(03-22-2018, 01:58 PM)MarcusJoel Wrote: Can Kubla reveal if there will be an updated Kubla Cubed 2018 coming soon and if so, what might the new features be?
Hi Marcus
Short answer is Yes. We have been a bit delayed with one of our other products but that has about 2 days of testing left. After that we will be focusing a lot more on Kubla Cubed development.
The last major update of Kubla Cubed 2017 is
V4.6 which is in progress and due for launch April the 9th 2018.
Version 4.6 is actually quite a big release and includes :
- LandXML import and export (allowing Autodesk Civil3D direct import of solids)
- Generation of labelled Gridded Points in CAD (A variety of use case such as importing surface into Revit).
- Vertical Exaggeration (Helps viewing detail in terrain that has marginal changes in elevation.
- Significant performance improvements especially with multiple phase projects.
- Contour labelling for generated contours.
- An export report of "User Input Data" (Allows users to check the inputs against the earthworks summary, importantly has boundary area and boundary perimeter which is useful for QS users who need to estimate construction thickness volumes).
A lot of the above items are small or have already been done. I have been working on Vertical Exaggeration today in fact (see attached screenshot). It is one of my favourite features new features.
After this we will be starting work on
Version 5.0 (Kubla Cubed 2018) which will have a redesign of sorts. The biggest visual change will be the addition of a new "Measures" panel which allows a selection of measuring tools.
- Cut & Fill regions (report the cut\fill in different regions of the site on a single phase)
- Measuring Tools (Counts, Lengths, Areas, Cross Sections)
- The site plans in the main window so you can moving to site plans with reference to each other.
- The surface in the main window so you can align things together.
- Edit -> Copy\Paste in the menu.
- Improvements to creation of elements (especially the linear path element which can be awkward to use effectively)
This is currently the plan but it might change. We want to include as many features as users have requested but not bite of more than we can chew.
