Actify announced the release of SpinFire Ultimate 11.1. SpinFire Ultimate supports files created in any major CAD file format, such as the latest versions of Catia V5 and Unigraphics NX just to name a few, allowing users in the manufacturing industries and their supply chains to use a single software solution enabling them to view, measure, mark-up and share all major 2D and 3D data formats without needing to purchase and maintain seats of native CAD systems. This streamlines the communication process and allows for paperless distribution of complex product data, ultimately increasing productivity and cutting costs.
This new release contains additional features found in 10.0 that were not included in 11.0 along with a number of bug fixes :
Added Features
- Import document
- Add document
- Transform by handles
- Exploded assembly
- Shattered assembly ACT3D files
- Tube length bill of materials
- Snapshots
- Calculate the area, perimeter, and centroid of a section profile
- CGM importer
- TIFF importer
- Additional language support
- Chinese (simplified)
- Chinese (traditional)
- Czech
- French
- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Portuguese
- Spanish
Improved Features
- Export Part List in Excel file format
- Auto Complete option for the tube length calculation
- View files as thumbnails in the Library
- "Copy to Clipboard" option on the Export > Image dialog
- Add options to the Recent Documents context menu
- Portrait/Landscape toggle in Print Preview
- First selected surface remains highlighted for Minimum Distance Between Two Surfaces measurement
- Materials list translated to other languages
- Focus options added to context menu for 2D views.
- Another part can be selected without having to close the Properties dialog
- Section plane distance displayed along the normal
- Default CAD view added to the CAD views list
Bug Fixes
- 2D file formats
- The ohm symbol appears as a box in NX 2D files.
- Foreign characters do not appear in CATDrawing file.
- CATDrawing causes a crash in the SpinFire Viewer when opening.
- Incorrect scale for DXF file.
- Visibility control (hide/show) in 2D does not work.
- Some Chinese characters do not appear even when the font is available.
- Line Thickness of 2D dimension line and dimension extension line are too thick.
Incorrect displaying of CATIA drawing primitives.
- CATIA V4 2D Drawing - Line width incorrect when Zoomed In or Out.
- Symbol "β" exists not for all fonts.
- Importing incorrect line thickness for 2D SLDDRW documents.
- 3D file formats
- An IGES file and does not zoom correctly using the navigation cube.
- Imported NX file assembly tree selection is incorrect.
- NX assembly crashes SpinFire when importing.
- NX assembly takes 4 times longer to Import than 10.8.2.
- NX File imports correctly in SpinFire 10.8.2 but Not in SpinFire Ultimate.
- NX notes and die draw axis symbols are not importing.
- A specific SolidWorks file fails to open.
- SpinFire 10 file with an empty 3D work space and 2D drawing does not load.
- Opening a specific .3D crashes SpinFire.
- Load colors from SpinFire 10 user views.
- 2D Measurements
- 2D Notes lose the underline when adding a hyperlink.
- 3D Measurements
- Boundary Area By Edges measurement could be applied to Annotation plane.
- Hide/show surface options don't change the label correctly in context menu in Markups tree for the Boundary Area by Edges measurement.
- Status of the check mark is not updated after deletion or adding elements to any node of Markups tree.
- Bounding box markups do not respect transforms.
- Document crashes when click on markup if the markup contains incorrect hyperlink.
- Document crashes when try to open context menu for the part which was measured by Boundary Area By Edges measurement.
- The first surface selected on a Distance Between Two Surfaces measurement needs to remain highlighted until the second surface is selected.
- Arc highlighting for Arc Diameter and Arc Radius remains when the measurements are disabled.
- When performing "All Subassemblies" Auto Note, some notes are not pointing at the model.
- Cannot add a hyperlink to a very long file for markup.
- Bounding box measurement properties imported from SpinFire 10 are not applied in SpinFire Ultimate.
- Chinese characters do not work in markups.
- The first selected surface is not highlighted when the user select the second surface for Minimum Distance Between Two Surfaces measurement.
- Assembly Tree
- “Expand All” should expand to parts level, not solids.
- Annotation plane is marked as indeterminate when all children are unchecked.
- Impossible to apply highlighted view from Views tree.
- Library
- Implement saving of customized displaying of file list in Library after closing application.
- Scroll option in library file list is not working with mouse wheel.
- Header for file list in Library is scrolled with file list.
- File search in library folder not releasing search parameter when switching folders.
- Folders are duplicated in explorer after connection was added.
- Files are duplicated in file list after connection was added.
- Miscellaneous
- Intermittent crash.
- Settings.config is not removed during uninstall.
- SFXI-460 If a file(s) fails in an assembly, SpinFire should still open the model without the failed files.
- Current work is lost without warning if the updater runs.
- Impossible to remove items from converter list
- Allow a closing backslash on Custom Updates URL.
- Floating license file data has an expiration date, but should not
- Sectioning
- Do not disable features when section dialog is enabled.
- Section cut by Three points is incorrect.
- Section cut by Two points is incorrect.
- Selection fails after sectioning.
- Unable to select surfaces after section cut is created.
- Remove the need to "Enable Dragging".
- Profile edges appear with user views with sections.
- Attached NX assembly has strange sectioning behavior.
- Apply" should be disabled in certain section dialog scenarios.
- Measure section cut profile edges..
- Document crashes when a section is enabled and a user tries to open context menu.
- The state of the Project Mode command is not correct if disabling then re-enabling sectioning.
- Selection
- One cannot select parts after opening an assembly in Load Assembly Tree Only mode.
- Unhighlight selected items after performing action.
- View isn't highlighted immediately after selecting the view in drawing tree.
- Highlighted model element is missing in Print Preview after the view is refreshed.
- Transform
- Zoom Fit doesn't work after transforming a part.
- Transform dialog is displayed out of SpinFire Ultimate window.
- Bounding box markups do not respect transforms.
- UI
- Message boxes should be dismissed via ESC key.
- The "What's New" link on the Home page in German has an invalid link.
- Information boxes and dialog windows for viewer don't block access to application.
- Shift+right-click part selection in the graphic window does not allow to hide form the context menu.
- Apply, Ok and Cancel buttons are not disabled during Preview on the Transform dialog.
- Add Markup to All Views option is active after it was selected before.
- Yellow polyline is visible in case user unticks a 'Stay on Top' functionality.
- Hyperlink to a view during note creation does not work.
- Hyperlink fields don't support files with long file name or path(>260).
- Incorrect coordinate positions for new coordinate system.
- Sorting doesn't work on 'Select document and User View' window.
- Viewports button isn't highlighted after pressing on it as it is in SpinFire 10.
- Assembly item is counted incorrectly in Parts List for specific model
- Incorrect validation of Selected Color Palette value after apply in Color Palettes dialog.
- Annotation plane is marked as indeterminate when all children are unchecked.
Installation
SpinFire Ultimate 11.1 can be installed side-by-side with previous versions of SpinFire, such as the 10.x release.
Upgrading from 11.0.0 to 11.1.0
To upgrade SpinFire Ultimate from 11.0 to 11.1:
- Launch and run the SpinFire.x64.msi (or the SpinFire.x64.exe) and follow the installation wizard instructions.
SpinFire Ultimate 11.1 is now available and pricing starts at 466€, maintenance included. A free trial version of SpinFire Ultimate is available for download at www.actify.com. All SpinFire customers under maintenance will be able to upgrade their existing SpinFire Professional licenses to SpinFire Ultimate at no additional charge and even run both versions in parallel. As a reminder, you may view a feature comparison matrix between SpinFire Ultimate and SpinFire Professional to help determine if it’s appropriate for you to upgrade.