Release notes

What's new in Windplanner

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Windplanner 2.13.0

March 20, 2023

It’s been a while, but we’re back with lots of new features and improvements to existing features.

New 

  • Panorama Masking

We have improved our panorama masking technique so that leaves and twigs are no longer a match. Each object is now placed seamlessly behind the panorama.

  • Solarplanner

You can now customize the color and texture of the solar panels

  • Dutch Height data

Windplanner features the most up-to-date AHN4 data available.

    • Better labels

    When hovering over an object, the detailed and minimal views now provide more valuable information.

    Miscellaneous

    • Object Planner has been out of its BETA phase since January 1. We want to thank you for all the valuable feedback we received.

    Bugfix

    • Password reset wouldn’t send a re-activation mail
    • In the list of team members you could see a maximum of five members.
    • Objects in the 3D world sporadically disappeared as soon as you deleted a custom layout.

    Windplanner 2.12.5

    December 8, 2022

    New 

    • Finnish coordinate system

    We’ve added ETRS89 / TM35FIN(E,N) also know as EPSG:3067 to our collection or coordinate systems. 

    Bugfix

    • Making a multi-project customer layer project-specific would not show the intended behaviour
    • Deleting a layout with Objects in them from Objectplanner would not result in deleted Objects
    • Sketch layer pen-tool would require you to click it twice before you can draw on the map
    • Altering the altitude inside a panorama would result in a crash
    • Objectpreview in the 3D-world did not show up
    • Password reset dropdown menu would not work
    • Enabling and disabling a project-specific custom layer would make it multi-project

    Windplanner 2.12.4

    October 25, 2022

    New 

    • Auto-reconnect

    Windplanner auto-disconnects whenever it’s open in a different tab and not being used. Now it will reconnect whenever you enter Windplanner.

    • Download a PDF-report

    Want to showcase all the different viewpoints in your Windplanner project? Simply use our new PDF downloader. This will list all your viewpoints with a panorama, map location and more useful details.

    Bugfix

    • Zooming in too much resulted in clipping through the floor

    Windplanner 2.12.3

    September 26, 2022

    New 

    • Icon size-change based on zoom height

    Icons in 2D and 3D will change size depending on zoom height to declutter the UI. You can adjust the zoom height in Settings > Marker labels.

    Bugfix

    • Renamed the place tools for a more uniform approach
    • Opacity slider for sketch layers would not make polygons fully transparent
    • Objects were susceptible to hovering above the ground

    Windplanner 2.12.2

    September 12, 2022

    New 

    • Facelift Dashboard

    Windplanner Dashboard has received an anticipated facelift. The lay-out has been reorganized and the sidemenubar has been modernized and stripped of redundancies.

    Windplanner 2.12.1

    August 22, 2022

    Major 

    • Objectplanner in BETA

    We are happy to announce our newest addition to the Windplanner family, Objectplanner.

    With Objectplanner you can implement different types of 3D models into your projects to enhance your story. Place a herd of sheep, or a shore of trees to better visualize the impact of some of your projects. 

    Objectplanner is currently in BETA, meaning it’s open for anyone with a Windplanner license to play around with. We are looking for your feedback, more info in Windplanner!

    New 

    • Object hover label

    Switch between none, minimal and detailed info to suit your windplanning needs

    • Turbulence radius turbines

    The radius shall now change depending on the blade diameter and you can now switch between full-size and half-size radius. 

    Bugfix 

    • Layer list would glitch whenever ‘sort by opacity’ was disabled
    • Custom layers could not be made project specific

    Windplanner 2.11.20

    July 11, 2022

    New 

    • Multisampling anti-aliasing in 3D-world

    Display objects with greater detail in the 3D-world with the newly added feature MSAA. Find the toggle in Settings > Performance and select in what capacity you’d like to enhance your image.

    • Object info on hover

    Hover over objects and see more information about set object, for instance the height, width and name.

    Bugfix 

    • 3D-world randomly crash with array-error
    • Changing 3D-model of a preset rapidly would result in model not loading