

24 April 2009, 8:04pm
The following products of the ArcFM UT product suite have been released for sales, based on the ESRI ArcGIS V9.2 platform and based on ArcFM UT Build 672:
* ArcFM UT Editor V9.2.2 SP3
* ArcFM UT Alpha V9.2.2 SP3
* ArcFM UT Viewer V9.2.2 SP3
* ArcFM UT BASE V9.2.2 SP3
* ArcFM UT Mobile V9.2.2 SP3
* ArcFM UT Web V9.2.2 SP3
The AED-SICAD product suite for the supply industry ArcFM UT combines profound process and industry know-how with the strengths of world's leading GIS base technology from ESRI. This combination has opened up new perspectives in standardization, handling and interoperability for professional users. With ArcFM UT, utility companies have a versatile, highly scalable and powerful product suite for their asset and network data in terms of high-end editing and analyzing, viewing, mobile & web use and integration.
New features / highlights / changes for this version:
ArcFM UT Mobile
* The replication mechanism has been improved and can now be run in batch. The replication mechanism has been extended to work also for data of more than 10GB.
The Asset Manager
* This is a new functional component which currently is available as prototype. It is based on the ArcFM UT Mobile Viewer and is used to collect / edit attribute data, to trace the network, to bulk-process data, maintain address data, and to execute templates.
ArcFM UT Web
* The ArcFM UT Web application was updated to work with GIS Portal 3.4.4 and WMPS 6.2.1.21 and includes the error corrections and improvements of those versions. Support for Internet Explorer 6.0 has now been discontinued. A specific online help (*.chm) and an user guide (*.pdf) will be delivered.
Improvements:
Geo Module: Address Data Maintenance
* With this tool you can collect and maintain address data, address features (e.g. a street) and address attribute data.
Reports for Regulating Authority of the Network Structure
* The export of the outage data from ArcFM UT and the reporting to the German Federal Network Agency (GFNA) has now been made more comfortable. (This functionality is only available in the German version)
Task Management: Report Generation from the Differences of Two ArcGIS Server Versions
* For the purpose of invoicing when data capturing has been done by external companies, this new ArcFM UT function can determine the differences between 2 SDE versions.
ArcFM UT Schema Tool
* The ArcFM UT Schema Tool now also creates indexes on feature classes according to the information wich is stored within the UT_INDEXES table.
* The ArcFM UT Schema Tool now also transfers "ArcFM Composite Favorites"
* The ArcFM UT Schema Tool now has a new Quick Task "Repair Views"
Additional Functionality for "Import Surveying / GPS Data"
* Additional attributes can now be added to and read from the ASCII GPS data file (.csv). Their relations to the corresponding objects are defined in the XML parameter file.
Automatic Placement of Correct Netpoint Type
* When creating or connecting lines and/or routes, ArcFM UT can now be configured to determine based on rules what type of netpoint must be placed at the intersection of two or several edges.
Dockable AlphaRecord Window and Ordered Assignments
* With the function "Toggle Dockable AlphaRecord Window" the attribute data information for features, selected in the map, is represented in reduced form. If the attribute record has sorted assignments, the user can change and maintain the order.
Line Selection Dialog
* The line type selection dialog was re-designed due to architectural considerations.
User Guide / Online help
* The ArcFM UT Attribute functions of ArcFM UT were summarized in an own section. The thematic overlaps to the Geo Editor remain.

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The, following, products, of, the, ArcFM, UT, product, suite, have, been, released, for, sales,, based, on, the, ESRI, ArcGIS, V9.2, platform, and, based, on, ArcFM, UT, Build, 672:
*, ArcFM, UT, Editor, V9.2.2, SP3,
*, ArcFM, UT, Alpha, V9.2.2, SP3
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