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12.1, PDF Plot Settings

In the 12.1 release we added the possibility to set PDF Plot Setting on each document start.
Functionality
If no settings exists in the document start the DWG to PDF.pc3 settings are set and the rest is used from the dwg file, so no changes for the existing documents. To read more about the type of configuration we handle see the manual.

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12.1, PDF Merge

Licensing
PDF Merge License are removed and are included in the Enterprise/Professional licenses.

Functionality

  • Plugin works on selected Documents
  • Plugin works on Information Object (think of a Binder type)

The information how the behavior should be when plugin is done can be

  • NOTHING – No action is taken.
  • MESSAGE – A message is displayed specifying where the PDF file is saved.
  • FOLDER – The folder containing the PDF file will be opened in the windows explorer.
  • FILE – The created PDF file will be opened using the default application for PDF files in windows.

The PDF Merge can also be found in the new MasterPortal Web Applications Print Basket. In the 12.2 version the PDF Merge functionality has menus in the standard product and is not a plugin anymore.

MasterConcept 12.1 SR1 Fix5 Released

Version: 12.1.5.3

Information We have released this version on the ftp.

Please Download on the customer web.

MasterConcept 12.1 SR1 Fix4 Released

Version: 12.1.4.4

Information We have released this version on the ftp.

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12.1, Document handling improvements

In the 12.1 release we made some improvements to the Document handling to make it simpler to create documents.

Functionality

  • Copy Document – Create a copy with Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V
  • New Document – Fast Menu based on the most common used document types
  • New Document – Fast Menu fixed set of document types
  • New Document – on a object that results in the common item designation being set

This mean that with on click a document with document type and common item designation can be set.

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12.1, Free Structure Grouping

In the 12.1 release we made it possible to group the free structure. This makes it easier to find the right cable or other objects located under the Free Structure

Functionality
• A new dialog to set how the free structure should be grouped
• Possible to group by articles fields and by objects designations

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MasterConcept 12.1 SR1 Fix3 Released

Version: 12.1.3.7

Information We have released this version on the ftp.

Please Download on the customer web.

12.1, Images and PDF

In the 12.1 release we added functionality to handle images and display images. This also mean some raster format like TIF. A PDF will be created during check in for our supported images formats.

Functionality

  • A PDF will be created during check in
  • A Thumbnail will be created during check in
  • Supported format
    “JPEG”, “JPG”, “TIFF”, “TIF”, “GIF”, “PNG”, “BMP”, “EXIF”, “EMF”, “WMF”, “JPEG 2000”, “PS”, “EPS”, “XPS”, “WPF”, “SVG”, “SWF”
  • We also support TIF with several pages

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In the 12,2 version we plan to support CALS format also.

12.1, Copy Structure Perfomance Adjustment

In the 12.1 release we made some performance adjustments for copy structure.

  • Used faster functionality to copy files
  • Did not update the tree after the past is finished
  • Validate Documents in the dialog does not check every cell

A copy that took 30 seconds now took 15 seconds on a small main folder. We think the performance gains will be higher on larger structures.

Oracle Database Driver Changes…again

In 12.1.1 we introduced a new Oracle driver, there was a problem with this causing the requirement to be a bit too narrow and we needed the exact version of Oracle that the application was built against.

This has now been rectified and the requirement is as specified for 12.1.2:
– Oracle Data Provider for .NET (.NET 4)
– Oracle Provider for OLE DB

This means that any Oracle Client is supported as long as these components are included, the main limitation posed by this is that Oracle Data Provider for .NET is only included as a .NET 4 version from Oracle Client (or ODAC) 11.2.0.3 making this is the lowest version that we can support.

Lowest possible version for Oracle Client is 11.2.0.3.

Don’t hesitate to contact support if there are any questions regarding this driver change.