Solibri 9.12.3 Release Notes

Improvements

BCF Live

With 9.12.3, BCF Live Connector comes with a freshly updated UI to improve usability:

• Viewpoints have been relocated from the bottom of Live Issue Details to the top for easy access.
• Communication has been renamed to Comments.
• Coordination values, Comments and Components are now shown in their own tabs in Live Issue Details view.
• Zoom functionality has been added to viewpoints in Live Issue Details view.
• Arrow navigation added to viewpoints.
• Scroll bar and search tool is shown when there are numerous values in Coordination tab and Filter.
• Sorting issues according to Sync Status and Link columns is now possible.
• Conflict Resolution dialog has been improved, and is no longer shown for offline local changes.
• Laggy behavior experienced with large SMC projects in combination with the Link-column in BCF Live View has been greatly improved.
• Projects list is now sorted alphabetically and case-insensitive.
• Thumbnail size control has been added to resize viewpoints in BCF Live thumbnail view.
• Issue title and Index number are shown at the bottom of the thumbnail in BCF Live view.
• All buttons in Live Issue Details view's Coordination tab are sorted in alphabetical order.
• All buttons in BCF Live view's Filter dialog are sorted in alphabetical order.
• It is now possible to filter according to creation and modification date.

Solibri Developer Platform

• Added support to get component information which allows custom views and custom rules to easily use custom information.
• Added support for Constructive Solid Geometry (CSG) operations.
• Added support for Result decision state.
• Enumeration Parameters now return actual data value instead of display value.
• Parking rule specification document has been updated.

Changes to resources

• COBie UK Resources updated to v3.4.40 to take into account Uniclass 2015 January 2021 table updates.

Other improvements

• Categorized classifications are sorted before uncategorized classifications.
• Global Z coordinate value are shown in Info view and the same can be used in Filters and ITO as well.
• Layer and Geometry Information are now shown for IfcTransportElements.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where fully transparent parts are shown as opaque.
• Resolved an issue with distance between two components giving wrong results.
• Resolved an issue where support for property references in custom rules were not working.
• Resolved an issue where curtain walls and slabs shows incorrectly in certain models.
• Fixed an issue with Mark As Ready button changing size after sync in Live Issue Details view.
• Fixed an issue with selected issue counts were not cleared after removing issues in Live issue Details view.
• Resolved an issue where global X, Y, and Z- coordinate values were indicated incorrectly as 0 when the object did not have geometry.
• Resolved an issue where BCF Live connector was failing to export viewpoint in some cases (related to duplicate components).
• Resolved an issue where it was (incorrectly) possible to add the same components multiple times in the Live Issue Details view.
• Resolved an issue where location and snapshot from an existing (selected) issue were copied to newly created issue.
• Resolved an issue where certain types beams were incorrectly displayed.

Known issues

BCF Live filtering

Currently, not all server vendors support filtering fully:

• Aconex, and Trimble Connect: No filtering support.
• StreamBIM: No support for filtering according to creation and modification dates.