Release Notes for Simplebim 7.0 SR2
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Simplebim 7.0 SR2 (20.2.2018)
Enhancements
- Property Editor: Support for Date, Date Time and Time of Day properties added to the Property Editor palette
- Excel Export: Configuration added for exporting date and time values as IFC formatted strings to Excel. This configuration can be set when running the Excel export as a tool from a template or script.
- License: Reporting improved for activating and releasing network licenses
- Objects Palette: Expanding and collapsing nodes no longer speaks the selection making it more fluent to work with large models.
- Localization: minor updates to all supported languages
Bug Fixes
- Bug fixed that caused the IFC export to fail if a group property had only a default value
- Bug fixed that caused the Model Placement Editor to fail if the pivot point values where explicitly cleared by the user
Simplebim 7.0 SR1 (30.1.2018)
New Features
- Viewports added to the 3D palette. With viewports you can visually groups objects and use these selection sets for various purposes. Viewports are saved to the native file format (.cube) and you can easily export each viewport to a separate IFC file.
Enhancements
- Table palette: identities used in table layout made less sensitive by automatically also adding the IFC identity where applicable
- Table palette: 'Hide New Columns' option added to context menu for controlling how new columns are handled when the layout is loaded
- Objects palette: enabled adding generic groups into the classification item tree
- License: improved messages when releasing network license
- Properties palette: option added for showing only property set and quantity set properties
Bug Fixes
- Bug fixed in merging models when the merged model had units the base model didn't have
- Bug fixed in adding Ungrouped groups in Object palette
- Bug fixed in importing and displaying the geometry of certain IFC4 geometry types
- Bug fixed in calculating quantities for opening elements
- Bug fixed in displaying clipping planes after using them for creating location prisms
- Performance bottleneck removed in Convert Element Assemblies tool
Simplebim 7.0 (20.11.2017)
New Features
- Saving and opening workspace layouts from stand-alone file
- Full support for new IFC4 data types: Date, Date Time and Time of Day
- Creating location prisms from clipping planes
- Creating location prisms from building storeys
- Automated Excel export from a templates and scripts
- Validation of group properties
Enhancements
- Importing location prisms from IFC proxy and IFC building element proxy
- Improved documentation for the Calculate Basic Quantities tool
- Major improvements to the Table palette
- Improved French and German translations
- "Find Wall Assemblies" tool renamed to "Find Building Elements with Parts" and now handles all building elements that can have parts, such as slabs, beams and columns.
- Simplified adding of properties with templates
- Adding group categories from templates and assigning groups to categories
- Sample IFC files for Location Prisms added for the Getting Started model
Bug Fixes
- Bug fixed that caused some models on some computers not to show up in the 3D palette
- Bug fixed in creating 3D plan view