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This Release Notes article is published approximately one week before the actual release date to provide companies with information about the upcoming release. Information within this article may change. Release Notes are then integrated into the STRATUS Knowledge Base within one week of the release date.

Publish Updates

The following is a list of updates related to the STRATUS Addin for Revit and AutoCAD used for publishing models to STRATUS. This information will help companies determine if they want to update software. Customers who encounter a publish issue that has been fixed by an updated version of the software will be required to install the latest software version.

To update to the latest installers see the Installation of GTP Software on Windows article for more information.

• Revit and AutoCAD Addin – Yes but not required

• STRATUS Workstation - Yes but not required

• RazorGage Workstation - No

• Print Workstation - No

• Lightning - Yes but not required

Publish Files Consolidated and Keyboard Shortcuts Deleted

Publish setting files and logs are now in the AppData > Roaming > GTP Software Inc folder.

Keyboard Shortcuts for the Stratus Addin Publish/Import have been removed. User’s who use Keyboard Shortcuts will need to add them back.

Revit: User will need to reassign/reapply keys for all Stratus designators.

Revit: New Path with Stratus designator

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AutoCAD: New Path with Stratus designator

• GtpxModelSyncCreateAssembly

• GtpxModelSyncHelp

• GtpxModelSyncImport

• GtpxModelSyncPublish

• GtpxModelSyncSetProjectInfo

• GtpxModelSyncSignOut

• GtpxModelSyncUpdate

Added Revit Families with Shared Nested Components Upgrade

Refined Selection and Functionality

We now support the complexities of Revit families, especially around the usage of an empty host family that contains no native geometry but does contain shared nested families. The selection of these families more naturally follows your expectations from family selection in Revit. You can hover over a host family and select it or use the TAB key to drill into nested families. This also means that you no longer need to place native geometry in host families for them to appear in places like company filters or select them.

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STRATUS.Part.Family Properties

We have added 4 new STRATUS.Part.Family properties to help you filter through and manage shared nested families that come from Revit.

• STRATUS.Part.FamilyChildren

  • Reports the family name(s) of the shared nested child families to the parent family as a semicolon-separated list

• STRATUS.Part.FamilyHost

  • Reports the family name of the highest-level host family

• STRATUS.Part.FamilyLevel

  • An integer that indicates the level of family nesting where

    • 0 = Root/Host

    • 1 = Nested 1 level deep from the host family

    • n = Nested n levels deep from the host family

• STRATUS.Part.FamilyParent

  • Is reported in all child model elements (families)

  • Reports the family name of the parent (n-1) family

Removed Family Selection Setting from Viewers

We have removed the Family Selection setting from the viewers since the upgrades above make it obsolete.

Added ZPL Label Preview During Edit

Added the ability to preview ZPL labels during the edit process. With this feature, users won’t have to copy/paste their ZPL into a separate app to preview it.

1. To edit a label under either:

   1. Admin > Company > Tools > Label Template

   2. Admin > Company > Report > Label Template

2. Click the Edit Label Template button. A “Label Template for” dialog similar to the following will display.

   1. Print Density and Label Size should match the target printer's settings in order to the preview how the printed label will display.

      1. Print Density - Select the dpi to be used for the label.

      2. Label Size - Enter the dimensions of the target label.

   2. Edit dialog (left) - Enter the ZPL into the edit dialog.

   3. Preview dialog (right) - Edit will immediately display in the preview panel.

3. When done editing the ZPL, click Save.

Added Upload Multiple Attachments

Added the ability to upload multiple attachments. To upload multiple attachments:

1. Click the Add Attachments button.

2. In the File Upload dialog, select multiple files either using Ctrl + Click or Shift + Click. When done click open.

3. If none of the selected files have been previously uploaded, then all files will upload.

4. If any of the selected files have been previously uploaded, then a Replace dialog, similar to the following, will display.

    

   1. File Name - Enter a File Name. The file will be uploaded with the new name.

   2. Replace - Replaces the existing file with the new file.

   3. Use - Uses a different file name so that both files exist in Stratus.

Added Cross-Domain (Guest) Licensing

Some Stratus customers do business with other Stratus customers. The current problem is that each unique user that is added to a company consumes a license. The cross-domain (guest) license solution enables company A to have a fully provisioned user, which can subsequently be added to company B without consuming a license from company B. There are no Project Role permission restrictions for guest users.

1. A user is added to company A and consumes a Full license.

2. To use a guest license at company B, the user is added by company B using the New User button under Admin > Company > Users using the user’s company A email address. A Guest license is consumed.

3. The company B Admin will set the guest user’s Company Role and Project Role.

4. If the company A Administrator attempts to change a Full licensed user’s Status to Disabled who is also a “guest” at company B, a warning message similar to the following will display:

   1. Keep User - Click Keep User to retain the the user at company A and consume a Full license.

   2. Disable User in All Companies - Click Disable User in All Companies to disable the user from company A as well as any company where that user is a Guest. The user’s Full license will be recouped by company A. The guest user will no longer have access to Stratus at company B. If the user needs to use Stratus at company B, company B will have to add the user with the user’s company B email address and consume a Full license.
      
      

5. Company A can change the Status of a user’s Full license to Disabled and this user might be a Guest of company B.

    

   1. As a result of company A disabling the Full license of the Guest, the Guest’s license is disabled in company B.

   2. If the company B Administrator attempts to change a Guest’s Status from Disabled to Active, the following message will display.

Added Fabrication Part Properties

Added Fabrication part properties during publish for the following:

• Material Group

• Service Group

• Specification Group

• Insulation Specification Group

Updated Project Roles

Edit Tracking Statuses on Assemblies Dashboard

Added a Project Role to Edit Tracking Statuses under Assemblies > Dashboard. Previously, when a user’s Project Role did not include Edit Assembly Properties, they could not edit tracking statuses. These project roles have been separated.

Edit BOM Mappings

Added a Project Role to Edit BOM Mappings under Packages > Details > Bill of Materials. As a result, the BOM Mappings column will only display a tooltip naming the Part Template.

Hide Default Part Reports

Default Part Reports will be hidden when the Reports > Part > [Default Report] is unchecked.

Updated Pipe Cuts Ends

Under Admin > Company > Pipe Cuts, changed the section heading from Connectors to Ends and updated the functionality to better support the various ways customers model and ultimately send their modeled content through multi-axis cutting machines. The primary changes is the separation of Bevel and Plain End configurations into separate rows which will be done automatically. Note: An entry for a size without a connector name can be created which will be used when there is no match on connector name to any of the other entries for the particular size (or size range). If no entry with empty connector name exists, the first pipe cut end matched on size alone (and alphabetized by connector name) will be used for speed and root gap lookup.

Each row has the following properties:

Updated MAJ Publish from CAMduct to Preserve STRATUS.Part.QRCode

Updated publish to preserve the original STRATUS.Part.QRCode when a CAMduct MAJ file is published from Company A first, and then from Company B. With this change a user is able to scan the QR code within the context of either Company A or Company B and get the part scan page to appear for the part.

Updated API with Throttling Duplicate Requests

Updated API with throttling duplicate requests for reports by disallowing callers from requesting the same things (Ex. Same Package ID and Report ID) simultaneously. When duplicate calls are detected, a 429 Error: Too Many Requests will result with a message similar to the following: "API is being throttled due to excessive usage. Please try again in 1799 seconds."

Family Selection Option Removed from Viewer settings

The Family Selection setting has been removed from viewer settings.

Fixed Revit Save as Cloud Model Issue

Fixed an issue where Revit Save as Cloud models failed to publish.

Fixed Zoom Issue in Markups

Fixed a zoom issue in the Markups tab in the Package and Assembly Viewers where pressing the “f” key did not zoom to fit.

Fixed Column Search Issue in Parts Report

Fixed an issue retrieving the correct rows when searching columns. Below is a successful example of searching the Description column for “gor“ and the correct return of Gored Elbow.

Fixed Issue Saving New BOM Mapping

Fixed an issue saving a New BOM Mapping under Admin > Company > Part Templates > BOM Mappings.

Fixed Issue Adding Assembly to Container in Models Viewer

Fixed an issue adding an assembly to Container in the Models Viewer. Once an assembly is added to or removed from a Container, the Containers Dashboard automatically updates without a page refresh.

05/07/2024 - v1.0.2 - Flex

Flex Viewer - Added the Ability to View Gridlines

Enable gridlines on the viewer by clicking the grid button on the viewer page's right side.

Flex Viewer - Added the Ability to View Assembly Display Mode

Enable the assembly display mode on the viewer by clicking the display mode button on the viewer page's right side.

Flex Download Manager - Added a search for project selection

Flex Performance Improvements

• The initial project download is now twice as fast, enhancing your efficiency and productivity.

• We have reduced the viewer's hardware requirements, making it more accessible and efficient. Stay tuned for more improvements in the upcoming releases.