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1 Cube Base Release Summary Cube Base Release Summary Citilabs Cube Base Release Summary This document describes features introduced in various versions of Cube Base. Sections include: Version Version Version Version Version Version Service Pack 1 Version Version Version Version Version Version Version Version Version Citilabs, Inc E. Plaza Drive, Ste. 102 Tallahassee FL USA Copyright Citilabs, Inc. All rights reserved. Citilabs is a registered trademark of Citilabs, Inc. All other brand names and product names are trademarks, registered trademarks or trade names of their respective holders. Citilabs has carefully reviewed the accuracy of this document, but shall not be held responsible for any omissions or errors that may appear. Information in this document is subject to change without notice. Version June 18, 2018

2 Version Version Version 5.0 Version 4.2 Version 4.1 Version 4.0 Version 3.2 Version 3.1 Version 3.0 Version 2.2 Version 2.1 Version 2.0 Version 1.5 Technical support and software updates 2 Cube Base Release Summary

3 Version Version Fix issue with installing Voyager when license-only option is chosen in silent install Fix for background bitmap file path not updating when moving models Improved support for moving models with file-geodatabases Update to reduce warning messages when moving models with tokens Performance improvements when opening geo-databases in data manager Remove unnecessary limitations on non-cube geodatabases Fix to prevent issue with double clicking unsupported data files Add support for dragging layer files to GIS window Add support for DWG, DXF files in data manager Fix for issue with displaying PT line names Fix for issue with incorrect pointing to path file when geo-database networks are used. Several PT editing defects related to access violations have been fixed. Update to layer filter setting behavior. Fix for 'Interface not supported' error when displaying path files Fix for issue with auto-routing not ignoring filtered links when adding PT lines Add checks for duplicate line names when adding new PT lines Fix for 'Items not found in this collection' error Fix for feature explorer from showing line data for deleted line Cube Base Release Summary 3

4 Version Update to select/unselect context menu item in feature explorer Fix issue with route edit and attach file buttons in wrong state Fix issue with build path functionality Fix to automatic node numbering interface to reflect the layer selected in the table of contents Fix to access violation error when reading a log file Fix for issue to not allow the feature explorer node to change when creating a new PT line Improved drag and drop operation from the data manager to the GIS window Fix for issue with disabled edit toll after selecting save edits Fix for access violation when opening corrupt layer file Fix for access violation when removing a newer layer file from the table of contents Fix for issue where dragging (not double-clicking) an MXD onto Cube Base from the data manager creating a race condition Fix for 'Grid index out of range' error when multiple PT lines are selected and then clicked using the edit tool. Add feature to copy attribute data from feature explorer Fix for 'Select unused nodes' tool not working with data from MDBs Add feature to include link filters when building shortest paths Update to feature explorer dock/undock movement Updated display settings to switch off banned movements in the output intersection data window Updated warning message for DBF field issues Fix for left out scenario keys in user input dialog, when running script files. 4 Cube Base Release Summary

5 Version Update to highlight words matching the selection Cube Base Release Summary 5

6 Version Version Update to editor tools to better handle database locks to handle issues with data manager tools such as Build Network from Shape File etc. Fix for issue causing crash when linking file output file to catalog key with scenario directory option and select a file directly in current scenario folder Update to license manager to properly relay server error message when downloading license upgrades Update to use relative path of VPR file to find network window layers Fix for access violation error when opening large packet log files in NET or GIS Windows Fix for issue with the application manager legend displaying incorrect symbols Fix for issue when posting color for link attributes Fix for issue starting link to file or new file in wrong location Update to the Cube About screen to display the node/link/ zone limits for the current license Fix for issue with link split in a PT network in the GIS window Update to data manager context menu Fix for issue with importing PT line file Update data manager to completely delete any standalone feature classes that may interfere when overwriting a network Update to data manager to browse to last known path when importing data Support for Arc GIS 10.5 Fix for error calculating junction delay in junction editor 6 Cube Base Release Summary

7 Version Fix for error opening model catalogs that contain script with very long lines Cube Base Release Summary 7

8 Version Version Support for ArcGIS version 10.4 Built-in map/layer templates for different data types (highway, transit, boundary and base maps) Support for U-turn and free turn modeling in junction editor/ display Additional options for command line installer Added export to library option for applications manager Updated process for automatic add centroid connectors when dealing with zones with multiple shapes Support to hide/show activation key in 'About' window Added options for setting licensing firewall rules Fix for non-file type key values being converted to file paths in scenario manager Fix for max zones/max nodes check in licensing Fix for licensing issue due to missing certificate Update to handling of backup files when editing in text editor Fix to issue with geo-databases in Link to Catalog key file paths Fix to out of memory issue when importing large PT data sets into geo-database Fix for issue in grouping legs in the intersection output window Fix for issue in creating new feature classes of points and polygon Fix for scenario keys values which contain ':' characters Fix for installation issue with Borland Database Engine 8 Cube Base Release Summary

9 Version Version Fixed an issue with Cube not regaining focus, when a message box or input box is displayed. Fixed an issue where Cube dialog closes after clicking OK on an error or message box. Fixed an issue with installation of the BDE engine. ArcGIS Support Cube includes support for ArcGIS versions 9.3 to (Released May 2015). Licensing Added capability to borrow seats from a floating license. Added capability to re-host licenses (Deactivate and re-activate on a different machine). Added capability to activate licenses through proxy server. Added capability to download license updates (expiration dates). Added new functionality to view current users checking out seats on a floating license. Cluster licensing has been updated. License blacklisting functionality has been added. Delete license files option has been removed. Fixed issue where Base product is checked out when just license manager is open. An issue with Voyager instance limit has been fixed. File Options Added new options under NET/GIS tab to group and sort network attributes. New Option in General tab to hide wait4files window. Application Manager (AM) Cube Base Release Summary 9

10 Version The scenario location checking logic in Link to Catalog Key option has been updated. Added new Air Quality Post Processor utility tool. Data Manager Fixed an issue with double clicking a dataset. This issue will cause the data to open as two layers. Fixed an issue with geo-databases which does not have the ArcGIS version information. Network New functionalities for sorting, searching and filtering network link attributes Updated PT network opening process which will enable networks to open faster. Text Editor Fixed an issue where the text editor is not working when the user does not have ArcGIS Desktop or Engine installed. Tools Fixed bug in build network from shape file tool when using PolylineZ or PolylineM data 10 Cube Base Release Summary

11 Version Version Cube includes support for ArcGIS versions 9.3 to 10.3 (Released December 2014). License Manager - Cube comes with a utility for managing the new licensing system. This tool provides users with the tools to activate/deactivate licenses, set up connections to server for floating licenses, etc. File Options - Voyager path options updated to include the new path for 64-bit installation. There are now 2 path settings: One for the main Voyager programs and another for the support files. Application Manager (AM) Application manager now supports a new indicator for identifying Cluster processes. Fix for bug where execution orders are updated even when the user selects 'Cancel' in the confirmation dialog box. Updates to prevent AM from opening ICP files in text editor. Fix for bug where 'Delete Link' option does not enable or disable properly. Update to prevent user from inputting apostrophes into program title. Fix for AM crash when opening application files with file names containing Chinese characters. Path for user program resource files and user created process templates has been modified to C:\Users\ <username>\appdata\roaming\citilabs\cube\user. Application manager deletes script and print files, when program boxes are deleted and the application is saved. Cloud Exporter Updated Cloud exporter. The exporter has been updated to handle a new file transfer protocol. Cube Base Release Summary 11

12 Version All references to 'Cube Cloud' in the software has been updated to 'Cloud Exporter'. This includes installation/ uninstallation, Control Panel (programs and features), Start, etc. The Cloud exporter icon has also been updated within the software. Data Manager Improved handling of SDE databases in data manager. Updates to improve the response time of Data Manager when handling large databases. Data Manager Import/Export interface buttons updated to add more clarity. The 'OK' button has been updated to 'Run'. Updates to error handling when importing a network to a geo-database. Currently, when there is an import error, cube will show 'spatial reference not set' which might not apply to all cases. The error message has been updated to 'import did not succeed'. Added debug log to Build Network from Shape tool. Updates to speed up 'Build Network from Shape/Features Class' tool when working with large shape files Updates to make sure that the network import function checks for the field limit (255) when importing a network into an MDB. Inside the import/export tool, the spatial reference dialog will now have an option to select a spatial reference from the current workspace. The interface features a slick new look with new icons. On the context menus, there are new commands to collapse and expand all items, along with opening a Windows Explorer window to the file location. Network Window 12 Cube Base Release Summary

13 Version Added the capability to save and restore shapes in the GIS window save/play log file functions. The log file was extended to include the shape data but it is also backward/ forward compatible. Additional user prompts to handled missing layers in a VPR file. Added user option for controlling scrolling in GIS window. Fix for bug related to incorrect file name displayed in the network window tab after an export to shape file operation. Fix to speed up shape database updates. Fix for issue where is feature explorer is hidden between sessions. Update to add a prompt when deleting a selected feature from the delete button in the feature explorer. Added bandwidth animation synchronize with intersection time segment. Added packet animation color by speed. Improved rendering speed in the network window. Fix for access violation error when accessing 'Layer Alignment' tool in GIS window. Fix for bug where there is an incorrect rendering of the network when true shape is enabled and after sub-area extraction. Updated default point shape layer symbol and size to make rendering faster. Changed from size 6 solid circle to size 2 hollow square. Fixes to bandwidth animation window with regard to log file name display, zoom-in/zoom-out background map inconsistencies and scale of packet size. New attributes in junction editor to support HCM 2010 junction modeling for All-way, Two-way and Round-about intersections. Cube Base Release Summary 13

14 Version GIS Window now loads large shapefiles (and associated data) significantly faster. Sceanrio Manager The screenshot button will now be enabled for any active window, including: NET, TXT, MAT, DBF, AM, REP, GIS, SM and the Welcome Screen. Change the prompt sequence for program closing to better match with the 'Prompt before exiting' option. Update to prevent users creating child scenarios with duplicate names. Table Editor Updated table editor with new interface. The updated table editor can be enabled from File options in Cube Base. Fix for issue where DBF files cannot be opened from path with special characters. Fix for issue with opening catalogs containing Chinese characters in file paths. Text Editor Fix for bug where the text editor treats '#' character as comment symbol Added an option to customize the text editor colors. New code folding mechanism for RUN-ENDRUN, PROCESS-ENDPROCESS, JLOOP-ENDJLOOP, LINKLOOP-ENDLINKLOOP, LOOP-ENDLOOP. The code-folding option will be available in the left margin of the text editor. Fix to make sure that a line-continuation character is not part of a comment. Improvements to opening files using F6 (when the cursor is over the file/path name). Now, when a file is opened from a relative path in a text window, relative-path files in other text windows will open correctly. 14 Cube Base Release Summary

15 Version In addition to the existing color themes, the color palette for text and background can now be fully user-customized. In Matrix window, when the matrix file is very large, users are prompted to omit the row/column statistics. As before, you may select Yes to display the statistics and No to omit them. Starting in Cube 6.1.1, Cancel now closes the file. Cube Base Release Summary 15

16 Version Version This section lists new features found in Cube Base Version 6.1.1: Cube Base now supports ArcGIS Further, is the default version of ArcGIS Engine installed to your systems without an existing ArcGIS or ArcGIS Engine. 16 Cube Base Release Summary

17 Version Service Pack 1 Version Service Pack 1 This section lists new features found in Cube Base Version 6.1.0, Service Pack 1: Changes in GIS Window: The GIS toolbar features an Add Data button to add a layer to an MXD using ArcGIS online servers. To optimize screen layout, the Table of Contents is narrower and the Feature Explorer now docks on the right. Fixes for Matrix Window: Scrolling large files on a large-resolution display could previously freeze Cube; this has been resolved. If an open matrix file was updated and reloaded, the row/ column totals displayed could be incorrect (the file itself was correct). In SP1, the matrix display is now correct. Changes for Analyst Drive are documented in the Analyst Drive Reference Guide (available on the Cube help menu). Cube Base Release Summary 17

18 Version Version This section lists new features found in Cube Base Version 6.1: Support for Windows 8 Cube 6.1 includes the new Analyst Drive. Analyst Drive is a program using state-of-the-art data assimilation techniques to optimize trip origin-destination (OD) matrices for a given traffic assignment and input traffic count data. While Analyst Drive builds on the estimation tools provided to the Cube software suite by the Analyst module, it is a completely new program with advanced capabilities not previously available to the Cube platform. For more information, please see the Analyst Drive Reference Guide. Cube Base now supports ArcGIS Further, 10.1 is the default version of ArcGIS Engine installed to systems without an existing ArcGIS or ArcGIS Engine. The Cube Base interface has been updated to support up to 1000 Volume Sets (as output now by Highway/Avenue). This includes Intersection Data Editor and the Path toolbar. The Cube Welcome Window now features streaming RSS content from the Citilabs Homepage, and the User Support Forums. Cube now features a useful uninstallation utility. This allows the user to easily remove some or all of the program components. For more on the utility, see Getting Started > Uninstallation in the Cube Base Reference Guide. Cube Base can now prompt when the current file is modified by an external program (or separate Cube process). The prompt allows a reload and is enabled by default. It can be toggled from Program Options > General. The prompt is provided in the following Cube Windows: 18 Cube Base Release Summary

19 Version Text Editor Matrix Window Report Generator Improved resizing of window tabs when docking panels (Data Manager, Scenario Manager) are moved, and when switching between windowed and tabbed mode Application Manager and Cube Voyager now feature full support for filenames and paths containing foreign characters. For important information on configuration, see Getting Started > Language settings in the Cube Base Reference Guide. Text Editor now opens files in ASCII (standard 7-bit), ANSI and UTF-8. The editor will also now save back to that format. (The editor in saved all text files to UTF-8, causing incompatiblities on some foreign-language systems.) Application Manager You may now use the scroll wheel to navigate up and down in the AM display. Hold Shift to scroll left and right. You may now double-click an empty file box to bring up the file selection box for a new file. The file information (properties) dialog now displays file sizes delimited with commas; ie, 12,347 bytes. You may now right-click an input or output file (or geodatabase) and select the Open Containing Location command. This will open the file s path in Explorer and highlight the file. When moving program boxes and groups, you may now use a Grid to assist with arranging. Simply click Snap All on the Home ribbon tab to automatically snap program boxes. Further, there is a dropdown with these options: Show Grid enables display of grid points. Points are shown when clicking or moving boxes. Snap to Grid enables objects snapping to the grid Cube Base Release Summary 19

20 Version Grid Size the spacing of the grid in pixels On the Home ribbon tab, Add to Catalog Data, Auto Name Files, Create External Files and Delete Output Files have been grouped within the new File Boxes dropdown. Scenario Manager The Multiple Run Results dialog can now be resized, allowing all fields to be viewed. The Run Catalog dialog has been improved. You may now double-click scenarios to add to them to the Selected list. And, you may now use CTRL or SHIFT to choose and remove multiple scenarios from the Selected list. After right-clicking an application to remove it, you will now be prompted to confirm the operation. Data Manager In Import/Export using True Shape, the Node number dropdown will now list all numeric fields in the input network (along with N ). Build Network from Shape has refinements to the Consolidate AB/BA Field Pair function, and its application of field masks. For more information, see Managing Data > Managing Geodatabases in Cube > Build Network from Shape File in the Cube Base Reference Guide. When importing Intersection Files (*.ind) to a geodatabase, the imported volumes will now be stored in the junction database. Fix for Ribbon commands - Intersection Data Volumes and Add Path File are now available from all available contexts. Network Window The Transit Accessibility Analysis tool has been restored. It is documented in the Cube Base Reference Guide, Network Window > Transit accessibility analysis. Fix for the Flag Statistics button, which previously did not enable. 20 Cube Base Release Summary

21 Version On the Path Building Toobar, there is now a Print Summary Line Only option available after selecting Save Path to File. This outputs cost information for each path without detailed data on each node, speeding up the process and producing smaller path files. For more information see the Cube Base Reference Guide, Network Window > Highway path display. Matrix Window can now display files of any size, subject to available system memory and storage. GIS Window The Display Settings button, for input/output intersection data, is now available. Improvements to Desire Lines: Desire lines in GIS Window now depict the left-hand driving orientation, when enabled. If the network drive direction is changed while the desire line tool bar is visible, the desire line tool bar needs to be closed and restarted. All generated desire line layers will need to be closed as well. When two-directional desire lines in GIS window are displayed, features will now only be created when there is a volume. (Previously, even with zero volume interzonal connectors would be drawn). Fix for Feature Explorer s handing of writeable fields in GIS feature classes. Previously, certain fields set to 0 in Feature Explorer would be read by Voyager programs as empty. Thus Voyager would assume the default value. This occurred, for example, when Public Transport s ONEWAY field was set to 0; PT would use the default of 1. Now, a zero value will always be read as zero. The Set Intersection Time Segment Command now functions correctly. It selects the time segment of intersection system attributes such as _VOLC_MAX, _VOLC_SUM and other Cube Base Release Summary 21

22 Version output intersection attributes from Cube Avenue. The time segment must be selected before these system attributes are copied to the network. The Copy System Attributes commands for Nodes and Links are now default buttons on the Home ribbon tab. Further, for node feature classes, attributes keyed by time segment (ending in _{TS}) are now available when an Avenue output intersection file is loaded. These attributes may be used to animate charts and graphs of node data. In edit mode, you can now delete a selected link with the Delete key. In edit mode, right-clicking a Link in Feature Explorer and selecting Delete Link (One Direction) will now always delete one link, even when Two-Way editing is enabled When using ArcGIS 10.1, metric scale bars are now available in layout view. Fix for issue preventing operability with ArcGIS 9.2 sp6 Cube Base features a new Database Window, available as a Beta, with the following enhancements: An intuitive, streamlined interface Modify Database Structure has been removed, in lieu of a new Rename Field command and existing commands to Add and Delete Fields. Tables in geodatabases may now be edited, along with standalone database files (DBF). You may now select from Themes (color schemes) for the table. There are now Undo, Redo, Undo All and Redo All commands. DBF fields may now be computed using Python expressions. 22 Cube Base Release Summary

23 Version There is no longer a 2gb limit on file size the only limitation is system memory. To enable the new editor, go to Options > NET/GIS. NOTE: Citilabs cannot guarantee correct operation of the new editor. Data loss, for example, can happen when fields are renamed. Cube Base Release Summary 23

24 Version Version This section lists new features found in Cube Base Version 6.0.2: Enhancements to the path function in the Cube Graphics window: Paths may be saved to file in.txt or.dbf format. Expressions in the origin and destination field (e.g. District=1,3-5) Option to limit the paths to a maximum cost. Any path over the limit will not be included in the display or the output file (exception below). Optional limits on the number of paths displayed / written to file from an origin, to a maximum number sorted by cost Option to force the number of paths displayed / written to file from an origin, to a minimum number sorted by cost. This only applies if there is a max cost specified. If the number of paths with costs less than max cost is below the minimum number, the max cost will be increased a number of times to try to reach the minimum number. All of these path building functions may be run from the command line, so they can be called from Voyager. See the Utilities chapter of the Cube Voyager Reference Guide. Cube features the following interface changes: Window tabs now resize to a greater extent, as more tabs are added or the Cube window is resized (range: pixels) The Save dropdown, on the Quick Access Toolbar, now has a shortcut to Save Project File (VPR). Additions to the File Menu, with some restored features: The Import sub-menu is new and includes: Keys... previously, Load Keys from File on Tools menu. 24 Cube Base Release Summary

25 Version GIS Data... previously, Import GIS Data on the Tools menu. Calls the Import/Export dialog in Data Manager. Synchro Data... previously, Import from Synchro on the Tools menu. Saturn Path... command restored from Cube 5. The Export menu now includes GIS Data..., which calls the Import/Export dialog in Data Manager. The Tools menu now includes: Merge Transit DBF command restored from Cube 5. Process Templates this is a convenient menu for quickly launching any process template. You no longer need to be in Application Manager to perform on-the-fly file conversions and other custom Voyager tasks. Cluster Node Management to directly invoke the Cluster executable (restored from Cube 5). GIS Geoprocessing to directly invoke the Geoprocessing toolset (also available on the ribbon in GIS Window). In GIS Window: The Feature Explorer and Table of Contents now function as docking Windows. They function the same as the Data Manager and Scenario Manager panes, although they dock separately. The Layer Properties window (accessed by right-clicking a GIS layer) now features a tooltip for the file path. This is helpful for paths which are very long and partially hidden in the window. Quick Access Toolbar Cube Base Release Summary 25

26 Version The grouped "Save" button now functions as Save-All (with the option to save the current file with a sub-item) Toolbar now features optional button to directly access the Font dialog box. Changes to the Ribbon interface: In Network Window, the Geoprocessing ribbon tab is renamed to GIS Tools. In GIS Window, the following ribbon groups are renamed: Post GIS Link -> Links Post GIS Node -> Nodes Post GIS Transit -> Transit GIS Tools -> Geoprocessing GIS Layout -> Layout GIS View -> View Cube now installs with Microsoft.Net 4.0. Data Manager: Import / Export now supports exporting to CSV and importing XLS as table data (but not XSLX - convert those to XLS with Excel) Items removed from Data Manager no longer reappear when Cube is restarted. The Field Renaming pane from the Import/Export dialog has been removed. Fixes: Double clicking Tables will now open the table, rather than creating a copy. Can now rename a Cube Highway network, which applies to node and link components 26 Cube Base Release Summary

27 Version Can now correctly copy networks and datasets between geodatabases In Build Network from Shape, Add New A and B Fields will only be enabled when neither an A nor a B field exists. If an A or a B exists they will be selected in the dropdown menus accordingly Network Window: New Bookmark menu on the ribbon & toolbar. Bookmarks allow you to save and restore network window views for easy recall Fix: Build Path now restored for Transit Layer in Network window. Fix: Save button now works correctly Fix: Multi-bandwidth for transit now works correctly Transit Line Color dialog: after changing the color of a line, there is now a R to restore text hint allowing you to revert to the original color. GIS Window: Play Log File and Save Log File are renamed to Play Edit Log and Save Edit Log, for clarity. Posting Links & Nodes in GIS Window The drop down arrows next to these buttons are restored. The dropdowns display a list of the posting sets and allow the user to select a different set as well as turn off the posting. Fix for issue on Arc10 platforms, where moving a node in Edit mode would slightly separate the two-way, paired links (if present). Fixed issue where the Transit Color Palette button was not accessable Transit Line Color dialog: after changing the color of a line, there is now a R to restore text hint allowing you to revert to the original color. Cube Base Release Summary 27

28 Version Fixed minor issue with Transit Line Profile display, where the flow curve lagged the volume. Application Manager Process Templates are now available with a dedicated ribbon button on the Home tab. The GRAPHICS program is restored Bugfix: in some cases, Add Application to Catalog could hang Cube. This is now resolved. Scenario Manager Fix: after opening another existing catalog from the recent files list, Cube will now prompt to save the existing catalog. The tab and cursor keys now work for Scenario Manager navigation Fix for the Do Not Copy option, when defining a file key and pointing it to a new file Fix for the Edit button in the Run Catalog dialog Table Editor: The Compute, Add Field, Information, and Delete Field commands have been restored, available on the ribbon depending on type of table open. Text Editor: Text Editor now features Word Wrap, toggled on Program Options. Catalog keys are now supported in file paths, when pressing F6 to open a highlighted file (Open File at Cursor). 8mb maximum file size has been removed Run Selected Text has been restored. Various fixes in text editor for consistent behavior of column mode editing, and of tab stops. 28 Cube Base Release Summary

29 Version Cube Base includes a new, optional Table Editor which is currently in beta. To try it out, uncheck Use the default DBF editor under Options > NET/GIS. You may submit feedback to generalsupport@citilabs.com. Additions to the Cube Base Reference Guide: Under GIS Window > Common Map Tasks, there is a new section: SQL Synax. When specifying Layer Properties or configuring the selection criteria from the Post Selection dialog, you may enter SQL expressions to control which layers or labels are displayed. The new section provides examples demonstrating usage. Cube Base Release Summary 29

30 Version Version This section lists new features found in Cube Base Version 6.0.1: Improvements to installer to address installation issues on Windows XP Geoprocessing Tools are now available in GIS window, accessable as individual ribbon commands. Utilities chapter of Reference Guide documents these toolsets: Trim and rotate image file Cluster node management Converting Saturn path files Build Network from Feature Class tool now calls the Build Network from Shape function in Data Manager Fix for Add Catalog to Data Section addressing incompatibilites in Windows 7. Also, a fix for linking lookup tables in Application Manager. Additional fixes and enhancements 30 Cube Base Release Summary

31 Version Version This section lists new features found in Cube Base Version 6.0.0: Cube 6 features an extensively redesigned and easy-to-use interface, including: Ribbon interface for organizing Cube Base commands, Voyager programs, and related tools / utilities Quick Access Toolbar for most commonly used commands A new streamlined, intuitive File menu New graphics in Application Manager Data Manager and Scenario Manager panes are now dockable / floating as needed Tabbed window interface New Text Editor, which includes: Expanded and customizable context-sensitive color coding (themes) Bookmarks & Markers Auto-complete for catalog keys and Voyager commands Context-dependent command tips for entering commands Improved Find & Replace, with support for regular expressions GIS Window now supports the saving and playback of Modification Log Files, to capture a sequence of edits made to the network. A new Window Synchronization interface. It can synchronize the display of two or more map winows (GIS, binary networks), or the scrolling of Matrix windows. Cube Base Release Summary 31

32 Version Version This section lists new features found in Cube Base 5.1.4: Improvements to Data Manager, including: New support for importing a junction data set for each individual network in the same geodatabase. 32 Cube Base Release Summary

33 Version Version This section lists new features found in Cube Base version 5.1.3: Support for ArcGIS 10 Data Browser (open / save dialog) Improved handling of database file-locks Support for typing full paths directly in the dialog Many improvements to Data Manager, including: Improved filename handling in Data Manager s Build Network From Shape function Data Manager's Create Data form now adds missing junction tables rather than throwing an exception when one or more of these tables already exist. Improved threading of Spatial Reference selection dialog, and better messaging when the Spatial Reference setting fails Improved importing and exporting of intersection data files Smoother operation of import/export Export and import of turn penalty (*.pen) now fully supported Support for import of Non-transit legs (*.ntl) now fully supported The NETWORKSETTINGS table, required when exporting Junction tables (*.ind), adds a new record for the Cube network if one does not exist Scenario Manager Fixes in the handling of copying data to new child scenarios, and improved support for file geodatabases (GDBs) Cube Base Release Summary 33

34 Version New content in Cube Base Reference Guide, "Highway Network Editing" chapter, on viewing input and output intersection data Expanded file browser support from Scenario Manager and Application Manager. In these cases, file browser can now link to data within file geodatabases (*.gdb) and personal geodatabases (*.mdb) Modify Structure, from Database Menu, now runs significantly faster when appending a field to the input database Numerous other bug fixes and enhancements 34 Cube Base Release Summary

35 Version Version This section lists new features found in Cube Base version 5.1.2: Numerous bug fixes and enhancements Specific Data Manager Updates (see Cube Base Reference Guide): New support for browsing datasets Updated Import/Export interface Better support for True Shape when importing networks Improved access to Dataset Properties Easy access to standard projected and geographic spatial references Cube Base Release Summary 35

36 Version Version Data Manager This section lists new features found in Cube Base version 5.1.1: Change spatial reference menu item for Network/Feature dataset, and standalone feature class: allow to change spatial reference by right click on a network/feature dataset or a standalone feature class Copy/Paste standalone feature class or table within or between geodatabases; to copy a standalone feature class or table, user right-click the feature class or table, then select Copy, then user right click a target geodatabase, select Paste, if the source geodatabase and target geodatabase are same, a dialog will prompt to enter a new feature class name or a new table name; when finished, a message is popup Feature Class Copied. 36 Cube Base Release Summary

37 Version Version This section lists new features found in Cube Base version 5.1.0: New geodatabase data manager which includes support for Personal Geodatabases, File Geodatabases, Enterprise Geodatabases, as well as legacy data formats. Junction Data including Volumes and Turn Penalties have been incorporated into the Cube Geodatabase. Added the ability to animate packet log files in the GIS window. Added ability to integrate Microsoft Virtual Earth layer into any map. Added support for jp2, ecw and png file types. Added option for reshaping links on node moves in GIS window. Added additional script editing features; Edit-Indent (ctrl-k), change default font size, and adjust sort order of keywords pop-up. Cube Base Release Summary 37

38 Version Version This section lists new features found in Cube Base version 5.0.3: Cube Base licenses now include Cube Reports. Cube Base supports DBF volume files when building paths. Specifically, before calling the path-build turn-penalty function, Cube Base converts a DBF volume file into a binary volume file. Cube Base can publish a catalog to a format that Mint can import. See Publishing a catalog on page 954 of the Cube Base Reference Guide. Cube Base now contains an Indent command to add indentation in a text edit window. See Clipboard on page 689 of the Cube Base Reference Guide. 38 Cube Base Release Summary

39 Version Version This section lists new features found in Cube Base version 5.0.2: Vertex and snapping settings This version enables vertex editing and snapping by default, and lets you change this setting and the snapping tolerance on the GIS Window Options dialog box. See Configuring window settings on page 385 of the Cube Base Reference Guide. Automatic intersection creation This version offers the automatic intersection creation function in the GIS window, allowing you to split crossing links and create a node at their intersection. See Automatic intersection creation on page 495 of the Cube Base Reference Guide. Graphic objects This version enables you to copy and paste graphic objects and set properties, such as fill color and outline color, for these objects. See Working with graphic objects on page 389 of the Cube Base Reference Guide Subarea highway network extraction This version enables you to extract a subarea from a map s highway network to an independent network in a geodatabase. See Extracting subarea highway network on page 410 of the Cube Base Reference Guide. Selecting by location In this version, you can select features in the current layer based on their spacial relationship with features in a secondary layer. See Selecting features by location on page 406 of the Cube Base Reference Guide. Feature Explorer enhancements This version contains several improvements: When you select a link on the map, Feature Explorer lists the link and associated nodes. If you double-click a feature in Feature Explorer, the map selection updates, centered on that feature. While in edit mode, uneditable properties are unavailable for selection. Cube Base Release Summary 39

40 Version A property on the GIS Window Options dialog box lets you set whether Feature Explorer automatically opens when you select features. See Configuring window settings on page 385 of the Cube Base Reference Guide. The editing toolbar contains a new button to open Feature Explorer. See Floating toolbars on page 379 of the Cube Base Reference Guide. Tips for adding map elements This version displays tips in the status bar when adding map elements in layout view. See Adding map elements on page 486 of the Cube Base Reference Guide. Copying system attributes This version includes commands to copy system attributes to the link and node tables for highway networks. See Copying system attributes on page 431 of the Cube Base Reference Guide. Converting Saturn path files This version includes a new utility to convert output from the Saturn assignment program into a Cube Base path file. See Saturn conversion on page 1211 of the Cube Voyager Reference Guide. Cube Avenue packet color This version lets you set the color for each volume set when the packet log file contains multiple user classes and each packet contains the volume from one user class. See Packet animation on page 255 of the Cube Base Reference Guide. Updated menus This version renames the Utilities menu to the Tools menu and reorganizes the commands on some menus. Text objects This version includes a new tool on the graphics toolbar to add text objects to a map or page. See Graphics toolbar on page 377 of the Cube Base Reference Guide. Modification log files In this version, modification log files distinguish between changed and unchanged attribute values. See Modification log files on page 600 of the Cube Base Reference Guide. 40 Cube Base Release Summary

41 Version Script file searching This version contains commands for searching Cube Voyager scripts for matching keywords and matching symbols. See Finding matching keywords on page 696 of the Cube Base Reference Guide and Finding matching symbols on page 697 of the Cube Base Reference Guide. Cube Base Release Summary 41

42 Version Version This section lists new features found in Cube Base version 5.0.1: Layer settings This version stores layer settings, which define colors, label postings, and other attributes, in a visual project file associated with a geodatabase. You can configure and copy these settings between layers. See Working with layer settings on page 419 of the Cube Base Reference Guide. Program options This version lets you set options related to start-up, shut-down, files, and visual project files on the Program Options dialog box. See Program Options on page 63 of the Cube Base Reference Guide. Geoprocessing tools This version includes several geoprocessing tools that enable you to create new data sets with geometric operations. You can access these tools from the Geoprocessing dialog box. See Geoprocessing tools on page 443 of the Cube Base Reference Guide. Making temporary feature classes permanent This version lets you make a temporary feature class, such as the one created when you produce desire lines, permanent. See Desire line display on page 435 of the Cube Base Reference Guide and Adding and importing data on page 396 of the Cube Base Reference Guide. Selecting elements This version lets you use the standard Window keystrokes (press CTRL and click) to add or remove elements from a selection set. 42 Cube Base Release Summary

43 Version 5.0 Version 5.0 Release overview Cube Base version 5.0 introduces new GIS capabilities that allow you to integrate your transportation modeling data with other GIS data. This section discusses: Release overview Summary of new features Cube Base version 5.0 introduces: An ESRI-compliant geodatabase with a Cube transportation data model for road and public transport data A new GIS window This window provides selected ArcGIS functions and many of the editing and mapping features from Cube s existing graphics window. Cube 5.0 enhances the familiar Cube interface with ArcGIS functionality for working with road data. With Cube 5.0, you can work with maps in Cube Base s new GIS window to edit and analyze data, including road networks, polygon, polyline, point, and raster data. Cube stores the data in a geodatabase, following Cube-specific topology rules. Cube 5.0 establishes a common data-storage format that allows you to share data and maps between Cube and ArcGIS. You can open and map, but not edit, this geodatabase data in ArcGIS. Similarly, you can open any maps created in ArcGIS (MXD files) with Cube 5.0. Cube Base Release Summary 43

44 Version 5.0 Summary of new features This section lists new features by several categories: Data Projections Mapping Interoperability Data editing & analysis Data New geodatabase for road data and public transport data, including support for multiple networks DBF-formatted data, polygons, polylines, points, and images New custom data model for transportation planning Importing and exporting road networks to and from geodatabase Importing and exporting public transport lines files and nontransit legs files Shape points in road networks New image formats: MrSID, ECW New vector formats: DXF and other CAD formats Projections Projection definitions On-the-fly geographic projections Mapping What-you-see-is-what-you-get page layout ESRI scale bars 44 Cube Base Release Summary

45 Version 5.0 ESRI north arrows Access to ESRI symbology library in mapping Improved posting Interoperability Read and write ESRI map documents (.MXD files) Data editing & analysis ESRI table of contents Opening attributes from table of contents New custom editor for transportation planning data Multiple selection of features Selection by attribute Spatial selection Graphical selection On-screen selection Group editing of selected features Editing of geodatabase and shapefile data Map searches Measuring tools Zooming to selected features Scroll-wheel zoom and pan Cube Base Release Summary 45

46 Version 4.2 Version 4.2 This section lists new features introduced in Cube Base version 4.2. Topics include: General Network window Highway network editing Matrix window Cube Reports General Network window Added CTRL+C keyboard shortcut (press CTRL key and C key) for the Copy command on the Edit menu. Highway layer Drawing layer Added packet log animation. Allows you to open text or binary packet files that Cube Avenue outputs and play an animation of the packets. An Options dialog box lets you customize packet display (size/color) and select packets to display. Added export of Cube Avenue packet animations to KML format to display with Google Earth. Added support for date formatting in DBF files. Applies to posting, calculation, and selection. Added new numeric LOS (_LOSN) system attribute to chart LOS from junction models. Added automatic scaling of text and line width when changing size type options on the Symbol/Label Properties dialog box. 46 Cube Base Release Summary

47 Version 4.2 Highway network editing Matrix window Cube Reports Added support for transit-line link-splits to the log file. When splitting a highway link with an underlying transit line, the log file now stores the change if the transit link is also split. You can play back changes into the highway network and transit line data with the Play Log File command on the File menu. Increased number of viewable matrices in an open matrix file from 50 to 255. Added support for exporting reports to HTML or Microsoft Word formats. Cube Base Release Summary 47

48 Version 4.1 Version 4.1 Network window General This section lists new features introduced in Cube Base version 4.1. Topics include: Network window Matrix window Model launcher window GIS tools Utilities Application Manager (Cube only) Scenario Manager (Cube only) Cube Reports (Cube only) This section lists new features in the Network window. Add dynamic color settings for bandwidth display Add dynamic color settings for node/point chart display Add dynamic color legend in auto legend for bandwidth and chart display Add option to bandwidth and desire line auto legend to display a bar instead of a square for legend symbol Highway layer Add dynamic bandwidth animation Add dynamic node/point chart animation Add queue length display as part of bandwidth display 48 Cube Base Release Summary

49 Version 4.1 Matrix window Model launcher window Allow both binary and DBF format turn volume files in turn volume display Allow junction output files, binary turn volume files and DBF turn volume files in the junction output display New option in the Desire Line display to customize the outbound/inbound line color Improve Dynasim export function to use world coordinate system for image and dxf files. Improve clipping of line shapes in Dynasim export Allow to add new link/node attributes in the Network Attribute Calculation screen if the result attribute is not currently in the database Allow viewing/editing of speed and capacity table in the network Display of Intersection results now supports display of results by time segment for intersection files output by Cube Avenue New option to display matrix cell values in Scientific format Add red check mark and bolder font to the current table name to make the current selection more visible New option to send an when a model run is done New option to hide the launcher program in the system tray New option to go into Wait mode to participate in a Cube Cluster (distributed processing) run Cube Base Release Summary 49

50 Version 4.1 GIS tools Add use stop information in points layer in the build PT line from shape option New geoprocessing function to compute Transit Access (Note: a valid copy of ArcGIS (ArcView, ArcEditor, or ArcInfo) 9.1 with service pack 2 or later must be installed) Utilities Add Utility function to manage Cluster nodes Application Manager (Cube only) Improved interface to the management of User Programs Wizard for adding and editing definitions of User Programs There is now a means of defining the path to the User Program Added flexibility to defining the command line for the User Program. Constants can be included, and redirected input and output files are supported. A new Cube Cluster Control program is now available. It provides an interface for convenient definition and representation of the new VOYAGER Cluster commands. Scenario Manager (Cube only) For a new file key, the default location has been changed to be relative to the catalog directory. Note that if this setting is used, it means that the catalog file should not be moved around independently of the data referenced by the file keys. The Developer/Applier mode facility has been extended to support several different configurations of Applier. This is done by having Applier Groups. Each Applier Group can be defined to have different access rights to Applications, Keys, and Data. 50 Cube Base Release Summary

51 Version 4.1 Cube Reports (Cube only) There is a new function to allow details from one catalog to be merged into another. This is intended for merging scenarios from different users into a common catalog, but it also supports merging of keys and applications. New Catalog Refresh option so that actions outside Scenario Manager, such as adding/removing the use of a key in a script via a text editor, can be reflected in the Catalog data. A report can now be generated directly from a Network or Matrix file. Previously, the user was required to generate a suitable DBF file from the network/matrix. Cube Base Release Summary 51