Release Notes
SOLIDWORKS 2023, 2024 and 2025 are fully supported.
Microsoft Windows 10 and 11 are fully supported.
Continual development to support the management of an enterprise wide deployment.
DriveWorks Pro Server has been re-designed as a browser based utility.
All existing functionality has been maintained but this now gives additional benefits, including:
Instantly launch the Integration Theme site in a browser.
The Integration Theme no longer requires modifying the DriveWorksConfigUser.xml file, or modifying the served static files to see the site in a browser.
Integration Theme site settings are administered directly in the browser.
Quickly and easily set up, customize and use the Integration Theme.
DriveWorks applications that send emails allow Exchange Online (Microsoft 365) configuration.
Exchange Online supports sending emails via OAuth 2.0, Microsoft's recommended authentication method after the deprecation of basic authentication.
This allows secure, token-based authentication without exposing user credentials.
Exchange Online Email Authentication is supported in the following modules:
The License Manager includes the following enhancements to make returning and repairing licenses more efficient.
Fixed Licenses
Network Licenses
DriveWorks Live Licenses
The DriveWorks Live Insights license enables session tracking to monitor the usage of DriveWorks Live licenses.
This allows peaks in sessions to be identified to make informed decisions on where additional Live licenses could be beneficial.
This license type is available to work alongside a DriveWorks Live Centralized License.
Improvements to make interactive 3D visualizations, for the desktop and web, realistic and performant
Any changes made, while in the 3D Document editor can be reverted and reapplied using the undo and redo command buttons or shortcut keys.
DriveWorks 3D File - Command BarThe default value of the Environment's Tone Mapping Type property is ACES for newly created DriveWorks 3D Documents.
Environment Settings - Color AdjustmentsDriveWorks 3D Documents will store previous versions of a rule, once a rule has been applied and then subsequently changed.
Rules Builder RevisionsThe default value of the Spot Light entity's Falloff Start Angle is now 115, and 138 for the Falloff End Angle when a new Spot Light entity is added.
Spot Light EntityFully analyze every rule in a DriveWorks 3D Document that is displayed in a 3D Preview Control.
Specification Explorer Test ModePBR Advanced introduces a clearcoat layer to the PBR material.
Clearcoat enables the reproduction of a clear coating (such as varnish or water) on materials where light is reflected before being transmitted to the base layer.
Optionally apply advanced refraction properties to control how much light is refracted and how the refraction effect splits the red, green and blue light.
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The Ruby Primitive quickly and easily adds geometry with irregular surfaces that can be used to test out:
It can also act as a reference model to add a sense of scale to your DriveWorks 3D scene.
Additional functionality to enhance your implementation.
Higher Order Functions allow data (in a table or array) to be transformed or filtered by a DWLambda.
The following higher order functions functions are included in this release:
Applies a Lambda Function across a provided table or array to transform the data into a new array.
For example:
Filters a table or array based on a single column using the provided Lambda Function.
For example:
Filters a table or array using the provided Lambda Function applied to each row.
For example:
Returns a new array with the given column removed.
Use with the Fill and Hole Path parameters of the 3D Extrusion entity to create a new arc polygon.
See PolygonCreateArc for more information.
Use with the Fill and Hole Path parameters of the 3D Extrusion entity to create a new uniform thick line polygon.
See PolygonCreateUniformThickLine for more information.
Additional styling to give form controls a completely modern look.
The Picture Size Mode property can have the value Cover applied.
Cover allows an image to cover the available limits of the controls while maintaining its aspect ratio and without displaying any whitespace.
The Picture Size Mode property is available on the following controls when a Picture is applied:
The following properties can now be controlled for the TinyMCE Control:
Drive the border style of a Label control with a rule.
The Border Style property, on a Label control, can now be made dynamic.
The following properties have been added to the Clipboard Button, Dialog Button, Macro Button and Upload Control.
Specifies the height of the picture container inside the button.
Specifies the width of the picture container inside the button.
Specifies the position of the picture container inside the button, relative to the text. Applies when Picture Style is set to TextAndPicture.
Specifies the border radius of the picture container inside the button. Also available for Hover and Pressed events.
Specifies the padding around the picture and/or text on the button control.
Specifies the spacing between the button's text and picture.
The following properties can now be controlled for the track of the Slider control:
Specifies the size of the slider's track.
Specifies whether the Track is inset from the edge of the Control.
Specifies the color of the filled part of the slider's track.
Specifies the value on the Slider track where the Track Fill starts from.
Specifies the color of the Slider track border.
Specifies the width of the Slider track border.
The following properties can now be controlled for the thumb of the Slider control:
Specifies the height of the Slider's Thumb.
Specifies the width of the Slider's Thumb.
Controls how the image is sized within the Slider's Thumb.
Specifies the padding of the Slider's Thumb when a picture is used for the Thumb Image.
Specifies the margin of the Thumb from the edge of the Control. This can be used to make the Thumb appear inside of the Track.
Focused visual updates and enhancements add further functionality across DriveWorks.
Bookmarks placed in the header or footer of .docx (Microsoft Word Documents) can be driven.
Previously only .doc file types were supported.
TableDistinctCount, TableFromList and TableSearch functions were previously listed in the General category (in the Functions list).
These have been moved to the Table category.
The color of the Caret (the blinking vertical line that indicates the cursor position within the rule editor window) can be changed from the Rules Builder Settings.
Change the Caret ColorNew and enhanced functions and tasks to integrate with PDM.
Returns a list of Folder Templates in the current vault accessible by the PDM user.
Generates a table containing multiple new serial numbers.
Gets the latest version of multiple files from inside the vault.
Gets the specific file version from inside the vault.
Common PDM tasks can now run on Assemblies, Parts or Drawings as Generation Tasks.
Gets the latest version of a file from the Vault.
Will get the latest version of multiple files from the Vault.
Gets the latest version of each file in a folder from the Vault.
Will get the specific version of a file from the Vault.
Checks the named file into the vault.
Populates a folders data card.
Checks a folders contents into the vault.
Will check the named file out of the vault.
Checks a folders contents out from the vault.
Will delete a file out of the vault.
Creates a new folder in the vault.
Populates a file data card.
Enhancing out-of-the-box functionality and speeding up implementation time for CPQ and Dashboard DriveApps.
Breadcrumbs displayed in the header bar are interactive.
Quickly navigate to any previous page from any sub-menu.
On devices with smaller resolutions, where the available space cannot display the entire breadcrumb trail, click the ellipses to display a dialog with the breadcrumbs that have been removed due to the overflow.
Interactive breadcrumbs are instantly available (no additional setup required after upgrading) for the Dashboard and CPQ DriveApps.
A macro can be run when a dashboard tile is selected that has been configured to display a list.
This applies to a Custom List (created using the List Data Provider project template) and applied to a tile.
This allows the list data to dynamically change by:
This feature is available for lists created in the CPQ or Dashboard DriveApps.
Dashboards displayed as a menu allow Icons to remain in view when the menu is in a collapsed state, but hidden when in an expanded state.
Apply this setting from the Appearance > Menu item in the DriveApp Settings
Control the size and colors used on tiles in the appearance settings.
New and improved settings added to the tile designer are:
Control the aspect ratio of the tiles by selecting from:
The Tile Layout Preview displays the tile in the selected Ratio.
Choose the size of a tile by selecting from:
The height and width of each selection depends on the chosen Ratio.
The height and width is displayed, in pixels, on the Tile Layout Preview.
Choose a hexadecimal color value to apply to the tiles border when it is hovered over.
Toggle to display a bar on the left hand border of a tile.
Choose a hexadecimal color value to apply to the left border.
Apply these settings from the Appearance > Dashboard Tiles item in the DriveApp Settings
Control the position of text and icons used on tiles in the appearance settings.
New settings added for the Tile Layout Preview are:
Toggle to choose if the tile title is to be displayed.
The title placeholder will be shown or hidden on the Tile Layout Preview.
Toggle to choose if the tile description is to be displayed.
The description placeholder will be shown or hidden on the Tile Layout Preview.
Toggle to choose if the tile icon is to be displayed.
The icon placeholder will be shown or hidden on the Tile Layout Preview.
The Preview of the tile layout shows the actual size and aspect ratio selected for the tile.
The position of each text block and icon can be controlled using the Move Up and Move Down arrows to the left hand side of the preview.
The vertical alignment of the text within the title and description placeholders can be adjusted by:
Apply these settings from the Appearance > Dashboard Tiles item in the DriveApp Settings
Enhancing out-of-the-box functionality and speeding up implementation time for the DriveWorks CPQ DriveApp.
Copying a quote will instantly open the item for editing.
Previously a copied quote required selecting from the Orders list before it could be opened for editing.
The quote will not be created if cancelled immediately after copying.
Open Copied Quotes is instantly available (no additional setup required after upgrading) for the CPQ DriveApp.
Decide how pricing updates are applied when an Order is copied.
Orders copied from old items will include the original pricing, choose how pricing updates are applied in the CPQ settings.
See Copy Order Settings for more information.
Copying an order will automatically reset the workflow state.
Previously a quote would be in the same state it was copied from, requiring a transition to be triggered to reset the workflow.
See Workflow Settings for more information.
The CPQ Custom Item form template has been enhanced to allow linked custom items to be opened for editing inside its parent, once it has been added to a quote.
The topic How To: Upgrade Linked Items details how this can be implemented for existing custom items.
The CPQ Custom Item form template has been enhanced to display a confirmation dialog when an interactive breadcrumb is clicked.
The dialog will only show if the custom item being edited has any unsaved changes.
The topic How To: Add a breadcrumb confirmation dialog to a Custom Item details how this can be implemented for existing custom items.
Permissions on which Teams can see the different elements of how an item is priced can now be set.
Select permissions for the following elements:
See Order Permissions for more information.