Adoddle Release 19.3

Dear User,

At Asite we recognise the importance of your feedback and work continually to improve the tool and bring you new features.

We are pleased to bring you our new release Adoddle 19.3 which has exciting new features as well as bug fixes.

Adoddle 19.3 Release New Features and Key Enhancements

Additional options for Orbit Navigation: Viewing of 3D models is improved. Users can rotate and view a model using additional options of Orbit, Free Orbit and Turntable in Advanced viewers of Adoddle Navigator and Adoddle Web Application.

Support for Copy Folder Structure: Adoddle Folder Management is enhanced. Copy Folder Structure is now supported in Adoddle.

Improved Scheduling & Sharing of Adoddle Reports: Sharing key project information with project teams is improved. Adoddle users can manually select projects or use project filter to ensure a report shows data only for selected projects while scheduling Adoddle Reports. Users can also share Adoddle Reports with other users.

Automatically adding Admin Users: Users in “Workspace Administrators” role will be automatically added with Admin permissions when creating distribution groups, purpose of issues and statuses.

Improvements in Adoddle Field+ Application:

v Support for inline status change of Defects:Adoddle Field+ app now supports status change of defects in listing.

v Create Signature in Offline Mode: Users can now create signature in offline mode.

v Ease of use: Working with Adoddle Field+ app made easy, user will remain logged into the app unless they explicitly log out. This means even if user closes or kills the app they will remain logged in.

Improvements in Adoddle Form API:

v Form Access URLs Supported in APIs: Along with the form header data, form access URL will also be returned when invoking the form API.

Other Platform Changes:

v Discontinue Thumbnail View in Files Listing: Due to performance improvement reasons the thumbnail view in files listing is disabled, users will only get the list view.

v Discontinue Support of Internet Explorer 8: IE version 8 and older than 8 OR IE versions 9/10/11 with compatibility view enabled will not be supported on Adoddle after Release 19.4 (mid Feb 2017).

v Improved Extensibility: Adoddle extensibility for documents and forms is improved with introduction of new APIs and enhancement to existing ones.

1. Adoddle Web Application

Adoddle provides a unique and comprehensive set of capabilities in a single, unified environment to manage your Drawings, Project Schedules, BIM Models, Reports and Apps and share information across teams spread across different geographies.

Adoddle allows teams to access, capture, track and re-use data throughout the lifecycle of an asset from Feasibility to Facilities Management.

The following Section provides further details of the Improvements and New Features added to the Platform.

1.1 Adoddle Files

Copy Folder Structure: Adoddle Folder Management is enhanced. Copy Folder Structure is now supported in Adoddle.

Discontinue Thumbnail View in Files Listing: Due to performance improvement reasons the thumbnail view in files listing is disabled, users will only get the list view.

1.2 Adoddle Projects

1.3 Adoddle Forms

Form Access URLs Supported in APIs: Along with the form header data, form access URL will also be returned when invoking the form API.

1.4 Adoddle Reports

1.5 Adoddle Extensibility

Improved Extensibility: Adoddle extensibility is improved with introduction of new Rest APIs and enhancement to existing ones for documents and forms.

· API to Clone Project from an existing Template

· API to Create and Edit a Form

· New Search API to search documents by various criteria (like Doc Ref, Doc Title, Publish Date)

· Extended Document Listing API to provide download URL along with document meta-data

· Extended Create/Update folder API to support ability to specify folder permissions

2. Adoddle Field+

Adoddle Field+ is a simple, easy-to-use tool that enables project collaboration with contacts and project teams on the move. Sign in with your Adoddle account to publish and share and Mark-up drawings, photos, other files, and issue actions to team members, allowing you to stay on top of time-critical review processes. View and mark-up Building Information Models (BIM) in 3D, including the ability to drill down into the components of the model and review discipline-specific elements.

Adoddle Field+ enables you to view and review multiple model files from disparate BIM Authoring toolsets merged into one unified model in Adoddle cBIM in the cloud. Raise RFI's, Defects / Punch lists, or any of the hundreds of other project workflow forms available in the Adoddle App Library and issue them to team members directly from your tablet with direct and automatic links to the relevant parts of any file or model. The Adoddle platform maintains a full and complete audit trail of all communications as a project progresses.

2.1 Adoddle Field+

Performance Improved: Adoddle Field+ app’s latest update includes under the hood improvements for better performance for improved usability.

Support for in-line status change of Defects: Adoddle Field+ app now supports status change of defects in listing.

Create Signature in Offline Mode: Adoddle Field+ users can now create signature in offline mode as well.

Ease of use: Working with Adoddle Field+ app made easy, user will remain logged into the app unless they explicitly log out. This means even if user closes or kills the app they will remain logged in.

3. Adoddle Navigator

Adoddle Navigator is a user-friendly desktop application that allows you to upload 2D and 3D files and collaborate with Project teams. Adoddle users have the option to synchronize information locally while working offline on the native applications before signing-in to Adoddle and publish them as revisions.

Adoddle Navigator integrates directly with Autodesk Revit and facilities exchanging data from 3D BIM Collaborative environment such as COBie (Construction Operation Building Information Exchange). Users can connect all project data to models regardless of their BIM Authoring tool. With a centralized storage of all versions of your models in a collaborative online environment, users can harness the power of Big Data and extensible toolkit for Collaborative BIM.

Performance Improvement: Adoddle Model Server has gone through under the hood improvements for better performance and user experience.

4. Coming soon…

v Ability to lock documents in Adoddle

v View Models offline in Adoddle Field+

v Support for filters in Adoddle Field+

v Open Links from Emails in Adoddle Field+

v Clash Detection in cBIM

5. System Changes

Adoddle 19.3 - Release Notes lists the following changes to configuration requirements and plug-ins:

5.1 Changes to PC Configuration Requirements (Footprint)

None

5.2 Changes to Applets / Plug-ins

IT Configuration Applet - No

Upload - Applet (Classic version) – Yes

Java Viewer (Classic version) - No

Active-X Viewer (File Comparison) - No

Adoddle Navigator – Yes

Java Viewer (Adoddle cBIM) – No

Notes:

1. Updating the Applets does NOT require Administrator permissions on the local machine.

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

3. Adoddle Navigator installation / update requires administrator rights.