myCADtools 2020 SP2


General :


AM102098 : Added compatibility with SOLIDWORKS 2021.

BG101428 : Automatic selection of the last version in the myCADpassport version choices.

AM99256: Added a feature to automatically retrieve property names used by SmartProperties. (SeeAdministration  in myCADpassport)


Field concatenation interface :


BG101529 : Ownership of the referenced document does not work.

BG102922: The generated file name is incorrect if it contains a dot.

BG103239 : Document property must take priority value in active configuration if it exists.

BG104729: The conditions for drawings do not work if the extension is not capitalized.


File selection tools :


BG105631: The PDM optionExtract documents  does not remain unchecked if you return to the window.


SmartCounter:


BG103500: Unable to delete data from a cumulative counter in SQL.

BG105351: The first time a counter is added when the settings file does not exist, the field remains grayed out, you have to restart the tool to see the counter.

BG105402: The default counter XML file is not created when using a counter.


AssemblyBoard:


BG100258 : Added a SOLIDWORKS rebuild at the end of processing to update sheet numbers in the drawing.

BG101847 : At launch there is a random error.NET Framework.

BG104416: Quantity problem on a specific document.

BG104752: The material appears twice when the column is namedMaterial.


BatchConverter :


BG102021: The tool no longer keeps formats by document type.

BG102022: It is no longer possible to create conversion favorites in BatchConverter.

BG103093: When BatchConverter is pinned, theAdvanced rule creation  goes behind.

BG96852: If you can't connect to SOLIDWORKS the application crashes.


BatchProperties :


AM97822: Integration of the new property concatenation interface.


CloneComponents:


BG103963: Error when using the tool for the first time if the file name options window was not displayed.

BG92735 : The file is named with a suffix-1  in the case of the creation of an internal component with a counter.


CopyOptions :


BG99235: Changed the memory release method of CopyOptions.


CuttingOptimization :


AM103914: Added reports in XML format.

AM104593: Added the ability to define the location of reports.

AM94754: Added the ability to enter angles greater than 85° in additional angle dimensioning mode.

BG102418: When inserting a bill of material withdetailed list of welded partsThe tool does not take into account the quantity of the part.


DrawingTranslate:


AM78405: Added the ability to re-run processing on documents where the translated sheet already exists.


FindDocuments :


AM101340: Added a scan to find duplicate files.

AM101341: Added a scan to find files with lost dependencies.

AM101342: Added a scan to find orphaned files.

AM91931: Added information in the description field.

BG101339 : Added configuration name information.

BG99273: In the search results only existing files are displayed.


Integration :


AM92622: Added the ability to copy all properties from the custom tab to the configurations.

AM95958: When you browse the conditions with the arrows it doesn't show the values in the right panel.

BG9301 3: Unable to rename part of the configuration name.


PowerPrint:


BG103358: The name of the file generated by PowerPrint is incorrect if you do not enter the editing parameters.


SheetMetalManufacturing :


AM101578 : Added an option to use the part properties when it doesn't exist in the article.

AM102191: Added the ability to create an isometric view.

AM103587: Added the ability to display the scale of the view.

AM66274: Added the ability to display the name used in the BOM

AM88876: Added the ability to rename files generated with sheet metal item properties rather than part properties.

AM93931: Added a button for CSV export.

BG104682: Display problem after window enlargement.


SmartBom :


BG85740: The SmartBom plan location window is not fully translated into English.


SmartProperties:


BG95431: The color of the dynamic menus is well taken into account, but remains in black when you return to the settings.




myCADtools 2020 SP1



New Tool:


A new tool namedmyCADviewer  is now part of the myCADtools suite.

This tool, which uses the eDrawings interface, allows you to view the properties of the components of an assembly according to a customization to be defined in the tool.


General :


New field concatenation control in BatchConverter, CloneComponents, PowerPrint and SmartDrawings.

BG98653: The properties drop-down menu is empty if SOLIDWORKS 2020 is not installed.


File selection tool :


  AM43160: Added "Today's date" variable to the filters in the file selection tool.

  AM66530 : Display a message if when adding a file, the tool remains frozen because the SOLIDWORKS reference "swdocumentmgr"is not registered.

  BG78692: Display a message if the active document does not match the activated filters.

  BG87300: Display a message if the added folder or file contains more than 256 characters.


BatchConverter :


  AM75843: Added options to position the stamp in the center of the sheet or relative to the bottom right.

AM96139: Increase the size of the favorites field.

BG93997: The buffer is not deleted after conversion of an open document.


CleanProject:


  AM28614: Do not automatically close CleanProject at the end of the treatment.


CloneComponents:


  AM94482: Changed the "Help", "About" and "Close" buttons in the CloneComponents interface.


ColorChart:


  BG100118: Random problem applying colors and properties.

  BG93539: ColorChart instability with SWOOD.

  BG94479: Modification of "Help", "About" and "Close" buttons in ColorChart interface


CopyOptions :


  BG99235 : Modification of the SOLIDWORKS memory release method.


CopyParameters :


  AM88875: Added the ability to copy settings for all users.

  BG20005 : Problem of parameter copy with read-only files.

  BG88874: Remove SmartProperties setting options.


CurveEquation:


  BG57050 : The curves "Hyperbola" and "Tractor Spiral" do not work (only points can be created).


CustomToolBar:


  BG97769: Unable to see the list of events.


CuttingOptimization :


  AM96839: Added the ability to enter the name of the bar if it does not exist when importing a SOLIDWORKS table.

  BG92650: Error in automatic creation of profile base.

  BG96262: Missing translation in CuttingOptimization

  BG96418: Take into account the two decimal separators

  BG96480: The Designation property is displayed as a simple property, while it is a differentiating property

  BG98499: The value of the total fall is incorrect


Dependencies :


  AM35385: Prevent processing if the new file location is longer than 256 characters.

  AM54563 : Added an opening option in SOLIDWORKS in the contextual menu.

  AM99233: Added a Windows context menu "Open in Dependencies".


DrawingTranslate:


  BG95643: Do not launch SOLIDWORKS in DrawingsTranslate setting mode via TaskPlanner.

  BG96120: Error in DrawingTranslate report.


EntityProperties :


  BG90599 : Creating a bounding box crashes SOLIDWORKS 2017.


FaceFonts:


BG72425 : Dummy edges are not modified by FaceFonts while it is possible to modify them via SOLIDWORKS


FindDocuments :


  AM91928 : Find the list of all existing values in the drop-down menus.

  AM91929 : Find the list of values of the corresponding properties in the drop-down menus.

AM95433: Added the ability to share the FindDocuments database.

  AM97869: Added a simplified interface.


FontConverter :


  AM87439: "Arial Unicode MS" font has a problem in FontConverter.


GetCoordinates2D:


  BG85739: The delete all lines button does not remove the first line inserted.


Integration :


  BG93268: Adding a part property to the plan does not work when the files are in the PDM vault (the document extraction option must be checked).


LocalHelp:


  AM94480: Changed "Help", "About" and "Close" buttons in LocalHelp interface.


myCADpassport :


  BG71898: Random error with TaskPlanner when myCADpassport takes the file as a write.

  BG92502: Impossible to delete XML via myCADpassport when the XMLVersion file does not exist.

  BG92651: Problem of automatic launch of myCADpassport at Windows startup.


myCADToolbar:


  BG88978 : Removal of the SmartProperties shortcut from the component context menu (SOLIDWORKS customization allows to add the shortcut manually).


PilotAssembly :


  BG92652: Microsoft error about "PilotAssembly.VSTO" when launching Excel.


ProjectExplorer :


  AM85904: Updated the tool interface.


Registration :


  AM95350: Display a message to activate automatically if you don't have a license.

  AM95354: Delete invalid licenses (validity date only) when adding a valid license (only for the product concerned).


SearchPaths:


  BG86807: SearchPaths does not save paths in SOLIDWORKS if the options window is not opened in the SOLIDWORKS session launched by SearchPaths.


SelectMaterial:


  AM94483: Changed "Help", "About" and "Close" buttons in SelectMaterial interface.


SheetMetalManufacturing :


  AM62379 : With the option "Create a file by view" add the possibility to rename each file with the value of a property.

  AM96964: Added an option to keep existing FlatPattern configurations so that changes are not lost.

  BG85689: Adding two columns with the same name crashes the add file tool.

  BG89907: Unable to use a scale containing a decimal value.

  BG93270: When a part is in several sub-assemblies, the total quantity is incorrect.

  BG93795: Error when retrieving the active document with specific settings files.

  BG96962: The notion of spacing between views is applied to views as well as to text.

  BG96965: The tool that allows you to check/uncheck automatically does not work and crashes the tool.

  BG97322: Regression, it is no longer possible to define a column name different from the property name.

  BG98015: Error when adding a specific document.


SmartBom :


  AM23776 : Add columns to the right of the column you clicked on.

  AM51545: Keep BOM when using SmartBom export options.

  AM60809: Added the ability to force values to uppercase as in SmartProperties.

  BG58535: Management of the different units in SmartBom.

  BG72955: Crash of SOLIDWORKS by modifying a column of the BOM.

  BG88850: In folder mode, the new columns do not fill in for components that have no properties.

  BG90998: Impossible to do an Excel export with the combination of two options.

  BG92711: The option "Show this window when saving" takes into account the export options of the project.

  BG92860 : Double extension for quick export of the BOM in Excel format.


SmartDrawings:


  AM66917: Added SmartDrawings templates in all languages.

  AM85907: Grayscale Sheet Decline tab in TaskPlanner mode.


SmartProperties :


  AM95662: Automatically maintain the following values of the dynamic menus when an empty value is modified.

  AM99336: Added a label to indicate what the "Save As", "Save Copy As", "Copy As" and "Replace" options do in the SmartProperties save window.

  BG86113: Dimensioning of the "Variable Matching" window for Dossier PDM.

  BG93719: The option "Update properties after running a macro/application" no longer works.

  BG94313: Added an option in the "Delete" type to delete all empty properties.

  BG94318: The conditional group does not work in a specific case.

  BG94393: The selection of the second argument is not retained after applying it.

  BG94892: For a drawing, the value of the conditional property is well evaluated but not filled in by SmartProperties.

  BG95660: PDM/Windows folder, when a second folder is selected the display calculation is not correct in the SmartProperties interface.

  BG96702: The automatic counters do not work anymore with the option "Apply to document and all configurations", visually the result is correct but the value entered is wrong.

  BG96708: SmartProperties does not display the values of the welded part items in the input mask.

  BG99334: Display a warning message when the drawing is copied and opened.


TaskPlanner:


  BG78965: TaskPlanner does not prompt for tool options for some tools.


VersionHistory:


  AM91721: SOLIDWORKS 2020 Service Pack Release Update.


WhereUsed :


  AM96186: Added the ability to preview a file on the results list.

  AM96187: Changed text "Open folder" to "Open file location".

  AM96188: Automatic file selection when the folder has been opened.

  AM99234: Added a Windows context menu "Open in WhereUsed".




myCADtools 2020 SP0



DriveAssembly:


DriveAssembly  allows you to drive assembly dimensions in order to analyze component movements in an assembly or simply drive part or sketch dimensions. This tool has existed for many versions, the tool has been completely refactored in myCADtools 2020.DriveAssembly  is now used from the SOLIDWORKS FeatureManager.


PilotAssembly :


The purpose of the utilityPilotAssembly  is to be able to manage and modify a complete assembly from an Excel file.

In version 2020, the tool has been completely refactored as an Excel add-in.


General :


AM86439: Improved performance when selecting a folder in mass processing tools.

AM85824 : Automatically change text and control box colors when changing SOLIDWORKS theme.

AM85730 : Manage SOLIDWORKS themes (light, dark...) for task pane tools.

BG90030: The search of the file "properties.txt" takes into account the version of myCADtools but not the real version of SOLIDWORKS installed on the computer.


BatchConverter :


AM63804: Added an option to open the generated files folder at the end of the processing.

AM70844: Added IFC format in the import tab.

AM86251: Added a message to tell the user to right click to specify the document type.


BatchProperties :


AM87441: Added the possibility to apply a unique number from a counter for each configuration of the part (only in the "On document and all configurations" application mode).

AM89664 : Suppression of the warning message if there are more than 5000 documents to process.

BG89503: Failed report with a value operation if the property does not exist in one of the configurations.


CloneComponents:


BG85908: The "Do not duplicate" option displays an error for the LOCK components.

BG87803: Message at each launch when using CloneComponents in the PDM vault without a myPDMtools license.


ColorChart:


AM35105: Added an option to create color properties in the "Configuration specific" tab.

AM85700: Added a message in the interface to explain the addition of property in a part.


SmartCounter:


BG78032: Invalid counters if the date format is not the same as the date format of the item.

BG83062: Abnormal SmartCounter error message when the counter settings file does not exist.


CustomToolBar:


AM79440  Add the possibility to automatically launch an action on the active document, for example launch an action file from the "Integration" tool.

BG85646: The default path to SmartProperties is incorrect in CustomToolbar.


CuttingOptimization :


AM22529: Allow creation of a database from the profile library.

AM47482 : Move the SOLIDWORKS window in front of the CuttingOptimization window to facilitate table selection.

AM54972: Added the possibility to use a general table (from SmartBom for example) in the CuttingOptimization table selection.

AM66532: Added the ability to automatically assign colors to different rates.

AM72244: Added a checkbox to automatically stop displaying the message about corners when selecting a table.

BG73180 : Do not take into account the case for the association of profiles when importing a table.

BG73478: Problem of refreshment when clicking on "report" when the orientation of a profile has been modified and the report is immediately edited.

BG78960: The import of the specific table does not work correctly.

BG79842: When importing a BOM, when the profile matches the base, it is not added unless reselected.

BG80542: Loss of special characters in the CuttingOptimization database.

BG80545: Color inversion problem in a specific case.


Dependencies :


BG88865: Optimization of the analysis of not found dependencies for the "View dependencies" tab.


DrawingTranslate:


BG83296: Added the ability to color untranslated fields.

BG89727: Added the ability to force translation.


EasyPrint:


AM86252: Change default options.

AM86253: Remove the save button from the interface, saving is now automatic.


EntityProperties :


AM52891: Added progress bar when creating bounding box.

BG78962: EntityProperties does not work in a specific case.


FindDocuments :


AM78144: Added a criterion to search for a configuration that does not exist.

AM86327: Added FindDocuments in TaskPlanner.

BG76743: Entering multiple values for the same property does not work.

BG78178: Translation not done of the "New search" field.

BG78735: Prohibit the selection of PDM folders.

BG88386: Problem searching on a configuration name.

BG91291: Search problem on the criteria "Name of a component" and "Name of a sheet".


GetCoordinates3D :


BG41635: With a particular settings file, GetCoordinates3D doesn't start anymore.


Integration :


BG89509: Failure on a value operation if the property does not exist in one of the configurations.


LayerManager:


BG68554: The message "Processing complete" is shown behind when clicking in SOLIDWORKS during processing.

BG91957: Unable to access the properties window, the window does not appear when clicking on the + button.


MarkFoldLines:


BG70177: Stability improvement.

BG86452: Blocking MarkFoldLines with a custom profile.


myCADpassport :


AM67781: Added the display of ignored messages in myCADpassport.

AM87005: Added a link to the What's New of the online help in the myCADpassport new version check.

AM87392 : Added a command to close and restart SOLIDWORKS.


PowerPrint:


AM58297: Added the ability to insert the date of printing of plans.

BG62370: Automatically check the "Reconstruct document" option when checking "Property management".


ScaleDimension:


BG77447: Sketch texts are not scaled.


SelectMaterial:


AM69547: Do not expand the tree when selecting a favorite.

BG69548: The filter favorite is not reloaded automatically when the SOLIDWORKS session is restarted.


SheetMetalManufacturing :


AM57986: Allow moving property columns.

AM70339: Added the ability to generate files in a subfolder of the first file processed.

AM85694: Changed the interface for the layer export options.

AM90044: Use part material when no material is assigned to the sheet metal body.

BG70631: It happens that the SOLIDWORKS session is not completely released by SMM, so you have to close SOLIDWORKS to get all the functions back.


SmartBalloons:


BG66194: The color of the layers becomes black again when using an existing layer.


SmartBom :


AM47664: Added component thumbnail to Excel BOM.

BG89548: When a value is between brackets, the Excel export causes problems.

BG91448 : Changed the Excel file to compensate for the limitation of the number of columns in Excel.


SmartProperties :


AM51314: Added the ability to apply a unique number from a counter for each part configuration.

AM63109: Allow to force, for each property, the option to apply the properties (document, active configuration, all configurations) from the input mask settings.

AM84905: Added the ability to hide one of the dropdown menus in a dynamic menu

AM84906 : Automatically maintain the following values of the dynamic menus when an empty value is modified.

AM84938: Added the ability to add the property on the document and configurations when using a property creation on the linked document.

BG79226: The text file selection button is hidden in 125% display.

BG87325: Unable to check "Do not show message again" for myPDMtools license warning

BG87553: The value displayed for the result of a concatenation of an option type uses the name of the option type if the concatenation name is the same as the name of the option type.

BG87825: Unable to remove favorites from "Property Deletions" when renaming the document in a particular case.

BG88179: The name of SmartProperties in the property mask does not change when renaming the document and using the pin.

BG88670: DynamicList displays a default value on first launch.

BG88938: DynamicList does not work in SQL mode if the database only accepts case sensitive queries.

BG89552: If the first value of a dynamic menu is filled in the properties, the following values are not filled in automatically if there is only one choice.


TaskPlanner:


AM55041: Using the new reports for TaskPlanner.

AM83242: Added FindDocuments database update task.


TreeManager:


BG68551: Unable to apply a color based on a property.


UnsewBody:


AM55049 : Translation of the folder created by UnsewBody in the language of use of myCADtools.


UpdateVersion:


AM65778: Improved the stability of the UpdateVersion tool.