Key differences with Legacy Landonline Plan Generation

Plan Generation Pilot

This information is for participants of the Plan Generation pilot ONLY

You may notice small differences in the look, navigation, and functionality of new Plan Generation compared with Legacy Landonline.

On this page, where functionality differs from Legacy Landonline, we briefly explain how it works in the new application.

Browser behaviour

It’s possible to have the same dataset open in 2 browser windows or tabs at the same time, for example Plan Generation and Capture. However, this is likely to create data loss issues.

To prevent this happening:

ensure you exit Plan Generation before undertaking Capture edits
only access Plan Generation from Capture (the Plan Generation icon in the Workflow control panel).

Define diagram options in Define Diagrams

There are 2 icons for each diagram type – Survey, Primary, or Non-primary – 1 for defining by polygon, and 1 for defining by rectangle.

There is no option to define a diagram by circle.

Drawing abuttal or RT boundaries in Define Diagrams

You can manually draw abuttal lines, but not Record of Title (RT) lines, in Define Diagrams. You can also add either type of line within Layout Plan Sheets.

Deleting user-defined diagrams in Define Diagrams

When you select a user-defined diagram and select Delete selected features, the diagram is deleted with no warning or confirmation pop-up.

Font styles

The fonts in Plan Generation have changed to:

Roboto (default) - was Tahoma
Arimo – was Arial
Tinos – was Times New Roman.

Switch between Title and Survey sheets in Layout Plan Sheets

The icon to switch between Title and Survey sheets is found at the bottom left corner of the Layout Plan Sheets screen.

Diagrams panel in Layout Plan Sheets

There are no thumbnails in the diagrams panel.

Multi-selecting objects in Layout Plan Sheets

To multi-select labels, lines, or coordinates, hold down CTRL and drag a rectangle.
When multi-selecting lines by dragging a rectangle, the line needs to be wholly within the rectangle to be selected. This may be changed in the future, so that the line will be selected if at least one endpoint is included inside the rectangle.
You cannot multi-select objects when using the Generic select tool.

Selecting labels in Layout Plan Sheets

When you select a label, both the label and its related feature both highlight pink. However only the label is affected by your action (for example move, hide etc.)

Selecting lines in Layout Plan Sheets

When selecting a line, only the line is selected, not the coordinates. To distort a line, you must select the coordinates.

Adding user-added text in Layout Plan Sheets

Use the Add label icon to add user-added text. Left-click to select the location for the label and a text-box will appear. Once added, you can edit the text either directly in the text box on the layout sheet, or from the properties panel for the label.

Keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts (for example CTRL C, CTRL V etc) are currently unavailable in Plan Generation. This functionality is coming soon.

Working with diagrams in Layout Plan Sheets

If you move a line or label or distort a diagram outside the existing diagram extent, the diagram extent will expand to fit the content. Note: This also applies to hidden features.
If there are features outside the page border, a warning message will appear when you attempt to save, preview layout, compile plans, or leave the layout sheets.

Compile plan(s)

When you select Compile plan(s), the Layout Plan Sheets window doesn’t automatically close once the process has been successfully initiated. A success message will appear, and once you have dismissed this you can safely close Layout Plan Sheets.