Adoddle Release 16.0

We are pleased to inform you that the latest version of the Asite Platform is now available for public use. This document provides highlights of the new features.  For more detail please contact us. Enjoy!       

 

The Asite Product Team

 

1      Product Enhancements

1.1 Document Management

 

    Support for embedding Quick Response Codes (QR Codes) into drawings  

Smartphone and tablet users can now directly check whether a printed (paper) drawing is the latest revision or is a superseded version and instantly see the drawing metadata by scanning the Quick Response code (QR Code) applied to the drawing.

 

Detailed Functional notes here

 

    Microsoft Office Excel Plug-in  

Users can now automatically assign metadata attributes to files being uploaded to Adoddle, based on their own file-naming conventions.

 

Detailed Functional notes here

 

    Enhancement to External References in AutoCAD DWG files

For CAD External References, users can now choose to validate and revise the X-Refs of either the specific Document Reference or across the entire project.

 

Detailed Functional notes here

 

    Copy Filename to Document Title where auto-numbering is set

Users can now copy the Filename less the extension to the Document Title field where the “Doc. Ref” field has an auto-numbering logic set.

 

    Support for moving documents for non-administrative Users

Non-ADMIN users can now move the documents by enabling the project-level / role-level privilege “Can Move Own Files”.

 

 

1.2 Workflow

 

     Extend support for save Views to include Custom fields  

 

With the Views functionality for Form and Distribution Report search, Users can now set

 

1.    Custom fields in the criteria and search on it

2.    View as editable or not

3.    View as Default

 

Detailed Functional notes here

 

 

1.3  AppBuilder

 

     Support for Sealed Bid functionality

Users can now setup a Sealed bid in which responses from the bidders are not visible to anyone until and unless the bid is closed out by the Administrator.

 

Detailed Functional notes here

  

 

1.4 cBIM

 

    Set Title picture of Project Model

Users can now upload the title picture of their Project model by selecting any of the views in the View Manager.

 

    Download Native file

Users can download the native file which was uploaded along with model file.

 

    Display Native file icon

When user uploads a native file along with an IFC model file, the model file will be displayed with the native file icon in object tree.

 

    Views within WebApp

Support is added within the web application for the View Manager functionality

 

 

2   System Changes

Adoddle 16.0 - Release Notes has the following changes to configuration requirements and plug-ins:

2.1 Change to PC Configuration Requirements (Footprint)

 

2.2 Change to Applets / Plug-ins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes:

1.      Updating the applets DOES NOT require Administration rights on local machine.

2.      Clicking on “Always” option when prompted with a certificate will ensure that similar prompts do not happen for current as well as any other applet signed by Asite.  If this option has already been activated, these updates will automatically install.

3.      Navigator update also does not require administrator rights.

4.      Asite cBIM installation / update requires administrator rights.