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ShipConstructor 2008 R3.0.3 - Fixed Issues: 2

Issue ID Issue Type Description
 Project Split & Merge   Subtotal: 1 
12090 Issue Split and Merge - Out of Memory exception encountered during Merge / Refresh operation
 Shared   Subtotal: 1 
12477 Issue Production - Plate Nest - All plate nests created by automatic nest after R3 will share geometry. Click here for Knowledgebase Article.


ShipConstructor 2008 R3.0.2 - Fixed Issues: 5

Issue ID Issue Type Description
 Penetrations   Subtotal: 1 
11980 Issue Penetration - Having a drawing MLinked/Xrefed which contains a penetration ShipConstructor may crash
 Pipe   Subtotal: 1 
12024 Issue Pipe - Generic Ends - When doing a fitting insert that requires a generic end to change ShipCon crashes.
 Shared   Subtotal: 2 
12073 Issue Production - Assembly - "Copy with Base Point" causes fatal error if not connected to a project
12055 Issue Report - Selecting assemblies in the tree and generating a report will not generate a report of the current selected assembly
 Split and Merge   Subtotal: 1 
11331 Issue Project Split & Merge - Unable to set branch as current system in a pipe or hvac system model drawing


ShipConstructor 2008 R3.0.1 - Fixed Issues: 5

Issue ID Issue Type Description
 Penetrations   Subtotal: 1 
12008 Issue Penetrations - Selecting a watertight pipe stock in an imperial project gives wrong values
 Shared   Subtotal: 1 
12029 Issue Shared - Global Dimension to Point - SCONGLOBALDIMENSIONLABEL objects created prior to R3 are missing from drawings opened in R3
 Structure   Subtotal: 3 
12054 Issue Structure Modeling - when plate nesting, weight for fabricated profiles is not calculated based on the plate material
12007 Issue Structure - Fabricated Profiles - Volume, Surface Area and Volume with Green is being calculated incorrectly for the Web and Bottom Flange
11748 Issue Production - Plate Nest - Twisted Stiffener - Unable to plate nest very specific Twisted Stiffeners


ShipConstructor 2008 R3 - Fixed Issues: 142

Issue ID Issue Type Description
 Administrator   Subtotal: 1 
8939 Issue Administrator - 'guest' is a forbidden username in SQL Server 2005. SynchronizeLogins (+ on restore) throws exception
 Distributed Systems   Subtotal: 14 
11803 Issue Distributed Systems - Connections - Remote connections in a split project are always locked for split.
11625 Issue Distributed Systems - Spool Drawings - ARS Lable does not show degree symbol "o" for angle
11488 Minor Improvement Distributed Systems - Production Ouput - When viewing centerlines and end icons, trim/extend centerline to icon edges
11039 Issue Equipment - Modeling - Cannot change assembly through OPM
10851 Issue Distributed Systems - Modeling - Improve performance of solid copying
10846 Issue Distributed Systems - Modeling - Maximally world align all items when modeling (option)
10642 Issue Distributed Systems - Spool Drawings - Spool Name keyword does not reflect changes to spool name
10553 Minor Improvement Distributed Systems - Modeling - Have spool breaks adapt their shape from connecting parts
10533 Minor Improvement Distributed Systems - Production Drawings - Automatically switch to model/paper space for commands that require it
10312 Issue Distributed Systems - ARS Labels - Only label cutback elbows
9943 New Feature Distributed Systems - Utilities toolbar - Add common utilities (merge pipe, break pipe)
9921 Issue Production - BOM - Spool list BOM shows System Name for both System and Branch fields
9648 Issue ShipConstructor - Production Drawings - Any drawing containing penetrations will not plot correctly
6646 New Feature ShipConstructor - Production Drawings - Implement label aligning algorithm
 Electrical   Subtotal: 2 
7926 New Feature Electrical - Manager - Implement Cable support editor
7377 New Feature Electrical - Cable Library & Design + Implement the cable library for the electrical module
 Equipment   Subtotal: 1 
9960 Issue Equipment - Class Editor - Change "Placement point" to "Insertion Point"
 HVAC   Subtotal: 4 
11806 Issue Production - Arrangement Drawing - Updating a drawing containing HVAC with both a deleted connection and valid connection will result in an error
11652 Issue HVAC - Modeling - Using "Autofit" with invalid selection causes a fatal error
11071 Issue BOM/Report - HVAC parts in metric units have End Profiles listed in imperial units in BOM and Report
10822 Issue HVAC - Modeling - Some Elbow definitions produce error solids, causing save errors in ACAD 2007
 Hull   Subtotal: 10 
11129 Issue Hull - NURBS Curves - Continue command does not always continue from the selected end
11063 Issue Hull - UI - Create a single command to export to structure (for twisted stiffeners and curved plates)
10649 Issue Hull - NURBS Properties - Deleting curves using the Edit NURBS Properties dialog causes problems including possible crashing
10628 Issue Hull - Stringer Shell Expanded Surfaces - Calculate Secondary Girth Labels inserts extra label
10610 Issue Hull - Surface Properties - Crash after deleting surface that was selected in the Edit Surface Properties
10573 Issue Hull - Reflines - Creating reflines by girth does not use the color defined in the edit locations window
10053 Issue Hull - Import - Entering a new tolerance in the "Small Tolerance Warning" window does not update the displayed mesh resolution
9596 Issue Hull - Roll Line - Single Curved Surface Roll Lines are not calculated correctly!!
9248 Issue Hull - Marklines Dialog - Clicking the markline visibility icon on a heading item (eg. frames) takes a LONG time if there are many marklines
8894 Issue Hull - Curve Block - Trimming a curve block using multiple trim lines corrupts curve block curves
 NC-Pyros   Subtotal: 1 
11203 Issue NC-Pyros - Displayed path not correct when small segments are erased
 Penetrations   Subtotal: 3 
11340 Issue Distributed Systems - Penetration Manager - 'Last Modified' field is sorted alphabetically rather than chronologically
11339 Issue Penetration - Creation - Error adding points when penetration is skewed
10519 Issue Penetrations - Modeling - Creating a multipart penetration containing both pipe and hvac parts causes fatal save errors
 Pipe   Subtotal: 12 
11604 Issue Pipe - Modeling - Pipes get modeled with the pipe part overlapping the end treatment
11356 Issue Pipe - Modeling - Valve ends start at wrong location
10953 Issue Pipe - Modeling - Pipes don't line up coaxially enough to connect
10555 Issue Pipe - Catalog - Unions are not represented properly
9981 New Feature Pipe - Naming Conventions - Making it possible to create a naming convention w/o an AutoNum
9205 Issue Pipe - Modeling - Benders use display units from the Select Bender dialog as project units
8472 Minor Improvement Pipe - Stock Catalog - Add Nominal Bore column
4853 New Feature Pipe - Modeling - Ability to insert flange sets / connectors
4342 New Feature Pipe - Modeling - Insert fitting command
3323 New Feature Pipe - Modeling - Insert fitting into straight/bent functionality
3311 New Feature Pipe - Catalog & Modeling - Dynamically determined End Treatments
251 New Feature Pipe - Modeling - Implement Find/Replace Stock functionality
 Shared   Subtotal: 30 
11741 Issue Production Drawings - BOM - new columns in an editted BOM def are too wide when updating the BOMs
11233 Issue Licensing - LockView shows SSI Troubleshooting guide from program group but none exists
11159 Minor Improvement ShipConstructor - Project Revisions - Date column should include time
11105 New Feature DB - Report - Add BendDirection to Extrusion Part Bends report section
11103 New Feature DB - Report - Add "Trim Component" as field for Extrusion Part Trims report section
11102 New Feature DB - Report - Show Flange Angle / Web Angle for extrusion trims
11056 Minor Improvement DB - Report - Default value for "Keep Together" should be NO
10956 Issue DB - Report - System Data.SqlException: String or binary data would be truncated error message while running report.
10897 New Feature Report - Add PartCount field to "Nests" section of PlateNest report
10862 Issue Production Drawings - Labeling - Leader lines intersect the labels if the label style contains no bubble
10690 New Feature DB - Report - Ability to select multiple systems to generate a single report
10670 Issue DB - Report - Grouping report by user-defined field throws exception
10665 New Feature Licensing - Add Universal licensing 'module'
10591 Issue Report - NoSpoolPipe section for build strategy report throws exception
10571 Issue Report - Profile Nest Issue/Cut/Export date not being reported
10566 New Feature Report - Add Unit as available field for reports
10554 New Feature ShipConstructor - Production Drawings - Add command to only update keywords
10541 Issue Report - Corrugation Count field for assemblies is misnamed as extra Profile Count field
10193 Issue Report - Profile Nest - Nest/Issued User and Date not set
10074 New Feature Report - Add new field: "Profile Plot" to all applicable report sections
10015 Issue Licensing - Licenses lost with RPC server is unavailable error
9916 Issue Manager - Naming Conventions - Nominal Size field should not include units
9900 New Feature Licensing - Usage log for license counting
9887 New Feature DB - Report - Add Fabricated Extrusion Components section to reports
9442 Issue Production - BOM- If both a stock and a part have the same user-defined attribute assigned, with values, it will show up as blank in the BOM
9420 Issue Report - Need "Assembly Name" field which returns only the assembly to which the part is directly assigned.
7399 New Feature DB - Report - Have a "AllParts" section that includes all part types, so that they will all be grouped together, similar to 2005 reports.
6279 New Feature Manager - Material Grades - Generate Usage Log for Material Grades
6070 New Feature DB - Report - Ability to select multiple assemblies to generate a single report
502 New Feature DB - Report - Remnant Report
 Split and Merge   Subtotal: 2 
10706 New Feature DB - Split and Merge - Test archives for CRC errors before processing a mrg, spl, or rfs file
9750 New Feature DB - Split and Merge - When Processing a Merge or Refresh Split and Merge should warn if the file was created using an older version of SQL Server
 Structure   Subtotal: 62 
11446 Issue Structure - Profile Plot - Straight Web view will appear as curved when stiffeners are only slightly curved
11398 Issue Structure - Plate Nest - Like/Mirror nest with bridges between parts shows error about parts in different nests in check nests
11396 Issue Structure - Parts - Plate - Bevel - Remove standard bevel from part with mirror does not remove bevel from mirror
11393 Issue Structure - Parts - Plate - Corner Treatment - Adding invalid corner treatments to a part adds real corner treatments to its mirror or copy.
11296 Issue Structure - Manager - Stock Catalog - Stock color is not saved
11286 Issue Structure - Plate Part - Datum lines - Undo does not work properly
11285 Issue Structure - Plate Nest - Unexpected Bridge error "A bridge can only connect outside or inside paths"
11257 Issue Product Hierarchy - Re-allow users to move spools to other units, with a warning
11122 Issue Structure - Plate Nest - MATES - Attempting to output mates file will make the nested part moved or even un-nested
11008 Issue Structure - Marklines - Stiffener markline text does not update correctly when stiffener attached to multiple plates
10944 Issue Structure - Profile Parts - Improve performance of modeling endcuts and green
10938 Issue Structure - Catalog - Endcut - COM errors on trying to display some endcuts
10922 Minor Improvement Structure - Name Conflict - An option to automatically generate new names for parts that have a name in conflict with one in the database
10901 Minor Improvement Structure - Export To DWG - Remnant hatch and text is not exported
10900 Issue Structure - Update Related Parts - Parts are not sorted
10889 Issue Structure - Convert Arc to Polyline command creates duplicate points
10879 New Feature Structure - Plate - Corner Treatment - Command to remove all corner treatment on a part
10871 Issue Structure - Product Hierarchy - Part Properties should show verbose part side and not just single character
10850 Issue Structure - Green - Green does not always align correctly with plate edges
10835 Minor Improvement Structure - Mark Group Intersection - Allow geometry to be placed on any layer in the drawing.
10753 Minor Improvement Structure - Mark Group Intersection - Have a method of displaying to the user that Automatic beveling is ON
10739 Issue Structure - Manager - Standard Parts - The Part Types tree seems to be wrong in specific case
10733 Issue Structure - Nest Manager - Discard confirmation message does not always display when it should be
10703 Minor Improvement Structure - Profile - Store trim angles for profiles in the database
10683 Issue Product Hierarchy - Moving a part in the PH should generate name without using the autonumber
10637 Issue Structure - Manager - Bevel Standards Add InUse column to Bevel Codes
10600 Issue Structure - Profile Part Cutouts - Allow sorting of the cutout shapes in the Insert Cutout Window
10589 Issue Structure - Manager - Stock Catalog - Usage Log for profile with twisted extrusion parts causes unhandled exception
10531 Issue Structure - Export Drawing - Contains proxy objects that prevent copy paste on non-ShipConstructor computers
10489 Minor Improvement Structure - Interference - List on SConInterference object doesn't show solid properties or interfering part names
10473 Issue Structure - Manager - Bevel Settings - Clicking Cancel asks "Abandon changes to Bevel Standards"
10264 Issue Structure - Utilities - Part List - Column Gen Name does not display the correct value for generated names
10183 Issue Structure - Plate & Profiles - Able to edit profile marklines on plates
9866 Minor Improvement Structure - Manager - Profile Standards does not completely display the most bottom standard
9848 Issue Structure - Manager - Error updating Plate Stock Inventory when closing the Stock Catalog
9707 Issue Structure - Manager - Error for deleting an in-use bevel code is not helpful
9614 New Feature Structure - Plate - Adding bevel to edge doesn't remember last bevel selected in the list
9249 New Feature Manager - Structure - Naming Conventions - Add plate part thickness as a naming convention element
9158 Issue Structure - Manager - Standard Parts - Drag and Drop does not work with the definitions in Manager anymore
8960 New Feature Structure - Catalog - Standard Parts - Rename and place under another standard part type
8804 Issue Structure - Manager - Plate Stock Size - The user should not be able to change the plate stock size if it is currently being used.
8793 Issue Structure - Manager - Import/Export - Exporting and then importing markline does not properly import and export markline symbols
8662 Minor Improvement Structure - Navigator - Move missing Template Drawing deletion check to Unit Check
8588 Issue Navigator - When creating a new drawing you should not be able to use a '\' or any other invalid character
8527 Issue Structure - Product Hierarchy - Part Properties should show verbose part side and not just single character
8498 Issue Structure - Check Unit - reports could not create ucs when drawing has lowercase character in name
8484 Minor Improvement Structure - Plate - Insert Cutout dialog should list cutouts in alphabetical order
7742 Issue Structure - Profile Parts - Deleting Stiffeners or Faceplates from a Plate part breaks the relationships to other plate parts even when the relationships are still valid
7653 Issue Structure - Assembly Drawing - If you add a part in an assembly deeper than the current assembly, during update that part will be labelled as previously manually deleted
7369 Issue Structure - Plate Nest - Exported piecemark text is Top-Left justified
7319 Issue Structure - Plate Nest - Exploding a plate part when not connected to a project crashes
7178 Minor Improvement Structure - Manager - Corner Treatments - Warning of duplicate corner treatments only when applying changes
7116 New Feature Structure - Plate Nest - Function to create a dwg of every part in a nest drawing
6868 Issue Structure - Manager - Stock Catalog - Error creating new stock when table is empty
6718 Issue Structure - Manager - Standard Parts - Standard part preview windows doesnt update when deleting standard parts
6700 New Feature Manager - Structure Stock List - Change NC Machine to display machines selected
6454 Issue Structure - Manager - Endcut - Error when creating endcut with same name
6453 New Feature Structure - Manager - Endcut - Allow Copying of endcuts
6267 Issue Structure - Profile - show Profile trim angles in reports (SC2005 did)
6195 Issue Structure - Plate Nest- Corrugated Plate - Should be able to nest corrugations made from stock
6046 Minor Improvement Structure - Plate Nest - Stock keyword shows incorrect value for "from-remnant" nests
5818 Issue Structure - Plate cutouts - Deleting a Profile doesn't warn if has cutout in plate.