Changes, extensions and bug fixes since version 1.3.2.7

Bug fix Drawing files in TIFF format could not be loaded from the user interface if the file extension was "*.tiff" with two instead of one "f". This bug is fixed.

Change The paths of last opened projects on the start page are checked for actuality at program start.

Extension The position of a stamp is now transferred to the new drawing sheet during drawing comparison.

Bug fix Characteristics created by duplicating or re-stamping could not be transferred to a new inspection plan version by manual merging during drawing comparison. This restriction has been removed.

Bug fix Instabilities when saving large project files have been fixed.

Bug fix Switching the language has led to instability of the program in special constellations. These bugs have been fixed.

Bug fix The list field "Language" did not show an entry after the installation, but only after the first change of this setting. Now the correct entry is displayed immediately.

Changes, extensions and bug fixes since version 1.3.2.6

Bug fix When exporting the test plan in ASCII transfer format (*.dfd), the drawing path was not output and the file extension was not output correctly. Both errors are fixed.

Changes, extensions and bug fixes since version 1.3.2.0

Extension Additional buttons for DeepL access are displayed on the page in the start window.
 See User manual > User interface > Main window > Start window

Bug fix The quick entry dialog for creating characteristics manually was not displayed correctly under Windows 7. This error has been corrected.

Change When renumbering with the tools "Number clockwise", "Number in reading direction" and "Number by list position", the number range of the selected features is now directly released for this numbering process.

Change/Bug fix By entering a text field in the "Characteristics Properties" window, the user could assign the same stamp label to a characteristic if he was on a different drawing sheet. The assignment of the same stamp labels within one inspection plan version is now prevented and in another inspection plan version only possible after confirmation of a warning message.

Bug fix The field "Modifiers" in the window "Characteristics" was defective.

Bug fix If an already stamped drawing entry was decomposed, the link between the existing characteristic and this drawing entry no longer existed, leading to instability. The decomposition of an already stamped drawing entry is now only possible if the user agrees to delete the characteristic in the process.

Bug fix In very large drawings, too fast stamping of individual drawing entries one after the other could lead to defective characteristics being created. This problem has been fixed.

Change If characteristic properties are defined for a variable characteristic and the type is switched to "Attributive", no more properties are exported that are not available for attributive characteristics.

Extension The inspection plan in ASCII transfer format (*.dfd) displays additional characteristic properties. K2800 to K2802: GUID of the stamp. K2850 to K2852: Position of the stamp ("PositionX", "PositionY"), the reference point ("TargetX", "TargetY") and the stamp radius ("Radius"), indicated in pixels on the drawing graphic.
 See Administrator's Manual >  Export > Quality test plan format DFD (ASCII) > Characteristic data

Extension A possibility to modify the start parameter call for graphic export has not been described so far. The "Mode" parameter can be used to limit the export to drawing or stamp graphics.
 See Administrator’s Manual > Configuration and Import > Startup parameter file > Export quality test plans and stamped drawings

Changes, extensions and bug fixes since version 1.3.1.5

Extension With the new re-stamp feature, you can now create a completely independent copy of a characteristic in addition to duplicating it.
 See User manual > Functions > Characteristics > Duplicate and re-stamp

Bug fix The specified increment for number assignment during stamping and numbering is now also taken into account for the "Numbering by list position" function.

Extension You can now define the structure of the characteristic title for characteristics of type "attributive" in the settings. Previously, you could only define the structure of the title for variable characteristics. For attributive characteristics, the title was created automatically.
 See Settings > Settings > Characteristics > “Format characteristic title” group

Extension infra CONVERT 2019 can handle collective drawings (such a drawing contains several component variants). A suitable workflow is now described.
 See More > Create test plans from a collective drawing

The version contains only minor changes compared to version 1.3.1.2.

Changes, extensions and bug fixes since version 1.3.0.6

Bug fix Replacing characteristic types with categories and tags when importing ICP project files did not work for certain combinations of categories and labels. This bug has been fixed.

Bug fix The index (".1", ".2" etc.) of duplicated characteristics was no longer displayed in the characteristics list if the project was created with program version 1.1.1.0 or earlier. This bug has been fixed.

Bug fix Entering numeric values in the "Start Value" field of the characteristics window was a bit cumbersome when the start value or increment for stamp numbering was not equal to one. The reason was the dynamic check of the input, which suppressed already incomplete inputs, if these did not correspond to the final result. For example, if the start value was "10", the validator already prevented the entry of the first digit "1".

Change The evaluation of a very long, multi-line word specification took a very long time in some cases. Characteristic recognition has been optimized accordingly. A significant delay should no longer exist.

Bug fix Angle sizes with the decimal separator comma are now correctly created.

Bug fix When manually inserting characteristics (creation via quick input dialog), the software hung up if changes had already been made to the properties of the characteristic just created, even though the stamp had not yet been placed. This error has been corrected.

Extension An Autosave function for automatically saving projects at a specified time interval is now available.
 See User manual > Settings > Settings > “Project” group

Extension The number of repetitions of a characteristic is now also output in the DFD format (key K2840, K2841, K2842).
 See Administrator's manual > Export > Prüfplanformat DFD (ASCII Transferformat) > Characteristic data

Bug fix The stamp views that are exported as stamp graphics can no longer grow uncontrollably if the characteristic was created manually (using the quick input dialog) and the stamp was placed far away from the reference point.

Changes, extensions and bug fixes since version 1.3.0.3

Extension If a drawing file uses a font not installed on the machine, infra CONVERT 2019 has replaced it with a default font without notifying the user. If a replacement takes place, the user will now be notified which fonts have been replaced.

Change In the fields "Nominal size", "Upper tolerance" and "Lower tolerance" in the window "Characteristic properties" only decimal numbers with the decimal separator "Point" can now be entered.

Bug fix When moving an entry in the characteristics list, the visible area now follows the moved entries. Previously, the list always jumped to the beginning.

Bug fix If an incorrect value is entered in the "Tolerance class" field in the "Characteristics properties" window, the user is now notified of this with a corresponding message and no longer with a standard error message.

Bug fix Clicking too fast with the manual renumbering tool no longer hangs the program.

Bug fix The stamp coordinates in number of pixels, related to the output drawing graphic, are now output correctly even if the drawing sheet has been rotated. Before, the coordinates always referred to the original orientation.

Changes, extensions and bug fixes since version 1.2.0.17

Extension The start parameter file can be used to zoom in directly on a stamp.
 Siehe Administrator's manual > Configuration and Import > Zoom on stamp.

Bug fix Loading two or more drawing files with a start parameter command works fine again.

Bug fix ICP files with assigned PDF drawings can be reloaded.

Change The successful export of a test plan no longer needs to be confirmed, instead an information window is briefly displayed.
 See User manual > Functions > Export > Export test plan

Extension The entire user interface is available in German, English, French, Italian, Spanish and Russian.
 See User manual > Settings > Settings > General > “Language” group

Extension The stamp reference point can be moved by the user.
 See User manual > Functions > Characteristics > Reposition and align stamp

Extension Characteristics can be renumbered in the characteristics list using the list item.
 See User manual > Functions > Characteristics > Change numbering

Bug fix The "Characteristics Properties" window can be opened again using the button.

Extension The JSON test plan contains another feature: The "CompareSourceId" parameter specifies the GUID of the stamp from which it was originally created during drawing comparison by transfer or merging.
 See Administrator's manual > Quality test plan format JSONV1 > Characteristics

Changes, extensions and bug fixes since version 1.2.1.6

Bug fix In some cases, graphics embedded in PDF files were not displayed. This bug has been fixed.

Bug fix The position of stamps in old infra-CONVERT project files (*.icp) with PDF drawing files as base is now correctly imported.

Change The name of the software infra CONVERT 2018 has been changed to infra CONVERT 2019 .

Extension There is another parameter for controlling the accessibility or visibility of controls (parameter file "UiAccess.json"). The parameter "UnsavedChangesDialog" can be used to suppress the conditional query when closing a project or closing the program, with which the user is asked if he wants to save unsaved changes.
 See Administrator's manual handbuch > Configuration und Import > Element name

Bug fix The start value "0" was not used for stamping, provided that this value was allowed in the settings. This error has been fixed.

Extension The JSON test plan contains two additional characteristic properties. Analogous to the parameter "CompareSourceId" in the field of the stamp, another parameter "CompareSourceId" in the field of the characteristic specifies the GUID of the characteristic from which it was originally created during the drawing comparison by transferring or merging; another parameter "DirectCompareSourceId" in the same place refers to the direct predecessor characteristic.
 Siehe Administrator's manual > Quality test plan format JSONV1 > Characteristics

Bug fix Graphics were saved in drawings in DWG or DXF format only as a reference, but not as part of them. This bug has been fixed.

Bug fix The stamp size specified next to the stamp position ("Position", "Target") is now also output in the CSV test plan format in pixels and no longer in drawing units.

Changes, extensions and bug fixes since version 1.2.0.21

Extension The "Decompose" and "Export as SVG" controls can now be disabled via the "UiAccess" parameter file.
 See Administrator's Manual > Configuration and Import > Configuration and Import > Element name

Bug fix An associated drawing file is now loaded directly if it is not in the original directory, but in the same directory as the ICP file.

Bug fix Several bugs in the transfer of stamp and characteristic information during ICP import have been fixed.

Extension The "Define Field Division" dialog now additionally contains a selection of default settings to be able to define the labels for the field divisions of the most common sheet formats with a mouse click.
 See User manual > Functions > Drawings > Define field division

Extension The user guidance when merging characteristics in the drawing comparison (function in the Pro version) has been improved.
 See User manual > Functions > Drawings > Compare drawings (Pro version)

Bug fix The "Move Sheet" function no longer hangs the program in the drawing comparison.

Bug fix The subscription comparison was revised overall. Errors in the display should no longer occur.

Bug fix A duplicated characteristic is now displayed in the characteristic list immediately after it has been duplicated.

Extension A further 28 units of measurement can be assigned to characteristic classes ("NominalUnit" and "ToleranceUnit").
 See Administrator's manual > Configuration and Import > Parameter file "CharacteristicClasses" > Dimension unit
 See Administrator's manual > Configuration and Import > Parameter file "CharacteristicClasses" > Unit of the tolerance limits

Extension Optionally, you can specify that manually inserted characteristics are automatically transferred during drawing comparison.
 See User manual > Settings > Settings > “Transfer of manually inserted characteristics during drawing comparison” group

Change The drawing comparison was revised overall. If a characteristic is transferred to a new inspection plan version, the properties of the characteristic in the new inspection plan version can now be changed independently, that is, the status is changed to "Edited" and the characteristics of the original characteristic are not changed.

Bug fix You can use an option to specify that several individual characteristics are to be created from one characteristic by specifying the repetitions. These individual characteristics are now displayed correctly in the characteristic overview.

Bug fix The characteristic properties "Unit of measurement" and "Unit of tolerance values" are updated and correctly output by the user after switching the class.

Change The setting "Limit values in one direction", which influences the recognition of these characteristics, has been extended so that the standard specifications are adhered to. The standard is set as default.
 See User manual > Settings > Settings > Characteristic > “Limit values in one direction (min., max.)” group.

Extension Further characteristic properties are output to the test plans in JSON and CSV format: Position of the stamp ("PositionX", "PositionY"), the reference point ("TargetX", "TargetY") and the stamp radius ("Radius").
 See Administrator's guide > Quality test plan format JSONV1 > Characteristics
 See Administrator's guide >Quality test plan format CSV > Characteristic data

Bug fix You can use an option to specify that several individual characteristics are to be created from one characteristic by specifying the repetitions. These individual characteristics are now exported correctly in all test plan formats.

Bug fix The resolution of drawing graphics specified in the settings is also taken into account if an export command was passed via the start parameter file.

Published: 03.02.2017

Info Version 11.11.10 removes several errors reported by customers and partners.

• A Bug in the CAD core was corrected, which prevented the load of drawing under very special circumstances.
• The CAD kernel now displays an error if a PDF file can't be loaded.
• The comparison routine now works better with drawings from SolidWorks.
• Assigning new general tolerances will now be displayed correct again in the feature table.
• Loading an old project version now works as intended, if the features contain characters instead of numbers.
• Angles will be exported without places after the decimal point, if the angle doesn't have them.
• Corrected some typing errors in the tolerance tables, which prevented infra-CONVERT to load them.
• The bundled Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime was updates to the most current version (SP1).

Published: 28.07.2016

Info Version 11.11.7 removes several errors reported by customers and partners.

• Some customers had problems with the line width of exported NX drawings. We have disabled the display of the line width in this version.
• The setting "Always use line weights" now works correct, if the drawings was exported by NX.
• Drawings exported with SolidEdge contain faulty font informations. These informations are now corrected on import.
• Solved a problem with MLEADER-objects of SolidEdge.

Published: 16.06.2016

Info Die Version 11.11.5 behebt einige Fehler, die uns von Kunden und Partnern mitgeteilt wurden.

• Corrected the display of the title block for one customer.
• Changing the comment field of the feature dialog is now correctly accepted.
• The decimal separator won't be changed when exporting CSV files.
• Better recognition of geometric tolerances within drawings created by Pro/E and Creo.
• Fixed small problems with the new setup program.

Published: 14.03.2016

Info Version 11.11.0 comes with a complete new installer. This installer supports english, french and german language. It also supports 32 bit and 64 bit operation systems!

Info Version 11.11.0 removes several errors reported by customers and partners. It also improves the import of CAD data.

• The import of PDF files was improved.
• The import of files created with CATIA was improved. Some customers had problems with dimension which were recognized as part of the drawing border.
  The recognition of company logos in drawings was improved.
• Some CAD systems are using the wrong degree symbol in export. This error is now automatically corrected.
• Some stamps had the wrong size if they where inside scaled parts of the drawing.
  When importing without write protection unused stamp numbers couldn’t be used anymore. This error was fixed.
• A point in the feature number is no longer converted into a comma when exporting CSV files.

Published: 15.06.2015

Info Version 11.10.5 removes several errors reported by customers and partners. It also improves the import of CAD data.

• The import of TIFF files was improved because some customers had issues with TIFF graphics.
• In version 11.10.4 some customers had issus with line breaks in feature texts. This could result in faulty PRF /CSV files.
• One customer had issues with angular dimensions. The program code for the recognition of angular dimensions was optimized.
• Small adjustments to the import of PDF files.

Published: 27.03.2015

Info Version 11.10.4 removes several errors reported by customers and partners. It also improves the import of CAD data.

• Some customers had problems with their drawings in version 11.10.3.
• Stamps in scaled areas of a drawing where displayed in the wrong size if an ICP file was loaded.

Published: 11.02.2015

Info Version 11.10.3 removes several errors reported by customers and partners. It also improves the import of CAD data.

• Identification of special features inside SolidWorks drawings (customer specific solution)
• The adjustment of the stamp size was patched.
• Black and white prints of drawing with true color content now work as expected.
  Missing tolerances are now exported as 0,0 again.
• In some NX drawings texts in circles where stamped. These are now ignored.
• One customer had problems with missing CAD elements inside ICP-files.

Published: 03.12.2014

Info If you use our Excel-AddIn, you have to update it to the the current version!

Hinweis Die Version 11.10.1 behebt einige Fehler, die uns von Kunden und Partnern mitgeteilt wurden.

• infra-convert now ignores stamps of SolidWorks if they are inside of the dimension block.
• Fixed a problem with the refresh of the stamps size if the option was changed.
  After the selection of the feature type infra-CONVERT now focuses the drawing.
  infra-CONVERT now ignores dimension which only composed of spaces.
• Fixed a problem inside the “Edit feature” dialog with + and - characters inside the prefix and suffix.
• Manually added features for numbers inside circles were not loaded correctly from old project versions.
• CAD drawing with scale factors of elements now get the correct stamp size.

Published: 25.02.2014

Hinweis If you use our Excel-AddIn, you have to update it to the current version!

Hinweis Version 11.9.0 removes several errors reported by customers and partners. It also improves the import of CAD data.

• The setup program now resets the settings file to prevent problems with the new options.
• Fixed a problem with the stamp sizes.
• Fixed a display problem with PDF files which where rotated.

Published: 20.02.2014

Info If you use our Excel-AddIn, you have to update it to the current version!

Info Version 11.9.0 removes several errors reported by customers and partners. It also improves the import of CAD data.

• Fixed a problem in 11.8.1 with the option “Define drawing frame when daring loaded”.
• Fixed a problem with the automatic block generation of numbers in the drawing border.
• Fixed a problem when doing a comparison of drawings. infra-CONVERT now fragments text elements to prevent that problem.
  The IGES interface was improved.
• infra-CONVERT now recognizes rectangular dimension blocks, which identical theoretical dimensions, if they are constructed with a polyline.
• For the dongle version:
  
  - The newest driver of Wibu Systems is now bundled.
  - If no dongle is found you can start infra-CONVERT now in a demo mode by clicking “Ignore” at the resulting error dialog.

Published: 14.08.2013

Hinweis Version 11.8.1 removes several errors reported by customers and partners. It also improves the import of CAD data.

• IGES drawings from NX8 where interpreted wrong. The new version recognizes IGES files from NX8 and will display them in the correct way.
• Infra-CONVERT now identifies drawing borders generated by some CAD software (like Pro/E and SolidEdge) and won’t set stamps on them anymore. To use this feature the border of the drawing has to be labeled starting with “A” and “1”, like “A1”.
• ProE does not export geometric tolerances as blocks when saving as DXF/DWG drawings. Therefore infra-CONVERT now searches for the symbols of geometric tolerances and combines them with following texts.
• If a feature gets the same stamp number after loading an old project version for revision, the stamp gets it’s original ID, so the import into a CAQ software recognizes the same stamp.
• If a newer version of a drawing is loaded via “Load old project version” the system now interprets the decimal point “.” or “,” as the same, because some software systems changes the decimal point via their export settings.
• For dongle users: The newest dongle driver of Wibu Systems is now integrated in our software.
• Since 11.7 an error occurred when importing DXF drawings regarding the use of color 257. This error is now corrected during the opening process.
• Improved identification of features.

Published: 30.04.2013

Info Version 11.7.0 removes several errors reported by customers and partners. It also improves the import of CAD data.

• Removes an error for drawings from the CAD system NX, when drawings where rendered apparently in 3D.
• Drawings from Solidworks, where data is stored into attributes, are now interpreted in the correct way.
• infra-CONVERT now uses a normal line shape for import of DXF-data, even when the standard line shape is defined in another way.
• Fixed a crash while importing .pdf files as a photo.
• If a PDF was rotated before stamping, the direction was reseted after loading the project. This bug was corrected.
• Fixed an OLEException error which occurred by opening SolidWorks drawings, which contains a company logo.
• Fixed an error that rendered text at the wrongs position, because of faulty text attributes.
• Drawings with the dimensions like "about 13“, which is no absolute dimension for infra-CONVERT, are now interpreted as attributive dimensions.
• Fixed an error for printing PDF files, where only the stamps where printed.

Published: 23.08.2012

Info Due to an error in the interface to other systems we had to release an update. If you don’t have problems interacting with other software in 1.6.0 you don’t have to upgrade to 1.6.1

• Corrected a bug in the interface system to our partners software. The problem with the error message “INVALID OEM-KEY!” is gone and you can start infra - CONVERT from their software now.
• Corrected a bug when closing the feature table window by clicking the close button. Now the button „Feature table“ opens and closes the window as expected.
• Corrected a bug when opening drawings with no data in their model space. The problem with the error message „Object was erased" when opening drawings is gone.

Published: 08.08.2012

Published: 19.05.2011

Published: 19.04.2011

Published: 08.02.2018

Info Version 1.2.7 corrects errors reported by our customers and partners.

• Fixes a problem recognizing blue - DAT dongle after sleepmode.

Published: 07.03.2016

Info Version 1.1.8 corrects errors reported by our customers and partners.

• Fixes a problem recognizing blue - DAT dongle after sleepmode.

Published: 25.01.2016

Published: 17.11.2015

Hinweis Version 1.1.3 corrects errors reported by our customers and partners.

• Fixes problems with virtual comport in combination with native ports.

Published: 04.11.2015

Info Version 1.1.1 corrects errors reported by our customers and partners.

• Fixes problems with virtual comport in combination with 32bit systems.
• Fixes a problem where MDM-Tool did not find blue-DAT receiver.

Info Version 1.0.24 corrects errors reported by our customers and partners.

Published: 01.10.2015

Hinweis Version 1.0.24 corrects errors reported by our customers and partners.

• Various bug fixes.

Published: 22.12.2014

Hinweis Version 1.0.19 corrects errors reported by our customers and partners.

• Various bug fixes.