CET 16.0 Major: May 27, 2025
All Editions News & Changes
Final Phase of the CET Facelift
- As the next step of the CET Facelift, the toggle to switch to the new UI will be removed and the new UI will be enabled by default.
New Features
New! Choose XREF When Importing
- You can now choose which XREF DWGs to include when importing DWG drawings to CET. On the 'CAD xrefs' tab of the CAD Settings dialog, simply select which ones you'd like load, and then click 'Insert'.
New! Double Doors
- Double Doors are now available directly in the Walls tab. Many users have been requesting Double Doors in CET, and they already existed but were hard to find. Based on that feedback, we've given them their own button and placed it prominently in the Accessories section of the Walls tab.
Enhanced Catalogue Browser Query Functionality
- Catalogue Browser queries now support direct modification of part data, enabling you to update part numbers and option information directly within the Query interface. This enhancement streamlines the part management workflow by eliminating the need to navigate to separate screens for basic data updates.
In the upcoming CET 16.0 Patch 1 we'll complete the enhanced query functionality by adding pricing modification capabilities.
Improvements
CAD Settings
The CAD Settings dialog is seeing a facelift and some important updates:
- Layer handling is now significantly faster. Previously, CET had difficulty managing just a few dozen layers, but it can now efficiently handle thousands.
- The dialog now supports searching using inexact matching. It is no longer necessary to respect character case, and you can type just part of the layer name to find what you’re looking for. If you add a * (star) in your search, it will look for results that include whatever’s before and after the star, no matter what order the words appear in.
Overall Performance
- The performance when navigating the 3D view, most prominently when working with a large DWG drawing in it, has been greatly improved. In many cases, we've observed upwards to an 800% improvement.
- The UI responsiveness and performance stability of the Catalogue Downloader have been improved when downloading large volumes of files.
- The time it takes to load and fill a component tab with contents is now faster. CET is also displaying a progress bar to help show when contents are loading.
- Some overall enhancements have been made to improve performance in all types of renders.
Categorization
- We have reworked the way the Categorization Dialog displays categories. It now shows only the categories directly applied to the symbol as checked. Previously, it also showed parent categories as checked, even when they weren’t applied, which could cause confusion.
- Dimensions no longer receive Categories from View Modes when copied. This makes them more intuitive to work with, as many users did not expect them to receive categories such as 'Architectural' and 'CAD' when copied into 'View All'. Now the pasted dimensions should, unless an Extension overrides this behavior, have the same categorization as what was copied.
- In CET’s Filter and Categorization dialogs, Flooring is now listed as a subcategory under Architectural, making it easier to filter flooring objects.
- More functionality has been added to the newly released Auto categorization tool! Non-default categories that have been added to an object can now be easily removed via the preview; not only via the Categorization dialog:
Paper View
- To maintain consistency and prevent duplicates, the old view switcher has been removed from the top right corner of Paper View. Only the new view switcher remains, located in the bottom right corner, just as in all other views.
- The icons of the tools in the Drawing section of the Tools (paper) component tab have changed order, so the most used '2D view clip' now comes first.
- It is now possible to change the font size of the Scale add-on for 2D view clips.
- All Dimension icons on the Tools (paper) tab in Paper View have been updated to align with CET's new user interface.
General Updates
- Help dialogs accessed through the question marks found on the Extension tabs in CET have been updated to align with the new user interface.
- Manufacturers listed in the 'Send Feedback' dialog are now ordered alphabetically to make reporting quicker and easier.
- All products in the Bathroom Accessories Extensions have been translated into all languages supported in CET.
Fixes & Enhancements
Crash Fixes
- Fixed issue where clicking the backspace button on certain text boxes could cause a crash.
- Fixed issue where clicking on CET after closing a 'Material Select' dialog, that had been opened through the quick properties box, which could cause a crash.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed problem where the 'Email Drawing' option under the Help menu, or in custom Extensions, did not work with the new Outlook.
- Fixed problem with the tabs in the File menu not retaining the last selected tab after CET restarts.
- Fixed problem with Component tabs occasionally flickering when loading.
- Fixed problem where catalogues were not downloaded due to the download location path containing non-ascii characters (for example from the Nordic alphabets, or Chinese or Japanese characters).
- Fixed problem where the Catalogue Downloader would fail to detect download errors caused by locked files and did not notify the user when such failure occurred.
- Fixed problem where layer names were not always preserved when exporting a DWG without xrefs.
- Fixed problem with the hierarchy of blocks not showing correctly in the block navigation bar when the block is nested under multiple parent blocks.
- Fixed problem where the color temperature of some lights in a drawing would increase every time the drawing was loaded.
- Fixed problem where imported images would appear black when attempting to adjust the brightness.
- Fixed problem where some symbols wouldn't update their visibility properly.
- Fixed problem with copying from Excel to CET which didn't work properly, resulting in CET trying to paste an image instead of text.
- Fixed bug that caused a dimension of 1 inch to show as -1" if the option 'Hide Zero Feet' had been enabled in the quick properties box.
- Fixed problem with certain symbols being displayed as active on a Level, even when the Level itself wasn't active.
- Fixed problem with the sort order of Levels on the Architectural tab seeming random when two or more levels had the same elevation.
- Fixed problem with the Mirror & Flip tools that would cause symbols to be mirrored or flipped incorrectly.
- Fixed problem with the Material Explorer window not opening on the main screen when there are multiple monitors.
- Fixed problem with the Material Lab only showing the fields for HEX values when creating GM materials but not PBR materials. Now, they are showing when creating either of these material types.
- Fixed problem where symbol behavior could incorrectly change which type Part Tag Rectangle was created through the Part Tag Dialog.
- Fixed problem where option codes would change to incorrect values and get stuck in the Calculation. For improved clarity, a new column called 'Numeric Option Value' has been added to the Calculation to show the correct information.
- Fixed problem with the Calculation window not retaining the last used size when reopened.
- Fixed problem with the 'Locate on drawing' feature not working in the Calculation while in the Block Edit Mode.
- Fixed problem with submitting an error report for a failed SketchUp import that could result in CET sending a Feature request instead of adding the necessary log files.
- Fixed problem where 3D Viewports in Paper View could sometimes lose their preview when using the Contour rendering option.
- Fixed problem with transparent PNG images in Paper View that could cause dimensions or text boxes to be hidden underneath the image.
- Fixed problem where the 'New' button in Photo Lab overlapped the thumbnails when using CET in French.
- Fixed problem in Photo Lab that could cause the camera to wind up in a different position than the already rendered image, leading to re-renderings of that image to shift.
CET Edition Specific Release Notes
CET Commercial Interiors
New Features
New! Material Portal
- The new Materials Portal feature will allow users to access materials from textile manufacturers like Mayer, Momentum, and Maharam. Users can download materials from the portal that can be used in the Material Explorer and applied to products in drawing view.
- New 'Pattern' and 'Colorway' fields have been added to the Customer's Own Materials dialog to provide more details about COMs.
New! Preview Image in Calculation
- Preview images now render products with updated changes and export to PMX files in Spec along with Print Reports in CET.
Improvements
- In the Calculation, the 'Textile Length' field has been renamed to 'Material Quantity' to make it more inclusive and accurate for various materials. 'Material Quantity' better reflects the purpose of this field as it now represents the amount of any material needed, regardless of type, and helps ensure a clearer and more versatile data usage across different material applications.
- In the Flooring Extension, functionality has been added to allow cutting tiles in the 'Installation pattern and stamps' dialog.
- In the 'Layers' dialog of the CIL Extension you'll find the new 'Set Default Categories' button. It replaces the old 'Link to Default Categories' button that was erroneously removed from the CIL Component tab in the CET Facelift.
Fixes & Enhancements
Bug Fixes
- Fixed problem with CIL objects not being visible in custom View Modes if the 'Visible in Normal View Mode' setting had been disabled.
- Fixed problem with the 'New Catalogues to Activate' dialog being called twice from the CIL Extension.
- Fixed problem with linking CIL layers to categories to all part numbers in the drawing. You can now control and select what part numbers will receive the links.
- Fixed problem with the 'Edit auxiliary data' button missing in the Custom products dialog of the Flooring Extension.
CET Material Handling
New Features
New! Orthographic View Support with Camera Presets
- For the Material Handling Edition of CET, we’re expanding the 3D navigation options in the workspace. In addition to the default perspective view, you can now switch to an orthographic view — ideal for layout planning, alignment, and spatial organization.
- Orthographic mode is advantageous when:
- Checking alignment and spacing without depth perspective.
- Working from fixed, standard angles. - We're also adding certain camera positions that are typical for working in orthographic mode, but they can also be accessed from perspective: Top, Front, Back, Left, and Right. The view from these positions gives you a clear, head-on look at your design, helping ensure everything lines up just right
New! Send to 2D View
- We have added a new 'Send to 2D view' feature to the toolbar in the Elevation Views dialog. Clicking this tool will project and display the selected elevation view in the 2D view of the drawing area.
Essential Extension Updates
Essential Deep Racking
- A new feature has been added to the Essential Deep Racking Extension, letting users adjust the gaps between frames. This is now adjustable in both the Pre-Configurator and the Frame Editor.
Essential Shelving
- In Essential Shelving, the 'Door' component got a new Close/Open option in its quick properties box.
- We've updated the icons for Essential Shelving Protectors to match the icon set used in the Essential Pallet Racking Extension.
Essential Guarding
- Stretching the panel width in Essential Guarding now includes a 'Special' property, to enable toggling between special/non-special widths during stretching.
Essential Conveyors
- Essential Conveyors is seeing some new accessories, namely pallet conveyor brakes and stops.
- An 18" option has been added to the BF dropdown menu in the quick properties of all conveyor units in Essential Conveyors.
Essential Pallet Racking
- In Essential Pallet Racking, the flue gap property is now hidden when selecting the 'All Single' racking layout in the Pre Configurator.
- In Essential Pallet Racking, the remover tool spread options have been removed from the Bay Editor.
Industrial Equipment Accessories
- The texture graphics for the entire Industrial Equipment Accessories Extension has been upgraded.
Fixes & Enhancement
Crash Fixes
- Fixed issue with inserting a single upright in the Deep Racking Frame Editor that could cause a crash.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed problem where the Elevation Symbol did not have the correct Categories assigned to it by default.
- Fixed problem with slow performance when opening the Bay Editor in any Essentials for Material Handling Extension.
- Fixed problem in Essential Guarding where a barrier would be vastly larger than the pole it was snapped to.
- Fixed problem with the Excel export menu option only being available in the Calculation's File menu if the Essential Conveyors Extension was installed. It should now be available in all CET Editions, regardless of installed Extensions.
- Fixed problem where deleting a conveyor did not remove the spot elevation and flow arrow.
- Fixed problem with incorrect texts in Essential Conveyors by changing from 'Conveyor Properties' to 'Conveyor Settings', and adding 'Pallet Stop' to the missing tooltip.
- Fixed problem with shelving displaying the row width dimensions in the 2D layout by default.
- Fixed problem where increasing the frame depth in a mixed racking of Selective Beams and Pallet Lives caused the unit loads on the Selective Racking to be misaligned and not centered.
- Fixed problem with the Industrial Equipment Extension where pallet symbols were missing the 'Generate boxes' option in the quick properties box.
- Fixed problem where a newly downloaded symbol from the Material Handling Library inserted into the drawing area for the first time couldn't be selected properly.
- Fixed problem where the component tabs of the Structural Extension and the Material Handling Library wouldn't auto-collapse as expected.
- Fixed problem where exporting large models to the NWD file format could cause some models to not appear correctly in the NWD viewer.
CET Kitchen & Bath
New Features
- The Essential Kitchen EU Extension has been updated to align with the new user interface of CET.
- In Essential Kitchen EU, we have added support for offsetting the placement of taps during insert.
Fixes & Enhancement
Bug Fixes
- Fixed problem where Satellite Views would show in Paper View.
- Fixed problem that would cause information to go missing from the Style and Materials dialog if CET was minimized.
- Fixed problem with the list of active styles in the Style and Materials dialog not updating correctly.
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