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2020-07-10 Version 2.10.1

Bugfixes:

#3632: Fixed broken "Range filter" in function Delete (filter) points.

#3634: Fixed a bug where Reflector scans could not be converted.

#3639: Fixed "Online RXP stream processing not possible, Oscillating scan detected!" error.

#3633: LIS GeoTec Plug-In: Parameter Tool Tips (Hints) were incorrect for "Separation Angle" and "Plane
Angular Tolerance".

#3635: LIS GeoTec Plug-In: Laserdata logo was displayed in black on high DPI screens.

#3636: MSA 2 Report was missing the chapter "GNSS residuals" is there was no GeoSysManager in use.

#3637: MSA 2 Report shows Not a Number (NaN) residuals if GNSS accuracies where 0.0.

#3638: Updated to new RiPANO 3.1 fixing various issues with measurements.

#3640: The TPL (GLCS) Tiepoints "Rod height" is now applied in PRCS in the 3D view and considered in
MSA 2.

2020-07-03 Version 2.10

Features:

#3590: New "Force match" check box for MSA 2 Control Points allows to neglect the laser scanner
accuracy in the adjustment process to force Scanned Targets to be tied to the linked control points
strictly.

#3590: Optionally supply horizontal and vertical accuracy values for MSA 2 Control Points.

#3590: Toggle individual MSA 2 Control Points to a new point type "Check point". Check points are not
used in the adjustment process but their residuals show up in the MSA 2 Report.

#3619: The MSA 2 parameter "utilize GNSS" has 2 additional parameters "GNSS outliers" and "GNSS
trust level" now, to configure whether to use GNSS outliers and how much to trust GNSS measurements.

#3496: Improvements in the Create Pointcloud - Octree filter allow to octree combine a large number of
scans in reasonable time.

#3594: New RiPANO Version 3.0 with new render engine, multi resolution panoramas, and fast navigation
between Scan Positions in huge (1000+ Scan Position) projects.

#3558: Create GeoTIFF images with the 3D View Create plot... function.

#3438: New Sphere fitting: Refine TPL (PRCS) Tiepoint positions by fitting a spherical reflector into the
scan data.

#3564: New LIS GeoTec Plug-In classifies a pointcloud for dip angle and dip direction to create stereonet
plots of the predominant discontinuity sets. The tool was developed by LASERDATA (www.laserdata.at)
and requires a separate LIS GeoTec Plug-In license. For further inquiries please contact your local
distributor or sales@riegl.com .

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#3552: RiSOLVE automatically develops camera raw images (*.dng) acquired by the RIEGL VZ-i-20M
Heavy-Duty Camera into .jpeg images on scan data acquisition or scan data import.

#3607: Extended 3D View Modify orientation and position... tool by absolute coordinate value inputs in the
"Show advanced settings" mode.

#3571: Added "Polygon opacity" parameter to polydata properties to render transparent meshes.

#3505: Right click SCANS and choose Export imagelist to export a .CSV file containing the names and
position and orientations of all images in a project.

Changes:

#3622: Updated to rimta5 version 6.0.3 (JSON interface).

#3581: POLYLINES - Import...: Option "Merge lines" now merges all lines in the .dxf file (LINE,
LWPOLYLINE, POLYLINE)

#3628: X-Ray prepare X resolution, Y resolution and Z resolution are now combined into one single
Resolution setting.

Bugfixes:

#3618: Improved reflector model estimation (Find reflectors...) fixes off center reflectors.

#3610: The 3D view Walk mode no works in both split views.

#3625: "Convert to pointcloud" (rdbconvert.exe) invocation failed if the the RiSCAN PRO installation
directory contained spaces.

#3572: Fixed a bug where imported .rdbx pointcloud were put into the wrong folder.

#3626: Fixed an access violation that could occur when RiSOLVE tried to launch a sub process.

#3582: Fixed a but where colored pointclouds did not show up as colored in the Project manager.

#3596: Fixed incorrect camera horizontal and vertical aperture angles in SOCS.

#3554: Fixed a bug where the MSA 2 Initial Voxel creation failed with Voxel merger error "Invalid graph
node ID".

#3593: Fixed a bug where a LLCS could not be selected as the 3D View coordinate system in the Data
Readout Window.

#3563: Fixed a a bug where the 3D view: "Create plot..." window did not show any GUI controls

#3559: Fixed an incorrect selection in the Selecteion mode "Outside filter" with the Height filter active.

2019-11-26 Version 2.9

Features:

#3370: New MSA 2 parameter matching method to switch between "planes to planes" and "points to
planes" matching method.

#3433: New Height filter allows to add additional height filter bands to compare slices at different heights.

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#3442: New 3D view function Split view allows to slit the 3D view into a left view and a right view to show
the scene from different perspectives.

#3454: New check boxes "Keep reflectance" and "Keep True color" for function X-Ray prepare allow to
keep reflectance and color information for x-ray pointclouds.

#3479: New polyline features to show the polyline area, total length, segment lengths and name in the 3D
view.

#3460: New default behavior Optimize Point ID generates smaller .rdbx files on project import, "Create
pointcloud" or "Convert scan" by storing the "riegl.id" point attribute in an optimized way.

#3474: New function "Print message list legend" in the right click menu of the Message list prints a list of
all available message types and their meaning explained.

Changes:

#3430: Renamed the RiPANO file "WICHTIGER_HINWEIS_FÜR_AUTOCAD_BENUTZER.txt" to

"WICHTIGER_HINWEIS_FUER_AUTOCAD_BENUTZER.txt" to prevent issues with creating .zip
archives.

#3477: Enabled formerly disabled Terrain filter Help button and updated help chapter.

#3485: The 3D View "View type window" gradient buttons "Set minumum value" and "Set maximum
value" exclude the RDB 2 point attribute's invalid value now.

Bugfixes:

#3495: Fixed a bug in MSA 2 where incorrectly high yaw angle accuracies could cause all high accuracy
GNSS Measuremnts to be marked as outliers.

#3452: Fixed a bug where the 3D view Shift+Click took ~10 seconds for huge pointclouds consisting of ~1
Billion points.

#3456: Fixed a bug where the 3D view Polygon Selection Mode took ~30 seconds to select a single point
for huge pointclouds consisting of ~1 Billion points.

#3439: Fixed a bug where the 3D view axes appeared too big and cropped on high DPI screens.

#3475: Fixed a bug where multi line text messages appeared cropped in the Message list on high DPI
screens.

#3476: Fixed a bug where axis were displayed too big and cropped in the 3D view tool "Modify orientation
& position" on high DPI screens.

#3449: Fixed a bug where a saved 3D view did not come up with the exact same camera viewport after
reopen.

#3440: Fixed a bug where "Create panorama image..." did create full panorama images with 360°:180°
with an image aspect ratio that was not exactly 2:1.

#3406: Fixed a bug where the "Export..." of scans or pointclouds to various formats such as e.g.: las/laz,
pts/ptx failed when using a RiSCAN PRO GUI language setting other than English.

#3427: Fixed a bug in RiPANO export where the Top view in RiPANO was all black if it was configured to
be exported in True color.

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#3453: Fixed a bug in "Backsighting orientation" where the "UDA (GPS) - Import" window was broken on
the 2nd invocation.

#3459: Fixed a bug in the 3D view "MTA mover" that caused Level Of Detail ghost points to appear after
using it to move points.

#3463: Fixed a bug where the 3D view "MTA mover" failed if the project contained non ANSI characters in
the project file path.

#3478: Fixed a bug where the 3D view hide points above riegl.surface_normal of 0.2 fails with "Point
attribute vector index missing riegl.surface_normal" error.

2019-09-17 Version 2.8.2

Features:

#3330: New function X-Ray prepare allows to fast combine all Scans into one single pointcloud containing
only X,Y,Z coordinates of the cell center to be visualized in a 3D view in "Single Color White" along with
the X-Ray view tool.

#3343: Use the Height filter to define Layers for e.g.: the Basement, the 1st Floor and the 2nd Floor and
export them as individual Scan Data Top View Layers in RiPANO Export.

#3343: Export RiPANO Projects with an X-Ray Scan Data Top View by making use of an X-Ray
pointcloud.

#3374: New function Compare with voxels... allows to compare the surface of one or more voxel files or
scans with the surface of a reference voxel file.

#3340: Show or hide points below gradient min. or above gradient max. in the 3D view by checking or
unchecking the check boxes next to the color box in the View type window.

#3346: Create Slice through Animations by keeping the Height filter open and adjusting the Lower and
Upper bounds before adding a pose to the animation.

#3364: The Height filter comes up in the currently selected 3D View coordinate system and responds to
coordinate system changes. This enables the Height filter to be used in the currently selected GeoSys
Manager coordinate system.

#3359: The Automatic Registration 2 automatically groups Scanned Targets of different Scan Positions
into Tie Points and uses them as additional observations during the Scan Position fine registration step .

#3359: Detailed Automatic Registration 2 settings such as "Preserve Project leveling", "Allow oversize
planes", "Use Tie Points" can be configured in Tool - Options - General - Automatic Registration 2.

#3352: Switch the Automatic Registration 2 Scan Position fine registration from "Plane to Plane Patch
Observations" to Point to Plane Patch Observations for environments with very few plane patches such
as in Open Pit Mining or in flat grassland.

#3383: Added Reflector Calibration for Corner Cube Prism reflector models. WARNING: A glass
reflector prism must be at least 200 meters away from the laser scanner (even for an overview
scan)!

#3368: Ask whether to copy selected GeoSysManager database into current project.

#3414: Extended 3D View by Stereo 3D rendering and Stereo 3D Animation Video rendering.

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#3421: Import GNSS measurements with accuracies and rod height into the TPL (GLCS).

Changes:

#3417: Updated RiSOLVE EULA (END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT).

#3398: The MSA 2 parameter voxel size is now also used during MSA 2 adjustment to control the plane
patch, match and merge parameters.

#3364: The Height filter right click to zoom extents function has been removed and is available via an
explicit "Zoom extents" button below the histogram now.

#3348: Updated export of RIEGL Extra Bytes to meet LAS 1.4 specification.

#3408: Implemented measures to prevent false positive deletion of mtainfo.exe by anti virus software.

Bugfixes:

#3213: Fixed a bug in Automatic Registration 2 that caused AR2 to get slower with each registered Scan
Position.

#3349: Fixed a bug in "Find reflectors..." where "RIEGL unknown" together with active reflector models
did not return all remaining reflectors.

#3332: Fixed a bug in RiPANO Export that caused a torn apart Scan Data Top View if the RiPANO
coordinate system was configured to be a GSM projection coordinate system.

#3333: Fixed a bug in MSA 2 where manually placed Reflector Points in the TPL (SOCS) at 0,0,0 caused a
1 m offset in MSA 2 Block Adjustment.

#3335: Fixed double use of 3D view keyboard shortcut 'M' for Measure Tool and 'M' for Selection mode
'mark' feature.

#3337: Fixed a bug where MSA 2 failed if there were special characters in the project path name.

#3338: Create plot... now uses hard coded 90% image quality for PNG and for JPG.

#3339: Fixed a bug that caused rimta5 to fail to convert a 5 mdeg resolution scan on the GPU.

#3345: Removed Shift + Click for the Height filter to define the Lower and Upper bounds because it
interfered with the Measure tool.

#3360: Fixed incorrect unit conversion from Meters to Feet in Measure tool.

#3361: Fixed not working Height filter when Units were set to Feet.

#3365: Fixed a bug in RiPANO Export where Height view types were not colored correctly in case of
GeoSysManager coordinate system.

#3214: Prevent most common MSA 2 error reasons such as missing or empty scans, missing planes or
missing GeoSysManager database.

#3367: Fixed a bug where the GeoSysManager database was not found any more after the project had
been renamed.

#3369: Fixed a bug where all MSA 2 settings were lost if the GeoSysManager database could not be

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found.

#3348: Fixed a bug where the pre selected image filter did not match the last used image extension in the
create plot window.

#3394: Fixed an access violation that occurred when closing a project containing a saved view with an
OBJECTS pointcloud in it.

#3403: Fixed a bug in "Create panorama image..." where panoramic images where not stitched correctly
and a blank space occurred at the sides of the panorama if the image phi angle was < 0 deg.

2019-08-28 Version 2.8.1

Bugfixes:

#3408: Updated mtainfo.exe.

2019-04-03 Version 2.8

Features:

#3227: Find reflectors... (Reflector Extraction (VZ-i Series)) supports custom size flat reflector discs and
custom diameter cylindrical reflectors.

#3282: New 3D view tool X-Ray view allows to render semi transparent pointclouds exposing a view into
the inside of structures and buildings.

#2723: Improved 3D view Measure tool by horizontal distance, vertical distance, vertical angle and live 3D
view mouse cursor coordinate update.

#3291: Improved 3D view Height filter tool by snapping to histogram ticks, exact value input fields, point
selection and plane creation.

#3292: New simplified Create plot... that allows to configure a plot by specifying the Plot area and the Plot
Scale only. Additionally the X-Ray view is available for plots.

#3273: The RiPANO Scan Data Top View can be generated in X-Ray view.

#3275: Improved RiSOLVE project opening times. Large projects containing hundreds of Scan Positions
open notably faster now.

#3275: Improved Project manager response time. Selecting one or more objects in the Project manager
or clicking the "Select All", "Select Previous", "Select next" buttons execute almost instantaneous now.

#3271: Implemented cleanup of MSA 2 TEMP directory after successful execution to save disc space.

#3314: Table columns in "Prepare Control/Tie Points for MSA2 window..." can be sorted ascending or
descending and show values right aligned now.

#3314: Double click Observation Points, Tie Points or Control Points in the "Prepare Control/Tie Points for
MSA2 window..." to locate them in the 3D view.

#3300: Additional .rdbx point attributes stored by 3rd party software are now listed in RiSOLVE and can
be used for 3D visualization.

#3307: Extended Automatic Registration 2 by a new switch "Scanner transportation" that allows to switch

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between "Carried manually" and "Mounted on a vehicle" to address registration problems that might have
occurred in case that the scanner was mounted on a car.

#3307: Moved non frequently used Automatic Registration 2 settings from the GUI to Tool - Options -
General - Automatic Registration 2.

#3320: Added check box "View Revision History" after setup has finished.

#3317: Reactivated 3D view bounding box of scans and pointclouds and double click on scan or
pointcloud in Object inspector to locate the object in the 3D view.

Changes:

#3323: Changed "Send support email..." to "Create Support.zip...".

Bugfixes:

#1169: Fixed the hidden dialog/tool windows problem where dialogs and tool windows popped behind the
main window and could not be brought to the front again.

#3322: Fixed an access violation error on project re-open.

#3200: Fixed incorrect column scaling in TPL window that caused columns to be too wide on high DPI
screens.

#3277: Fixed an error where the reflector model of Tie Points was not properly updated in the 3D view
after switching between disk and cylinder.

#3309: Fixed an error in LAS 1.4 import as Polydata where no points were imported in case that the LAS
1.4 file contains the pointcount in the new uint64 header field.

#3298: Fixed an error in "Create pointclouds..." and "Delete (filter) points..." that caused the operation to
fail in case that more than one file have been filtered simultaneously.

#3305: Finescan and find (model estimate) reflectors now works properly when controlling the VZ-i Series
scanner via RiSOLVE.

#3304: Fixed an error that lead to corrupt RiPANO projects in case that the project or scan position
names contained special Unicode characters.

#3279: Fixed an error in the 3D view "Bird's eye view" and "Top view" functions that corrupted the 3D view
in case that the GeoSysManager was configured to use a Geoid model file.

#3272: Fixed an error in "Color from images..." that generated a "Could not compile shader!" error on Intel
UHD 6xx series GPUs.

#3274: Fixed an error in the RiPANO export that caused the export to fail if there were ScanPositions with
no Scans selected for the export.

#3278: Fixed an error in "Set scanner positions..." that generated an "Invalid point source." error.

#3298: Fixed an incorrect value unit in "Edit viewtype..." window.

2018-12-10 Version 2.7.1

Features:

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#3205: Added a RIEGL recommendations for successful automatic data registration to chapter Automatic
Registration 2.

#3206: MSA 2 calculation speed improved. Depending on the project MSA 2 can be up to 10x faster
compared to MSA 2 in RiSOLVE 2.7.

#2755: Delete (filter) points by range (Range filter).

#3220: "Import Control Points from GLCS" defines the POP matrix as levelled Cartesian east, north, up
system if it has not been defined prior import.

#3221: "Import Control Points from GLCS" now imports the control points into the TPL (GLCS) and then
copies them into the TPL (PRCS).

#3232: "Update pointcloud meta data..." runs on demand only now.

#3237: Extended the right click menu of the Message list by a "Copy message to clipboard" function to
copy messages as text to the clipboard.

#3238: Updated rimta5.exe to version 5.5.12.g56b77dc.

#3239: Extended the MSA 2 "Inspect in a 3D View" window by additional check boxes to show/hide
reflector scans.

#3240: The MSA 2 Initial and Final Voxel generation is now executed in parallel to save processing time.

#3241: If there are not linked Tie Points that have not been added to be used by MSA 2 then a dedicated
confirmation dialog asks on whether to use them for MSA 2 or not.

#3245: The MSA 2 report now respects the RiSOLVE length (range) unit setting and generates reports
with localized length units (e.g: US-ft).

#3247: Extended the MSA 2 "Prepare Control/Tie Points for MSA 2..." window with a "Copy to clipboard"
function in the right click menu to copy the selected lines as CSV text to the clipboard.

#3250: Extended the 2D view to show Tie Points of TPL (LLCS) and TPL (ARCS).

#3253: When using the Project manager button "Select All (Shift+Ctrl+A)" to select e.g.: all folders of type
"VOXELFILES" then the right click function "Delete all" is now enabled to delete all VOXELFILES in the
project at once.

#3266: Extended the MSA 2 report settings to configure the coordinate system to show local and global
positions in.

#3252: Extended the TPL (LLCS) to show the residual delta X, deltaY and deltaZ values in the selected
coordinate system.

#3254: Extended the MSA 2 "Inspect in a 3D View" window by functions to create and show/hide
OverviewVoxels and to switch between different voxel visualization modes.

#3218: Extended the Wizard 'Download and Convert' by an additional "Reflector estimation settings"
button to configure the reflector extraction settings when importing .riproject scanner projects.

#3246: The LLCS Control Point normal and up vector is calculated from all referring reflector points.

Bugfixes:

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#3234: Fixed unwanted tiling artifacts in plots created by the 3D view: "Create plot..." function.

#3204: Fixed the "Coordinate system 2 not supported!" error message when right clicking a Scan Position
and choosing "Attributes...".

#3208: Fixed the "vtp can only be imported" error on "Export..." of a Scan as Las 1.4.

#3209: Fixed the "SOP is frozen" error when executing MSA 1 with frozen Scan Positions.

#3216: Fixed the missing LLCS and ARCS coordinate systems on "Export..." of a Scan if there were no
GeoSysManager configured.

#3219: Fixed "Export Scandata Panorama(s)... : ScanPos001: [error] Failed to save file to:
C:/ScanPos001-Reflectance-(grayscale).jpg" error on Scan Panorama Export.

#3226: A proper error status is shown now if the MSA 2 report generation fails.

#3242: Fixed an access violation in MSA 2 that occured when deleting phantom Tie Points.

#3243: Fixed an access violation on VZ-400i reflector scans (.PROJ) project import.

#3248: Fixed GUI issues in the LOP "Attributes..." window.

#3249: Fixed an access violation that in the 2D view "Show in 3D" function.

#3259: Fixed the not working "LLCS Points - LLCS Center" option in the MSA 2 "Settings for Visual
Inspection" window.

#3261: Fixed the not working "CRS linked" option in the MSA 2 "Settings for Visual Inspection" window.

#3262: Fixed the "Height above Plane" viewtype for RiPANO export.

#3263: Fixed "Failed to create RiPANO viewer file." error that occurred when exporting RiPANO projects
to a network drive.

#3264: Fixed an error that caused the Scan preview generation to fail.

#3265: Fixed an error that prevented the project from being saved with a "Save request - project will be
saved after all tasks are completed" error message.

#3268: Fixed slow handling of Control Points from CRS with Geoid model file.

2018-10-16 Version 2.7

Features:

#2677: RiSOLVE now comes with the new Multi-Station Adjustment 2 (in short MSA 2) to further adjust
the relative and absolute position and orientation of all registered Scan Positions by taking Control Points
into account.

#3100: Automatic Registration 2 improvements:

 The AR 2 now respects the "Frozen" state of Scan Positions and does not modify the SOP matrices
of Scan Positions that are frozen.

 By checking the new switch Improve SOP matrices the AR 2 is allowed to further improve (move

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and rotate) already registered Scan Positions (if not frozen) as one single block after each
additionally registered Scan Position (block adjustment).

 In Manual assistance mode Scans and Scan Positions are automatically made visible in the 3D
view.

 In Manual assistance mode Scan Positions are now placed "near" the last successfully registered
Scan Position in case that there are no GNSS measurements available.

 The AR 2 window can now be brought up via the keyboard shortcut "F3".

#3082: GeoSysManager 2.1:

 RiSOLVE now comes with the new GeoSysManager 2.1 that comes with a RIEGL.gsfx default
database that will be installed to e.g.: "C:\Riegl Scans\GeoSysManager\RIEGL.gsfx". RiSOLVE will
use this default database for new projects if there was no GeoSysManager database configured in
the program options.

 When creating a new RiSOLVE project then the configured GeoSysManager database and all its
dependencies (e.g.: Geoid Model files) will be copied into a GSM sub folder in the RiSOLVE
project.

 When importing a scanner project (.PROJ) from a VZ-i Series scanner then the contained
GeoSysManager database and all its dependencies will be copied into the RiSOLVE project as
well.

#3056: RiSOLVE introduces a new method for "Find reflectors..." called Reflector Extraction (VZ-i Series)
that is based on new Reflector models to automatically estimate flat or cylindrical reflectors into reflector
scans.

#3126: RiPANO 2.0 (View the Riegl RiPANO Demo online or watch RiPANO on Youtube.

 Projection and local Coordinate System support

 New Side View Tool

 New Section Tool

 New Plan View Tool

 PDF, 2D DXF, 3D DXF and PNG or JPG download of Side Views, Sections or Plan Views

 Re-nameable Marker, Distance and Path measurements

 DXF download of Marker, Distance and Path measurements

 Marker, Distance and Path measurements in True-color view

 Height colored Scan Positions in the Top View

 Overlay image and overlay text display

 Name and information about the used 3D Laser Scanner

 Browser URI parameter control for direct links to Scan Positions and Views

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 Side menu available in the Top View

 Switch between a maximized Top View and a maximized Panorama View

 Added a new switch Use only points marked as 'visible' to e.g.: remove the ceiling in the exported
Scan Data Top View

#3002: Added two new Coordinate Systems: Locally Leveled Coordinate System (LLCS) and Arbitrary
Coordinate System (ARCS).

#1262: The RiSOLVE setup (installer) now supports a non GUI script able mode that allows configuration
via command line switches such as /S /D /NOMSVCRT /NODONGLE and /NOADDONS.

#3193: Nikon Camera RAW images (.NEF) are now imported when importing a scanner project (.PROJ)
from a VZ-i Series scanner.

#3182: The Object inspector has been extended by an "Advanced options" panel containing a "Fast
visible toggle" check box. Check this option to hide all objects in the 3D view except those that are
selected in the Object inspector.

#3176: The menu "Registration" offers the new "SOP backup..." tool that allows to quickly backup and
restore the SOP matrices of all registered Scan Positions in a project.

#3143: "Update pointcloud meta data..." now stores the measured GNSS position and sensed orientation
information of a scan in the RDB 2 Mata Data entry "riegl.pose_estimation".

#3061: Scans and pointclouds can now be exported to and imported from LAZ 1.4 files.

#3053: A confirmation dialog is now displayed on .rdbx pointcloud import via drag an drop that asks
whether to read and process global georeferencing information found in the .rdbx files.

Changes:

#3100: The "Frozen" state of SOP matrices is no shown next to the Scan Position in the Project manger
for better visual reference. Additionally Scan Positions can be frozen/unfrozen via the Scan Position
context menu.

#3100: "Unregister Project..." is not allowed if any Scan Position is frozen.

#3146: Tool - Options... - General - Units now offers a new option to to hide trailing zero decimal places
and show as "30 m" instead of "30.000 m". The new default is to hide trailing zero decimal places.

#3081: "Color from images..." option "Occlusion Detection" is now enabled per default.

#3127: RiSOLVE reflector calibration models are software defined now and cannot be user defined any
more.

Bugfixes:

#3027: Fixed a bug where the 3d scan or pointcloud did not contain proper True Color information after
"Color from images...".

#3141: The Registration Report now displays the the Final Confidence of the Automatic Registration block
adjustment (lsqfitter-points).

#3172: The 3D view grid and ruler are now high DPI aware and displayed properly on high resolution
screens.

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#3138: Fixed a bug where the Geometric Scaling (ppm) of scans failed with an "Laser wavelength not
available" error.

#3128: Fixed re-extraction of all tie points on drag and drop integration of a .riproject scanner project.

#3094: Pointcloud import now properly imports the point class from LAS 1.4.

#3017: Fixed a bug where the export of scans or pointclouds as LAZ failed if the filename contained
special characters.

#3087: Fixed a bug where "Create pointcloud(s)..." by "Octree" failed for small scans/pointclouds.

#3048: Fixed a bug where there have been multiple panorama images exported per Scan Position on
RiPANO export.

#3043: Fixed " No Images or Pointclouds configured" error message on scan thumbnail creation.

2018-04-09 Version 2.6.3

Features:

#3057: Added support for "InfraTec VarioCAM" thermal camera. Thermal images (.pgm files) are
acquired and imported along with the .jpeg images and used by "Color from images..." to store the
temperature value along with each point.

#3063: Added the "Display points with no or invalid point attribute value" switch to the "Select view type..."
dialog to configure if points with "no" or an "invalid" point attribute value should be shown or hidden in the
3D view. For example this can be used to show or hide points that do not have a temperature value
assigned.

2018-02-09 Version 2.6.2

Features:

#2909: Improved Automatic Registration 2 to additionally consider the total horizontal scan area and the
field of view of the scan to prevent unwanted tilting of the scan.

#2907: Improved Automatic Registration 2 to additionally consider the Measured Roll and Pitch value for
plane patch based fine registration to prevent unwanted tilting of the scan.

#2821: A coarse registration (voxel registration) is now executed after manually positioning a Scan
Position in Manual Assistance Mode in Automatic Registration 2 to "snap" the Scan Position into the
correct place and to prevent miss positioning. This also allows to only roughly position the Scan Position
by hand an let the coarse registration "snap" it in place.

#2826: The Reference Scan Position (Ref. Position) stored in POSEESTIMATION files such as the
"imu_relatice.imu" is now considered during Automatic Registration 2 to prevent incorrect relative Scan
Position placement when Scan Positions are sorted.

#2915: Automatic Registration 2 highlights the currently registered Scan Position in the Project manager
and in the 3D view for better visual reference.

#3011: Added "Mining Large" and "Mining Medium" presets to Automatic Registration 2.

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#2831: RiPANO Export now supports additional View types such as Height, Height above plane and
Range.

#2831: The View type for the RiPANO Scan data Top View can now be selected on export. Plus Scan
data Top View generation on export is much faster now allowing to configure a smaller Pixel Size.

#2926: Select and Rename Multiple Objects by pressing F2 or by right clicking and choosing Rename...
in the Project manager.

#2939: Extended the Ctrl+Shift Multiple object selection behavior of the Project manager to only select
objects of the same type in between two distinct objects. Usage: First click the object you want to start
from e.g.: a Scan in ScanPos045. Then scroll down to e.g.: ScanPos197, hold down Ctrl+Shift and then
left click the Scan in ScanPos197 to select only all Scans from ScanPos045 to ScanPos197.

#2917: The Wizard Download and convert now allows to configure the Scan Position naming when
appending a project to an existing RiSOLVE project.

#2419: RiSOLVE now displays an "Unstable Scan Position detected!" warning for Scans where the VZ-i
Series Scanner has been shocked during scan data acquisition.

#2864: Updated to RiMATA 5.3.8 and RDB 2.1.5.

#2787: Voxel files can now be exported as ASCII and StereoLithography (*.stl) files.

#2960: Plane files can now be exported as ASCII and StereoLithography (*.stl) files.

#2919: Added two new options to the Thread list: "Collapse thread groups" and "Add new threads on top".

#2806: Added new option "Display PCA planes" to Voxel File visualization to display Voxels that contain a
planar pointcloud patch as a plane.

#2823: Pointclouds in the .rdbx file format can now be imported into new Scan Positions via file Drag &
Drop. This is possible because RiSOLVE now reads the "riegl.geo_tag" information that is stored with
each pointcloud in the "Update pointcloud meta data..." step on project save.

#2830: Scan Positions, Scans and Images are automatically sorted on project import now.

#2816: Added Extract voxels dialog to extract voxels of Scans and Pointclouds and to combine them into
one single voxel file.

#2853: Tool -> Options -> General -> Data acquisition -> Scan and Pointcloud Storage Settings are now
considered when importing Pointclouds via the "Import..." function.

#2828: Added .png to "Save scene to image..." function.

#2780: Added a progress information on .rdbx file import to prevent a not responding GUI.

#2817: "Convert scan" does not throw an error if "rdbx" file could not be deleted on reconvert.

#2832: Added the switch Tool -> Options -> General -> Data acquisition -> Enable GPU processing for
"Convert scan" (rimta5.exe) to control whether GPU processing is used or not for "Convert scan".

#2794: Extended Multi Station Adjustment so that single parameters can be locked or unlocked for
multiple Scan Positions at once.

#2992: Added Image Theta and Phi to the Scan Position Image Data Readout.

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Changes:

#2808: The former "Measurement uncertainty" is now stored as "Horizontal accuracy" and "Vertical
accuracy" with each Scan Position.

#2802: Objects added to a 3D view will get the same single color assigned as the Scan Position they are
contained in.

#2957: Do not recursively search for Color Tables in the "Folder for Color Tables" any more to prevent
excessive RiSOLVE startup times.

Bugfixes:

#2838: Fixed a bug where the Automatic Registration tilted the whole project in case that there were
scans with 0 (zero) accuracy values.

#2918: Fixed an access violation that occurred during Automatic Registration 2 under certain conditions.

#3012: Fixed Video Compression for Animation Rendering. Animations can also be compressed in
MPEG-4, H.264/AVC after downloading and installing an appropriate codec pack. Some codecs require
to use common screen resolutions such as 1920 x 1080 pixels to function properly.

#2811: Fixed "Create pointclouds..." and "Copy selection into new pointcloud" error that occurred when
there were differences in the point attribute descriptions.

#2842: Fixed a bug where the LAS export failed when exporting points in an Engineering Coordinate
System.

#2852: Fixed a bug where the LAS export Extra Bytes might have been out of range.

#2854: Fixed a bug where ASCII columns with a precision of 0 had a . (dot) added to the value.

#2925: Fixed a bug where Intensity values could not be exported with a custom value range to ASCII.

#2867: Fixed "problem with index file" error when displaying waveforms.

#2807: Fixed "Cannot load library wfmifc.dll: Version 1.5 not supported." error when displaying
waveforms. Additionally fixed "SampleBlockChart: '-1,8925' is not a valid floating point value" error.

#2927: Fixed a bug where the View type option "Grayscale overlay" was not saved correctly.

#2922: Fixed a slightly incorrect Range visualization in Range View type.

#2893: Fixed i+click: "Cannot parse epoch string '+-7' is not a valid integer value" error.

#2829: Fixed DTD/Schema error: "Expected: document, folder, name."

#2833: Fixed wrong progress indicator on "Convert scan".#2920: Wizard Panorama Export View type list
did not update after adding removing or changing a view type.

2017-10-25 Version 2.6.1

Features:

Added "Preserve project leveling" option to Automatic Registration 2 to prevent Scan Positions from being
tilted because of bad GNSS measurements with incorrect altitude values.

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Added Registration Report function that allows to create a report showing the initial and the final Scan
Position registration values.

Added Automatic Camera Mounting Adjustment to automatically improve the Camera Mounting by
matching scan data with the acquired images.

Color from images is now 3 times faster compared to RiSOLVE version 2.6 due to updating to new RDB
library version 2.1.3.

The Thread list no shows the number of total, succeeded, failed or terminated tasks for grouped tasks.

Changes:

The RiPANO Export now shows an appropriate warning if the project that is going to be exported for
RiPANO is not registered in an ECEF (e.g.: WGS84) coordinate system.

Bugfixes:

Updated to RiMTA 5.3.2 to fix "Convert scan..." scan issues where the conversion either failed or .rdbx
files were missing.

Updated to RiPANO 1.0.1 to fix minor browser incompatibilities such as the misaligned Distance Tool
details panel. Additionally Scan Position labels are now set to invisible per default.

Fixed a bug in the RiPANO export that exported the scan data Top View upside down.

Fixed incorrect animation video output in case that "Switch objects" has been used together with the
"360° video" option.

Fixed an access violation in "Find outlines..." that occurred when there was a 3D view open in the
background.

Fixed an access violation in "Edit..." polyline that occurred when splitting a closed polyline.

Fixed a bug where the TPL (SOCS) Reflector preview image was only shown for a short time and
immediately replaced by the Scan preview image.

Fixed "Export to RiPROCESS..." to export .rxp files along with an artificial Trajectory .POF file to be read
by RiPROCESS.

Fixed an access violation that occurred on scan or reflector scan thumbnail creation right after the scan
acquisition.

2017-09-25 Version 2.6

Features:

RiSOLVE now comes with the RIEGL RiPANO Export that allows to export RiSOLVE projects for the
new RIEGL RiPANO.

Support for new Riegl VZ-2000i Laser Scanner added.

Bugfixes:

Fixed a bug in color from view type for polydata objects that produced a single color polydata for height

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above plane view types.

2017-09-08 Version 2.5.3

Bugfixes:

Bug in reflector scan communication fixed.

2017-09-01 Version 2.5.2

Features:

Implemented "Append" mode in "Wizard Download and convert" for VZ-400i .PROJ projects (#2601).

"Convert scan..." performance improved by using high performance NVIDIA graphics card for MTA zone
calculation (#2714).

ORTHOPHOTO "Import..." extended to select the coordinate system of the adjoining Word file to be
either PRCS, GLCS or e.g.: a GeoSys Manager map projection coordinate system (#2725).

Bugfixes:

Fixed an Automatic Registration 2 bug where VZ-1000 projects got tilted during registration if there were
no GNSS measurements available (#2707).

Fixed an Automatic Registration 2 Access Violation that occurred when registering a project that has
already been registered partly by a VZ-400i scanner (#2706).

Fixed an Automatic Registration 2 bug that tilted projects when registering a project that has already been
registered partly by a VZ-400i scanner (#2703).

Fixed unwanted SOP matrix corruption when opening a RiSOLVE 2.5.0 project in RiSOLVE 2.5.1 if SOP
matrices have been changed manually after Automatic Registration 2 (#2702).

Fixed an Access Violation in the Import wizard that occurred on import of RiSOLVE projects that haven
been registered with Automatic Registration 2 (#2678).

Fixed unwanted conversion of all scans in the project if a VZ-400 project was appended to the current
project RiSOLVE project by using the "Wizard Download and convert" "Append" mode (#2693).

Fixed a bug where PTX export of scans and pointclouds failed because of an invalid target index of 0 in
the rdbx file (#2682).

Fixed "You are attempting to create a new project within an existing one" error in "Wizard Download and
convert" (#2722).

Fixed 2D view creation for scans with phi angles greater than 360 deg (#2716).

2017-06-26 Version 2.5.1

Features:

Color from images... now has a new default colorization method "weighted" to generate smooth color
transition between overlapping images (#2619).

Animation rendering can now render 360° panorama video animations (#2598).

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Panorama Export... can now export panorama images along an Animation path (#2599).

The SOP matrix can now be calculated from an imu_relative.imu POSEESTIMATION (#2600).

The Automatic Registration 2 "Manual assistance" mode now offers three different options "Never", "On
failure", "Always". Additionally Scan Positions are put at the last Scan Position now (#2627).

The Automatic Registration 2 "Voxel Registration" now additionally uses final.pose information for
registration (#2662).

"Modify Orientation & Position in 3D view..." con now be invoked from the Scan in the Object inspector
(#2638).

The project GLCS EPSG code and WKT string are now stored in project.rsp file (#2669).

Changes:

The VZ-400i GeoSys Database (gsm.gsfx) is now copied and used in the newly created .RiSCAN project
on import (#2654).

The Automatic Registration 2 Step "Prepare registration" does not recreate Scan Position Planes and
Project Planes on parameter change to save calculateion time (#2615).

The Automatic Registration 2 Project Planes are now created in the VPP coordinate system
(Segemntation Matrix) for better plane patch merging (#2616).

The Scan "Analyze..." function now analyzes the .rdbx database file instead of the raw data rxp file
(#2674).

Bugfixes:

Automatic Registration 2 can now be continued correctly after SOP matrices have been refined by e.g.
MSA (#2609).

Fixed a bug where the Automatic Registration 2 tilted the project if there was no Yaw angle measurement
available (#2602).

Re-enabled Scan Thumbnail creation (#2630).

"Modify Orientation & Position in 3D view..." now does not clip Scan Position name texts any more.
Additionally SOP matrix changes are correctly reflected by the tool now (#2638).

Fixed an access violation on .riproject import in Wizard Download & Convert (#2610).

Fixed mixed up Plane Patch references (#2612).

Fixed 3D view manual "MTA Mover" (#2617).

3D view level of detail calculation improved (#2618).

Fixed empty 3D view because of missing VPP.vop file (#2623).

RDB 2 Plane Patches can now be disabled for MSA adjustment (#2626).

3D view Height filter did not properly respect clipping planes (#2640).

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Fixed "Color from Images" for project level images (#2647).

Shortened Automatic Registration 2 Log Path Length (#2673).

2017-04-20 Version 2.5.0

Features:

Added new Registration method Automatic Registration 2.

The Wizard Panorama Export can now export Scan data Panoramas colored from View Type e.g.:
Reflectance Black White in addition to Truecolor Photo Panoramas.

Added new and faster Find plane patches... algorithm to be used for Multi Station Adjustment instead of
Polydata plane patches.

Wizard Download and Convert has been simplified. Scanner Projects such as .riproject and .proj folders
can now be imported by Dragging & Dropping the .riproject or .proj folder into RiSOLVE.

Import of .proj Scanner Projects is done in the background allowing to view or clean scans while the
import of remaining scans is still in progress.

Scan conversion ("Convert") and Pointcloud creation settings such as file Compression rate and Level Of
Detail setting can be configured in program options now.

Multiple Time Around (MTA) settings are now detected automatically and do not need to be configured
any more.

Performance of "Convert scan" improved. Scan conversion is much faster now.

2D and Panorama view database files are created on demand now to save storage space and processing
time during scan conversion.

Atmospheric parameters can now be applied without re-converting the scan.

Geometric Scaling correction (PPM scaling) can now be configured along with Atmospheric parameters
and can be applied without re-converting the scan.

View types can now be saved in the Project and applied by dragging and dropping them from the Project
Manager into the 2D, 3D or Panorama views.

3D view Switch view type dropdown now lists all view types saved in the project giving the possibility to
customize parameters or create and save own view types.

"Color from view type..." is now available for Scans and Pointclouds.

Faster 3D view visualization for huge combined pointclouds.

Heavy parallel Tasks such as "Convert all scans...", or "Filter pointcloud..." have been grouped together in
the Thread List for a better overview. Additionally Tasks names are more verbose now to be easily
recognized in the Thread List.

Added support for VZ-400HTe Scanner.

Changes:

Removed 3D view popup "Data of locked/used objects () was not deleted.".

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Removed 3D view popup "Following object(s) already exist(s) in object view:".

Removed obsolete functions such as "Resample..." scan.

Renamed function names such as "Filter data..." to "Create polydata..." to be more consistent and
meaningful.

Bugfixes:

Fixed a 3D view point selection bug where not always all points have been selected.

Fixed a 3D view point selection bug where selecting and deleting points may have corrupted the
pointcloud.

Fixed a 3D view "ghost" points that appeared under certain conditions after deleting points.

Fixed "Invalid point buffer" error for "Color from images...".

Fixed color artefacts in colored Scans colored with "Color from images..." in case that single color JPGs
have been used for coloring.

Fixed incorrect 3D view point clipping when spanning a rectangle with the "Alt + Left Mouse Button" and
then clicking "Show in 3D".

Fixed a bug that caused a RiSOLVE freeze during the "Prepare camera calibration" step when executing
"Color from images..." for VZ-4000 Scans.

Fixed "Image is rotated" error for images acquired with the VZ-4000 internal camera.

Fixed Access Violation and "glTexSubImage2D() failed" errors for RiSOLVE "2D Plot".

Fixed incorrect coordinate interpretation on "Update point" for "Create new tiepoint".

Fixed unexpectedly appearing ("ghost") points in the 3D view when adding or removing Scans from the
3D view.

Fixed 3D view "Plane selection mode" error that occurred if "Use all points above plane" or "Use all points
below plane" has been used.

Fixed an E57 export error in case of special characters in the export file path.

Fixed an error in "Color from images..." in case of special characters in the file path.

Fixed incorrect "Altitude" unit in "Pose Estimation properties" window.

Fixed 3D view "Create new animation..." "Show scan timestamp" feature.

Fixed "Framebuffer incomplete" error on "Create plot...".

Fixed an Access Violation that occurred when double clicking a Scan Position in the Object inspector.

Fixed "Panorama export..." issues which there are: Missing images in the Panorama; Program freeze in
case that there are no images in a Scan Position; Missing Panoramas when exporting multiple Scan
Positions.

Fixed a Reflector Finescan issue with VZ-400i Scanners where TPL information of scanned Reflectors

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has not been updated properly.

Fixed an Access Violation on RiALITY .rqx export in case that the Polydata did not contain Amplitude
information.

2017-01-20 Version 2.4.2

Features:

Added "Use frame buffer for offscreen rendering" option to Tool -> Options -> 3D-Settings -> General
settings to avoid "Unable to create pbuffer's DC" error on "Create plot...". Uncheck this option to switch
back to the pbuffer again in case of any issues.

Bugfixes:

Fixed 3D view selection mode errors in case of UTF8 characters in the RiSOLVE installation path.

Fixed 3D view flickering during animation rendering. Additionally performance is saved by live displaying
the generated animation frame in the 3D view.

2017-01-11 Version 2.4.1

Features:

3D view "Plane selection..." is about 30 times faster compared to RiSOLVE 2.4.0.

3D view "Selection mode" (Polygon selection) is about 15 times faster compared to RiSOLVE 2.4.0.

3D view Scan Position rendering performance increased to maintain a better frame rate if there are many
Scan Positions in one view.

Added shortcuts for 3D view Selection mode to quickly switch between Rectangle "R", Polygon "P" and
Freeform "F" shape. Additionally the Inside filter can be activated with "I" and the outside filter can be
activated with "O".

Added shortcuts for the 3D view point visibility functions such as Show all "Shift+A", Show selected
"Shift+S" and Hide selected "Shift+H".

Added "Configure 'Deselect All' to only deselect visible points" option to Tool -> Options -> 3D-Settings ->
General settings to change the 3D view "Deselect All" behavior. Untick to e.g.: also deselect points hidden
by the Height filter.

Implemented new Help -> Wizard 'Panorama Export' to generate and save panorama images for selected
Scan Positions to a designated target folder. Additionally panorama image positions and orientations can
be saved as CSV file for global panorama image georeferencing.

Dip Angle and Dip Direction can now be exported for Planes, Plane Patches and Meshes in SOCS,
PRCS, GLCS and the selected GSM Coordinate Systems. For SOCS Dip angles will be calculated in
SOCS. For PRCS, GLCS, GLCS Cartesian and GLCS Geographic Dip angles will be calculated in PRCS
assuming that the PRCS is defined as tangential plane where the Y axis points North. For Projection and
Engeneering Coordinate Systems Dip angles will be calculated in the respective coordinate system.

A Camera Calibration attached to an image is automatically checked for a valid image size on import now.
If the Camera Calibration's image size does not match the actual image size then the Camera Calibration
is duplicated, recalculated to match the actual image size and then assigned to the imported image.

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Updated the Camera plugin to version 1.2.8 to add support for the Nikon D750 camera via USB.

Changes:

The "Select view type..." window has been redesigned to color Scans and Pointclouds by Attribute Value.
All meaningful point attributes can be selected for coloring now.

Bugfixes:

Fixed "Create new sections..." bug where section hight labeling did not match actual section hight.

Fixed "Find outlines..." function where 2 incorrect outlines have been created.

Fixed a bug where "Ctrl+A" did not select all points of polydata objects in the 3D view.

Fixed flickering graphics glitches in the 3D view "Edit polyline..." tool.

Fixed a bug where the "Extract Waveform" switch in Tool -> Options -> General -> Data acquisition has
not been respected for scan data acquisition with VZ-400i Scanners.

Fixed a bug where the 3D view Selection mode cursors were missing under certain conditions.

Fixed a bug where RiSOLVE occasionally did not respond any more when coloring or converting Scans.

Fixed long Filter pointclouds window opening times for huge projects.

Added missing igpadjust.exe plugin to setup.

Fixed a bug where Ctrl + Shift + LMB feature of the 3D view "Edge modeling..." tool did not work at all.

2016-10-04 Version 2.4.0

Features:

Project "Attributes..." window now allows to configure "Environment settings" such as Atmospheric
Temperature, Relative Humidity, Height above Sea Level and Pressure at Sea Level for all scans in the
project to apply atmospheric scaling correction in post processing.

GeoSysManager has been updated to version 2.0.8.

Multiple TPL (SOCS) objects can be selected and exported by "Export..." into individual files now.

3D and 2D view now support two finger swipe touch panning gesture to enhance usability on tablet
computers.

3D view "Select viewtype..." window now allows to color by additional RDB 2 pointcloud point attributes.

Multi Station Adjustment (MSA) calculation speed increased by a factor of 2 due to multi thread utilization
in case that many Plane Patch Observations are being used. The performance gain is most noticeable for
medium (~50 Scan Position) projects.

Multi Station Adjustment (MSA) Polydata (Plane Patch) Observations search speed increased by a factor
of 4 due to multi thread utilization in case that many Scan Positions (500+) are involved.

Multi Station Adjustment (MSA) now allows to limit the number of Polydata (Plane Patch) Observations
used for adjustment to save memory and calculation time.

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E57 export Coordinate System selection now additionally supports the GeoSysManager to select e.g.:
Projection Coordinate Systems.

E57 export now additionally exports point color information and allows to "Keep uncolored points".

Project "Coordinate Reference Systems" -> "Scanner GNSS" now allows all kind of ECEF Coordinate
Systems for Scanner GNSS Lat, Lon and Alt values and automatically chooses Easting, Northing and
Height values for Projection Coordinate Systems.

"Color from images..." now utilizes the Point Cloud Colorizer plugin for 3D pointcloud colorization.

"Color from images..." extended by an "Occlusion Detection" option to prevent coloring of points that have
been scanned but can not be seen by the Camera due to parallax occlusion.

The Object inspector now offers a Load all and Unload all for Scans, Pointclouds and Polydata objects.

3D view: Hold Shift while dropping scans into a 3D view to add them in unloaded state. Hold Ctrl while
dropping scans into a 3D view to add them in hidden state.

Changes:

Monitoring and reflector scans are not MTA resolved any more.

Bugfixes:

Fixed point attribute "Deviation" value range inconsistencies. Deviation is now in the value range of -1 to
32767 where -1 means no Deviation value available.

Fixed a bug in the 3D view point picking that caused functions such as i+click or Shift+click to pick a
wrong point in case that the Height Filter was active.

Fixed a bug in pointcloud LAS export that lead to import problems in some post processing software
packages.

Fixed a coordinate unit scaling issue in pointcloud Mantis export.

Fixed tiling artifacts in Animations with Switch objects enabled. Additionally Switch objects now switches
the visibility state of objects instead of loading unloading objects.

Fixed 3D view Selection mode "Outside filter" which did not select any points at all.

Fixed a License Server communication bug that caused an "Unknown command" error in rare conditions.

Fixed a bug in the "Extract outer surface..." function that lead to random access violations.

Fixed a bug where VZ-400i Pose Estimation GNSS accuracy values have not been read and stored in the
project correctly.

Fixed a bug on 3D view point data deletion that caused a crash of the 3D view pointcloud visualization.

Fixed a sporadic access violation in Thread control window that could have lead to crashes.

Random crash during E57 export fixed.

2016-06-29 Version 2.3.2

Bugfixes:

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Fixed "Unable to determine the used modulation depth." error message in rimtatls.exe plugin.

2016-06-22 Version 2.3.1

Features:

New automatic MTA processing algorithm now gives more accurate automatic MTA zone detection for
latest Riegl Laser Scanner Instruments with up to date MTA acquisition firmware.

Performance of RDB 2 database creation ("Convert" scan and "Create pointcloud(s)...") has been
improved.

Pointcloud Level Of Detail has been improved for better visual experience.

3D view Static and Dynamic Divider as well as Target Frame Rate is now also available for RDB 2
pointclouds to enable the "X-Ray" visualization.

3D view "General settings" dialog has been replaced by an interactive panel that allows quick
modifications to the general settings parameters.

"Isolated point" filter has been added to "Filter pointcloud(s)..." function.

Filter data: "Plane patch filter" "Create opposing planes" mode added.

3D view "MTA Mover" has been reenabled and can now MTA zone shift points inplace.

Full Waveform Data extraction during scan acquisition with VZ-400i added to enable Shift+W click and
Ctrl+Shift+W click for full Waveform scanners.

Changes:

3D view: "Switch to reflectance ..." now has a Reflectance range from -25 dB to + 5 dB.

Tool - Options - 3D-Settings - General settings: "Point Limit Per Frame" has been removed and is now
controllable via Static and Dynamic Divider directly in the 3D view.

Tool - Options - General - Data acquisition: "Automatically register scans" is now checked per default
again.

Tool - Options - General - Optional: "Move deleted objects to trash can" is now unchecked per default
again.

Bugfixes:

Right click on a VZ-400i scan and choosing "Attributes..." from the popup menu now works again.

3D view "Show LSQ - plane info" now does not include points of hidden pointclouds any more.

Fixed pointcloud tiling artifacts in rendered Animations and 2D Plots.

"Convert" scan shows a more accurate progress now instead of being stuck at 100%.

2016-04-27 Version 2.3

Features:

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Support for new Riegl VZ-400i Laser Scanner added.

Added new "Import pointcloud(s)..." feature to the Project manager toolbar.

Added new "Create new pointcloud(s)..." Octree filter option to choose whether to output a real measured
data point or a calculated averaged point.

Wizard Download and convert now allows to make additional project configuration such as setting GSM
or MTA settings.

The Project manager multi select feature (Ctrl + Shift + A) now also respects the "Warning" state of
objects.

Terrain Filter and Breakline Extractor plugins updated to new version with updated icons and fixed GUI
issues.

Re-enabled STL and PLY export formats for meshed Polydata objects.

Changes:

The pointcloud georeferencing information "riegl.geo_tag" is now also stored if the project GLCS is not
defined by GSM 2. In this case only the "pose" information is available.

Bugfixes:

Fixed a bug where the "Export pointcloud(s)..." option "Combine data" was enabled when exporting a
single file.

Fixed a bug where the point color was not imported when importing RDB 1.0 P3D.rds and P3D.rdx files.

Fixed a bug where the "Modify orientation & position in 3D view" tool accidentally reverted the changes if
another Scan Position has been clicked.

Fixed a bug in MSA that lead to an "I/O error" error message.

Fixed a bug that lead to an Access Violation in the 3D view on SOP matrix changes.

Fixed Chinese translation issues.

Fixed a bug where the export of multiple Polydata objects started although the dialog has been canceled.

2016-04-13 Version 2.1.3

Bugfixes:

Fixed a bug where a "No inclination values available!" error message occurred when opening a 3D view
for a Z-Scanner 3dd scan.

Fixed a bug where an "Unable to determine orientation from inclination sensors." error message occurred
when executing SOP "Calculate via inclination sensors...." for a Z-Scanner 3dd scan.

2016-03-02 Version 2.2.1

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Features:

Added new "Export pointcloud(s)..." feature to the Project manager toolbar.

Added "Switch to Single color mode" to the 3D view Viewtype dropdown button.

Execute "Freeze" on multiple selected SOP objects in the Project manager now.

Enabled 3D view semi automatic "Edge..." tool again.

Added limited support for integrated Intel HD Graphics cards for 3D view pointcloud visualization at the
cost of the Height Filter tool not working on Intel graphics cards.

Bugfixes:

Fixed a bug in the Wizard Download and convert where Tiepoint Scans have not been converted nor
extracted.

Fixed a bug where the Terrain Filter GUI had issues on high resolution displays.

Fixed a bug where the Terrain Filter produced incorrect results if points from multiple input pointclouds
have been selected.

Fixed a bug where the pointcloud position and orientation in the 3D view has not been updated when
modifying the SOP by e.g. the Modify position & orientation in 3D view tool.

Fixed a bug where points have not been automatically deselected after executing "Show selected".

Fixed a bug where the 3D view Plane selection mode "Set visibility state" did not work correctly.

Fixed a bug where the Info window showed an incorrect amount of decimal places for the "i+click" point.

Fixed a bug that caused an Access Violation when executing the 3D view "Copy selection into new
pointcloud".

Fixed a bug where "Filter data..." on project level pointclouds failed.

Fixed a bug where the 3D view "Shift+click" and "i+click" function was very slow.

2016-01-20 Version 2.2

Features:

RiSOLVE now utilizes the Riegl RDB 2.0 pointcloud database format to store, process and visualize scan
data converted from *.rxp or *.3dd files.

The RiSOLVE Project structure has been updated to version 2.2.0 and now supports so called Pointcloud
objects at the Scan Position and the Project level.

Implemented a new "Delete points..." function for Scans and Pointclouds that allows to delete points "By
attribute" directly from the file.

Implemented a new "Create pointcloud(s)..." function for Scans and Pointclouds that allows to copy points
"By attribute" onto a new file or to run an "Octree" filter.

In case that the Project has been georeferenced by using the GeoSysManager 2 this georeferencing

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information is additionally stored in the Riegl RDB 2.0 pointclouds.

Some Project manager icons have been redesigned to be more clear and intuitive.

Some 3D view tool bar icons have been redesigned and reordered to be more clear and intuitive.

The 3D view tool bar now includes a new "Switch viewtype" button to quickly change the viewtype for all
pointclouds in the view.

The 3D view tool bar now includes a new "Copy selection into new pointcloud" and "Cut and copy
selection into new pointcloud" button.

The 3D view status bar now displays the total number of points in the 3D view additionally to the selected
number of points, polygons and line segments.

GeoSysManager has been updated to version 2.0.4.

The naming scheme for the 3D view functions to create a new Point, Tiepoint, Plane, Sphere or Polyline
has been improved.

Multiple Scan Positions can now be selected and marked as "Registered" simultaneously.

Wizard 'Export to RiPROCESS' is now available in the Help menu.

Bugfixes:

Fixed a bug where the Polydata Triangulation crashed at 85% under certain conditions.

Fixed a bug where the "Modify orientation & position in 3D view" tool failed with an "Invalid value" error
message under certain conditions.

Fixed a bug where the 3D view "Create new plane object" created an invalid plane in case that no data
has been in the 3D view.

Fixed incorrect statistics displayed by the "Analyze..." function of a Scan.

Changes:

The "Edit view type..." window now displays the available view types in a plane list instead of a tree view.

The Riegl RDB 1.0 pointcloud database format has been replaced by the Riegl RDB 2.0 database format.

The 3D online view has been removed in the "New single scan..." function.

The 3D view tools "MTA Tool" and "Edge modeling..." have been removed.

2015-10-28 Version 2.1.2

Features:

RiSOLVE now includes the most recent Chinese program GUI translation.

Updated the Terrain filter plugin to the most recent version which now features a simplified and more
intuitive configuration GUI.

New color table "Tornado" added.

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Bugfixes:

Fixed incorrect JPEG header DPI information when generating JPEG images with "Save scene to
image...", "Create plot..." or "2D plot" functions.

Fixed "Terrain filter - Aborted!" error message although the Terrain filter successfully finished.

Fixed an Access Violation that occurred when exporting meshed polydata objects to "SURPAC (Lines)
(*.str)" export format.

Fixed "unknown scan mechanism" error that occurred when extracting waveform data from certain
VZ-4000 scans.

Fixed runtime issues when launching RiSOLVE with program GUI language settings other than English.

Fixed a bug where the Camera Calibration Wizard accidentally required to have a "Camera model"
selected in the Project "Attributes..." although working with a V-Line scanner.

Fixed an Access Violation that occurred when importing a Camera Calibration Task by using the Help? ->
Wizard Import.

Fixed a bug where 3D view font sizes accidentally were too big in Orthographic camera mode.
Additionally it is now possible to further downscale the 3D view font size.

Changes:

Wizard 'Download and convert' now displays all *.rxp files available in *.riproject folder for download.
Check box "Main scans only" disables all *.rxp files with a secondary file extension.

2015-06-24 Version 2.1.1

Features:

Wizard 'Download and convert' now offers an additional "Merge" option that allows to "Integrate" or
"Append" one or more *.riproject projects into the current RiSOLVE project.

3D view Selection mode "Select all Triangles" now also selects triangles that intersect with the selection
polygon in any way.

Polyline nodes can now be edited by direct PRCS coordinate entry in the Project manager Polyline
"Attributes..." window.

Multiple Scans can now be selected in the Project Manager and dragged and dropped into the RiSCAN
PRO client area to create a new 3D view.

The "Multi Station Adjustment" Window now can stay open and won't overwrite manual SOP matrix
changes on "Analyze" or "Calculate".

Plane objects can now be exported in the "RiMONITOR - Plane File" format.

The temporary file path used by RiSOLVE can now be configured in Tool - Options - Additional - Recent
projects and folders - Folder for temporary files.

Bugfixes:

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3 Point Solution Registration improved.

Tool "Modify orientation & position in 3D view..." issues fixed.

Fixed a bug that caused the "Multi Station Adjustment" to hang under certain conditions.

Fixed "No temp foder available" CMA and Azimuth Adjustment plugin warnings.

Fixed an Access Violation that occurred when executing the 3D view "Selection Tool" on Scans that have
been "Unloaded" in the 3D view.

Fixed "Unhandled position mode (0)" error message for Direct Georeference Registration.

When dragging and dropping multiple Scans into an opened 3D view then the operation can be canceled
by canceling the "Select view type..." Window.

Fixed an Access Violation that occurred when closing a 3D view under certain conditions.

Fixed a bug that caused the "Color from images..." function to hang at 64 % progress for a very long time.

Bentley PODWriterAPI updated to latest version 2.1.0.6 to fix a coordinate offset.

Fixed "Unhandled Coordinate Reference System Type (63)" error message for SOP matrix calculation
from a V-Line Scan.

Operation "Cleanup all scans" will continue with the next scan in case that a scan fails to cleanup.

2015-04-27 Version 2.1

Features:

Power Tool toolbar and multi Scan Position Registration methods added.

The Position and Orientation of a Scan Position can now be edited in the 3D view directly by using the 3D
pose edit tool (long mouse click on Scanner symbol in the 3D view to launch).

Implemented CTRL+SHIFT selection behaviour in the Project manager to select objects of same kind.

Enabled multiple object data selection and export.

Scan "Color from images..." can now be executed on multiple selected Scans from different Scan
Positions.

GeoSysManager *.gsfx file and dependant Geoid files are now backed in the Project directory.

Function "Filter data..." now allows to specify an optional "Output name" and "Output suffix" of the
generated Polydata.

Implemented a "Previous solution", "Next solution" function for TPL "Find Corresponding Points" feature.

Implemented multiple file restore and deletion in the Trash Can.

RiSOLVE Register: Backsight Tolerance is derived from GNSS accuracy information now.

RiSOLVE Register: MSA now constrains directions of freedom depending on GNSS accuracy.

RiSOLVE now automatically determines the best Plane Patch Filter parameters.

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Changes:

In case that a Project Structure update has been confirmed the current project.rsp and project.dtd are
backed into the BACKUP sub folder.

Added a confirmation dialog to "Convert all scans" feature to prevent accidental conversion of all scans.

Wizard Download & Convert now only displays Main Scans, Monitoring Scans and Reflector Scans.

RiSOLVE Register: "Reset registration" confirmation popup setting can now be configured in the
Registration Settings Dialog.

RiSOLVE Register: Additional options dialog allows to configure whether to "Register & Adjust Scans
Positions", "Fine Adjust all Scan Positions" or to run "IGP adjust".

RiSOLVE "Plot" tool renamed to "2D Plot".

Application Icons sizes can now be configured separately for System Icons and View Window Icons.
Additionally "X-Large" icons are now available.

Localization disabled due to runtime problems.

Bugfixes:

Fixed a bug in "Filter data..." - "Polar triangulation" that led to a program crash and incorrect triangulation
results.

Fixed an Access Violation in TPL (GLCS) - Calculate translation for POP function.

E57 export now requires a valid License.

Fixed a bug in "Filter data..." - "Plane surface filter" where the resulting polydata was always empty.

Fixed a bug where the UCS Pose information and Inclination Sensor values were not extracted correctly
form the rxp file.

Fixed a bug where the "Create new sections..." feature did not create sections "along Z-axis".

Fixed the Waveform 3D "end of file" error message.

Updated the rxp2wfm.exe plugin to fix the "unknown scan mechanism" error.

Fixed DXF file import issue with USFt units.

Fixed an Access Violation in the "Undelete" function of a Scan.

Fixed the "Analyze scan" feature where incorrect statistics and diagrams have been displayed.

Show proper error message in case that Administrative Rights are required for storing the License Server
Host address.

Fixed conversion of a Scan failed in case of non ANSI characters in the path name.

Fixed a bug where Scan Acquisition with MTA conversion "Auto" failed.

Fixed a bug where jumping from one Scan Position to another within the Panorama view accidentally

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loaded the monitoring scan.

RiSOLVE Image selection for Camera Mount Adjustment fixed.

RiSOLVE Register: Fixed an Access Violation that occurred during Backsighting Registration under
certain conditions.

2015-02-20 Version 2.0.3

Changes:

Camera calibration method "Calibrate camera (flat check pattern)..." has been removed because it is not
maintained any more.

The "Define POP-Matrix" dialog does not popup any more in case that the SOP/POP is calculated from a
V-Line scan.

Bugfixes:

Fixed a bug that accidentally extracted User Coordinates from a V-Line scan from its house keeping
information.

Updated RiMTATLS to version 2.2 to fix incorrect MTA resolution in case that the user requested MTA
zone has been set to anything else than 1 during scan acquisition on the scanner.

Fixed "Access denied" error message when converting a scan in case that the project has been opened
by double clicking on a *.rsp file.

Fixed a bug that prevented Scan Positions from being automatically registered from V-Line scan in case
of manual scan import.

2015-02-11 Version 2.0.2

Features:

New improved RiMTA TLS replaces RiMTA 3D as the MTA processing engine.

Improved automatic registration.

New improved georeferencing adjustment algorithm (igpadjust) added.

E57 export now additionally stores global georeferencing information in the exported file in case that
GeosysManager 2 has been configured properly.

TPL (GLCS) feature "Calculate translation for POP" now allows to either setup a local ENU or a tangential
ECEF project coordinate system.

Feature "Set scanner positions..." now allows to either setup a local ENU or a tangential ECEF project
coordinate system.

3D view toolbar buttons for Perspective/Ortho, Constrained/Free and Fly/Walk now show the next state
instead of the current state.
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RiSOLVE project structure may contain an optional <guid> sub element in the <project> element to
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Added "Clone..." feature to right click context menu of Camera Mounting project node.

SDFSampleBlockChart chart plugin is now UAC aware.

Changes:

RiSOLVE reports are now stored in "REPORTS" project node instead of "PROTOCOLS" node.

Bugfixes:

Fixed *.3dd file manipulation such as "Resample..." and "Color from images...".

Fixed "LOGIC ERROR!" and incomplete COP matrix import in image import.

Fixed GUI truncation of 3D view tool "Polar triangulation..." and occasional hang at 85% triangulation
progress.

Fixed "Color from viewtype..." feature that colored whole pointcloud in single color when pointcloud
coordinates were too big.

Removed unexpected popup menu that appeared when clicking 3D view toolbar "Delete" button.

Fixed an access violation that occurred under certain conditions during tiepoint finescan.

2014-12-17 Version 2.0.1

Features:

GeoSysManager 2 support added for export of Sections, Polylines, Planes, Points, Datamine STRINGS,
RQX files.

Project .rsp and project.dtd are backed with a version number before updated to newer project structure
version.

SOP Backsighting orientation now allows to use tiepoints that have not been finescanned.

Help -> Wizard 'Import' now offers automatic renaming options for resolving name conflicts.

Help -> Send support email... now includes important log, configuration and debug files.

Tool -> Options now offers Object inspector settings to prevent the Object inspector from automatically
expanding sections when objects are added to the 3D view.

Multi Station Adjustment now offers an option to prevent the "Adjustment finished." popup.

RiSOLVE now comes with a Viewer License per default.

Changes:

3D view toolbar restructured to make important features more easily available.

Camera Mounting Adjustment now adjusts the camera mounting from up to 15 images of up to 15 scan
positions.
Bugfixes:

Fixed Camera Mounting Adjustment error message that occurred when the project TEMP path did not

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exist.

Fixed an access violation that occured when exporting Sections, Polylines, Planes and Points to e.g.:
DXF.

Fixed "%1 is not a valid Win32 application." error message that occurred on certain systems when
executing e.g.: MTA scan conversion.

Fixed a bug that led to very long project saving (verification) times. Saving large projects is now as fast
again as it was in previous versions.

3dd files created by conversion from rxp to 3dd are now imported to the project file again after
conversion.

Importing local licenses from a .lic file now works again without an access violation.

3D view selection mode flickering reduced.

Fixed dark gray Toolbar background when running RiSOLVE on a Windows with Windows classic style
Desktop enabled.

Fixed missing Object inspector icons, corrupt tree view display and access violation errors that occurred
when undocking the Object inspector.

Fixed ".Data = nil." error message that occurred when undocking the Object inspector and exporting
some objects afterwards.

Fixed "Calculator not prepared." error message that occurred under certain conditions when opening a 3D
view.

Microsoft Windows UAC awareness further improved by relocating log, temp and debug files to a central
user accessible directory.

Open scan position images in the RiSOLVE Photo view now is again as fast as it was in previous
versions.

Fixed stepped and perspective distorted selection results that occurred when selecting polydata or V-Line
data in the 3D view by right clicking a polyline and choosing "Select data".

Fixed a bug where the Dongle was not recognized any more after RiSOLVE setup.

2014-10-07 Version 2.0

Features:

64 bit version of RiSOLVE released. 32 bit version of RiSOLVE is still available (only 32 bit version
supports data acquisition with Z-Line scanners)

New Graphical User Interface (many improvements, new icons and layout)

Georeferencing support via GeoSysManager 2.0 now integrated

Ultra-High Definition (UHD) display support

Large Polydata File Support (>250 mio. points)

Rendering performance of 3D view pointcloud renderer improved

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Russian Language Support

Render fallback mode for 3D view section rendering added

Single Color Sequence that is used to assign a single color to 3D view objects is predefined and high
contrast now

3D view pickpoint is now set to some meaningful position when opening a 3D view

Info window now shows polar coordinates of the "i-clicked" data point if "Object inspector" coordinate
system is set to SOCS

New color table "Rainbow Cycling 01" added.

The sequential point naming of the 3D view point creation tool "New object... - Create point" has been
improved.

3D view function "Bird's eye view" added.

Wizard "Download and Conversion Wizard" now provides option to ignore "ZiSCAN" and "Backsight" files
if "Main scans only" is selected.

Added additional "Filter data - 2.5D raster" modes. Additional modes are "Estimate plane - height at cell
center" and "Estimate plane - height at cell COG".

Hold down "Ctrl" to change between "Select" and "Deselect" mode when the Selection Mode is active.

Changes:

Tool bars are cleaned up and more structured now

3D view view functions "Top view", "Bottom view", ... now do not zoom out to full extent any more
automatically unless "Shift" is pressed

Default values of Scanner IP address changed to 192.168.0.125 to support default ethernet connections
with VZ Instruments

3D view camera focal length length in program options changed for UHD display improvement

Tiepoint import file format "ASCII" is the very first in the import format list now

Export file format "PointCloud for Autocad (*.ptc)" has been removed

Bugfixes:

Plotting Tool now saves the correct scale when plotting in PDF format

Conversion of VZ-4000, VZ-6000 scans into *.3dd file format fixed (Only available in 32 bit versions)

E57 data export now supports Riegl database version 4.1

2014-06-26 Version 1.8.1

Features:

Added 10 new default color tables. Additionally user defined color table images can be loaded.

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Selection Tool can select colored points by their Hue, Saturation and Brightness values now. Added a
calculate bounds from selected points button.

Reflector finescan now lists all reflectors that failed to finescan in the message list at the end of the
finescan.

Added function to sort objects like planes, spheres and polylines by name ascending.

3D view text is always on top now and has a black outline to increase readability on a low contrast
background.

Color from images: added option to define a "region of interest" (i.e. only use a definable part of the
images).

Changes:

When switching from a 2D view to a 3D view then the default coordinate system for the 3D view is SOCS
now.

Camera Calibration: lens distortion model 2 added (suitable for wide angle lenses with severe radial
distortion).

Update to RiSCANLIB 3.10

Rename objects: filter invalid characters

Short cut for creating a new project: "CTRL-N"

Create new mounting calibration each time the camera was detached from and attached to the V-Line
scanner (requires current firmware version).

Connecting to a Z-Series scanner that is in error state, does no longer show the "No handler found for
instrument type" error message.

Export planes to ASCII file also exports "Dip angle" and "Dip direction" values.

When importing scans while "Automatically register scans" is activated and configured to use UCS, the
import uses WGS84 if the scan does not contain UCS coordinates.

Wizard Download and Convert: do not show thumbnail images.

Panorama viewer for scans (not the 2D/3D view) improved.

Adjustments to "Auto register" function to avoid scans flipping upside down.

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