Good morning, newish and infrequent user here trying to avoid having to manually draw contours in on a site plan. 

In this instance, the proposed contours are drawn in the dark red dashed lines (screenshot attached). Kubla tries to import each dash with multiple closed polylines. I'm trying to use the "Lines are dashed feature" to avoid this problem but no matter what I enter in the box for dash length, the box turns red and there's no change to the number of flat lines. I've tried whole numbers, decimal numbers (with and without a leading zero), a "-" symbol, the equal sign, random characters... heck, I even tried "short", "long", "curvy" and "squiggly" in a fit of frustration. Is this something that's just not working and I shouldn't be wasting time with it or what? I tried searching the forum and the user manual and didn't have any luck and don't have time to watch all the YT vids to see if it's addressed somewhere.

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The Offset Tool is used to create a new line which is placed at a user specified offset (relative distance and relative elevation) from the original line.

This quick video shows you how to use the tool.

https://youtu.be/E5T8R-zMFho

Lines import as they are found in the original CAD or PDF site plan. This is usually fine and they will be complete lines, but occasionally lines may have gaps (caused by text or other entities breaking the line in the drawing). As a result, you need to join the two (or more) contour lines to form just a single contour line.

See how to use the line editing tool button in this video:


https://youtu.be/a541W-YCyiY

Kubla Cubed displays information (in real time) on the mouse cursor. The label display can be customised to show only the information (x, y, z, cut/fill) that you require.

Here's how you change it:

https://youtu.be/1NqvwuX5pL0

Need to switch from Metres to Feet or vice versa? (It should be correct for your region, but do check this at the start of a project)

Watch how to update your measurement settings here:


https://youtu.be/ZUdjmwutu8A

Whether you have imported contours with zero elevations or need to amend a set of contours, use the Set Multiple Elevations (SME) tool to correct your data. 

Watch how easy it is to set the elevations of a group of contours

https://youtu.be/mp3_Us4W5zE

Navigate with speed in Kubla Cubed. How you zoomed in or out too far?

See how to use the Zoom to Extents button to view your whole project with just one click. 

https://youtu.be/PFdT8TreKFs

It's nice to personalise your software, or change it if you are having trouble viewing a site plan. 

Here's a quick video showing you have to change the colour of the background in Kubla Cubed.

https://youtu.be/S_Wloa1B__A

A new version of Kubla Cubed 2021 has been released.  Make sure you update to the latest version if you have a subscription of Kubla Cubed Professional are using the Lite version or have Kubla Cubed 2021 perpetual : 

Improvements
+ Upgraded the web browser technology used in Kubla Cubed from Webview (based on IE) to the new Webview2 (based on chromium).  This resolved a number of display and usability issues in regard to web content.

+ Improved the way points are imported that don't have Z values.  Previously they would not import if no Z value could be found using the methods of extracting Z values from nearby text or entity attributes.  Now they import but with the Z value set to 'Not Set' giving you the option to set them yourself but use the imported positions still.

+ Added a warning message when deleting a phase to prevent accidental deletions.

+ Added support for importing 'hatches' into the CAD\PDF vector importer.  This is useful as often other take-off software uses hatches rather than closed polylines to represent perimeters.  Now Kubla Cubed will work better with exported data from this type of software. 

+ Renamed some entries in the exports and stats panel to improve understanding.  Previously the breakdown was 'cut', 'fill' and 'net'.  Now it is 'cut', 'fill' and 'cut & fill'. Made the change consistent throughout the program as there were some discrepancies in regard to how these were named.

+ Added copy buttons to the licence activation form that appears when Kubla Cubed is blocked by the firewall so can't activate automatically.

+ Improved the name of elements when copy and pasting.  Previously elements would be prefixed with "Copy Of" even when cut and pasting between phases.  Now the elements have a new name only when necessary and are appended with (2), (3), (4) etc...

Could there be a feature in the future Kubla releases to allow cut and fill volumes to be displayed along any given string? I envisage that it could be similar to the current cross section tool but with a given 'path' width which would display the cut and fill volumes along the Y axis and the string chainage along the X axis. This would assist in rationalizing mass hauls in conjunction with the Kubla model.