DBDOC 11.2 is ready to go!

We're excited to release DBDOC 11.2!  This version really capitalizes on the groundwork laid in DBDOC 11.0 and 11.1 to present some game changing new features. 

Hyperview has thumbnail images in indexes.

Thumbnail images can now be shown in the indexes for all graphical document types. Thumbnails are generated when the dbdoc file is built, and are cached on the build machine.

          

Hyperview highlights signal lines and show input/output trees.

Mousing over a signal line on a CAD/CLD sheet now causes it to be highlighted, with a tooltip showing block number and signal quality.   You can now have Hyperview display the trees of input and output signals for any block.

Latest ABB versions supported

Supported ABB software versions include SPE 2.3, SPO 3.2, 800xA PG2 6.0, GPI, HPG, HGS.

BuildPlus has a new look, and new features.

BuildPlus icons have been updated, and toolbar buttons rearranged for clarity.

A new interface makes it easier to manage your DBDOC license.

Graphics and document support has been extended.

Extensive improvements have been made to SPlus graphics support, in the areas of live data hotspots, formatting, tags, fonts, and colors.  Extensive improvements have been made to 800xA PG2 support, in the areas of searchable text, dynamic bars, pseudotags, and graphics rendering.

There are improved automatically generated links on PDF files, and JPG images are now supported in AutoCAD drawings.

Other system changes

Software license keys are now supported, custom Function Code Support(Composer 6.5 S+ Engineering 1.3) has been added, and support for PG2 XLS (800xA Display Documentation) files has been removed.

Live data improvements

A new indicator in CIUMonController shows whether a CIUMon is able to provide data.  In addition, CIUMon can now recover automatically when RoviSys OPC90 temporarily hangs.

And much more!

You will find these updates, and many more bug-fixes and improvements in DBDOC 11.2
See the full Release Notes for further information on DBDOC 11.2 and prior versions.

Download DBDOC 11.2 here!

DBDOC 11.1 is ready for download!

DBDOC 11.1 is a minor release that nevertheless makes considerable usability improvements to DBDOC 11.0.  If you've been holding off on upgrading from version 10.7, this is definitely a good version to move to.

Improved Hyperview startup performance

The first thing you will notice is much faster Hyperview project load times, particularly for large projects and when the dbdoc file is being loaded across a network.   Startup time is now generally faster than for equivalent 10.7 M14 files, sometimes significantly so.

New and improved table of contents

In DBDOC 11.1, we have bitten the bullet and merged the Classic and Treeview table of contents in Hyperview.  The new table of contents is hierarchical -- just like in Treeview TOC, you see the chapter headings at the top level, but instead of a tree, you simply click to display appropriate sub-indexes.  

Read more here...

Special treatment for live specs

Live specs are now handled in a far more efficient manner, fetched only once or when refreshed.  They are now automatically compared to static spec values, and discrepancies are visually highlighted.  

Note that you now have to choose "Enable Live Specs" from the "View" menu in order to get this capability!

Read more here...

File support improvements

Other notable improvements in this release include support for the new form of 800xA MDB files (800xA Version 6.0 and above) replacing Harmony Tag Exporter support that ABB removed. In addition, there is now support for Symphony Plus Engineering (SPE) 2.1 and 2.2 using PostgreSQL backups.  GPI, HGS, and HPG files are also now supported.

A wide variety of build configuration options have been added and improved as well.

Please see the Release Notes for details on the changes in this release and other releases.