Introduction
This section details enhancements and fixes to existing
DriveWorks functionality in service pack 5.
Enhancements
Model Generation - Improved algorithm for model generation
rebuilding
New feature added <ReplaceFile>. Allows a replacement file
to be used without requiring it to be captured as a replacement
file. See
How To: Replace a
Component With a Static or Driven Replacement Model for
more information.
New functions added:
- IsNonText -
Checks if a value is not text
- IsNumber -
Checks if a value is a number
- IsText -
Checks if a value is text
Fixes
- Fix for finishing the running DriveWorks Solo project, when
multiple independent sub assemblies contain the same sub assembly
which is to be deleted
- Fix for issues caused by Variables containing a number in their
name.
- Fix for issue caused by the drawing annotation control check
box entering an indeterminate state
- Fix for renaming when missing components are present.
- Fixed intermittent issue with latest versions of SOLIDWORKS
showing C++ error message
- Fix for issue caused by update annotation positions button
- Fix for intermittent issues caused by not being able to build
rules on drawings
- Fix for rare issue that caused crash when resizing columns in
table views.
- Fix for occasional crashes when undoing and re-doing the
creation of controls
- Variable categories now only expand as top level nodes on
loading
- DXF export of the sheet now only exports the sheet and not all
sheets
- Fix for crash caused by multiple instances of the same drawing
annotation being captured
- Improved performance of loading Form Navigation view
- Preventing invalid data from other applications being pasted
into the rule builder
- Improved handling of missing values in CHOOSEFROM function, now
displays the relevant #VALUE and #NA result
- Improved feedback from rules that contain circular
references
- Fix for Ondemand generation in certain circumstances where
references are swapped
- Fix for driving the advanced feature parameter Text.
- Fix for occasional crashes when filtering the model rules
list
- Form navigation scroll bars now behave correctly
- QuickText now displays the ampersand correctly
- Fix for rare crashes when closing the rules builder relating to
not being able to delete a temporary file
- Measurement text box now supports the uppercase versions of
units suffixes
- Fix for issue caused by a specific sequence of events used when
copying and pasting form controls.
- Fix for switching configurations of assemblies whose components
are being suppress/unsuppressed/etc