Copyright 2002 CAXperts GmbH All Rights Reserved ------------------- Version Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Product: CAXperts ClashManager Version: 5.0.4.20 Date: 2011-01-21 Description: ClashManager provides high-level functions for PDS interference checking. It was developed to save time and money when clashes in plant design have to be identified and solved. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------- Content ------- This file contains information that is not covered in the on-line Help. It contains sections on the following topics: o Limitations o New Features o New Fixes ----------- Limitations ----------- o Microsoft Windows XP/2003/Vista/7 o PDS Version 6.4 or later o MicroStation SE or later o Microsoft Excel 2000 or later o SmartPlant Review 5.0.1 or later o Show clash in SmartPlant Review: only standard PDS disciplines (Piping, Equipment, Structural) are supported ------------------ End of Limitations ------------------ ------------ New Features ------------ 5.0.4.14 ----------- - Advanced filter: filter clashes by the unapproved PDS clash report. 5.0.4.11 ----------- - New GUI for privilege manager. 5.0.4.10 ----------- - Envelope builder: detecting empty models. - Envelope builder: force generation of envelope files. - Approval Module: Approve Real Clash, Approve False Clash option. 5.0.3.11 ----------- - Envelope builder: detecting FrameWorks missing section library error. - Approval Module: speed up saving clashes into PDS. 5.0.3.10 ----------- - Backup into TEMP directory (C:\Temp\ClashManagerBackup\) before writing clashes into PDS following files: - dump file of the current project schema - dump file with changes for saving it back into PDS - access database with saved clashes If backup files are older than seven days, they will be deleted automatically. 5.0.3.9 ----------- - New privilege for unlocking of project/area marker file(s). - New switch "Locked project may be modified". - New switch "Never overwrite existing clash description". 5.0.3.8 ----------- - New privileges for "Approval Filter" and "Set clash description". - If project or any of interference area marker files is locked, Approval Module works in read only mode. 5.0.3.6 ----------- - Check if maximal allowed access database file size (2Gb) is exceeded. 5.0.3.5 ----------- - Check if all changes was properly written back into PDS. 5.0.3.4 ----------- - Approve/Unapprove clashes without changing clash description. - Disable batch job timeout or increase it up to 999 minutes. - List file for envelope generation. - Backup clash data from project schema before writing changes into PDS. 5.0.3.3 ----------- - "Clean history of all clashes in PDS" cleans also pdtable_133. - Additional privileges for approving/unapproving of clashes. - Filter does not add wildcard "*" at the end of the string automatically. 5.0.3.2 ----------- - Set clash description. 5.0.3.0 ----------- - Envelope Builder&Interference Checker: clean history of all clashes in PDS. - Excel report for Envelope Builder&Interference Checker. - Run Envelope Builder for interference areas. - Advanced filter: show only clashes in specified area(s), model(s), site_id(s), ... - Change path to the user config file. - Set control file, project number and config file from command prompt. - Automatically generate SmartPlant Review session according on the currently displayed clashes. - New columns "model_structure" and "site_id_structure". 5.0.2.1 ----------- - Start multiple parallel tasks for Interference Checker batch job. - Improved filtering on column "discipline_structure". 5.0.2.0 ----------- - Limit the number of parallel submitted jobs (Envelope Builder or Interference Checker). - Set batch job timeout using menu "Options". ------------------- End of New Features ------------------- ------------ New Fixes ------------ 5.0.4.21 ----------- - Unable to display clash in SmartPlant Review 2010. 5.0.4.19 ----------- - Defining a lot of model status definitions in the "Clashmgr.ini" causes "Expression too complex in query expression". 5.0.4.18 ----------- - Approved clashes are shown as "Unapproved", if action in pdtable_135 set to 1 ("Unapprove clash"). 5.0.4.17 ----------- - Envelope Builder/Interference Checker batch jobs create *.o files on C: drive (or in C:\Users folder). 5.0.4.16 ----------- - Save changes to PDS is very slow on a big database. 5.0.4.15 ----------- - Typing error: in the "status" column unpproved->unapproved. 5.0.4.14 ----------- - "status" is unapproved, but "action" column shows "Approved Read/False clash". - Save changes to PDS: "recent_review_date" is not updated in pdtable_132, if only clash description has been changed. 5.0.4.13 ----------- - Show clash in SPR: unexpected end of file while reading material comp_b. 5.0.4.12 ----------- - Show clash in SPR causes "Overflow" error. 5.0.4.11 ----------- - Interference Checker batch job started by ClashManager produces different results than in PDS. - Privilege Manager: problem with users/groups with ' character in name. 5.0.4.10 ----------- - In some special cases upon writing clashes back into PDS on a big projects ClashManager losts one row in pdtable_132. 5.0.4.9 ----------- - Critical error: upon writing clashes back into PDS on a big projects ClashManager splits one row in pdtable_132 into two lines. 5.0.4.8 ----------- - Report "Clash quantity per area" shows incorrect clash quantity. 5.0.4.7 ----------- - Critical error in the version 5.0.4.6: Save changes back into PDS fails because of missing pdtable_131 in ClashManager database. 5.0.4.6 ----------- - Ignoring duplicate records in pdtable_134. 5.0.4.5 ----------- - Checking for empty model shows that the model is empty if level with elements is switched off. 5.0.4.4 ----------- - Reduced MicroStation timeout upon checking for empty models. - ClashToolbar: Show clash in MicroStation - "Zoom out" button is missing. - Clean up TEMP folders after running Interference Checker. - Report shows all models as "Not OK" if "Force generation of envelope files" switch is on. 5.0.4.3 ----------- - SmartPlant Review 5.1 hangs while showing clash. 5.0.4.2 ----------- - Approval Module: filter crash. - Some of equipment elements can not found in SmartPlant Review. 5.0.4.1 ----------- - Approval Module: Save changes into PDS: permission denied error. - Envelope Builder: No data to read from pipe is available (timeout is reached) 5.0.4.0 ----------- - Save changes into PDS: error "Not all clashes from ClashManager database found in project schema". - Saving (via reports) large ClashManager grids (selecting 60000 rows) results in a "query is too complex statement". - Approval Module: "Switch to Envelope Builder&Interference Checker" still works when it was not installed. 5.0.3.11 ----------- - Some of FrameWorks elements can not found in SmartPlant Review. 5.0.3.7 ----------- - 'Save all clashes' option to Microsoft Access produces an empty table. 5.0.3.6 ----------- - Interference Checker for areas with predefined volume produces not the same results as thru PDS. 5.0.3.5 ----------- - Lock project and all interference area marker files during 'Delete all clashes from PDS' and 'Clean clash history'. - Lock all interference area marker files during 'Load clashes from PDS' and 'Save changes back into PDS'. - Check if user config file is read only. 5.0.3.4 ----------- - Envelope Builder fails, if FrameWorks propagated file (*.prp) is missing. - Check if project (or any of area) marker file is locked before opening project in ClashManager Approval Module. - Some of clashed FrameWorks components cannot be shown in SmartPlant Review. 5.0.3.3 ----------- - Sometimes ClashManager adds into own log more than one time log files of Envelope Builder job. - Interference Checker for selected areas fails. - Overwriting settings in user config upon running in batch mode. - Sometimes "Envelope Builder&Interference Checker" shows error "User do not have permissions...", if switching from Approval Module. 5.0.3.2 ----------- - Envelope Builder fails on areas with disabled "interference mode" without any models. 5.0.3.1 ----------- - Running Envelope Builder for interference areas with area_index_no greater than 255 failed. 5.0.3.0 ----------- - Menu item "Unapprove all clashes" is removed from ClashManager Approval Module. - Report "Clash quantity per area" is not considering filter. - Approving already approved clashes causes excessive history records (pdtable_135). - Running Interference Checker for areas with area_index_no greater than 255 failed. 5.0.2.1 ----------- - Sometimes graphics displayed in SmartPlant Review did not correspond with clash_id. - Impossible to approve or unapprove the next displayed clash row in SmartPlant Review without repeating the key-in of the clash_id or pressing "Back" and "Next". - Upon first launch of viewing a clash in SmartPlant Review, sometimes the "approved selected clashes" check mark is grey. - During display clash in SmartPlant Review, if any of the clashed components were not found an error message is shown. ------------------- End of New Fixes -------------------