After Dusty measures a floor, the data lives in Portal. This month, Portal adds a live heatmap preview directly in the browser and five downloadable report formats — so VDC Managers can review the slab and hand off the deliverables to the right audience without leaving Portal.

What's in this release:

• Updated Elevation tab with heatmap preview — view the measured slab as a color-coded heatmap in Portal before downloading anything.
• 5 downloadable report types — Area PDF, Area CSV, Point PDF, Point CSV, and Point CSV for Autodesk Point Layout.

Floor Elevation (Beta) Reports: Review in Portal, Download What You Need

Floor Elevation (Beta) BETA now includes a full reporting layer. Once elevation data has been collected on the job site, Portal displays a live heatmap preview and lets you download five report types, each suited to a different use case.

How to access Floor Elevation (Beta) Reports:

1. In Portal, open the layout where elevation data was collected.
2. Go to the Elevation tab.
3. Use the Preview button (eye icon) to view the heatmap, or choose a report type to download.

Heatmap Preview: See the Slab Before You Download

Before downloading an area report, Portal can create a heatmap preview of the measured slab directly in the browser. The preview uses the same blue-to-red color gradient as the Area PDF — cool blues for low spots, warm reds for high spots — so you can verify the data looks right before generating a report.

Area PDF: A Printable Heatmap of the Whole Floor

The Area PDF is a formatted Floor Elevation (Beta) Heat Map report. It shows the measured slab as a color-coded grid overlaid on the floor layout, with a blue-to-red gradient: blue cells mark low spots, red cells mark high spots. Each cell represents one measured grid (for example, 1' × 1').

The report header summarizes the key stats for the area: stationed control points, lowest and highest elevation, reference point, total measured grids, and grid size. The layout includes labeled control points, reference lines, and measurement point markers — so anyone reading the report can orient it to the field without additional context.

How to download the Area PDF:

1. Open the Elevation tab and select Area.
2. Adjust parameters as needed: control points, reference point, units, and display precision.
3. Open the download menu and choose Area Heatmap PDF.

Area CSV: Numerical Heatmap Data for Further Analysis

The Area CSV is the tabular counterpart to the Area PDF. It contains one row per measured grid with the same data in numerical form: area, point name, X and Y coordinates in feet, measured Z in decimal feet and in feet-and-inches, reference point coordinates, stationing number, and control points used. Use the Area CSV to run further analysis or import the data into a spreadsheet.

How to download the Area CSV:

1. Open the Elevation tab and select Area.
2. Open the download menu and choose Area Data CSV.

Point PDF: Every Measurement Plotted on the Layout

The Point PDF is a Floor Elevation (Beta) Point Map report. It plots each individual measurement point directly on the floor layout and labels it with the point name and elevation value — for example, FF08 +18/35". The report header shows the control points used, lowest and highest elevation, reference point, and total measured points.

Where the Area PDF shows the floor as a continuous color gradient, the Point PDF shows exactly where each reading was taken. Use it when a contractor needs to walk every measured location or verify a specific spot on the slab.

How to download the Point PDF:

1. Open the Elevation tab and select Points.
2. Open the download menu and choose Point PDF.

Point CSV: Full Numerical Data for Every Measurement

The Point CSV contains complete numerical data for every measurement point. Each row includes: area, point name, X and Y coordinates in feet, measured Z in decimal feet and in feet-and-inches, reference point name and coordinates, stationing number, and control points used. Use this file for detailed analysis or to share raw measurement data with your engineering team.

How to download the Point CSV:

1. Open the Elevation tab and select Points.
2. Open the download menu and choose Point CSV.

Point CSV for Autodesk Point Layout: Import Directly Into AutoCAD

A dedicated export option formats Dusty's measurement data for direct import into AutoCAD via Autodesk Point Layout, or via manual CSV import methods that accept the same column structure.

The file contains five columns — Point Name, Point X (feet), Point Y (feet), Measured Z (feet-inches), and Description — arranged in the order Autodesk Point Layout expects. No column reformatting required before import.

How to export for Autodesk Point Layout:

1. Open the Elevation tab and select Points.
2. Open the CSV download menu and select Autodesk-compatible CSV.
3. In AutoCAD, import the file using Autodesk Point Layout or your standard manual CSV import workflow.

Portal Small Updates + Bug Fixes

• Deactivated-user login message. Deactivated users now see the deactivated-account error page instead of the misleading "wrong email or password" message.
• Projects page error handling. Users without org access now see a clear empty state on the Projects page instead of an endless spinner.