SpinFire Ultimate 11.10.6 Release Notes
Overview
SpinFire 11.10.6 adds features which improves performance, updates importer and fixes a number of issues.
Changes
Added ability to disable thumbnail creation for the Recent Documents list.
Enabled JT files to use the "Load Only Assembly Tree" feature.
Implemented enabling the addition of multiple files to the script list.
Importer updates
Format | Version |
|---|---|
Catia v5 | R10 to V5-6R2024 (R33) (2D), |
NX | NX to NX 2312 Series (2D), V11.0 to NX 2312 Series (3D) |
Parasolid | Up to 36.1 |
Rhino | 4 - 8 |
Solidworks | 2004 to 2024 (2D), V19 - 20, ST - ST10, 2024 (3D). |
Additional Enhancements
Loading a 3D file should not trigger automatically a bounding box calculation.
Add cancel button to part properties status window.
Bug Fixes
2D Models
Text is missing in a specific Catia v5 drawing.
Measurements fail operating on a TIFF file.
A specific Autodesk DWF file takes a long time to load.
Export
Exporting Annotations with Screenshot option to text-based files is displaying unwanted information.
Installation
Release notes URL updated.
Language
Switching languages from Japanese back to English causes text to over flow the background color of a mark up.
Surface names do not update when changing languages.
Script editor title does not update when switching languages.
Maximize and CLose buttons after using restore using the German language.
Physical properties labels are not translted until documenst are reopened.
Misc.
Crash occurs with a right mouse click on the CAD part and selecting Transparency.
Double clicking the right-mouse button using the Surface Point to Surface Point Distance causes a viewer crash.
Crash occurs selecting Category in Part Properties Charts.
Assembly tree and Workspace parts positions changed.
Teams shares a black screen when sharing SpinFire window
Scripting
Script is not save dclosing with the 'x' button.
Settings
Thumbnails in the Recent Documents list do not reappear after changing back to a value greater than 0.
Options are unlocked by default when using Shared Settings.
Settings are modified when shared settings are used.
Saving an ACT3D file with 3D Preview does not allow the preview or in some cases errors.
Recommended Environments
Client Environment | Minimum | Recommended | Optimum |
|---|---|---|---|
Operating System | Windows 10 (64-bit) | Windows 10 (64-bit) Windows 11 | Windows 10 (64-bit) Windows 11 |
OS Language Supported | English (US) German | English (US) German | English (US) German |
CPU/Processor | Intel i3 4 Core 3.8 GHz (or equivalent) | Intel i5 4 Cores 3.9 GHz (or equivalent) | Intel i7 8 Cores 4 GHz (or equivalent) |
Memory | 8 GB DDR4 16 GB DDRR for Windows 11 | 16 GB DDR4 | 32 GB DDR4 |
Graphics | DirectX 12 capable graphics card, 2GB VRAM | DirectX 12 capable graphics card, 4GB VRAM | DirectX 12 capable graphics card, 6GB VRAM |
Installation Notes
SpinFire Ultimate News Panel
The SpinFire Ultimate News panel requires Microsoft’s webview2 runtime software to display the latest in SpinFire news.
Download the executable from Microsoft to install.
Note: If your system is up to date on Windows 11, your system will already have this installed.
Print Preview
In many cases, Microsoft updates have prevented the rendering of the model in Print Preview.
Microsoft provides a workaound to correct this.
On the system in question,
Open a PowerShell in admininistration mode.
Run the following:
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NETFramework\Windows Presentation Foundation\XPSAllowedTypes" /v "DisableDec2022Patch" /t REG_SZ /d "*" /reg:64
For more information see, https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/topic/kb5022083-change-in-how-wpf-based-applications-render-xps-documents-a4ae4fa4-bc58-4c37-acdd-5eebc4e34556