Release Notes
June 2025
- New object type: Location Marker. Shows coordianes of a specific location on the map (Lat/Long or Easting/Northing).
- Comments correctly display new line.
- Plan name is now shown on page title.
- Map provider can be changed on read-only plans.
- Job start and job end dates use range picker for date selection.
- Add filter for plans in the Invarion Cloud. You can filter plans by name, job start date, job end date.
Bug fixes
- Fix issue when settings page is not populated with data when user opens it for the first time.
May 2025
- Invarion Cloud: Job start and Job end dates are now displayed in the plan's side panel and table view. You can sort plans by these dates in the Invarion Cloud.
Bug fixes
- Fix bug when one file could be uploaded twice to the Invarion Cloud.
April 2025
- New feature: Fit object. Allows for aligning objects to the basemap. Specifically, allows for aerial images to be aligned to the basemap.
Bug fixes
- Right panel stays open when user restores plan from trash on Invarion Cloud.
- Correct error message is shown when uploading a large plan to Invarion Cloud.
- Fix error when right panel stays open when user moves a folder to trash on Invarion Cloud.
March 2025
- New feature: Address here tool. Right-click on the map to get the address of the location.
Bug fixes
Fix bug when a user with read-only access could not add a comment to a plan.
December 2024
- New feature: User can select newly created object by using double right mouse click or double 2-finger tap.
Stability features
A notification in the corner of a users screen will display if a plan's size exceeds 25mb, including details on how to effectively reduce a file's size in the Autosave Notification Panel.
When uploading a plan that contains broken objects, the Invarion Cloud will try to fix them.
A warning message is shown when this situation arises.
Bug fixes
- An issue with Signs and Multi-Message Signs not appearing correctly in the Legend and Manifest during PDF export has been resolved.
- Resolved issue that prevented folders from being restored from Trash when deleted in the Invarion Cloud.
November 2024
User experience improvements - Print Regions
- Different mouse cursors now appear when hovering over different parts of Print Regions, to reflect the actions that can be performed.
- The active print region is now highlighted with a green border.
- When selected, active print regions now have a button in the top-right for quick actions like 'print', 'fit to page' and 'delete'.
Unresolved threads badge
- A badge now appears next to the 'Comments' button in the side panel when there are unresolved threads in the plan.
User experience improvement - Sign Stands
- Varied indicative cursors for different transform/movement functions related to the sign stand handle.
October 2024
New feature: Tips and Tricks screen
RapidPlan Online or RapidPath Online shows a Tips and Tricks screen upon loading a plan. This screen provides demonstrations of different tools and features available in the application.
New feature: Highlight object on hover
When hovering over an object, it will be highlighted with a border.
New feature: Drag and drop plans between files
Plans in the Invarion Cloud can now be clicked and dragged into a different folder (found in the left panel).
Bug fixe
- Plans created while a certain folder is open in the Invarion Cloud will now be initially stored in the open folder.
September 2024
Signs Palette Interface update
The Signs Palette interface has been improved, a large, easy to use screen can now be opened in the center area of the work area.
New feature: Automated Object Adjustment
The Auto Adjust Objects tool in the Layers palette pins objects in place when rotating the map bearing - keeping their location in comparison to the mapping static.
This can be toggled so that the mapping rotates independent of plan objects if preferred.
Changed map rotatation point
When changing map bearing the map now rotates around the center of the screen, rather than the origin of a plan.
Bug fixes
- Issue with point snapping (snapping to the intersect point between two objects) has been resolved.
August 2024
Commenting
One can now add comments to a plan and reply to existing comments. A Comments Palette is shown in the side panel where comments can be placed. Viewers can also create a comment on the Canvas Area by Right clicking. Comments are saved in the cloud and are available for all users who have access to the plan.
Bug fixes
- It was possible to add control points to the object that has fixed number of control points, like insert a control point to the text box.
- Pasted Rich Text objects had watermark in the end of the text.
- Inserting a text object and changing its text did not save the changes.
May 2024
Width and height displayed on objects during resizing
Width and height displayed on objects during resizing.
Hiding context menu when resizing
When performing drag actions like drawing selection box, rotating/resizing selection, the context menu turns opaque and blurs to provide more visible space.
Potential control point handles
Blue markers between control points are now visible that can be clicked and dragged to easily create new control points.
New minimized mode for Context Menu
Context menu is now by default displayed in slimmer format below an object, allowing more of the Canvas Area to be displayed.
If preferred the full version of the Context Menu can be returned with a 'maximise' toggle button in the menu.
Pointer attachment arrows added to objects
Add new arrow features on every side of selection boxes that can be clicked to create a 'pointer' object.
Pointer objects include arrows, callout boxes, measurements from that object, and arrow text objects.
Faster Rich Text loading
Rich Text dialog box now loads immediately when opened.
Bug fixes
- Locale settings are now correctly applied when saving in different browsers.
- Fixed upload folder crash resolved when uploading a folder containing subfolders with plans while root folder has none.
- Fix issue where snapping new object drawing fails sometimes:
- Arrow to the object;
- Arrow from the object;
- Call out box;
- Etc.
Arrow button on the corners of selection box has new option to 'Record swept path'
April 2024
New object type - Road region
Creates an area of road, often used as the basis for parking lots or for non-uniform drivable areas.
Updated printing user interface
Degree of rotation now displayed when rotating object
Small rotation degree indicator is shown when an object is being rotated.
More changes
- Object transformations applied to objects in the Scratchpad are now preserved when placing object on plan
- Filled Bezier object type can be shown in Legend and Manifest.
- Star icon on the selection has appropriate cursor.
Bug fixes
- Correct values now shown for Hatch Spacing and Thickness in the property grid for the objects with fill property.
- Invarion Cloud: fix bug when uploading a plan when Shared With Me section is active causes this plan to show up in the section. (It's only UI problem, the actual plan location was correct).
- Proper handling of Right click on control point.
- Resolved incorrect zooming in print preview dialog.
- Fix cursor type when dragging append control point handle.
- Resolved plan export crashes when exporting more than 3-4 pages with Linz basemap.
March 2024
Rotation handles updated
Change rotation handles style and change cursor style for rotation handles.
Mouse wheel zooming improved
Mouse wheel scroll over resize and rotation handles triggers zoom in and zoom out.
Adaptive mouse cursor
Change mouse cursor types to reflect object control points hover/dragging.
Paste content selector
Added 'paste content' type selector.
Lane marking tool dimensions fit roads' lane markings
Parking bay control points updated
Parking bay has 2 control points and Offset now instead of 3 control points.
February 2024
Simplified Print Regions
Added Auto Orientation mode of Print Regions.
Date format options added
Added configurable date formats for different locales other than US (e.g. CA, NZ, AU, GB).
Updated cursors
Different cursor types are shown on resize handles displaying different action states
New tool: Number Stamp
Easily stamp a sequential series of numbers on your plan as reference points.
New tool: Combined Offset Distance Marker
Measure distances with offset values to avoid crowding your work area.
Create QR code for your plan
QR Code creation modal has a button which allows to create public link to the plan and use it as QR Code value.
Bug fixes
- Fixed when selecting multiple signs the property panel shows incorrect value for
Code
. - Fix problem when objects are snapped to Print Regions even if they are invisible.
- Exported plans now respect updates in Print dialog.
- Right clicking when context menu has been opened now opens RapidPlan Online menu rather than native browser context menu.
- Scratchpad preview issue on mobile devices resolved.
- Code property of sign issue when selecting multiple signs resolved.
- Job Start/Job End dates can be emptied. New plan start with empty start and end job dates.
January 2024
Snapping is now available on touch screen devices
Add control point indicator when starting drawing polyline-like objects (roads, paths, etc.)
It now clearly indicates that you are placing control points.
Folder uploading
Upload an entire folder of plans into the Invarion Cloud.
Plan sharing link management improvement
One can manage a plan's public link directly in its side panel menu in the Invarion Cloud.
New tool: QR Code
Easily create a QR code on your plan. Place it in the canvas area and type in the URL/link you need the code to link to.
Print Regions quick access options
New quick access buttons for the following functions featured in the Print Regions panel:
- Fit to page - fits the region to the page size;
- Fit all to page - fits all regions to the page size;
- Change page size and orientation.
New tool: Title block gallery
The Title Block Gallery contains a collection of title blocks available to use. Each with fillable fields, prefilled with text variables that will auto-fill with plan data.
Bug fixes
- Fix bug when last used print settings are not saved.
December 2023
New feature: Snapping
It allows you to snap objects to each other and to the geometries which other objects are made of. It's possible to enable/disable snapping in the top right tool panel by clicking on 'Magnet' button. Swept path snapping and snapping on touch devices are not supported yet.
New tool: Rich Text
Full support of Rich Text in the Rich Text editing interface.
In addition pasting from other sources (e.g. MS Word, Excel, Google Spreadsheets) is supported.
Improve performance when selecting large objects
Bug fixes
- Image importing issue resolved - Imported images now cap in size at 2500x2500 pixels. If image is larger than that, it will be scaled down to fit the limit.
- Page border in printing preview - Page border is shown in print preview.
- Minor UI fixes.
November 2023
Reordering pages in print dialog
The order of pages can now be clicked to alter their order in the export.
Error report and share functionality
If something goes wrong during exporting a plan, the user can now share the associated plan for investigation.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed issue where some old plans cannot be opened.
October 2023
Introduce new print service
New tool: Lane Status Sign
Addition of lane status sign tool (only for Australia).
Styles are now allowed for signs and sign stands
Optimize bundle size
Startup bundle is 20% smaller.
New feature: Open Street View
Click Open Street view to view Google Street View in a new tab.
Bug fixes
- Fix bug when incorrect map type is selected during switching between map providers.
- Multi message sign tools now is shown only in Australia (because it's only used in Australia).
- Fix
Shared with me
section when Map view is selected in Invarion Cloud. - Fix bug when location search panel works incorrectly when user changes plan location multiple times.
- Add confirmation dialog when user tries to create a style with the same name as existing style.
September 2023
Opacity property now available for all objects
All objects have opacity property now. It's possible to make objects semi-transparent.
Add the preview of selection state
Add option for moving objects to another layer
Bug fixes
- Styles options for Signs are disabled because signs do not support styles.
- Fix styling of revisions panel.
- Improve stability of the application on iPhone.
August 2023
New tool: Buffered Delineator
Create a path of delineators with an offset safety area alongside it.
Added collapsible panels in the Properties palette
Clicking the small arrow in the sub-headings of an object's Properties will open/close to allow for a more economical use of space.
Added reverse arrows option for all types of distance markers
Setting styles of multiple objects
One can now apply style to many objects in the selection if those objects are of the same type.
Interactive onboarding tutorial for new users
An interactive onboarding tutorial has been added for new users.
Pre-existing users also can see it through the main menu of RapidPlan Online.
Android devices have 'Download PDF' button instead of preview in print dialog
'Custom dimensions' mode added to Legend and Manifest
One can now resize the size of the box, thus having a multi-column layout.
Added wepb
support for image Primitives and Title Boxes
Bug fixes
- Text Outline property is now applied properly to text objects.