SDx 2019 Update 12 New Features - HxGN SDx - Update 64 - Release Notes/Bulletin

• Two new workflows have been added to HxGN SDx - the Internal Draft workflow and the Internal Review workflow. For more information, see Internal Draft workflow and Internal Review workflow. (CR-AM-145866, CR-AM-150240, CR-AM-150270, CR-AM-151879, CR-AM-155039, CR-AM-156951)

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  With these two new workflows, the creation and update of document life cycle becomes more transparent and reportable. All steps in the workflows are recorded, and the steps can also be traced and reported. The need for manually-maintained lists of documents that have been routed to drafters or reviewers is now obsolete. All documents, their status and the current activities can be found and reported from SDx.

  • Internal Draft workflow: This workflow supports the typical drafting work process. Drawings have been marked up by an engineer and sent to a drafter. The drafter updates the document electronically in the design application and sends the result back to the engineer. The engineer checks the work, and then approves or resends the document with additional comments.

  • Internal Review workflow: This workflow supports the internal check and approve work process. Documents are updated by an engineer. When the documents are ready for release or issue, they must be checked by peers and approved by a lead engineer. When the documents are ready, they can be added to the workflow and routed to one or more reviewers and an approver. The approver approves the document and the document is automatically signed off. If the document is rejected, the document is returned to the originator with comments.

• You can now mark up Hexagon PPM 3D model file types using snapshots in the View and Markup window. For more information, see Work with markups for Hexagon 3D models. (CR-AM-119439)

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  You can now create and save snapshots of a 3D model. Snapshots are a great way for users to capture, share and reuse relevant views of the model. The markup capabilities provide a system-controlled way to add redlining and collaborate – all centrally managed and controlled by the system.

  Snapshots are a new type of object in the database, and they are controlled by owning groups, which allows you to control who can edit or see snapshots.

  After taking snapshots, you can open them in the Snapshot Gallery. Using the Snapshot Gallery, you can do the following:

  • Take snapshots (with the appropriate permissions)

  • View and filter a list of existing snapshots for the open model, as well as the number of existing markup layers per snapshot

  • Delete and terminate existing snapshots (with the appropriate permissions)

  • View the metadata of each snapshot

  • Open a snapshot to add or manage markup layers and redlining elements

  • Navigate back to the exact position in the 3D model where the snapshot was originally taken.

  

• We've improved our Reports feature set to make it configurable and better organized. (CR-AM-149816, CR-AM-152116, CR-AM-155400, CR-AM-155746)

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  Grouping all the reports under the reports feature set was confusing and made it difficult to find the relevant report. We've made this better:

  • A report can be related to multiple feature sets.

  • The Reports feature set is now configurable like any other feature set. You can configure who can access the Reports feature set, and you can group reports in the feature set.

  • You can now relate ad hoc reports to a feature set and group them to make it easier to access the relevant report and better organized.

  

• You can now create reports that run in the background of the Web Client, allowing you to work on other Web Client features while your report processes. For more information, see Configure a saved ad hoc report to run in background mode. (CR-AM-152105, CR-AM-152956, CR-AM-153396, CR-AM-154202, CR-AM-154866)

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  Sometimes executing large data reports takes time and a lot of resources. These large data reports might cause you to consume extra tokens because of the report timing out due to browser limitations, or you might be forced to wait for these reports to execute before moving on to other work. We've made this better.

  Now, you can configure an ad hoc report to be run in the background from the Web Client. Only Excel (openXml) format reports are supported. Once configured, you can trigger a background report to execute from the Web Client. You can continue to use the Web Client to complete other work while the report is running, and you'll be notified once the report has been completed.

  

• You can now insert historic revisions into a selected document revision. For more information, see Insert a historical revision. (CR-AM-131172)

• A new validation rule, Check Properties Against Classification, checks to see if the target property definitions are valid for the target object classification, based on the attribution (column sets) configured in the target system for the classification, including whether mandatory properties are present. For more information, see Validation rules and actions. (CR-AM-156461, CR-AM-152106)

• You can now run Excel (OpenXML) format reports in the background using two new methods, Enable WC background report and Disable WC background report. For more information, see Configure a saved ad hoc report to run in background mode and Run saved reports. (CR-AM-152102, CR-AM-152103)

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