Performance Improvements

• Start Screen, Portal and project Navigation has now been improved, with an improved transition time.
• Loading indication for iModels has now been added (yellow bar on the bottom of Editor Interface).
• Optimized project view startup with itwin.js.
• Improved iTwin loading spinner.
• Telemetry for startup times has now been added. This gives us the ability to log  the timings our users experience, and evaluate improvements executed or needed further.
• Pre-loading of ‘child’ scene background. When in a portal level, content of projects and subscenes starts loading before you access them.
• Version of Library rendering upgraded to iTwin.js 3.7, improving iModel performance.

Bug Fixes

• Start page dark overlay missing
• iModel loading spinner until visible
• BECS on-click null-pointer
• Form Builder: Delete section/component in disabled
• Misplaced layer buttons on the viewer
• Optimize Model Texture

Security Updates

During this Release, we also focus on updating our OpenCities Planner Security. This update covers the following:

• OCP backend has now been upgraded to Gradle 77 and Java 17
• Change docker-image from Ubuntu to Alpine

Improved iModel configuration

When uploading multiple files like design files, Revit files, DWGs, you can now choose which file should be the one that defines the georeferencing system. This was previously only possible to do when uploading files using the iTwin Synchronizer. You can also pick which connector you want to use when transforming the uploaded files into an iModel. When files are created from multiple design applications such as OpenRoads, Microstation, etc., they hold information necessary for their conversion. If the correct connector is not specified, this data can be lost.

iTwin-enabled ShowRoom

The latest ShowRoom version is now available. ShowRoom can now fully support iModels while remaining on the same functionality level as the online project view.

The data loading time has been significantly improved and datasets being loaded from disks are supported. The new ShowRoom provides a more reliable experience in events, such as exhibitions, and features a friendly UI.

iTwin.js 3.x

OpenCities has now been successfully upgraded from iTwin.js 2.x into 3.x. The most important feature in this update is improved iModel loading performance. This update keeps OpenCities compatible with the rest of the iTwin ecosystem as well as supporting new features, performance improvements and bugfixes.

Bug Fixes

• Query results sidepanel resize​
• OCP loading problems on iPads​
• Export Dialogue comments as .shp​
• iModels doesn’t work from assets with iTwin 3​
• Sidepanel breaks in certain responsive breakpoints​
• OnClick detailswindow cannot edit​​
• Query Manager – Crash on selecting destination project for Export
• Fixed an issue with COLLADA-models in X- and Y-up
• Fixed Materialized Views for PostGIS in DataManager
• Fixed missing URL-encoding for 3DTiles from ContextShare
• Fixed issues with PointClouds not loading
• Load more than 100 projects and items in ContextShare
• Login token handling fix for itwin 3
• SEQ logging implementation instability

New features​

• iModel loading stability improvements
• ProjectView React ready​
• Add tests for iPad issue​
• PoC FactorySight component in OC365​
• Export search results to Excel list​
• Product Tests (PRD) in BCSM release pipelines
• Stratos is now logging to SEQ
• Added performance-logging in OCP
• Account group can be specified with queryparam (For mobility integration)​

Improvements​

• Remove iModel pre-loading​
• Reduce iModel backend TTL​
• Update cluster nodepool VMs​
• Future-proof telemetry with batching​
• Update ACR auth for daily tests
• Improved performance of GetDatasets
• Reviewed OWASP suppressions, fixed security issues
• Deprecated old build pipelines in favour of BCSM pipelines
• Site wordpress to static pages. (Increases speed & security)
• iTwin 3.3, webpack 5

Email invitation setting in Team Manager

We now have a new setting for email invitations in Team Manager. Choose whether OpenCities Planner automatically sends email invitations to users invited to a project or not. You can now choose when an email invitation is being send out to a user, including a custom message and even chose to include a project URL, instead of one that leads user to OpenCities Planner editor.

In more complex project set-ups, for instance a project consisting of many portals and subprojects, this can significantly reduce the overloading of email invitations users receive every time they are being invited to one of these projects.

Bug Fixes

• Interaction edit fix​
• Ribbon toolbar button fix​
• Z-index fix​
• Time slider close fix​
• Support GL_UNSIGNED_INT accessor-type that Web Ready Scalable Mesh sometimes used ​
• Fixed an issue where connections to self-hosted ArcGIS FeatureServer wasn’t working​
• Display created/last updated times in local time instead of UTC ​
• Fixed an issue where clip on a source was not used when searching features

New features​

• iModels from Connect Assets​
• Sync iTwin users via service​
• Project attributes editor​
• Added support for resources through a new list called Library [in progress]​
• Added support for custom coordinate systems in WKT-format managed through Library [in progress]​

Improvements​

• Increased html/js editor sizes​
• Masking has been renamed to clipping and now support units per pixel to have the same behavior as when clipping meshes [released]​
• Improved performance for ArcGIS FeatureServer [released]

Terraform Improvements

​These latest improvements in our TerraForm tool provide better rendering of the control points of the TerraForm shape. You can also easily modify nodes after creating them, by clicking the line to add a new one or choose ALT + Click to remove one.

This offers better control to the user and it reduces the need to re-draw a polygon from scratch when editing.

Start Screen updates

​We are now using a better compression  and a better responsive scaling for the image tiles. These have improved the quality of the images uploaded on a project’s Starting Screen, offering a proper rendering of the images making them look good on all resolutions.

ShowRoom Updates

We have been developing a new version of the ShowRoom application, which will support iModels and be consistent with the online version of OpenCities at all times.

It supports local map datasets, but project content such as POIs, uploaded 3D-models and iModels, and GIS-services such as WMS will require an active internet connection. As reality models and background data typically hold the most heavy content for a project, the ShowRoom application will offer increased performance over the online version for exhibitions and situations where the internet access is unstable. It also features a brand new user-friendly GUI.

An Alpha version has been released to pilot users for review and feedback.

Unit per pixels for Reality Models

Introducing you the Unit Per Pixel (UPP) feature, an advanced visualization setting that allows you to control what data is being rendered. The Unit Per Pixel setting offers a better control of Reality model rendering where the default Unit Per Pixel calculation is non-optimal.

This new Unit Per Pixel is aimed to be used for advanced  situations if there is need to tweak your mesh model to either look better or load faster.

You can read more here: Unit per pixels for Reality Models

Improvements and bug Fixes

• Fixed start screen project listing for unsaved projects​
• Fixed start screen image upload issues​
• Fixed circular references in interactions​
• WMS username fix​
• WMS locate button now working​
• SVG to PNG stability fixes for IOS​
• Coordinate system issue in DM draw features​
• Datasets with DTM now requires Ortho​
• Firefox support for iTwin.js rendering​
• Security: spring-core vulnerability fix (31 March)

User Interface updates

New button for Support

Support has now become even more accessible because we want it to be easy for you to get the help you want. You can find the new, direct button on the Top Bar of the Editor Interface.

iModel Versions

No need to re-configure your iModel in order to choose another Version of it for your project. In the iModel Settings window, you can now see the information of the iModel and choose which iModel Version you want to use. All pre-defined Version will be listed and easily accessible here, ready to pick the one you want. Changed your mind? Get back to the Settings window and choose another one. It is that simple!

iModel Saved Views

Configuring your iModel using existing Saved Views has been redesigned for a better user experience. Choose one of the pre-defined configurations imported from the original CAD/BIM source file and test that yourself!

Improvements and bug Fixes

• Improvements on Search highlight
• Fixed provided for 3D-tiles datasets
• WFS on-click actions
• iModel interactions and conditional visibility restored
• POIs over selected features, now remain intact
• Resizable Project info sidebar is back
• Attributes windows scrollbar
• Images can once again be uploaded on POIs
• Issue with WMS layer not respecting zindex of layer style has been fixed

User Interface updates

OnClick actions and Sidepanels

Layers can now have a OnClick action just like Points of Interests and other objects in the map. The OnClick action can show a Details Window, embed a web page or execute a javascript just like any other OnClick action.

In addition to showing the results in a Window, you can now also display as a Sidepanel with a custom width.

Mobile UI updates

We have polished the mobile user experience to provide more screenspace and an overall slicker look. Here’s what’s changed:

• The project info top toolbar is now a button.
• The project info window opens from the right just like Details windows.
• Bottom bar with Layers and Tools have been moved to floating round buttons.
• “Back to Portal” button is redesigned and moved to the bottom left corner.

IMS logins

OpenCities Planner now uses the Bentley Identity Management System (IMS) for user authentication. In other words, you can now login to OCP using the same user and password that you use for any other Bentley application. And, if you’re already logged in to one application, you won’t even have to log in again specifically for OCP.

This is great news for anyone who uses additional Bentley application and services since you do not have to keep an additional user for OpenCities Planner.

FormBuilder enhancements

Verification email

You can now require that the user verifies a submission via email. If this option is checked, after the user submits, an email with a verification link will be sent automatically to the email address that the user entered. When the user clicks the link, the submission is published.

In FormBuilder, click Require email verification to enable this feature. When checked, the email address field is a required component for the form and has to be mandatory. You can configure the instructions that the user sees and the text in the email that’s sent.

Category icons

Categories can have custom icons. You configure these by clicking an option, and selecting an icon from the icon library. You can upload your own icons to the icon library and use those if you can’t find a suitable icon from the default icons.

Submissions storage options

You now have the option to configure your form to save to the internal OCP storage structure, or to a Source in DataManager and event to your PostGres database that’s configured according to the OCP specification.

By storing the submissions as a Source in DataManager, you have more control of how to visualize the submissions with standard scripting and settings in DataManager.