4€m€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·If you associate MX in MicroStation with the mmd project file, then the project is not opened when you double-click the icon, although MX in MicroStation is opened (TR24016).3 6ŒR& €€°‚H€‚ÿMX Toolboxi9»Ž0 .€s€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·If the current model field in the MX Toolbox is blank, a panel is displayed which prompts you for a feature set and style set for the last model used from the Toolbox (which may be from a different project). It is recommended that you always have a current model when the MX Toolbox is displayed (TR16770).2 RíŽ& €€°‚H€‚ÿAlignmentܦ»ŽÉ6 :€M€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€‚ÿ·On exit from Alignment, the alignment is erased which can also erase the master string. To fix this, just use Update Display to repaint the screen (TR23158).±„펆À- (€ €R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Some mɆÀu„essages in Alignment are displayed at the bottom right of the frame but are overwritten by a status indicator (TR23705).7ɽÀ& €"€°‚H€‚ÿStyles ToolbarpA†À-Á/ .€‚€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·You cannot apply text styles to MX text strings (TR22978).4½ÀaÁ& €€°‚H€‚ÿMX Hatchingœm-ÁýÁ/ .€Ú€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·The hatching spacing is incorrect when compared to the equivalent hatching in MX in Windows (TR23217).xLaÁuÂ, (€˜€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·The MX hatching angle relative to a string is not supported (TR15758).2 ýÁ§Â& €€°‚H€‚ÿTool TipsyJu Ã/ .€”€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·The Miniframe Window should be movable around the screen (TR23309).šh§ÂºÃ2 4€Ð€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·Highlight Status Element does not work with elements containing more than 7500 points (TR23348).® ÃhÄ- (€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Tool tip information from an MX model in an attached reference file is limited to the model and string name only (TR18140).>ºÃ¦Ä& €0€°‚H€‚ÿMicroStation CommandsšbhÄ@Å8 @€Ä€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·Move - moving an MX string with a discontinuity only moves part of the string (TR13888).r-¦Ä²ÆE X€[€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€€€€‚ÿ·Copy - copy using a clip fence type gives the MX error Error reading data - Invalid option. WARNING - the copied strings are deleted from the model file. The standard process is to delete the strings and then recreate them, in this instance the recreation of the strings fails (TR16363).Ãx@ÅuÈK d€ñ€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€€€€€€‚ÿ·Move / Use Fence - certain MX strings are not moved, typically spot elevations. The message Error Reading Data is displayed. The partial workaround for each feature type is to use Change Element Attributes to change to a level that is not mapped to MX, complete the move and then use Change Element Attributes to change back to the original MX level (TR22799).'è²ÆœÉ? L€Ñ€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€€‚ÿ·Reference File - if you move a reference file away from its original position, if you have Highlight Status Element switched on when showing a tool tip, the highlighting is still shown at the original position (TR23400).™guÈ5Ê2 4€Î€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·Import Text - when placing text on an MX level, only left justification is supported (TR23382).†SœÉ»Ë3 4€§€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·If you create a composite drawing, you can inadvertently add elements to MX if you modify the drawing, for example, by adding annotation. You should not do this because of the different coordinate system used by composite drawings in MicroStation. Instead, add annotation on a non-MX level or using standard MicroStation (TR23389).ä¥5ÊŸÌ? L€K€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€€‚ÿ·Offset Element - if you offset from an MX string, a second MX string is automatically created; no account is taken of the auto-convert setting (TR23749).üûË›Í9 @€‡€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·Import DXF - if you want to import a DXF file to create a MicroStation drawing, you should do this outside of an MX project. Otherwise, you may be prompted for settings files (TR24034).걟Ì…Î9 @€c€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·Delete Element - you cannot delete strings of more than 3 dimensions (for example, master strings and earthworks strings) using the MicroStation Delete tool (TR23876).q8›Í 9 @€q€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·If you use MicroStation Annotation tools on an MX level which create text and linework (for example, Place Note), either only the line work or only the text is sent to MX, depending upon whether you are drawing on a feature or a text level. As a workaround, draw annotation on a non-MX level (TR24039).…Î u„»ˆ…ÎÇ3 4€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·Place Point used on an MX level creates a two point string (with coincident points) rather than a single point string (TR24038).Þ¥ ¥9 @€K€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·Modify Element - if you attempt to change a vertex on a smartline, the string is deleted and recreated with separate strings for each component (TR23479). I#Çî& €F€°‚H€‚ÿCompatibility with MX in Windowsª{¥˜/ .€ö€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·Raster information within an MX in Windows DPW is only imported into MX in MicroStation as a bounding box (TR22785).0 îÈ& €€°‚H€‚ÿMXRENEWþΘÆ0 .€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·Each bit of slope annotation on the MXRENEW cross section drawings is displayed many times, instead of just once. As a workaround, you can delete the DGN and rebuild it from the MX drawing (TR23084).DÈ & €<€°‚H€‚ÿDocumentation and Tutorialsº~ÆÄ< F€ý€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€‚ÿ·In Getting Started, the tutorials refer to a panel which is displayed when you create an MX level which allows you to assign a specific level number. This panel will not appear if the setting Automatically Map Features to Level Numbers is set (which is the default, and correct for the tutorials). The setting was added after the documentation had been printed (TR24200).O 1v «‰]«Support for MicroStation toolsJ"Ä]( €D€˜˜€€‚ÿSupport for MicroStation toolsÙ´6% €i€˜€ ‚ÿThere is a comprehensive list of the MicroStation tools which are supported by MX in the online help. Once help is installed, you can click the button below for further details.u]«V |€@€R˜Ö,‚VÈJH(`mimintro.hlp',0x5A5947B)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÿMicroStation Tool BoxesK6ö1ç€ ö<ò What's new in Version 2.3?F«<( €<€˜˜€€‚ÿWhat's new in Version 2.3?V0ö’ & €a€˜€‚‚ÿMX V2.3 includes the latest version of MX implemented in all three MX environments; Windows, AutoCAD and MicroStation. It also includes the latest versions of MXROAD, MXRENEW, MXSITE and MXRAIL.If you have MX V2.2 installed, you can upgrade to V2.3 in the same environment using Service Pack 3 (SP3).`}<ò ã ”€R˜Ö,‚VÈJH(`',0x5A63F4E)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A63FA4)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A63FCF)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A63FFA)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A64025)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÿNew and modified optionsGeneral improvementsLinemodeInstallation and securityBonus folderI’ ; 1++5 ô‚ ;  ”ÄNew and modified optionsDò  ( €8€˜˜€€‚ÿNew and modified options<; » $ €0€°€‚ÿMX (all environments)a=  $ €z€˜€‚ÿThe following options have been created or modified in MX:ç» 6 3 4€Ï€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·Drainage now supports data input and output to MicroDrainage WinDes V5 and V6. Previously, only WinDes V5 was supported. Note that currently, only the first 46 WinDes variables are used, ie, the extra V6 fields are ignored.§u Ý 2 4€ê€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·Drainage now supports data input and output to Haestad StormCAD via Microsoft Access Database format (*.mdb).Ü£6 ¹9 @€G€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·A new option, Edit Contour Level has been added to Modify -> Edit Strings. This option allows you to adjust the level of a contour by a specified height.ë²Ý ¤9 @€e€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·The MX tutorials are now available on-line, and are accessed from the MX Tutorials entry in the MX program group. See Installation and Security for further information.6¹Ú& € €°‚H€‚ÿMX in Windows‡D¤mAC T€‰€R˜È:‚H€ÚmAò €ƒ€€€€€‚ÿ·The File -> Plot option has been redeveloped. In addition to the standard plotting options, there are three new MX options as follows:Automatic MX Page SizePlot as MonochromeDrawing SizeFor further details, refer to the on-line help.Note that the previous Plot option can be accessed from the Bonus folder.¯}ÚB2 4€ú€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Draw -> Plan -> Draw Plan Pages, the page number is now displayed in the page frames drawn on the working display.6mARB& € €°‚H€‚ÿMX in AutoCAD·|B C; F€ø€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€‚ÿ·The Move and Rotate commands can now be used with strings of more than 3 dimensions, for example, master strings.;RBDC& €*€°‚H€‚ÿMX in MicroStationH CŒDH ^€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€€€€€‚ÿ·A new option, Convert Line Styles, has been added to the View -> Configuration -> General panel. This allows you to create MX macro lines from existing MicroStation line styles. This option is also available as the key-in convert_linestyles.$ëDC°E9 @€×€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·A new option, Create Point Standard Symbols as Points, has been added to View -> Configuration -> MX to MicroStation. This option increases drawing speed by replacing MX standard point symbols with MicroStation active points.ªrŒDZF8 @€ä€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·New File browse buttons have been added to the Macro Line Style Mapping and Macro Symbol Mapping panels.m4°EÇG9 @€i€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·A new option, Match MX Colour Palette to MicroStation Palette, has been added to View -> Configuration -> General. This option allows you to update the MX colour palette to match the MicroStation colour palette. This provides consistency between colours when using MX options or MicroStation tools.KZFI- (€=€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·When you start MX, a new panel is displayed which allows you to specify or check the seed files to be used for the project. For example, if you have two projects, one which uses metric units and the other which uses imperial, you can specify different seed files for each project./ ÇGAI& €€°‚H€‚ÿMXROADƒGIÄJ< F€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€‚ÿ·In Road Design -> Rule-based Superelevation, you can now offset the pivot axis from the carriageway edge or centre line. For example, you may want the pivot axis to be at a constant distance from the centre line even when the carriageway edge varies, perhaps because of the addition of a lay-by or junction widening.ЗAI”K9 @€/€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·In Road Design -> Rule-based Superelevation, you can now save the edited superelevation details to a file by clicking the Save Report button.;üÄJÏL? L€ù€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€€‚ÿ·In Road Design -> Carriageways and Kerbs, Verges and Footways, the template description is now displayed on the diagram and you can modify the template by clicking the Edit button. Previously, the Edit panel was part of the Wizard sequence.Ö£”K¥M3 4€G€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Modify -> Edit Strings -> Delete String Groups, you can now delete individual traffic islands. The terminology used on the panel has also been improved.0 ÏLÕM& €€°‚H€‚ÿMXRENEW¡l¥MvN5 :€Ø€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€‚ÿ·The Function Control panel now uses tool tips rather than a description at the bottom of the panel.í¨ÕMcOE X€Q€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€€€€‚ÿ·In Parametric Fitting, you can use the Element, IP or Spline methods of alignment design or any combination. Previously, only the IP method was available.WvN €8 @€®€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·In Parametric Fitting, the Refit button is greyed out until a change is made.cO €ò ûÈcO3 4€‘€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Parametric Fitting, you can now specify design values such as width and crossfall at chainages which do not exist on the master string. These extra points can also be added into the design.¦t €­2 4€è€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Parametric Fitting, the level difference is shown at the carriageway edges as well as at the centre line.­{Z‚2 4€ö€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Parametric Fitting, you can now show or hide the existing surface, the initial profile and the designed profile.wE­Ñ‚2 4€Š€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Isopach Analysis, you can now display isopachyte contours.ŸaZ‚pƒ> L€Â€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€€‚ÿ·In Isopach Analysis, a colour-coded key has been added to the Isopach Analysis panel.µ‚Ñ‚%„3 4€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Working Drawings, you can now include level and offset annotation on the drawings. Slopes can also be annotated as 1:n.q?pƒ–„2 4€~€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Working Drawings, you can now produce long sections.½„%„S…9 @€ €R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·In Reports, the file extension has been changed to .txt to make it easier to view the reports using standard text editors.M–„Ò…2 4€š€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Pavement Layer Design, reconstruction areas are now clearly named.ä±S…¶†3 4€c€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Pavement Layer Design, you can prevent the creation of shifted layers when the designed carriageway edge lies inside or coincident with the existing carriageway edge.ŠXÒ…@‡2 4€°€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Pavement Layer Design, you can now specify a minimum full construction width.}Q¶†½‡, (€¢€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·A warning is now given if both carriageway edges are above the centre line.‚P@‡?ˆ2 4€ €R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Superelevation Diagram, a plan view of the drawing is also displayed./ ½‡nˆ& €€°‚H€‚ÿMXSITExI?ˆæˆ/ .€’€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·You can now specify different colours when drawing a long section.¨|nˆŽ‰, (€ø€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·A new option has been added which allows you to use house slabs created in AutoCAD and place them directly in MXSITE. i7æˆ÷‰2 4€n€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·Many options in Tidy Design have been improved.oCŽ‰fŠ, (€†€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·MX Drainage enhancements have been incorporated in to MXSITE.‡O÷‰íŠ8 @€ž€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·Junction and Turning Head Design now work correctly with small radii.U)fŠB‹, (€R€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Channel widening has been improved.f:튨‹, (€t€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·You can now open a journal file and then use MXSITE.mAB‹Œ, (€‚€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·You can now open and close output files from within MXSITE.g;¨‹|Œ, (€v€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·You can now access Status options from within MXSITE.{IŒ÷Œ2 4€’€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·You can now access View -> Show/Hide Graphics from within MXSITE.¤x|Œ›, (€ð€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·You can now specify drainage details on a long section either by manhole centre to centre or manhole edge to edge.·Š÷ŒRŽ- (€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Visibility strings are now copied into the TIDY DESIGN model and extra points are added to allow sensible earthworks to be designed.c7›µŽ, (€n€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Improvements have been made to boundary creation.d2RŽ2 4€d€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·The Sketch Layout option has been removed.b#µŽ‡À? L€G€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€€‚ÿ·Improvements have been made to Tidy Design when different Verge / Footway options have been used around turning heads and junctions. However, there may still be s‡Àò ome combinations of geometry and verges / footways which need manually tidying using the Tidy Design editing options./ ¶À& €€°‚H€‚ÿMXRAIL¤u‡ÀZÁ/ .€ê€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·New types of diamond crossing and transition switches are now available in the UK switch and crossing library.Ù¦¶À3Â3 4€M€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In the slew diagram, the amount of slew between a new horizontal track alignment and an existing surveyed track is shown as the Z co-ordinate of the tool tip.ÌŸZÁÿÂ- (€?€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·You can now convert RailMOSS tracks, switches and crossings for use in MXRAIL. This utility is called RailBrowser.exe and is located in the Bonus folder. n3ŸÃ2 4€Ü€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·Auto-proceed has been added to MXRAIL. This moves the cursor focus to the next field when appropriate.õÃÿ”Ä2 2€‡€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·There is a new feature set and style set combination for use with MXRAIL. These are:MXRAIL geometry.fnsMXRAIL geometry.pssThese provide more geometry detail when displaying alignments.EŸÃÙÄ1à -„ ÙÄÅÈÆGeneral improvements@”ÄÅ( €0€˜˜€€‚ÿGeneral improvementsâ²ÙÄûÅ0 .€e€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·The Measurement ActiveX Control has been improved so that you can use values beyond 360 degrees and so that the degree value is updated when you increment past 60 minutes.{IÅvÆ2 4€’€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·You can now produce a security file report from Help -> About MX.R&ûÅÈÆ, (€L€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Windows NT SP4 is now supported.9vÆÇ1ƒô‚ g„ !Ç5LJÇLinemode4 ÈÆ5Ç( €€˜˜€€‚ÿLinemodeR.LJÇ$ €\€˜€‚ÿNo new options have been added to Linemode.J5ÇÑÇ1-„ ‡ "ÑÇÈþËInstallation and securityE‡ÇÈ( €:€˜˜€€‚ÿInstallation and security—ÑÇØÉ+ $€/€˜€€€‚ÿThe MX setup script has been modified to install the on-line tutorials. These are written in Microsoft HTML Help, which requires Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) to be installed on your PC. This is provided as part of the MX installation. Note that this does not affect your default browser; for example, if you use Netscape Navigator then you can continue to do so. You should also note the following:|MÈTÊ/ .€š€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·If you already have IE4 or IE5 on your PC, then it is not reinstalled.oCØÉÃÊ, (€†€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·If you have IE3 or earlier, then you will be upgraded to IE5.Ä—TʇË- (€/€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·If you do not have IE installed, the MX setup only performs a minimum installation of IE5. This does not create a program group or desktop icons.wKÃÊþË, (€–€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·You do not have to install the tutorials if you do not wish to do so.= ‡Ë;Ì14g„ #;ÌsÌfBonus folder8þËsÌ( € €˜˜€€‚ÿBonus folderæ;ÌÍ6 :€Í€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€‚ÿ·You can now convert RailMOSS tracks, switches and crossings for use in MXRAIL. This utility is called RailMOSSConverter.exe and is located in the Bonus folder. Please see the associated readme.txt for further information.@sÌÏÎ? L€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€€‚ÿ·The previous File -> Plot option can be made available by replacing the file moss.exe in the …\mfw\exec folder with OldMOSS.exe from the Bonus folder. Take a safe copy of moss.exe and then rename OldMOSS.exe to moss.exe in the …\mfw\exec folder.‹RÍf9 @€¥€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·There is now a utility to convert models used in MXSITE so that they may be used in MXROAD and vice-versa. Essentially, the string naming convention is adapted for the product you wish to use. The utility is called ConvertMX.exe and is locaÏÎfþËted in the Bonus folder. Please refer to the associated readme file for further details.= ÏΣ1ƒB‡ ‡$£Û‚User reports8fÛ( € €˜˜€€‚ÿUser reports]9£8$ €r€˜€‚ÿThe following user reports have been fixed since V2.2:)Ûa$ € €°€‚ÿMXÒ8i6 :€¥€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€‚ÿ·In Design -> Alignment, when using CZECH2 cubic transitions in horizontal design the correct solution is now produced by the analysis. Previously, only the alternative solution was presented (TR22399).Ö—a?? L€/€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€€‚ÿ·In Design -> Alignment, when using the Spline method, the Defaults button on the Design Parameters panel now functions correctly (TR23798).žriÝ, (€ä€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Using the Styles Toolbar, you can now apply a new line style and colour to a whole model (TR22809, TR23322).¶ƒ?“3 4€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Draw -> Plan Page Layout, it is now easier to reposition sheets when using South African (CZECH2) coordinates (TR22993).Ù¦Ýl3 4€M€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Design -> Drainage, the PANC string (which holds ancillary data) is no longer drawn at (0,0) by the style set when you draw the drainage network (TR23857).«s“8 @€æ€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·Help -> About MX no longer causes a run-time error if it cannot find the appropriate text font (TR23937).Èl9 @€‘€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·In Analysis -> Sections -> Long Section between 2 Points, the run-time error which occurred if you didn't display the section and attempted to save the drawing file has been fixed (TR24105).ØŸð9 @€?€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·In Display -> Plan with Tools, the option Spot Levels at String Points now works correctly. Previously, the spot levels were not displayed (TR24197).ò¿â3 4€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·With some foreign language versions, Report -> Geometric Report -> Piste Format Details of an Alignment did not write anything in the output window. This has now been fixed (TR24240).˘ð­ 3 4€1€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Draw -> Plan -> Draw Plan Pages, drawing frames are now drawn with a solid line style regardless of the current line style setting (TR24249)./üâÜ 3 4€ù€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Analysis -> Volume -> Volume from Sections Normal to Reference String, if you clicked the Options button when using automatic sections and modified a value, then clicked OK, the option finished prematurely. This has now been fixed (TR24390).c­ k , (€Æ€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Error checking has been improved when creating a long section from a triangulation (TR24396).ÁˆÜ , 9 @€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·In Display -> Plan with Tools, the option Point Strings with Annotation now works correctly in the Japanese version (TR24399).½k é > L€þ€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€€‚ÿ·In Draw -> Page Setup, you no longer get a run-time error when saving the set-up in the Japanese version (TR24401).žr, ‡ , (€ä€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·A problem with flyouts on toolbars being greyed out when VB6 or C++6 was installed has been fixed (TR24421).Ù¦é `3 4€M€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Design -> Quick Alignment, chainages other than those at the annotation interval were not recognised by certain options. This has now been fixed (TR24436).ÁŽ‡ !3 4€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·With certain security files, the option Report -> Setting Out Reports was inadvertently greyed out. This has now been fixed (TR24437).U`¢, (€ª€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Report headings and PSM error messages are now translatable (TR24537, TR24538).›i!I@2 4€Ò€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·You can now import SWS and MDF files int¢I@fo Drainage on PCs with Windows NT SP4 (TR24561, TR24572).tH¢½@, (€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·You can now import OSPP data on PCs with Windows NT SP4 (TR24590).¨vI@eA2 4€ì€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Report -> Alignment Reports, the horizontal angle between two elements is now reported correctly (TR24667).⩽@GB9 @€S€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·In Analysis -> Triangle -> Group by Seeding, focus is automatically returned to the First Triangle field after seeding has been accepted or rejected (TR24671).Æ“eA C3 4€'€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Design -> Alignment, a problem with MX hanging sometimes when switching between horizontal and vertical design has been fixed (TR21972).Å’GBÒC3 4€%€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·When creating a new project with an existing model file, the defaults file defmods.txt is now copied in to the project (TR22409, TR23671).Ô§ C¦D- (€O€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·When using geometry string annotation on long sections, the annotation was not drawn if the last element was a vertical curve. This has now been fixed (TR22770).•cÒC;E2 4€Æ€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Modify -> Edit Strings -> Create a Text String, text is now rotated correctly (TR22817).Çš¦DF- (€5€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·A problem with copied geometry strings producing different master strings has been fixed. The transition type is now maintained correctly (TR22852).ãª;EåF9 @€U€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·In Display -> Plan with Style Set, the Restrict Area option can now be switched off after it has been used via the Restrict within Boundary check box (TR22888).Ú§F¿G3 4€O€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Design -> Alignment, a crash which sometimes when using intersection annotation on a vertical alignment has been fixed (TR22942, TR22754, TR23464, TR23480).ÒŸåF‘H3 4€?€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Display -> Plan with Tools -> Area Fill inside a Boundary, the area fill is now transferred correctly from the working display to the DPF (TR23156).¬z¿G=I2 4€ô€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·A network project is now shown as locked if it is in use and you double-click on the project's mmd file (TR23682).«‘HèI, (€þ€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·In Linemode, DRAW 800 and 804 no longer produce errors if the sheet size is exactly equal to the domain length (TR23894).±„=I™J- (€ €R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Major option FINISH is now redundant in input files. Any FINISH option found in an input file should now be ignored (TR23923).ݪèIvK3 4€U€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·When calculating volumes from cross sections in Analysis -> Volumes, you can now calculate volumes for sections which lie at a chainage of -999 or less (TR24078).Æ“™J Edit Points -> Add a Point to a String, you can now use negative distances when adding a point using PSM Construct (TR24111). ˜fvKÔL2 4€Ì€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Modify -> Move -> Translate and Rotate Strings, you can now select actual points (TR24114).¦t Standard Reports -> Distance and Bearing of Line now displays the string list correctly (TR24122).¢pÔLN2 4€à€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·Report -> Standard Reports -> Geometry String Points now works correctly on a Japanese system (TR24119).º‡zMÖN3 4€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·Several user interface problems with Report -> Alignment Reports on a Japanese system have been corrected (TRTR24123, TR24124).¥yN{O, (€ò€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·A problem with selection masks using ? characters instead of spaces on a Japanese system have been fixed (TR24398).„XÖN €, (€°€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·The Security Wizard no longer has display problems on a Japanese system (TR24131).{O €f¢v{O®€, (€ì€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·A problem with opening an existing project from the startup panel on a Japanese system has been fixed (TR24403).·„ €e3 4€ €R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·The Add-In Manager has been limited to adding program names of less than 100 characters to avoid display problems (TR24125).šh®€ÿ2 4€Ð€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·You can now access selection mask tables when you are running Visualise -> Drive Thru (TR24126).¾‹e½‚3 4€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Draw -> Plan with Tools, you can now annotate string points with levels when a string mask is used to draw the string (TR32213).©wÿfƒ2 4€î€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·Report -> Geometric Reports -> Distance and Bearing of a Normal can now be used with contour strings (TR24147).–d½‚üƒ2 4€È€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·Modify -> Edit Point -> Edit Points now modifies the Z value of a point correctly (TR24213).PfƒL…9 @€/€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·In Alignment, if the end point of a vertical curve was also the end point of the vertical alignment, the VIP location of the last curve was not added to the G-string, and the corresponding Vertical Alignment report was also incorrect. This has now been fixed (TR24277).nBüƒº…, (€„€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·System error message processing has been improved (TR24280).ºL…t†9 @€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·In Drainage, the default file extensions used by Data to MX Drainage Format have been set to *.mdf and *.mdb (TR18437).ÅŒº…9‡9 @€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·In Drainage, when saving a file using Data from MX Drainage Format, the default folder is now set to the project folder (TR19111).•ct†·2 4€Æ€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Drainage, the panel for specifying pipe/channel shapes now operates correctly (TR22377).a"9‡/‰? L€E€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€€‚ÿ·On a US system, the feature Road Centerlines (Geometry) has been renamed to (Geometry) Road Centerlines. This is to avoid this feature being selected accidentally instead of Road Centerlines. Note that this could affect layer or level names in AutoCAD or MicroStation (TR23200).šh·ɉ2 4€Ð€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Design -> Quick Alignment, the construct tools now handle YX coordinates correctly (TR22990).Ÿm/‰hŠ2 4€Ú€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Visualise -> Cross Sections, the plan view is now displayed correctly in YX coordinates (TR22999).ªxɉ‹2 4€ð€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Visualise -> Drive Thru Perspective, the view is now displayed correctly with negative coordinates (TR23000).tHhŠ†‹, (€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·The MX Tutorial Summary button has not been implemented (TR25055).6‹¼‹& € €°‚H€‚ÿMX in AutoCAD”e†‹PŒ/ .€Ê€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·Mirrored macrosymbols created from blocks no longer produce a HOOPs error when used (TR23494).âµ¼‹2- (€k€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Lowercase alphanumeric characters in style sets no longer cause AutoCAD to display the line style and colour incorrectly in the Layer and Linestyle Properties panel (TR23783).ŸsPŒÑ, (€æ€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·The insertion point of a block is now transferred to the corresponding position on the macrosymbol (TR23495).˜l2iŽ, (€Ø€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·You can now use AutoCAD commands such as Move and Modify on long and cross section drawings (TR24031).©wÑ2 4€î€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·If you specify a scale factor in View -> Configuration, alignment annotation is now scaled correctly (TR24214).xLiŽŠ, (€˜€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Master strings with discontinuities are now drawn correctly (TR24245).ƒWÀ, (€®€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Creating contour strings from AutoCAD 2D polylines now works correctlyŠÀf (TR24411).”hŠ­À, (€Ð€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·The problem with referenced drawings losing their custom line styles has now been fixed (TR24612).ŘÀrÁ- (€1€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·A problem with MX in AutoCAD appearing to hang on entry has been fixed. This was due to duplicate entries being written to the registry (TR25040).ï­ÀaÂ- (€…€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·A problem with earlier versions of MX in AutoCAD not being able to open DWGs created with later versions has been fixed. From V2.3, MX objects will be displayed as proxy objects (TR25039).;rÁœÂ& €*€°‚H€‚ÿMX in MicroStation½aÂYÃ0 .€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·Font mapping now works correctly. Previously, the full path to the font was being used when only the font name was required (TR24596).}QœÂÖÃ, (€¢€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Discontinuities in MX strings are now recognised in MicroStation (TR24575).’fYÃhÄ, (€Ì€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·A problem with typing in chainages rather than selecting from a string has been fixed (TR24543).~RÖÃæÄ, (€¤€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·You can now output MX data to 6 decimal places rather than just 3 (TR24473).¢vhĈÅ, (€ì€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·A problem with changing the colour of an MX string from the MicroStation colour dialog has been fixed (TR24466).‘eæÄÆ, (€Ê€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·The Applications toolbar now appears by default when you start MX in any environment (TR24419).ŸmˆÅ¸Æ2 4€Ú€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·A problem with File -> New Plan Display intermittently causing an MDL abort has been fixed (TR24201). nÆXÇ2 4€Ü€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·Modify-> Edit Points -> Delete a Point no longer causes excessive refreshing of the display (TR24166).œj¸ÆôÇ2 4€Ô€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·The Drawing Priority panel is no longer displayed unnecessarily when drawing plan pages (TR24157).ŸmXÇ“È2 4€Ú€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·The Drawing Priority panel is no longer displayed unnecessarily when drawing long sections (TR24096).™môÇ,É, (€Ú€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·You can apply text styles from the Styles toolbar provided the font mapping has been defined (TR22978)./ “È[É& €€°‚H€‚ÿMXROAD*ô,É…Ê6 :€é€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€‚ÿ·In Road Design -> Carriageways, joining carriageway strings when different templates are used along the same carriageway has been improved in many areas (TR19042, TR23126, TR23349, TR24231, TR21694, TR21995, TR21813, TR22691, TR24229).¸…[É=Ë3 4€ €R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Road Design -> Carriageways, specified chainages are now displayed correctly to 3 decimal places rather than 10 (TR24233).á®…ÊÌ3 4€]€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Road Design -> Rule-Based Superelevation, checks have been added to prevent errors when a road ended on a curve which was too tight for the design speed (TR23910).0 =ËNÌ& €€°‚H€‚ÿMXRENEW¸ˆÌÍ0 .€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·A problem with displaying solid colour in Isopach Analysis when running in the MicroStation environment has been fixed (TR24203).ŸgNÌ¥Í8 @€Î€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·In Reports, MXRENEW no longer causes a run-time error if you select a blank report (TR24368).–dÍ;Î2 4€È€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Working Drawings, cross sections are now created correctly with YX coordinates (TR24077).“a¥ÍÎÎ2 4€Â€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Pavement Layer Design, unnecessary error messages have been removed (TR23589,TR24075).æ³;δÏ3 4€g€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Define Surfaces Wizard, when you specify design and base reference details, output is now resumed correctly to the output window when you exit from the panel (TR21975)./ ÎÎ & €€°‚H€‚ÿMXSITE´Ï fÀŠ´ÏÌ6 :€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€‚ÿ·In Survey Management, you can no longer edit a point on a contour string. In previous versions, this caused MX to hang (TR15097).uI A, (€’€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·MXSITE now runs on machines with Windows NT SP4 (TR24422, TR24176)./ Ìp& €€°‚H€‚ÿMXRAIL”_A5 :€¾€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€‚ÿ·You can now set the path to the switch library on the Rail Parameters panel (TR23154).~Lp‚2 4€˜€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Cant Design, you can now type cant chainages correctly (TR24015).FÈ1» p%È “ Version compatibilityA‚ ( €2€˜˜€€‚ÿVersion compatibilityÐÈ? L€¡€˜€‚‚€€€€€ €€ €‚ÿProjects created in V1.1 or V1.2 are fully compatible with V2.3.Model data, drawing data, project files, macros and styles created or edited with this version of Infrasoft product cannot be guaranteed to function correctly with previous versions of the product. In particular, you cannot open a DWG produced by MX in AutoCAD V2.1 with MX in AutoCAD V1.2. This is due to differences in mosscust.arx. In future, when you open a drawing created with a later version of MX in AutoCAD than the one you have, proxy objects will be displayed. You can always obtain the latest mosscust.arx and corresponding documentation free of charge from our web site (www.infrasoft-civil.com) or by contacting your MX supplier.¯Š Ç% €€˜€‚ÿIn addition, drawings produced by V2.3 cannot be read by earlier versions of uMOSS than V4.0 or earlier versions of AutoMOSS than V4.3.<$ €0€°€‚ÿMoving back a version^Ç“ 2 2€½€˜€€€€€‚‚ÿAs with most PC software, MX uses common system dynamic link libraries (DLLs) and OCXs. These are installed from your MX CD if they are not already present on your system. MX uses the most up-to-date versions of these shared components when the software is developed.Because of this, you cannot return to a previous version of the software (eg, V1.2) once a later version has been installed. This is because the previous version may use an earlier version of a shared DLL. It is not advisable to install older versions of DLLs because they may not be compatible with other software on your machine.BÕ 1z ‡B&Õ  fFKnown limitations=“  ( €*€˜˜€€‚ÿKnown limitations)Õ ; $ € €°€‚ÿMX¿ < B R€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€€€‚ÿ·In Drainage, when saving a file using Data from MX Drainage Format, you must specify the pathname for the MDF or ODBC file. Otherwise, you will get a run-time error 76 (TR25018).ì­; ( ? L€[€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€€‚ÿ·On the Edit String toolbar, the Change String Name and Generate a Master String icons are greyed out. However, they are available from the Modify menu (TR25051).6< ^ & € €°‚H€‚ÿMX in AutoCADžo( ü / .€Þ€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·In AutoCAD Map, you should not run queries on MX string objects when running in MX in AutoCAD (TR14240).¤x^   , (€ð€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·If you change the colour of spot levels using the AutoCAD Change Properties command, the text is erased (TR24909).âü ¯- (€Å€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·If you attempt to change the layer of a string to a plain AutoCAD layer, a warning is given that the string will be exploded. The warning text is incorrect in that it contains the word 'for' when it should not (TR22874).yG  (2 4€Ž€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·Create AutoCAD Views does not work in imperial units (TR24916).;¯c& €*€°‚H€‚ÿMX in MicroStationâ²(Q@0 .€e€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·If you create a smartline using the offset command, then offset again from the newly created smartline, cQ@“ MicroStation hangs. This is a known MicroStation problem (TR24035).qcî@, (€â€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·If you attempt to move or copy MX strings using a fence, only the 'Inside Fence' method is valid (TR24527)./ Q@A& €€°‚H€‚ÿMXROAD8î@UB6 :€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€‚ÿ·In Pavement Layer Design, on large projects (for example, 20km) a large amount of disk space is required to generate the layers. You should ensure that you have enough disk space (for example, 500MB) before attempting to create the layers (TR24593).¡mAöC4 6€Û€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·In Road Design -> Carriageways, when simple single and dual carriageway templates are joined, levels on the outer channels may be incorrect over the join length. The designed crossfall is maintained, which can cause a step in the edge string levels due to the change in road width.You are advised to check them before proceeding with your design (TR25042).0 UB&D& €€°‚H€‚ÿMXRENEW`1öC†D/ .€b€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·MXRENEW is not supported under Windows 95./ &DµD& €€°‚H€‚ÿMXSITE‰Z†D>E/ .€´€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·The maximum width on square, circular and amorphous turning heads is 40m (TR24499)./ µDmE& €€°‚H€‚ÿMXRAILùÉ>EfF0 .€“€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·MXRAIL can use a maximum of 36 alignments in a single track design model. If you need to exceed this limit, plan your design so that you place different groups of alignments in different models.KmE±F1ØÞƒ~‡'±F÷FžKWhat's new in Version 2.4?FfF÷F( €<€˜˜€€‚ÿWhat's new in Version 2.4? æ±FI& €Í€˜€‚‚ÿMX V2.4 includes the latest version of MX implemented in all three MX environments: Windows, AutoCAD and MicroStation. The AutoCAD implementation now includes AutoCAD 2000. It also includes the latest versions of MXROAD, MXRENEW, MXSITE and MXRAIL.If you have MX V2.3 installed, you can upgrade to V2.4 in the same environment using Service Pack 4 (SP4). Note, however, that this will only upgrade the software you have; it will not include MX in AutoCAD 2000 or Drawing Production.„U÷F‡I/ .€ª€R˜È:‚H€ €ƒ€‚ÿ¨Version 2.4 is the last version of MX that will be supported under Windows 95.ÄIžKS t‚™€˜‚HÈJH(`',0x5A64229)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A64254)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A6427F)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A647B4)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A64631)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A6465C)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A64687)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÈJH(`',0x5A646B2)€†"€‰€ƒ‚ÿNew and modified optionsGeneral improvementsLinemodeInstallation and securityBonus folderUser reportsVersion compatibilityKnown limitationsI‡IçK1º2Y„  (çK+LNew and modified optionsDžK+L( €8€˜˜€€‚ÿNew and modified optionsY5çK„L$ €j€˜€‚ÿThe following are new or modified options in V2.4.b:+LæL( €t€°€‚€‚ÿMX (all environments)Eagle Point Triangulation importÈŒ„L®N< F€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€‚ÿ·A new option has been included in the File -> Import menu. The option Eagle Point reads Eagle Point Triangulation data from a TIN file, converts the data to match MX requirements and stores the MX Triangulation in a new model within the current project. The name of the new model is derived from the Eagle Point TIN name. The MX triangulation model contains a single string named TX00.5æLãN& €€°‚H€‚ÿNetwork CopyŸp®N‚O/ .€à€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·Enhancements have been made to permit network projects to be stored on compressed ntfs volumes. (TR25269)ûÎãN‰€- (€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·A check is made to see if the last used local project still exists before att‚O‰€žKempting to copy to it. If the folder does not exist you are given the opportunity to create a new folder. (TR23627/TR23628)5ö‚O¾? L€í€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€€‚ÿ·On the Start-Up panel, the Last Used Projects list has been enhanced to display network projects if the last project during the previous session was a network project or Network Project is checked. (TR18988, TR18993, TR23684, TR24407)²…‰€p‚- (€ €R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·You can now create a new folder for the local copy of a network project without having to use Explorer outside of MX. (TR18984)A¾±‚& €6€°‚H€‚ÿQuick Vertical AlignmentV&p‚„0 .€M€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€‚ÿ·Quick Vertical Alignment and Regrade Fillet in Foundation, MXROAD, MXRENEW and Drawing Production now use a toolbar similar to that used in Quick Horizontal Alignment, the profile is displayed in the current viewport. The toolbar provides the same functionality as the panel it replaces.纱‚î„- (€u€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·In the Windows environment, the vertical profile is constructed using a working drawing file (.dpw) named from the model and the alignment. The profile is displayed in model units.,ÿ„†- (€ÿ€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·In the AutoCAD environment, the profile is added to the current drawing at a user defined origin. Once the vertical alignment design is complete the profile can be deleted. This technique simplifies the transfer of the profile to Drawing Production.âî„ü‡E X€;€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€€€€‚ÿ·In the MicroStation environment, by default the profile is added to the current drawing at a user defined origin. Once the vertical alignment design is complete the profile can be deleted using the key-in del_vert_profile. Alternatively, you can set the flag VertProfileInOwnDGN to 1 in mfm.ini (located in your Windows folder). In this case, the vertical profile will be created in its own drawing.2 †.ˆ& €€°‚H€‚ÿTutorials(õü‡V‰3 4€ë€˜‚H€€€€€‚ÿThe HTML on-line tutorials for MXRAIL, MXROAD, MXRENEW, MXSITE and Drawing Production supersede those contained in the Introduction books. You can access and run the tutorials from Start -> Programs -> MX in -> MX Tutorials.6.ˆŒ‰& € €°‚H€‚ÿMX in AutoCAD5V‰Á‰& €€°‚H€‚ÿAutoCAD 2000ùÒŒ‰ºŠ' €¥€˜‚H€‚ÿA new implementation of MX in AutoCAD has been included in this version of MX to permit its use in AutoCAD 2000. Several enhancements have been added to MX for the AutoCAD 2000 version. These are as follows:ΘÁ‰ˆ‹6 :€1€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€‚ÿ·A new Set Active Document icon has been added to the MX toolbar. This determines which of the currently open drawings is the active MX drawing.ÁºŠŽŒE X€ƒ€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€€€€‚ÿ·The MX -> View -> Configuration panel has been integrated as two tabs, MX and MX Custom, on the AutoCAD Tools -> Options panel. You can now access the settings using either route./ðˆ‹½? L€á€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€€‚ÿ·There is a new setting, Leave MX Drawings Open, on the View -> Configuration panel. This determines the action taken when you use the MX File -> Open Display/Drawing option; by default, the currently active MX drawing is closed.·ŽŒtŽ8 @€þ€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·You can now enable or disable individual warning messages from a new Warnings tab on the View -> Configuration panel.¾‹½23 4€€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·You can now access many MX object properties from the AutoCAD Modify -> Properties option. See the online help for further details.èµtŽ&À3 4€k€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€‚ÿ·A new panel, Advanced Startup Options, has been added so that you can assign the drawing priority to individual MX objects at startup and when settin2&ÀžKg the active MX drawing.a2³À, (€Â€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ‚ÿ·Block mapping has been improved so that AutoCAD wblocks are used to represent macrosymbols.#ü&ÀÖÂ' €ù€˜‚H€‚ÿThis version ships with a COM interface to the MXAC set of custom objects (includes MXACSTRING, MXACTRIA, MXACXSECTION, MXACQVALIGN, MXTIPSCTL). Please be aware that this interface is still in PREVIEW mode. This interface WILL change during the development of the next release. The next release will also be accompanied by more comprehensive documentation and samples for you to work with. Be aware that any code you write based on this interface will need modifying in order to run with the next release.á³ÀÞÃ' €Ã€˜‚H€‚ÿHowever, this version gives you a powerful insight as to what is possible with MX software in the CAD environment. We welcome input and feedback (via your normal Helpdesk) in order to aid our development of this interface.;ÖÂÄ& €*€°‚H€‚ÿDrawing Productionû¼ÞÃÆ? L€y€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€€€‚ÿ·Drawing Production is used to produce final drawings from design drawings in a rapid and efficient manner. You can create layouts for plans, long sections, composite plans and profiles, and cross sections. In addition, because the final drawings are created using views of the design drawings, any changes you make to the design are automatically reflected in the final drawings so that they are always up-to-date and ready to plot.¡hĵÇ9 @€Ñ€R˜È:‚H€€ƒ€€€€‚ÿ·Drawing Production also provides a suite of geometric annotation tools. You can annotate geometric elements such as arcs, transitions, tangents, gradients and vertical curves by transferring information from a tool tip directly to the drawing in a pre-defined style. Any annotation you add to the drawing is dynamically updated if the design changes.-ÆâÇ& €€°‚H€‚ÿDrawÒ™µÇ´È9 @€3€˜‚H€€€€€€€‚ÿThe Create AutoCAD Views check box has been removed from the Draw Plan Pages option as it has been superseded by the Drawing Production options.;âÇïÈ& €*€°‚H€‚ÿMX in MicroS