Simplebim 8.0 SR2 (19.7.2019)

Enhancements

Support for adding container groups through templates added. See the Template Guide for details.
IFC Import: Support added for (illegal) cases where an objects is defined by more than one type object. The first type object is used and the other definitions are ignored and logged.

Templates: Links to the Template documentation on the Simplebim support site fixed in the Excel template
IFC Import: Bug fixed in importing models that have geometry where one of the nodes in the geometry tree defines neither geometry nor transformation.
License: Bug fixed in defining proxy credentials and transferring proxy credentials from previous versions.
Containment Palette: Default configuration changed back to the same functionality we had in Simplebim 7. In Simplebim 8 the contaiment palette can also be configured to use the default property value (instead of the object class name) as the criteria for creating the hierarchy.
Startup Screen: News panel layout issues fixed.
Group Editor: Minor layout issues fixed in the rule editor section of the Group Editor.
Visualizer Palette: Bug fixed in resetting colors.

Properties Palette: Keyboard shortcuts added for Clear (Ctrl+Del), Expand All (Ctrl+Down) and Collapse All (Ctrl+Up)
Translation: minor translation improvements

3D Palette: bug fixed in displaying some models that contain grids. Under special circumstances some objects were missing from the 3D view, but this had no effect on the data exported from Simplebim.
Startup Screen: bug fixed in installing templates by dragging & dropping them on the + icon in the IFC Import toolbar.
License: bug fixed activating a rental license where the original expiry date had passed, but the rental had been renewed.
IFC Export: The 'Optimized Shared Geometries' IFC export option is temporarily disabled, because using this option could lead to the geometry of some objects missing from the exported IFC file. This option will be enabled again when the bug is fixed.

New professional look and feel with re-designed icons and colors. The layout and logic of palettes has also been unified to make it easier to learn and use Simplebim.
Support for multi color objects. The full IFC color information is now displayed in Simplebim and maintained during IFC export.
Supports for 2D grids
Support for 2D annotations
New measure tool in the 3D window for measuring the distance between two points
Rule based groups can now be created from the user interface. These groups can now have complex AND/OR rules and use expressions (formulas)
News system for bringing you relevant notifications inside Simplebim in the startup screen

Drag and drop from the 3D window can now be started also in the Viewer navigation mode by holding down the left mouse button shortly while not moving the mouse and then moving the mouse.
The quantity calculation by the Calculate Basic Quantities tool has been improved
Creating groups for each unique value of a property from templates.
Improved startup view with template filtering
Faster model splitting
Faster model merge
More reliable release of network licenses
Improved table palette