What's new

Roads and sidewalks on plan and profile

You can now draw a road or sidewalk crossing the designed utility and see it immediately on both the plan and long section.

• Pick the utility crossing point, choose the surface type and enter its width and plan length.
• Move the crossing with the centre handle and rotate the surface around the fixed intersection using either end handle.
• The crossing angle adjusts the width shown on the profile, and roads and sidewalks are included in DXF exports.

A clear path to your first export

The project list now shows three short steps from creating a project, through the first segment of any of the 7 utility networks, to exporting a DXF or 3D model. Progress updates automatically.

Guidance matched to your project stage

During your trial, Altivo now suggests the next practical step: creating your first project, testing a DXF export or applying the complete workflow to a real job. Each message is sent only when that particular guidance is useful.

Buildings anchored to designed ground

Building parameters can now use designed ground as their reference level. The floor, walls, foundation and service entry move together to the proposed grade, with no manual offset from existing ground.

DTM: EVRF2007, safer coordinates and lighter profiles

DTM elevations are now available in the current PL-EVRF2007-NH or legacy PL-KRON86-NH vertical datum. The confirmed CRS, axes and datum are remembered with the project and carried into IFC georeferencing. PL-1992 requires a map-location confirmation, while adaptive sample reduction preserves terrain breaks without bloating the project.

Service entering the building above ground — through the wall

Building parameters now offer “Above-ground entry (through the wall)”: the service rises just outside the wall and crosses it at the height you set (0.5 m by default) — the way a gas connection is normally drawn. A protective sleeve through the wall can be added with one click. It all lands in the preview, the SVG and the DXF with no extra work.

Angle and distance rounding, angles on leader lines, blank point labels

Network settings gained a “Labels and rounding” section. Choose how precisely the profile prints angles (whole degrees, 0.1° or 0.01°) and distances (1 m, 0.1 m or 0.01 m). Horizontal angles can move out of the table row onto vertical leader lines at the nodes. You can also turn off automatic point numbering — new points are then created without a label, and a blank label is no longer drawn on the profile.

• Angles: whole degrees, 0.1° or 0.01°
• Distances and chainages: 1 m, 0.1 m or 0.01 m
• Horizontal angles printed vertically along the node line, above the table
• Unlabelled points — automatic numbering can be switched off

Rotate the map underlay by 90°

A map that came in sideways (scan, photo, PDF) no longer needs a two-point calibration just to be turned. The “Rotate 90°” button in the underlay panel turns it clockwise about its own centre, so the map stays where you are looking. Works the same for raster and vector DXF underlays.

Network crossings: correct branch elevations and invert callout on the drawing

Automatic crossings with another network’s branches now show exactly the elevation that branch’s own profile draws — including the tie-in elevation, a drop structure at the connection and pipe-diameter differences. False collision warnings caused by the mismatch are gone too. The crossing label on the profile now states the crossing pipe’s invert (e.g. “Sewer φ200 bottom 64.04”), so it can’t be confused with your own pipe’s elevation in the table, and the Elevations panel labels the branch tie-in value with the manhole bottom note.

Buildings with a basement, a basement water meter and floor-elevation marks

Building parameters now include a basement: enter the basement floor elevation (straight from the architectural design) and the profile draws a second floor slab, extends the wall and seats the footing below the basement. The water meter set can be mounted on the ground floor or the basement floor — the service riser routes itself downwards when the meter sits below the pipe. The computed ground-floor and basement floor elevations are annotated with spot-elevation marks on the building wall.

Branches: chainage from zero and correct invert readings at a cascade tie-in

A branch profile (e.g. a building service connection) now measures its distances from its own start instead of continuing the main run chainage. At a drop-manhole tie-in the table prints the connection invert next to the cascade bottom — just like a cascade on the main run — and the segment slope in the Elevations panel always matches the value on the drawing.

Ground elevations from the Polish national DTM — one click

For projects in Polish coordinate systems (PL-2000 / PL-1992): fetch ground elevations from the Polish national DTM (GUGiK, 1 m grid) for missing nodes or all nodes, and optionally sample terrain along the route so the profile follows its shape between nodes. The CRS and axes mapping are detected automatically. DTM elevations are clearly marked as approximate and do not replace a geodetic survey.

Gas cabinet: mounted at the fence, on the building, or freestanding

Gas cabinet parameters now include a mounting option: freestanding (a service point on its foundation), at the fence, or on the building. A mounted cabinet is drawn the way it is built: a smaller box hanging above ground (50 cm by default, editable), with no foundation of its own, next to a fence post with underpinning or a building wall with its footing — on the side you choose. The elbow riser takes the gas pipe up to the bottom of the box.

IFC export tuned for Autodesk Navisworks

Pipes in the IFC model are now written as simple extruded solids that Navisworks reads reliably — previously the older "Legacy" method could skip them. There is also a new "Optimize for Autodesk Navisworks" switch in the 3D/BIM export dialog: it writes the file in IFC4 and adds the full spatial hierarchy (Project→Site→Building→Storey) so a network appended in Navisworks appears and groups correctly.

Paste multiple points when inserting into a route

The “Insert point” dialog now has the same “Paste points” box as quick point entry. When inserting before, after, or at a chosen spot on a segment, you can paste several nodes from a table or CAD, and Altivo cleans comments, headers and extra text automatically.

Automatic ground elevations are clearer when pasting points

When you paste points without ground elevations, Altivo still fills them in automatically, but the Points panel now shows those values in grey. Enter the first elevation by hand and the following automatic points immediately take the same level. If you later enter a new elevation at another point, the automatic points after it switch to that value — no need to retype the whole table.

Lost map underlay? Drop it in with one click

After loading a DXF or raster map it sometimes landed far from your drawn network and was hard to find. The new “Place at point” button fixes that instantly: click the button, then anywhere on the plan, and the map centre jumps right there. It hands straight over to move mode, so you can fine-tune by dragging. Plus, the “Fit to screen” button now frames the map too — one click shows your network and the map together. No more hunting for a map that flew off-screen.

Route elevations and depth now shown at crossings too

In the column of a crossing with another network, the profile table now shows the route’s own elevations and depth at that station — terrain elevation, pipe axis and channel invert, depth and crown cover. Those cells used to be empty (and the axis row showed the crossing pipe’s level, not the route’s). The values are interpolated along the route between the neighbouring nodes, so a crossing column reads like any other. The same on screen and in the DXF export.

At a branch connection: main-route and branch elevations side by side

On a branch profile, at the first node (the tie-in to the main route), the elevation and depth rows now show two readings side by side: the main route on the left, the branch on the right. It covers the axis elevation, cover/depth, channel invert and its cover, and crown cover — for every network kind. The values split only where they actually differ (different diameter or tie-in level); when they match, a single number stays. The same on screen and in the DXF export.

External drop (cascade) at a branch connection

When a branch ties into the main route more than 0.30 m above the invert, you can now choose how the drop at the connection is drawn — just like an in-line cascade. Internal keeps the drop inside the connection manhole; external adds a drop pipe carrying the inflow down to the main route invert, as a gentle 45° ramp or a vertical 90° drop against the wall. Set it in the tie-in row of the “Elevations & depths” panel; the drawing updates on the branch profile right away. At the connection itself — on both the main route and the branch profile — you now see both channel inverts (the dno and the tie-in) and two pipe cross-sections on the manhole.

Branch slope and tie-in row

A branch segment (even a single-point branch) now shows its slope in the “Elevations & depths” table and can be edited directly. Every branch also has a tie-in row to the parent route — edit its depth, invert or cover there, and the app keeps the tie-in from sitting below the main route invert (empty = at the invert).

Per-branch calc direction, slope and depth

The “Elevations & depths” panel now lets you focus on a single route (All routes / Selected route toggle) and give a branch its own calculation direction, slope direction and default depth — independent of the main route. A lateral can fall toward the collector while the collector falls its own way; leave a field empty to inherit the network value.

Branches grouped in the elevations and segments panels

The “Elevations & depths” and “Segments” panels now split their rows into the main route and each branch — just like the points panel. No more branches blending into one list: every group collapses, and it’s instantly clear which route a point or segment belongs to.

Delete branches

You can now remove an unwanted branch in one click — the trash icon next to the branch header in the points list. It deletes all of the branch’s points, segments and objects (and any sub-branches), and you can undo it with Ctrl+Z.

Undo and redo

Every change to a project can now be undone and redone — with Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Shift+Z (⌘Z / ⇧⌘Z on Mac) or the buttons in the editor toolbar. Dragging a point counts as a single undo rather than dozens of tiny steps, so reworking a route is fast and worry-free.

Groundwater level on the long section

You can now add a groundwater level to the long section: set one default elevation for the whole route or enter values at selected nodes and terrain points. The line appears in the preview and DXF export, and an optional table row prints the groundwater elevations in the profile columns.

Bends and elbows as node types

The node type catalogue now includes bends and elbows. On the long section, the symbol appears without extra setup as a circle on the pipe axis, sized to the carrier pipe diameter.

Add points onto a chosen branch

In the plan view, next to the “All networks / Active only” switch in the top-right corner, a path picker now appears whenever the network has branches. Set the active path and the points you add by right-clicking on empty canvas go to its end instead of always the main path. The picker only shows once at least one branch exists. New points also inherit the terrain elevation from the previous point by default (shown and editable in the add dialog), so points no longer end up without a ground level.

DXF export of branch profiles

The long-section DXF export now covers branches, not just the main path. In the export dialog you choose the scope: the main path only, the main path plus every branch (each as its own profile, stacked one below another in the same file) or a single branch. The plan export and the XLSX schedule already handled branches — now the long-section does too.

More precise manhole and chamber XLSX schedule

The XLSX export now separates manholes from chambers in the detailed schedule and shows the drop type at invert steps: internal, external 45° or external 90°. The schedule now matches what is drawn on the profile more closely.

External drop (cascade) at a manhole

When the invert drop exceeds 0.3 m you can now choose how the cascade is drawn: internal (the drop inside the manhole, as before) or external — the inflow pipe still enters at the channel level and a second drop pipe carries the flow down to the bottom, either as a gentle 45° ramp or a vertical 90° drop against the wall. Set it in the manhole’s parameters (expand the object settings); the drawing updates on the profile and the DXF export right away.

Hectometers marked on the profile

A hectometer ruler now sits below the profile table: the conventional half-filled circle every 100 m on a stem from the table’s bottom edge, larger at full kilometers, with running hectometer numbers underneath (0, 1, 2, …). Per-node stationing is printed as before.

Map underlay on the plan view — PNG, PDF and DXF

You can now load a base or design map as an underlay on the plan view and trace the network route over it. We support raster maps (PNG, PDF) with coordinate calibration and a vector DXF underlay that keeps the original layers.

• Load a map from a PNG, PDF or DXF file.
• Calibrate the raster to coordinates — the underlay lands exactly where the route is.
• Vector DXF preserving the original layers.

Free drawing and editing on the plan view

The plan view is now a full workspace. You add and drag nodes directly on the map, draw parcels and crossings as lines, and place manholes and fittings straight on the plan.

• Add and freely drag nodes with the mouse.
• Draw parcels and their outlines.
• Crossings with other utilities drawn as a line across the route.
• Manholes and fittings visible and editable on the plan.

Draw the ground line on the profile

On the longitudinal profile you can now add and refine the ground line by hand — useful when survey data is incomplete or you want to add points between nodes.

• Add terrain points directly on the profile.
• Adjust the ground line between nodes.

Export to a 3D IFC model (BIM, Revit)

Turn a finished profile into a georeferenced 3D model in IFC — ready to load in Revit or any BIM tool. Like DXF and PDF, the export runs entirely in the browser.

• 3D model of pipes, manholes and fittings.
• Georeference in the coordinate system you choose.