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RoadEng RoadEng is a site and road design software package developed by Softree Technical Systems Inc. It includes functions for data collection, terrain modelling, contouring, volumes, profiles, sections, and road design. RoadEng® is a registered trade mark of Softree Technical Systems Inc. It is used in more than 100 countries. RoadEng is applications in road, rail and pipeline planning, conceptual and detailed design. It is also widely used for Lidar based planning and corridor design,

History

 * RoadEng was developed in 1990 for MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. as custom software for low volume road design and engineering. Following its successful development and implementation, Softree Technical Systems was granted full ownership and distribution rights.


 * March 1992, RoadEng Version 1.5 was released. Version 1.5 was a 16 bit application, based on Microsoft Windows. RoadEng was the first civil/road design software to incorporate real-time design which allowed for interactive alignment changes in plan, profile or cross section.


 * February 1995, RoadEng Version 2 was released. This version included mapping and drafting enhancements and a new cable analysis module.


 * October 1998, RoadEng Version 3 was released. This version was also called RoadEng/98. New features included, configurable field note entry, rotation, scaling and display of bitmaps, output sheets with legends, title blocks, logos, enhanced digitizer support, user defined line types and symbols and other [CAD] functions.


 * February 2000, RoadEng Version 3.1 was released. New features included, new COGO functions (buffering, clipping, layer and boundary selection), Terrain modeling and profiling functions, surface to surface volume calculations, user defined bridge templates, improved auto balance.


 * July 2003, RoadEng Version 4 was released. This was a 32 bit version. It included features specifically targeted at higher standard public road. New features included,  survey adjustment history, user definable attributes, station equations, 3D window, improved import/export, image rubber sheeting, interactive curve editing, template objects, spirals, culvert editor using the mouse, design speed, sight stopping distance and AASHTO standards, coordinate system support.


 * July 2004, RoadEng Version 4.1 was released. New features included, enhanced Mass Haul window, support for AutoCad 2005/2006, extended template capabilities, display of projected and intersected features in profile or section, mass haul reporting, improved stripping and sub-cuts, access to on-line resources, and improved LandXML interface.


 * March 2007, RoadEng Version 5 was released. New features included, support for Windows Vista, speed improvements for LIDAR modelling and display, improved image support (Mr. SID, ECW, JPEG2000 and PNG), display of projected and intersected features in profile or section, reporting of mass-haul, overhaul, and freehaul, improved templates, stripping and sub-cuts, access to on-line resources, real-time - 3D display enhancements, interface to Google Earth.


 * October 2012, RoadEng Version 6 was released. New features included, speed improvements, improved LIDAR modeling and display, Fixed Cross Section Editor, improved support for DGN, GPX, GML,DWG/DXF, ArcView Grid, LAS LIDAR, LandXML and HEC-RAS files, improved template functionality, enhanced on-line libraries and resources, real-time - 3D display enhancements and cursor tracking, improved support for converting between Geographic coordinate system and projections, grading and pad design enhancements.


 * April 2013, RoadEng Version 6.1 beta was released which included a new interface to SoftreeOptimal.