Release Notes to EngView 2024.1.19

Installation files

NOTE: In the files that follow, the EVAIPlugin, which makes possible the integration of EngView and Adobe Illustrator, is compatible with Adobe Illustrator 2025 (build 29.1).

File Use It For Notes
Windows
Packaging_Suite_Setup_x64_2024.1.19.exe Clean setups or upgrades from earlier major versions. Upgrades the Settings and Standards Library of installations of Version 8 and later.
Packaging_Suite_Patch_x64_2024.1.12-2024.1.19.exe Upgrades from version 2024.1.xx Does not upgrades the Settings and Standards Library.
macOS
EngView Packaging Suite 2024.1.19.4728.dmg Setup and upgrades Compatible with macOS Sequoia (macOS 15)
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Improvements

Shared Space

ID Functionality Description
EVP-15427 Enable AR Control by default When preparing a 3D model for uploading to Shared Space, the control for rendering of Augmented Reality features has been set as enaled by default. This serves iOS devices; it also reuiqres greater CPU involvement. Neither the control nor the fix has any relevance for Android devices.

Drafting

ID Functionality Description
EVP-15426 Fix Asisistant: Tooltips Needed Tooltips need to be added to Fix Assistant to provide greater detail in error detection.
EVP-15428 Parameteric Components Browsing In the Preferences | Synergy Components section, the default size of the components' icons has been enlarged to make browing more comfortable.

3D (Export)

ID Functionality Description
EVP-15433 Nonstop Playback Removed The Nonstop Folding and Unfoling functionality is no longer available in exported 3D models. The reason is that the functionality was removed in the latest version of the format.

General UI

ID Functionality Description
EVP-15331 Material Information Control Added to Preferences The control that sets the display of information about the material in the graphical area has been added to the Tools | Preferences | View section.
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Addressed Issues

Shared Space

ID Functionality Description
EVP-15439 Bad Tooltip A spelling error has been corrected in the tooltip describing the control for enabling the support for augmented reality when uploading to Shared Space.

3D

ID Functionality Description
EVP-15339 Incorrect Splitter Behavior in Tabular View In the 3D tab's tabular view, moving the section splitters up and down causes some of them to disappear.

Layout

ID Functionality Description
EVP-15435 Deleting layer-agnostic parts causes a crash When a part that does not support layers -- most commonly bridges drawings -- is deleted, EngView crashes.
EVP-15447 Sheets fails to mirror when rear side is displayed When the rear side is activated, the sheet fails to display in a mirror state.

CAM

ID Functionality Description
EVP-15395 No layer Sides in CAM From Layout When creating a CAM drawing from a layout, layer sides are not transfered and all objects are treated as front.
EVP-15396 Bad Design Rotation Sheets fails to correctly fit designs when designs are rotated.
EVP-15432 Bad Save of Tool Style In CAM jobs, changing the style of a tool fails to save in the underlying template, or is saved but fails to load.
EVP-15449 Vector texts fails to flip Vector text fails to appear flipped as required.

Export

ID Functionality Description
EVP-15414 Bad Vector Text Export in PDF If in a design frame the Text Area functionality is used, all the text is displayed in a single row when the frame is exported as PDF.

Diemaking

ID Functionality Description
EVP-15414 Bad Text Display in Bridges Drawings Normal text placed into layouts fails to appear in bridges drawings.
EVP-15446 Text Area Missing in Layouts Inserted text area fails to appear in bridges drawings.

Other

ID Functionality Description
EVP-15240 Materials Preview Fails on Color Change In the Preferences | Material Types section (Backgrounds tab), when changing the front color of a material, the preview fails to refresh accordingly.
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Help Updates

3D

ID Functionality Description
EVP-15437 Export to 3D HTML The check box for the nonstop folding and unfoling has been removed from the dialog box that controls the export.
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