New:

▪IMPORTANT:
Network licensing (Floating) requires license server version 4.9.22 or higher

▪Import 3D

oSolidWorks 2021

▪Import 2D

oCATIA V6 / 3DExperience R2021x

oNX: 1938, 1942 and 1946

oSolid Edge 2021

oSolidWorks 2021

Fixes:

▪Unattended installation: Desktop icons were not created in some cases #6511

▪Minimal bounding box: Wrong orientation #6504

▪SolidWorks: EPM vault storage files can't be opened #6481

New:

▪IMPORTANT:
Network licensing (Floating) requires license server version 4.9.20 or higher

Fixes:

▪Network licensing (Floating): License borrowing for offline use #6405

New:

▪IMPORTANT:
Network licensing (Floating) requires license server version 4.9.20 or higher

▪Minimum system requirements changed

▪New setup wizard:

oIncludes all KISTERS 3DViewStation products

oRevised comfortable user guidance

oOptimised sofware distribution for desktop products

▪HelpCenter: Online knowledge base for end users and administrators. Offline fallback included.

▪Import 3D

oACIS 2020

oCATIA V5-2020

oCreo 7.0

oJT 10.3

oInventor 2021

oNX 1926

▪Export 3D

oJT 8.1, 9.5 & 10.0 selectable by dropdown menu

▪Import 2D

oCATIA V6 / 3DExperience R2020x

oProE / Creo Parametric 7.0

oNX: 1911, 1915, 1919, 1926, 1930, 1934

▪VSXML: Performance improvements #5388

▪MicroStation .DGN format support discontinued

▪Distance and band analysis tool

▪Measurement of the total / cumulated length for tool path (laser, CNC, welding)

▪Measurement - angle: Line to line (projected)

▪Measurement - solid to solid: Performance improved

▪Explode:

oOn selections

oRestriction to certain directions

▪All created views can be automatically generated into single PNGs or as multi-page PDF including physical properties

▪KAS method: export views

▪Catia: Setting to import only captures (without views) #5700

▪Setting to hide the rotation mouse pointer

▪2D: Calibration added #5692

▪Save as 3DVS-format

▪Font Substitution:

oButton in settings pane to open the FontSubstitution.csv

oThe font substitution suggestion is inserted as a comment

▪Default substitution font changed from Arial to MyriadCAD for better support of special characters and symbols

▪API: IFC Get/SetBCFVisualizationInfo with unit (default: meter) #6033

▪PMI: Possibility to edit all text fields

▪Color adjustment is possible directly by entering hexadecimal or RGB values

▪Optimized output window:

oThe output window is now managed per scene

oThe new tab "General" contains feedback on network licensing

oNew Setting: Enhanced loading statistics (progress tab)

▪Setting to change the log level

▪JT: Import setting for (quality) level of tessellation

▪2D: Enhanced zoom level

▪PDF: Support of embedded JT files

Fixes:

▪Physical Properties: Wrong volume calculation in native CAD models #6276

▪PLMXML / VSXML: Import progress status information #5767

▪SolidWorks SpeedPak: Assembly couldn't be imported #4950

▪SolidWorks: Improved loading performance #6261

▪SolidWorks: Assembly didn't load with 'Prefer BREP'

▪Structure tree: Vertical scrollbar disappeared after Drag and Drop #5603

New:

▪IMPORTANT:
Network licensing (Floating) requires license server version 4.9.20 or higher.

▪Minimum system requirements changed.

▪New setup wizard:

oIncludes all KISTERS 3DViewStation products.

oRevised comfortable user guidance.

oOptimised sofware distribution for desktop products.

▪HelpCenter: Online knowledge base for end users and administrators. Offline fallback included.

Fixes:

▪VSXML: Stability improvements #6183

▪Extract faces: Stability improvements #6218

▪View transition mismatch and initial view issues fixed

▪Missing images after importing views

▪View transition ghost state issues fixed

▪API: UpdateScene error handling optimized

▪API: Views play animated transition handling available

New:

▪IMPORTANT:

▪Network licensing (Floating) requires license server version 4.9.20 or higher.

▪Minimum system requirements changed.

▪New setup wizard:

oIncludes all KISTERS 3DViewStation products.

oRevised comfortable user guidance.

oOptimized software distribution for desktop products.

▪HelpCenter: Online knowledge base for end users and administrators. Offline fallback included.

▪Import 3D

oACIS 2020

oCATIA V5-2020

oCreo 7.0

oJT 10.3

oInventor 2021

▪Import 2D

oCATIA V6 / 3DExperience R2020x

oProE / Creo Parametric 7.0

oNX: 1911, 1915, 1919

▪VSXML: Performance improvements #5388.

▪MicroStation .DGN format support discontinued.

▪Band analysis

▪Measurement - angle: Line to line (projected).

▪Measurement - solid to solid: Performance improved.

▪Explode:

oOn selections

oRestriction to certain directions

▪Views can be conveniently exported as PNGs or, including the physical properties, as PDF.

▪Catia: Setting to import only the captures (without views) #5700.

▪Setting to hide the rotation mouse pointer.

▪2D: Calibration added #5692.

▪Save as 3DVS-format.

▪Font Substitution:

oButton in settings pane to open the FontSubstitution.csv.

oThe font substitution suggestion is inserted as a comment.

▪Default substitution font changed from Arial to MyriadCAD for better support of special characters and symbols.

▪API: IFC Get/SetBCFVisualizationInfo with unit (default: meter) #6033.

▪API: New focus method - variable transition to show the area of selected objects.

▪PMI: Possibility to edit all text fields.

▪Color adjustment is possible directly by entering hexadecimal or RGB values.

▪Optimized output window:

oThe output window is now managed per scene.

oThe new tab "General" contains feedback on network licensing.

oNew Setting: Enhanced loading statistics (progress tab).

▪Setting to change the log level.

Fixes:

▪Extract surfaces: Failed in rare cases #5861, #5647.

▪Ghost transparency wasn't applied immediately #6050.

▪Neighborhood search: Stability improvements #6012.

▪Wallthickness heatmap: Wrong results with ray method in rare cases #5678.

▪Circle detection: Failed in rare cases #5815.

▪3DVS: Problem when loading very large models in the Webviewer.

▪Creo: Section over more than one structure level #756.

▪2D Drawings: Markups were displayed on all pages #4880.

▪2D DXF: Missing lines in rare situations #5528 #5645 #5909.

▪2D DXF: Wrong scaling in rare cases #5537.

▪FBX export: Surfaces sometimes had wrong colors #4537.

▪IFC: Lines caused an empty scene in rare cases #5901.

▪JT: Convert from 3DVS not possible in rare cases  #5176.

▪NX: Missing attributes in 'No category' #3728.

▪STEP: Attributes with $ characters weren't shown correctly #5627.

▪STEP: PMIs were transparent #5006.

▪SVG export: Node color was ignored when a vertex color was set #5777.

▪VDA: Stability improvements #5488.

▪API: BCF default visibility fixed #6086.

▪API: UpdateScene / SetSelectedNodes by CustomId #5963.

▪API: Ghost / Constraints GhostLocked - Initial view, wrong state of ghosted nodes #5963.

Release date:

2020-05-12

Fixes:

▪Designs: Missing menu elements #5608

▪Projected area: Unit correction if scene unit is not mm #5763

▪Point coordinate measurement: Consideration of the active coordinate system #5749

▪Stability improvements #5804 #5794 #5829

Release date:

2020-04-15

Fixes:

▪Neighborhood search: Crash when changing input without selection #5741

▪Opening files with double click #5742

Release date:

2020-04-09

New:

▪Import 3D

oNX 1899

oRevit 2020

oParasolid v32.0

▪Import 2D

oCATIA: V5-6R2020 (R30)

oNX: NX 1899, NX 1903, NX 1904, NX 1907

▪Update 3DVS format to version 16 (incompatible to 3DViewStation 2019.1 and older)

▪Save as contains all 3D & 2D export formats. Additional screenshot export option in menu Tools

▪Font recognition and replacement for 2D drawings (2D advanced licensed)

▪Renaming of filter to search in menu Tools

oAdded case sensitivity option #3996

oSearch for content in PMIs, markups and text

▪Clash detection:

oIntersection volume

oIntersection curves

oPenetration depth

oPerformance improvement

▪Neighborhood search:

oLinear distance

oBox trap

▪Status bar with additional information

▪Merge objects in menu Model

▪New UI designs (accessible via settings)

▪New UI layouts (accessible via settings)

▪Update of Microsoft Redistributables

▪DropConvert support discontinued

▪HiCAD importer support discontinued

▪Windows 32-bit support discontinued

Enhancements:

▪2D: Create document background setting #2996

▪Color palette can be customized via Presets.xml #5598

▪API: Import/Export of BCF Collaboration View #4877

▪API: Define initial view from current state #5458

▪API: SearchNodes with CustomID #5629

Fixes:

▪Gerber: Models were opened as text files #5665

▪PLMXML: Empty files when exporting to 3D format #5698

▪STEP AP242: Tessellation export issue #4775

▪API: Callout projection event issues #5651

▪Copy and paste problems of nodes #5543 #5575

▪Improved alignment for newly created coordinate systems (normal and circle center) #5455

▪Incorrect positioning of instanced parts #5569 #5656

▪Lines and markups disappeared when importing another model in a scene #4941

▪Lines are not displayed correctly #5486

▪Opening of files with double click #5606

▪Irregular problems when opening models with many instances #5638

▪IP Protection - Delete invisible: Issue when computed on faces #5581

▪Wrong camera position when a view with active flight mode is activated #5414

Release date:

2020-02-17

Enhancements:

▪Start up speed of 3DViewStation increased

Fixes:

▪Hotfix for 2019.1.126: Windows 7 support

▪Bounding Box Extents #4010

▪Added setting for volume unit #5385

Release date:

2020-02-11

New:

▪Update 3DVS format to version 15 (incompatible to 2019.0 and older)

▪New Redistributables 2019 added to the setup. Installation is required.

▪NX 1872

▪NX Drawings 1892

▪Solid Edge 2020

▪Solid Edge Drawings 2020

▪SolidWorks Drawings 2020

▪Font recognition and multiple font substitution for drawings #4752

▪Colors for e57 point clouds

▪API: 2D callout projection

Enhancements:

▪Added hierarchically merge mode in ribbon Model

▪Import setting ignore views by name now considers wildcard (*)

▪Added support for more CATIA attributes types #5312

▪Added version number to title bar

▪Improve e57 point cloud import #5275

▪Support of additional fonts in drawings #2804 #5024

▪STEP AP242: Export of markups #5014

▪Filter renamed to Search (ribbon Tools)

▪Added Search option: Case sensitive #3996

▪Added Search option to find content of markups/PMIs

▪New options for wire coloring of solids #3371

Fixes:

▪Improved display of Solid Edge drawings #2408

▪Convert specific CATPart to Parasolid #2669 #4746

▪Wrong PDF extents #4403

▪3DXML with many structure levels causes slow import #4435

▪STEP AP242 export with tessellation only #4775

▪Changing boundary conditions while a transformation tool is active #5078

▪3D-PDF: Export markups #5154

▪SVG exports only visible #5177

▪API: File open crash #5268

▪User folder in hidden network share is supported #5270

▪Render materials #5314

▪Incorrect placement of dimensions with activated coordinate system #5319

▪VSXML: Correct display of markups and callouts #5340

▪Save correct scaling of merged objects #5374

▪Camera alignment in Flythrough mode #5414

▪3DVS: Load model as saved #5422

▪KAS: Conversion fails #5475

Release date:

2019-12-19

Enhancements:

▪Added new search options to the neighborhood search:

oBox

oLinear distance

Fixes:

▪Export only visible geometries for vector graphics #5177

▪Problems with opening CATIA data fixed #5206

▪Instancing of geometries caused issues #5133

Release date:

2020-02-17

Fixes:

▪Hotfix for 2019.0.720: Windows 7 support

Release date:

2020-02-11

New:

▪New Redistributables 2019 added to the setup. Installation is required.

▪NX 1872

▪NX Drawings 1892

▪Solid Edge 2020

▪Solid Edge Drawings 2020

▪SolidWorks Drawings 2020

Fixes:

▪Improved display of Solid Edge Drawings #2408

▪Convert specific CATPart to Parasolid #2669 #4746

▪3DXML: Many structure levels causes slow import #4435

▪STEP AP242 export with tessellation only #4775

▪SVG exports only visible #5177

▪API: File open crash #5268

▪User folder in hidden network share is supported #5270

▪Incorrect placement of dimensions with activated coordinate system #5319

Release date:

2019-11-25

Fixes:

▪Instancing of geometries caused issues #5133, #5121

▪CATDrawing: Line breaks are ignored #4925

Release date:

2019-10-16

New:

▪UI change: Add 2D and 3D export buttons (screenshots and exchange formats).

▪Setting for default 3D export format (instead of last used)

▪CATDrawing: R29 (V5-6R2019)

▪Creo Drawing: 6.0

▪NX Drawing: NX 1872 Series until 1884

▪SolidEdge Drawings 2019

▪Solidworks Drawings 2019

Enhancements:

▪Automatic backup of settings before manual reset to defaults

Fixes:

▪3D PDF: Problem with template "Toplevel" #3168

▪CATDrawing: Missing text #3837

▪CATDrawing: Line width correctly rendered #2460

▪CATDrawing: Loading problem #3764

▪CATDrawing: Missing line breaks #4925

▪IFC: Import with instancing #5043

▪SolidWorks & SolidEdge Drawings: Loading problem #4077

▪STEP: Wrong transformation #4774

▪Section: Rendering problems #4947 #4168

▪JT: PMI visibility in views #5013

Release date:

2019-08-27

New:

▪Export progressbar

▪CATIA V5-6 R2019 (R29)

Enhancements:

▪Ribbon layout change without restart of application

▪Wallthickness heatmap: Default preset set to Rolling ball based - detailed

▪2D: Consideration of line width

▪FBX: Export of colors & transparencies improved

▪Minimal bounding box: quick & precise calculation

▪Performance of VSXML with referenced 3DVS files improved

Fixes:

▪Administrate server button #4613

▪BOM: handling of attributes #4677

▪BOM: Export to CSV when using Japanese & Korean language #4770

▪Transformation of coordinate systems #4704

▪2D: Symbols in fonts #4494

▪2D: File handle not closed #3239

▪2D: SolidWorks & SolidEdge Drawings #4077

▪3DVS: PMIs missing #4783

▪CATDrawing: Viewing problem #3764

▪Standby mode of graphic card #4756

Release date:

2019-07-12

New:

▪New option for axis aligned camera control

▪CREO 6

▪Inventor 2020

▪NX (v1847)

▪Parasolid v31.1

Enhancements:

▪TechDoc: Ribbon menu improved

▪TechDoc: Automatic association of renamed callout IDs

▪Changing the interface design via the settings menu

▪Inventor: Support of representations

Fixes:

▪CREO: Import not possible #4622

▪DWG: Import not possible #3640

▪GTL: Imported as text file #4576

▪Inventor: False transformation #2270 + #3105

▪JT 10.3: Import not possible #4602

▪JT: Missing PMI text #4124

▪JT: With materials leads to false transparency #4344

▪NX: Incorrect display of surfaces #3217

▪NX: Missing faces in exact compare #3860

▪STEP: Bad representation of letters #3879

▪BOM based on selection #4358

▪CATDrawing: Loading from folders with umlauts #4293

▪Text search with Japanese characters #4324

▪Licensing: lock-file problem with network licenses #2965

▪Minimal bounding box with activated coordinate system #4260

Release date:

2019-04-25

New:

▪TechDoc: Text markup with fixed position in viewport

Fixes:

▪NX files could not be opened #3441 #4189 #3516

▪GLTF: Transparency wrong #3700

▪STEP could not be opened #3885

▪SolidEdge: Wrong attributes #1993

▪GLB: Could not be opened #3886

▪KAS license error #2826

▪No surface area could be calculated from projected areas #3613

▪Incorrect selection of points #3931

▪Font substitution does not work #4256

▪SWX: Import very slow with prefer tessellation #4257

▪3DVS from 2019.0 crashes 2018.0 #4262

▪CREO: Tessellation error open shells #4277

▪Attributes are not read in correctly #1993

▪White background in drawing ensures that font is not visible #2811

Release date:

2019-04-09

Enhancements:

▪PLMXML-Setting:

▪interpret all transformations as global transformations

Fixes:

▪Pickray causes crash #3844

▪SolidWorks: Transformations wrong #4166

▪Custom presets.xml suppresses the import dialog #4237

▪STPX: Transformations wrong #3791

Release date:

2019-03-21

New:

▪Kisters Automation Server (KAS) can convert to 2D vector files #3699

▪ActiveX:

oAdded: HasCustomRibbonButton

oAdded: RemoveCustomRibbonButton

Enhancements:

▪Added settings to influence CATIA Show/NoShow behavior #3499

▪Replace Java license monitor tool for floating licenses with a .NET application

Fixes:

▪Issue with SingleInstance and file import into open scene #4205

▪Density presets are not displayed #4025

▪KAS: Convert drawing to 3DVS/PDF was not possible #3471

▪Updater reports "No updates" if connection to update server not possible #3538

▪SolidWorks: Assembly could not be loaded #3950

Release date:

2019-01-31

New:

▪Transform: Move from circle center to circle center

▪Importable format: e57

▪Selection mode: Instance

▪STEP: Import-Setting to select NAUO #2487

▪Change colors of coordinate system #3933

▪Turntable camera control

▪Technical documentation (TECHDOC license option required)

▪Split solids (ADVANCED_ANALYSIS license option required)

▪Remove/Generate normals

▪Change PMIs on import with width-/height factor

▪Tutorial update

Enhancements:

▪Filter: Setting to include/exclude hidden objects

▪Filter: Search of hexadecimal and RGB colors #3777

▪Export PNG with transparent background

▪Configurable date for PDF templates #3619

▪License borrowing dialogue: Features can be borrowed individually

▪Improved 2D text search

▪Improved representation of floating point values in attributes #3849

▪Improved representation of PMIs #3940

Fixes:

▪Improved printing on very large paper sizes #3715

▪Solved problem with line breaks in about dialog #3712

▪VSXML Import: Colors are inherited correctly #3744

▪Solved issue with PLMXML import #3353

▪Error messages from updater improved #3583

▪Exact compare: colors swapped #3748

▪Exact comparison of selections #3934

▪3DVS: Improved accuracy of transformations #3966

▪Removing temporary files #3694

▪False visibility after use of UNDO #3701

▪Change colors of edges #3371

▪ActiveX: Fix issue with OnMouseEnter event #3836

Release date:

2019-05-20

▪Font replacement #4256

▪NX files could not be opened #3441 #4189

▪SolidEdge: Wrong attributes #1993

▪STEP could not be opened #3885

Release date:

2019-02-08

New:

▪Importer update:

▪JT Import 10.2

▪Parasolid V31

▪Solid Edge 2019

▪SolidWorks 2019

▪3D-PDF-Export: Templates with customizable date format #3619

Fixes:

▪SVG/DXF export of cut geometry fixed #3987

▪NX drawing issues #2702, #3222

▪CATDrawing tables presentation #3469

▪Colors corrected in exact comparison #3748

▪Increased accuracy of transformations #3966

▪Improved undo #3701

▪Reload nodes #3765

▪Export hull geometry / wire recognition #3972

Release date:

2018-12-06

New:

▪New method for ActiveX-Contol: SetKeepAlive

▪Can be used to prevent closing of the 3DViewStation instance e.g. when Terminate() is called.

Enhancements:

▪Improved Japanese UI translations

▪Update of German and English tutorial

Fixes:

▪Crash when printing on very large paper sizes #3715

▪Issues with the display of Inventor assemblies solved #3262

Release date:

2018-11-13

New:

▪Type floating license only: Update of LicServerClient-Java-Tool for floating server administration/usage statistics

-> current version of floating server software recommended

Enhancements:

▪Improved Japanese UI translations

▪Update of German tutorial

Fixes:

▪Automatic recognition of markup fonts

▪Uninstaller removes all installation files

▪Type activation license only: Installation of needed Microsoft redistributables

Release date:

2018-10-11

New:

▪Import dialog / Import presets

▪Recognition of drill holes

▪Optimize instances - results in file size reduction

▪Save views separate from geometries

▪Load views independent from i.e. revised geometries

▪Remove edges of geometries, i.e. due to bad quality

▪Re-calculate edges of geometries, i.e. to allow measurements

▪Calculation of neutral axis of piping objects

▪Scale geometry

▪Measure face without need to extract face first

▪Real time wall thickness measurement

▪Skybox creator

▪Wall thickness analysis color gradated, i.e. multi selection

▪Mirroring of geometries with more options

Enhancements:

▪Improved UI translations

▪Direct page access for multi-page 2D documents

Fixes:

▪Visualization of background images #3595

Release date:

2018-09-18

New:

▪Context menu for each scene tab

Enhancements:

▪Print dialog is resizable #3363

▪Fullscreen can be exited via Escape (and F11)

Fixes:

▪Solved problem when importing STEP data #3260

▪Import dialog: focus issue #3457

▪Solved problems with PDF Templates #3424 #3464

▪ActiveX: AddContextMenuItem treats passed IDs wrong #3455

▪Solved problem with display of diameter symbol #3472

▪Solved problem with an old 3DVS file #3534

▪Problem with Parasolid NodeNameTemplates solved #3536

Release date:

2018-08-17

New:

▪Import dialog: choose between different setting presets, thus leading to different load time and quality

▪Inventor 2019 file format support

Enhancements:

▪Neutral axis can now also be applied to tessellation and BREP data

▪Drill hole improvements

▪2D root nodes now contain the name of the opened 2D file #3385

▪Wallthickness Heatmap unit is available #1950

▪New export setting to replace original file extension #3300

Fixes:

▪3DPDF: opening the 3D scene on Windows 7 systems #3144

▪3DPDF: containing U3D #3435

▪OpenFile via renderer extension #3338

▪PLMXML: Colors are displayed incorrectly #3319

▪Bounding box world markup positioning issue #3296

▪VSXML pathes with umlauts #3332

▪DWG file is displayed as a white sheet #3410

▪Splashscreen fix #3330

▪Compare of multipage documents #3415

Release date:

2018-07-18

New:

▪Remove empty nodes

▪Print dialog: Print range

▪Autorotate document

▪Tiled printing

▪Convert dialog: IFC and FBX added

▪Measurement of circle area

▪CMD implementation for the quick and exact compare

Enhancements:

▪Setup: Teamviewer is now an optional parameter during silent installation (see corresponding documentation)

▪Support for tessellated PMI STEP AP242

▪Selection frame now also works for:

oWires

oCurves

oPoints

oAnnotations

▪Improve ActiveX control

Release date:

2018-06-07

New:

▪JavaScript support for 3D-PDF export (see corresponding documentation)

Export 3D:

▪IFC

Fixes:

▪ActiveX connection problem

Release date:

2018-05-30

Enhancements:

▪Menu icon for Readme and File Format List in the help category

▪Menu icon for SkyBoxCreator in the tools area with which skyboxes can be generated

Fixes:

▪CatiaV5 Import Problems #2718

Release date:

2018-05-17

New:

▪Import 2D Advanced

oCatia V6 / 3DExperience R2017

oSupport for NX Expression

▪Measuring function: Dimension surfaces

▪Optional monochrome import for 2D advanced formats

▪Mirror geometry over world coordinate system and active coordinate system

▪Import and export views via XML file

Enhancements:

▪Improved computation speed of world bounding box

▪Enhanced line generation

Fixes:

▪RGB colors could not be changed #2884

▪PDF export generates darker preview images than previous versions #3078