• Networks — generate road alignments for a full network, including existing roads and tangents. Ideal for wind farm development and forestry planning.
   
• Waypoints (A-B-C) — create Path Explorer outputs through required waypoints (control points).
   
• Better Results in Challenging Terrain — stronger algorithms allow Path Explorer to runs 5-10x faster in difficult terrain.
   
• New UI & Bolder Linework— improvements to Path Explorer UI, outputs & visualization.

• Buffer to Polygon Tool — quickly generate buffer polygons around existing features. Ideal for defining areas such as stream corridors, enabling seamless integration into Path Explorer Construction Zones.

• Multiple Buffer Feature (Buffer to Benching) —  create a series of features with a single click for easier creation of benches walls and pits.

• Grading Enhancements — improved grading tools that make it easier to understand direction and apply grading correctly—eliminating confusion around inside vs. outside grading.

• Polygonize Function —  generate polygons directly from the TIN based on elevation, slope, or aspect. Useful for defining no-go areas in Path Explorer AI, enhancing visual aids, and supporting digital terrain and planting tools.

• Digital Pre-Planting— plan tree planting with RoadEng to account for mechanical harvesting limits. Automatically create planting features on steep and moderate slopes that respect operational constraints.

• 3D View Points — easily create 3D view points in the Location module, add them to a multiplot layout, and explore them directly in the 3D view for better visualization and project insight.
   
• 3D Road Cuts — get instant 3D road cut visualization right in the Location module. No exports, no extra steps—just faster, clearer results.
   
• 3D Image Draping – drape your plan imagery in Location module.
   

• Class Display Styler — control plan window linework by alignment classes. Assign alignments to classes, control linework settings independently for each class. Create better outputs.
   

• Join Alignments — new function to connect alignments together. Ideal for long projects where design work is completed in sections.
   

• Reverse Alignment — one click reversal of alignment direction and stationing. One of the most common support requests, now easier than ever.
   
• Hydrology in Location — building on the redesigned hydrology tools introduced in V11, V12 brings them into the Location module. Tools include Streams / Ponds and Drainage Area to a Point (ideal for culvert catchments). Account for drainage as you design.

• Vertical Optimization Defaults — set your standard vertical alignment optimization settings once, then automatically apply them to every new alignment.

• Dynamic Control Points — control point properties can be dynamically determined at optimization time, including: start / end station, elevation and grade from a merged surface.

Vertical Optimization Defaults