Version 2021

Version 2021.0.0

Version 2021.0.0 is released on preview.tygron.com (Preview) on Friday April 17th 2020

Overlays

• Increased grid to 2.000.000.000 cells and removed the cell limit on child overlays.
• New watershed overlay as BETA.
• Water overlay direction is now visualized with arrows.
• New GeoJSON export option based on polygons using the legend values of a grid overlay.
• Subsidence overlay can now also be calculated on (BRO) underground terrains.

TQL

• Performance improvement for BUFFER in combination with a GRIDVALUE TQL query.

Other

• New GPU architecture for improved performance, stability.
• License usage is now synchronized with the LTS server.
• Bugfix for Point Measurements when used on certain inactive overlays.
• Removed old landmark functions.
• Several smaller bug fixes.

Version 2021.1.0

Version 2021.1.0 is released on preview.tygron.com (Preview) on Monday May 4th 2020

Water

• Improved version of the new Watershed Overlay.
• Beta version for Culvert generator.
• Fixed arrow visualisation in flow direction overlay.
• Weirs, culverts that are very wide now have multiple input/output cells.

Other

• Several smaller bug fixes.

Version 2021.2.0

Version 2021.2.0 is released on preview.tygron.com (Preview) on Friday May 29th 2020

Water

• Improved version of the new Watershed Overlay.
• Improved version of Culvert generator.
• Updated terrain infliltration and water retention values based on paper: Waterretentie- en doorlatendheids-karakteristieken van boven- en ondergronden in Nederland: de Staringreeks Update 2018.
• Tweaked shoreline infiltration for infiltration only mode.
• Updated road functions that are generally not sewered.

Other

• BETA for Aerius Overlay.
• Several smaller bug fixes.

Version 2021.2.1

Version 2021.2.1 is released on preview.tygron.com (Preview) on Friday June 16th 2020

Other

• Updated Kadaster plot data to newest version.
• Plots now use correct naming code.
• Several smaller bug fixes.

Version 2021.3.0

Version 2021.3.0 is released on preview.tygron.com (Preview) on Friday June 26th 2020

Parametric Design

• Option to generate a simple road pattern aligned to existing roads.
• New functions: main road, road, sidewalk, parking, water and remainder.

Overlays

• Added Aerius support for the emissions sectors: Wegverkeer, Wonen en werken, Plan and Mobiele werktuigen.
• Added a wizard for the Aerius Overlay.
• Crop damage overlay result types have been added to the Subsidence Overlay. The damage is calculated using the Waterwijzer Landbouw web-api.
• Water overlays system view (showing Culverts, Inlets etc. ) now updates on changes to Buildings.

Attribute Actions

• Attribute action is a new type of action which allows stakeholders so add or set attributes of Buildings directly by selection.
• Attribute actions do not have construction time or construction costs associated with them, which makes them a simpler alternative to the Upgrade Type action on Buildings.

Panels

• Template panels can now be applied to measures and also automatically applied in test runs.
• Set maximum number of instanced Excels (used by instanced (Template) Excel Panels and Indicators) to 10 000 per project.

TQL

• Added relation building and status to measure TQL.

Events

• Set multiple attributes logic event has been added for Buildings.

Other

• Implemented additional security measures for data protection.
• Streamlined gml data services of project generation.
• Updated plots data to use the new kadaster v4 data on nationaalgeoregister.
• Several smaller bug fixes.

Version 2021.3.1

Version 2021.3.1 is released on preview.tygron.com (Preview) on July 3th 2020

Performance

• Reduced Client memory footprint, resulting in better performance on low-end systems.
• Limited amount of excels to 10.000 to prevent memory overload on server.
• Action menu's are now shared by default for same type stakeholders.

Other

• Text template panels update on changes to parent text.
• Maintenance update windows will be announced several hours in advance.
• Neighbourhood, Street and Global labels are better aligned.
• Several smaller bug fixes.

Version 2021.3.2

Version 2021.3.2 is released on preview.tygron.com (Preview) on July 8th 2020

License Model

• Allows for more new projects, only fair use on amount per day.
• No longer limited by amount of saved projects only total area (km).
• Fixed naming inconsistencies around license model.

GEO

• Updated to different BAG service (old was no longer active).
• Added new WaterWijzer Overlay accepting input from different Overlays.

2D Web Map

• Display last time frame for Overlays instead of the first.

Other

• Performance improvements in 3D rendering.
• Reorganized the Overlays popup menu in the Editor.
• Several smaller bug fixes.

Version 2021.4.0

Version 2021.4.0 is released on preview.tygron.com (Preview) on July 22th 2020

Water

• Added support for groundwater seepage.
• Increase time steps for weir heights and inlet Q from 100 -> 10.000.
• Updated Waterwijzer Landbouw from version 1.1.0 to new 2.0.0 version.

GEO

• Multi import of wizard object attributes using CSV.
• CSV's can now contain Timestamps as time keys. The format can be configured in the Project's Settings.
• Measurements can now be viewed in the Editor and imported/exported.
• Most Items (buildings, areas, etc) can be exported using CSV.
• Updated to latest JTS 17 Library for e.g. faster polygon intersection calculations.
• Improved compatibility for different WFS server types.

TQL

• Stricter name checking implemented.
• Attribute names can no longer start with a digit or XML.
• INDEX_X now returns 100 indices.

Other

• Experimental Travel Distance Overlay.
• Small improvements to Aerius Overlay's results
• Several smaller bug fixes.

Version 2021.5.0

Version 2021.5.0 is released on preview.tygron.com (Preview) on Sept 1 2020

Water

• Small improvement to calculation speed.
• More detailed building storage.
• Building storage result type.
• Corrected the Seepage formula to correctly calculate the seepage amount.

GEO

• Updated to new BGT standard.
• Import/export of net items now support crs's other than EPSG:3587 Web Mercator.
• Fixed Arcgis Pro WFS services.

Excel

• Improved excelsheet loading.

Other

• Several smaller bug fixes.

Version 2021.5.1

Version 2021.5.1 is released on preview.tygron.com (Preview) on Sept 8th 2020

Water

• Timeframes can have custom timestamps (e.g. at non-linear intervals).

GEO

• Option to limit the amount of project data loaded at geo selection.
• Support for xllcenter and yllcenter in Esri ASCII files.
• The plot owner is now by default also the building owner.

Other

• Improved error handling for invalid data in imported networks.
• Improved error handling for failing WFS servers.
• Fix for building surface heights in Geo Wizard.
• Fix for invalid addresses in BAG.
• Fixed error in API for logs retrieval.
• Several smaller bug fixes.

Version 2021.5.2

Version 2021.5.2 is released on preview.tygron.com (Preview) on Sept 9th 2020

GEO

• Improve world wide address searching in project area selection panel.
• Fix specific CRS bug in I3S loading.

Water

• New result type that shows the water level as datum (dutch: NAP waarde).

Other

• Improved is active checking in Excel calculations for Areas.
• Several smaller bug fixes.

Version 2021.5.3

Version 2021.5.3 is released on preview.tygron.com (Preview) on Sept 21th 2020

Geo

• Addresses are now separate objects in the API with attributes.
• Addresses contain the original BAG identification as an attribute and function type as value.
• Improved the stability of the new BGT-connector introduced earlier this month.

Water

• New GPU Architecture based on CUDA Graphs, resulting in ~20% calculation time reduction.
• Invalid water objects have a "object flow" attribute value of NO_DATA (~ -3.4+e38) for easy exporting/debugging.

Other

• Small fix for incorrect source referencing in BGT terrains.
• Several smaller bug fixes.

Version 2021.6.0

Version 2021.6.0 is released on preview.tygron.com (Preview) on Oct 8th 2020

GEO

• New Parametric Design implementation based on percentages.
• Warning: Incompatible with old designs, please remove them.

Water

• Support for rectangular shaped culverts.
• Result Types GROUND_LAST_STORAGE and GROUND_MAX_STORAGE now include both saturated and unsaturated groundwater.

Other

• Updated to latest Dutch Crop Codes.
• Several smaller bug fixes.

Version 2021.7.0

Version 2021.7.0 is released on preview.tygron.com (Preview) on Nov 10th 2020

Parametric Design

• Water is now always between roads.
• Several smaller improvements to algorithm.

Water

• Grid Averaging is a new option to calculate surface water in e.g. groundwater simulations. No impulse, but much faster.
• Underground inlet areas. These can be used to simulate an underground pump or setting a groundwater border.
• Impacted Buildings Overlay is now per time frame and includes a range attribute to set the amount of effected cells.

Other

• Several smaller bug fixes.

Version 2021.7.1

Version 2021.7.1 is released on preview.tygron.com (Preview) on Nov 13th 2020

GEO

• New Solar Panel visualizations via SOLAR_PANEL attribute.
• New ALIGN_ELEVATION attribute that can be used to make buildings float or align to (uneven) surface.
• Attribute Action updates now also get visualized in test runs (e.g. change roof color attribute).
• Added Windmills from BGT on new project generation

Aerius

• New button that downloads the latest results.

Parametric Design

• Improved road alignment.

Water

• Improved Grid Averaging Areas.

Other

• Fixed issue with invalid addresses.
• Fixed invalid Open Street Maps data.
• Fixed several missing icons.
• Several smaller bug fixes.

Version 2021.7.2

Version 2021.7.2 is released on preview.tygron.com (Preview) on November 27th 2020

Aerius

• Update Aerius to latest 2020 version.

Compatibility

• Improved support and compatibility for AMD (ATI) Video cards.
• Support for latest Video cards.

Other

• Fixed bug in Travel Distance Overlay.
• Several smaller bug fixes.

Version 2021.8.0

Version 2021.8.0 is released on preview.tygron.com (Preview) on Dec 3rd 2020

Combo Overlay

• New Combo Overlay that can combine results from up to 3 grid overlays.
• Combo supports all basic operators (e.g. add, max, avg, sqrt, less than, equals).
• The Average, WWL and Watershed Overlays support Combo Overlays as input.
• Combo supports timeframes and Globals.

Water

• Rainfall can now be configured as areas distributed over the project area. Up to 100 areas are supported, allowing e.g. moving rain showers.
• Transpiration of plants has been improved, by using the Feddes Trapezium instead of a single root depth value.
• Drainage systems (with or without active pumping) have been added.
• New result types: groundwater direction, groundwater flow and rainfall.
• Improved Water wizard icons, text and underground inlet feedback.
• Improved calculation speed for small maps with timeframes.
• Substances have been renamed to "tracers"
• Adjusted the Functions step in the wizard

Other

• New floating solar panel models
• Option to delete all Areas belonging to a filter.
• Several smaller bug fixes.

Version 2021.8.1

Version 2021.8.1 is released on preview.tygron.com (Preview) on Dec 18th 2020

GPU Calculations

• Scheduled long running calculations can now also be triggered during office hours.
• Regular short updates are limited to half an hour.

Water

• Bridges and floating buildings are now optional in the elevation model via advanced settings.
• Added option to specify the hydraulic conductivity for the underground terrains.

Other

• Several maintenance updates to underlying architecture.
• Updated client installer with latest security updates.
• Several smaller bug fixes.

Version 2021.8.2

Version 2021.8.2 is released on preview.tygron.com (Preview) on Dec 21th 2020

Access

• All new Preview features (see WIKI) are now available to all users.
• API access is now available to all users.

Water

• Added new LAST_RAIN result.
• Added warning for hydraulic structures without an geometry.

Other

• Reduced memory usage of server application.
• Recalculation required now correctly showing for added result children.
• Fixed raising land using the Raise Land option
• Several smaller bug fixes.

Version 2021.8.3

Version 2021.8.3 is released on preview.tygron.com (Preview) on Jan 8th 2021

GPU Architecture

• Update to latest GPU Architecture (CUDA 11.2).
• Several improvements resulting in faster Overlay updates. E.g. Heat Overlay is 40% faster.

I3S Models

• Added option to use I3D Model height or relative to terrain.
• Fixed a crash when using deprecated shared textures.
• Improved compatibility for different I3S Texture types.
• Known Issue: Wrap mode: repeat is not supported in atlas textures.

Other

• Improved AMD Ryzen support.
• Updated the SSL Certificate.
• Several smaller bug fixes.

Version 2021.8.4

Version 2021.8.4 is released on preview.tygron.com (Preview) on Jan 15th 2021

TQL

• Added support for Y Query, allowing TQL labels in excels to go both per row and column.
• Attributes can now also be queried per time frame. E.g. weir buildings values in water overlay.

API

• Added multiple endpoints to Editor Interface.
• Added hints for events parameters.
• Improved API overview / styling.
• Removed support for deprecated api/services directory.
• All Items (e.g. buildings, areas) now have their ID visible in the Editor Interface.

Water

• Added advanced setting to adjust the generated dam with of a weir.
• Bugfix for non square maps with seepage active.

Other

• Option to trigger a scheduled update (with SMS) from ribbon bar.
• Area filter is now called Group By.
• Improved CPU detection during start-up.
• Added cinematic control with keyboard arrows.
• Fixed issue with difference overlay legend.
• Updated several texts and icons.
• Several smaller bug fixes.

Version 2021.8.5

Version 2021.8.5 is released on preview.tygron.com (Preview) on Jan 22th 2021

Water

• Flow per timeframe in Breaches and Sewers are now stored as Area attribute.
• Flow in objects (breaches, weirs, etc) can now also be visualised/exported in the measurement tool.
• Improved performance of large import events (e.g. 500K Infoworks triangles as Areas).

Parametric

• Added option to save design as Measure.

Subsidence

• Added option to set start year & temperature.

Solar Panels

• Can now be positioned on the roof (e.g. north, south, etc).

API

• SMILE and ZIPSMILE are no longer typed (special format used internal).
• Typed JSON is no longer listed in API.
• Improved API import of buildings, areas, terrains, etc.

Other

• Bugfix for Sub Domain project size.
• Bugfix for invalid Y Query.
• Kill session now also kills long running events (e.g. importing 100k+ buildings).
• Several smaller bug fixes.

Version 2021.8.6

Version 2021.8.6 is released on preview.tygron.com (Preview) on Jan 29th 2021

Timeframes

• For consistency: Timeframes in API, TQL, Combo, export panel and the viewer always start from ID=0 instead of ID=1.
• WARNING: Existing Combo Overlays with a frame number in the formula must be lowered, e.g. A1 -> A0.
• TIMFRAME_IS_X and -_IS_Y queries are now also supported for GRID_WITH_ATTRIBUTE_IS clauses

Overlays

• Improved rendering speed of Overlays with multiple timeframes resulting in smoother movies.
• Overlay legend displays the frame number and timestamp.
• Improved WMS performance.

Parametric Design

• Improved result generation for smaller areas.
• Improved "save as measure" speed.
• Added option to ignore existing buildings.
• Existing buildings are removed when applying the design.
• Improved water land extrusion.
• Added the Floor Space Index, Ground Space Index and Open Space Ratio.

Other

• The risk assessment (risicokaart.nl) is down for long term maintenance, option is disabled by default.
• Added more documentation to API and disabled invalid API formats.
• Fixed issue with culvert visualization.
• Fixed connection issue with Beamer app.
• Fixed an issue in the I3S import process
• Several smaller bug fixes.

Version 2021.8.7

Version 2021.8.7 is released on preview.tygron.com (Preview) on Feb 5th 2021

TQL

• Added X-Query for existing (pre testrun) buildings.
• Limited X-Query to 64K rows and Y-Query to 16K columns.
• Bugfix for update query building with specific ID.

Geo

• Improved open land mapping.
• Bugfix for I3S import in measures.

Water

• Support more overlays for Weather flood visualization.
• Improved caching and renders peed of Weather visualization.
• Add min/max elevation map as advanced option.
• Bugfix for changing water structures that resulted in errors.
• Wateroverlay feedback on custom timeframes and CSV title recognition.

API

• Renamed gameName to projectName in API Logs.
• Duplicate events return new item ids.
• Improved response codes/errors of API.

Other

• Added progress bar to Overlay legend panel.
• Bugfix in Item Measurement overlay selection.
• Bugfix for excel download issues.
• Several smaller bug fixes.

Version 2021.8.8

Version 2021.8.8 is released on preview.tygron.com (Preview) on Feb 12th 2021

Subsidence

• Added timeframe support to Subsidence Overlay.
• Added the option to set the simulation start year.
• Added more configurable Climate model parameters to the wizard.
• Added feedback about the Climate model
• Improved subsidence WIKI pages.
• Limited max subsidence to top layer * peat fraction.

API

• Added extra logging of user activity (e.g. add/remove user) for domain admins.
• Added extra logging of security incidents (e.g. false password login) for domain admins.
• API endpoint for session logging has moved: /api/logs/mydomain/ -> /api/logs/sessions/.
• Bugfix for concurrent modifications in API calls.

Performance

• Improved client performance when executing large Measures.
• Improved client performance for large/complex building polygons.
• Improved server memory handling, allowing more projects active.

Other

• Added new 3D models for (electricity) transmission towers.
• Improved geo mapping of open land.
• Bugfix for loop in Prequel Overlays.
• Bugfix for height map issues at sea.
• Bugfix in Measure levees.
• Several smaller bug fixes.

Version 2021.8.9

Version 2021.8.9 is released on preview.tygron.com (Preview) on Feb 19th 2021

Parametric Design

• Improved layout of bottom feedback panel.
• Bugfix for specific use-cases.

Subsidence

• Added timeframes and years per timeframe to subsidence overlay.
• Improve area configuration in the subsidence wizard.
• Added configuration of all climate parameters and start year of subsidence.
• Clay thickness can alternatively be configured using a geotiff.
• Fixed issues with ground water level calculation.
• The maximum subsidence is now limited to the amount of peat in the top layer.
• Updated and improved the documentation on subsidence.

Water

• Added tracer support for drainages.
• Added tracer support for surface mode: grid averaging waterways.

Performance & Limits

• Reduced maximum amount of excels to 1000.
• Added warning when project contains more then 25.000.000.000 grid cells in total.
• Total grid cell amount can be viewed in calculation pop-up.
• Improved memory handling of large projects.

Other

• Windmills have label Tower height instead of just height for more clarity.
• Enabled shadows on low-end systems.
• Travel distance, only selecting routing area when attribute > 0.
• Several smaller bug fixes.

Version 2021.8.10

Version 2021.8.10 is released on preview.tygron.com (Preview) on Feb 26th 2021

Underground

• Extended 3D visualization to also go below the surface.
• Go below surface by zooming in, hitting space when walking or using the free cam / cinematic.
• Added new basement depth for all buildings.
• Network Distance Overlay: vertical distance between net lines and basements, roots and underground buildings.
• Net lines now also support a Z (height) coordinate when importing & drawing (using depth variable).
• Both distance zone and avg overlays support net lines.
• New button in top-right navigation bar to make the surface transparent.

Combo

• When selecting an overlay as just "A" the lat time frame is selected by default. Consistent with TQL.

Geo

• BGT transmission towers with Top10nl power lines (beta).
• Metro lines are loaded as underground & surface buildings.
• DEM is by default 1m resolution now.
• Improved address search bar in navigation panel.

Other

• Updated end user conditions for API access for all users.
• Improved camera zooming behavior.
• Bugfix for specific parametric design cases.
• Bugfix for importing I3S models.
• Bugfix for buying/selling land.
• Bugfix for parked cars visualization.
• Several fixes in wizards (icons, texts, bugs).
• Several smaller bug fixes.

Version 2021.9.0

Version 2021.9.0 is released on engine.tygron.com (LTS) on March 5th 2021

This is the major update of the LTS for 2021.

Water

• New Watershed Overlay.
• Support for wider river weirs and inlets.
• New avg super-grid model for groundwater.
• Culvert Generator.
• Waterwijzer Landbouw overlay.
• Distributed Rainfall.
• Other: drains, seepage and arrow visuals.

Geo

• Improved SLPK support.
• Underground visualization.
• Improved Parametric Design visuals and options.
• Transmission towers and power lines.

Developers

• API access for all users.
• New Combo Overlay that can combine overlay results.

Other

• Solar panels visualizations.
• Multiple bug fixes and performance improvements.