SpinFire Ultimate 11.7.2 Release Notes
Overview
SpinFire Ultimate 11.7.2 contains some importer updates and a handful of bug fixes.
Special Notes
If your organization uses a floating license server, they mustupdate it to the latest Floating License Manager in order to be able to use SpinFire 11.7.2. If your organization has already upgraded for 11.7.0 there is nothing to do. Follow the` instructions here <https://help.actify.com/x/BYA3Aw>`__to upgrade the existing Floating License Manager.
Important Future Notifications
Support for Windows 7 SP1 has ended.
The DirectX 9 graphic driver will be removed in the next major version, 11.8.0.
The 32-bit version of SpinFire Ultimate ends as of SpinFire Ultimate 11.9.0 planned in 2020. Click here for more details.
Notable Changes
Importer Updates
Importer |
Versions Supported |
NX |
NX to NX 1872 Series (2D), V11.0 to NX 1872 Series (3D) |
Solid Edge |
ST1 to 2020 (2D), V19 - 20, ST - ST10, 2020 (3D) |
SolidWorks |
2004 to 2020 (2D), From 97 up to 2020 (3D) |
Additional Enhancements
Performance
Improve performance of loading surfaces when Load Surfaces on Demand is enabled.
Note
Due to issues with the assembly tree, dragging and dropping to move parts and sub assemblies is disabled for 11.7.1. This feature can be enabled via script means, please contact Support for more information, please note this feature is in beta.
Bug Fixes
2D Models
CATDrawing has annotation incorrectly colored.
Conversion
VRML conversion creates an ACIS file instead
UI
Shortcut toolbar becomes undocked after changing theme
NullReferenceException occurs after switching between viewer instances when the Shortcut Toolbar is enabled
Upgrading from 11.6.4 to 11.7.2
To upgrade SpinFire Ultimate from 11.6.4 to 11.7.2
Launch and run the SpinFire.x64.msi (or the SpinFire.x64.exe) and follow the installation wizard instructions.
or
Select Check for Updates from the Help menu if you have an Internet connection and are upgrading form 11.1 or greater.
Recommended Environments
Client Environment |
Minimum |
Recommended |
Optimum |
---|---|---|---|
Operating System |
Windows 8.1 (64-bit)
Windows 8.1 (64-bit)
Windows 10 (64-bit)
Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)
Windows Server 2012
|
Windows 8.1 (64-bit)
Windows 10 (64-bit)
|
Windows 10 (64-bit)
|
OS Language Supported |
English (US)
German
French
Italian
Spanish
Portuguese
Czech
Japanese
Chinese (simplified)
Chinese (traditional)
Korean
|
English (US)
German
French
Italian
Spanish
Portuguese
Czech
Japanese
Chinese (simplified)
Chinese (traditional)
Korean
|
English (US)
German
|
CPU/Processor |
Intel i3 4 Core 3.8 GHz (or equivalent) |
Intel i5 4 Cores 3.9 GHz (or equivalent) |
Intel i7 8 Cores 4 GHz (or equivalent) |
Memory |
8 GB DDR3 |
16 GB DDR3 |
32GB DDR3 |
Graphics |
DirectX 12 capable graphics card, 2GB VRAM |
DirectX 12 capable graphics card, 4GB VRAM |
DirectX 12 capable graphics card, 6GB VRAM |
Prerequisite Installations
Microsoft .NET Framework 4.6.2 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=53344 (Note - Already included in Windows 10)