Catalogue Tools 14.0 Minor: August 21, 2023

News & Changes

• The Catalogue Creator now supports the addition of custom Notes to Catalogue objects. These texts can be anything from technical descriptions to product texts, packaging dimensions or web URLs.

Fixes & Enhancements

Catalogue Creator Improvements

• The SIF Export dialog now has an option to exclude OFDA parameters from the export.
• The SIF Export dialog now has an option to add a “3-” prefix to the 3D reference when exporting 3D model assets.

Catalogue Creator Crash Fixes

• Fixed issue with assigning recursive features to a product that would cause a crash.

Catalogue Creator Bug Fixes

• Fixed problem with column resizing that could cause the creator to reset manual column resizing.
• Fixed problem with Copy/Paste of external references that could prevent information from being brought over, such as the X, Y, Z values.
• Fixed problem that prevented stretching from correctly moving objects that were added via insertion IDs.
• Fixed problem with Stretch that could prevent it from following set Measurement when inserted as a Child product.
• Fixed problem with Scheme Preview that could prevent labels for sub features from showing correctly.
• Fixed problem with Sync Groups that could trigger unnecessary option syncs. 
• Fixed problem with SIF export that could cause .gm files to go missing.
• Fixed problem with SIF export that could prevent material layer data from being included.
• Fixed problem with SIF export and the Optional No Code column that could cause fields left empty to export as “null”.

Model Lab/Stage Improvements

• Added support for using the 3Dconnexion SpaceMouse in the Model Lab.
  • Please keep in mind that for this to fully work your system needs to have the official drivers from 3Dconnexion installed before launching CET.
• A control has been added to the Batch Converter to allow for custom Arc Refinement values. 

Model Lab/Stage Bug Fixes

• Fixed issue with the Batch Converter that could cause a crash when converting 3 000+ items in one go.
• Fixed problem with the Box and Sphere selection methods that prevented them from working when dealing with imported .stp models.
• Fixed problem with Advanced UV control that could prevent changes to Scale and Rotation values from updating.