SierraSoft Roads Design Studio

BIM software for road and hydraulic design

BIM software for road and hydraulic design

Main news

Version 3

06/28/2024

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Added the management of platform characteristics for integer, text, and list of options properties

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Added the possibility to define the angle in the point selection with the direction and length option (“>”)

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Added the management of the survey triangle symbol with the visualization of lines or triangle number

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Updated the scale command with the possibility to define the reference distance as the distance between two points

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Added the possibility to center columnings of sections relative to section polylines

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Added a command for compacting the project file

05/28/2024

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Added camera focal length management in realistic mode

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Improved the tables of the pipes and manholes data

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Added the possibility to customize the names of pipes and manholes

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Added the display of grid and geoid information

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Added the ability to move and rotate the pipe dimensioning in planimetry

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Added geoid management for the correction of elevations

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Added new coordinate systems

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Added new columnings of pipes in the profile

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Modified pipe elevations in profile, reports, and BIM objects to always display the invert elevations

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Added grips in planimetry and profile for manhole editing

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Improved the selection of pipes and manholes in planimetry and profile

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Added “Symbolic” mode that uses blocks and polylines with widths to represent pipes and manholes on the planimetry

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Added “Polyline width” property that allows polylines to be represented with a constant width independent of lineweight

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Updated the model of the manholes in the planimetry using the thicknesses

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Updated the scheme of manholes in planimetry, profile and section with display of thicknesses

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Updated the scheme of pipes in planimetry, profile and section with display of thicknesses

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Updated the 'Top pipe' position to manage the pipe thickness

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Added the management of IDS in BIM Modeling for the verification of information content compilation

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Added the management of bSDD in BIM Modeling for the compilation of information content

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Added the management of file GEOTiff DEM in the SierraSoft Mass Data Converter

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Added the management of file E57 in the SierraSoft Mass Data Converter

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Release Version 3

Version 2

09/30/2023

News:Added the command constraints checking

09/26/2023

News:Added filter on drawing style in quick selection
News:Added the possibility to set the orientation of contour line dimensioning in the direction of rises

08/02/2023

Improvement:Improved and updated import and export in IFC 4.3 format

05/18/2023

News:Added distance dimension from a polyline
News:Added distance dimension from an alignment

05/02/2023

News:Added the management of quantity calculation bands by sections

03/31/2023

News:Added the management of axis points to insert points and objects related to an axis
News:Added management of quantity calculation using formulas
News:Added the possibility to filter only the BIM objects and not the BIM structure when exporting to IFC format
News:Added the display of WBS in the section table
News:Added preview of speed diagram
News:Added the possibility to perform the extractions using as a reference subproject the one where the extraction is inserted
Improvement:Updated the toolbar of drawing styles
News:Added command for deleting unused layers, blocks and styles
News:Added command for quick selection of entities
News:Added the possibility to automatically hide the top bar and bottom bar of the program
News:Added a command to change the angle of survey points with a fixed value, from a polyline or from an axis
Improvement:Improved the management of entity selection filters
Improvement:Speed up axis generation
Improvement:Speed up the visualization of point clouds
Improvement:Speed up the functions of saving and opening files
News:Release Version 2

Version 1

11/25/2022

News:Added the command to perform subproject data transformation by calibration points

12/23/2022

Improvement:Updated the component for selection from Google maps to make it compatible with the new Google API

09/20/2022

News:Added the offset command in the commands for editing the section polylines
News:Added new horizontal workings in the calculation style of the areas in the sections

06/16/2022

News:Added in the extraction from point clouds the possibility to exclude points below a certain elevation difference from the project
News:Added the extraction from point clouds optimized for tunnels

05/06/2022

News:Added the possibility to save an image from the window of the planimetry in “Full Screen” mode
News:Added “Full Screen” mode for the the window of the planimetry

04/28/2022

News:Added the export to DWG of BIM properties of survey points as hidden attributes
News:Added material management in realistic mode
News:Added environment management in the realistic mode
Improvement:Improved light management in realistic mode

03/21/2022

News:Added the management of the IfcAlignment in IFC 4.3 format

03/02/2022

News:Added the “Orthogonal distance” columning in the sections that allows you to dimension the orthogonal distance between polylines as is the case, for example, in the dimensioning of the tunnel
News:Added the “Vertical distance” columning in the sections that allows to dimension the vertical distance between the polylines
News:Added visualization in profile of terrain and project lines between sections
News:Added the opening of new image formats: ECW, PCX, WMF, PCT
Improvement:Improved the creation of the triangular island in the intersections of axes with separated roadways
Improvement:Managed the unit of measurement when importing block references from DWG

02/22/2022

News:Added the choice of decimal separator in text document exporting
News:Added the management of the drawing grid in the window of the planimetry
News:Added new special dimensions: station, polyline, area, triangle slope, transversal slope, axis leader and axis distance
News:Added arcs and splines linearization tolerance in triangulation
News:Added the columning with constant step in profile and sections
News:Added the management of auxiliary contour lines
News:Added the increment option in the block modification of the name of survey points
News:Added the management of the description 2 of the survey points
News:Added the possibility to insert 3D faces with the fourth vertex
News:Added the possibility to save simulation terrains in the Typical sections building windows
News:Added the possibility to see the references of the planimetry and profile polylines in the typical sections building window
News:Added the possibility to open the window for editing typical objects from the typical sections building window
News:Added the command to copy property values of one object to another in the typical sections building window
News:Added the command duplicate objects in the typical sections building windows
Improvement:Updated the management of object catalogs in the typical sections building window

12/14/2021

News:Added the dimensioning of the grade lines slopes in the profile
News:Added the possibility to generate the stripping line as a closed polyline
News:Added 2D/3D distance property of elements in BIM objects created from the project planimetry (BIM Modeling)
News:Added volume property to BIM objects created from project planimetry plan (BIM Modeling)

11/04/2021

Improvement:Improved the typical objects: Band between two lines, sideslope with berms and top soil cut layer
News:Added import and export of pipes and manholes styles
News:Added the management of secondary pipes
News:Added the management of the frame and cone offset of the manholes

10/20/2021

News:Added command to update the slopes of the pipes
News:Added the command to convert a horizontal alignment element from straight to curve and vice versa
News:Added the command to invert a horizontal alignment element
News:Added the command to join two consecutive vertical alignment elements
News:Added the command to divide a vertical alignment element
News:Added the command to join two consecutive horizontal alignment elements
News:Added the command to divide a horizontal alignment element
News:Added pipe and manhole dimensions in the geometry annotation

10/15/2021

News:Added the possibility to set a prefix to the names of pipes and manholes
News:Added pipe and manhole columning in the profile annotations box

10/12/2021

News:Added the command to quickly add the axes of the pipes
News:Added the command to update the pipe elevations from a model

09/16/2021

News:Release Version 1
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