Release Notes SPECTRA PRECISION SURVEY OFFICE. Versions 3.30 (64-bit)

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1 Release Notes SPECTRA PRECISION SURVEY OFFICE Versions 3.30 (64-bit)

2 Corporate office: Spectra Precision Westmoor Drive Westminster, CO USA Copyright and trademarks: , Spectra Precision. All rights reserved. FOCUS and EPOCH are registered trademarks of Spectra Precision. Microsoft, Windows, and Active Sync are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Spectra Precision Survey Office Release Notes 2

3 Welcome to Spectra Precision Survey Office Welcome to Spectra Precision Survey Office Spectra Precision Survey Office (SPSO) software is ideal for processing and analyzing satellite and terrestrial survey data recorded in the field. The software provides numerous innovative and unique features, and it is easy to learn and use. Installing or updating For installation or update instructions, see the appropriate bullet below. Notes: - Spectra Precision Survey Office (SPSO) licensing information is contained in a Sentinel HASP hardware or software key connected to or installed on your computer. If no key has been connected or installed, SPSO allows you to import and view data only. It does not allow you to use any licensed features. To view your license after installation is complete, select View License Manager on the Start Page. For a description of the features available in each licensed configuration, see "Licensed Features" in the online Help. - After installation, be sure to select Check for Updates on the Start Page to ensure you have the latest updates for Spectra Precision Survey Office. New users installing SPSO to use with a single-user license: a. Before you insert the new Sentinel HASP hardware key you received in your installation package, install SPSO from the SPSO installation package downloaded from the Spectra Precision website. b. Before running SPSO for the first time, insert the new Sentinel HASP hardware key into an available USB port on your computer. All licensed features will be available when you run SPSO. Your 1-year warranty begins the first time you open the software. Existing users installing this version of SPSO: Install SPSO from the installation package downloaded from the Spectra Precision website. Important Note! This version is available to users whose current warranty expiration date is 1 October 2014 or later. If your warranty expires prior to this date and you proceed with the installation, licensed features will not be available. Contact your distributor to purchase a warranty extension. On the Start page, select View License Manager to verify your warranty expiration date. New features Following are the new features included in the various licensing options for this version of Spectra Precision Survey Office. See "Licensed Features" in the online Help to help determine which of these new features are available with your license. Spectra Precision Survey Office Release Notes 3

4 New features Survey Pro Roading Survey Pro Roading support - Use the new SPSO Roading module to create, import, export, and edit roads and other types of corridors. In addition, create crosssections, create points at intervals, add in material layers, and create and edit templates. SPSO Roading provides for the integration of Survey Pro field software and SPSO office software for a complete solution for all of your roading needs. (See Work with Corridors in the help.) General survey Traverse adjustment - Import, edit, create new, and adjust traverses. Choose stations and settings for each traverse, view closure information, balance angle and vertical misclosures, and perform a compass or transit adjustment. Preview adjustment results before you apply the adjustment, and review the Traverse Adjustment report after the adjustment has been applied. This allows for more flexibility in the office and reduces potential site re-visits. (See Create, Edit, and Adjust a Traverse in the help.) Import Esri Shapefiles (.shp) - Import Esri Shapefiles (.shp), a popular geospatial vector data format for geographic information systems. You can see the feature information effectively and prepare data for stakeout. (See Import Esri Shapefiles (.shp) in the help.) New geoid models and zones - New geoid models for Canada (CGG2013), Poland (Pl-geoid-2011), and Norway (Norway14) are now available in Coordinate System Manager. To support the new geoid models, associated zones have been added or updated as necessary. In addition, some projection zones for Turkey have been updated. Include zone number in coordinates - Users of the Coordinate System Manager can define a UTM zone with a false easting between to to be able to include a zone number in coordinates. CAD/Design Vector-based fonts - AutoCAD shape fonts are converted to stroke fonts when AutoCAD drawings are imported into SPSO, ensuring correct rendering and alignment. This allows for more seamless data exchange as well as better looking deliverables within the Advanced Drafting Module. (See Manage Text Styles and Create and Edit Text in the help.) Line weight - View and edit line weights for CAD lines. Also, define a default line weight for a layer. This ensures more efficient workflows for working with linework as well as plotting these objects using the Advanced Drafting Module. (See Create and Edit a Layer in the help.) Anti-alias option - Use this Advanced Graphics option to diminish stairstep-like lines ("jaggies") that you want rendered more smoothly. (See Advanced Graphics Options in the help.) Show and hide individual point labels - In addition to using the View Filter Manager to show and hide the point ID, feature code, and elevation labels (as applicable) for all points in your project when they are displayed in a graphic view, you can now use the point Properties pane to show and hide these point labels for one or more selected points. See "Show and Hide Labels for Selected Points" in the Help. Spectra Precision Survey Office Release Notes 4

5 Miscellaneous notes Smooth curve feature coding - Collect points with feature codes in the field and process them as a smooth curve in SPSO. This creates a smooth curve that goes through all the points similar to splines. This allows for more efficient linework creation in SPSO using feature coding and allows you to export better looking linework to third-party software packages. System support Support for Trimble Access Pipeline Module - Import a pipeline job file collected via the Trimble Access Pipeline software module into Spectra Precision Survey Office, review and edit the pipeline attribute data as necessary, and export it to CSV files, providing a seamless review and edit workflow. Export FAST Survey job with coordinate system - Export FAST Survey formatted files with coordinate systems support. Support for FOCUS 30 data - Import positions computed by Spectra Precision FAST Survey from observations recorded in the field using a Spectra Precision FOCUS 30 robotic total station. Miscellaneous notes VCE compatibility - You cannot open a VCE project file created with this new version of SPSO in an older version of SPSO. Translated Help and Tutorials - If you install SPSO in a language other than English, you may see some topics in the online Help and tutorials in English rather than the installed language. This is the result of translated versions of the topics not being ready at the time SPSO was packaged for delivery. Select File > Help > Check for Updates to determine if newer, fully-translated versions of the Help or tutorials are available for download. Tutorials PDF - If you click the Tutorials link on the Start page and receive a message indicating the required Adobe Flash Player is not installed on your computer, the link to the installation page contained in the message may not work correctly. Go to to download and install the Flash Player. Windows 8 users Some components in SPSO require Microsoft.NET Framework 3.5 to operate. If the.net Framework 3.5 is not installed, you are prompted to install it when you install SPSO. If your computer is connected to a domain that does not allow you to directly connect to Windows Updates on the Internet to enable and install.net 3.5, you may need to change your group policy settings. See your system administrator for assistance. For more information, see Known issue with KMZ panoramas - KMZ (.kmz) panorama files created in SPSO do not display in Google Earth version 7.0 and above. For them to display correctly, it is recommended that you use version 6.2 or earlier. TabletSync transfers - If you use TabletSync to transfer large files (for example, panoramas) into SPSO, it can take a long time for the upload to complete. As an alternative, you can shorten the transfer time by copying the files from the tablet onto a USB memory stick and copying the files from the stick into SPSO. Spectra Precision Survey Office Release Notes 5

6 System requirements (64-bit version) 3D PDF The Create 3D PDF command causes texturized surfaces (that is, a surface to which a texture image has been added) to display as black in the PDF Reader when the surface shading is set to something other than by elevation. To avoid this problem, select Shading: by elevation in the surface Properties pane for any texturized surface before creating a 3D PDF. System requirements (64-bit version) Operating system: Processor: Random access memory (RAM): Hard disk space available: Graphics: Monitor: I/O Ports: Microsoft Windows 8 (64-bit version) Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit version with Service Pack 1) Dual-core 1.80 GHz or better recommended 2 GB or more recommended 5 GB or more recommended DirectX 9 (or higher) compatible graphics card with 512 MB memory or more Note: To display point cloud data (if applicable), your graphics card must support OpenGL version 3.2 or newer x 1024 or higher resolution with 256 or more colors (at 96 DPI) USB 2.0 port Spectra Precision Survey Office Release Notes 6