Raindrop Release Notes

Find out what's new and what's fixed.

Version 1.5.4

April 1, 2025

A large update for properties.
- Theme for properties now matches them for Raindrop.
- Updated properties for: Controller, Valve, Control Valve, Designator, Pipes, POCs.
New Ribbon UI

Improvements to the installer and updater.
Required Pressure can be set in properties for valves and control valves. Useful for setting required pressure for drip zones.
Improved Context Menu (right click)
Updates to the licensing system.
Data folder location is now configurable
Improved metric drawings visual style

A terrain model can now be built from contours for both existing and proposed contours.
Sprinklers and valves are inserted at the elevations set by the terrain model

Renumbering interface is now built into the clock palette directly.
Users can now specify a path to the drawing holding default settings, sprinklers and valves
Lateral sizing now takes elevation into account
Mainline Analysis shows hydraulic grade line for nodes and POCs
Control valves now show a required pressure based on lateral losses and elevation after sizing.
Pipes now show start and end pressure/elevations in properties.

Quantities files no longer get written twice, asking for overwriting existing files.
The Mainline Analysis palette doesn't pop up without being asked to. Silly palette. 🤡
Fixed a crash on some new drawings opening pipe settings.

Various updates and fixes to the mainline analysis form.
Editing pipes in the properties palette updates the Mainline Analysis form, and vice versa.
Raindrop plants can now be assigned boundaries and added to drip remote control valves.
Header updates for quantities reports.
Clock Tab now remembers the last selected controller in the drawing.

Drip Laterals for shrubs, trees and drip supply now show in legend as expected.
InlineDripGrids, and sprinkler lateral pipe now show up in quantities report as expected.
Text Styles now imported from user custom template and main template.
Zooming to an object from paperspace no longer crashes CAD.
Controller layer is now thawed when numbering/renumbering valves. Results were confusing when the controller layer was frozen.

Installer updates and improvements.
Existing sleeves now update their size if the pipe inside them is modified.
New commands for inserting notes for planting, irrigation and flag notes. Find these on the Misc. Tab.

Fixed a bug where pipe labels were not always updating when the pipe was modified.
Changes from the settings form now show in the tool palette immediatly.
Architectural units
- Inline drip grids now report their flows/properties properly.
- Lateral Hydraulics are now calculating correctly.
Lateral size labels and flow arrows are now working when sizing zones.

Polydrip tubing no longer disappears when drawing it.
Fixed a bug with weighted areas when drawing units are inches.
Fixed sprinkler radius being wrong during Layout on Polyline command when drawing units are inches.
Fixed a bug where drip valves were showing up twice in the legend.
Fixed: Swapping sprinklers while show radius was unchecked was showing the radius circle.
Fixed drip remote control valves showing up twice in legend.
Fixed incorrect plant properties showing in settings.