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Showing posts with label ST9. Show all posts
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Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Solid Edge ST9 Microsoft Installer (MSI) Maintenance Pack 1

Solid Edge ST9 Microsoft Installer (MSI) Maintenance Pack 1 is available for download.


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Release Notes:
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Microsoft Installer (MSI) Maintenance Packs – Solid Edge ST9 Maintenance Packs are delivered as and installed using Microsoft Installer (MSI) technology. Solid Edge MSI based Maintenance Packs are tracked as Installed Updates.

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Download Location:
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ST9 Maintenance Packs can be downloaded from:


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Installation:
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Maintenance Pack .zip files are complete product setups. Therefore, existing versions must be uninstalled using Uninstall a program from the Control Panel.

• MSI Product Updates can be applied on top of the base release and or existing Product Update with a lesser version.

• MSI Product Updates are all inclusive, i.e. fixes delivered in MP3 include all fixes delivered in MP1 and MP2.

• MSI Product Updates calculate free disk space before installing. Please note that there have been cases where the Disk Space Computation takes several minutes to complete. Please be patient.

• MSI Product Updates can be uninstalled without having to remove the base Solid Edge product.

• Uninstalling a MSI Product Update will restore the installation to the state before the Product Update was applied.

• PLEASE NOTE: When uninstalling a MSI Product Update, the original source media and the previous Product Update package, if any, must be available to allow the recovery of previous file versions.

• The current MSI Product Update will be the only Update listed and available for uninstallation. After the current Update is uninstalled, the previous Update will become the current Update, if there were multiple Updates installed.

• MSI Product Updates are uninstalled via the Control Panel (Uninstall a program –> View installed updates -> Uninstall).

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This Maintenance Pack addresses the following PRs:
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===API===
PR 7736718: Argument Exception with Threads.Add - Example required
PR 8307275: API, SaveAsJt Use_Simplified_Part argument not working
PR 7758075: Implemented SE API method - SolidEdgePart::CopyConstruction::PutVisible
PR 7769767: API function for extra window

===Assembly===
PR 7588050: After unloading hidden parts from memory, show parts crashes Solid Edge
PR 7629696: Project to sketch fails when IPA
PR 8709792: Opening Draft file over the network is slower
PR 7726186: Not able to remove mass in variable table
PR 7726530: Random crashes
PR 7739894: Cannot add new parts or relations in a specific assembly
PR 7519496: Pattern reference feature locate
PR 7779909: Color of inactive part is different from ST6
PR 7780497: Occurrence Properties Dialogue is empty when user opens an assembly from a mounted drive
PR 7778146: Not possible to select measurement variable in measure minimum distance.
           
===Draft===
PR 7742348: Angular dimension makes Solid Edge close after editing
PR 7750164: Coordinate dimension alignment dashed lines won’t go away
PR 8305409: Preview of .dwg file import not shown
PR 8308065: Connector shape gap is not associatively connected to crossing line
PR 7706846: Lock-up while entering Property Text in a text box
PR 7749657: Crash during open of an Symbol = Title Block on the background sheet
PR 7754000: Distance Dimension by two points displays at wrong location after using zoom
PR 7763216: Wire harness elements becoming disconnected
PR 7744749: New created coincident plane via assembly fails with a geometry recompute error
PR 7770886: Countersink information lost in Hole Table when part is recomputed in ST9
PR 7773775: Composite item numbers are incorrect when opening draft file unlinked
PR 7754000: Distance Dimension by two points displays at wrong location after using zoom
PR 7781638: Failure opening file where the PMI options were set when there was no PMI model view
PR 7785171: Unable to have different background colors for 2D Model and Active Sheet in ST9
PR 7784446: Create break line command does not create inherited break lines.
PR 7789389: perspective views were not lining up with edges.

===Part/Profile/Sheet Metal===
PR 7727602: Pulldown-Menu to small, names not visible
PR 7731394: Material Names with a "." in name changes to "," only in German version.
PR 7752137: Sync. 2 bend corner crash - Win 10 specific
PR 7765930: Please repair file in ST8. Part is missing from the 3D view.
PR 7731834: Family member is not updating pattern by table

===General===
PR 7747922: After restoring SE settings, SE is going into bad state
PR 7765537: Solid Edge Viewer cannot be installed together with full Solid Edge product
PR 7769308: JT files increase the time to display the backstage open page

===Design Manager===
PR 7734769: Design Manager Performance for different actions is slower compared to ST8 Revman
PR 7745191: Design Manager is not releasing memory after closing file

===Built-in Data Management===
PR 7766908: Where Used fails when using Fast Text Indexing
PR 7772763: Non-SE files with SE extensions were locked by property handler

===Solid Edge SP, Server, Standalone Client, Solid Edge Client===
PR 7562274: Standard Part Name will not be written to SESP Revision.Title
PR 8310768: SESPUpdateCallouts.xml - No information about format for FromDate and ToDate
PR 8309603: Intermittent poor Open performance on large assemblies
PR 8310737: SESPUpdateCallouts.xml delivered with English Keywords for the German version
PR 8311679: Workflow failed email at the end of the 2-step Assembly Workflow in German Version
PR 7765123: Managed file folders included in recent folder list
PR 7775415: SaveAs incorrectly uses the source property values
PR 7775430: SaveAs error when replacing the property value

===Teamcenter Integration for Solid Edge===
PR 7699586: Add to Teamcenter - Interactive Boolean properties causes problems
PR 7722996: Open DFT with links other DFT files are not downloaded to cache folder
PR 7726588: FOA Save/check-in failure
PR 7734168: Structure Editor not building new assembly correctly when using SmartCodes
PR 8308480: Cache Assistant consistently crashing on first access
PR 7741423: Problem with revision rules after revision subassemblies SE-TC
PR 7771262: Errors saving new files into Teamcenter
PR 7772989: Unable to create new revision for released files with invalid Item type defined
PR 7771262: Errors saving new files into Teamcenter
PR 7768314: License borrowing option for SEEC and other Data Management Products

===Translators===
PR 7747091: Export to ACAD paper space has text moved off the sheet
PR 7750978: Read a Step file into a Part then all is fine, reading in as assembly-> no part
PR 7749517: Solid Works-Data can't be imported

PR 7783173: NX 11 is released – integrated the NX Adapter

Friday, November 13, 2015

Solid Edge Tip of the Week November 13


Solid Edge Tip of the Week
November 13, 2015

Solid Edge - Document Name Enhancements
A lot of times, the information provided to you in the pathfinder can be lacking:


This can be improved with the document name formula in the Solid Edge options:


Clicking Change brings up the Document Name Formula pop-up:


Here you can add text before or after the [Filename] including other properties of that part file:


You can add properties like the material, project name, author and many other properties making a glance at the pathfinder much more informative:


I hope you found this information useful!

Thanks,
Navjot Gill
Application Engineer
Ally PLM Solutions, Inc.

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Friday, November 6, 2015

Solid Edge Tip of the Week November 6

Solid Edge Tip of the Week
November 6, 2015

Solid Edge - Turning on the List of Blocks in Solid Edge Draft

In this Ally PLM Tip of the Week, we are going to look at the option to display existing blocks on a Solid Edge drawing. If you are not familiar with blocks, they are groups of 2D geometry. Native 2D geometry can be blocked within Solid Edge draft or blocks from .dwg can be read into Solid Edge. 

1) Open a drawing that has blocks. This may be a native Solid Edge file or something opened from AutoCAD:

Blocks:

2) Over in the Library tab, toggle on the "Show Blocks" command:  

3) Notice the Block names will be listed under Active Document:

4) We can also select blocks from other drawings and use them in our active document. Select a dft/dwg from the folder above. Notice the preview of the block in the lower window.  CB Network protect is a block on the Circuit Protectors.dft file:

5) Drag and drop the block into the active drawing: 

6) We can create our own blocks using the block command. To find out more information on the Block command, search the Help or click F1 on the keyboard once in the Block command: 


7) There are sample blocks/block libraries delivered in the installation directory of Solid Edge here:  C:\Program Files\Solid Edge ST?\Sample Blocks:

In this week's Tip of the Week, we looked at how to display blocks in active and selected documents. For more information, check out our Ally PLM Lunch Bytes session on 2D Diagramming and Schematics: http://solidedgevideos.blogspot.com/2012/09/solid-edge-diagrams-and-schematics.html

Brandon Carter
Senior Application Engineer
Ally PLM Solutions, Inc.

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