Welcome to the 14.5 Minor QA Testing Guide, please check with your developer to make sure 14.5 Minor Migration is successfully completed (if any) before testing.
Bug fixes and improvements🪲
As with any other releases, we're trying to improve by ruling out as much bugs as possible in order to maintain that awesome CET user experience. Hence, these relevant bugs and changes were handpicked for your information, divided into different CET component areas.
Material Handling
Developers have done some changes in the Material Handling abstract, which aims to improve the overall experience for our Material Handling manufacturers on the latest abstract. Changes are as follows:
Tunnel will no longer show in elevation view.
Should there be a tunnel created in the bay of the pallet racking for forklift's convenience, it now has a small improvement in the elevation view, where the outline of the tunnel will no longer be shown.
Comparison against 14.5 Official (Left) and 14.5 Minor (Right).
- By using your material handling manufacturer extension, create a 'tunnel' on one of the bays of the pallet racking.
- Create an elevation view of the bay/layout. The tunnel should be shown without an outline as the example above.
When using PDF Diff tool for regression testing, the missing outline might contribute to a 'failure' as there is indeed something missing in the latest CET. Keep this in mind.
Import/Export Tool Related
Revit
The *Revlink extension has been updated to support the latest Revit 2024. There are no changes introduced in terms of functionality and user interface to the Revlink extension. Older versions of Revit should still be supported. For manufacturers who are frequent users of this seamless Revit-CET integration, we highly recommend going these *test instructions to ensure it still works top notch for you.
Revit license extension, ensure you make 'Revlink' license administered to your myConfigura account.
- First off, ensure 'Revlink' license extension appear in the CET component tab. When clicked on, ensure the user interface has not changed and should look similar as above.
- Verify that the 'Import & Export' functionalities are still working as it should.
- Perform an 'Import Floor Plan from Revit'. Ensure you already have a layout that is created in Revit.
- Perform an 'Export Layout to Revit'.
- Create Family Files.
This section would require an installation of Revit (2024 or below) software and the 'RevLink Add-In' in Revit in order to test. If your manufacturer does not use this feature, this test section is optional.
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IFC Export
IFC has also received its share of care, where we've made improvements to the overall performance when dealing with IFC specifically IFC export. Previously, when exporting large-scale drawings as IFC, it can unreasonably take up to long minutes/hours for completion (Subject to drawing size). Though it does not introduce new changes to the overall functionality, please follow *test instructions below ensuring IFC export is not broken:
To recap, export of IFC is possible through:
IFC license extension in CET
Export Drawing in 'File' menu
In the export IFC dialog, different detail preset is available alongside with CET filter
- If you have *moderate to huge-sized drawings stashed in your network/local drive, this will be a good time to utilize. Load them into CET, perform IFC export in default/custom presets.
- Verify that the IFC export is successful can be completed *within reasonable waiting time.
- Verify that the exported IFC copy is accurate and is not missing any entities. To verify, it can be done by re-importing IFC into CET or by using a third-party IFC viewer.
- Ensuring no functionalities are broken, it's good to ensure IFC import still works.
There are no criteria set to determine drawing size here, solely because each manufacturer differs, and have its own definition and standard of a small / large drawing.
Reasonable waiting time should not exceed hours.
Dimensions Related
Hide preceding 0's when using units with inches and fractions (' ").
There is an improvement made in Dimensions. This change affects units with inches and fractions (' ") to any whole numbers.
- Feet and inches (' ")
- Feet and inches and fractions (' ")
Example below uses the unit of Feet and inches and fractions (' ") in precision (0'-0-1/4") at 12 feet 0 inch. Previously, any units with inches and fractions (' ") in any precisions except (0'-0"), there will be trailing zeros / '0' if a measurement ends up exactly at 12 feet, displaying (12' -0"). This causes a precision inconvenience to actual users.
With this change in CET 14.5 Minor, the trailing zeros / '0' will be removed if a measurement ends up exactly at 12 feet. Thus, it will display as (12') instead of (12' -0").
Comparison of how 12 feet 0 inch, fraction would look like in CET 14.5 (Left) against CET 14.5 Minor (Right)
Ensuring the precision isn't affected, follow *test instructions below:
- Using the above units mentioned, place a dimension / chain dimension string in drawing space. Measure your manufacturer snappers and ensure the change above takes place.
- Verify when a measurement reaches a non-decimal measurement, the trailing zeros / '0' should be removed in any precisions except (0'-0"). If there are existing drawings in coincidence that happen to end up with a trailing zero, it should also be removed in CET 14.5 Minor. (this will affect document printouts and order export documents, varies from manufacturer)
- Verify the associativity snapping is still working and dimension should correspond to changes of the associated snapper.
- When loading existing drawings and in new drawings, ensure general accuracy of dimensions is unchanged.
Block Related
Part tags in blocks does not show in Part Tag viewclip companion.
Working with the combination of Blocks, Part tagging and viewclip have been improved. Take a look at the example drafted below.
First off, there are 4 workstations in drawing, on the left, it is part tagged 'TAG1' and is in a 'Block'. On the right, it is also part tagged 'TAG1' but not in a 'Block'.
To recap! Left is in a 'Block', right isn't.
In paperspace, the part tag companion now shows the all 4 workstations in its accurate part tagged color as opposed to previous, where part tag in blocks are not identified at all.
A viewclip of the FIKA workstations.
Follow *test instructions below to ensure it works for you.
- By using your manufacturer extension, ensure you have the product snappers part tagged in different categories, some in blocks. If there are manufacturer specific tags, it's good to include it as well.
- In paperspace, create a viewclip coverage of the snappers. Apply 'Part tag companion' to the viewclip. Verify that the part tag (in and out of blocks) are shown in the accurate color in correspondence to the Part Tagging dialog.
- In the viewclip quick properties, ensure when feature 'Configure' is changed to 'Part tag colors', there is an option to toggle between different tags that are in use, and will affect the viewclip.
New features🆕
We're continuously improving in each releases to provide more features that brings more value into CET. Here's what you need to know, divided into different CET component areas.
Notification on block changes in alternatives.
A new dialog will notify, if users wish to enter 'Edit block mode' to make changes to the block copy that exists in two or more alternatives. This creates awareness that it will be an impact where changes will ripple through each copy available in all active alternative in the drawing.
However, when acknowledged, changes to the block will be allowed. If needed, the dialog can be made hidden by (Ticking "Don't show this again") until CET preferences is cleared again.
The notification dialog
Follow *test instructions below to ensure it works with your manufacturer extension.
- Using your manufacturer snappers, create a block. Then, create a few alternatives with the same copy of the block in the drawing. In any of the alternatives, double click on the block / in the block dialog to enter 'Edit block mode'. Verify that the dialog will show up of the above message.
- Ensure when clicked on:
- 'OK' closes the dialog and proceeds to 'Edit block mode'.
- 'Cancel' or 'X' closes the dialog only.
CAD / DWG curvature refinement.
In CET 14.5 Minor, any CAD / DWG file that consist of circular or curved shapes are improved. There are 2 examples below, the smoothness of the curves will be significantly improved both in 2D and 3D (if any).
Example of an 2D oval shape in an example DWG. 14.5 (Left) against 14.5 Minor (Right)
Example of an 3D object in an example DWG. 14.5 (Left) against 14.5 Minor (Right)
The smoothening process will be automatic by default. In the CAD dialog, there will be 2 new dropdowns introduced (see photo below). In contrast, it works by closely controlling the resolution of meshes generated (the degree can be controlled in the 2 new dropdowns). With that, a lower value will mean a lower tolerance to how the curve can deviate, meaning higher resolution and also polygon in the mesh, resulting in a smoother curve.
With the introduction of this feature, it's good to run through a *general test to verify both the new feature and correctness of the CAD.
The new dropdowns (circled RED) can be seen in the CAD dialog in CET 14.5 Minor.
- Import your desired CAD file into CET:
- Verify that the import of CAD file is successful, there shouldn't be any difference in terms of performance. The new dropdowns should come with default values, and can be changed to other presets if needed be.
- If there are curves, circles, etc. Ensure it is smoothened out, look better compared to CET 14.5, ensure this is reflected in 2D, 3D, viewclip and document printouts.
- While at it, ensure overall correctness of the imported CAD file ensuring there are no extra / missing entities and layers. Verify it with the CAD viewer if needed.
Core scheme phasing out 🗓️
When?
As you may have heard, we're in the works and discussions of retiring the old core schemes as early in Q4 2024. With this, we're highly encouraging our manufacturers who are still on core schemes to migrate to use propschemes as soon as possible.
Then?
With each completed migration, QA Support is always striving to keep the quality in check. Schemes is one of the core functionality of a manufacturer extension and we're leaving no chances on this. As a result, we strictly encourage visiting PropSchemes testing guide that we've prepared for your convenience.
Have additional questions?
Links that may come handy to you
Release and Migration Best Practices
As always, reach out to us at qasupport@configura.com if you have questions
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