Download ProVAL 5.0.4

Analysis: Optimal WIM Locator

• Fix: Issues with the grinding-related inputs and unit conversion.
• Change: The maximum grinding depth was changed to two decimal places when using inches.

Analysis: Smoothness Assurance

• Fix: Issues with the grinding-related inputs and unit conversion.
• Change: The maximum grinding depth was changed to two decimal places when using inches.

Miscellaneous

• Fix: When starting ProVAL with a project that could not be opened, ProVAL would be left in an unstable state.
• Fix: On computers that do not use a dot as the decimal symbol, ProVAL 2 projects would sometimes fail to import or were imported with default analysis values.
• Some unit conversions were missing. The only known instance of this causing an issue is when converting Profilograph analysis results from non-SI to SI units.
• Stability improvements.

Download ProVAL 5.0.1

Due to a third-party software licensing issue affecting ProVAL 4 and earlier, those versions have been removed and are no longer supported. We have released ProVAL 5 with the affected component removed. Please upgrade to ProVAL 5 as soon as possible.

Editor

• Fix: Exporting sections to a new project added the sections twice.
• Fix: Applying a route did not update the Editor’s map Locations menu.
• Fix: Changing the lead-in after a route has been created did not update the start coordinate for the Full section. This causes the Editor’s map Locations menu to not be updated as well as the Start and Stop Placemarks in exported maps.
• Fix: Changing the lead-out after a route has been created did not update the stop coordinate for the Full section. This causes the Start and Stop Placemarks in exported maps to not be updated.
• Change: If present, the existing route in a file will be available as an option when finding routes. This allows re-applying the existing route to assign coordinates to sections and events.

Analysis

• Fix: Analyses that allow selection of individual profiles within a file now always require the profiles to use the same section. Different sections could cause a crash.

Analysis: Automated Faulting

• Fix: The analysis failed or was incorrect when analyzing a section that did not start at the beginning of the profile.

Analysis: Profile Screener

• Fix: Low-pass filtering detection may report a false positive.

Analysis: Smoothness Assurance

• Fix: The fixed interval chart could show the wrong y-axis values if all data was less than the threshold. The RN chart was unaffected.

Reports

• Fix: PDF reports could not be created if the Verdana font was corrupted.

Miscellaneous

• The minimum required operating system is 64-bit Windows 11 23H2.
• The IMSL library has been replaced. This may result in minor numeric differences, with no meaningful impact.
• Stability improvements.

Download ProVAL 4.0.81

Analysis: Profiler Certification

• Change: Added validation to require profiles contain a minimum amount of data.

Analysis: Optimal WIM Locator

• Change: Added validation to prevent analysis of profiles that have too much data.
• Change: The analysis results will be presented if certain non-critical errors occur. Previously, the analysis would fail.

Miscellaneous

• Fixed some display issues with the main toolbar.
• Stability improvements.

Download ProVAL 4.0.80

File Import

• Fix: Several issues with the File Import Wizard were fixed.

Miscellaneous

• Change: Minimum supported operating systems changed to Windows 10 22H2 and Windows 11 23H2.
• Fix: When saving a project, sometimes errors were not reported. This could result in a PVP file that could not be opened. These errors are now reported. If this happens, try saving the file to a different location.
• Stability improvements.

Download ProVAL 4.0.78

Editor

• New: Events can now be pasted from the Clipboard. Events must be delimited by a comma or tab and contain at least both Name and Distance/Milepost columns.
• New: The context menu for an event now has an option to center the map on the event.
• Change: Multiple events can be selected to simplify removal.
• Fix: Changing a section’s type did not update the list of options for the Default Section.

Viewer

• Change: Leave-out sections are no longer listed. This also fixes a performance issue when there are a large number of leave-outs.
• Fix: The Viewer did not always reflect changes to a file’s sections.

Analysis: Automated Faulting

• Fix: After a change occurred that affected the analysis, the view was not changed back to Inputs.

Analysis: Rolling Straightedge

• Change: Detailed Reports have been changed to contain one profile per XLSX file. This also fixes an issue where the report usually could not be created if the profiles of different length were selected.

Miscellaneous

• Change: Selecting a file from Locations in the Map now centers the map on the start coordinate of the selected or Full section, whichever is appropriate.
• Stability improvements.

Download ProVAL 4.0.75

Editor

• Fix: Routes did not always correctly account for the lead-in.
• Fix: The route created using only existing logged GPS data in a file was not always correct.

Analysis: Curling and Warping

• Fix: Multiple issues caused the analysis to be unusable, produce incorrect results, or crash. Existing projects should be re-analyzed.

Analysis: Profiler Certification

• Fix: Regression caused the slope chart to be missing the profile names.

Analysis: Rolling Straightedge

• Fix: Excel Detailed Report could not be created if some of the profiles could not be analyzed.
• Fix: Excel Detailed Report layout for Defective Segments was incorrect.

Analysis: Smoothness Assurance

• Fix: The Summary PDF report for Long Continuous showed the inputs and defect units for Short Continuous. The Long Continuous section was also incomplete if Short Continuous did not have a Ride Quality Index selected.

Miscellaneous

• Change: Removed the Save Logs button because logs are no longer saved locally.
• Change: Minimum supported operating system changed to Windows 10 21H2.
• Fix: Corrected Windows file associations.
• Fix: Corrected behavior when opening files (such as double-clicking a file in Windows Explorer).
• Fix: Regression caused the file open dialog to not default to “All Files” when selected in Options.
• Fix: Regression caused ProVAL 2 projects to not be openable.
• Stability improvements.

This is a required update. Prior versions of ProVAL 4 no longer have access to maps. We currently do not have the ability to update the Microsoft Store version, but will do so as soon as we are able.

Download ProVAL 4.0.71

Miscellaneous

• Diagnostic data has been re-enabled. As before, this feature can be toggled in the Options. This data is no longer stored on the computer, only online.
• Basemaps are now provided by Azure maps.
• Access to *.azure.com is required for both the diagnostic data and map features.
• The Open toolbar button can now be used to select a file, not just projects.
• Stability improvements.

Download ProVAL 4.0.69

File Import

• Fix: The start and stop coordinates were not stored correctly, which could cause route finding to be disabled. Files in existing projects will be need to be re-imported for the coordinates to be properly read.

Editor

• Change: The start and stop coordinates are now shown again but cannot be changed.

Miscellaneous

• Fix: Keyboard shortcuts for projects did not always act as expected.
• New: Added Ctrl+W as a keyboard shortcut for closing a project.