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New in autoBound Version 3.3:

Digital Engineering Corporation (DEC) has released autoBound version 3.3 for Arcview GIS version 3.X.  The following is a brief list of some of the new features in autoBound version 3.3.

General

• The autoBound manual has been rewritten to include more step-by-step instructions.
• The CD now includes an extensions directory containing other useful ArcView tools and programs including:

o        Cartogram Extension – Creates Cartogram Maps based

o        Compactness Extension – Computes measurements of compactness and Complexity.

o        Generalize – Reduces the number of Vertices in a polygon

o        Hywlabel – Creates road labels and highway shields

o        Mergetheme – Enables the merging of shape files.  Used for creating statewide shape files from county data.

o        Split – Tool for splitting polygons or polylines using screen graphics.

o        Thiessen – Creates Thiessen polygons from point files.

o        Zmapper – Provides additional tools used for creating map layouts

• Additional samples have been included in the ABDemo directory.

AutoBound Workspace Manager

• The workspace manager can now be used to “Checkout” plans from remote servers.
• Workspace manager now recognizes state-wide files stored in the STATEWIDE directory
• The use of a “Master” population/value table is now supported.  The Master table can be used to populate additional fields into the population/value table.
• If polygon and/or value/population link field names are longer than 7 characters long, the workspace manger now provides that ability to automatically create a copy of the field with at 7 character field name.
• Field data can now be previewed inside the workspace manger.

AutoBound redistricting extension

• When a new workspace is created autoBound will now automatically complete the theme setup process inside ArcView.
• The autoBound menu has been divided into five distinct menu dropdowns.
• Value/Population Table Labels can now be automatically placed for up to two fields inside each polygon
• Buffer distance used for selection can now have three settings.  Negative indicating polygons must be completely inside,  Zero indicating polygons must coinside and a number greater than zero used for the calculation of the actual buffer distance.
• Users can now select fields other than the autoBound created district numbers for display in the legend and the Target District Number.
• Users can now display redistricting boundaries using an outline as well as the fill color.
• A new database administration tool has been added to allow modification of table structures.
• A new Disaggregation tool has been added to allow distribution of data from larger to smaller polygons.
• Summarize points to polygons has been enhanced to allow breakdown of points into user defined groupings.
• A new tool has been added to allow the creation of a “highest” level summary.  (e.g. Plan A is made up of 5 Counties, 3 VTDs and 100 Blocks)
• A compare plan tool has been added
• Import Assignment File has been enhanced to allow conflict resolution if overlapping plans are imported.
• The Secondary View thematic map has been enhanced to also act as an Index Map.
• The Secondary View thematic map can now display any layers available in ArcView.  Additionally, users can select “Use Existing Configuration” to avoid creating additional shape files if a copy of the redistricting layer has already been exported for use in the thematic view.
• The autoBound tools menu now includes a tool for updating the district outline boundaries.
• The performance on polygon grouping and locking features has been improved.
• When district outlines are displayed, a number on the right hand side of the autoBound menu indicates when discontiguous districts are created.
• The Active Matrix popup menu has been reorganized for more efficient access.
• A new Track Target option has been added to automatically scroll the spread sheet to the currently selected target district.
• A new Update Points option has been added to update the point file with the columns in the Active Matrix.