2022
myPDMtools 2022 SP2—June 2022:
New PDMOutsourcing Tool:
With PDMOutsourcing, streamline the exchange of documents for outsourcing.
Files that the subcontractor must not modify can be automatically set to read-only. Export and import reports quickly show the status of files to be exported or re-imported.
General:
AM150377: Added compatibility with SOLIDWORKS 2023
AdvancedBOM:
BG151052: The tool does not display all subassemblies in a specific case.
DataRecovery:
BG150319: A value imported into the map is converted to a date.
DocPublication:
AM134906: Added the ability to use the * character in the generation path.
BG138926: Random issue: Sometimes, all SOLIDWORKS sessions are closed when the task finishes.
BG148868: A plan is generated empty when it is saved in read-only mode.
BG150659: Do not clear the list when the task fails.
PDMCheck:
BG146211: Error messages are hidden when the window is pinned.
PDMReport:
AM141487: Added a filter option by file extension for the "Duplicate Files" query
AM146929: Added an option to ignore duplicates if they are the part and its drawing.
AM149245: Added an extension filter for the query: 'The variable value is'
BG146927: The option "Ignore empty values" is not being applied.
BG149244: Column customization is not applied in a task (works manually).
RevisionTable:
AM144961: Added an option to insert the revision table on all sheets independently.
TaskActions:
AM151893: When using a StampPDF task, add the option to not extract the blueprint if the PDF is being searched for based on the blueprint.
myPDMtools 2022 SP1—March 2022:
General:
BG135885: SQL connection error related to the TLS security protocol.
DataRecovery:
BG138945: The option "Do not create a folder if there are no files to copy" does not copy folders that contain subfolders with files.
BG139855: Reports generated by the "Dependencies" feature are not created in the directory specified in the general options.
BG140135: When using the filename (without the extension) as the identifier, if a drawing and a part are in the same folder, only the first file found is processed in "Search from the vault" mode.
BG144310: DataRecovery's automatic restart does not work in "Extract All Properties" mode.
BG144469: DataRecovery's automatic restart does not work when the vault name contains a space.
DocBundle:
BG144906: Error when adding advanced documents if a link to the project is not created.
DocPublication:
AM144106: Scheduled Mode - From the list, be able to remove a row so that the file is not processed.
AM144107: Scheduled Mode - Ability to customize the display of available columns in the list.
AM144108: Scheduled Mode - Ability to export the list with columns for external processing or analysis.
AM144109: Scheduled Mode - Allow access to the schedule list directly from the user console.
BG139843: The PDF generated by DocPublication is not of the same quality as the PDF generated with SOLIDWORKS (using the same settings).
BG141427: Added compatibility with AutoCAD 2022.
DynamicList:
AM122320: Add the ability to hide drop-down menus in DynamicList.
BG122321: Labels that are too large in dynamicList are cut off.
PDMCheck:
BG122151: Various interface issues.
PDM Message:
AM117753: Added the option to match the name or initials for email notifications.
PDMReport:
AM127221: Added the ability to query a variable value.
AM143856: Added variable options for the "Duplicate Files" query.
BG123640: List of duplicate files => The first duplicate appears only once in the results.
BG123642: Display issue when a variable is used in multiple cards for the query: "Where are the variables used in the vault?"
BG128186: The order of the tabs is different in the exported Excel file.
PDMSearch:
AM114216: Added the ability to stop a search in progress.
BG122139: Save the filter option to Favorites.
BG122140: The "Status" and "File Name" variables are not saved in Favorites.
BG141966: The value reappears when the Enter key is pressed after clearing.
PDMViewer:
BG137001: The "Status" column does not display the document's status.
StampPDF:
AM145938: Add the ability to dynamically select an image based on variables in the file being processed.
TaskActions:
AM125062: Added scheduling to TaskActions.
AM128143: Add the ability to apply a condition to all tasks in TaskActions.
AM64739: Add a file-copying action.
BG125981: Character replacement does not work for a specific character.
BG129681: The Integration process does not work if it is open when the task is launched.
BG137558: The "Integration" action cannot be confirmed if the "Options" button is not accessible.
BG141796: Integration cannot find the file to be processed in a PDM task if the file path contains an & character.
BG144757: Adding multiple stamps to the same task does not work correctly.
BG145759: Rotation labels are not locked when the stamp is positioned in the lower left or lower right corner.
TaskProperties:
BG135717: The name of the selected field variable changes when a new field is added.
myPDMtools 2022 SP0—September 2021:
General:
AM123885: Added the ability to launch a task from a data card button.
AM125382: Compatibility with SOLIDWORKS PDM 2022.
AM125430: Handling log creation in a timely manner when the specified folder is no longer accessible.
AM134348: Resolved the issue with launching myPDMtools caused by a SOLIDWORKS PDM bug that deletes the add-in files from the active file explorer when using PDM Administration.
Field Concatenation Tool:
AM131396: Add the ability to retrieve the PDM folder ID.
AdvancedBOM:
BG125702: AdvancedBOM does not display dependencies for a specific assembly.
DataRecovery:
AM121316: Copying Windows files to the vault—add an option to prevent folders from being created if the folder does not contain the requested file types.
AM129524: Added the ability to use a file variable for the "Search from Vault" mode.
AM133677: Dependencies - Added an option to retrieve the latest version of files or the version as built when resolving dependencies.
AM133813: Do not process virtual components when resolving dependencies.
BG126718: When copying files using a text file, special characters cause problems if the file is encoded in UTF-8 instead of UTF8-BOM.
BG134421, 134483: Added more information to the reports for copying and modifying data cards from an Excel file
DocBundle:
BG130738: Unable to open a document bundle from an older version of myPDMtools.
DocPublication:
AM122324: Clear the cache for the file rather than the entire folder when processing a task.
AM131195: Add the ability to include a note with the file's metadata when adding a stamp.
BG129323: The tool creates temporary extensions in the PDM administration interface when moving an old PDF to a subfolder in PDM.
BG133176: The extension case changes after exporting a DocPublication to SOLIDWORKS format.
PDMRebuild:
AM133082: Modified the PDMRebuild process to eliminate the rebuild message in PDM by adding an option to extract dependencies from the processed files.
AM133678: Added options to rebuild all configurations.
PDMReport:
BG124626: Files in the Recycle Bin are included in the report for the duplicate files query.
BG127032: "All operations for a specific date and user"—this query fails if there are custom columns of the "system" type.
BG127270: If a report name contains the character ', the PDMReport query "The documents were in a report" returns no results.
BG129182: Improved handling of PDMReport dates for the query "Documents were in a certain state."
Serial Number:
AM123530: Added the ability to force a counter to apply only to the active configuration in the data card.
AM128006: Added an argument (.ActiveConfigOnly) to the button to prevent a warning message from appearing when using the button to increment the counter value.
BG123200: Gray out the counter option for each configuration if the "From all configurations" option is not checked
BG131712: When incrementing or updating a SerialNumber from the data card, the concatenation process does not take into account changes currently being made in Windows PDM Explorer and SOLIDWORKS.
TaskActions:
AM108950: Added the ability to add existing PDM tasks in TaskActions.
BG130736: The myCADtools task launch does not work if the relevant myCADtools tool has never been launched and therefore does not have a settings file.