Solibri Model Checker Release Notes v9.8.17

This maintenance release focuses on Japanese support and PDF handling among other improvements:   Japanese support:

• Version and documentation

PDF handling:

• Improved picking when moving PDF
• Visibility in slides
• Possibility to pick measurements through transparent areas on PDF

Please check below for more detailed information about this maintenance release Rules:

• [#235] Remove extra brackets in issue title
• [#236] Improved issue categorization
• [#236] Improved visualization in issues around staircases
• [#1] Sometimes components that didn't even touch created issues
• [#1] Sometimes the "Light fixture whose lower elevation matches the elevation of suspended ceiling" exception created issues

2D:

• You can now pick the drawing from 3D and see its info
• Improved picking of drawing lines and intersections
• Improved performance on PDF import
• Transparent areas of PDF don't block picking anymore
• PDF drawings as footprints now properly working
• Cropping doesn't create black areas in the PDF anymore
• Align drawings is now undoable
• PDF can now be added to selection basket
• Improved interactive placement of drawings

IFC:

• Added support for predefined Type for IFCTYPE objects

UI:

• Calendar component is now localized
• Improved icons

ITO:

• Footprints are now shown when spaces are reported in ITO
• ITO tables now scroll properly
• IFCFLOWTERMINAL in ITO now only reports flow terminals

3D:

• Mac - Improved 3D performance
• Section plane selection improvements in 3D view
• Navigation map floors are now properly updated

Checking:

• Double clicking the cell in checking results now creates a slide

Presentation:

• Issue sorter dialog performance improved
• Flagging in the issues window has been improved
• Issue date is now saved properly
• PDF visibility now works with slides

Misc:

• Ruleset Manager: Text editing in description popup window has been improved
• Category removal from pop up menu improved
• Update models popup doesn't load all files
• Classification tables now scroll properly
• Nearest Space: Relation is shown after relating a component to another space
• Model tree sorts the models according to their short names
• Model tree sorts the models if the model name gets a new short name from popup menu
• It is possible to select a component from component type selection dialog by double clicking on the row