Version history

What came into Crosscut from one version to the next.

Earlier versions

0.1.0

Blast design

Connect Holes by sweeping the cursor along the holes
Add Hole puts the collar on the wireframe under the click

Geology and block models

Rocks of blast holes taken from the geological bodies

Wireframes and surfaces

Mesh tool: a flat wireframe drawn by clicks, triangle by triangle

Point clouds

Point budget per frame and on the graphics card in the settings

Drafting and annotation

Splines by control points; cone, torus, wedge and extrusion
Point marker styles
Delete point and split at point
Arcs drawn to a 1 mm chord, exact curve lengths

3D view and interface

The name Crosscut, its own icon font and a coloured icon for every command
Light theme; the 3D background chosen per theme
Hotkeys and aliases in settings files, with an aliases window
Help line for the field in focus in the blast windows
Several objects of one kind edited together in Properties

Files and exchange

DXF export window with progress, size estimate and a report
A project opened by dropping it on the window

0.0.9

Blast design

Drilled or design depth chosen for charging
Flyrock zones by McKenzie and by the safety rules, built as polylines

Geology and block models

Sub-blocked models
Geological bodies: closed wireframes with a rock and a priority

Wireframes and surfaces

New Wireframes module: repair, Boolean operations, sections, contours

Point clouds

LAS import window: header, class filter, thinning on import

Drafting and annotation

Texts that read another object’s elevation, length or area
Dimensions written to DXF as dimensions
AutoCAD construction modes for arcs, circles, rectangles and polygons
Ortho (F8), typed lengths and arcs while drawing a polyline

3D view and interface

A project with an unreadable object still opens
Gizmo with plane squares, scale mode, exact typed values and a Shift step
Ctrl on release places a copy; Alt moves the pivot
Orbit around the picked point; several grips dragged together
Contextual tabs for the selected kind of object
Buttons greyed while their command cannot run

Files and exchange

Trim and extend exact on circles and arcs; break for curves
Installer of its own in the Crosscut style

0.0.8

Blast design

Cartridges, sleeves and inert stemming pieces
A detonator with primers for every column of explosive
Charging sheet; charge rules carried between projects

Geology and block models

The cells of a model as a table

Point clouds

Clip box and slice by height

Drafting and annotation

Rectangles, construction lines and rays
Length, rise, slope and azimuth per leg, path mode
Angle, area and radius; results in a table in the corner of the view
Dimensions drawn as in AutoCAD: linear, aligned, radius, diameter, angle, chained
Multileaders with styles of their own

3D view and interface

Lists moved to their own docked panel
F12 overlay with frame timings
Every ribbon button with its own icon
Reports open in FastReport Designer
Progress window for opening and saving large projects
Standard views turn about the selection

Files and exchange

Choice of the graphics card
Reference rows copied between projects through the clipboard

0.0.7

Blast design

A block and its holes take their rock from the table
Charge templates and rules with a hole filter

Geology and block models

A cell’s values and rock changed in Cell info
Values or a rock given to the cells of a region

Wireframes and surfaces

Wireframe edit mode for vertices, edges and triangles

Point clouds

Registration by point pairs and ICP; normals and slope of each point

Drafting and annotation

Text sized in world units, turned by a grip, kept through DXF
Move, copy, rotate, scale, mirror, explode and stretch
Trim, extend, fillet, chamfer and blend
Grips on objects, fill for closed shapes, draw order

3D view and interface

Ribbon search box
Object snap (F3) and grid snap (F9) switches in the status bar
Only one copy of the program runs at a time
Radial menu by the cursor redrawn as a ring of slices
Whole-list table: cell editing, sorting, summary row

Files and exchange

Saving and opening in the background
Undoing back to the saved state makes the project saved again

0.0.6

Blast design

Holes coloured by status or explosive; misfires, horizon and blast date
Reference tables of rocks, explosives and means of initiation

Geology and block models

Columns edited, a column worked out by a formula

Wireframes and surfaces

Values on mesh vertices and colouring by them

Point clouds

Comparison with a surface or another cloud; sections; crests and toes

Drafting and annotation

Layer states saved and restored
Merge layers, delete with objects, copy to a layer
Text and dimension styles followed by every annotation
Annotative texts, leaders, dimensions and hatches with annotation scales

3D view and interface

File menu with recent files
Short ribbon animations
Lists of points and holes get sections of their own
Whole-list table with an editor in every cell
View cube in the corner

Files and exchange

Objects of unknown kinds survive in the project

0.0.5

Blast design

Danger zone and throw direction
Hole table exported to CSV or DXF; drilling fact imported with a simulator

Geology and block models

Section planes kept in the model and moved with the gizmo

Wireframes and surfaces

Visual styles of surfaces and solids

Point clouds

Surfaces from clouds; stockpile volumes with a FastReport sheet

Drafting and annotation

Text rotation edited in Properties
Named line types
Layers panel on Home: current layer, off, lock, isolate, freeze
Line type, weight and print switch by layer

3D view and interface

Fixes for depth precision on large real drawings
Plug-in windows share the look and remember their place and values
Recent commands in the context menu
Interface in Ukrainian and Russian next to English
Program settings window: language, projection, opening the last file
Dark message boxes in the program’s style

Files and exchange

DXF leaders, hatches and blocks on import
Line types of layers and objects written to DXF

0.0.4

Blast design

Delay network by pattern and by hand, with checks
Blast passport, blast journal, hole passport and row section printed through FastReport

Geology and block models

Drillholes imported from collar, survey and interval tables
Block model by cells: colour by column or rock, section planes with a legend

Wireframes and surfaces

Templates for new projects

Point clouds

Thinning, noise removal and ground classification, also on steep pit walls

Drafting and annotation

Locked layers: objects can be selected but not changed
Moving an object to another layer keeps its colour
Ellipses and polygons
Leaders with a choice of arrowhead

3D view and interface

Panel with object, layer and selection counts
Layers renamed in place
Wheel zoom to the point under the cursor, eased, calibrated to AutoCAD
The camera can fly through its target
Endless ground grid
Repeated view keys turn through the four sides

Files and exchange

The camera is kept in the project and restored on opening
The object under the cursor is outlined while picking

0.0.3

Blast design

Inclined holes, azimuth modes, depth to an elevation, a line or a surface
Holes along a line and between two lines; extra holes filling a complex contour
Charge of a hole deck by deck, Charge Holes by the block’s rule

Geology and block models

Drillhole objects: collar, survey, intervals with rock and assays, drawn as tubes

Point clouds

Crop, classes, merge, split, erase inside or outside an outline

Drafting and annotation

Previews while drawing: radius legs, angle, numbered vertices and the last leg length
Line types and real line widths in the view
Points drawn as squares of a size in the world
Rotation gizmo next to the move gizmo; the offset shown while dragging
Context menu on an object; Ctrl+right click opens it as a list

3D view and interface

Angles typed in degrees, minutes and seconds
Colour picked by a click on the swatch
Properties sections that fold, with a search
Project explorer with a search and grouping by type
Quick access toolbar: New, Save, Undo, Redo

Files and exchange

Cyrillic texts in DXF read with the drawing’s code page
The program asks to save before New, Open and closing

0.0.2

Blast design

Collar and floor elevations from the contours; subdrill
Staggered grids, row modes, numbered rows

Geology and block models

Regular block models from CSV, drawn by cells
Block model cell size edited in Properties

Wireframes and surfaces

Boolean operations on meshes; smoothing, simplifying and filling holes

Point clouds

Clouds stored by octree in the project, about three times smaller

Drafting and annotation

Distance measurement in two clicks
Layers with sub-layers, colours and dragging between layers
Circles and arcs as objects of their own
Box, sphere and cylinder drawn by the mouse, with height pulled up

3D view and interface

Command line and hotkeys with a settings panel
Project, Layers and Properties panels; closing and reopening them with keys
Radial menu by the right button
Status bar with scale, counts and cursor coordinates
Properties panel with an editor for every kind of value

Files and exchange

Crash log in its own file
Faster and more complete import of large DXF drawings

0.0.1

Blast design

Blast block, hole grid and holes placed by hand, one per click
Design window with top and bottom contours and live placement

Geology and block models

Drillholes from CSV with desurvey, coloured by grade, with a check report

Wireframes and surfaces

Surface triangulation, area, volume and contours

Point clouds

LAS, LAZ, E57, text and PLY import; LAS, LAZ, XYZ and COPC export

Drafting and annotation

Points, polylines, splines and texts
Six main object snaps of AutoCAD, with a marker
Vertices dragged in the view, a move gizmo
Copy, cut and paste; Ctrl+A, Delete, undo and redo

3D view and interface

3D view on OpenGL with picking and selection highlight
Axis triad in the corner, framing of the whole scene, a ground grid
Section plane with the cut filled
AutoCAD-style navigation, touchpad and keyboard
Selection by window, a crosshair cursor and coordinates in the status bar
Ribbon, docked panels and a dark theme

Files and exchange

Project file with New, Open, Save and Save As
DXF import and export

Try it in the free demo

The demo is the full program: all six modules, nothing switched off. Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit.

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