Esko ArtiosCAD 20.0 - Product documentation

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Esko ArtiosCAD 20.0.1 Release Notes


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ArtiosCAD 20.0.1 Release Notes

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What’s new in: • Design • 3D • Layout • Manufacturing • General • Infrastructure • Integration • View • Enterprise

Problem fixes

Important notes for all users

What’s new? Design Enhancements

• A v-notch design that uses generic v-notch lines for v-notch holes will not be backwards compatible compatible with neither ArtiosCAD 20 nor ArtiosCAD Viewer 20 or earlier. ArtiosCAD 20.0.1 and ArtiosCAD Viewer 20.0.1 must be used.

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• A canvas file (ACD) can now be run as a standard, A canvas file can be added to the style

catalog and run like any standard.


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The user can navigate the style catalog and view docplots of canvas designs.

The user will be able to select materials for the different parts in the canvas standard


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And set variables within the canvas:

If variables were mapped during the creation of the standard such that for example, L of part 3 was renamed as L3 in the standard, when the standard is run L will be shown as L3 in the docplot


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The resulting canvas design will retain all parts of the standard except for layouts and any accompanying reports and output parts. This is because it is expected that with new dimensions, style choices and other design-altering variables, the layouts will not be representative of the newly dimensioned parts. Parts which were added as references will retain their geometry but will not reference the underlying ARD reference as to allow the resulting canvas file to be mobile. If the referenced part was locked, the lock will be removed. Docplots from the standard-based canvas are not imported into the new canvas and are referenced from the original standard when rebuilt. Canvas standards can be created using (Advanced) Stylemaker. Docplots can be created:


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Expressions can be created which reference board allowances in any part:


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Variables can be defined from tool prompts with added flexibility to choose which menu they will go to


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Once a canvas standard has been run, it can be rebuilt and the user can change materials for parts.


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Existing canvases can be imported into a currently open canvas using From standard as new Rebuildable Part, As New Rebuildable Part, As New Static Part. The parts of the source canvas are added as new parts into the destination canvas. The As New * Part Reference options are not allowed as the parts of the source canvas are not accurately represented by the canvas reference that would otherwise be assigned to the parts in the destination canvas.


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The resulting canvas design will retain all parts of the standard except for layouts and any accompanying reports and output parts. This is because it is expected that with new dimensions, style choices and other design-altering variables, the layouts will not be representative of the newly dimensioned parts. Parts which were added as references will retain their geometry but will not reference the underlying ARD reference as to allow the resulting canvas file to be mobile. If the referenced part was locked, the lock will be removed. Docplot dimension text will be modified as to reflect new mapped variables.


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If the source canvas is imported into the currently open canvas via As New * Part, any docplots are added to the open canvas as a docplot part for rebuildability. If the source canvas is imported into the currently open canvas via From Standard *:

docplots are not added to the open canvas and the original standard is referenced for rebuildability. The standard is not rotated nor mirrored to match grain and side respectively, unless the proper default is enabled


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• ArtiosCAD preflight has been extended to recognize different glue flaps which can be constructed with a cut line that extends the glue tab and diecut anomalies for RSC which can be addressed with an inline partial die.

• Resizable Design Templates (RDTs), aka, standards, for Fefco and ECMA have been updated

in the ArtiosCAD style catalog. Updates will be an ongoing endeavor and new styles will be added in future releases. Navigate to Options > Defaults > Style Catalog > Resizeable Design Templates

See <Artios folder>\<version>\Instlib\<library>\Documentation for xls files that describe how the RDT was constructed.


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Example: C:\Esko\Artios\ArtiosCAD20.0\InstLib\ECMA\Documentation\ET_A20.20.01.01_.xlsx Geometry macros which were used to construct the RDTs have also been added.

See <Artios folder>\<version>\Instlib\Geometry macros\<library>\Documentation for xls files that describe how the geometry macro was constructed. Example:C:\Esko\Artios\ArtiosCAD20.0\InstLib\Geometry macros\ECMA\Documentation\EGM_A20_21_30_Cover_Tuck_flap_Bottom.xlsx All previously released standards have been rerelease with improvements to the standard. These files are installed in the instlib directory in disk and will not replace any in ServerLib or ClientLib. The standards should be evaluated before considering moving them outside instlib for access by your designers.

3D Enhancemements

• Spatial has been upgraded to 2020.1.0.1. This will allow Solidworks 20 files to be imported as well as allow the user to ignore some extraneous layers which adversely affected the models.

Layout Enhancements

Manufacturing Enhancements


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General Enhancements Infrastructure Enhancements

Integration Enhancements

Enterprise

• Customer pattern searching

• ArtiosCAD Enterprise client and WebCenter interoperability:

• ArtiosCAD 20.0.1, 20.0 may be used with WebCenter 20. WebCenter 20 is required for full functionality.

• ArtiosCAD 18.1.1 may be used with WebCenter 20

Problem fixes: Customer reported fixes ACAD-8058 When using Layered pdf with report dimension extensions are not there ACAD-8060 SCAFER – Date printed incorrectly ArtiosCAD 18.1.1 ACAD-8064 Error message when output to CAD ACAD-8084 CAD-X issue in Automation Engine 18.1 – creating ArtiosCAD report – stock

at 82% on ‘create CAD report from XML’ ACAD-8099 Manufacturing Parameter sets not honored when updating to V20 ACAD-8101 Question about transition from ARD to canvas ACAD-8103 STEP export ArtiosCAD 18.1.1 Error - SpatialExport64_en Unexpected

syntax in temporary file using Greek regional settings ACAD-8105 Bend angles lose properties during canvas import ACAD-8126 GUI issues with Geometry Macro dialog (worse in Win10/max screen) ACAD-8243 V-notch Cut not working correct in 3D ACAD-8244 ArtiosCAD v18. Thai font issue ACAD-8251 ArtiosCAD: problem with export from ard to pdf for multiple output,

measurement not in pdf ACAD-8273 ArtiosCAD translation issue ACAD-8316 ArtiosCAD crash working in 3D ACAD-8474 ArtiosCAD- Custom Standards not working after upgrading to 18.1.1 ACAD-8375 Artios- Design standards rebuild error “item does not exist…” Important internal fixes ACAD-6378 (Pre release) Create stripping rule only adds hook on one end ACAD-7621 (Pre release) Rubber is not generated when creases end with partial cuts ACAD-7631 Screen drawing issue on win 10, zoom level 150%+ and mixing 3D and 2D

drawing ACAD-7925 Failed import as rebuildable ACAD-7973 Enterprise ArtiosCAD – Browser Columns Labels may show extra garbage

characters


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ACAD-7974 ArtiosCAD Enterprise – Browser Task List Column data is incorrect ACAD-7978 (Pre release) Generate rubber creates extra tabs on this file ACAD-7979 (Pre release) Upper stripping board ignores minimum size when created ACAD-8047 Design > Canvas > Convert with distant arrow or text and ArtiosCAD will

crash ACAD-8051 Mate tool target area created using wrong transformation ACAD-8056 Rubber rebuild crash - *20.0.1 REGRESSION* ACAD-8062 Design > Canvas > Convert w/ copies and annotations across copies will

crash ArtiosCAD ACAD-8063 Design > Canvas > Convert attached fails to create parts ACAD-8065 (Pre release) lower stripping board edge based on mounting bar worekspace

should align to rule position, not bend position ACAD-8066 Database > userfields > windows auth ACAD-8102 (Pre release) Crash generating stripping around wave rule ACAD-8142 Canvas > Db info dlg > customer external application ACAD-8149 Enterprise browser columns > verify customer & location, Salesperson

columns are presented fixed by WCR-38518 ACAD-8170 Spatial Export does not work on Hungarian Windows ACAD-8172 (Pre release) Rubber not created on outside of design ACAD-8174 Installer will not build database on first install if using Windows authentication

mode ACAD-8188 Open in ArtiosCAD from WebCenter does not work with Japanese

Characters ACAD-8209 Optimize the refresh for a report w/ 180 rotated calculated text ACAD-8210 (Pre release) Double knife removal leaves dropouts ACAD-8211 (Pre release) Lower mounting bar missing rule/hook on one end --

REGRESSION ACAD-8212 (Pre release) Bridges on stripping rules use default bridge sizes when the

bridge count is set to use default ACAD-8247 Canvas > import w/ARDs w/ embedded geom macros ACAD-8249 AB w/ panels formed by bend lines crashes ACAD-8272 Company type return unknown in reports ACAD-8357 (Pre release) Offset from lower mounting bar not honored ACAD-8361 3D Rendering Regression, glue flap ACAD-8369 Convert to canvas lost embedded designs

Important Notes for All Users • A v-notch design that uses generic v-notch lines for v-notch holes will not be

backwards compatible compatible with neither ArtiosCAD 20 nor ArtiosCAD Viewer 20 or earlier. ArtiosCAD 20.0.1 and ArtiosCAD Viewer 20.0.1 must be used.

• Starting with 18.1.1, ArtiosCAD introduced preflight with some automatic corrections. One of these auto-corrections included the ability to remove double knives/lines. The preflight correction ability resulted in an algorithm that now favored longer lines over shorter lines, as a way to make better technical designs. Previously, shorter lines were favored. Rebuildable designs have been encountered where “double


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knife” removal was used as a design technique to create slots for example of small cuts lines over creases. This has caused some issues where item references which might have existed before are now being deleted during the double line removal step and causing rebuilds to be incorrect or fail. This technique was not anticipated. ArtiosCAD is restored some of the rebuild issues and is still working through others.

• If the deployed licensing for ArtiosCAD is a network license, the license server *must* be updated with the new system controller provided on the installation media.

• Flexnet is the only licensing system utilized in ArtiosCAD. Users must be prepared to convert the licensing from the hardware key, Sentinel LM or Elan LM to Flexnet. As of Jan 2016, Esko will no longer be able to provide licenses for legacy licensing systems.

• Esko now provides a knowledge base at http://help.esko.com/knowledgebase. This site can be used to find detailed information for ArtiosCAD and other Esko products about many support questions raised to Esko.

• Esko software can be downloaded from https://mysoftware.esko.com with a valid support account.

• User documentation and help will be available from an online Esko site. Documentation will not be available from the media. The main site is http://help.esko.com from which ArtiosCAD and other Esko product documentation is available. The ArtiosCAD help menu will bring the user to the ArtiosCAD help page.

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• PCIQ fonts will be removed after ArtiosCAD 20. Please use true-type fonts.

• The Artios (introduced circa 1996 as a transition to ArtiosCAD) and DBH (the original interact format) file formats and use of the devtab as a configuration file for communicating with printers and ports are considered obsolete and support for them will be removed in post 18 versions of ArtiosCAD.

• Exports under File > Export > ArtiosCAD 3.2x and lower will be removed in post 20.0.1 versions of ArtiosCAD.

• Windows 10 editions has been certified for use with ArtiosCAD 20.0.1 as a standard mouse-controlled application. There are some installation limitations. See KB170993458: Which versions of Windows 10 are supported?

o There are Metro GUI limitations: The application folder structure organized in previous versions of

windows 8 has been flattened. There will be multiple application tiles. There is no support for touchpads nor touchscreens and any use of

gestures is purely coincidental.

• The IOServer (ArtiosIO) is now supported on Windows 7 and higher since Artioscad 14. 1. This means older DataTech plotters still using the IPC controller or any device with an RS232 connection will be supported

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• Many users have or are planning to deploy Citrix, Terminal Services (TS) environments or some other application hosting system. Esko has not officially certified ArtiosCAD for use in a Citrix or TS environment, however, Esko does not prevent its use as long as the customer accepts responsibility for deployment and support of the environment. Esko has verified that ArtiosCAD 20 can run as a Citrix or Terminal Services client and has licensed ArtiosCAD 20 appropriately, however, there are some limitations, including but not limited to:

• Flexnet network licensing must be used.

• License reservation or denial via floating license servers is not supported.

• Graphics cards are installed on a Citrix or TS server and ArtiosCAD 3D uses the server card for 3D rendering. The performance of many concurrent 3D users is unknown.

• The exact server specifications (example, memory, processor) for a given set of clients is unknown.

• There are essentially no user defaults, since every Citrix or TS client is running from the same Citrix server.

• There have been reports that access to local devices like hard drives or printers can freeze the machine. It is unknown if these issues have been addressed in newer versions of Citrix.

• The HASP key used for the Alma PowerNest software in the ArtiosCAD rubbering layout can not be recognized by Citrix or TS and must be used on a client not connected to the Citrix server.

• 64-bit Citrix has not been tested in any way.

• Many users are planning to deploy VMWare ESX-based solutions, Hyper V (Windows Server Virtualization), Citrix XenServer or other hypervisor technology. Esko has not officially certified ArtiosCAD for use in this environment, however, Esko does not prevent its use as long as the customer accepts responsibility for deployment and support of the environment.

• Artioscad 20 has been certified for VMware Fusion v7. The customer may run later versions of his own accord on hardware and OS of his choosing, but Esko provideds no warranty of the resulting combination. The preferred 3D rendering mode is OpenGL but use Direct3D in the event of unforeseen issues. Virtualized 3D rendering will not provide the same performance as native hardware.

• For native windows applications, the 3D Rendering Option is recommended to be set

to OpenGL for full 3D functionality. Use of OpenGL for Bitmaps should also be enabled.

• 3D graphics cards… newer computers often come with some form of switchable graphics technology. This means that there are two or more video cards that switch off doing rendering duties on the system. Because of this, it is entirely possible that


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ArtiosCAD will be run using the low end, power saving chip. This drastically lowers performance, and may introduce issues when working within ArtiosCAD 3D. It is sometimes also possible that the current chip changes, which can lead to all sorts of stability issues. It is recommended that the user go to the control panel controlling the graphics cards (NVidia Control Panel or AMD Catalyst Control Center) and create a profile for ArtiosCAD so it will use the high end chip always. A number of rendering issues with NVidia cards and openGL have been raised. Changes were made to what is believed to be an improvement in the error handling of newer NVidia cards particularly those with dual graphic cards.

• Since its inception, Artioscad has provided a database schema that has always been backwards compatible with previous versions of Artioscad and 3rd party applications. An ArtiosCAD enterprise edition has now been released and utilizes a new database backend (WebCenter). It is expected that the database functionality for the conventional ArtiosCAD edition will be frozen at its current level. New design functionality will continue to be added. It is expected that a single database edition will be created in the future.

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