18.3
2021

Version 21.2.02

Improvements to BricsCAD Core

• COLORBOOKSWe now show information about colorbook colors found in drawings created in by other applications.
• COPYGUIDED and MOVEGUIDEDMultilines are now supported as reference curves for the COPYGUIDED and MOVEGUIDED commands.
  The calculation of the center of the detail is improved for more complex scenarios.
  The CopyGuided and MoveGuided tools were added to the "Modify" menu and toolbar.
  SR100484
• DMFILLET The ability to set several intermediate radii has been added.
  SR116164
• DMTHREADNew settings for thread feature are available: Chamfer Mode and Chamfer Value, which allow a more detailed configuration of threads.
  SR116801
• Entity SelectionImproved performance when creating large selection sets.
• FITLINE & FITARCTwo new fitting tools are provided to fit a line or an arc to a set of input data.
• JOINMultilines are now supported in the JOIN command.
• Menu bar"Detail style" and "Section style" options were added in the Tools / Drawing Explorer menu.
  SR117429
• MoveGuidedFixed a crash that occurred when using the "Regions" option.
• OPTIMIZEImproved gap-closing logic.
• OverkillThe Ribbon icon was renamed to be consistent with the command name.
• Parameters and Constraints PanelFixed a crash that occurred when a specific set of clicks were made in the P&C Panel. This was a regression.
• Point CloudsAdded icons for POINTCLOUDREFERENCE and POINTCLOUDDELETEITEM in ribbon and toolbar, and added point cloud icons in the quad.
  An issue in pre-processing point clouds is fixed; the application now delivers pertinent feedback to the user.
  SR119329
• POINTCLOUDCROPSOLIDThe new POINTCLOUDCROPSOLID command enables you to convert an extruded solid/polysolid to a crop solid. Crop solids can be used to crop point clouds in 3D and can be modified like any other BricsCAD solid.
  SR104937 SR120883
• REGION commandThis command is now available at the BricsCAD Lite license level.
  SR115273
• Visibility StatesAdded visibility button to the Parametric ribbon in the Modeling workspace.
  SR117802

Improvements to BIM

• BIM templatesThe default "Interior Elevation Offset Distance" setting is changed to 500mm.
• BIMATTACHCOMPOSITIONThe new Detach option of the command now allows the user to detach a composition, while keeping BIM properties intact.
  SR98328
• BIMPATCHThe command is being deprecated. It will continue to be available in Developer mode. All user interface methods to access the command have been removed.
• BIMPROPERTIESNow you can reorder value or property definitions within a property set.
  SR118029
• BIMSCHEDULENew *.dxd files for BIM schedules, based on new IF2X3 quantity definitions, are added.
• BIMSECTIONUPDATEFixed layout lookup for existing viewports.
  New setting 'Section result interval' defines the distance between generated section blocks in model space.
  BIMSECTIONUPDATE identifies any overlap between generated section blocks in model space, and offers to run the BIMALIGNSECTIONBLOCKS command.
  A new result block is created when an old result block is being used by another viewport. This allows users to place two viewports on the same sheet, viewing the same BIMSECTION result block, while using different parameters (elevationfill, customization, et al).
  Polylines in BIM grids are now supported in section generation.
• BIMALIGNSECTIONBLOCKSNew command: Aligns section blocks in model space.
• BIMTAGRotation is switched on for windows and doors by default
  SR104611
• DATAEXTRACTION commandAdded export to Excel files, and added support for updating existing CSV and Excel files.
• DMPUSHPULLNow DMPUSHPULL works correctly on ply faces of composition solid plies which are not parallel to the XY-plane of the UCS.
  SR91962
• Drawing CustomizationAdded a versioning system for drawing customizations. #ThisIsCool
• Generate Elevation Fill'Generate Elevation Fill' is no longer a property of the BIM Section entity, but it is displayed as one of the BIM viewport properties in the generated section drawing. BIM viewport properties are now generated for sheet views in a BIM project, and for viewports created by the BIMSECTIONUPDATE command in non-BIM models (i.e., a model that is not part of a BIM project). The BIMSECTIONUPDATE command now creates a new set of BIM viewport properties, including Generate Elevation Fill, for all existing viewports.
  SR116166 SR118549
• IFCIMPORTIFC spatial elements which have a geometric representation are now imported as BricsCAD entities, classified as Buildings and Storeys, and associated with Spatial location objects.
  Imported IFC materials, not contained in any current compositions, now create compositions with variable thickness.
  SR104694
• POINTCLOUDFITPLANARThe POINTCLOUDFITPLANAR command is enhanced to support cropped solids.
• Project BrowserSets the sheet name to the name(s) of the BIMSECTION(s) that will be placed on the sheet, using the following syntax: 'SectionName1[,SectionName2,...]' It displays the sheets by 'Number - Name', unless they are equal, in which case they'll display only by 'Number'.
  The project folder opens when creating a schedule from a .dxd file.
  SR120901
• PROPAGATEProblems that occured when using/referencing geometry imported from Rhino are fixed.
  We corrected the translation of options for propagate's suggestions.
  SR119154 SR119625
• SpacesThe space tag can now be customized with additional space property attributes.
  The space footprint area now displays properly in the space tag.
  SR118685 SR117214 SR119153 SR119150 SR119317 SR119841
• Structure BrowserYou can now control how nested entities appear in the structure browser, with a specific rules group.

Improvements to Mechanical

• BMBOMA new option Selection Set is introduced, which allows users to limit the content of the BOM table by selection. Currently, it is possible to limit the BOM table to a sub-assembly, to a set of top-level components, to a specific drawing view's content, or to parts visible in a selected layout viewport.
  SR91687
• BMBOMEDITNew command BMBOMEDIT is introduced, which allows editing of existing BOM tables in the document from the command line.
• BMBOMPANELOPENSelected parts in the model highlight in the BOM manager now.
• -BMHARDWARE commandThe new 'create Custom' option allows users to create custom standard parts.
• Mechanical BrowserA new mode is introduced: when selecting a node in the tree, you will also select the corresponding object in the model (instead of highlighting it). A system setting is introduced to configure the Mechanical Browser's modes.
  SR81239
• Mechanical EnablersIf the user opens a document containing AutoCAD Mechanical entities, and BricsCAD's "LOADMECHANICAL2D" option is not enabled, a Warning window will appear, containing a link to open the Settings window. If the user clicks on this link, the settings window will open with the "LOADMECHANICAL2D" option displayed.
• SMTABCREATEA new command option has been added: Inverted curved tab, which allows users to swap tab and slot locations.
• Sheet MetalIntroduced Gap as a property of the Hem Sheet Metal feature which allows the user to alter the value across different hems in the same part.
  SR98355 SR99245
• Sheet MetalNewly created internal holes are covered for the case of negative k-factor values.
• Sheet MetalThe Bevel angle is shown in degrees in the Mechanical Browser properties.
• SMEXPORTOSM commandBevel features are now supported.
  SR118610
• SmUnfoldA new type of form feature unfolding option is available: "Contour without center mark", which provides a representation of a form feature without a symbol in the unfolding operation.
  SR115359

Improvements to Civil

• 3D Alignment editingIt is possible now to edit horizontal and vertical alignment parameters in the 3D alignment properties.
• CIVIL3DIMPORTCommand improvements:- command presents a dialog to select Civil 3D objects to import, offers the option to import Civil 3D labels as blocks and to import native CAD objects.
• CIVILDWGEXPORTNew command to export BricsCAD civil objects as native CAD entities.
• Civil EntitiesThe names and descriptions of some Civil entities are now corrected.
  A unique name and description is implemented for all Civil entities.
  SR 117540

Improvements to Communicator

• EXPORTCommunicator now supports exporting files in 2021 format for: ACIS, CATIA V5, and XCGM.
• EXPORTCommunicator now exports solids to IGES files as solids. In previous versions, solids were exported as sets of surfaces.
• IMPORTCommunicator now supports importing files in 2021 formats for: ACIS, CATIA V5, Inventor, SolidWorks, and XCGM.
  SR117406 SR119233
• IMPORTFixed the incomplete import of some STEP files.
  SR118229 SR119372 SR119713 SR119813

Fixes

• AlignmentAlignments with only two PI work properly now.
  SR117602
• Animation EditorAll labels for categories and properties in the Animator Editor panel are now translated in all language versions.
  SR121457
• ApplicationThe main window now changes to no-document UI configuration when closing the last drawing window, when STARTUP is set to zero.
• BEDITBEDIT now preserves a block's sub-elements' GUID.
• BIM SchedulesBlockViewProperty items are no longer created 'empty'.
  SR119623
• BIM Schedules1. The 'Include current drawing' option has been removed from the Add Schedule wizard. 2. [SELECTION SETS] is not saved to the data extraction definition (dxd). 3. The 'Edit' button works even if no 'SELECTION SET' or 'PATHS' sections are specified in the dxd. 4. An alert box warns about ambiguous property references.
  SR120901
• BIMCURTAINWALLThe input requests "V panel items :" and "U panel items :" are now displayed in the command line for BIMCURTAINWALL > "Number U/V Panels". Previously, the less intutive "V grid size :" and "U grid size :" were used.
  SR113840
• BIMSECTIONUPDATELevel indicators are created for all section configurations, of any type and state.
• BIMSECTIONUPDATEDimension lines placed in V20 on the resultant of a volume section now stay correctly associated in V21.
  SR120386
• BIMSPACEFixed a fatal error that occurred when the automatic detection of a space boundary encountered a curved wall entity.
  SR1207
• BIMSPACESpace indicators now use blocks instead of images. This fixes performance issues that occurred when space callouts are shown. Fixed a layer bug: Space callouts and space entities are now assigned to the same layer.
• BIMSPACEFixed the incorrect positioning of space indicators, which could cause an entire model viewport to turn black. #LightsOutChicago
  SR118980
• BIMTAGOpenings can be re-tagged in the section result of a volume section operation.
  SR120386
• BIMTAGSpot elevation tags are now available for Interior Elevation sections.
• BLOCKIFYPiping solids are now correctly transformed.
  SR117906
• BMBALLOONThe ORTHO mode is now disabled by default. The user can enable ORTHO if necessary.
  SR101030 SR119231
• BMBALLOONThe Placement Mode selection prompt is now translated correctly.
  SR119480
• BMBOMOrdering of component names, containing numbers after prefixes with "-", has been improved to guarantee the expected order in a BOM.#CollationSequence
  SR121096
• BMUPDATEA user-defined column width in BOM tables is preserved during update, even if those columns have changed position during the update.
  SR119402
• BMINSERT and BMUPDATEWe fixed the updating and insertion of assemblies with external sheet metal parts for specific cases, instead of displaying an 'unhandled exception' message box or simply failing silently.
  SR119238 SR121388 SR121894 SR122244
• BOOLEAN OPERATIONSFixed a problem that caused the SUBTRACT command to fail strangely.
  SR113710
• CIVIL3DIMPORT the CIVIL3DIMPORT dialog no longer crashes when color themes are changed in BricsCAD.
• CIVIL3DIMPORT A dialog is now available for this command.
• ClipboardCopying and pasting content between different CAD applications has been improved, by adding support for several modern clipboard formats.
  SR62943SR71425SR80450SR82214SR82512SR83170SR99532SR113568SR115112SR120234 SR120375
• COM APIThe COM interfaces for SuppressTrailingZeros and SuppressLeadingZeros properties on angular dimensions now works as expected.
  SR119971
• COMWe fixed a problem with AcadPopupMenu.AddMenuItem() that could corrupt the main .cui file after adding a menu macro containing control characters.
• COPYGUIDED and MOVEGUIDEDEntity selection now works properly when setting the UCS on the face of a solid.
• CREATELIBRARYBLOCKThe CREATELIBRARYBLOCK command no longer crashes on "create" when the library panel is closed.
• Center EntitiesFixed: selection in CENTERDISASSOCIATE and CENTERASSOCIATE commands.
  internal
• DIM1 commandFixed a problem with the DIM1 command that caused it to unexpectedly cancel after hovering over an entity.
  SR104576
• DIRECT MODELLINGWe fixed a specific case where a conical (chamfer) face disappeared when it was moved along with adjacent planes.
  SR89633
• DISPLAYFixed the disappearance of dotted XLINEs and RAYs during zooming. #XOR
  SR114674SR120069
• DRAGIn some cases, the wrong axis was selected in localized versions. This has been fixed.
  SR118675 SR119189 SR119366
• Drawing backgroundWe fixed an issue where the wrong model space background color was displayed when creating a new drawing from the Start page, immediately after closing a drawing from paperspace. Go ahead, read that again. Do you actually think that software development is easy? Thanks for reporting issues like this, we really appreciate it!
  SR120873
• Drawing viewsImproved associativity of dimensions on drawing views that are attached to cylindrical or spherical geometry.
  SR98264
• DRAWORDERBYLAYERImproved non-ASCII characters processing in '.lst' files for the DRAWORDERBYLAYER command.
  SR118439
• Data extractionFixed formula calculations in cases involving missing properties.
  SR98369
• Drawing fileCertain corrupted drawing files containing Civil 3D objects can now be partially recovered to salvage usable content.
  SR120072
• Dynamic block with constraintsFixed a problem when entering a value into a floating field while stretching the DBLOCK.
• Dynamic blockFixed a problem with stretching a dynamic block containing a horizontal constraint parameter.
• Dynamic blockImproved stretching of dynamic blocks with constraints.
• Dynamic blockThe dynamic block name is now correctly recorded, in this specific case.
  SR114101
• ETRANSMITImproved the handling of dependencies with relative paths when applying the ETRANSMIT command to sheetsets.
  SR119417
• EXPORT (all platforms) and IMPORT (Windows only)Pskernel.dll, if available, is automatically used to export to the Parasolid format, and to import from supported formats (JT, NX, Parasolid, Solid Edge, and SolidWorks).
  SR87506SR90956SR100489
• Evaluation of FieldsImproved Field evaluation to use the cached field value (if available) in all contexts, except for explicit field evaluation on demand.
  SR99561
• EXPORTFixed the double scaling of parts if their ACIS header specifies a non-mm unit.
  SR99405 SR104297 SR104776
• External ReferencesNested references of unreferenced xrefs are now purged when opening a drawing.
  SR74620SR120313
• HATCH commandFixed: crash when switching from the Hatch tab to the Gradient tab and back, while the Scale property is selected.
  
• IFCEXPORTProperties of objects without geometrical representations are now properly exported to IFC.
  SR103976
• IFCEXPORTAdded a new option to export BSpline curves and surfaces in a tessellated form while exporting to IFC4. Added a new option to export all bodies as BRep (i.e., not as extrusions, clippings, boolean operands, et al).
• IFCIMPORTA new setting IfcImportUseSubDMesh allows the import of IFC meshes as subdivision meshes.
  SR103725 SR120407
• IFCIMPORTImporting non-IFC Project IFC roots is now supported.
  SR117848SR114758
• IFCIMPORTImproved the import of components.
  SR104433
• IFCIMPORTBinary data which are part of IFCBLOBTEXTURE are no longer lost. #TheBlobIsFound
  SR115759
• IFCIMPORTThe import of beams with clipping objects (from Parabuild Steel) are now properly supported.
  SR119584
• IFCIMPORTImproved the import of geometry that lacks precision.
  SR98980
• IFCIMPORTA heap corruption error that occurred when importing IFC files containing spaces has been fixed.
• IMPORTFixed failures when importing some specific .ipt files.
  SR104037SR116592SR121055
• IMPORTThe ImportHiddenParts setting in the background import mode of Communicator is now supported.
• IMPORTBricsCAD no longer hangs when importing specific NX files.
  SR114523
• IMPORTThe import of renamed SolidWorks models is now possible.
  SR103043
• IMPORTThe incomplete import of specific STEP files has been fixed.
  SR122098
• LAUNCHERFixed an error in translated versions caused by mismatched translations for workspace names.
  SR120066
• LAYTRANS commandFixed the mapped layer XDATA inside a DWS file, when multiple source layers are mapped to one destination layer.
  SR119309
• Layer FiltersXREF filters are now alphabetically sorted in the Filters panel of the EXPLORER dialog box.
  SR119729
• Layers PanelFixed: after filtering layers, trying to set one of the filtered layers as 'Current' fails.
  SR115601
• Localization issuesFix for some un-translatable strings.
  SR120830
• Mechanical browserWe fixed a crash during BEDIT sessions: when an exploded view is open for editing, it is again possible to highlight parts via the Mechanical Browser.
• MENUBARThe UNDO command no longer affects the value of MENUBAR immediately after startup.
• MOVEGUIDEDMultiple issues regarding hatches in the MOVEGUIDED command are fixed.
  SR117846SR118360SR117667
• Moving drawing viewsA double transformation problem for symbols and annotations has been solved: When moving the base view, associated views were moved over twice the distance. #Fixed
  SR74213 SR96014 SR101659 SR115628 SR120198
• MTEXTPressing dialog buttons was a bit challenging, as it required a quick press and release. This problem is now fixed, and the buttons operate correctly even when pressed sloooooow-ly.
  SR121097
• MTEXTAdjusted the MText background mask bounds to fit the MText frame, for MLeaders with stacked text.
  SR98608
• MTEXTToolbar buttons now reliably display tooltips when hovering.
  SR119532
• Mechanical browserThe mechanical browser always shows the correct icon for the root node now, with respect to the document's content.
  SR118453
• OLE FrameOLE objects are now oriented correctly on all sheets of a multi-drawing PUBLISH operation.
  SR117861
• Open File DialogOpen File dialog boxes have the native look on macOs.
  SR117507SR119279
• Parameters and constraintsToolbar icons in the Parameters and Constraints panel now have the correct size on high resolution displays.
  SR121015
• Parametric ArrayParametric holes no longer lose their parameters inside the array, when a local component is switched to external.
  SR117488
• Path arrayThe number of path array items was wrong when the FillPath parameter was missing in an AcDbAssocAction.
  SR116013
• Parametric blocksFixed a crash which occurred while initializing the Parameters panel on a user provided drawing, containing a stair.
  SR118896
• Point CloudsAn option in MTFLAGS, enalbled by setting bit 0x0800, is now available for checking parallel thread execution in Point Cloud operations.
  SR119857
• Point CloudsImproved the behavior when pre-processing incorrect pts/ptx files.
  SR113389
• Point CloudsThe POINTCLOUDPROJECTSECTION command now correctly removes old entities when the options is selected by the user.
• Point CloudsThe auto rotate center point, when using shift + middle mouse, was not correct for Point Clouds. This is now fixed.
• Point CloudsDisabled selection of multiple items in the POINTCLOUDREFERENCE dialog box to avoid confusion.
  SR 120355
• Point CloudsThe display behavior of the Point Cloud Bounding box has been fixed.
• POINTCLOUDPROJECTSECTIONThe placement of a image, relative to a BIM section, has been improved and can be sent to the background. The processing is much fasterm too. #Refactored
• POINTCLOUDPROJECTSECTIONThe default value for the line thickness of the "wall detection" option is set to 0.
  121017
• PRINTPrint as PDF now ignores the 'upside-down' option. It always prints as if that option is off.
  SR86544SR86851SR113419
• Project BrowserSheets no longer disappear in the project setup dialog when the sheetset name is changed.
• Project BrowserThe construction process of the model tree has been optimized. Nested xrefs now show in the Project Browser.
• PropagateProblems when propagating details to geometry imported from Rhino are solved.
  SR119154
• Publishing to PDFAn exception was fixed when publishing to PDF, using input from a DSD file.
  internal
• QuadChanges in QUADICONSIZE now affect quad icon sizes, no matter the current value of DISPLAYSCALING.
• QuadThe quad no longer displays artifacts while it is suppressed due to pre-selected entities.
• QuantitiesThe perimeter of large solids is now calculated correctly.
  SR120380
• QuantitiesThe IFC2x3' and IFC4' net perimeter for spaces is now displayed with the correct units.
  SR120380
• QUICKBUILDINGWall creation has been improved.
  
• RenderingFixed a crash that resulted when drawing a line with off-screen bitmap buffer.
• RibbonRibbon controls now correctly honor their minimum and maximum size properties.
  SR120553
• RibbonSplit buttons with static text behavior are now displaying tooltips, as expected.
  SR120179
• Ribbon APIRibbon button and combo items now properly support text-only labels when [ShowImage == false].
  SR120634
• Rollover PropertiesAdds extensions rollover properties in the Customize dialog.
  SR95717
• SAVE The dialog box for the SAVE command is updated to use the same file filters as the SAVEAS command.
  SR119702
• SETTINGSThe settings dialog now works properly when opened while in no document state.
  SR120011SR120151SR121227
• SHX FontsFixed the display of diameter (%C) and degree (%D) symbols for particular (liNear) romans.shx fonts.
  SR116535
• SMEXPORT2DSMEXPORT2D now displays the thickness of each model's individual features, instead of using the global thickness setting in the document.
  SR120181
• SMREPAIRThe command failed on very small bend angles. This is fixed.
  SR116074
• SMUNFOLDModels with cutouts in a bend can be unfolded now.
• SMUNFOLDImproved validation of unfolded views, when the solid has a custom sheet metal context.
  SR120181
• SOLIDEDITWhen editing the color of faces or edges, no options were available in the 'Select Color:' prompt. This issue has been corrected.
• STRUCTURE BROWSERThe spatial grouping of blocks, when displaying XREFs classified as BIM XReferences, is now correct in the Structure Browser.
• Sheet MetalBevel parameters did not change when changing the thickness of a model. This is fixed.
• TEXT/MTEXT Grip EditingFixed artifacts on the screen during grip rotation of TEXT and MTEXT in the 2dwireframe Visual Style.
  SR117397SR103183SR117397SR121561
• TIN Volume SurfaceA bug that caused spikes to be incorporated in a TIN Volume Surface was fixed.
  SR104034
• TINMERGETINMERGE is improved and also supports surfaces with a boundary defined.
  SR94917
• TOOLPALETTESThe tool order of imported palettes is now correctly preserved.
  SR120094
• TOOLPALETTES When a block containing a multiline attribute was inserted from a tool palette, the default value of the multiline attribute was incorrectly filled with its tag name, instead of being empty. This is now fixed.
  SR117646 SR119099 SR121372
• Tips panel pagesFixed some random typos and (generally) updated the Tips panel pages.
  SR120121
• Vertical Alignment ESNAPESNAP to the terrain line Endpoint now works properly.
  SR117602

01.03
2021

Version 21.1.09

Improvements to BricsCAD Core

• Built-in text editorImproved view rotation for mirrored text in the built-in editor.
  SR115827
• Details PanelFixed a regression in the Details Panel logic that could cause BricsCAD to crash.
• Dynamic BlocksAdded support for horizontal and vertical constraints in Dynamic Blocks.
• EXPORTPDFArtifacts no longer appear in the output PDF file when using EXPORTPDF with a particular drawing.
  SR118908SR119289
• Embedded raster dataBitonal raster images, embedded in drawings, are now properly displayed.
  SR90425SR117178
• FLOATING PANELSThe application no longer produces a crash when exiting with a floating panel open.
  SR119710
• Japanese JGD2000 CRSEPSG:2443-2461 and Japan Geodetic Datum 2000 Plane from 1 to 15
  SR117804
• Large SID filesImproved performance for large MrSID (multi-resolution seamless image) files when panning and zooming.
  SR94177
• MTEXTThe tool buttons on the Text Formatting dialog now display as the correct size on very high resolution displays.
• SIMPLIFYImproved the user interface for the SIMPLIFY command.

Improvements to BIM

• BIMIFYBIM sections, created by the BIMIFY command, are now properly added to the current layer.
  SR96828
• BIM QuantitiesIn localized versions of BricsCAD, BIM quantities such as Net Volume and Gross Volume are now properly calculated.
  SR117214 SR118567 SR119010 SR119937
• BIMSECTIONUPDATEThe story indicator line is now placed on the same layer as the _StoryIndicator block.
  SR118698 SR119915
• BIMTAGGlobal category names are now supported, and units are printed for double values.
• Drawing customizationsFixed issues with localized Russian language versions of BricsCAD.
  SR118941
• SheetsetsPerformance of text fields that reference unattached sheets is improved.
• Space quantitiesAdded quantities for spaces to the bimproj_IFC2x3.xml quantity definition file.
  SR117214SR117542SR118644

Improvements to Civil

• DEFAULTCURVETYPEVA and DEFAULTCURVETYPEHAThe NONE option has been added to the DEFAULTCURVETYPEVA and DEFAULTCURVETYPEHA settings. This allows users to create horizontal or vertical alignments, which contain only PVIs/PIs, and no curves.
  SR 118142
• TIN surfaceTIN surface performance has been improved.

Improvements to Mechanical

• LOADMECHANICAL2DWhen opening a file containing AutoCAD Mechanical symbols, BricsCAD shows a warning, stating that LOADMECHANICAL2D should be switched ON in order to properly display the symbols.

Fixes

• -INSERTBlock names such as "D", "Di" or "Dia" no longer trigger a File Dialog.
  SR118234
• 3D CONSTRAINTSThe default values applied for dimensional 3D constraints upon creation are computed from the geometry with maximum precision, and are no longer affected by the precision settings (LUPREC and AUPREC).
  SR116819
• AlignmentThe vertical alignment start station is now correct, when created from a Civil 3D profile.
  SR 118149
• BIM PROPERTIESA crash that occurred during the calculation of BIM properties of entities with bad topology has been fixed.
  SR117354
• BIM PROPERTIESCorrected the display of flow fitting properties.
  SR104637
• BimifyImproved the performance of the auto-classification of flow fittings.
• CLEANSCREENExiting clean screen now also exits full screen mode.
  SR117915
• CUIDropdown menus now always use the small icon, when both small and large icons are specified.
  SR115841
• CUIImproved loading performance for partial .cui files containing many tool icons.
  SR114390SR120054
• CUIImproved performance of drop-down menus for partial menus using external icon files.
  SR100016
• CUIThe context menu now correctly displays for custom entities. The context menu alias lookup is now based on the entity DXF name, disregarding the display name.
  SR118075
• CustomizeWhen exiting the Customize dialog through the Esc key, choosing "Save Changes" no longer causes a crash.
• DDEDIT for dimensionsDimension text is properly selected in the built-in editor, in response to a mouse click.
  SR117370
• DGNIMPORTWhen importing a DGN shape which can not be represented as Region entity, the shape will be imported as a Polyface Mesh or as a Polyline.
  SR117550
• DMPATH3DThe Mechanical Browser displays the DMPATH3D parameter value truncated in accordance with LUPREC. The Parameters and Constraints panel displays DMPATH3D parameter values with the unit of the length type: "mm", "ft", etc.
• Dynamic blockDynamic blocks support constraints to attribute definitions.
• Dynamic blockFixed a possible crash while stretching a dynamic block with dimensional constraints of attributes.
• Dynamic blocksImproved support for horizontal/vertical constraints.
  SR117969SR119498
• EXTRUDEFixed a crash when extruding text.
  SR118249
• Entity property setsEntity property sets are now present in the Properties panel.
  SR119659
• FLATTENImproved the performance of block reference flattening in non-orthogonal directions.
  SR118447
• FLYOUT PANELSThe display behavior of flyout panels has been improved.
• FieldsFixed a problem with incorrect formatting of fields referring to dynamic properties.
  SR117150
• GUI fontsBricsCAD now avoids a possible collision between different versions of the "Roboto" family TTF font.
  SR118777SR118575
• IFC ExportA problem with the IFC export of user defined properties that occurred when the property type was changed is fixed.
  SR115675 SR116229
• IFC import and exportFixed error import of IFCCARTESIANTRANSFORMATIONOPERATOR3DNONUNIFORM. Fixed export of empty RepresentationMaps for IfcTypeProduct-derived classes.
  SR118206
• IMPORTA modeling failure (skipping solids) when importing geometry data has been fixed.
• Image displayClipped images now display correctly in perspective mode when using a rendered visual style.
  SR90926
• LIBRARYFlanges with big "Gap" values are allowed now. Insertion of pipes into such flanges can be incorrect, so the appropriate warnings are displayed.
  SR117140
• Layer PanelLayers are no longer removed from the grid after changing a property while the Invert Filter is ON.
  SR118289SR103232
• Localized versions, BIMAUTOMATCH command_BIMAUTOMATCH now works properly in localized versions of BricsCAD BIM.
  SR119114SR117754
• Localized versionsThe DMTHREAD command is now properly translated.
  SR119146
• ManipulatorFixed a crash that occurred when using the MOVE option of the MANIPULATE command, at the BricsCAD Pro license level.
  SR117790SR118275
• Mechanical Object EnablersProperties 'Offset from object' and 'Extension beyond leader' are now editable for ACMFCFRAME, ACMFEATUREID, and ACMSURFACETEXTURE.
• NUMBER commandThe license level of the NUMBER command is set to BIM.
  SR116197
• OLE FrameCells at the bottom of large Excel spreadsheets pasted into a drawing now plot with the correct fill colors.
  SR117812
• OLE FrameOLE objects are now scaled correctly when a DPI scaling override is in effect.
  SR115899
• PEDITFor spline-fitted and curve-fitted 2D polylines and for spline-fitted 3D polylines, the fitting information is preserved when reversing the vertices direction.
  SR99293
• PUBLISHWhen publishing with the "Publish in background" setting enabled, PDF files are correctly created.
  SR119197
• Point CloudsThe deprecated command "Pre-process Pointcloud" has been removed from the Drawing Explorer toolbar
• PointcloudsProcessing an RCP file with missing RCS files now processes the available data, and provides feedback about the missing data.
  SR117956
• PromptOptionTranslateKeywords settingIn translated versions, with the setting disabled:
  1.) Command line options produce the expected action when clicked.
  2.) Option shortcuts are properly color highlighted.
  3.) For prompts involving entity selection, a restart of the application is no longer required for the setting to take effect.
  SR117523
• Properties panelFixed a problem with right edge of the Properties panel covering the drop-down arrow of combo controls.
  SR98222SR103693
• Publish to PDFFixed a problem with publishing a particular drawing containing Xrefs.
  SR114837SR116152
• QTFixed a crash where BricsCAD is launched on systems that pre-define Qt standard environment variables like: QT_PLUGIN_PATH, QT_QPA_PLATFORM_PLUGIN_PATH, and QT_QPA_PLATFORM.
  SR117481
• QuickbuildingFixed a bug when using Spatial Locations as input for the story height.
• QuickbuildingThe Quickbuilding icon has been added to the ribbon and the menu bar.
• SIMPLIFYFixed a problem with polylines disappearing when using the Smoothen option in the SIMPLIFY command.
• SMEXPORTOSMFixed issue with form feature export in SMEXPORTOSM.
  SR118956
• SURFACE SECTIONWhen sectioning a surface with a plane state section entity, the result is now correct.
• SWEEPBoundaries and regions with a hole can be swept with a closed path.
  SR104619
• Scroll BarsThe visibility state of the drawing view scroll bars (SCROLLBAR command, or WNDLSCRL system variable) now persist between sessions, regardless of the current workspace setting.
  SR117629SR119427
• TOOLPALETTES Toolpalettes were empty and BricsCAD crashed when right-clicking on the Toolpalettes area.
  SR118825 SR119093
• TXT2MTXT settingsThe settings for the COMBINETEXT (TXT2MTXT) command are saved through the newly introduced COMBINETEXTMODE system variable.
• Table objects highlighting performanceOptimization: The performance of highlighting for complex Table entities has been improved, especially when the table has breaks.
  SR118876
• Tool PalettesGroups with no palettes now display in the context menu, as long as they contain a nested group with at least one palette.
  SR116519
• ToolbarsWe improved the display algorithm to ensure that toolbars stay visible in the cases of disconnected external displays or modified display layouts.
  SR118964
• Unsatisfied constraintsAn issue with unsatisfied constraints after changing the value of a parameter has been fixed.
  SR103579 SR116003
• VIEWBREAKThe command now works correctly in the PRO license level.
  SR117990 SR118857SR118622SR114362SR119019SR117820 SR120480

10.12
2020

Version 21.1.06

Improvements to BricsCAD Core

• 2D ConstraintsNegative values are now accepted with their absolute values for 2D radius and diameter constraints.
• 3D CONSTRAINTS3D constraints can now be added to vertices and edges of 3D polylines.
  "Geometry-driven" becomes also an attribute of a parameter, not just constraints. 3D constraints that depend, directly or indirectly, on geometry-driven parameters via simple arithmetical expressions are treated as geometry-driven as well. Their geometry can change as a result of constraint solving, but their expression will be left intact. Instead, their defining geometry-driven parameters and constraints, that were declared as such by user will change their values accordingly.
• 3DDWFDepending on the value of the DWFFORMAT setting, the 3DDWF command either creates a 3D DWF or a 3D DWFx file.
  SR95981 SR102550 SR63081
• 3DOSNAPThe 3DOSNAP toggle is now accessible with the F4 function key.
  SR98410
• 3DPOLYLINE3D polyline vertices are now supported for sub-entity selection, the Properties panel, and nearest distance.
• 3D DisplayMaterial glossiness has been adjusted to ensure entity details are distinguishable, even with glossy materials. The glossy effect is less intense for light materials and more intense for dark materials.
  SR90134
• AcDbOle2FrameThe Properties panel for OLE objects now displays Type (Embedded/Static,..), Plot quality, and Source application.
  SR99996
• ANIMATIONEDITOROPENNow it is possible to animate exploded views in the model space using the animation editor.
  SR101710
• ARCTEXTThe Properties panel shows the properties for selected Arctext entities.
• AUDITThe AUDIT command has been extended to clean up duplicate ACIS attributes.
  SR98749 SR101414
• BLOCKICONThe new BLOCKICON command automatically generates block preview images.
  SR65536 SR89616 SR85690 SR75235 SR63905 SR16619 SR42090 SR50115 SR51350 SR67583 SR89153 SR16615 SR24616 SR38720 SR92256 SR104548
• BLOCKIFYThe "Compare geometry only" option is added to the BLOCKIFYMODE system variable.
  The BLOCKIFYTOLERANCE system variable defines a relative tolerance to determine whether two entities are equal. When the value is negative, the software sets the optimal tolerance.
  Speed up BLOCKIFY using the Equal Solids option on large files, by using parallel computing for calculating the groups of equal solids and caching the list of existing block definitions.
  
  SR99148 SR101904
• CLEANUNUSEDVARIABLES A combination of AUDIT and CLEANUNUSEDVARIABLES now cleans a drawing from multiple orphan parameters.
  SR104050
• COMThe COM dynamic property editor offers the following new controls: color, text style, linetype, lineweight, and distance pick button.
  SR85108
• COMMANDLINEThe Command line now supports clickable command options.
• CONVTOMESHThe CONVTOMESH command only triangulates planar faces as necessary, such as when they have holes.
• CONVTOSOLIDThe CONVTOSOLID command supports converting a mesh to an optimized 3D solid (surface). In this mode, coplanar and adjacent faces are merged into a single face. Control this behavior with the new SMOOTHMESHCONVERT setting.
• COPYAn Array option is now available in the COPY command.
  SR99448
• CommandsA dictionary of commands allows you to look up commands which are not available in lower license levels.
• CUIWe updated many tool icons, removed some obsolete icons, and added some cool new ones.
• Data extractionIntroduced more strict property naming in DXD, to avoid ambiguities.
• DGN ExportThe dgn file format was added to the export dialog.
• DisplayWe improved 2dwireframe display performance of drawings containing many circles and arcs.
• DMCHAMFERAsymmetrical, angular, variable symmetrical, variable asymmetrical and variable angular modes are implemented for the DMCHAMFER command.
  SR80699 SR81966 SR87096 SR87229
• DMFILLETVariable radius mode is added to the DMFILLET command.
  SR70880 SR87229 SR92080
• DMPUSHPULLPossibility to switch starting point of dynamic dimension by TAB was added for the DmPushPull command on cylindrical faces.
  The DMPUSHPULL command now includes an option to specify subtract mode (on/off) which is also controlled by DMPUSHPULLSUBTRACT setting.
  SR99625
• DMRADIUS3D, DMANGLE3DAn argument inside a block or a component is permitted to allow creation of the correspondent geometry-driven parameters.
• DMRADIUS3D, DMANGLE3D (angle of a cone)3D angle and radius constraints can be used in blocks and components.
• DMTHREADThis command enables you to create a decorative thread that will display on drawing views.
• Drawing Optimization Toolbar A Drawing Optimizations ribbon toolbar is created and added to each of the workspaces
  
• ESNAPRenamed item "Snap to Point" to "Snap to Node" in ESNAP toolbar and context menu.
  SR99482
• EXPLODE/XPLODE commandsThe EXPLMODE variable is now taken into account for non-uniformly scaled blocks
  SR35566 SR97313
• EXPORTPDFThe EXPORTPDF command now supports export to 3D PDF. You can use the PDFPRCEXPORT setting to specify if 3D entities are exported and whether they are exported as meshes or B-Reps. However, exporting as B-Rep is experimental functionality and may work incorrectly. Enable the PDFPRCEXPORTPRODUCTSTRUCTUREMODE setting if you want to export with product structure. Peformance is improved for rendered views.
• FINDZoom In and Zoom Out buttons are added to the 'Find and Replace' dialog.
  SR97988
• FIELDThe Field dialog box now supports nested formula fields.
  SR45317 SR73799 SR76141 SR77158 SR93416 SR82557 SR90646 SR93476 SR77192 SR99369
• GENERATEASSOCATTRS New setting which controls generation of associative data on 3D solids during modeling has been introduced. When set to On 3D solids contain associative data from the moment of creation. This allows BIMSECTIONUPDATE and VIEWBASE commands to produce drawings for which dimensions and tags can be automatically updated after 3D model changes.
• HyperlinksHyperlinks now enable you to link to layouts and views inside a drawing.
  SR100151 SR101833
• Improved Image handlingDuring editing and manipulating of images, instead of just displaying the image frame, the updated image content now is displayed dynamically, in real-time. This is a real game-changer (time-and-frustration-saver) when positioning, aligning, scaling and grip editing images.
• Image highlightWhen a raster image is highlighted, the highlight pattern is displayed on top of any other overlapping objects.
  SR94251
• LAYOUT TABSThe active layout tab automatically scrolls to remain visible in the layout tab list.
  SR98356
• Layout ManagerThe Layout Manager is extended to enable publishing of multiple layouts.
  SR88227 SR103321
• LAYTRANSThis dialog allows to convert layers in bulk, so you can change layer names but also color, linetype, etc.
  SR22893 SR32754 SR36761 SR36834 SR45063 SR81314 SR91334 SR92383
• LCONNECTThe LCONNECT command now supports the connection of planar surfaces and regions.
• LEADERThe LEADER command no longer breaks leader annotation text on lines when the command is executed from menu.
  SR90030 SR98187
• Library PanelThe Library panel, which is available in all workspaces, fully replace the Components and 2D Parametric Blocks panels.
• License Renamed command RUNASLEVEL to SETLICENSELEVEL (avoid confusion with RunAsLevel setting, esp. in translated versions)
  Removed unused commands: LICPROPERTIES, LICPROPERTIESBIM, LICPROPERTIESCOMMUNICATOR, LICPROPERTIESMECHANICAL, LICENTERKEY
  
  SR101068
• LTGAPSELECTION supportA line with dashes can be selected by a click in the gap between dashes if LTGAPSELECTION is 1. Changing the variable value to 1 doesn't require REGEN unless there are linetypes in xclipped inserts.
• MANIPULATORPress the SHIFT key to rotate the Manipulator 90 degrees about its Z-axis. The Copy and Repeat options in the Manipulator are now visible, clickable, and localized.
  SR98758
• MENULoading a .MNU file now automatically adds menus to the workspace.
  SR74092
• MOVEGUIDEDA MOVEGUIDED command was created which is similar to COPYGUIDED
• MText editorThe in-place Mtext Editor is enhanced to account for the width factor of single line text.
  SR104863
• MTEXTMText in-place edit session that requires rotating the view keeps the view centered after rotation and zooming.
  SR96121
• MTFLAGSA new MTFLAG is added to delay the loading of Xrefs to idle time.
• NEARESTDISTANCEThe NEARESTDISTANCE command offers improved performance and behavior. Point entities are now supported.
  SR95820 SR101731
• OPENA new "Open as Read-only" option is included in the menu for drag and drop with the right mouse button.
  SR97744
• OPEN PerformancePerformance is improved for opening drawings that contain large solid hatches with text box loops.
  SR101344
• OPTIMIZECreated a new Optimize command which corrects suboptimal 2D geometry (currently only lines). The command offers an interactive mode between model space and a command dialog. This enables users to change tolerances. By tweaking the tolerances the user will only alter the lines they want to correct.
• OVERKILLAdd option to remove duplicate 3D solids + option to move duplicates to a separate layer i.o. deleting. The layer name can be set in preferences.
  Provide the possibility to remove duplicate block definitions in the drawing.
• PARAMETERS & CONSTRAINTS PANELThe panel become accessible in all license levels to allow managing 2D parametric blocks and 2D constraints for all BricsCAD users. The panel had been extended with a lists of parametric blocks, 3D geometric constraints, 2D dimensional constraints and possibility to change the Exposed property of a particular parameter.
  SR84741
• PARAMETRICBLOCKIFYThe new PARAMETRICBLOCKIFY command offers improved recognition of parametric instances as source entities. It also recongnizes non-parametrized components from the standard components library as well as unconstrained spheres, cylinders, cones, and toroidals with the same size. You can now specify the search space when launching PARAMETRICBLOCKIFY with a preselected input set. PARAMETRICBLOCKIFY now supports constraints referencing other constraints and you can access the BLOCKIFYMODE and BLOCKIFYTOLERANCE system variables from the PARAMETRICBLOCKIFY command.
• PARAMETRIC BLOCKSParametric blocks had been introduced both for BricsCAD Lite and BricsCAD Pro license levels. Any block containing parametric entity, like an entity with 3D 2D constraints or an associative array, can now be parametrically changed after insertion by native INSERT command. To control which of the block parameters can be changed use Exposed property of the parameters accessible via Parameters & Constraints panel in BEDIT context.
  SR95470 SR84932 SR94801 SR98003 SR97585 SR113652
• PARAMETRIC BLOCKSSome parametric block related commands are being released from the beta version, under a modified name:
  • AUTOCONSTRAIN (previously PBAUTOCONSTRAIN)
  • VISIBILITYSTATES (previously PBVISIBILITY)
  • GUIDECURVES (previously PBGUIDECURVES)
• PLANPLAN command is modified to support dynamic UCS detection for the "Current UCS" option.
  SR97362
• Pointcloud Pre-processingConverting point clouds is approximately 1.33 times faster during pre-processing. New POINTCLOUDQUICKPROCESS and POINTCLOUDQUICKATTACH commands offer an approximate, yet fast method for importing point clouds.
• POINTCLOUD
• POINTCLOUDYou can now turn off the entity snap for the point cloud ONLY.
  Export of a clipped/cropped selection of a point cloud to a pts file is now supported.
  Added "Pointcloud nearest point" snap to status bar, context menu, toolbar and the '-3DOSNAP' command
  The visibility of point cloud scan bubbles can now be toggled on/off.
  
  SR97162 SR102997 SR103088 SR105076 SR114412 SR117275 SR117768
• PROPERTIESProperties of subdivision mesh entities and properties of mesh subentities (faces, edges and vertices) were added in PropertiesPanel.
• PROPERTIESSelected Attribute(s) inside a BlockReference can now be edited via the Properties panel. Use Ctrl+LeftMouseClick to select an attribute or nested entity.
• Properties PanelThe Properties panel now includes a History control that allows you to view previous states of the selected entity. Choose a previous state to "undo" the selected entity without undoing all other commands and view operations that had been executed since.
• Registration of CommandsNow only those commands are registered which are available with the license.
• RibbonThe new RIBBONTOOLSIZE system variable controls the ribbon tool size independent of toolbar size.
  SR104916 SR114312 SR114465
• RibbonThe mousewheel can now be used to scroll through ribbon tabs.
  SR97431 SR113613
• SELECTION PREVIEWSelection preview highlighting is deactivated now during Pan operations, resulting in a smoother user-experience.
• SETBYLAYERImplemented SETBYLAYER and -SETBYLAYER command. Introduced SETBYLAYERMODE system variable.
  SR29592 SR77897 SR26276 SR46474 SR61907 SR72144 SR81316
• SETVARAn error message is now displayed when attempting to change an on/off system variable by entering a number other than 0 or 1.
  SR114086
• SIMPLIFYNew command which reducs the number of vertices of polylines and hatch boundaries without changing the overall shape. The goal is to compress them and make them more easy to manipulate.
• IMPORTImproved SketchUp import: now Subdivision meshes are supported, entities are imported as named blocks, and render material textures are imported.
  SR98958
• TCONNECTConnection of planar surfaces and regions is now supported in the TCONNECT command.
• TINSERTThe TINSERT dialog's block list is now sorted alphabetically.
  SR117117
• ToolbarsNew UCS and UCS Options toolbars offer easy access to UCS commands and options.
  SR35474 SR63860 SR72106 SR73073 SR81994 SR88012 SR103143
• TOOL PALETTESTool palettes containing separators now display a single scrollbar for the entire palette.
  SR99154 SR100309
• TXT2MTXTThe new TXT2MTXT command (alias COMBINETEXT) enables you to combine single- and multi-line text into a single mtext entity.
  SR96202
• User Profile ManagerThe User Profile Manager is now more powerful! It can now delete or replace existing user profiles, including the current one. Deleting the current profile doesn't completely remove it, but it does reset all settings to factory defaults.
• VERSIONCONTROLA Git-like version control system to allow users to work on the same drawing in parallel. This feature will remain as beta functionality when V21 is released to the general public.
• -VIEWThe Twist option is added to the -VIEW command.
• VIEWBREAKBroken view can be created using VIEWBREAK command.
  SR96394 SR101500 SR101633
• VIEWPORTPanning inside of a viewport now works as expected on Linux versions of BricsCAD.
  SR116837
• VPLAYERThe VPLAYER command now allows you to specify layers by selecting entities on the desired layers.
  SR92992

Improvements to BIM

• ACTIVATESECTIONVIEWNew command has been introduced, which allows to look at the model from section plane perspective without section result generation.
• BIMANALYTICALMODELProfiles and eccentricities are supported in the IFC export of analysis models.
• BIM APIConfigurable quantities are available in the BIM API.
• Bim Api for SpacesThe Create Bim Api for Spaces is available now.
• BIMAPPLYPROFILE/BIMLINEARSOLIDMaterial of profile is now attached to created solid in BimApplyProfile and BimLinearSolid commands.
  SR98369
• BIMAUTOMATCH dialogThe initial size of the dialog box is correct now on all screen resolutions.
  SR103241
• BIMCLASSIFYAdded "Space", "Story", and "Building" types.
• BIM CompositionThe RenderCompositionMaterial user preference controls the rendering of composition materials independently from the Level of Detail (LOD). A new button in the Home/View ribbon panel, next to the LOD button, allows to toggle the materials rendering.
• BIMPROFILESWhen changing the offset for a 'CustomShape' profile in the Profiles dialog you can choose whether to keep the position of the solid or the axis for linear solids using this profile.
• BIMPROFILESTANDARDSBIMPROFILESTANDARDS setting is changed to be not case sensitive. In case there are no profiles which match the BIMPROFILESTANDARDS setting value there will be a warning message.
  SR100571
• BIMPROPERTIESThe 'Per Instance' option of custom property sets allows to enable/disable user defined properties per individual entity.
  The 'Enum' option allows to define a fixed number of possible values for custom BIM properties.
  The Room Bounding property now displays correctly, as a Space bounding.
  
  SR95664
• BIMQUICKBUILDINGFirst prototype of the new BIMQUICKBUILDING command.
• BIMQUICKBUILDINGSpatial Locations can now be used as input for BIMQUICKBUILDING. This workflow allows to process different buildings simultaneously.
• BIMROOMRemoved BIMROOM code.Users can still open v20 rooms. However they won't be able to create new rooms or update the geometry of old ones in v21.
• BIMSECTION SCALEThe scale list of a drawing is used for the Bimsection scale property. This list can be edited via the "Scalelist edit.." item selection.
  SR101026 SR115350 SR115358
• BIMSECTIONUPDATEAxis labels are no longer displayed in section result drawings when the "Display Labels" option is turned off for a BIMGRID.
• BIMSPACEThe Update Method property for spaces is added. The possible states are Automatic or Manual.
• BIMSPACEAdded BIM Space commands to the Quad, Ribbon, Toolbar
• BIMSPACERooms are replaced by Spaces. The BIMCLASSIFY command converts Room block references to solids. Room properties and interior elevations, if any, are transferred to the corresponding Space.
• BIMSPACEAdded Representation property to toggle between Solid or Footprint space representation
  SR98726SR88236
• BIMSPACE Added space label.
• BIMSPACE Added status property for spaces. This would show if a space is up-to-date or out-of-date.
• BIMSPACE When a Space is cut with a section they are shown as a fire body in contrast to treating it as a solid. Also Space tags are displayed as with Rooms.
• BIMSPACEThe space footprint preview now displays when executing the BIMSPACE command.
• BIMSPACE Bounding ElementsImplemented BIMSPACE->Edit to handle adding/removing bounding elements to/from a space.
• BIMSECTIONUPDATE Associative data required for section generation and section results tagging with BIMTAG command are now automatically generated for 3D solids while you model, unless the newly added setting GENERATEASSOCATTRS is Off.
• BIMSETLOADBEARINGDIRECTIONA tool button has been added to the ribbon and the Quad.
• BIMTAGTool buttons for spot-elevation and load-bearing options have been added to the Quad and the ribbon.
  Automatically generated tags can have an offset, which is defined through the Offset attribute in TagTypeToStyle.xml. If the offset is not specified, the center of the tag block is used.
  The Spot-elevation tag type indicates the elevation of a point in a section or an elevation.
  Entities on layers which are frozen or switched off do not generate tags.
  Automatically and manually placed tags can be rotated if the autoRotation attribute is set "true" in TagTypeToStyle.xml.
  
  SR87102 SR96685 SR104611
• BIMUPDATESPACESpace will not be updated in case it will overlap with another space during BIMUPDATESPACE
• BMINSERTNew option "Smart Insert" is added for easy insertion of components.
• Cloud AIAsk if users want to sign up to a beta tester for cloud AI and ask for a one time login.
• DATAEXTRACTIONComposition and physical material data can be extracted.
  SR92850 SR91909 SR93436 SR95895 SR101826
• DISCONNECTDisconnect options are implemented for LConnect, TConnect and BimStructuralConnect.
  SR98122
• DocumentationWhen switching to the model from a sheet view using the BIMSECTIONOPEN command, the model is rotated and zoomed in to the same zoom level as the sheet view.
• Documentation Display available properties and property values in the filter parameters form.
  
• Drawing CustomizationsAdded a "nested property search" option to the filters. This allows users to control which property is used for filtering in assemblies: the default for the assembly, or the default for the nested entities. This makes it possible to customize entities inside assemblies, separately.
  Added a versioning system for drawing customizations.
  Exposed additional properties for use in drawing customizations.
  It is now possible to load drawing customizations from an external folder to the local library.
  We have optimized the processing of drawings for large models.
  Performance of the axis calculation algorithm for linear elements is improved.
  The rules for assigning entity customizations are redesigned.
  A string is accepted as a filter for "does not contain" operations.
  Allow that existing customization layers are updated when the customization parameters have been edited.
  Copy external symbol sources as part of the cloning of drawing customizations
  Customization of BIM spaces on drawings is possible now.
  The design of the drawing customizations panel has been improved.
• FieldsThe Extension properties are divided into categories in the Field dialog.
  Introduced new field type: extension properties are available for selected object.
• IFC IMPORT/EXPORTTo control which entities are imported/exported, a mechanism has been implemented to map IFC/BIM entities to BIM/IFC entities. The IfcImportMappingPath and IfcExportMappingPath user preferences set the paths to the necessary mapping files.
• IFCEXPORTIt is now possible to have configurable quantities in the IFC export.
  The IfcCreateUniqueGuid user preference has been added to enable/disable the creation of unique guids for nested elements inside classified blocks and xrefs.
  The flow connection point is exported to IFC as IfcBuildingElementProxy. Only 2d geometry or a block reference with 2d geometry can be classified as a flow connection point.
  Added IFC Export of Annotation entities.
  
  SR93934 SR95205 SR95829 SR97897 SR101718 SR104786 SR105024 SR105025 SR105026 SR105027
• INTERIOR ELEVATIONSBIMSECTION command, with Interior option, now supports spaces.
• Project BrowserIt is now possible to create a layout from scratch in the Sheetset setup dialog box.
• Project BrowserThe Project Browser displays the Sheet Number (if it exists). The Sheet Number is assigned by the "Create Sheets" procedure. Sheet View Numbers are assigned starting from 1 for all section results created by the BIMSECTIONUPDATE command.
  Added a new dialog for creating a project library, and the option to connect all drawings to the new library.
  A progress bar is now displayed in the project setup dialog when BricsCAD BIM is analyzing the library's status and connecting drawings.
  Master drawings and external references are listed in a treelike manner.
  A balloon is available to fix the project library connection of a drawing.
  The "Add Schedule" wizard, available in a context menu, allows to quickly add a BIM schedule without the creation of a new .dxd file.
  "Create/Update Table" and "Create/Update CSV" options are available in a context menu for creating or updating a schedule or a CSV output file.
  A relative path is supported for schedules.
  Editing a schedule can be started from the project browser.
  BIM project data are stored in an external project .bsyslib instead of the previously used .projectroot.
  In pre V21 BIM projects the .projectroot can be converted to a project .bsyslib.
  To support easily opening a project at a new location, paths to bsyslib files are now stored relatively in a drawing.
  Initial support for handling sections with multiple section results linked to them (in same or different 2d drawings).
  Default sheetset name is set as project name.
  
  SR99699 SR101456
• QuickbuildingImproved Quickbuilding's ability to create a building from spherical or wedge-shaped solids.
  Improved the unit detection algorithm when detecting a building's story height.
  
  SR117236
• QUICKBUILDINGSpaces can be used as input for Quickbuilding.
• QUICKBUILDINGThe command now works as well on solids without edges like a sphere or a torus.
• QUICKDRAWThe Quickdraw cursor now snaps to (double) lines inside XREFs.
• QUICKDRAWWalls now inherit the spatial location of the slab on which they are created.
• ROOMHEIGHT / DefaultSpaceHeightThe ROOMHEIGHT system variable is replaced by DefaultSpaceHeight user preference; the setting applies to spaces.
  SR103791
• Space iconsEdit Space, Update Space and Define Interior Elevations icons are created.
• STANDARD PARTSPiping parts were added to the standard parts category of the library panel.
  SR93863 SR94192 SR94260 SR94490

Improvements to BricsCAD Mechanical

• BMBOMAggregated columns now are supported in top-level and bottom-level BOM tables. They allow to calculate sum, minimal, maximal or average value of a given property with respect to the current grouping. In addition it is possible to select the required grouping mode for a BOM table.
  Dialog to configure BOM filters was added.
  It is possible to set one of several predefined column filters for any column in BOM.
  New type of evaluated columns is introduced: "template columns". They allow to combine values of several properties into one BOM column as a text using DIESEL expressions. In addition, it is now possible to configure formula or template columns expressions using the expression editor dialog with preview.
  Option to limit the reported level of hierarchical BOM is introduced.
  Options to set number prefix, suffix and delimiter were added to BOM tables.
  Column role setting was introduced, that allows to specify which column should be the source of numbers for drawing views.
  Wildcard expressions are supported for string properties in BOM filter.
  
  SR99018 SR101100 SR103168 SR104554
• BMBOM, BLMATERIALSIt is possible now to select a unit for the material density both in the Physical Materials dialog and in BOM tables. Supported units are: kg/m³, kg/dm³, g/cm³, lbs/ft³ and lbs/in³.
  SR89780
• BMBOMPANELOPENIt is possible to export the current BOM table to CSV directly.
• BMCONNECTThis new command connects components such as pipes and elbows.
• Library PanelA library of threaded hole components has been added.
• SMCONVERTSMCONVERT recognizes a zero radius bend design as a Zero Bend feature unless the SmConvertPreferZeroBendFeatures user preference is set to 0.
• SMASSEMBLYEXPORTThe SmAssemblyExportMode user preference allows to keep recognized features on sheet metal/poor sheet metal parts.
  SR103923
• SMEXPORTOSMA problem that occured, when assigning different thicknesses per body in a sheet metal assembly, has been fixed.
  SR116241
• SMEXTRUDEThe command allows now to extrude a single-segment polyline, lying on a flange, to create a new flange orthogonal to the first one and forming a T-Junction feature.
• SmSmartFeaturesAn option is added to this user preference to automatically create junctions when hard edges are converted to bends, if such junctions are necessary to unfold the part.
• SMTABCREATEThe command now has an option to create a curved tab on a curved hard edge, connecting a flange and a bend, including lofted bends.
• SMUNFOLDNow conical lofted bends can be unfolded analytically, i.e. avoiding splitting into a number of bends and flanges.
  SR104809
• Sheet MetalThe newly added bevel feature is supported in the SMCONVERT, SMREPAIR and SMUNFOLD commands.
  Now a specific bend table can be assigned to each solid.
  Parts with different thickness are allowed to exist in same block
  The specific kind of Bend feature is introduced, which has exactly zero internal radius.
  Two new sheet metal features are introduced - T-Junction and T-Tab, to operate with a T-like connection of two Flanges.
  
  SR100060
• SMSMARTFEATURESA new option allows to automatically create junctions when bends are created on hard edges, if such junctions are necessary to unfold the part.
• Standard partsConstraints now are smartly restored after changing parameters of standard parts.
  SR96254

Improvements to Communicator

• COMMUNICATORFixed compatibility issues between minor and maintenance releases of BricsCAD and Communicator.
  SR101232 SR101353 SR101174 SR101326 SR101361 SR101537 SR101549 SR93021
• Export file versions updatedACIS, CATIA v5, and XCGM updated to v2020, and Parasolid updated to version 32.
• IMPORTImplemented experimental mode in Communicator. In this mode Communicator can import with up to 50% better performance and able to do all the work in background thread. Experimental mode can be controlled in the CommunicatorFlags setting. Currently this mode is supported on the following file extensions: STEP, STP, STPZ; IGES, IGS; SLDASM, SLDPRT (only Windows and Linux versions); CATProduct, CATPart (only Windows and Linux versions); IAM, IPT (only Windows version); X_T, XMT_TXT, X_B, XMT_BIN.
  SR71522 SR79245 SR83167 SR84827 SR89727
• IMPORTA new, experimental option is available when importing SolidWorks files. It allows users to choose the data you want to import from SolidWorks files (SLDASM/SLDPRT). The following procedures are available: Graphics - B-Rep data will be imported as Meshes; Geometry - is the default mode, imports B-Rep data as ACIS solids; Geometry with Preview Graphics - imports saved graphics first, displays them, and then imports B-Rep data. The "Geometry with Preview Graphics" option can be very useful when importing large assemblies/parts. To enable it, set the CommunicatorBackgroundImport option to [1].
• IMPORTImproved support for the import of Autodesk^® Inventor 2020 files.
  SR115438
• STEP File IMPORTAdded layers conversion on STEP file import, when Communicator is running in background mode.

Improvements to Civil

• ALIGNMENTIn Settings under Civil, the Alignment node is added with settings for default horizontal curve type and default vertical curve type (with dropdown of options).
• Alignment command workflowThe alignment command workflow is now simplified but still offers all the possibilities as in the previous version.
• Alignment eSnapsHorizontal and vertical alignments now support endpoint, midpoint, and nearest eSnaps.
• Alignment Intersection3D and horizontal alignments can now calculate intersections with other curves.
• Alignment PropertiesThe Properties panel now displays properties for Spiral-Curve-Spiral element.
  Arc radius and element type properties for SCS elements are now properly implemented.
• Civil Entity PropertiesSelected sub-entities of (Civil) custom entities can now be displayed in the Properties panel.
  All Civil entities now include Name and Description properties in the Properties panel.
• Civil settingsNew civil settings are added to V21 and existing ones are reorganized.
• Horizontal AlignmentAdded perpedicular osnap for Horizontal alignment.
• Import Civil 3DThe new CIVIL3DIMPORT command enables you to create multiple civil entities, from an external Civil 3D drawing, in one operation.
• LandXML Import/ExportAdded support for new Alignment curves (Spiral-Curve-Spiral combinations and parabola for Vertical Alignment).
• LANDXMLEXPORTImperial 'miles' units are now supported. If units are not specified, the user is asked to specify the desired units.
• LANDXMLIMPORTAdded support for importing LANDXML data from SiTECH 3D.
  Units are now considered on LandXML import. When unsupported units are set as drawing units, the user has three options: 1.) the geometry is scaled, 2.) the geometry is imported without units, or 3.) the command is canceled.
  3D Alignments are now also drawn for all imported Vertical Alignments.
  When importing a surface with breaklines, a new option allows you to specify whether breaklines should be drawn or not.
  Breaklines from TIN Surface are now imported as 3D polylines.
  
  SR98086
• New Civil commandsThe Civil tools in BricsCAD V21 include the following new commands:
  TINASSIGNIMAGE - Assign a raster image as a TIN Surface material.
  TINPROJECT- Project point (Point, Bock, Text) or linear entities (Line, Polyline, Circle) to TIN Surface.
  TINWATERDROP - Draw water path from a point on a TIN Surface.
  GRADINGBALANCE - Balance Grading cut and fill volumes.
  CORRIDOR - Create corridor based on corridor template, 3D alignment and/or TIN Surface.
  CORRIDORTEMPLATE - Create corridor template from template elements.
  CORRIDORTEMPLATEELEMENT - Create corridor template element from closed polylines.
  CORRIDOREDIT - Edit corridor.
  CORRIDOREXTRACT - Extract from corridor: 3D solid, mesh or 3D polyline.
• TINEDITThe Add Points option of the TINEDIT command is updated with clearer prompts.
  SR104460
• TINEXTRACTAdded option to extract TIN Surface from Grading and TIN Volume Surface.
  TINEXTRACT command now allows the extraction of Mesh, Solid, Faces, Points, Contours, Contours at elevation, and Border.
  
  SR100637
• TIN SurfaceAdded an option to clip a TIN Surface according to a given polyline boundary.
  SR 94757
• TIN SurfacePoints and blocks are dynamicaly linked to the TIN surface.
  After exploding the Contours twice you get polylines.
  
  SR94757 SR100637
• TINVOLUMEAdded new settings for TIN Volume Surface associativity (Civil->Site->Associativity->TIN Volume Surface associativity).
  SR94757
• TIN Volume SurfaceTIN volume surfaces automatically rebuild when their source surfaces change.
  SR 94757
• UCS for Vertical Alignment ViewsIt is now possible to set the UCS origin at the bottom-left corner of a Vertical Alignment View, when the UCS is defined by entity.
  SR117284
• Vertical Alignment ParabolaParabola curve for vertical alignment is now implemented.
• Vertical Alignment ViewVertical alignment views now support the following types of esnap points: Endpoint, Midpoint, Perpendiculat, Intersection, Nearest. And, a new option allows you to select a 3D alignment when creating a vertical alignment view.

Fixes

• 2D CONSTRAINTSIn some cases 2D constrained geometry could be distorted after COPYCLIP/PASTECLIP commands, this was fixed.
• 3D CONSTRAINTSThe default values applied to 3D dimensional constraints upon creation are now computed from geometry, with maximal precision. They are no longer affected by (or limited by) the LUPREC and AUPREC precision settings.
  SR116819
• 3D Display and RenderingA bug in an AMD display driver caused the tiles created by the RENDER command to be scrambled. Another consequence of the bug caused 3D screen output to run one frame behind real-time. This caused some user actions to not be immediately visible (e.g. highlighting, de-selection, etc). Both of these issues are now fixed.
  SR105040 SR113825 SR115072 SR115531 SR116955 SR117221
• 3D MouseAn XRC error about a missing tool icon when CUI tools specified an image file path has been fixed.
  SR101569
• .NET RibbonThe background of custom WPF ribbon panels is now themed to match the host ribbon panel background colors.
  SR103727
• ACISOUTFixed wrong color saved in ACIS attribute rgb_color-st-attrib during ACISOUT.
  SR99236
• AI_PYRAMIDFixed crash on canceling AI_PYRAMID command.
• ANIMATIONEDITOROPENAdded the translation of category names in property grid of Animation Editor.
  SR104124
• ANIMATIONEDITOROPENFixed the issue of cut labels for text buttons of Animation Editor panel.
  SR104109
• Annotation scaleThe annotation scale list no longer displays duplicate names.
  SR98560
• ASSOCIATIVE DIMENSIONS A crash on a user-provided drawing containing associative dimensions has been fixed.
  SR114018
• AUDIT and RECOVERCommands now remove invalid OdDbAssocAction objects from ACAD_ASSOCNETWORK dictionary.
  SR99328
• BCF PanelSmall snapshots are now correctly displayed.
• BHATCH, HATCHEDITSelecting hatch boundary entities in a block now works without error.
  SR113920SR114735
• BIMAUTOMATCHAutomatch on BimProperties has been improved.
• BIMAUTOMATCHOptions during BIMAUTOMATCH are now translatable.
  SR104931
• BimBkUpdateFixed a crash in the BIM project browser when enable background update.
• BIMCLASSIFY-SpaceFixed a crash when classifying a drawing as a space.
• BIMCLASSIFYProblem with incorrect flow direction of classified Flow Connection Points was fixed, BimFlowConnect now will work right on them.
  SR98337
• BIMCLASSIFYFixed a crash when classifying a room to a space.
• BIMCLASSIFYFixed a problem with incorrect flow direction of classified Flow Connection Points. BimFlowConnect now will work correctly on them.
  SR98337
• BIMCLASSIFYCopies of BIM Rooms can now be correctly classified as Spaces.
• BimFlowConnectCrash on specific flow terminals configuration was fixed.
  SR103804
• BIMGRIDBIM grid no longer loses its BIM classification after block editing.
  SR104602
• BimifyBimify clears selected geometry after running the command. Reducing the need to manually deselect Bimified objects.
• BIMIFYNow performs better than ever! #SoundsLikeMarketing, but really, it does.
• BIM QUANTITIESFreezes on quantities calculation were fixed.
  SR103336
• BIMQUICKDRAWChoose "blue" or "red" mode independent from mouse position.
• BIMQUICKDRAWDisable settings option in Shape.
  SR113763
• BIMQUICKDRAWDo not connect/miter new walls with existing walls of other buildings.
• BIMQUICKDRAWDo not draw extra inner walls when "breaking through" a wall with a window.
• BIMQUICKDRAWSet reference faces of slabs and roofs correctly in BIMQUICKDRAW.
• BIMQUICKDRAWThe reference faces of walls are now set correctly.
• BIMROOM/BIMDRAGFixes bug where room solid is also dragged when one of the bounding walls is dragged.
• BIMROOMBOUNDINGELEMENTSRemoved the BIMROOMBOUNDINGELEMENTS command.
• BIMSECTIONUPDATEInsUnits of the section result now depend only on the model InsUnits value instead of Measurement.
• BIMSECTIONUPDATEStory callouts and tags in section result honor section scale.
  SR99682
• BIMSECTIONUPDATEA section result can now be updated starting from an empty viewport (for example a viewport created by the Sheetset Setup dialog).
• BIMSECTIONUPDATEHidden bim grids are not displayed in section results anymore.
  SR103173 SR105017
• BIMSECTIONUPDATEFixed a bug for regions with compositions.
• BIMSECTIONUPDATEThe origins of section result blocks are now based on the projection of the world coordinate system origin to the section plane.
• BIMSECTIONUPDATERoom lines are no longer generated on reflected ceiling plans.
• BIMSECTIONUPDATEComposition/Material names with special characters no longer cause BricsCAD BIM to crash.
  SR103983
• BIMSECTIONUPDATEFixed volume section result generation when a polyline entity is present in a BimGrid. The problem is fixed, and we've temporarily removed support for Polyline entities in BIMGrids. More to come, soonest.
  SR115630
• BIMTAGFixed a crash when BIMTAG was used on a non recognized element.
  SR114338
• BLOCKWindows included in new Blocks are now processed correctly.
• BLOCK commandDraworder of entities is now kept in the created block with BLOCK command.
  SR99551
• Block EditorVisible 2D constraint glyphs are now updated when exiting the block editor.
• BLOCKIFYRecognize mirrored group of 2D entities containing an arc.
  SR102592
• BLOCKIFYA crash when "recognize arrays" setting is enabled has been fixed.
• BLOCKIFYCorrectly transfer BIM data from the solid to the replacing block reference.
• BLOCKIFYFixed rotation bug for 3D solids containing cylindrical and toroidal faces.
  SR103075
• BLOCKIFYNow correctly identifies and converts bend solids in a HVAC model.
  SR115751
• BMINSERTWhen the 'Select all affected solids' option is chosen, adjacent solids are now properly cut by the subtractor solids.
• BMBOMPANELOPENIn the BOM manager, it is now possible to select multiple rows, both manually and by using the search tool.
  SR113532
• BOUNDARYThe BOUNDARY command now handles ellipse islands correctly.
  SR101499
• BricsCAD LauncherThe BricsCAD Launcher no longer specifies the BASEFILE variable when a workspace is chosen if BASEFILE was previously specified.
  SR114535
• CameraThe Camera entity is now copied correctly.
  SR102677
• CHAMFER3D solids processed by the CHAMFER command no longer disappear after saving the drawing as AutoCAD 2010 or later.
  SR81794
• CHPROP commandLocalized versions: Fixed translation of "ByLayer" and "ByBlock" for the Color, Linetype and Material properties.
  SR21437
• Civil 3D enablerResolved several issues with large C3D drawings.
  SR 91610
• CLEANSCREENThe Clean Screen toolbar button state now changes as expected when exiting clean screen state.
• COMIAcadPreferencesProfiles::ResetProfile() now works on any user profile, not only the active one.
  SR100867
• COMUnregistering COM types now works reliably, for example when specifying the /unregister command line option.
• COMEnumerated MenuBar menu items now return the correct parent item.
  SR97108
• Command lineFixed an issue on Unix where the autocomplete was wrong when typing faster than AUTOCOMPLETEDELAY.
• COMMANDLINEScroll bars are no longer (improperly) trimmed in the (old style) floating panel.
  SR115918
• CopyFacesThe NoCut and Cutting by selected faces options now work correctly.
• CONVTOMESHCONVTOMESH respects ACIS modeler properties when SpaUseFACETRES is OFF.
  SR93903
• CONVTOSOLIDResult verification for conversion from subdivision mesh to 3d solid and surface was added to avoid creation of improper entities.
• CUIThe active main menu bar items are now included when saving a workspace to .cui.
• CUIA problem that occured when loading a .mnu (or .mns) file, with duplicated menu item labels of inconsistent case, is fixed.
  SR115697
• CUSTOMIZATIONThe command macro for the "Entity snap to dimension lines" tool is fixed.
  SR104980 SR104983
• CUSTOMIZEOpening the CUSTOMIZE dialog with the Properties tab active now fills the rollover properties list as expected.
• DATAEXTRACTIONData Extraction now supports extracting entities from layouts.
  SR103271 SR104994
• Deform TIN SurfaceDeform TIN Surface and Smoothen TIN Surface commands were replaced by Modify TIN Surface command in ribbon, menu and toolbar.
  SR104471
• DimensionNewly created annotative dimensions are now properly scaled, depending on the setting of the CANNOSCALE system variable.
  SR114842 SR116248 SR116268 SR116574 SR116930 SR117388 SR117476 SR117642 SR117856 SR118047 SR118022
• DimensionsDimension tools now allow for the selection of source entities on locked Layers.
  SR115801
• DMAUDITImproved stability of audit operation on bad models.
  SR104045
• DmExtrudeCurrent layer is set for new entity in DmExtrude->Create->Limit option.
  SR104242
• DMFILLET/DMCHAMFERBlinking that occured when DYNMODE==(-3) is fixed.
  SR116345
• DMPATH3DThe Mechanical Browser now displays the DMPATH3D parameter value, truncated in accordance with the LUPREC system setting.
• DMPUSHPULLThe Hot Key Assistant (HKA) now shows the correct, current action.
• DMROTATEFixed a crash during the DMROTATE command.
• Drawing Customization PanelWe performed a small fix to remove an unwanted warning that occurred when creating a new entity customization using the default name.
• Drawing CustomizationFixed a bug in the customization of hidden line types.
• Drawing Explorer dialogImproved sorting of strings that contain numbers.
  SR99936
• Drawing Explorer List of blocks in Block panel is properly loaded when switching to Folder tab.
  
• Drawing Explorer Captions of panels are updated when switching between panels in Folder tab
  
• Drawing ExplorerThe grid view of the Block Explorer panel could take a long time to display on first open, when the drawing was stored on a slow disk (or being accessed across a slow network connection). We've improved performance in these situations.
  SR82203 SR82828
• Drawing File Save DialogSaving a new drawing without including a file extension in the filename field no longer overwrites an existing .dwg file without prompting.
• Drawing Template The global material now uses "Inherit" as diffuse color instead of "white".
  SR116984 SR117293
• Drawing ViewsImproved the reaction time of the ISOLATE/UNISOLATE commands.
  SR116497
• Draw orderEntities with duplicate keys in sortents table are included in the list of entities to display with draworder.
  SR82220
• DWF EXPORTThe height of the block attributes in the resulting DWF file is correct now.
  SR100037
• Dynamic BlocksDynamic block redefintion removes dynamic data from respective block definition.
  SR99548
• Dynamic blockImproved the context menu of a BlockPropertiesTable grip point.
  SR97100 SR96024
• Dynamic Blocks Fixed a bug rearing its ugly head during the modification of a specific dynamic block.
  SR116187
• Dynamic dimensionsFocus now properly switches from dynamic dimensions edit boxes to command line when appropriate.
  SR114301
• Dynamic dimensionsThe main frame title bar no longer flickers or deactivates when a dynamic dimension input field is active.
• Enscape Orthographic cameraUnexpected behaviour when starting Enscape with orthographic camera.The new version of Enscape fixes this by also having an internal orthographic camera.
  SR97812
• ESNAPRemoved the possibility to snap to entities in switched off viewports.
  SR98752
• EXPORTFixed double scaling parts if their ACIS header specifies non-mm units.
  SR99405 SR104297 SR104776
• EXPORTThe unwanted wait cursor has been removed.
• EXPORTPDFFixed some potential issues in the EXPORTPDF command.
• EXPUCSAdded WCS entry to the Coordinate Systems panel of the Drawing Explorer.
  SR95181
• EXTRUDEA bug when extruding along a path has been fixed. Under some conditions, this bug produced an incorrect start position for the profile relative to the path.
  SR103670
• FACETINGTo reduce negative effects of careless changes of low level settings controlling faceting and to make faceting control simpler, all settings related to faceting (e.g. SpaMaxFacetEdgeLength, SpaNormalTol, SpaSurfaceTol, SpaTriangMode...) are ignored if SpaUseFacetRes is ON. In this case faceting tolerances are calculated from FACETRES and other settings have default values.
  SR101960
• FBXEXPORTFBXEXPORT now supports non-ASCII characters in file paths.
  SR101328 SR117058
• FLATSHOTEntities from OFF/FROZEN layers in xrefs are ignored.
  SR99849
• FieldsA drawing file with fields referencing a sheetset no longer freezes Shape after opening.
  SR103880
• FieldsImproved support for Fields in dimension override text.
  SR83991
• Find and ReplaceSelecting the "Current selection" option in the Find and Replace dialog box no longer closes the dialog.
  SR102376 SR102959
• GEOLOCATION The CRS EPSG:6668-EPSG:6687 for the Japanese market are supported.
  SR117804
• HATCHEDITThe Hatch Edit dialog now displays hatch pattern type Custom when editing a hatch whose pattern is not currently available.
  SR102653 SR102927
• HatchHatch from dynamic block keeps orientation after the stretch of the block, even if hatch was inserted into a block with UCS other than WCS.
  SR95862
• IFCEXPORTExporting faulty solid geometry to IFC4 is more tolerant now. On linux and mac a zero area solid face no longer causes a crash.
  SR102090SR99981
• IFCEXPORTComposition materials with ply's layer in cases where BSYS lib and dwg have different units now export correctly.
• IFCEXPORTCone now exported correctly to IFC4.
  SR101349
• IFCEXPORTProfile name for flow segments is now exported correctly.
• IFCEXPORTTransformed torus is now exported correctly to IFC4.
  SR99375 SR101575
• IFCEXPORTExporting BIM elements without geometry representation is now supported.
• IFCEXPORTImproved the export of Compositions to IFC.
  SR104650
• IFCIMPORTModels with tolerance less 1.e-7 now imports correctly.
  SR104045
• IFCIMPORTProfile size is now appended to the name while importing a profile from IFC.
  SR100499 SR104406
• IFCIMPORTIFC properties are imported as per instance properties.
  SR94995
• IFCIMPORTSpaces with footprints now import correctly.
  SR76345 SR79266
• IMPORTFixed a bug that caused an empty Mechanical Browser to be displayed, after an import ran in Communicator's background mode.
• Import TIN FileWhen importing a TIN from a file, the value of the FILEDIA system variable was not respected, causing the File dialog box to always be displayed. This is fixed now.
• INSERTINSERT with UNDO disabled works again.
  SR114854
• INSERT commandRe-definition of an existing block, after insertion via the INSERT dialog, now functions as expected. #IHateRegressions
  SR117302 SR117327 SR117504 SR118081
• LAYERPThe LAYERP command now restores changes done to layers in the sequential order in which they were executed.
  SR99657
• Layer panel and Layer ExplorerPrevent the 'Name' text from overflowing in 'toggle bitmap cells' like 'On/Off', 'Freeze/Thaw',...
  SR100900
• Layer state ExplorerFix for Japanese version: after editing a layer state, Japanese characters in the layer state name were incorrect.
  SR85339
• LCONNECTThe connection when selecting two solids is fixed. Connection plane for first/second base options is corrected.
  SR102710
• Linetype GenerationThe incorrect linetype scale is no longer applied when generating linetypes in particular cases (e.g., an XCLIPped Insert, when a global LTSCALE is set).
  SR116661 SR116959 SR116974
• Linetypes DisplayLines with linetypes no longer affect the display of continuous lines in a particular drawing.
  SR103537
• LISP (Linux/Mac)Fixed some COM emulation issues as exposed by LeeMac's tool "StealV1-8.lsp".
  SR93421
• Localized Versions of BricsCADWe fixed several translation issues.
  SR116088 SR116948
• LookFromThe LookFrom widget now remains active while a focal dynamic dimension edit field is shown during jigging.
  SR101546
• MANIPULATORThe ruler of Manipulator depends on the SNAPTYPE system variable.
  SR100704
• Mass Properties calculationCalculation of mass properties for multiple solids is optimised for Properties panel updates.
  SR104062
• MATCHPROPMATCHPROP correctly applies "ByLayer" and "ByBlock" plotstyle names to destination entities.
  SR103458
• Mechanical BrowserContext menu commands to set BOM status and assign a material now support multiple selection.
  SR113532
• Mechanical Browser Fix setting geometry-driven status of a constraint in Mechanical Browser property editor.
  SR116458
• MECHANICAL WorkspaceWe circumvented a crash that could occur for some users, when opening the Mechanical workspace.
  SR115489 SR117421 SR117459
• Mesh EntitiesYou can now select the first edge of a mesh entity (OdDbSubDMesh) when the shaded visual style is active.
• MTEXTIncreased processing of the character input in the built-in mtext editor.
  SR96957
• MTEXT/TABLEIn-place MText and Table editors no longer flash to inactive state while editing.
• MText EditorKeyboard input focus now remains in text input fields until an explicit click outside the field.
• NEW and OPEN dialogsThe last chosen drawing or template is now always displayed, highlighted and with cursor focus, in NEW/OPEN dialogs.
• OLE FrameWe fixed a display problem with certain types of embedded OLE Picture objects that caused display garbage when zooming or panning.
  SR66679 SR78934
• OLE ObjectsPlotting of OLEFRAME entities with a rotated plot orientation was broken in earlier versions of BricsCAD V21. This issue has been corrected.
  SR116674 SR117861 SR117909 SR118052
• OPENA specific drawing file, written by Autodesk^® Inventor, now displays all geometry as expected.
  SR114955
• OptimizeA safety check was added in order to avoid elongating lines to infinity. #GoesOnForever
  SR116484
• PanelsDeleting the current Panel when 'STACKPANELTYPE=0' now properly activates the next Panel.
  SR115919
• Parameters and Constraints Panel The hatches associated with parametric geometry are now properly updated when parameters change.
  SR101170
• Parameters and Constraints PanelThe NEW button properly adds a parameter to the Parameters and Constraints panel.
• Parameters and Constraints PanelThe grid of the Parameters and Constraints panel is now visible when it is open. The grid columns which are ticked to be visible/hidden from context menu now remains visible/hidden between application sessions.
  SR104912
• Parameters and Constraints PanelYou can now edit arrays and their parameters in the Parameters and Constraints panel.
• Point Cloud ImportFixed an issue that caused the import of specific RCP files to fail.
  SR116044 SR117720
• Point Cloud ImportNow takes into account the global transformation matrix stored in the RCP file.
  SR116256
• Point Cloud ImportFixed an issue that caused the import of specific E57 files to fail.
  SR 117096
• POLYSOLIDChanging the justification option no longer creates zero-width Polysolids.
  SR105096
• Print dialog The Previous paper size item is removed after applying changes.
  SR92669
• Profile ManagerComments can now be included in .arg files by prefixing the comment with a semicolon character. Comments are ignored when importing the user profile. It is now allowed to overwrite an existing user profile when importing.
  SR99129 SR99183
• Profile panelRenaming a custom profile definition no longer causes the profile definition to be deleted.
• Project BrowserThe library tab in the project setup dialog contains both stored and found library paths. A right click menu offers the option to turn absolute paths into relative paths.
• Properties PanelFixed a focus problem in Properties panel. When selecting a grid property, the item editor did not get the focus.
  SR104181
• Properties PanelCenterMark and CenterLine properties are now properly preserved after property edits are made to these entity types, via the Properties Panel. This is a regression since V21 FCS.
• Properties PanelThe Smoothness property of subdivision meshes is added to Property Panel.
• PROXYINFOThe proxy information dialog now honors the kDisableProxyWarning proxy flag by omitting such proxy objects from the report.
  SR99315
• PURGEBatch, All, and Orphaned data command options now erase more items in the drawing.
• QuadFixed crash of application that happened on preselection of corrupted face of surface.
  SR103753
• QuadThe QUADICONSIZE system variable is now saved in the workspace instead of the user profile. Instead of nominal pixel size, it now has logical values 0/small, 1/large, and 2/extra-large.
• QUICKDRAWEnable double line snapping in QUICKDRAW when the UCS is changed.
• Render Composition MaterialsSolids with compositions are now shown in red if the composition is missing or failing.
• RibbonFixed incorrect display of the activated tab when the contextual tab was eventually removed after switching tabs away from a contextual ribbon tab.
  SR104951
• RibbonWhen switching to a ribbon tab that has all panels collapsed, the ribbon bar height is now calculated correctly to include the collapsed panel labels.
  SR113471
• RibbonSplit buttons using "no follow" style now display their own icon and label if one was set.
  SR102154
• RibbonThe layer combo on a collapsed ribbon panel is now always filled when a drawing is opened. The view control now displays the current predefined view when no named view matches the current view.
• RibbonThe spacing between tab captions was too large on high resolution displays. This has been corrected.
  SR115017
• RibbonUnder certain conditions the right-most ribbon tab did not move as the main frame window was re-sized. This has been fixed.
  SR115934
• ROTATE viewportA bug that caused the geometry in a non-WCS viewport to disappear, after rotating the viewport, has been fixed.
  SR114080
• RTWALKFixed crash when switching to RTWALK (ALT+LMB) from an active command.
  SR104468
• SAVEFORMATThe version of .dwg files created by BricsCAD in BIMSECTIONUPDATE and BIMSCHEDULE commands is now defined by SAVEFORMAT setting. Previously it always was .dwg 2018.
• SCALELISTEDITThe Reset scales option correctly resets scales referenced by annotative entities.
  SR80951
• SECTIONPLANETOBLOCKThe application of section plane settings for mesh entities (OdDbSubDMesh) has been fixed. Now background geometry can be turned off in a 2D section and turning off intersection fill doesn't turn off intersection boundary in 3D sections.
• SELECTText on top of a 3D Solid can be easily selected now.
• SELECTSIMILARSELECTSIMILAR improved to respect MLeaderStyle.
• SETBYLAYERSETBYLAYER applies "ByLayer" properties to linetypes, lineweights, plotstyles, material and transparency settings.
• SETLICENSELEVEL Pressing 'Enter' to select the new license level now works correctly in license levels higher than 'BricsCAD Pro'.
  
• SettingsSome Layer name Settings can accept a Layer name that has not yet been created, i.e. a 'future' layer. These 'future' layer names could not be displayed or entered in the Settings dialog. This issue has been corrected.
  A sub-set of the BricsCAD system Settings can have spaces in their names. These Settings could not be entered at the BricsCAD command line, because the required space bar press was interpreted as an 'Enter' by BricsCAD. This issue is fixed, too.
• Settings dialogModifications to settings stored in the drawing are now only indicated during a drawing comparison session (DWGCOMPARE).
  SR85174
• SheetsetsWe found that sheetsets could become confused about where to look for files after an autosave occurred. The problem is now resolved.
  SR104177SR100727
• Sheet Sets Panel The sheet set title is displayed once again after fixing a regression introduced in the previous release.
  SR116487 SR116417
• SMEXPORTOSMFixed a form-feature extraction issue with one-sided, closed form features.
  SR102753
• SMEXPORTOSMResolved failures that were created contours.
  SR98081
• SMREPAIRSMREPAIR keeps imprinted edges on junctions.
  SR103201
• SMUNFOLD SMEXPORTOSMFixed problems with unfolding when a bend hole touches a flange's border.
  SR94380
• SpacesFootprint representations now replace hatch representations and these are generated from the space solid.
  SR90574
• SpacesRooms converted to Spaces are no longer marked as out of date after conversion. Spaces are no longer marked as out of date when new bounding elements are added after BIMUPDATESPACE.
• Spatial ElementsThe transparency of Buildings and Stories are now automatically set to 90 after using BIMCLASSIFY.
• STRUCTURE PANELThe state of expanded and collapsed items in the structure panel is now preserved when switching back and forth between panels.
  SR95532
• Structure TreeUsing the left arrow key when navigation the structure tree now collapses items again.
• TABLEImproved handling of table styles for individual cells
  SR101253
• TIN Volume SurfaceThe Entity name for TIN Volume Surfaces in the Properties panel and Structure browser is now correct.
• Tool PaletteA tool command can now close the current document without crashing.
  SR103951
• Tool PaletteWhen inserting a block that has been moved from its original location, the tool should search for the block file in other folders on the current support path. This was broken in V20, and is now fixed again.
  SR35514
• TooltipsHyperlinks (tooltips) are shown now when entities overlap.
  SR85204
• TrackingDirect distance entry when tracking along an arc Extension snap has been corrected after it was broken in V20.
  SR105028
• Trim + ExtendImproved Trim and Extend commands to allow selection of multiline entities by fence and crossing modes.
• Union/Subtract/IntersectFixes failing boolean operations with particular 3D Solids.
  SR99060 SR100131
• User ProfileAll user profile based BIM and Civil settings are now saved and reloaded from the new user profile when the current user profile is changed at runtime.
• VBADocument events on a variable assigned to ThisDrawing now fire consistently for the active document.
• VERTICES' TRANSFORMATIONSSupported vertices' transformations in Manipulator, DMMOVE and DMROTATE. Manipulator and DMROTATE also support transformations with adjacent faces' triangulation.
  SR89696SR92220SR97859
• VIEWBASEImproved detection of deleted exploded representation.
  SR103637
• VIEWDETAIL Detail view is kept steady when the Base view is moved.
  SR104586
• VIEWPORTPanning inside a viewport now works again as expected on Linux as the other viewports retain their content.
  SR116837
• ViewsAdjusting a large TARGET value of a view to avoid degenerated view direction value no longer results in a distorted view.
  SR80438
• VISIBILITYSTATESThis dialog no longer locks up BricsCAD (Mac).
  
• XATTACH commandIncorrect coordinates of attached xrefs when attaching multiple files has been fixed.
  SR103946
• XREFIncomplete XREF attach does not create errors in the drawing.
  SR101426
• XREFWe fixed a bug that could prevent saving a file when it contained attached xrefs that failed to load.
  SR114121
• ZOOMFixed incorrect behavior of _ZOOM > EXTENTS when lids are "On" for section entity.
  SR99101