Portal – 2020.324 (25th March 2020)
Features:
- Linear Features – added the ability to draw a line or “wall” in the 3D mode. Use this to show site outline, the access track or a fence
Bugs Fixed:
- Fixed cropping renders to 29degree photomontages so they work again
- Fixed a problem with the media tab when viewed with the browser language set to Dutch
- Fixed the map on the project page when adding invalid reference structures
- Removed black borders on media in the media tab
App – 2020.316 (25th March 2020)
Features Added:
- Linear Features – added the ability to draw a line or “wall” in the 3D mode. Use this to show site outline, the access track or a fence
- Declination – updated the declination to use up to date declination data from NOAA.
- Convergence – added convergence support for Australia
Bugs Fixed:
- 3D Models – allow models to be drawn with colours if present in the model
- StreetView – fixed an occasional bug with the next/previous buttons
- Fly Through – fixed a problem working out the virtual camera height at the edge of a terrain tile.
Portal – 2020.227 (28th Feb 2020)
Features:
- Media Tab – Make the output images section look neater
- Media Tab – Added functionality to replace output images
- Media Tab – Create a Media page to show all media for a single viewpoint
- Coordinates – Change coordinate transforms from OSTN02 to OSTN15.
Bugs Fixed:
- Media Tab – Ensure the expanders respond correctly to the click events
- Base Images – Unable to upload a base image with a comma in it
App – 2020.225 (28th Feb 2020)
Features:
- Coordinates – Use OSTN15 to convert WGS84 coordinates to OSGB (we used to use OSTN02 conversion).
Bugs Fixed:
- My View – Fixing a problem with My View camera mode for iPads in the French region
App – 2020.131 (2nd Feb 2020)
Features:
- Added support for Australia projects in the app
Bugs Fixed:
- Streetview – popup preview window no longer autocloses
- 3D – Changed default textures to faster format
- Gallery – gallery grid shows is images are at an unpublished / deleted viewpoint
Portal – 2019.1218 (20th Dec 2019)
Features:
- Adding support for Australia projects
App – 2019.1025 (7th Nov 2019)
Bug fixes:
- Minor bug fixes and performance improvements
Portal – 2019.1104.391 (4th Nov 2019)
Features:
- Cumulative – added an overview map for all cumulative projects
- Wind – Import a layout from windpro txt file
- Buildings – added a way of overriding the Altitude of the bottom of the building
Bugs Fixed:
- Terrain – fix for importing an asc file with NAN as nodata_value
- Projects – fix for creating new building projects
- Projects – fix for importing viewpoints from CSV
- Media – fix for displaying images for unpublished viewpoints
- Mapping – map tiles are requested async to improve performance
App – 2019.1002.1394 (8th Oct 2019)
Bug fixes:
- Cumulative Turbines – Fix for showing cumulative turbines with or without a custom model
App – 2019.924.1393 (29th Sept 2019)
Bugs Fixed:
- Cumulative Turbines – Cumulative projects can now be drawn using custom 3D models.
- Gallery – images are shown at the same viewpoint in the gallery as they are in the portal
Portal – 2019.924.380 (24th Sept 2019)
Bugs Fixed:
- Projects – Publish and unpublish viewpoints now works properly
Portal – 2019.917.379 (17th Sept 2019)
Features Added:
- 3D models – Automatic compilation of FBX model to TVV format [Beta]
Bugs Fixed:
- Projects – Added validation to ensure the max length of a version name doesn’t exceed 50 characters
- Turbines – Ensure turbine pages work if there is no powercurve
- Cumulative – Include custom models for cumualtive projects
Portal – 2019.620.358 (23rd June 2019)
Features Added:
- 3D models – show a preview of the 3D model uploaded on the portal (FBX format only)
- 3D models – added scale to the portal (whether the 3D model is in metres or millimetres)
- Horizontal Subtended Angle (HSA) – added ability to change the viewer height (options now 0.5m, 1.5m, 2.5m and 3.5m).
- Turbine – Added a power curve to a turbine
- Turbine layout – allows the user to add a WRG (Wind Resource Grid) file
Bugs Fixed:
- 3D models – moved the storage of 3D models in the portal to make it more obvious where they are
- Horizontal Subtended Angle (HSA) – calculations now work for offshore wind farms
Portal – 2019.508.352 (8th May 2019)
Bugs fixed:
- Gallery – Included Baseline53.5 images in the output images count
- Project – Using our standard Coordinate Converter to convert WGS to projected coordinates removes a dependency on the MapGuide server and ensures we use the same code in app and portal to convert coordinates.
- Internal code reorganisation
- Terrain Services – requests fail in certain circumstances
- Terrain Services – deleting fails when the name starts with a number
Features added
- [Beta] Project – Users can add a linear feature (a Line String) to a layout version to show access tracks or site boundaries
App – 2019.426 (29th April 2019)
Bugs Fixed
- Gallery – Changing wireline colour resets wireline opacity value
- Gallery – lock aspect ratio when changing field of view (FOV)
- Gallery – Ensure Save button on edit panel is always visible
- Gallery – fixed occasional 3D model disappearing as not in view frustum
- Lighting – advanced lighting panel isnt populated correctly
- Fly Through – custom terrain data drawn at correct location if at edge of terrain data
- Projects – Added a filter by name on all projects list to allow search within a big list of projects
Portal – 2019.404 (4th April 2019)
Bugs Fixed
- Improved the wording on the A1 PDFs
- The reference field for turbines / buildings or grid models can now be any length
- Bug fixes on Irish building projects
App – 2019.308 (14th Mar 2019)
Bugs Fixed:
- Fixing the Fly Through for building projects
- Building names supporting unicode names.
- Terrain blocks at the edge of terrain drawn in correct location
App – 2019.128 (30th Jan 2019)
Features added:
- [beta] Added setting to allow user to calibration mechanism
Bugs Fixed:
- Creating render panels for wind projects
App – 2018.1206 (10th Dec 2018)
Features added:
- Adding support for mixed domain projects
- Improved Vestas turbine model
App – 2018.1126 ( 28th Nov 2018)
Features added:
- Support for iPad Pro 12.9 2018
- Adding support for mixed domain projects
Portal – 2018.1127.15452 ( 27th Nov 2018)
Bugs fixed:
- Updated SSL certificates for 2019
- Fixed mapping on certain pages
- Adding support for mixed domain projects
App – 2018.924.15312 (26th Sep 2018)
Features Added:
- Solar panels are drawn landscape or portrait
- Minor performance improvements added
Portal – 2018.926.15319 (26th Sep 2018)
Features Added:
- Solar Panels can be set to portrait or landscape when defining a solar panel bank in the portal.
- Added a 3D preview of the building types in the portal
App – 2018.730.15286 (3rd Aug 2018)
Bugs Fixed:
- Solar Panel Bank rotation controlled in portal
- Gallery – Cumulative Labels shown correctly for items in front / behind camera
App – 2018.709.15277 (30th July 2018)
Bugs Fixed:
- Gallery – Fixed a crash when creating a viewpoint with no internet connection
- Gallery – Maximize visibility works correctly across different animation schemes
- Fly Through – Only showing viewpoints on the terrain
- My View – trace responding to calibration correctly.
Portal – 2018.629.15258 (29th June 2018)
Features:
- Buildings and solarpanel banks are shown as an outline of the building on the portal maps
- Reference structures are shown in portal map
- Enabled the 3D map view for a project (currently in beta)
App – 2018.613.15249 (15th June 2018)
Bugs Fixed:
- Languages – fixed random characters when viewing app in French
- Gallery – fixed popup when editing an image name
Portal -2018.420.15221 (23rd April 2018)
Features:
- Mapping – Added choice of background mapping to the portal maps (either Open Street Map, Aerial Photography or Ordnance Survey – GB only).
- Mapping – ability to show the layout on the main project map.
Bugs fixed:
- Licensing – fix for sharing a project
App – 2018.413.15207 (20th April 2018)
Features:
- Added colour options to the wireline in My View and Gallery
- Added support for iPad Pro 10
- Gallery – Added next / Previous buttons to quickly move between images
- Grid projects – Fixed conductor lines when viewed in Fly Through
- Wirelines – Added a setting to generate uncropped wireline90s
- Projects – Added support for French projects using Lambert93
- Fly Through – Added a switch to show viewpoint pins and labels
Bugs Fixed:
- Refreshing projects fixed if the portal takes a long time to reply
- Turbine Animation – animation is now more generic and will work with more custom turbine models
Portal – 2018.411.15204 (13th Apr 2018)
Features:
- Added support for French projects using the Lambert93 projection.
Bugs Fixed:
- Added a delete terrain service to allow custom terrain services to be deleted from the database, cache and projects. (Admin only)
Portal – 2018.315.15174 (23rd Mar 2018)
Feature:
- Allows creation of 90degree photomontages. These are 90degrees by 14.2degrees cylindrically projected.
Bugs Fixed:
- Allowed creation of 29.5degree photomontages again
- Breadcrumb fixed in Cumulative Project Extents page
- Changed favicon.ico to new branding
- Reload a single viewpoint in chrome works better
- 3D model files are now renamed to ensure they don’t have invalid characters
App – 2018.315.15171 (17th Mar 2018)
Features:
- Allowed masking to be switched on and off when in the gallery view
- Renders are generated with the name <ImageName>-<ProjectVersion>
- Wireline parts are generated with the name <ImageName>-Wireline90-part<Number>
- Added jump to top and jump to bottom scrollers in the log view.
Bugs Fixed:
- Fixed an unhanded exception that occasionally occurred when making web requests
App – 2018.219.15124 (19th Feb 2018)
Features:
- Added a location marker to show devices current location in Fly Through.
Bugs Fixed:
- Better custom wind turbine model drawing
- Ability to open current log file (instead of just previous log files)
- Improved viewing distance for very small terrain services (minimum viewing distance is now 10km)
Portal – 2018.208.15105 (9th Feb 2018)
Bugs Fixed:
- Allowed creation of 29.5degree photomontages again
- Dont show deleted viewpoints on the media tab
- Dont show deleted viewpoints in A3/A4 PDFs
- Show dates in yyyy-MM-dd format on published PDF pages
- Added top download button to the Published PDF tab
Portal – 2018.202.15089 (2nd Feb 2018)
Features:
- Rebranded portal to TrueViewVisuals
Bugs Fixed:
- Performance improvements in the portal
- Ensure organizations get the correct Projection
Portal – 2018.115.15060 (26th Jan 2018)
Features:
- Reduced size of project data to be downloaded by 60% (for all project types, especially noticeable on solar types)
- Added Solar Panel Configurator
Bugs Fixed:
- Changed technology running backed service to more robust version
App – 2018.122.15066 (26th Jan 2018)
Features:
- Rebranded and renamed to TrueViewVisuals
- Added support for projections in UTM 33N this covers most of Europe
- Added drawing support for solar panels created using the solar configurator
Bugs Fixed:
- Render completed popup shown again
- Ensure Reference structure switch is set correctly
- Ensure Pause button in Fly Through Controls is set correctly.
Portal – 2017.1215.15032 (18th Dec 2017)
Features:
- Added support for projections in UTM 33N this covers most of Europe.
Bugs Fixed:
- Fixed validation messages when changing username and password
Portal – 2017.1123.14992 (28th Nov 2017)
Features:
- International projects are now created with blank mapping by default. This speeds up the Bulk Downloader.
- Building project models only show non-deleted layouts in the settings screens
Bugs Fixed:
- Date format changed to yyyy-mm-dd on the project and layout pages – this stops confusion between different timezones and formats
- CSV example for viewpoint import fixed
- Country projection for Ireland fixed to include the whole of Ireland
Portal – 2017.1107.14973 (13th Nov 2017)
Features:
- Added new endpoint https://portal.trueviewvisuals.com
- Changed to use Open Street Map for the mapping in the portal on project details and version pages.
- Allowed Terrain services to be shared between projects
- Updated SSL certificates to encrypt data between browers / app and portal
- improved user experience when creating models and building, grid, solar and turbine types
Bugs Fixed:
- Terrain doesnt show if terrain height is over 2140m
- Unable to import Solar Panels in non UK terrains
iPad App – 2017.1017.14958 (21st Oct 2017)
Features:
- Higher resolution 90 degree wirelines can be produced on the iPad (iPad Air 2 or iPad Pro only)
- Fine tune Field of View controls now available in Gallery
Bugs Fixed:
- Conductor lines in grid projects follow earth curvature calculations
- Trace in My View Camera shows light green instead of black
- Camera Altitude updates on bottom panel when changed in the calibration panel
Portal – 2017.1016.14952 (16th Oct 2017)
Features:
- Batch import of cumulative projects
- Max resolution of terrain now 2000 x 2000 datapoints (allows 4,000,000 data points)
- Add an option to enter the radius when importing a new terrain service
Bugs fixed
- JavaScript error when viewing the settings page
- French translations not correct when requested using French culture code
- Camera Altitude should be shown to 1decimal place on A4 renders
- Improved performance on the organisational cumulative projects pages
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- support for iPad Pro 12.9 2018
- Adding support for mixed domain projects
Portal – 2018.1127.15452 ( 27th Nov 2018)
Bugs fixed:
- updated SSL certificates for 2019
- fixed mapping on certain pages
- Adding support for mixed domain projects
App – 2018.924.15312 (26th Sep 2018)
Features Added:
- Solar panels are drawn landscape or portrait
- Minor performance improvements added
Portal – 2018.926.15319 (26th Sep 2018)
Features Added:
- Solar Panels can be set to portrait or landscape when defining a solar panel bank in the portal.
- Added a 3D preview of the building types in the portal
App – 2018.730.15286 (3rd Aug 2018)
Bugs Fixed:
- Solar Panel Bank rotation controlled in portal
- Gallery – Cumulative Labels shown correctly for items in front / behind camera
App – 2018.709.15277 (30th July 2018)
Bugs Fixed:
- Gallery – Fixed a crash when creating a viewpoint with no internet connection
- Gallery – Maximize visibility works correctly across different animation schemes
- Fly Through – Only showing viewpoints on the terrain
- My View – trace responding to calibration correctly.
Portal – 2018.629.15258 (29th June 2018)
Features:
- Buildings and solarpanel banks are shown as an outline of the building on the portal maps
- Reference structures are shown in portal map
- Enabled the 3D map view for a project (currently in beta)
App – 2018.613.15249 (15th June 2018)
Bugs Fixed:
- Languages – fixed random characters when viewing app in French
- Gallery – fixed popup when editing an image name
Portal -2018.420.15221 (23rd April 2018)
Features:
- Mapping – Added choice of background mapping to the portal maps (either Open Street Map, Aerial Photography or Ordnance Survey – GB only).
- Mapping – ability to show the layout on the main project map.
Bugs fixed:
- Licensing – fix for sharing a project
App – 2018.413.15207 (20th April 2018)
Features:
- Added colour options to the wireline in My View and Gallery
- Added support for iPad Pro 10
- Gallery – Added next / Previous buttons to quickly move between images
- Grid projects – Fixed conductor lines when viewed in Fly Through
- Wirelines – Added a setting to generate uncropped wireline90s
- Projects – Added support for French projects using Lambert93
- Fly Through – Added a switch to show viewpoint pins and labels
Bugs Fixed:
- Refreshing projects fixed if the portal takes a long time to reply
- Turbine Animation – animation is now more generic and will work with more custom turbine models
Portal – 2018.411.15204 (13th Apr 2018)
Features:
- Added support for French projects using the Lambert93 projection.
Bugs Fixed:
- Added a delete terrain service to allow custom terrain services to be deleted from the database, cache and projects. (Admin only)
Portal – 2018.315.15174 (23rd Mar 2018)
Feature:
- Allows creation of 90degree photomontages. These are 90degrees by 14.2degrees cylindrically projected.
Bugs Fixed:
- Allowed creation of 29.5degree photomontages again
- Breadcrumb fixed in Cumulative Project Extents page
- Changed favicon.ico to new branding
- Reload a single viewpoint in chrome works better
- 3D model files are now renamed to ensure they don’t have invalid characters
App – 2018.315.15171 (17th Mar 2018)
Features:
- Allowed masking to be switched on and off when in the gallery view
- Renders are generated with the name <ImageName>-<ProjectVersion>
- Wireline parts are generated with the name <ImageName>-Wireline90-part<Number>
- Added jump to top and jump to bottom scrollers in the log view.
Bugs Fixed:
- Fixed an unhanded exception that occasionally occurred when making web requests
App – 2018.219.15124 (19th Feb 2018)
Features:
- Added a location marker to show devices current location in Fly Through.
Bugs Fixed:
- Better custom wind turbine model drawing
- Ability to open current log file (instead of just previous log files)
- Improved viewing distance for very small terrain services (minimum viewing distance is now 10km)
Portal – 2018.208.15105 (9th Feb 2018)
Bugs Fixed:
- Allowed creation of 29.5degree photomontages again
- Dont show deleted viewpoints on the media tab
- Dont show deleted viewpoints in A3/A4 PDFs
- Show dates in yyyy-MM-dd format on published PDF pages
- Added top download button to the Published PDF tab
Portal – 2018.202.15089 (2nd Feb 2018)
Features:
- Rebranded portal to TrueViewVisuals
Bugs Fixed:
- Performance improvements in the portal
- Ensure organizations get the correct Projection
Portal – 2018.115.15060 (26th Jan 2018)
Features:
- Reduced size of project data to be downloaded by 60% (for all project types, especially noticeable on solar types)
- Added Solar Panel Configurator
Bugs Fixed:
- Changed technology running backed service to more robust version
App – 2018.122.15066 (26th Jan 2018)
Features:
- Rebranded and renamed to TrueViewVisuals
- Added support for projections in UTM 33N this covers most of Europe
- Added drawing support for solar panels created using the solar configurator
Bugs Fixed:
- Render completed popup shown again
- Ensure Reference structure switch is set correctly
- Ensure Pause button in Fly Through Controls is set correctly.
Portal – 2017.1215.15032 (18th Dec 2017)
Features:
- Added support for projections in UTM 33N this covers most of Europe.
Bugs Fixed:
- Fixed validation messages when changing username and password
Portal – 2017.1123.14992 (28th Nov 2017)
Features:
- International projects are now created with blank mapping by default. This speeds up the Bulk Downloader.
- Building project models only show non-deleted layouts in the settings screens
Bugs Fixed:
- Date format changed to yyyy-mm-dd on the project and layout pages – this stops confusion between different timezones and formats
- CSV example for viewpoint import fixed
- Country projection for Ireland fixed to include the whole of Ireland
Portal – 2017.1107.14973 (13th Nov 2017)
Features:
- Added new endpoint https://portal.trueviewvisuals.com
- Changed to use Open Street Map for the mapping in the portal on project details and version pages.
- Allowed Terrain services to be shared between projects
- Updated SSL certificates to encrypt data between browers / app and portal
- improved user experience when creating models and building, grid, solar and turbine types
Bugs Fixed:
- Terrain doesnt show if terrain height is over 2140m
- Unable to import Solar Panels in non UK terrains
iPad App – 2017.1017.14958 (21st Oct 2017)
Features:
- Higher resolution 90 degree wirelines can be produced on the iPad (iPad Air 2 or iPad Pro only)
- Fine tune Field of View controls now available in Gallery
Bugs Fixed:
- Conductor lines in grid projects follow earth curvature calculations
- Trace in My View Camera shows light green instead of black
- Camera Altitude updates on bottom panel when changed in the calibration panel
Portal – 2017.1016.14952 (16th Oct 2017)
Features:
- Batch import of cumulative projects
- Max resolution of terrain now 2000 x 2000 datapoints (allows 4,000,000 data points)
- Add an option to enter the radius when importing a new terrain service
Bugs fixed
- JavaScript error when viewing the settings page
- French translations not correct when requested using French culture code
- Camera Altitude should be shown to 1decimal place on A4 renders
- Improved performance on the organisational cumulative projects pages
Full Release notes archive available on ventusar.com