myCADtools 2021 SP2:


General :

  AM125381 : Added compatibility with SOLIDWORKS 2022.

  BG123356: Partnership with Kaspersky for taking into account the myCADtools installation files by the antivirus.


myCADtools toolbar :

  BG125135: The control manager does not appear if the network is not available.

  BG125164: Instability of myCADtools command manager.


Name builder tool:

  AM119127: Keep column size of advanced field creation.

  AM119129: Added the possibility to ignore the message when this condition is first in the list - "Always".

  AM125186: Added the ability to force only one field to be lowercase or UPPERcase.

  AM125194: Added the ability to concatenate multiple valid conditions.

  AM125906: Added the ability to retrieve the SOLIDWORKS value (as SmartBom does) - "Configuration Description".

  AM128587: Added the ability to replace a character with nothing.

  BG119138: The tool crashes when the user does not have access to "My Documents".

  BG122674: Advanced rules should not be case sensitive for file extensions.

  BG123188: Regression in file naming. It is no longer possible to change the case.

  BG123189: Regression in file naming. It is no longer possible to perform several operations at the same time for the generated file name.

  BG123203: Crash of BatchConverter on right click in a specific place of the interface.

  BG125057 : Extract the string from the "-" character.

  BG125684 : Error when editing conditions if the default property path is empty in myCADpassport.

  BG127897: Creating a property with the configuration name on all configurations does not work.


File selection tool :

  BG121812: Cannot use a drawing for the function - "Insert drawings of a document and its dependencies".

  BG122978: The file selection tool allows duplicate files when using the options - "Insert drawings of selected documents" - "Add a favorite" - "Add a CSV file".

  BG123560: "Insert drawings of the selected document" - this function is problematic when the file is in a PDM box.

  BG123572: "Dependencies" - this option is checked but not visible on a PDM file after using the function - "Insert drawings of a document and its dependencies".

  BG128442: Inserting the drawings of the selected document freezes the tool for some documents.

  BG129388: "Recent Files" - this command no longer works.


AssemblyBoard:

  BG127996: AssemblyBoard creates a folder of settings 2020 in version 2021.


BatchConverter :

  AM126608: Improved BatchConverter processing in TaskPlanner.

  AM128805 : Launch a new SOLIDWORKS session for TaskPlanner processing.

  BG117477: When the generated file name is empty, the report only says - "Unable to convert file".

  BG122659: If the files to be processed are opened before processing, the files generated are all identical.

  BG126747: When clicking on the filter button, the checkbox - Sub folder - is systematically checked.

  BG129337: The tool crashes when processing a specific file.


BatchProperties :

  AM124845: The summary properties are emptied if the fields are left empty.


CustomToolBar:

  AM129215 : Use of a default SWP macro instead of VSTA for the PDF saving example (VSTA macros in SOLIDWORKS are unstable).

  BG128822: The CustomToolBar add-on is not activated.

  BG128992: Changed default CustomToolbar setting for SmartProperties.

  BG129588: The icons are grayed out if you cancel the CustomToolbar setting.


CuttingOptimization :

  BG125871: When there are several sub-sets the quantity is not correct.


DrawingTranslate:

  AM121301: The DrawingTranslate database should be in the "My Documents" folder by default.


DriveAssembly:

  AM111891: Added the possibility to use a decimal separator Point or Comma.


FindDocuments :

  AM113478: If nothing has been updated, do not transfer the database to the network.

  AM113486: Add list of properties available for column addition.

  AM116967 : Add a button to reset the base.

  AM127227: Added reverse operator in property value.

  BG108865: Allow selection of a folder from a PDM local view.

  BG117164: Random error when transforming a network database into a local database.

  BG121128: The sorting in the Size column does not work.

  BG127372: Improved database analysis and progress bar.


Integration :

  AM128804 : Launch a new SOLIDWORKS session for TaskPlanner processing.

  AM129187: Added the ability to execute an Integration action without an operation.

  BG127159: Added versions 2020, 2021 and 2022 to SOLIDWORKS release requirements.

  BG128723: The name of the generated file is incorrect if the processing is performed when the file is open and the name contains the variable - "File name".


LocalHelp:

  BG122295: Error when adding a new item and no folder is selected.


MarkFoldLines:

  AM126047: Storage of the last selected block model.


PilotAssembly :

  BG122615: Updating component names does not replace the name in the functions.


PowerPrint:

  BG128495: The naming rule does not work correctly in PowerPrint.


ProjectManager :

  BG124710: Problem of searching for shots with the option - "Only retrieve the first shot found".

  BG127566: The variables are not evaluated after duplication in a PDM vault.

  BG129715: Error in the Duplication step if the parent assembly is located in a level very close to the root of the drive.


Registration :

  BG126727: Changed the warning message if the number of tokens is reached.


SelectMaterial:

  BG126813 : Modification of the method of connecting the tool to SOLIDWORKS.


Setup/Installation :

  BG127185: Automatically close myCADtools processes on installation.


SheetMetalManufacturing :

  AM112472: Integration of the name builder tool to add naming options.

  BG122710: Generation problem with the option - "Group the views by thickness on several sheets in one file".

  BG123638: Changed export method to Export Geometry Only (drawing shows threaded representations and sketches in some cases).

  BG124592: The sheet is generated in the opposite direction of the creation of a SOLIDWORKS unfolded view.

  BG126993: The position and activation of properties is not retained when the tool is closed.

  BG129560: Display problem when reducing options.


SmartBom :

  AM126370: Add the ability to generate PDF drawings of BOM items by adding notes related to the 3D BOM.

  BG118931: Use the configuration used by the assembly for the preview.

  BG121147: When exporting to Excel, the numeric cells are in text format despite the Number format of the initial cell.

  BG123148: The file extension is retrieved in Active Assembly mode for the Part Number.

  BG127085: The regional location settings of the cell are changed after adding a date property.


SmartDrawings:

  BG121432: SmartDrawings does not launch with specific settings.

  BG125127: The default SmartDrawings document templates are not in SW2016 and do not contain predefined views.


SmartProperties :

  AM128439: Implemented a new default setting in SmartProperties.

  BG121244: Docking problem in the SmartProperties settings window.

  BG122059: The settings window is empty if the file "SaveSmartProperties.xml" is read-only in the Windows temporary files.

  BG122765: The evaluation in the concatenation type interface does not take into account the values of the option type.

  BG123950: Selecting a radio button does not display a conditional group for welded parts, whereas it is correctly displayed for a part.

  BG124617: A concatenation concatenation is not evaluated in the SmartProperties input mask, but it is written correctly in the weldment list properties. The problem occurs on sheet metal items.

  BG124950: "Create property on referenced document" - This SmartProperties property is not applied if the use of a Macro in Integration is enabled.

  BG125315: The evaluation of the conditional type or conditional group does not work if a property of type SOLIDWORKS is used in the condition.

  BG126944: Using a particular DataSettings (favorites display option) plants SmartProperties with a specific mask.

  BG127005 : The SOLIDWORKS thickness type variable is no longer taken into account.

  BG127109: Manage the number of groups allowed in the SOLIDWORKS PropertyManager to ensure proper operation of SmartProperties.

  BG128190: The Property type of the referenced document does not work when selecting a part in the graphics area before launching the tool.


TaskPlanner:

  AM113483: Don't have the obligation to go to the options for UpdateVersion.

  BG113514: Can't create a task without adding a file.


ViewGrid:

  AM128977 : Block the SOLIDWORKS window when processing is in progress.


myCADtools 2021 SP1.3 :


Registration :

  BG127845: Fixed bug with Registration tool when launching myCADtools


myCADtools 2021 SP1.2 :


File selection tool :

  BG121713:Insertion of drawings and its dependencies from a selected assembly does not work in the folder search mode.


CustomToolBar:

  BG121706:The CustomToolBar add-on is not activated.


SheetMetalManufacturing:

  AM121293:The message signifying the end of processing is displayed for each part.

  AM121292:Automatically unpause the program during processing.


myCADtools 2021 SP1.1 :


General:

  BG121391: Problem with myCADtools toolbar on workstations that do not have Internet, the toolbar does not appear.


myCADtools 2021 SP1:


General:

  AM106387: Added feedback in myCADtools.


Name builder tool:

  AM114039 : Management of welded properties.


AssemblyBoard:

  BG116448: The tool does not work when the BOM is split.

  BG117232: The tool deletes a line from the BOM when it contains the BOM title.

  BG117253: Automatic storage of checked labels.


BatchConverter :

  BG114640: The tool launches a SOLIDWORKS in another version if a file is converted twice into different formats with a version lower than SOLIDWORKS 2020.


ColorChart:

  BG116474: If the ColorChart tool is launched on an assembly, the application on a part by double-clicking does not work, ColorChart must be re-launched in the part.


CopyParameters :

  BG116666: The location of the file generated in the messages at the end of the parameters copy is missing.


CustomToolBar:

  BG113183: When activating the events, SOLIDWORKS must be restarted once for them to work.


CuttingOptimization :

  BG116228: The value of the angle is incorrect if the complementary angle is set when the table is imported.


DrawingTranslate:

  AM9442: DrawingTranslate does not translate view names.


FindDocuments :

  AM106294: Added myCADviewer, Dependencies, and WhereUsed tools to the search results context menu.

  AM106433: Added an analysis function to retrieve the list of referenced drawings from each 3D file

  AM91927: Display the control directly when clicking in a box.

  BG106420: Added a percentage progression and time for displaying analysis results.

  BG117784: The tool crashes when clicking on - View referenced files.


Integration :

  AM116649: Add a condition to test if a file exists with a name and location.

  AM116651: Add a condition to test if a note exists on a particular sheet or on all sheets.

  AM116652: Add a condition to test the number of views with the sheet setting.

  BG114232: If the conditions are not met, the analyzed file does not appear in the report.

  BG114233: In TaskPlanner or TaskActions mode, the Integration tool does not close SOLIDWORKS.

  BG114364: In TaskPlanner or TaskActions mode, an error message appears randomly.

  BG114408: If the file contains several operations, only one is displayed in the report.

  BG115029: The check option for evaluated values does not work.

  BG116885: The file does not appear in the report if conditions are not met in other actions.

  BG116901: The file is not saved if the last action is not processed.

  BG120530: The condition for counting the number of configurations does not work.


myCADpassport :

  AM116529: Add Order - Wizard for copying options.


myCADviewer :

  BG113822: An error appears when clicking on a column.


PilotAssembly :

  BG120469: Correction of a spelling error on the word - Repetition.

  BG120473: Changes are missing if the table contains rows that no longer exist in the 3D model.


PowerPrint:

  BG116128: Restart SOLIDWORKS if it crashes while processing the PowerPrint tool.


Registration :

  AM119473: Add a timeout if the server is unavailable during web activation.


SheetMetalManufacturing :

  AM104373: Added options for export.

  AM119637: Added a message to create the weldment list

  BG114110: Error when adding specific files.

  BG115066: In spite of the label modification, it is always the value of the type that appears in the result.

  BG115433: Some sheet metal items are not added to the list of bodies to be processed.

  BG116410: With specific parameter files, the interface is not good and the quantity is not calculated anymore.

  BG116415: When you uncheck a property in the columns, the label appears empty in the result.

  BG116419: Impossible to validate the modification of columns if a label created has the same name as an existing label.

  BG116810: Added an option to keep the drawing open.

  BG117759: Check that the generation location exists before starting the processing.

  BG117955: Grey out the name of the sub-folder if the option is not checked.


SmartBalloons:

  BG115773: The bubbling is very incomplete when the view is in shaded image mode or Edges in shaded image mode.

  BG117902: Restore the ability to use the SmartBalloons tool on a part drawing.


SmartBom :

  BG112016: A hidden component still appears in the BOM despite the option not to take hidden components into account.

  BG114524: The part number, retrieved by the SmartBom tool, does not work in case the checked option is - Linked to parent configuration.

  BG115142 : The tool does not use the default property list option and the list is empty if SOLIDWORKS 2021 is not installed on the machine.

  BG115254: Despite using a dd-MM-yy date format, the date appears in MM-dd-yy.

  BG120300: Components with the same configuration are not grouped with the promote option if they are on the first level.


SmartProperties :

  AM109530 : If the property - Material selection - is checked, do not re-apply the material if it is already assigned to the document in order not to change the appearance of the part.

  BG113488: The value evaluated in the SmartProperties input mask is false if this property is used to concatenate with an automatic counter and the concatenated values descend from a PDM folder.

  BG115823: A concatenation is not evaluated in the SmartProperties input mask, but it is well written in the properties of the weldment list.

  BG119841: Problem when displaying conditional groups if there are two drop-down menus that drive conditional groups that are out of order.

  BG120126: Type instability - Delete a property with checkboxes

  BG120137: The option - Hold next values - does not work for a text file.


Tolerances :

  BG118357: If the dimension is the exact value between two tolerances by adjustment, it is wrong in some cases.


myCADtools 2021 SP0 :


General :

Name builder tool:

  BG107894 : The concatenated property does not use the SOLIDWORKS syntax but the hard value.

  BG112561: Incorrect file name generated with advanced naming rules.

  BG112715: When the value does not exist in the drop-down menu, an error is returned.


File selection tool :

  AM106749: Add archiving comment in archiving options.

  BG107025: Dissolving or processing a PDM file with a filter does not work properly.

  BG109818: Using filters on properties uses the value rather than the evaluated value.

  BG109829: The columns display the SOLIDWORKS syntax rather than the evaluated value.

  BG112131: The PDM drawing analysis takes into account all versions, not just the latest version of the references.


AssemblyBoard:

  AM106368: Added checked information for the assembly view as well.

  BG108681: The views displayed by AssemblyBoard do not correspond to the correct configuration.


BatchConverter :

  BG101869: The U3D format has been removed because it no longer exists in SOLIDWORKS.

  BG112118: Incorrect file name generated and SOLIDWORKS restarted during processing with the option - Create a file for each configuration.

  BG112123: Inconsistent behavior if the treatment is applied twice without closing the tool with a particular setting.


BatchProperties :

  AM109164: Remove date format in BatchProperties options.

  BG108042: After upgrading to SP2, some workstations still have options to modify the Toolbox options of documents.

  BG109015: IFC type properties are no longer available in BatchProperties.

  BG111247: Adding a property with BatchProperties on a file in version 2021 creates a property of type equation.

  BG111671: Display a clear message on reading if the file does not contain a custom property.

  BG111777: Reading and applying properties to a 2021 file does not work.

BG113491: Problem creating empty properties.


CloneComponents:

  BG109234: Change the message that is returned when access is attempted to Padlock and access is denied because the web address is not correct.

  BG109791 : Error when inserting a CADENAS component on SOLIDWORKS 2021.

  BG111732: The file is not generated at insertion when the file contains Korean characters.


CopyParameters :

  BG109443: Unable to create a parameter copy file with read-only parameter files.


CuttingOptimization :

  AM74751: Report Improvement - Improve rendering of repeats of small identical lengths.

  BG105620: The times in the time sheet are zero even though the database is correctly filled in.

  BG105655: In a particular context, it is impossible to obtain the supply sheet and times in the report even though they are checked.

  BG72243: Automatically merge lines of identical profile and length.

  BG73188: Selecting a group resets the orientation of a profile.

  BG90646 : When adding a table that contains a description with a Ø, the Ø value replaces the length.

  BG98731: Unable to retrieve the active document again.


DrawingTranslate:

  BG106748: DrawingTranslate does not archive files at the end of processing despite the option enabled.

  BG110384: Unable to use the tool in PDM.


FindDocuments :

  AM107882: Added database update scheduling mode.

  AM95433: Added the ability to share the FindDocuments database.


Integration :

BG46283: Added an operation to delete empty properties, for example to delete empty properties created by importing empty cells from Excel.

  BG73037: The Concatenation type does not take into account the configuration options.

  BG73039: The Save button does not act on the last saved MCAT file.

BG99776: When the file could not be modified because it is read-only (e.g. a file in the vault and the extract option not activated) indicate the reason in the report.


LocalHelp:

  AM106298:Integration of the FindDocuments launcher to launch a search from LocalHelp.

AM110834: Added a toolbar in the edit window to add-modify-delete and mount-drop LocalHelp items.


PilotAssembly :

  BG112534: Updating a configuration does not work.

  BG112566: Unable to create a new configuration.


ProjectExplorer :

  BG108586: ProjectExplorer does not work with SOLIDWORKS 2017.


ProjectManager :

  BG106584: ProjectManager does not create the same folder tree.

  BG107971: When editing a naming rule, if a condition was set to "Contains" then it becomes "Equal".

  BG109674: After processing, the extensions of the plans are switched to lower case (now the original case of the extension is kept).


SelectMaterial:

  BG106204 : Modification of the method of connecting the tool to SOLIDWORKS.


SheetMetalManufacturing :

  AM104372:Added an option not to generate the plan when it already exists.

  BG107649: Problem saving options.

  BG107832: Could not use SMM with SOLIDWORKS 2016 (the problem was related to the default document template which was in version 2017).

  BG108713: The label displayed is no longer the right one when adding a document.

  BG108886: On first use, adding a document works but it does not appear in the tool.

  BG110462: The generated sheets are empty with the SOLIDWORKS option to display the background dialog box when adding a sheet.


SmartBalloons:

  AM106310:Retrieve custom properties defined by the default property list option.

  BG100261 : SmartBalloons makes SOLIDWORKS crash at the automatic bubble on the drawing of a part.


SmartBom :

  BG112540 : The extraction of welded items does not work on a SOLIDWORKS 2021 file.


SmartDrawings:

  BG67804: The duration of the automatic backup is changed after using SmartDrawings.

  BG78520: Display an error in the report when it is not possible to create the view in the unfolded state.

  BG93269: After using SmartDrawings to decline the sheets, the generated sheets are in USA projection.


SmartProperties :

  AM104680 : Take into account the units of length for surfaces when forcing the units in the settings.

  AM109530: "Material selection" property, do not apply the material if it is already assigned to the document so as not to change the appearance of the part.

  AM84544: When clicking on the PDM folder button, browse the folder rather than the parent folder.

  BG104057: The modification of a simple text in a dynamic menu works, but the settings are not saved, after validation the simple text is still present.

  BG107654: IFC type properties no longer work.

  BG107847: Problem with mandatory information for dynamic menus.

  BG108810: Taking a counter in SQL mode only works once per session from the moment a number has been taken on another station for a particular base.

  BG109333: When using an automatic counter, if the automatic counter is based on a value from a dynamic drop-down menu the value displayed in the mask is incorrect.

BG109404: The dynamic calculation of conditional types does not work when changing a value in the SmartProperties mask, but the created value is good.

  BG110731: The option to apply to document and all configurations does not work for the material selector.

  BG112012: Values are not updated with the Execute type in the mask when the property is applied to the document and to all configurations.


TaskPlanner:

  AM85705:  Modification of the TaskPlanner interface.

  AM8692: Get a message if the TaskPlanner task does not start at the right time.

  AM9556 : When clicking on the columns, the tasks are not displayed in the right order.

  BG106731: BatchConverter does not work in TaskPlanner.

  BG106938: Resolved anomalies in the deferral of tasks.

  BG112080: UpdateVersion does not close after launch with TaskPlanner.

  BG112099: TaskPlanner mixes failed and successful tasks.

  BG62317: The file selection tool options are not copied to the TaskActions task (PDM options).

  BG62336: Changed the method for duplicating repeated tasks.

  BG72431: The time of the tasks is changed by the time the task is started.