| OracleÆ AutoVue Release Notes Release 21.0.0 E61177-01 |
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This chapter lists the formats that are new to this release. It also lists the known issues that are applicable for this release.
In an effort to continually improve AutoVue’s performance and functionality the following general enhancements have been implemented:
Enhanced opening of files from a ZIP file. Feedback is now given while a file is being extracted and processed for viewing. This provides users with a better indication of how long it takes to load the file.
When the user double clicks a file from the list of the zipped file in AutoVue, the file will open in the same window. The user has to press the CTRL key and double click in order to open the file in a new window.
Security improvements
3D file support:
Performance improvements when loading from native file and streaming file.
Improvements have been made to the Section fill plane. This provides a clearer indication of what parts of the section are filled in.
Mesh streaming improvements. Large meshes are split into smaller ones and will display in full resolution. This improves the rendering fidelity of models with large meshes.
3D measurements are now done on client-side. This provides better performance for measurements on a heavily loaded server.
Default part or body color is now configurable by the user for all 3D formats. This allows the AutoVue display to more closely mimic the native application display.
PMI fidelity. The layout and positioning of the PMI entities align with the display of the native application. This allows users to better understand the intent of the CAD designer.
Overall, the fidelity of formats has been improved. For more information, refer to Format Enhancements.
When working with multiple AutoVue windows, settings are shared between the multiple windows. Note that the changes only take effect when you create a new window.
AutoVue now takes better advantage of a high performance network and speeds up the printing operations.
The section lists format enhancements.
Enhancements for Creo Parametric:
Added support for Creo Parametric 3.0
Added support for Combined views for 3D files. AutoVue now applies Cut views and PMI visibility if stored in the Combined view. This allows the views from Creo Parametric documents to be represented more accurately.
Enhancements for AutoDesk Inventor
Added support for AutoDesk Inventor 2015 and 2016
Added support for Inventor Views representations. They appear in the Views tab. This allows users to view all of the different designs present in the model.
Enhancements for CATIA V5
Added support for CATIA V5-6R2013, V5-6R2014, and V5-6 R2015
Added support for piping entities.
Enhancement for color and visibility for various releases.
Enhancement for CGR mesh support.
Enhancements for SolidEdge
Added support for SolidEdge ST7 and ST8
Enhancements for assembly-level features.
Enhancements for SolidWorks
Added file formats for SolidWorks 2015 SP2 and above
Added support for SolidWorks 2016
Units are now properly reported. This provides better measurement support.
Added support for Unigraphics NX 8.5, 9, and 10
Added support for DirectModel (JT) 10
Enhancements for AutoCAD
Added support for AutoCAD 2015 and 2016
Added support for AutoCAD Mechanical 2D 2016
Better support for embedded TIFF images.
General bug fixes.
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Note: The AutoVue for Agile customers are provided the following formats supported in the 21.0.0.1 patch within the 9.3.5 installer:
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All the documents can be found under "AutoVue 21.0.0" on Oracle Technology Network (OTN) http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/documentation/autovue-091442.html.
The following documents have been removed in this release:
ActiveX Migration Guide
ActiveX API Guide
Oracle AutoVue User Manual/Online Help (Japanese)
Oracle AutoVue Desktop Deployment Migration Guide
The following documents have been consolidated:
Oracle AutoVue User Manual/Online Help: A single User Manual/Online Help now covers the usability features of AutoVue for Agile PLM, AutoVue Client/Server Deployment, and AutoVue Desktop Deployment. This manual is localized to English, French and German.
Oracle AutoVue Acknowledgments: A single Acknowledgments document now covers third-party software used by AutoVue for Agile PLM, AutoVue Client/Server Deployment, AutoVue Desktop Deployment, AutoVue Web Services and AutoVue Integration SDK.
Oracle AutoVue Release Notes: A single Release Notes covers the changes in terms of format enhancements or de-supported INI options or deprecated features of AutoVue for Agile PLM, AutoVue Client/Server Deployment, and AutoVue Desktop Deployment.
Following is the new option that can be set in jvueserver.properties file located in the <AutoVue Installation folder>\bin directory:
Table 2-1 New Streaming File Option
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jvueserver.metacache.zipfile.enable = [TRUE|FALSE] |
Specifies whether to generate streaming files from ZIP files. If set to TRUE, then streaming files are generated. If set to FALSE, no streaming files are generated. Note: This option will only take effect when the jvueserver.metacache.enable option is set to TRUE. Only one streaming file is allowed for a ZIP file. It is recommended that this setting is left unmodified when the deployment is integrated with a DMS. |
FALSE |
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Note: For more information about options, refer to the Oracle AutoVue Installation and Configuration Guide. |
The following INI options have been deprecated in Release 21:
PROESHOWHIDDENLINEDASHED
PROELOADCOSMETICS
PROE2DLOADPICTURE
PROEBACKGROUNDCOLOR
The following INI options have been de-supported:
RESOLVERESOURCES
USERXREFPATHS
USERXFONTPATHS
SESSIONXREFPATHS
SESSIONXFONTPATHS
XREFPATHS (Still supported for AutoVue Desktop Deployment)
LOADFACETEDDATAMESHBUILDTOPOLOGY ENABLEIDENTICALPARTDETECTION 3DMASSPROP_MESH_BEHAVIOR3DMASSPROP_SHEET_BEHAVIORCATIAFILTERNOSHOWS CATIAFILTERNONROOT LOADCATIAWIRES CATIALOADPMI CATIA4SPLINEGEOMETRY CATIA5BUILDCGMSETS CATIA5BUILDINVISIBLECGMBODIES LOAD_ATTRIBUTES MINIMIZETREENODES CATIA5BUILDINTERMEDIATECGMBODIES
IFCCOLORS_MODEIFCCOLOR IFCWINDOW_TRANSPARENCYIFCREADPROPERTIESIFCLOADINVISIBLESPACESIGESDETAILEDTREE IGESINVISIBLEPARTS IGESHIERARCHYCOLORIGESFACEORIENTATIONIGESSHOWALL IGESMULTIBYTE IGESLOADDRAFTFIRSTIGESLOADSUBFIGUREDEFINITIONSIGES3DLAYERS
INVENTOR_HIDE_CONSTRUCTION_GEOMETRY
JTRESOLUTION
PROELOADCOSMETICWIRES PROELOADPMIDATA PROEMASSPROPUSEMESH STEPDETAILEDTREE STEPFACEPOSITIVECOLOR
SIGNOFF
Oracle AutoVue has de-supported some file formats/versions, which had very limited usage and low demand from our customers. This will allow Oracle AutoVue to focus development efforts on formats which are most strategic to our customers. These formats are unsupported file formats/versions.
AutoDesk Inventor IDV and IDE files.
AutoVue will continue to support AutoDesk Inventor IPT, IAM files, and IDW (2D drawing) files.
AutoVue Assembly Format
It is recommended to convert to CATIA V5 or DirectModel (JT) assembly files (depending on whether the part files are CATIA or JT) instead.
CoCreate Modeling / SolidDesigner / OneSpace Designer Modeling
It is recommended to convert to STEP instead.
CATIA V4 2D
It is recommended to convert to CATIA V5 2D instead. CATIA V4 3D will continue to be supported.
PLM XML
It is recommended to convert to DirectModel (JT) assembly files instead.
Unigraphics NX 2D
It is recommended to convert to AutoCAD instead. Unigraphics NX 3D will continue to be supported.
Oracle AutoVue will no longer support some of its functionalities which had very limited usage and low demand from our customers. This will allow Oracle AutoVue to focus development efforts on functionalities which are more important to our customers. The following functionalities are de-supported/deprecated in this release:
AutoVue will no longer open 3D files (except for DWF files) with a missing or unsupported file extension.
AutoVue will no longer automatically upload XREFs associated with a file you are opening from the local file system. It is required to upload a ZIP file that includes the base file and associated XREFs.
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Note: This only impacts files that are opened from a local disk. Files that are accessed through an integration to a repository are not affected. |
AutoVue no longer supports the USERNAME AutoVue applet parameter and associated getUserName() JVue API function. The recommendation is to either use system calls, use the user's local system name, or calls related to the document management system (DMS) in order to get the user's name from the DMS.
The Markup Signoff backing image can no longer be specified. The associated SIGNOFF INI option has been deprecated.
AutoVue no longer supports non-geometric Product Manufacturing Information (PMI). AutoVue will continue to support the following functionalities:
Coordinate system
Datum target
Dimension
Feature Control Frame
Line Weld
Note
AutoVue no longer supports native fonts for all MCAD 3D formats. AutoVue will use a default TTF font if the user does not specify the substitute TTF using the ini option XFONTPATH.
AutoVue no longer supports digital Mockup through the UI. Digital Mockup is still accessible programmatically.
AutoVue no longer supports layers for 3D formats. The visibility of some parts or bodies will be different from the native application.
The user can now set the default color for 3D files if the format does not set a default color (example: STL, STEP, IGES).
AutoVue no longer supports incremental mesh streaming. The entire Mesh is now sent to the Client for viewing.
The following application servers are no longer supported:
WebSphere 6.1 and up
Oracle Application Server 10g
AutoVue no longer supports conversion for 3D file formats or 3D pages in a 2D format (Autocad, EDA - PCB, DWF) STL and Raster formats. It only converts 2D Vector and Raster data.
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Note: For Agile PLM versions 9.3.2, 9.3.3, and 9.3.4, 3D thumbnails are generated through MCAD connectors only. |
AutoVue does not display fillet welds for 3D files.
AutoVue does not support AutoCAD 3D page view.
Streaming file generation is deprecated in Release 21.0.0 only for AutoVue Desktop Deployment. It will be de-supported in future releases.
The following platforms are de-supported:
32-bit versions of Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8
64-bit versions for Windows XP and Windows 2008
For information on known issues, go to My Oracle Support (http://support.oracle.com) and then either browse the Knowledge Management (KM) notes under the Knowledge tab, or enter a query in the Search Knowledge Base field.
