What's New in V4
- 14 Sep 2023
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What's New in V4
- Updated on 14 Sep 2023
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Major Features
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- New CAD Features
- Workflow Engine
- Mapping and Spatial Search
- Reporting Engine
CAD
- Automatic plugin installation
- Bulk reference manager
- Work with DWG Layouts and attributes
- Support for Point Cloud, Images, Data Links reference types
- Support for AutoCAD 2018, 2019
- Support for BricsCAD
- Support for Civil3D and data shortcuts
- Support for AutoCAD Map, Mechanical, Plant3D, Architecture
- Now providing a ribbon and menu bar
Workflow Engine
- Administrators can now define workflows for List attributes
- Administrators can upload custom workflow activities and conditionals
- Administrators can define triggers using workflow activities in response to operations such as adding a new file
Mapping and Spatial Search
- Displays maps alongside Jobs, Contacts and Companies
- Address geocoding provided
- Search for jobs based on their relative or specific location
- Search for files based on their relative or specific location
- Display KML or shape files directly on your job maps
Reporting Engine
- New out of the box reports, including license reporting
- New dashboard gadgets
- New report scheduler
12d Model
- Offlining of 12d model projects now available without checkout
- Offlined projects can not be checked in by accident
- Building in support for Model Tree
- Can now select an Environment File for use with 12d View
- Added ability to check in many 12d model projects at once
- Automatically set environment variable hook to use correct plugin when opening from the client
- Added a user definable ignore list for files and folders
- Added 12d model project templates
- Cached customisation mode to auto get customisation at open time
- Default to checking out 12d modelprojects unless instructed otherwise
- 12d View no longer requires an ADM license
- 12d Model Browser now remembers column settings
- Export of 12d model projects without offlining
- 12d model project data can be zipped before uploading
General
- Column layout for searching can now be defined
- New layouts for editors
- Allow manual definition of subnet for differentiation between local and remote connections
- Allow export of individual folders from the server instead of whole jobs
- Search by folder path
- Support auto expiry of published packages and files
- Added a bulk attribute editor for jobs, files, contacts and companies
- Added capability to preload server connection details via an XML file
- Added capability to support different workspace paths based on your server
- More attributes included in web file drop templates
- File browser now shows locally saved searches for easy access to search data
- Added ability to search by file size and version
- Added network health icon to client to show connection speed
- Added File Launchers to allow users to define how to open different file types
- List attributes now allow key entry to enter the values
- Show recent folders in folder browser
- Previous history now available from check in window
- F2 now starts a rename operation
- Added a recent items list to show recent files, folders, and 12d model projects
- Preview Viewer now shows when a preview is still waiting to be generated
- Support adding multiple associations at one time
- Now tracking notifications sent from notes
- Remembers which tab was last used in the active items window
- Files browser now has a recent files popup
- Now letting user choose which window to use when opening from a 12d Synergy Link
- Open from Link button added to recent jobs screen
- Option to send a publishing link manually via email
- Auto detect reference locations when multiple referenced files are loaded at the same time
- Publish from a user email address instead of the system address
- Dashboard now shows all checked out items instead of just files
- More progress information when uploading data
- Add Files button now shows recently used files in Windows
- Double click to go to associated entities
- Added request check in for managed folders
- Column added for File Created / Last Modified Date when looking at files
- Can now search for files by the last change type
- Easier access to old versions of files inside managed folders and 12d model projects
- Better options for handling changed files when doing a Get All
- New UI for targeting contacts from check in messages, using the @ symbol
- Managed folders and bulk uploads can now be zipped before uploading
Administration
- Warning when disk space is low
- Ability to disconnect a user
- Import and Export of data packages
- New expression builder tool for dashboards and email templates
- Added license pools for reporting and management purposes
- Filter connected users by license type and pool
- Easier to connect users and groups
- Subscribe groups to a specific FRS
- Support local and remote FRS connections
- Send out invitation emails when users are created
- Default temp path is now the installed as the Files path – new installs only
- Showing a banner in the administrator when server errors are detected
- Performing health checks and logging to the file logs
- Personal Job Creation is more user friendly
- File Stores and Servers can now be removed
- Attribute selector now allows sorting
- Password requirements for web file drops and publishing
- Added tool to help explain permissions
- Ability to delete event scripts
- Permissions can now be pushed from templates
- Forbid new contact creation if it already exists
- 12d Synergy Client can now copy and paste files
- File list now shows the number of files selected
- Can now insert files from 12d Synergy into word documents
- Push folder layouts from templates
- Auto updater can now use a file already in 12d Synergy
- Auto updater now supports optional updates
- More info in the search results for users in the administrators
- More statistics added to the general pane
- Better logging of client connections
- Copying now prompts for rename or replace if the file already exists
- Option to always prompt for login, to allow login as a different user
Optimisation
- Faster evaluation of permissions
- Delayed previewing and indexing
- Database insertion happens after uploads instead of before
- Faster Move and Copy File operations
- Speed improvements to indexing data in bulk
- Delta processing happens much less regularly to reduce strain on database
- FRS now zips index data before sending it to the master server
- Reduced unnecessary repeated calls from the client to the server
- Opening from a link is now much faster
Issuing
- Pick a publishing template when issuing
- Filter sets with a search box
- Can now move issue sets between issue types in the same job
- Can now delete issue sets
- Can now delete issue set types
- Added option to send a transmittal cover sheet with an issue
- Define transmittal sheet on a global and per job basis
- Added ability to create a link for an issue set
- Description now visible in the general list
- Issue from a user email address rather than the system address
Reference Tracking
- Display a reference graph to show all references
- References now track versions to allow version specific rollbacks
- Bulk Uploads can now find references automatically instead of requiring a manual step
Connectors
- Engine Optimisation
- Added a Total Synergy Connector
- Reduced default connector frequency
Naming Rules
- Consolidated naming rule and attribute data entry for file uploads
- Added zero padding
- Document type counters based on attribute combinations
- Can now move files to a target with a naming rule in place
- File naming rules can now be inherited down from a parent folder
Sync Tool
- Sync tool can now sync sub folders rather than just top level folders
- Added a quick ‘sync’ option for sync tool users
- Sync Tool support for machine groups and names
- Can now see what pending transfers are available
- Combined multiple transfers into one window
Contacts and Companies
- Allow deactivation of companies
- Added button to hide inactive contacts in the Contacts editor
- More information shown in the companies window when looking at staff
- Showing companies when looking at the Contacts Window
- Show recent contacts in contacts browser
- Added contact lists for quick reuse of contacts
- Added a quick search with auto completion in the companies and contacts browser
- Contact images are now cached locally
- Contact window now shows if the contact is a user or not
Office Plugins
- Can now open a job directly from the drop zone in outlook
- Added a bulk uploader for emails
- Relaxed the default outlook settings
- Added a button to turn the outlook plugin on and off
- Emails now uploaded with a meaningful name
- Can now create a folder when saving attachments
- Outlook can now use manual email templates
- Ability to upload and auto delete emails in outlook
- Added option to only show sub folder names in the drop zone
- Outlook no longer counts inline images in the attachment count
- Supporting multiple email stamps
Command Line and API
- Created a client side API
- List command can now accept a depth
- Added server side script events for 12d model project creation and deletion
- Better date controls available for scripted inputs
- New script input to capture many attribute values
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