Knowledge Base
Planary
Planary 4.2.0
- New Features and Improvements
- Introduced Layers:
- Users now have more control over styling.
- Removed “Coloured/No Coloured” styling in preferences since layers provide greater flexibility.
- New configurable option: When selecting an element, metrics will show for the selected element only.
- Lands can now contain buildings.
- Added customizable offset height for lands.
- Added contour labels to terrain elevation in MapBox.
- Added undo/redo support for preference changes.
- UI & UX Improvements
- Auto-fills project name when saving a project for the first time.
- Updated “Focus Camera” icon to a magnifying glass.
- Improved no-context camera behavior: Now correctly focuses on the first added building, not just the first added site.
- Fixed shrinking camera views table in the Manage Views dialog—now the table maintains proper size even when empty.
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed issue where Planary versions 2.1.0 and lower saves wouldn’t open properly.
- Fixed bug where Ctrl+Z didn’t mark the project as unsaved.
- Fixed performance issue when switching between elements by optimizing the isEqual method.
- Fixed bug where area distribution incorrectly displayed ‘0m²’ when TFA was not 0 but GFA/NSA was 0.
- Fixed issue where ‘*’ (unsaved changes indicator) did not appear when adding land or parking to a site.
Planary 4.1.1
- UI & UX Improvements
- No need to press “Enter” to see suggestions when searching for an address.
- Added attribution when bringing a 2D map or topography to Revit/AutoCAD.
- Camera menu now closes properly when clicking outside, including in analytics, project tree, or properties view.
- Added icons to the cameras menu and a divider between default cameras and user cameras.
- Added icons to the camera management dialog.
- Changed icons for image preview and analysis.
- Redesigned Licensing Window for both Revit and AutoCAD.
- Bug Fixes
General:
- Fixed issue where switching to ArcGIS custom view (when ArcGIS was not loaded) required selecting it twice.
- Fixed exceptions when opening a project when the map was not loaded.
- Fixed issue where pressing “Enter” on an empty search showed “No Internet Connection”.
- Fixed issue where ArcGIS was not rendered at the correct scale.
- Fixed bug where DAE export failed if any element had a quote (“) in its name.
Planary AutoCAD:
- Supports complex hatches (two polylines with different holes).
- Fixed issue where Planary didn’t render elements drawn on planes other than the default one.
- Fixed issue where polylines inside blocks were not placed correctly after model updates.
- Fixed bug where switching options quickly in AutoCAD could unlink all elements in the project.
- Fixed issue where moving a polyline linked to AutoCAD inside a block and then pressing Ctrl+Z in AutoCAD caused an error.
- Security & Performance
- 3D model rendering now contain fewer vertices when not using curves.
Planary 4.1.0
- New Features
- Added Terrain Import:
- Revit: Now supports Toposolid terrain import.
- AutoCAD: Now supports Polygon Mesh terrain import.
- UI & UX Improvements
- When showing topography bring hosting app (Revit/AutoCAD) to the front.
- Added icons for preferences and menus.