OpenCities Planner Guide https://help.opencitiesplanner.bentley.com Documentation, Tutorials, Latest news Mon, 19 Jun 2023 08:08:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 OpenCities Planner Newsletter, June 2023 https://help.opencitiesplanner.bentley.com/2023/06/02/opencities-newsletter-june-2023-2/ Fri, 02 Jun 2023 12:38:07 +0000 https://help.opencitiesplanner.bentley.com/?p=26398

This newsletter features our latest OpenCities Planner news! Find the link to our upcoming Webinar that will take place on June 21st and listen our new guest presenters on their unique use cases!

New OpenCities Planner Users Webinar

Register and join our upcoming OpenCities Planner Users Webinar on June 21st, 10:00 CET.

Get the opportunity to get a glimpse on our Latest News, and hear our guest presenters and their cool use cases:

  • Thomas Gaarde Madsen, Head of Department of Planning, Ministry of Finance and Equality in Greenland, presenting their OCP project 3D model of Greenland’s ice-free terrain, that covers the whole Greenlandic region.
  • Michael O’Donnell, Station Officer from the City of Dublin and their D-TER Digital Twins for Emergency Response project.

To attend, register here: OpenCities Planner User Webinar, June 21st

What’s new?

OCP just got faster!

For the last few months, we have been working hard at improving the performance of OCP. Our goal was to reduce startup time, faster iModel loading and reliability, and to overall improve the experience of loading content. We just launched the first improvements, which includes reducing the startup load time with 50% on average. You will also notice a brand new progress bar in the top of the viewer window, indicating that iModel content is loading. We will continue to work on quicker iModel loading and you should see results within a couple of months.

Use Case: Essential Energy

Responsible for managing nearly 400 substations to supply electricity to more than 840,000 customer throughout New South Wales in Australia, Essential Energy in Port Macquarie, set out to assess its capital works projects to find a low cost, low resource solution for small capital projects.

The project team wanted to explore the feasibility of an intelligent digital design system (IDDS) specifically for small utility projects. However, they faced data acquisition and compatibility issues, compounded by challenges ensuring their as-built designs accurately depicted real construction. Their Bentley-based IDDS reduced environmental impact and project design costs by 50%, as well as decreased risks associated with manual on-site work.

Essential Energy is now attempting to create an intelligent digital system that will help them find a low cost solution for small capital projects that provide essential economic support to New South Wales. Already familiar with other Bentley applications, such as ContextCapture to create a reality model of each of their project site, PowerPlatform for comprehensive substation design and analysis, and ProjectWise to manage and share models and data, they now use OpenCities Planner to establish the basis to transition to a more complete digital twin for intelligent asset management and operations.

Coming soon: New Support Form

Our Support System is now being updated! The way of submitting a Case will have a new form but attached on the same direct Support button located on OCP Editor. The new Support form includes some additional fields for you to fill in, but the process will remain the same: you fill in the form, send us the case, and we assist you as always!

Here is a recording overview demonstrating how the new form looks like and what information fields you need to fill in: New ServiceNow Support Form

The new Support form will be launched midst of June.

Aha! IDEAS Portal: A Suggestion Workspace for OpenCities Planner

Now you have the possibility to submit any OCP-related suggestions, ideas and we can have a look at them! An ideas workspace is now available for everyone to submit new ideas and vote on existing ones. Portal users are unlimited to encourage the most feedback, which can be used to improve our product feature and functionalities.

To access this Aha! IDEAS portal, access our Bentley Communities by clicking on the ‘Forum’ button on the top, right corner in OCP Editor, and then on the ‘Ideas’ tab. In the newly open window, click on ‘Add a new Idea’ and insert your thought there.

Nominate your own OpenCities project!

Do you have an OpenCities project that you want to share with us and the rest of our users?
Have you been working on something interesting?
You can always submit your entry to us, and get a slot to present your work during one of our Live Webinar sessions!

Send us your submissions here: Dorothea.Manou@bentley.com

Stay connected with us!

Sign up and have our OpenCities Users’ Newsletter in your inbox! Subscribe here

Need more? Access our Blog and read all our latest Posts or visit our Forum to share or access OCP-related issues, advice, tips, and more.

And as always…send us a Support ticket with your issue, ask us a question, or even submit your own suggestion on how we can improve!

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A new OpenCities Planner Release is here!

This Release includes Performance Improvements, Security Updates and Bug fixes. Get a deeper view on this Blog Post below.

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
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This newsletter features our latest Updates and OpenCities news! Find the link to our upcoming Webinar that will take place on March 22nd and listen our guest presenters on their use cases, and get a glimpse of our exciting new features!

Upcoming OpenCities Users Webinar

On March 22nd we are holding a Live OpenCities Webinar event on our latest updates and news, and welcoming two new guest presenters and their inspiring use cases:

  • Belynda Gibbons from New South Wales Port Authority (Australia)
  • Arūnas Urbšys and Žygimantas Pagalys from VGTU – Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (Lithuania)

The webinar session will be broadcasted at 10:00 CET, followed by Q&A.
To attend, register here: OpenCities User Webinar, March 22nd

Our guest presenters

New South Wales Port Authority  (Australia)

Port Authority of New South Wales manages all major Ports in NSW: Sydney Harbour, Port Botany, Port Kembla, Eden, Yamba and Newcastle Harbour, which is one of the world’s largest coal export ports-provides major economic benefit to the city, the region and the State of NSW.

To secure better navigation, security and operational safety needs of commercial shipping in these ports, NSW Port Authority is using OpenCities to visualize different types of data helping them improve performance, reduce costs, and facilitate decision-making in business operations.

Find more about them, here: https://www.portauthoritynsw.com.au/

VGTU – Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (Lithuania)

Vilnius Gediminas Technical University is an innovative public University located in Vilnius, Lithuania, educating over 10,000 highly qualified and creative specialists. The University is the leader among the institutions of technological science education, ensuring modern studies, orientated to the labour market. Scientific research and experimental development is performed by 14 institutes, 2 research centres and 33 research laboratories.

As an OpenCities user, VGTU has a Digital Twin over the whole campus area, and their publicly available project has reached over 2,000 page visitors on a monthly basis. To hear about their Digital Twin journey, technologies used and their scope, attend our Webinar.

Find more about them, here: https://vilniustech.lt/index.php?lang=2

Product Updates:What’s new?

These past few months, OpenCities released some new, cool stuff!
In our January Release, we introduced a set of new features and improvements such as:

  • Improved iModel configuration
  • Multi-select features and reporting
  • iOS fixes
  • ‘Locate me’ for mobile
  • ShowRoom idle animations

Read all these on our blog post Update here: OpenCities Update, January 2023

Tune in and join us in our upcoming Webinar to learn more about these and more exciting product news!

Help us get better!

Please take this 4 minute anonymous survey to let us know how the iTwin web visualization, our Bentley visualization technologies, is working out for you.

Click here to start survey

Nominate your own OpenCities project!

Do you have an OpenCities project that you want to share with us and the rest of our users?
Have you been working on something interesting?
You can always submit your entry to us, and get a slot to present your work during one of our Live Webinar sessions!

Send us your submissions here: Dorothea.Manou@bentley.com

Stay connected with us!

Sign up and have our OpenCities Users’ Newsletter in your inbox! Subscribe here

Need more? Access our Blog and read all our latest Posts or visit our Forum to share or access OCP-related issues, advice, tips, and more.

And as always…send us a Support ticket with your issue, ask us a question, or even submit your own suggestion on how we can improve!

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Improved iModel configuration, Multi-select features and reporting, iOS fixes, ‘Locate me’ for mobile, ShowRoom idle animations

Do you want to check out all our latest updates that will enhance your work on OpenCities?

Have a look below at all our latest features and functions released in January!

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.

Multi-select features and create a report

With the new ”InfoClick” tool enabled, you can select multiple features in your project, and get a list of them with their properties displayed in columns. For instance, use this tool to select multiple POIs, Polygons or 3D-models, and get a list of the selected objects – which then can be exported and shared. You can manage the selection by removing or adding features. 

To enable the tool, open Manage from the right-side bar, click on Tools, select InfoClick from the drop-down menu and check Enable in the Status box. The InfoClick tool will be added to the project toolbar. 

PDF/ Excel export

When you have selected objects with the tool, you can then export the  selection  as a PDF or as an Excel report. A screenshot of the current view is automatically added to the PDF so you can easily share and communicate the results to other users or include in presentations and documents. 

“Locate me” for mobile

The mobile project view now supports displaying your location in the map by using the device’s GPS sensor. This will for instance enable field workers to see their location in relation to an asset, and citizens can easily relate their whereabouts to a proposed development when viewing projects with their mobile device.

iOS fixes

Projects viewed on an iOS device will now perform better and be more reliable, due to multiple fixes for iOS.

ShowRoom idle animations

We have added Idle Animations to the iTwin enabled ShowRoom application. Idle Animations will automatically navigate and exploring the projects when the application has been left untouched for a while. This serves as an eye catcher and invites people to start engaging with the application. You can configure the idle timeout time in the ShowRoom settings.

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Mark your calendars and reserve a spot!

Our upcoming OpenCities Users Webinar on our latest Updates and News, followed by a Q&A session is 2 days away!

The Webinar will take place this Wednesday, December 14th at 10:00 CET (duration: 1 hour)

Register here: OpenCities Live Webinar, December 14th

 

We are also super excited to announce our special guest presenters in this OpenCities Webinar:

  • Kim Cohen from Sydney Airport and their Project, Winners in YII in Facilities, Cities and Campuses Category (Australia)
  • Angie Arroyo Mendez from A-lab (Norway)
  • Jesper Rye Rasmussen from NIRAS (Denmark)

 

Register today and listen to their use cases and all our latest OpenCities News and Updates!

Feel free to share the registration link with more people within your organization!

 

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BECS data and visual filtering, Auto-Populate search values, Fixed Views and PDF Export for Advanced Query,  Linked Document Download, Multi-Level Start Screen, iTwin-enabled ShowRoom, iTwin.js 3.x .

Here are the highlights of all the things we have released since our previous Update.

BECS data and visual filtering ​

The OpenCities team is currently working on a POC for Sydney Airport, linking their Maximo asset data to graphical representations in OpenCities. BECS is used as a gateway to access their asset data, work orders, and all related documents hosted in Maximo. The data can be displayed when the user clicks on a graphical object in OpenCities and thematic coloring based on filtering can also be performed. For instance, show assets in green/yellow/red depending on their status in Maximo.

This BECS and OpenCities integration is another step in surfacing all relevant data in a single point of access in OpenCities, and it can be enabled for users upon request.

Advanced Query

-Auto-Populate search values 

The Advanced Query Tool now automatically populates the possible values within the properties values list. The filtering of possible values is executed as the user chooses values for the properties. It is based on previous selections and the list will keep refining based on these selections.

This offers a better user experience, as the user does not need to know exactly what they need to search for.

This Advanced Query Tool is in a pilot phase and can be available to users on request.

-Fixed Views ​​

A set of pre-defined Fixed Views can be set and curated by the Admin. This provides a much more simplified Advanced Search form for the end user, who does not need to list or select the search parameters themselves every time, but can used the Fixed Views instead.

-Export PDF​

PDF and Excel reports from the search results of the Query, can now be exported. A screenshot of the Query is also automatically added in the PDF so the user can easily share and communicate the results to external users.

Linked Document Download

Advanced Query and Object selection searches are also available in the Advanced Query tool which now enables ProjectWise documents related to the Query executed in OpenCities to be brought up.

This way, OpenCities becomes a single access point for both the graphical representation and the documentation in ProjectWise with the available downloading option for the documents, providing any stakeholder quick access to all documents related.

Multi-Level Start Screen

A start screen can now be linked to other start screens, in an infinite number of levels. This new multi-level start screen structure offers users full flexibility and freedom to organize their projects’ content and information as they choose. This new feature comes with ‘Back’ and ‘Home’ buttons for easy navigation through levels or getting straight to the top of the tree.

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.

General bug fixes & Improvements

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

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This month’s newsletter features our latest OpenCities News and Updates! Find the link to our upcoming Webinar that takes place on December 14th, where our guest presenters will showcase their projects, and get a glimpse of our exciting new features!

Upcoming OpenCities Users Webinar

On December 14th we are holding a Live OpenCities Webinar event on our Latest Updates and News, and welcoming once again, guest presenters and their interesting use cases! The webinar session will be broadcasted at 10:00 CET, followed by Q&A.

Mark your calendar to get updated on new and upcoming product features and get inspired but projects and  real-world use cases. To join us, register here: OpenCities Live Webinar, December 14th

What’s new?

Past few months OpenCities released some new cool stuff…

 

Error Pages

With the next update, we will release a new Error notification feature. From now on, if we experience difficulties, we will notify the users by showing an “Error page” prior to showing the project view or the OpenCities editor. Depending on the severity of the issues we’re experiencing, we will show two types of pages:

  •  One that notifies the users that the project might not run as expected (backgrounds may not load, a project might be very slow, objects might be missing), where the user can still choose to access the project to view it or work on it.
  • The other, is where the user is notified that we are experiencing issues but without the option for the user to enter the editor or view the project. The latter will be shown only when OpenCities is completely down and can not be reached, which we hope will never happen.

In both cases, the users will be notified that something is wrong, that our team is working on it, and can expect a fix for the problems as soon as possible.

 

Auto-Populate search values for Advanced Query

The Advanced Query Tool now automatically populates the possible values within the properties values list. The filtering of possible values is executed as the user chooses values for the properties. It is based on previous selections and the list will keep refining based on these selections.

This offers a better user experience, as the user does not need to know exactly what they need to search for. This Advanced Query Tool is in a pilot phase and can be available to users on request.

 

Linked Document Download

Advanced Query and Object selection searches are also available in the Advanced Query tool which now enables ProjectWise documents related to the Query executed in OpenCities to be brought up.

This way, OpenCities becomes a single access point for both the graphical representation and the documentation in ProjectWise with the available downloading option for the documents, providing any stakeholder quick access to all documents related.

 

Tune in and join us in our upcoming Webinar to learn more about these and more exciting product news!

Siemensstadt Square Project: A Twin in Berlin

Bentley Systems and Siemens are collaborating on a massive project in Berlin, an entire city district of over 70 hectares called, appropriately, Siemensstadt Square (Siemens City). By 2035, this space will be occupied by industrial operations, commercial activities, research, education, and social infrastructure. The challenge is to create a sustainable, inclusive living environment while continuing industrial operations. It’s an exciting urban infrastructure project

To achieve that vision, Siemens is building the district twice – first in the digital world and then in the real one. During the planning and designing phase, right through to construction and operations, a digital twin of the city will enable all stakeholders from engineers and architects to surveyors and construction workers to collaborate and connect. By giving the general public access to the digital twin, the city planners can also facilitate dialogue with the community, taking their concerns and ideas into account as construction progresses.

This is how we see the future of Siemensstadt leveraging the power of interactive 3D infrastructure digital twins. That’s how exciting infrastructure can be.

Watch for yourself in this video or visit the project link Siemensstadt Square project

Bentley’s Year In Infrastructure (YII):OpenCities projects Winners and Finalists

In this year’s Bentley’s Year in Infrastructure (YII), Sydney Airport won the Facilities, Campuses and Cities award. They outlined a passionate presentation to the jurors on how Digital Twin has introduced operational efficiency within their workforce across the various departments, creating a collaborative working environment and increasing their confidence in making informed decisions within seconds. They justified savings of $ 1m AUD on just a handful of use cases, and predict that the savings will increase as more colleagues and data sources are connected to create an evergreen, holistic digital twin. They plan to rollout out the solution to ~500 users in 2023. Congratulations on your big win!

The Kaunas University of Technology, Center for Smart Cities and Infrastructure, also a Finalist in the same category, gave an outstanding presentation on their Kaunas Digital Twin. This Digital Twin is a continuous project focusing on the digitalization of the built environment by integrating different digitalization technologies and applying them to practical real-world tasks.

Thank you both for sharing your success with our products and your successful implementation of your Digital twins.

You can watch both presentations here:

Nominate your own OpenCities project!

Do you have an OpenCities project that you want to share with us and the rest of our users?
Have you been working on something noticeable and worth mentioning?

You can always submit your entry to us, and get a slot to present your work during one of our Live Webinar sessions!
Send us your submissions here: Dorothea.Manou@bentley.com

Stay connected with us!

Sign up and have our OpenCities Users’ Newsletter delivered right to your inbox! Subscribe here

Need more? Access our Blog and read all our latest Posts or visit our Forum to share or access OpenCities-related issues, advice, tips, and more.
And as always…send us a Support ticket with your question, suggestion, or to report a bug!

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Watch our Latest OpenCities Users Webinar again!

In case you missed our Webinar that took place on October 5th, 2022 or you want to watch it again, here is the link!

Catch up on all our Latest Updates and News, exciting upcoming features, How-To instructions for our ShowRoom new version, and unique Use Cases from the Kaunas University of Technology in Lithuania and the Helsinki Planning Department!

Find the Webinar here. 

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This month’s newsletter features our latest Updates and OpenCities news! Find the link to our upcoming Webinar that will take place on October 5th and get a glimpse of our exciting new features!

Upcoming OpenCities Planner Users Live webinar

On October 5th  we are holding a Live OpenCities Planner Webinar event on our Latest Updates and News! The webinar session will be broadcasted at 10:00 CET, followed by Q&A.

Mark your calendar to get updated on our exciting new and upcoming product features and releases, and new interesting functionalities in real-world use-cases. To join us, register here: OpenCities Planner Live Webinar, October 5th

What’s new?

iTwin-enabled ShowRoom is now Released!

The latest ShowRoom version has officially been released. 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 Planner has now been successfully upgraded from iTwin.js 2.x into 3.x. This is an important update as the iModel loading performance has improved and it is smoother than before. This update keeps OpenCities Planner compatible with the rest of the iTwin ecosystem as well as supporting new features, performance improvements and bugfixes.

Dublin Use case demo in OpenCities Planner

The City of Dublin, Ireland, is working along with Bentley Systems and OpenCities Planner to develop city-scale digital twins to support city-level decision-making, stakeholder engagement, and operations.

Jamie Cudden, Smart City Program Manager, Dublin City Council, said: “The impact of the pandemic has forced cities like Dublin to accelerate their digital transformation journeys. Working with Microsoft and Bentley we are reimagining how interactive virtual environments and digital twins can support citizens to engage from the safety of their own homes on new development projects in their local communities. Working with these technology partners, we are building an adaptable and scalable solution based on Microsoft Teams and Bentley’s OpenCities Planner that will set the standard for the future of planning and public engagement in cities.”

The Dublin City Council mainly focuses on 4 themes namely:

  1. DCU – Campus Research and Development
  2. Emergency services planning
  3. Public Consultation and Planning
  4. Transportation & Air quality

Watch the video of Dublin’s City Digital Twin here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCdehJ2VTAo

OpenCities project finalist for Bentley’s Year In Infrastructure (YII)

We are more than thrilled to announce that Sidney Airport is a finalist in YII in the Facilities, Campuses, and Cities category for their project “Maps@SYD”. Watch the video here: Maps@SYD

This is a well-deserved nomination identifying the great work being done in this Airport Solution lighthouse project.

Nominate your own OpenCities project!

Do you have an OpenCities project that you want to share with us and the rest of our users?
Have you been working on something noticeable and worth mentioning?

You can always submit your entry to us, and get a slot to present your work during one of our Live Webinar sessions!
Send us your submissions here: Dorothea.Manou@bentley.com

Stay connected with us!

Sign up and have our OpenCities Planner Users’ Newsletter delivered right to your inbox! Subscribe here

Need more? Access our Blog and read all our latest Posts or visit our Forum to share or access OCP-related issues, advice, tips, and more.
And as always…send us a Support ticket with your question, suggestion, or to report a bug!

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Searchable Project content,  Attribute window redesign, 3DTiles & W3SM from ContextShare, email invitation setting in Team manager, ShowRoom Offline datasets, Search & Query improvements

Here are the highlights of all the exciting things we have released since our previous Update!

Searchable project content

Now, all the content that you have created on your project, can be searchable. You can not only search features coming from DataManager, but also POIs manually created in the Editor, including all labels and details window content, as well as details windows content of 3D-models and Drawn Features.

Attribute window redesign

The attribute window has now a new design. This applies in both the attribute windows of the iModels as well as the Spatial sources (shapefiles, WFS Sources from DataManager, etc). This redesign of the attributes window is more user-friendly, it supports grouping, and it has new options in the settings when configuring an on-click with attributes as the action, where you can filter based on the group level.

3DTiles & W3SM from ContextShare

OCP now supports reading 3DTiles and Web Scalable Mesh reality data directly from ContextShare. Simply choose ContextShare under Files in DataManager, and the Connect project your datasets are configured for, and then create a Source based on that!

This pipeline provides no need for data copying, providing Reality Model users easier access to the data and better performance.

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.

ShowRoom Offline Datasets

We are currently developing a new version of ShowRoom which will support iModels and always be on the same functionality level as the online project view. This new version is now available in beta version to selected users. The beta version can now load local snapshot data sets that have been  snapshotted in DataManager. This data can be reality models, terrain models, 3D City models etc. After download of the snapshots to the local machine the ShowRoom is running on, ShowRoom can now be configured to be used the local data instead of online datasets.

This process, will improve not only the data loading time, but it will also provide a more reliable experience in events, such as an exhibition.

This configuration is currently requesting the user to manually download and configure the snapshots in the Showroom, a process that is being developed in becoming fully automated.

Search & Query improvements

We are developing an enhanced Search capability which will enable querying iModels based on attributes, values and logical operators such as equals, not equals, less than and more than.

Since our previous update, we have enhanced the usability of the tool based on early access test users feedback. These improvements include support for pre-defined values, searched items are highlighted and you can ‘fly-to’ them, the results are merged into one  single table, and you can also define which iModel you want to search.

Another improvement is that you can now create pre-defined Queries using Java script and link these Queries to a layer or a group button. This way, when a user clicks on a layer, the Query is executed and it flies to the searched element. This improvement is providing a simple tool that admins can use to prepare queries for users, so they don’t have to configure a search themselves.

Stay tuned for more information about this Query tool.

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]

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