Service Pack updates

• This page lists the main functionalities that has been introduced in each Service Pack update for licenses with a valid X-PERT.

Service Pack #1 2026

General

• Improved job report allowing to export additional information in job report as offset measurements.

• Possibility to specify the controller name.

Collaborative

• Improvements for collaborative survey and stakeout.

• Merge jobs functionality.

GNSS

• Possibility to enter a maximum tilt threshold when working with IMU.

• Improvements when working with Zenith06PRO to store variance and covariance values.

TPS

• Reference axis setup - improvements and additional options when performing this station setup.

Survey

• Smart Drawing toolbar to improve drawing during the survey.

• Offset in Smart Drawing.

• 95% confidence level value in Advanced Average and Analysis function.

Stakeout

• Angle stakeout to stakeout a specific angle from a reference direction.

• Pipe stakeout to guide the user in positioning a pipe (or any other element) along a predefined direction and with a specific slope.

CAD

• Invert selection to invert the current selection in CAD.

GIS

• Possibility to define measured attributes. Before storing the point, instead of manually entering the value, users can measure it directly using TPS or GNSS, and the measured value is automatically stored as the attribute

• Reading the GIS attribute value from a QR code.

• Visualization in CAD of GIS attributes as label.

Surface and volume

• Balanced horizontal plane volume calculation to calculate the optimal elevation of a horizontal plane where cut and fill volumes are balanced.

• Data extraction from volume calculation to generate cut/fill lines and design surface.

• Improvements for visualization and reporting of volume calculations.

IFC

• Improvements in loading and performance with IFC models.

Service Pack #2 2025

Collaborations

• Geoids and grid corrections files are automatically downloaded from our server if they are not yet stored locally in the controller.

CAD

• Multipoints creation - create new points on the intersections of the selected objects and on the center of circles.

TPS

• Zoom95 – improved responsiveness working at 5Hz update rate.

• Zoom95 – Calibration using X-PAD instead of Toolkit.

• Multiple measures for TPS setup - ability to choose the number of measurements per target.

Survey

• Navigate to point with Google Maps - functionality to use Google Maps to navigate to a specific topographic point.

• Creation of surface during measurements - possibility to measure surface vertexes, break lines and boundary lines during the survey.

• TPS F1/F2 summary of deviations.

STAKEOUT

• Stakeout surface – offset perpendicular.

• Stakeout object – edit vertical offset.

SURFACE

• Volume calculation with REB22.013.

COGO

• Average point - a new command in COGO menu allows to perform an average of a set of points.

• Survey codes in Reference line.

• Grid of points - grid of points command creates a regular grid of points and lines based on the parameters defined.

BATHYMETRY

• Dual frequency echosounder.

IMPORT & EXPORT

• File selection - download folder button shortcut and path as links for easy navigation.

• IFC models from Dietrich’s software.

• Bricsys 24/7 and improved Clouds support.

• Unit suffix in DXF numeric labels.

Service Pack #1 2025

General

• GeoMax Academy Help Portal to access help portal directly from field controller.

• New job data structure.

Collaborative Sites

• Improved the collaboration workflows between field and office by introducing the ability to specify, for each Site, the main information required for all jobs associated with that site.

• Collaborative jobs and Automatic upload.

CAD

• WFS (Web Feature Service)

TPS

• Beep mode in tracking.

• Skip lock on control points.

• Possibility to modify any time the target used.

Survey

• Change target to TPS measurements.

Stakeout

• Stakeout surface – elevation view.

• Stakeout on intersection shortcut on cad.

COGO

• Load and Save for Move-Rotate-Scale transformation.

• Report for Move-Rotate-Scale transformation.

Service Pack #2 2024

General

• Job’s operator - it is now possible to specify the operator who is creating the job.

• Select points for operations - we added the possibility to create selection rules based on point names.

• Previous version to install.

CAD

• Layer OFF  By selecting an entity is now possible to switch off the corresponding layer.

GNSS

• Measure points by offset with GNSS & IMU.

• Measure points by vertical offset with GNSS.

• Edit pole height for tilted measurements.

TPS

• Sets of angle – AIM for single point option.

• Station height from points (remote elevation)

Survey

• Survey codes – Quick bar - customizable toolbar with 8 buttons.

• GNSS RTK position stored on photos.

STAKEOUT

• Stakeout by Current direction.

• Stakeout vertices of objects.

• Stakeout with Augmented Reality improved.

• Stakeout and Reference line from CAD.

Move, Rotate & Scale

• Preview of the result of move, rotate and scale function.

ROADS

• Cross-sections view to improve the readability of the cross-sections, these names are now displayed vertically on top of the vertices

• Important improvements and new features to Where am I function.

• Road Stakeout new option to stakeout only at fixed intervals.

Import & Export

• Hexagon GeoCloud Drive.

• Coordinate system in LOK format from iCON Build.

• SBG Geo TRM – Import & Export.

• Import DXF/DWG - 3DFace as polylines.

Service Pack #1 2024

General

• Improvements in User Interface.

• Search on Coordinate systems.

GNSS

• GNSS Mock – Orthometric elevation.

TPS

• Automatic scan of plane with TPS, functionality to scan a plane and surface using a TPS.

• Column measurement - specific function to measure a column.

• TPS Pseudo NMEA Output to stream out a Pseudo NMEA message when working with total station.

Surface

• Stakeout multiple surfaces at the same time

• Cross-section view

Bim & IFC Models

• Improvements on BIM and IFC models - The file has a data structure divided into classes. Each class has objects. Importing of IFC models have been improved.

CAD & Maps

• Cut planes at elevations/Elevation Filter.

• Show/Hide linetypes button.

• Maps – points creation to create point and lines directly on the online map.

Import & Export

• HeXML exported formats have been extended with the export of TPS and GNSS measurements.

• Reports for traverse calculation - possibility to generate a full report containing all calculation results.

• Improved reports for Surface & Volume users gain full control of how this image is captured. Specifically.

• GNSS Average measurements - With this release, each individual measurement epoch can be exported in ASCII format.

Service Pack #2 2023

General

• Jobs – Advanced search​ from main site page.

• Zenius08 – Function keys.​

GNSS

• GNSS averaging & analysis​ allows to measure a point repeatedly re initializing the fix calculation at each measurement session.

TPS

• Atmospheric corrections, PPM and other​ improvements and new parameters.

SURVEY

• Survey wheel​ - While drawing the line click on top bar to visualize the line length in real time.

CAD & MAPS

• Advanced line types​ - You can add line and symbols. For example add 5 parts of line and a symbol​

Import & Export

• External reference – Ability to import original layers and Select the external reference to manage its layers, separated from layers of the X-PAD job file

Service Pack #1 2023

General

• Quick instrument selection button.

• Input fields – Advanced clipboard.

• Input fields – Formulas were added to facilitate calculations directly in the entry field.

• Load photos from gallery - Any place where photos can be uploaded for example at the creation of a new job or if adding photos to a point, you can now select a photo from the gallery.

 GNSS

• GNSS panel – DOP values.

• Antenna height – additional offset.

• Zenith60 and base corrections through local hot-spot.

CAD

• Points on object functionalities and improvements.

Maps

• Performance: visualization speed has been improved

• WMS: it is possible to save WMS map settings as default maps for new jobs.

Import and Export

• Improvements to external referneces.

• Export DXF – Layer labels by code

Automeasuring

• Upload data to X-PAD 365.

• Telescope down: At the end of the Automeasuring process the telescope is rotated towards down to protect the lens from dust and rain.

Service Pack #2 2022

GNSS

• Multiple hidden points.

• GNSS localization - Import LOC.

STAKEOUT

• Stakeout with Zenith60 & Tilted pole.

• Next point – Quick button.

• The delta values are automatically saved in the measured point description.

• Stakeout point - Information along reference object - A new option is available that allows to define a drawing element as a reference to navigate to the required position.

• Stakeout distance & offset - Information along object - To navigate to the point a new option is available that provide the information as a difference of distance and as a difference of offset; the reference element is therefore used as a reference to find the required position

SURFACES

• Creation of holes - After break lines and boundaries, it is possible to select polyline that define the internal limit of the surface; inside that closed polylines triangles will not be created.

BATHYMETRY

• Measurement with single positions.

ROAD

• Where am I - Extend first & last segment - This command can be used now out of the area covered by the cross section and, in this case, the first or the last segment is extended to the current position; with this improvement the command can be used to stakeout sideslopes.

• Road stakeout - Navigation info referred to C/L - It is possible to stakeout any position along a road by defining the corresponding station and the offset. To navigate to the requested position it is possible to select a new option “Center line”.

IMPORT & EXPORT

• Automatic Multiple export - Automatic export has been extended with the possibility to export multiple formats at the same type.

• Export DXF - Save and load export parameters

• It is possible to export only measured points or it is possible to select the points to export. Selection of the points to export can be done manually or by applying selection filters that work on point’s properties as name, type, survey codes and many others.

• Export HeXML (Hexagon XML) format.

TPS

• Measurements with prism offsets - A new bar with 5 buttons is available to specify the position of the point that is measured with an automatic prism offset.

• Free station – Change point name.

• Joystick page – Horizontal telescope.

CAD

• Visualization of points - A new button in the graphic view allows to make all the points visible or not visible with one single click.

• Surfaces transparency - Surfaces can be semitransparent with a single click on a new button available in the graphic view.

Service Pack #1 2022

TPS

• Station setup with Traverse allows to create and measure a traverse of stations in a guided way​ and a new order of measurements is now available.

• Atmospheric coefficients in Station setup.

SURVEY

• Smart Drawing – Rectangle and Circle - Improved rectangle and circle drawing where the rectangle length and circle radius is entered manually and not measured.

• Survey code and Master point - New function to assign Master point measure rule to a code​.

• Advanced Smart drawing - allows to change the order of the lines in the list.

• Distance from last point - instead of current coordinate, the distance and slope to last measured point​ in the survey screen.

• Survey code & Description - It is possible to enter code and description together, separated by “?” symbol, in Code field, instead of enter them using Measure option.

CONSTRUCTION

• Reference axis with GNSS.

STAKEOUT

• Stakeout with previous point directions to receive stakeout direction using the latest measured point as reference for stakeout.

SURFACES

• Automatic sideslope - Surface from sideslope points allows to create a surface from points measured using automatic sideslope function.

• Duplicate surface & apply vertical shift - allows to duplicate an existing surface with a vertical offset.

IMPORT & EXPORT

• Import points from ASCII improved.

• GIS exports - option in DXF export to export the GIS attributes as labels.

BIM & MEP Modules

• BIM functionalities are included with TPS and/or GNSS main license.

• MEP functionalities included with TPS Robotic license.

GNSS

• Reference elevation GNSS - allow to choose a point as reference elevation for the GNSS system​.

• Tilt inclination in measurement data - in case of use of GNSS receivers with IMU, this field displays the GNSS pole tilt.

CAD

• Overlapping dynamic detection - Labels are hidden when necessary and displayed again when not overlapping.

• Hide labels in Map - In the map visualization, it is now possible to display or hide the label of the points.

• Object’s report in CAD - The Report creates a document that has information about selected objects including information about the length, the area and the number of vertices.

• Vertical offset in CAD.

• Layout – Point name and survey code - you can now specify the Code and the Name of the points created.

• Layers list and filter - possibility to define a filter that lists only the layers with a name that matches the filter.​

Service Pack #2 2021

SURVEY

• Repeat measurements only for single point of list with Sets of angles command.

• Sort topographic points list by point code.

• Free station set up without specifying name of reference point.

STAKEOUT

• Stakeout & Reference line from CAD - allows to specify if the preferred command is Stakeout or Reference line from CAD.

• Stakeout point – new mode & last point stored - The stakeout point menu is simpler and now takes you directly to the main stakeout command. It also remembers the last point used and automatically suggests it when you reopen the command, so you don’t need to reselect the point each time.

COGO

• Quick distance - Accelerated calculation of the distance between two points.

SURFACES

• Display surface from a specific position.

• Direct DXF export.

ROAD

• Create a new topographic point in Axis stakeout command - Axis stakeout now includes a new option that lets you create a topographic point directly at a defined station and offset, enabling further operations and calculations from that position.

• Starting coordinates from existing topographic point - The road axis starting coordinate can now be chosen directly from an existing topographic point, eliminating the need for manual coordinate entry.

IMPORT & EXPORT

• Limitless DWG Import - Many DWG import issues such as circles and arcs being converted to polylines and lack of support for cartographic coordinates have been resolved, allowing X‑PAD Ultimate to import DWG files without limitations.

• X-PAD Exchange format - The X-PAD Exchange format is a universal file type designed to streamline data sharing and collaboration across the entire X-PAD software suite (Survey WM, Ultimate, and Office Fusion). It acts as a comprehensive container, preserving all project information including raw data and field photos to ensure seamless transitions between office and field teams.

• Improved access to and navigation in Google Drive - Performances to access and to navigate into Google Drive folders and file have been dramatically improved.

• Import points from ASCII & specify layers

• Connection to Novatron X-SITE cloud platform

Service Pack #1 2021

SURVEY

• Next point name – customizable increment - possible to specify the rule for the name of the next point. It is possible to specify an increment different than 1 and that could be also negative.

• Measure reference point – photo.

STAKEOUT

• Stakeout points – Next button always available.

• Stakeout object – Invert direction.

• Stakeout object – offset elevation.

• Stakeout – store current layout.

GNSS

• Reset Shortcut - After the long press on the residuals bar in the survey points screen, it connects and disconnects the GPRS connection, the new double tap shortcut allows to reset the RTK corrections on the receiver.

• GNSS simulator - The behaviour of the GNSS simulator included in X-PAD Ultimate can be now controlled by the user

TPS

• Backsight & Traverse foresight - A new option in Station setup allows to perform traverse measurements in accurate and fully guided way.

• Improvements and additional options for atmospheric PPM & humidity.

• Tape & Reflectorless with constant - For the targets that are not prisms (tape and reflectorless) it is now possible to specify a sort of «target constant» in case there is a fixed offset that has to be considered in the measurements.

• Free station F1/F2 - forces to measure the reference point in direct and reverse face in order to assure maximum accuracy.

• Target with additional vertical offset - it is possible to specify an additional offset in height for each target to be sure to have the final right height of the prism.

COGO

• MEP – Level point – Transfer elevation from one surface to another.

• Commands Move, Rotate and Scale extended to support IFC files.

• Reference line with TPS – Project point - allows to project your position on the reference element and the TPS rotates to the projected position and show it with the laser pointer.

• Reference line – Offset elevation.

• Move, Rotate & Scale – Manual entry.

GIS

• Attributes on last point of the line - When a survey-coded line is measured, its attributes can be linked to GIS features at either the first or last point of the line. In most cases, using the last point is preferred because more complete and accurate information about the line is available at its end than at its beginning.

• New predefined attributes : The new predefined attributes are: • Registration date • Registration time • GNSS accuracy • Depth (for locators).

IMPORT & EXPORT

• Import Google KML/KMZ.

• Export ESRI Shape file – Photo name as attribute.

• Export surfaces in LandXML format.

AUTO MEASURING

• Support of custom prisms.

• Sound notification.

ROADS

• Where am I – Select a 3D surface and use it as reference for the elevations.

OTHER FEATURES

• New job data report - All these reports have been redesigned and unified in one single reports in which it is possible to find different information to select.

• Bearings – New entry data methods.

• Distance – Chain - US survyeors require sometime to enter distances value in “chain” (1 chain = 66 feet).

• Layout and curve calculator - Curves now can be entered by specifying not only Radius and Angle but also Length and or Chord.

• Sites – Delete & rename from local menu.

• Support page – Attach job to e-mail.

• Topographic points on map viewer displayed with corresponding name.

Service Pack #2 2020

Survey

• X-TILT to measure hidden points with two tilted measurements using controller’s sensors for GNSS receiver and TPS.

CAD

• Edit polyline functionalities.

TPS

• Possibility to create and manage custom prisms.

Surface and volume

• Automatic surface selection to select automatically which surface to stakeout.

COGO

• Traverse calculation

Other features

• Simplified search and editing in GIS features manager

• Jobs – copy and move to another site

• Support of NMEA format

• Laser distance meter – new model supported (BOSCH GLM & ADA Instruments – COSMO series

Service Pack #1 2020

CAD

• Divide and measure commands to create automatically points along a CAD object.

• Join command to merge different entities.

• Improvements to the Layout command.

• Improvements in CAD visibility and rendering of different elements.

TPS

• Set of angle functionality to perform multiple measures to a list of points.

• Check TPS orientation to verify the initial instrument setup.

STAKEOUT

• Change the offset directly in stakeout window.

COGO

• Area subdivision around a point.

ROAD

• Selection of point to stakeout directly in the stakeout window.

• Slope from segment command.

• Where am I functionalities.

• Road definition.

IMPORT & EXPORT

• Improvements in import time.

• Improvements in visualization of external references.

• Full support of OneDrive as cloud service.

• Possibility to generate reports in HTML format.

• Import LandXML data allowing to import multiple features.

OTHER FEATURES

• Zenius800 – Function keys customization.

• Leica Disto X-series fully supported.

Service Pack #2 2019

General

• Share and print QR-code that includes BT address of each device. This option allows to print a QR-code for each instrument profile to quickly connect the device with controller camera.

• Folders in cloud servers.

• Support page to directly connect with Teamviewer inside SW and send email to support team with software and crash information.

Import and export

• Import DXF blocks.

CAD

• Transform polylines in splines to convert polylines in spline elements.

• Automatic volume calculation in CAD.

TPS

• Measure mode list, to list all measurements mode in a table to easy selection.

• Spline function available in Smart Drawing Tools. Measuring points and generating spline automatically.

• Automation of point measurement in Dual tag mode, to measure hidden points with 2 measurements using the tilt sensor of the receiver.

• Streaming TPS measurements to be used by 3th party devices.

Stakeout

• TPS tracking mode - measured position stored without stopping the measurement. This option allows to store immediately the point without stopping the tracking mode.

• Selecting other object in graphic view.

• Stakeout vertexes of object.

• Changing the distance and offset directly in stakeout window.

• Stakeout excavation side slope feature to quickly stakeout of sideslopes starting from a polyline and a defined slope.

Surface and volume

• Volume calculation between 2 surfaces.