New Features in AutoChart 2010.00.09

AutoChart Version 2010.00.09 was released at the beginning of November. Unfortunately, due to other commitments, I've not been able to write a blog post about some of the major changes until now. But, with the adage of "Better Late than Never", here's a quick roundup of the two major changes introduced in this version.

• Paper Space Charts option
• Use of Paper units and Plot Scale for Text Heights/Tic Lengths/Line widths, etc.

Firstly, AutoChart has been modified so that it can now create and fully work with 'Paper Space' charts - i.e. the Model Tab just contains the real-world plan data (as Entities, Blocks or Xrefs) and each Chart Drawing (with Profile/Cross Profile/Events panels) is created on a Layout Tab. The option to continue working in the usual AutoChart manner with Charts created in the Model space still remains and for most operations, the procedures involved are identical whether you are working with model space charts or paper space charts - the only real difference comes in the Create Charts dialog and consequently how the Chart Base and Template drawings are set up.

Secondly, as part of this change to allow Paper Space charts within AutoChart, the entries for Text Heights/Tic Lengths etc. in the various dialogs have been changed so that the User should enter the required Height/Length at the appropriate printed size rather than in 'real' units at the required scale as per the previous AutoChart procedure. A plot scale (either entered in the 'Current Drawing' dialog or saved to the Charts as part of the Create Charts command) is then used to scale these 'Paper height' values to the correct 'real-world' size for the specified chart scale.

AutoChart version 2010.00.09 is now available for download

We are pleased to announce that the latest AutoChart version 2010.00.09 is available for download from the Wish Software Support Page:

http://www.wishsoftware.com/AutoChartSupport.aspx

Access to the download page requires a User Name and Password, so please contact your company's AutoChart Administrator in the first instance to obtain the required login information.

Version 2010.00.09 contains a number of modifications, new commands and bug fixes with the major changes being the new option to create and work with Paper Space charts (rather than the traditional AutoChart method of creating a single Model Space drawing for each chart) and a move to plotted paper units for all Text Heights, Tic Lengths etc. making it easier to re-use a project acp file for different scale charts. Please be sure to see the New Features section of the Help File for a full explanation of the changes.

Full Details of the changes in the latest AutoChart version can be found in the table below:

Type	ID	Description	Command
FR	129	Line Width on Event Box to use a percentage rather than absolute value	Create Event Box ini
BG	630	Import Track crashes when using a E/N/Fix format file	Import Track
BG	735	Enable Charts - Chart Series incorrectly reports "Chart Enabled maximum of 0 reached"	Enable Charts
BG	736	Depth Axes placed on wrong side of (split) box when Xref Profile used on descending Kp Charts	Xref Profile
BG	737	Draw Average Velocity Trendline command does not run from the menu	Draw Average Velocity Trendline
FR	738	Changes to Label Point and Label Route Points commands	Label Point
BG	739	Create Route Coordinate table crashes with Kingfisher Data	Create Route Coordinate Table
BG	740	Cannot add a "+" sign as Event text in the Create Event Box ini Dialog	Create Event Box ini
FR	741	New Command Create MPolygons	Create MPolygons
FR	743	Speed up operation of Add SBP Data command	Add SBP Data
FR	744	Add ability to create multiple sets of Profile/XProfile/Events Blocks/Xrefs for different data/settings	AutoChart
FR	746	Add Object Data to Track Fix Symbols	Import Track
BG	747	Possible incorrect Kp calculation where route polyline contains very short arc segments	Create Profile
FR	748	Allow separate vertical and lateral scales in Create Cross Profiles	Create Cross Profiles
FR	749	Add ability to create and work with Paper Space Charts	AutoChart
FR	750	Add TLGH Coda Track and Coda Track Fix Formats	Import Track
FR	751	Allow Point on Line records to be included as rows in Engineering Table	Create Route Coordinate Table
BG	753	Create Profile tags all Profile polylines as 'Secondary' when Profile is split due to Depth	Create Profile
FR	754	Add ability to overlay further cross profile info (e.g. Top of Pipe) to existing plotted cross profiles	Overlay Cross Profiles
BG	755	Profile polylines are created with linetype generation disabled when PLINETYPE variable set to 0	Create Profile
BG	756	Profile Panel not positioned correctly with split Profile Based alignment sub-panels	Create Profile
FR	757	Add Subsea7 Route Table Format	Create Route Coordinate Table
FR	758	Change text height settings to use Paper units and Plot Scale rather than real (scaled) units	AutoChart
FR	760	New Command - Add Kp Data to Block	Add Kp Data to Block
FR	765	Add Surfer BLN format to Add SBP Data to draw Sub-bottom areas rather than horizons	Add SBP Data

As always, I'll be discussing some of the recent changes, including the options for Paper Space charts, in a forthcoming post on this blog or please contact us if you require any further information on any of the new features.