SmartAssembly 9.0 Release Notes - last update December 12, 2022.

SmartAssembly 9.0.0.0

datecode 2022-07-21-01

Bugfixes

• The command ADD_ARRAY_ELEM failed since 2022-02-09-01 for invalid variables. This is fixed now.

• The commands EXPORT_PDF and EXPORT_DRW_PDF failed since 2022-03-16-01 to export in a specific folder. This is fixed now.

• The command JSON_INIT_DOCUMENT terminated Creo in case of an unnamed object. This is fixed now.

• The commands XML_LOAD_DOCUMENT and XML_INIT_DOCUMENT failed for XML documents with a DTD header. This is fixed now.

• The command SET_DIM_TEXT included the dimension prefix and suffix to the dimension text. This is fixed now.

• The command CONVERT_MATRIX_TO_TRANSFORMATION delivered questions marks instead of a number in rare cases, due to a rounding error. This is fixed now.

• The command GET_ANNOTATION_ELEMENT_NAME did not provide the name of 3d dimensions which where not part of an annotation feature since 2021-12-23-01. This is fixed now.

• The command GET_REF_POS always returned the position 0/0/0 for searched annotations. This is fixed now.

• The command CREATE_ANNOTATION_PLANE with option ANNOTATION_PLANE_OPTION.type set to REFERENCE was creating the annotation plane in the model which owned the reference and not in the specified model. This is fixed now.

• The logical expression IF REF_TYPE DIMENSION did not accept reference dimensions. This if fixed now.

• The commands USER_SELECT, USER_SELECT_MULTIPLE and USER_SELECT_OPTIONAL failed for filters which are retrieved from a different context. This is fixed now.

• The command CREATE_DIM_ANNOTATION failed to create part level dimensions from the assembly context. This is fixed now.

• The command SEARCH_DRW_ITEMS delivered different results of geometrical tolerances for the currently active page of a drawing. This is fixed now.

• The command MOVE_ANNOTATION_TO_PLANE did not work for geometrical tolerances. This is fixed now.

• The command READ_DIRECTORY failed since 2022-02-11-01 to retrieve all results from path wtpub: in case the folder contained a large number of files. This is fixed now.

• The command SEARCH_DRW_ITEMS failed to find geometrical tolerances which are placed on sub-level drawing view models. This is fixed now.

• The logical expression REF_VALID was not evaluated as TRUE for sub-level geometrical tolerance placements on dimensions. This is fixed now.

• The command GROUP_FEATURES failed to group component features. This is fixed now.

• The command EXCEL_ACTIVATE_DOCUMENT in some situations did not active the document correctly. This is fixed now.

• The options USE_COMPONENT_COLOR and USE_COMPONENT_TEXTURE did not work correctly in some situations. This is fixed now.

• In some situations the color and texture related commands did not work correctly for body references. This is fixed now.

• The command REMOVE_ANNOTATION_ELEMENT_REF and SET_ANNOTATION_ELEMENT_REF_STRENGTH have been executed also in inaktive IF statements. This is fixed now.

• The command PRINT showed small numbers close to zero as 0.000000 instead of 0. This is fixed now.

• The option INTERF_MDL for the command FOR was sometimes collecting parts which were not intersecting, but just touching. This is fixed now.

• Due to significant changes in the Creo API, the functions READ_XSEC_EX and CREATE_XSEC_EX did not work since Creo 4.0 M140 / Creo 6.0 M040 / Creo 7.0 an all following Creo releases. This is fixed now.

• The command GET_ANNOTATION_TEXT_STYLE did not retrieve the font correctly, in case the default font was used. This is fixed now.

• The command CREATE_DRW failed since 2022-03-16-01 when the Creo configuration option START_MODEL_DIR was locked by config.sup. This is fixed now.

• The command GET_DIM_FEATURE failed for reference dimensions. This is fixed now.

• The command COPY_FILE failed to work for models with a version number. This is fixed now.

• The command CREATE_DRW did not set the PTC_COMMON_NAME correctly, unless the drawing template was in session. This is fixed now.

• For several UI elements the translation mechanism did not work when the strings had been retrieved by GET_TRANSLATION. This is fixed now.

• The commands DELETE_ANNOTATION_ELEMENT, DELETE_ANNOTATION_ELEMENTS, SET_ANNOTATION_ELEMENT and SET_ANNOTATION_ELEMENTS failed in some situations when the additional placement references have been restored. This is fixed now.

• The commands GET_FAMITEM_VALUE and SET_FAMITEM_VALUE did not work for symbol names of pattern number dimensions.

• Since datecode 2021-09-06-01 all commands for enumerated parameters have also accepted non enumerated ones. The affected commands are : SEARCH_ENUMERATED_MDL_PARAM_NAME, SEARCH_ENUMERATED_MDL_PARAM_NAMES, SEARCH_ENUMERATED_FEAT_PARAM_NAME, SEARCH_ENUMERATED_FEAT_PARAM_NAMES, SEARCH_ENUMERATED_REF_PARAM_NAME, SEARCH_ENUMERATED_REF_PARAM_NAMES, GET_ENUMERATED_MDL_PARAM_VALUES, GET_ENUMERATED_FEAT_PARAM_VALUES, GET_ENUMERATED_REF_PARAM_VALUES. This is fixed now.

• The commands SET_COLOR and SET_COLOR_PROPS did not work for curves whose color was never changed manually. This is fixed now.

• The logical expression ITERF_REC did not work correctly for sub components. This is fixed now.

• The command REMOVE_WORKSPACE_OBJECTS did not work for family table instances which have been supplied by reference. This is fixed now.

• The option VISIBLE_LINES for command USER_DROP_DOWN produced some unused white space at the end. This is fixed now.

• The command TK_TASK_EXEC failed to work with named arguments since 2022-02-11-01. This is fixed now.

Enhancements

• Support of Creo 9.0.

• New option INSERT_AS_SINGLE_COMP for the command INSERT_FAMITEM to distinguish if a only the component itself or all occurrences should be inserted.

• New option profile_unequal_dispostion for structure GTOL_SYMBOLS.

• New option WIDTH for USER_LIST_BOX and USER_DROP_DOWN.

• New command EXCEL_COPY_SHEET to copy an existing sheet in Excel.

• New command EXCEL_MOVE_SHEET to move an existing sheet in Excel to another position.

• Enabled CATCH_ERROR support for EXCEL_CREATE_SHEET.

• New options INCLUDE_PREFIX and INCLUDE_SUFFIX for the GET_DIM_TEXT command allow to specify if the dimension prefix and suffix are part of the retrieved dimension text.

• New command GET_ACTIVE_XSEC to get the reference of the active cross section feature.

• Enabling the use of png images.

• New command XML_APPEND_NODES allows to add existing nodes from the same or from another XML document.

• The command GET_AUDIT_TRAIL is extended to retrieve more information from the history.

• New logical expression IS_FAMITEM_VALUE_GENERIC to test if a family item value is specified as the default value.

• New command CLEAR_MDL_APPEARANCES to clear the assembly appearances or all appearances of a model.

• New option OWNER_TYPE for the commands GET_RELATIONS, ADD_RELATIONS, REGEN_RELATIONS, SEARCH_RELATIONS, REMOVE_RELATIONS, SET_RELATIONS_UNIT_SENSITIVE, GET_RELATIONS_UNIT_SENSITIVE and VERIFY_RELATIONS to distinguish between model, component or feature related relations.

• New math expressions equal, less, lessorequal, greater and greaterorequal to compare two values for a specified accuracy.

• New NOTIFICATION options MDL_COPY_POST and MDL_COPY_POST_ALL which are called when a model and its sub-models are renamed.

• New option INCLUDE_LINE for the commands GET_TAB_STACK and GET_TAB_NAME to include the line numbers to the output.

• New option ALLOW_SELF for the command GET_GROUP_HEAD to determine if the result is allowed to be the same as the supplied input.

• Enabled CATCH_ERROR support for command GET_GROUP_HEAD when the group could not be detected.

• New command SET_XSEC_NAME to set the name of a cross sections.

datecode 2022-12-12-01

Bugfixes

• The command ADD_SELBUFFER after a SWITCH_TO_MDL could cause crashes in some situations. This is fixed now.

• The notification types MDL_COPY_POST and MDL_COPY_POST_ALL are executed twice if they have been launched after creating a model by template before. This is fixed now.

• The command GET_DATUM_TAG_ATTACHMENT failed for an attachment on a dimension witness line. This is fixed now.

• The command SHOW_DRW_VIEW_ANNOTATION failed to show all notes in some situations. This is fixed now.

• The command SAVE_MDL in Windchill with active Creo Parametric configuration option verify_on_save_by_default does not save the model to the workspace in some situations. This is fixed now.

• The commands GET_PDM_STATE, GET_PDM_STATE_EX, GET_PDM_STORAGE, GET_PDM_STATE_BY_NAME and GET_PDM_STATE_BY_NAME_EX detected the wrong state for a model since 2022-02-11-01 which was just saved in the workspace. This is fixed now.

• The command CREATE_DRW in a windchill environment saves the created drawing since 2022-07-21-01 to the workspace. This is fixed now.

• The command GET_REF_POS did not work for datum tags. This is fixed now.

• The command ODBC_CONNECT did not support windows environment variables in the connection string. This is fixed now.

• The command EXPORT_DRW_PDF failed in Creo 4.0 if the option use_true_type_fonts was set to 2. The reason was, that this setting does not exist in Creo 4.0. This is fixed now.

• The command GET_REF_TYPE did not show the correct type for surface finishes. This is fixed now.

• The logical expressions IF REF_TYPE DATUM_TAG and SURFFINISH failed. This if fixed now.

• The FOR loop was causing an error for an failed reference in Creo. This is fixed now.

• The command GET_MOUSE_POINT failed for manufacturing models. This is fixed now.

• Several commands have been failing for files specified by wtpub: when upper case characters had been used. The reason is that Creo files are always in lower case characters, but Windchill is case sensitive.

• In some situations special non ASCII symbols like typographic quotes could cause a crash. This is fixed now.

• String Expressions with escaped quotes and exclamation marks have caused parsing errors. This is fixed now.

• The command REPLACE_COMPONENT was causing a dashboard error even for activated STARTUP_TEMP_MDL, when starting from an empty session for the first time. This is fixed now.

• The commands CREATE_XSEC and CREATE_XSEC_EX with flip option set to FALSE had blocked the manual flip functionality since Creo Parametric 9.0. Ths is fixed now.

Enhancements

• Enhanced CATCH_ERROR support for command GET_COMB_VIEWS.

• Enhanced CATCH_ERROR support for command SET_BROWSER_SIZE.

• Enhanced CATCH_ERROR support for command GET_REF_ANNOTATION_PLANE.

• Enhanced CATCH_ERROR support for the command ACTIVATE_INSERT_MODE.

• Automatic refresh of the model tree after the command CANCEL_INSERT_MODE.

• New command GET_VARIED_MDL to retrieve the varied model of a flexible component or an inheritance feature.

• New option USE_VARIED_ITEM_OWNER for the commands INSERT_VARIED_ITEM and SET_VARIED_ITEM_VALUE to address the varied item for a flexible sub component or a nested inheritance feature.