New features of R11 release
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Enhancements
When checked, any Generic Document added as a child to a parent document will be created as BOM Item if:
- it's MAKE_BUY value is different from "NO_BOM" in the DOCUMENT table
- it's PARENT_CHILD_MAKE_BUY value is not NULL and different from "NO_BOM" in the parent→child relation from which the Drag starts from
When checked, the function Restore 3D CAD order will skip any already assigned fake child component's BOM position
example: assume this situation
If you click the Restore 3D CAD order with the option unchecked (=restore)
while if you click the Restore 3D CAD order with the option checked (=never restore)
If existing, the LST\PARENT_CHILD_MAKE_BUY.LST ( localized for each language ) is loaded for the MAKE/BUY values choise list; if not existing, it is loaded the LST\MAKE_BUY.LST
R11 supports natively the Briefcase import/export
For implementation details and further info please refer to official What'sNewR11 document or to the main help.
The following new set of parameters is now passed to the CONFIGURATION_REVISION.SPT script:<
- @CONFIGURATION_REVISION_CANCEL_PRESSED
- @CONFIGURATION_REVISION_UNIQUE_ID
- @CONFIGURATION_REVISION_OLD_VALUE
- @CONFIGURATION_REVISION_NEW_VALUE
For implementation details and further info please refer to official What'sNewR11 document or to the main help.
The following support has been added:
- Substitute parts are saved in the database
- Assemblies add as "fake" NO_BOM components the substitute parts, leaving the "last saved" Master-level-of-detail structure unchanged
The following support has been added:
- iAssemblies have now the correct ID
- iAssemblies add as "fake" NO_BOM components the parent factory assembly
When checked, DBInventor forces the PARENT_CHILD_MAKE_BUY attributes depending from the Inventor BOM Structure attributes, with the following mapping:
| Inventor BOM Structure | DBInventor PARENT_CHILD_MAKE_BUY |
|---|
| Normal | MAKE |
| Purchased | BUY |
| Inseparable | BOM_NO_EXPAND |
| Phantom | BOM_GROUP |
| Reference | NO_BOM |
The DBWShell("swSaveAs") supports now the ability to silently convert an opened .IDW into the DWG, DXF, PDF and DWF formats.
For the DWG/DXF exports, the file DBInventor_DWGExport.ini must be present in the PAR shared directory - the creation of this .ini file must be done using the DWG export wizard available in Inventor when saving-as-copy a drawing into a DWG.
The new parameter controls the critical number of child items for the Trees, over that the Tree performance may be too slow ( default value = 5000 ).
DBWorks stops the expansion after having displayed the item corresponding to the value being set
A value of 0 ( zero ) disables the check
It is now possible, from the Tree Page, to preview and open a specific Sheet of the currently selected Drawing
At Drawing save/refresh time, DBWorks keeps updated a new table named DBW_DRAWING_SHEETS.
If the Drawing has still not be saved/refreshed at least one time, the table records are automatically created when selecting the Drawing in the Tree Page.
The support is available starting from SolidWorks 2009sp3
For implementation details and further info please refer to official What'sNewR11 document or to the main help.
The "Reset the Event Log table" action is now logged with the event EVENT_LOG_RESET
The User Interface→Browser behavior→
Use native SQL Server Full Text Search option has now been improved for supporting the native SQL Server full text search on the REVISIONS and on any LINKED table (the REVISIONS table is searched if the "
Extend search on REVISIONS table option is checked ).
For implementation details and further info please refer to official What'sNewR11 document or to the main help.
The new RMB popup menu "Grid Display/Print ..." is now available for every database Grid - the popup menu contains the five entries:
This new feature allows, for example, to produce a quick print-out of the results displayed in the Tree Page's Search grid
The option User Options→
Show Enhanced Tooltips in the Revisions Grid applies now also to the Revision Data Form's Previous Revisions Grid
When checked, it is possible to assign a generic condition (based on the fields of the current document) for enabling the mass properties calculation at save/checkin time
The expression can can contains OR conditions or AND conditions (never mixed, only ORs or ANDs), defined as follows:
- | (vertical bar character) defines an OR condition
- & (ampersand character) defines an AND condition
For example, with condition
ID = 80*|70*
the mass properties will be calculated only for parts where the ID begins with 80 or 70
The Office 2007 XML DOCX, XLSX formats are now fully supported for the Read/Write of Custom Properties
Any user can now edit it's own DBWAPPUSER.PAR for setting/resetting the options that may need to be changed for it's specific environment.
The DBWAPPUSER.PAR is editable ONLY if the global DBWAPP.PAR is in READ-ONLY state
For implementation details and further info please refer to official What'sNewR11 document or to the main help.
The purpose of this new sub-option of the "Avoid same file name in different directories" is to allow the existence of read-only reference-only local copies of components that normally dont change frequently (for example: Standard Parts)
Since the reference-only components are loaded from the Workstation, the network overhead will be reduced consequently
For implementation details and further info please refer to official What'sNewR11 document or to the main help.
The PDF Preview speed has been greatly improved for large size PDFs
The PDF print functionality has been improved in quality and speed.
More, if working with the option User→Display printer setup dialog enabled, a better print setup dialog is now displayed when doing a RMB→Plot on a PDF document:
Two new options are now available in the General->More ... section:
- Drawing→PDF: create full color PDF
When checked, a full color PDF of any drawing (native or DWG) is created by the Revision->Outputs and DBWShell("MDConvert") functions
- DWG→PDF: convert all DWG layouts
When checked, all the DWG/DXF layouts are exported in the PDF when created by the Revision->Outputs and DBWShell("MDConvert") functions
More, the DWG to PDF conversion embeds always the DWG fonts for a better PDF portability.
At the moment the conversion functionality from DWG to PDF with CTB file does support colors and does not support line thickness
When checked, any Download/Upload operation will also transfer any already created Revision Output file
If the Revisions→Output→Output files alternate folder (root) is not null, DBWorks expects that in each remote site the assigned output files alternate folder must exists
Any existing drawing's output file is always available in the "RMB→Open output file" popup menu of a Part/Assembly
Two new parameters are now passed to the script: @IS_PREVIOUS_REVISION_APPROVAL and @IS_FIRST_REVISION
It is now possible to write the output @OKOPEN=0 in a pre-open event (@EVENT_TYPE=0)
This will stop the opening process (CAD-opening is supported only with the SolidWorks integration)
This command works ONLY on SolidWorks files.
The command replaces in a SolidWorks assembly file a specific configuration of a component with another configuration of a different component
This command allows the creation of a txt file output with the content of the Browser's active grid
The special outputFolder value allows to query only the full path name of the preview file that would be created for the assigned extension.
Setting SILENT_MODE to 1 before invoking the commands CreateNewProject and RemoveUserFromProject avoids any prompt for resetting the current Browser state on the destination workstations
DBWorks R11 creates it's toolbar as a Command Manager group:
This new feature also enables the customization of the DBWorks commands UI:
Please note that the option User Options→Show DBWorks Toolbar has now become obsolete, being the DBWorks Toolbar visibility now fully customizable through the SolidWorks→View→Toolbars... or SolidWorks→Tools→Customize... editors
DBWorks can now open in "Advanced Mode" an assembly:
This feature is available starting from Sw2009sp4.0
DBWorks can now open in "Selective Mode" an assembly:
By default, an assembly is opened in selective mode with no components loaded in memory.
There are two possible ways for activating the components:
Multiple select in the Tree structure
DBWorks will load in selective mode the top-level assembly and activate one by one the selected sub-components
→ 
Activation through the "Show component" functionality
DBWorks implements now the new function "Show component" on the RMB popup
→ 
This feature is available starting from Sw2009sp4.0
The PNG file stream is now used for the static preview of SolidWorks files.
The same PNG file stream is now also used by the DBWShell("CreatePreviewFile") command
The Replace References functionality supports now the ability to replace a component's specific configuration with another component's specific configuration, without opening the referenced assembly files (they must be all writeable)
The Replace a Component dialog shows now a new check-box (default: unchecked) that enables this functionality:
When checked (default is unchecked), DBWorks will avoid to insert any SolidWorks Envelop Component into the database
When unchecked ( default: CHECKED ), the Tree will display the MAKE_BUY "MAKE" value explicitly.
Many performance enhancements have been applied to the Tree rebuilding process.
The value 0 (zero) is now accepted; it disables the forward check for any existing sub-project while populating the Project Tree.
This leads to a huge performance enhancement when populating very large project trees (10000 and more)
A negative effect is that the [+] plus sign is ALWAYS displayed even if a project does not have any sub-project under it
in the following example, the Project 2532-78-FG3566-05-FOLDER has no sub-projects; neverless, since of the 0 setting, it displays the [+] sign:
A simple-click on the Drawing icon displays the Preview/Data of the 1st parent drawing
The command supports now two more optional arguments for passing directly an ECO identifier and a specific PROCESS in which to assign the document. Both arguments must be not null for having the command working as expected.
For implementation details and further info please refer to official What'sNewR11 document or to the main help.
Behavior changes
- OnValidateNotNullFieldsBeforeApprove.LST/UIvbs: it is invoked also for NULL fields, for allowing a better control on the null/not-null fields validation
- Mass property calculation: the fake components weight is added now only to parents of type ASSEMBLY
- SolidWorks configurations: the invalidation of the configuration sections at multiple-configurations-save time has been removed - the invalidation was creating smaller SolidWorks files, but at every open of a configuration different from the last saved, the model was presented as dirty ( so with the * in the title ), even if in read-only state
- The Tree Page's "Build the buy list" button's text has been renamed "Build the BOM"
- [X] Show current project's documents only: it is now checked by default for every new user
- Options→Revisions→Approval→Copy document's fields on revision approval: it is now TRUE by default, and the DOCUMENT.FILE_NAME→REVISIONS.FILE_NAME is always applied, even if not listed in the "Document fields to be copied" list
- Options→User→[X] Show toolbar: the option is no more enabled for the SolidWorks client, being the DBWorks Toolbar visibility now fully customizable through the SolidWorks→View→Toolbars ... or SolidWorks→Tools→Customize ... editors
- Rename: with the "Options→Rename→[X] Allow Rename/Replace even when Document or Parent Documents are Read-Only" checked, the Rename process continues even if any parent file is no more existing
- Project selection dialog: the input focus is now assigned automatically to the combo box control, so allowing the user to press any key for a quick search in the project list
- Add document to a project: the default value for the proposed Project is the "Current project" and no more the "Default project"
- Log files: The TRACE_FUNCTIONS is now the only option supported for tracing - the created LOG is always a FULL LOG
- Options→Revisions→Approval→[X] Mark as 'dirty' a parent revision on a child new revision approval: the option is now independent from the "[X] Avoid assembly approval if components are not released"
- Previous Revisions Grid: for DWG/DXF files, the RMB popup menu displays now the entries "Open" and "Open DWG Viewer" instead of the "Visualize" - "Open" opens the previous revision with the application associated to the DWG/DXF extension - "Open DWG Viewer" opens the revision file with the DWGEditor ( for DBWorks integrated ) or with the proprietary DBWorks DWG viewer ( for DBWorks standalone)
Obsolete options
- Revisions→Approval→[X] Create structure history for all the Documents types
It is always considered CHECKED
- General→Drawings→[ ] Always update drawing display list when saving
It is always considered UNCHECKED
- General→Drawings→[X ] Always save drawing model
It is always considered CHECKED