SMARTColor Changelog

6.3.0.0

Enhancements

• Automated creation of pre-defined surface parameters when the corresponding color definition gets applied to geometry
• Recognize and assign pre-existing model colors to the active context by user choice
• Configurable check that prompts the user whether to update assigned appearances of a context in case model colors were changed outside of SMARTColor
• Pre-selected geometry is recognized and can be used for manual color application
• Integration of a what's new dialog to illustrate software changes

Improvements

• Rename 'Master Appearance' to 'Base Appearance' to avoid confusion with Creo naming
• Reintroduce ribbon command to be able to store and update the base appearances of the model geometry
• Ensure the associated combined state of the active context is also active before surface colors are changed
• Recreate annotation feature in case its status is unregenerated to avoid reference assignment errors
• Set model overview tab reset button sensitivity to disabled in case selected surfaces match already the base appearance
• For symbol creation and model overview only colors are considered which are assigned to the context

Bugfixes

• Avoid quilts hidden by layer to be added as geometry references to color symbols

6.2.3.0

Bugfixes

• Fix for RGB color rule when used with condition unequal
• Removed regression which caused that configuration dialog could not be opened

6.2.2.0

Enhancements

• New rule criterion to check the diameter of a thread

6.2.1.0

Bugfixes

• After editing a rule from the Apply Rules dialog, the check states of the rules will be ignored when applying rules again
• Update displayed rule information within user dialog after editing
• German translation corrected for 'not equals' in rule editor

6.2.0.0

Improvements

• Allow to edit rules accessed from user dialog when admin mode is enabled

6.1.10.0

Bugfixes

• Consider display state for assembly components due to simplified representations

6.1.9.0

Enhancements

• Create color symbols only for those color definitions which are assigned to the corresponding context (new configuration option 'context_dependent_color_recognition')

Improvements

• Performance of rule execution improved

Bugfixes

• Avoid converting regular expressions to integer or double when checking values of integer or double type parameters

6.1.8.0

Enhancements

• New rule criterion for coloring a surface due to its maximum distance to an origin
• Enable to set 'grater equal' and 'less equal' conditions for rules

6.1.7.0

Improvements

• Update master appearances for all surfaces which have no SC color applied on Update command
• Add geometry references to annotation elements also for legacy model colors
• Recreate color symbols on update command only if they are pre-existing in the model
• Stack symbols ordered by color code id

Bugfixes

• Update external model data completely when geometry elements were added or removed

6.1.6.0

Improvements

• Consider also annotation element references for surfaces finish rules

Bugfixes

• Check existence of annotation feature storing symbols properly before assigning elements

6.1.5.0

Bugfixes

• Legend color symbols were not created on intitial run

6.1.4.0

Enhancements

• Licensing enhanced to support floating option

6.1.3.0

Bugfixes

• Avoid trail file output for invalid configured variable texts of color symbols
• Recreate annotation feature if removing elements fails
• Avoid creation of symbols for colored surfaces which belong to a suppressed feature

6.1.2.0

Bugfixes

• Find driving dimension of type diameter also for not closed cylinder surfaces
• Consider slant angle criterion when applying rules
• Enable quilts to be handled in the same way as regular geometry surfaces

6.1.1.0

Bugfixes

• Consider case that already existent colors in the model may contain invalid characters within color name, label, description or keywords

6.1.0.0

Enhancements

• Rule Editor: New container type 'Pattern' added

Improvements

• Error handling improved in case a color symbol cannot be retrieved

Bugfixes

• Workaround implemented for a revealed Creo/Toolkit bug which cased errors storing data at the model
• Several minor bug fixes

6.0.1.0

Enhancements

• New rule criterion "Surface Finish" for rule-based coloring using surface finish annotations

Improvements

• Performance improvements

Bugfixes

• Several minor bug fixes

6.0.0.0

Enhancements

• New rule criterion "Has Fitting" added to filter for bores which own a fitting ('Tolerance Zone' can be specified by sub-criterion)
• New rule criterion "Spatial Direction" added to check the axial or rather perpendicular (planes) direction of surfaces in regards to a reference csys
• New rule criterion "Tolerance Range" added to check the difference of the upper and lower dimension tolerance value (only bores)
• New rule criterion "Upper tolerance value" added to check the upper dimension tolerance value (only bores)
• New rule criterion "Lower tolerance value" added to check the lower dimension tolerance value (only bores)

Improvements

• Software documentation can be accessed via the ribbon command 'Documentation'
• OK button split up into a close dialog button and a button to create the color symbols
• Arrange flat-to-screen symbols dependent on the vertical and horizontal size or rather resolution of the graphical window area
• Changing active combined state now possible while using quick color info dialog
• Master context is not entered anymore into the context tree within the user dialog (can still be used in content manager to globally inherit contents to subordinated contexts)
• Color Code Editor: Show RGB panel by default when editing the definition of a color code
• Color Code Editor: Check entered color code id for uniqueness
• Color Code Editor: Propose ID for newly created or duplicated color code
• Color Code Editor: Default appearance values optimized (ambient, shininess, reflection...)
• Rule Editor: Automatically add sub-criterions for parameter name and spatial direction criterions

Bugfixes

• Rule Editor: Option menu to choose color code contains now all items alphabetically sorted
• Arrange flat-to-screen color symbols with different height correctly
• User dialog remembers position after re-opening
• Several minor bug fixes