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Cobalt Changelog

What's new in Cobalt 9 SP0r0 Build 908

Mar 20, 2016
  • Bug:
  • MOD-445 Shell Solid tool will not allow to select the open face when the View is set to "Display hidden lines as dimmed" or to "Display hidden line"
  • MOD-449 Open window hides after switching to another application
  • Crash:
  • MOD-467 Memory leak (Win only)
  • New Feature:
  • MOD-442 Independent Corner Adjustment
  • Task:
  • MOD-211 Surface from two contours
  • MOD-212 Conic surface from guides and sections
  • MOD-410 Implement 2D PDF import using FlySDK
  • MOD-424 Move "Smart Walls" tool from TC
  • MOD-425 Move "Doors" tool from TC
  • MOD-426 Move "Windows" tool from TC
  • MOD-431 Background image aspect ratio
  • MOD-432 Transparency
  • MOD-433 Fit to profile
  • MOD-434 Link to profile
  • Sub-task:
  • MOD-391 Export to *.sim: by default it takes full file name and then adds .sim (e.g. test_file.vc6.sim)
  • MOD-437 Import should work to current document... Not Untitled
  • MOD-438 Wall options doesn't work (EOB)
  • MOD-439 Cobalt hangs after activate Wall Options

New in Cobalt 8 SP3 Build 889 (Dec 23, 2015)

  • Miscellaneous functionality improvements

New in Cobalt 8 SP3 Build 888 (Dec 23, 2015)

  • Fixed:
  • Construction lines are infinite, but snaps are not infinite
  • Cobalt fails to reorder features in the attached file (v7 reorders without any problems)
  • Position of the object changes after dragging it, saving and reopening the attached file
  • Undo is grayed-out after simple modifications
  • Some curves are printed (to paper and PDF) as a bunch of tangents
  • Cobalt hangs when trying to save the file after deletion of the Sheet View 1 layer
  • Materials are lost from objects if UNDO is used after applying materials to several objects
  • Additional “+” in front of the lower tolerance for Linear Dim “xxx+upper-lower”
  • Sketches, once selected for actions like extrude, are not properly handled. (nothing happens)
  • Wrong selection of Solid
  • Select Chain “factory defined” Short Cut does not work
  • X,Y,Z coordinates at the bottom of the screen are always in fractions on Windows and always in decimal on MAC: BROKEN AFTER 841
  • The drafting assistant “sees” as alignment (xyz) origin points, the definition points of construction lines, regardless of Edit > Show Points setting. BROKEN AFTER 841
  • Text lines in the Preferences dialog window overlap in German UI
  • Raster images are translated in Cobalt into a format that can not be printed to PDF or to a hardware printer
  • All MTS views area is black in Argon while trying to model to sheet with the Rendering mode set to Photo-Rendered
  • Can’t add associative geometry to new empty drawing views
  • Can’t save file after IMPORT
  • All windows are being redrawn if you reactivate Cobalt window
  • Any file is displayed as Untitled in the Window menu immediately after being opened
  • Palettes of arrowhead types and fill patterns do not display items on Lion 10.7.3
  • Button OK doesn’t work (Import/Export dialog)
  • Incorrect Addendum
  • Rendering only uses a single core (Windows)
  • Incorrect preview of file and jpeg file after export to jpeg
  • Perspective views with short focal distances are shown incorrectly
  • Export to 2D raster images doesn’t work (black rectangles)
  • PDF Export of Model to Sheet with some Perspective Views
  • Improved:
  • We need to add correct documentation addendum for Cobalt v8 SP3 release
  • Save the last status of the “Selected Only” setting in the Export dialog
  • Make the Status Line, along with all adjacent indicators automatically resizable according to the Dock size and position, apply the same to the Message line
  • The Drafting Assistant has difficulty picking up the origin or other vertex items that are near or on a construction line.BROKEN AFTER 841
  • Delete “Software” Tab in Import
  • New:
  • Disable Aero Theme during start 3D products on Vista, Win7, Win8
  • Alchemy - Beta functionality
  • Digital Software Signing
  • Warning message for Windows 8
  • Also:
  • Fixed miscellaneous bugs introduced in SP2 features
  • Fixed miscellaneous regression errors
  • Fixed Several File Specific crash conditions

New in Cobalt 8 SP2 Build 873 (Dec 23, 2015)

  • Fixed the ability to select sketches
  • Resolved the issue of a new file created when importing a DXF or SAT file into an existing, open Cobalt file
  • Allowed curves, surfaces and solids to be picked for removal when using the Trim Solid tool
  • Grid lines are now infinite
  • Grid lines now always s draw under other objects
  • Resolved materials lost on Undo
  • Resolved crash issues specific to particular customer files during Save
  • Resolved crash issues specific to particular customer files during Open
  • Resolved file-damaged issues specific to particular customer files during Open
  • Resolved incomplete file open issues specific to particular large files
  • Resolved incomplete file open issues specific to particular Vellum 3D files
  • Resolved crash issues specific to particular customer files when turning off Sheet Layers
  • Resolved crash issues specific to particular customer DXF files during import
  • Fixed incorrect icon for Construction Line in Windows version
  • On the file open dialog for Windows, make .xe/.co/.ar/.vs the default type shown

New in Cobalt 8 SP2 Build 868 (Dec 23, 2015)

  • Added copy/paste options from/to Graphite
  • SpaceMouse disabled in Windows for all Cobalt windows on one (of several) file close
  • Add Geometry Tab in EO to tools
  • Construction lines are infinite
  • Dialog windows are being reduced in size each time you will collapse/expand them
  • Fix drawing of construction lines, while using parallel line tool
  • Trim Solid tool allow to select solid, when curve or surface need
  • Fixed fonts problem
  • Fixed miscellaneous bugs introduced in SP2 features
  • Fixed miscellaneous regression errors
  • Fixed Several File Specific crash conditions

New in Cobalt 8 SP2 Build 861 (Dec 23, 2015)

  • Cobalt Share crashes on start (585)
  • Spray bottle tutorial crashes the Cobalt, Xe, Ar when trying to shell (broken in build 580)
  • Crash on Lathed solid tool (587)
  • Apply Radial Blend for Tube Surface (v6)
  • Crash on length along curve dimension vertexes (since v6)
  • Cobalt crashes on Symbol editing (old bug)
  • Cobalt crashes when you close modeling window after had been used remove matterial from solid tool (v6)
  • Multiple autosaves when importing (v6)
  • When you input 90 degree into the draft angle field using hole tool Cobalt crashes (v6)
  • Cobalt crashes If you input 90 degree into draft angle field using boss tool (v6)
  • Using 90 degree as draft angle for hole tool crashes (First Blind,To Face options) (v6)
  • Crash on Resave already existed file during attaching of thumbnail (v8 sp1)
  • Cobalt crashes when trying to create a Text Box with 10 lines of text
  • Cobalt crashes when trying to apply the Length Dimension in the attached file
  • Draft angle parameter in the Hole tool can not accept negative degrees (broken 833)
  • Select closed button title is cropped (v6)
  • Line weights are displayed as inches values, regardless of which UOMs are set in prefs. Incorrect Functionality
  • Second Extrude doesn’t work rightly
  • Text objects disappear after Save or Save as...

New in Cobalt 8 SP2 Build 841 (Dec 23, 2015)

  • Raytrace preview render mode generates blank images
  • Crash on Resave already existed file during attaching of thumbnail (v8 sp1)
  • Crash on demo mode when rendering a point or a spot light with medium soft or blurry shadows (PPC + Intel Mac)
  • Hide all tools command grays items within the “Window’ menu so that there is no ability to get tools back
  • DXF import is broken on Mac (837 broken)
  • 824th build file can’t be opened in v8 sp1 (file specific)
  • Add “Visualize Render Process” to PhotoRender Menu (render should be faster without visualizing)

New in Cobalt 8 SP2 Build 840 (Dec 23, 2015)

  • It is impossible to revert light type in EOB when changing tube or area lights
  • Imprint curve on surface command is broken. Nothing is imprinted (812)
  • Imprint doesn’t work with MultiSelection (since it is done in v8)
  • Incorrect export to Graphite (813 Intel only)

New in Cobalt 8 SP2 Build 839 (Dec 23, 2015)

  • Add warning messages when creating materials per face that intersect each other
  • Image background list should has its own file directory
  • The attached file crashes product during the second rendering (file specific, Vlad Karpenko request)
  • Cobalt can’t be launched on some Windows-systems (since LW 7.9 is used)
  • Directly after launching and opening a model file, 828 does not display correctly.(v8 build 800, 606-OK, 616-OK)
  • Hole tool: First blind options (both thru and opposite) should be eliminated from the offset mode
  • Hole tool: All the directions except 2-pts should be removed (grayed) from the message line for the offset mode
  • Cobalt waits for mouse event (moving or clicking) when rendering ends

New in Cobalt 8 SP2 Build 838 (Dec 23, 2015)

  • Anti-alias following not functioning correctly (561)
  • Creating custom decalls enhancement
  • Bounding Box Text isn’t edited finally (since text box conversion appears in 580 build)

New in Cobalt 8 SP2 Build 837 (Dec 23, 2015)

  • Force “Check Web For Update” for deprecated builds
  • Incorrect some bmp. Import (605)
  • Interleaving text causes files to increase their size after rendering command (v8 b604)
  • There is no error message for non-planar profile using cutout tool (815)
  • Offset surface command should inherit the face color
  • Incorrect export star polygons (since appeared star polygons 820)