Version History

• New Features:

• • Safety Analysis rewrite
  • Bridge Module Rewrite (not officially released)
  • Point PMark Module Rewrite (not officially released)

Bridge Module:

• The module has received a face lift to mirror the look and feel of the other Roadsoft modules like Road, Sign, and Culvert. 

Crash Module:

• The module has received a face lift to mirror the look and feel of the other Roadsoft modules like Road, Sign, and Culvert. A UD-10 Viewer was also added to download and view a UD-10 for a crash within the module (no PDF Reader required).

Point PMark Module:

• The module has received a face lift to mirror the look and feel of the other Roadsoft modules like Road, Sign, and Culvert. 

Safety Analysis:

• The crash Safety Analysis tools have been rewritten with an updated interface and functionality to meet the needs of traffic and safety analysts.

General:

• Roadsoft will no longer run on Windows XP.
• Roadsoft will no longer connect to a SQL 2005 server instance.
• New feature added to lock the database as "Read-Only" preventing edits or imports until the database is unlocked. This feature is located in the Tools option on the main menu.

Culvert Module:

• Fixed bug for Read-Only user which would not load Ratings, Maintenance, Work Orders, or Stream Surveys.
• Fixed Culvert Work Order Print to show user work order ID rather than internal Roadsoft ID.

Cloud Management:

• New feature added providing delete capability to files which have been uploaded from Roadsoft and/or Roadsoft Mobile to cloud storage.This feature is located in the Tools option on the main menu.

Export to Shapefile:

• Fixed bug where Surface Subtype Description was truncated to 20 characters for Export Road shapes.
• Fixed exception when exporting a built-in layer (like Road) when the Display Name had been changed.

LDC Import:

• Fixed bug importing Guardrail data where user length is measured in feet and the value is >999.

Legends:

• Legend Builder form now displays the name of the currently saved legend (or 'Unsaved Legend').

Linear Pavement Marking Filters:

• Fixed bug where a manually selected segments filter would return no records. 

Linear Pavement Marking Module:

• Fixed Project Add/Edit form so adding a Project Number or Contractor is simpler.
• When marking a project as complete, a dialog will display with today's date for project completion which can be overridden.
• Inspections are now listed in descending date order (newest first)

Map:

• Fixed exception printing map when layers included an external layer in a different projection.

Road Filters:

• Fixed bug filtering on Project when one or more projects in the database had a Project Number greater than 20 characters.
• Added Memo field from Road Treatment History data to filter fields.
• Added >, >=, <, <=, and <> operators to Treatment Date, Treatment Year, and Historical Year filter fields.

Road Module:

• Added ability to add a 'New Construction' treatment to a segment with history if it predates all treatment/rating history for the segment.
• Added ability to change the date of a road treatment.
• When changing segment(s) Surface Sub-type, user is now given the option to update rating/treatment history to reflect the updated Surface Sub-type.
• When selection is changed and a PR no longer has any selected segments, that PR is removed from the list of selected PRs.

Road Reports:

• Changed Routine Maintenance Report to include Road Name and the From and To descriptions.
• Fixed bug in Rating History Reports where either incomplete data or no data was returned.

Sign Filters:

• Fixed bug running saved filter with 'Work Order Activity' field.

Sign Reports:

• Added a new report that displays Sign and Support maintenance and maintenance reasons within a given time period.
• Added separate maintenance reports: one for signs and one for supports.
• Modified text file export of Sign/Support Maintenance report to match the format of the selection information grid data.

Guardrail:

•  Fixed bug adding beam/post/block when defaults are on.

Linear Pavement Marking:

•  Fixed intermittent database locked errors.

Culvert Module:

• Fixed code to allow removal of a single culvert from a work order with multiple culverts.

Culvert Reports:

• Added Simplified Report of Culvert Ratings. Includes Culvert ID, Road, Waterway, City/Twp, Latest Rating Date and Ratings

Document Attachments:

• Fixed exception when searching for a document.
• Fixed form layouts where search box would be obstructed/hidden when the form was resized.

Export to Shapefile:

• Fixed export code to remove temporary files when exporting to shapefile/kml.

Guardrail Module:

• Re-wrote the Add/Edit Guardrail location form to function as it did prior to version 7.8.0.
• Fixed code to allow removal of a single guardrail from a work order with multiple guardrails.
• Fixed bug after deleting a guardrail, the mini-map would become locked.

Reports:

• Fixed bug in Export to file which would cause columns to shift to the left if the first column for a row had no data (empty or null).
• Modified the Reports form so it now remembers the last report run for a module.

Road Filters:

• Added ADT and ADT Date filter fields.

Sign Filters:

• Added filter fields for maintenance, both historical and latest: Date, Reason, Activity, Authorization.

Traffic Count Module:

• Fixed bug which showed "Save Station Changes?" message when switching between stations, even when no changes were made.

Import Roadsoft Data:

• Fixed a bug importing Culvert data that resulted in a primary key violation in CULV_Water. 

Linear Pavement Marking Module:

• Fixed bug which could result in gaps in segments after importing from LDC.

Map:

• Fixed layout in Layer Properties Label dialog where a long font name would push Fill Color off the screen.
• Fixed exception adding a jp2 (JPEG 2000) file to the map. 

Project Builder:

• Fixed bug when a Project is re-segmented and segments are removed and RSL is not recalculated for the removed segments.

Road Module:

• Module now saves docked window layout state. Mini-Map can be collapsed and/or resized.

Sidewalk Reports:

• Re-added missing Sidewalk Inventory Report.

Sign Module:

• Fixed bug which would delete all work orders for a support when removing a sign from a work order.

Document Attachments:

• Fixed exception opening attached documents.

Guardrail:

•  Fixed exception saving guardrail data.

Linear Pavement Marking:

• Fixed bug which could result in gaps in segments after importing from LDC into Roadsoft.

Export Map Layers:

• Improved export speed for Road layer export when Last 5/10 Years of Ratings is not included.

Guardrail Module:

• Fixed editing a user-defined field so it doesn't open a dialog (just select from a drop-down).

Guardrail Reports:

• Added a 'User Defined Report' that displays guardrail info with up to four user-defined fields (data added in the User-Defined window of the Guardrail Module).
• Fixed possible truncation issue on Guardrail Length Summary report.

LDC Import:

• Fixed bug importing a TAMC LDC file which would result in a 'duplicate column' exception.

TAMC Export:

• Removed the time portion for Date to check for duplicate projects on export.

Bridge Filters:

• Fixed errors when applying filters for the following fields: Approach Span Bridge Material, Paint Type, Rail Post Type, Rail Type, Steel Type.

Crash Reports:

•  Added an Alcohol Involved report that is grouped by Control Section.
•  Tweaked the Standard Crash Report-Entire Control Section report to group crashes properly.

Culvert Filters:

• Added filters to help identify missing culvert data where size or length is entered but no units are defined: Undefined Size Units, Undefined Length Units, Undefined Span Units, Undefined Rise Units, Undefined Depth Cover Units, and Undefined Elevation Units.

Driveway Module:

• Fixed an exception adding a Driveway by Location when an ECW layer is included in the map layers.

Filters:

• Fixed a locking issue (and improved performance) when applying a Crash Filter in a multi-user environment.
• Fixed a bug when applying a filter for a field with an editable drop-down.

Guardrail Lookups:

• Fixed incorrect labeling of Work Type and Work Authorization lookups when editing from Tools->View/Edit Lookup Tables.

Import Roadsoft Data:

• Added 'Select All' and 'Clear All' right-click options to the Import Form Grids (for selecting Data Type, Function Class, jurisdiction, etc).
• Fixed exception when importing data that included BridgeMaintenance data.

Intersection Module:

• Fixed MouseDown Error when clicking an empty space on the mini map in the module.
• Fixed bug which prevented navigation to next intersection by clicking on a segment on the mini map in the module.

Legends:

• Fixed but in range legends where Min/Max Values label was switched for values loaded in descending order.

 Map:

• Speed improvements of startup and clearing legends.
• Fixed issue where Map Scalebar was blank.

Reports:

• Fixed a bug which would throw an exception when opening the report form for a layer that isn't loaded on the map.

Safety Analysis:

• Fixed Segment Ranking report; missing road segment names.
• Fixed bug in exporting ranking report to PDF which would display incorrect or missing headers.
• Fixed bug calculating EPDO and Modified EPDO in Intersection Ranking

Security:

• Added check to ensure that a user who is not Admin and is not a Power User cannot run scripts to update the Roadsoft database.
• Added check to ensure that a user who is not Admin and is not a Power User cannot update Roadsoft via Check for Updates.

Sign Legends:

• Added a sign legend option for sheeting install year.

Startup:

• Fixed a bug in validation of aliases which would throw an exception if a segment had more than one default alias (also added a fix to fix these segments to have only one default alias).

Traffic Count Module:

•  Prefill ADT value after entering volume history to match how the add ADT link works.
•  Fix bug to avoid a duplicate road ADT.

Linear Pavement Marking:

• Added check to ensure proper Direction of Travel was stored to ensure Markings are saved to the correct side

General:

•  Includes DockPanel control update and Tatuk Update so All Modules have been updated

Culvert:

•  Added missing Skew Angle field to Culvert Inventory form.

Map:

• Added right-click option to Map Scalebar to change units.

Linear Pavement Marking:

• Added more comprehensive validation for splitting segments.
• Fixed a segment locking issue where the segment wasn't unlocked after splitting.
• Fixed bug with 'Delete All' which wasn't removing records properly.
• Fixed issues with viewing previously added marks that were added when descending the road (from emp to bmp) which would display the mark on the wrong side.

Bridge Filters:

• A filter of manually selected Bridges now works after migration.

Crash Filters:

•  A filter of manually selected Crashes now works after migration.

Culvert Filters:

• Fixed a 'Primary Key Violation' error when creating a rating-related filter when there are culverts with more than one rating on the same date.

Culvert Reports:

• Added Span (culvert size) to the Culvert Rating Report.

Guardrail Module:

• Fixed bug which would not correctly zoom to selected guardrail in the minimap form on initial load of the module.

Map:

• Fixed bug in external layers where label field was not remembered after restart.

Road Legends:

• Fixed bug in Scheduled Maintenance Treatment legend which would not apply the correct values to the shapes, resulting in incorrect colors/sizes/etc.

Road Reports:

• Added Number of Lanes to Road Rating History Report.

Roadsoft Mobile:

• Added file compression to Upload for Mobile in Roadsoft, reducing upload and download times to mobile devices (Roadsoft Mobile version 1.0.1 required).
• Fixed bug which would prevent importing sign work order data from Roadsoft Mobile: 'Cannot find object LDC_TTK_Sign_FEA'.

Safety Analysis:

• Collision Diagram Summary form grid columns are now resizable.

Sign Filters:

• Fixed an issue in filtering on Maintenance items (Date or Work Crew) where some supports would not show if the maintenance was only done on the support and not the sign(s).

Traffic Count Module:

• Memo field on the Station form has been expanded to show more lines.

Work Order Control:

• For Sign Work Orders, added sign and support memo to asset selection grid view for the work order control form.

Crash Import:

• Fixed issue with 'Transaction log full' exception when loading all ten years of crash for larger jurisdictions.
• Fixed bug where import would fail for a database with a space in the name.

Export Map Layers:

• Fixed bug with Exporting Road Data to file where not all segments were being exported.

Filters:

• Fixed bug which allowed a filter to be referenced to itself.
• New feature, Manage Filters, which includes multi-deletion of saved filters, addition of multiple saved filters to a group, and sharing multiple saved filters.

Framework Migration:

• Fixed 'Object Reference' exception when starting Framework Migration if the MiniMap form has been closed.
• Fixed exception when performing framework migration on a database with a space in the name.

Guardrail Module:

• Fixed bug in calculating length of a guardrail when it is added.

Guardrail Reports:

• Fixed Guardrail Length Summary by Jurisdiction Report which was showing incorrect calculations based on incorrect mileage to feet calculation (where length was already in feet).

Import Roadsoft Data:

• Fixed issue which did not display previously imported paths.

Linear Pavement Marking Module:

• Updated the module based on early user feedback, including the ability to split/adjust linear mark segments, improved interface for adding linear marks, and the ability to set defaults.

Map Options:

• Fixed 'Value cannot be null' exception when changing Selection Color in the Map Options dialog.

Road Reports:

• Added a 'User Defined Report' that displays road segment info with up to four user-defined fields (data added in the User-Defined window of the Road Module).
• Added user-defined fields (data added in the User-Defined window of the Road Module) to the Road 'Detailed Road and Segment Report'

Roadsoft Mobile:

• Fixed a timeout issue uploading to the cloud.

TAMC Export:

• Fixed TAMC Road and Bridge Export reports which didn't display the entered Heading, Subheading, and Footer.

Linear Pavement Marking:

• Users can now collect linear pavement marking data using a GPS and the new collection form within the LDC designed specifically for this type of data collection.

Resolved Tickets:

•  none

Updated Assemblies/Files:

•  TDG.LDC

Export to Roadsoft:

•  Fixed bug in exporting to Roadsoft which would result in a 'TAMC filestore' error on import to Roadsoft.

Resolved Tickets:

•  none

Updated Assemblies/Files:

•  TDG.LDC
• TDG.LDC.PavementMark
• TDG.Roadsoft.Culvert.OM
• TDG.Roadsoft.PavementMark.OM
• TDG.Roadsoft.PavementMark.Shared
• TDG.Roadsoft.Shared
• TDG.Common.DB

• New Features:

  • Document Attachments
  • Migration to FW 15
  • Guardrail Module Rewrite
  • Linear PMark Module Rewrite
  • Roadsoft Mobile
  • Export Map Layer Rewrite

Document Attachments:

• New feature that allows files (images, documents, drawings, etc.) to be attached to roadway assets. Documents can be associated with road segments, culverts, guardrails, interchanges, signs, and traffic count stations. This feature is also supported in the Laptop Data Collector (LDC) for road segments, culverts, guardrails, and signs.

Export Map Layers:

• Fixed bug with Exporting Road Data to file where not all segments were being exported.

Import Roadsoft Data:

• Roadsoft now includes the ability to limit the data that is imported from a RSExport file. Similar to the options available when creating an export, importing can be limited by data type (Road, Sign, Culvert, etc.), Jurisdiction, National Function Class, and or Legal System.

Export Map Layer:

• Fixed 'Object Reference' exception when starting Framework Migration if the MiniMap form has been closed.
• Fixed exception when performing framework migration on a database with a space in the name.

Framework Migration:

• This Roadsoft update will prompt Michigan jurisdictions to perform a Framework Basemap Migration to Framework version 15. Once initiated, Roadsoft will automatically migrate all roadway asset data from Framework version 13, through Framework 14, and into Framework 15. This migration will ensure that Michigan jurisdictions have the very latest updates to roads, including Act51 or NFC changes as well as newly added roads.

Guardrail Reports:

• Fixed Guardrail Length Summary by Jurisdiction Report which was showing incorrect calculations based on incorrect mileage to feet calculation (where length was already in feet).

Import Roadsoft Data:

• Fixed issue which did not display previously imported paths.

Guardrail Module:

• The module has received a face lift to mirror the look and feel of the other Roadsoft modules like Road, Sign, and Culvert. It was also given increased functionality through the addition of several new features: the ability to add inspections, maintenance, work orders, and there are now four user defined fields available.

Linear Pavement Marking Module:

• The module has been redesigned similarly to Roadsoft modules like Road, Sign, and Culvert. Two new features have been added to the module: the ability to add inspections, and a project builder. The Linear Pavement Marking project builder provides the ability to define a group of road segments and apply project data to the segments (Material, Estimated Cost, Estimated Material (miles), Estimated Volume Material (gallons), etc.).

Roadsoft Mobile:

• A new application in the Roadsoft product suite. Roadsoft Mobile combined with Roadsoft Desktop provides sign maintenance personnel a powerful set of tools to enable sign work order management on the go from an Android phone or tablet. Roadsoft Mobile is available at no cost for Android devices at the Google Play Store.

General:

• Updated to support Roadsoft 7.8.

Document Attachments:

• New feature that allows files (images, documents, drawings, etc.) to be attached to roadway assets. Documents can be associated with road segments, culverts, guardrails, interchanges, signs, and traffic count stations. This feature is also supported in the Laptop Data Collector (LDC) for road segments, culverts, guardrails, and signs.

Guardrail:

• Guardrail data collection has been updated to support new features in Roadsoft: Inspections, maintenance, work orders, and user-defined fields. Additionally, to save data entry time, up to three defaults for commonly used beams, posts, and blocks can be entered.

Linear Pavement Marking:

• Users can now collect linear pavement marking data using a GPS and the new collection form within the LDC designed specifically for this type of data collection.