User related changes

Possibility to set specific presentation and dynamic label as default and active on drawing load

Issue [HDC-3797] - Filter default active
Issue [HDC-3797] - Dynamic labels default active

Two new user options has been added to User Profile.

Enable Default Presentation - when active, chosen presentation from Default Presentation dropdown-list will be applied to each loaded drawing in the viewer just as it would be chosen manually after drawing load.

Enable Default Labeling - when active, chosen dynamic label from Default Labeling dropdown-list will be applied to each loaded drawing in the viewer just as it would be chosen manually after drawing load.

If presentation or label is changed by user on a drawing, new choice will become default one for this user in his current session.

Improved handling of presentation spots visibility

Issue [HDC-3860] - Improved handling of presentation spots visibility

New user parameter Default Presentation Layer has been added that will improve visibility of used presentations.

New parameter does not influence presentations with selected specific layer in their configuration.
Such presentation will always have active spots from presentation layer regardless of their visibility state.

In case of presentations without specified layer, new parameter will allow to specify preferred layer for spots selection when presentation is activated.

It's a quite common situation that for example 3 spots on different layers are linked to same room. If presentation was activated, random spot was selected until now.
With Default Presentation Layer defined, spots from this layer are preferred.

Data filtering in Grid View

Issue [HDC-1359] - I can use Data filter function in Gridview so that a subset of data is presented

Grid View offers new features for data filtering per column. Different filter options are available depending on column data type.

Filter can also be applied to current document view and predefined presentations. For more information, please review the full users manual: Grid View (2) (Data filtering section)

Print from print preview improvements

Issue [HDC-3733] - Print fails - too long url generated for some cases

This issue fixes a bug when sometimes after clicking on Print button from Print Preview nothing would happen and print failed.

Additionally some other small improvements have been done to printing from print preview:

"Printing" message is shown while waiting for server response:

Download progress is shown while downloading (most useful when having slow network connection):

New version of PDF viewer

Issue [HDC-3812] - New PDF viewer with Layers support

In-build PDF Viewer that allows for viewing various attachments (like docs, muli-page PDFs etc) has been upgraded.
New interface has been introduced with new various options along with Layer support.

Possibility to set icon size as "fixed"

Issue [HDC-3587] - Option to set if an icon is zoomed "dynamically"

Icons can now be declared as having Fixed visible pixel size independently of actual viewing (zooming) scale.

Scaled Image Size - icon will adjust it's size to drawing units so it's stays the same in drawing units regardless of zoom (all icons were working this way before),
Fixed Image Size - icon will have always the same real pixel size regardless of zoom level.

On the screen below we have two icons. The one on the left from the square has Scaled image size. The one on the right has Fixed image size.
On given zoom level they seem to have same size:

But when we zoom out then the one with Fixed image size will seem to grow but in reality it's real pixel size will stay the same.
The Scale image size icon will become smaller in pixel size but will retain same size in drawing units.

If we then zoom in, Fixed image size icon will seems smaller but it's pixel size will still stay the same.

This parameter can be set when adding an icon to a drawing, on a Select Icon dialog:

or can be changed on existing icons from right-click context menu.

Data Exchange related changes

New import type - XML ObjectData

Issue [HDC-2247] - update of object properties from xml file

Introduction

New import type XML ObjectData have been added to TDXM manager.

Existing ObjectData import using excel sheet was renamed to Excel ObjectData.

New XML ObjectData import allows data integration from prepared .xml file on Object level.
It was created for updating object's metadata (or different classes if needed) purpose but can also be used for adding new objects if needed.

It's not possible to import attachemnts, drawings or geometries using this import type.

Release notes for version 4.2.1