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Overview

SpinFire 11.11.0 provides users the ability to assign materials to each part of an assembly to more accurately calculate the weight of the assembly. It also give functionality to notify users of various scenarios, make sseveral improvements on performance, and updates the Catia v5 (3D) and Inventor importers.

Notable Changes

Format

Version

Autodesk Navisworks

2012 to 2025

Pro/Engineer & Creo Parametric

2000i to Creo 9.0 (2D),

Pro/Engineer 19.0 to Creo 11.0 (3D)

NX

NX to NX2312 Series (2D),

V11.0 to NX 2406 Series (3D)

Minor Changes

  • Visually Distinguish Between License Modes.

  • Allow backface culling option.

  • Add context menu option for importing several surfaces simultaneously.

Bug Fixes

  • Import/Export

    • Import a file into a specific file will use all RAM available. (SFUS-6107)

    • Export part list dialog displays incorrect bounding box values. (SFUS-6141)

  • Performance

    • Opening a 3D file will generate 4 zoom fit despite having only one view

    • Improve performance loading an ACT3D file with only one view.

    • Generating missing edges is slow and is triggered for all formats.

    • Performance issue for files without styles.

    • Cache PMIs to improve loading time.

    • Slow loading specific JT file. (SFUS-5021)

  • Measurements

    • Saving an ACT3D again duplicates or removes one of the bounding box measurements. (SFUS-6005)

  • Miscellaneous

    • Handle corrupted xml files gracefully. (SFUS-5965)

    • ViewerLayout.xml might be accessed by several SpinFire instances.

    • Corrupted Centro.config will prevent SpinFire to start.

  • Printing

    • Camera settings no longer work in Print Preview. (SFUS-6079)

    • Print Preview settings are not remembered in some cases. (SFUS-6165)

  • Scripting

    • Sample Python Script doesn't work anymore.

    • Adding a newly created script to the list of script will only update the current document list.

  • Settings issues

    • Application Settings

      • Reset settings doesn't work properly with shared settings. (Application Settings)

      • Preventing the thumbnail creation will still trigger expensive functions.

    • 3D Viewer Settings

      • Tooltip updated to describe which importers are not supported by the Front Facing PMI 3D Viewer setting.

    • Importer Settings

      • Parts are missing in specific JT file when Import PMI option is set.

      • DXF models are using inches instead of mm when no units are specified.

  • UI

    • Screen freezes for a certain period of time during the command "show only ". (SFUS-6129, SFUS-6159, SFUS-6197)

    • View Names Not Matching Nav Cube in Top Right Viewport.

    • Right Clicking Assembly Tree Items Only Works On Text.

Recommended Environments

Client Environment

Minimum

Recommended

Optimum

Operating System

Windows 10 (End of life October 2025)
Windows 11
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019 
Windows Server 2022

Windows 10 (End of life October 2025)

Windows 11

Windows 11

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 DDR4 (Windows 10)

16 GB DDR5 for Windows 11

16 GB DDR4/DDR5

32GB or 64gb DDR4/DDR5

Graphics

DirectX 12 capable graphics card, 2GB VRAM

DirectX 12 capable graphics card, 4GB VRAM

DirectX 12 capable graphics card, 6GB VRAM

Installation Notes

SpinFire Ultimate News Panel

The SpinFire Ultimate News panel requires Microsoft’s webview2 runtime software to display the latest in SpinFire news.

Download the executable from Microsoft to install.

Note: If your system is up to date on Windows 11, your system will already have this installed.

Print Preview

In many cases, Microsoft updates have prevented the rendering of the model in Print Preview.

Microsoft provides a workaound to correct this.

On the system in question,

  1. Open a PowerShell in admininistration mode.

  2. Run the following:

reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NETFramework\Windows Presentation Foundation\XPSAllowedTypes" /v "DisableDec2022Patch" /t REG_SZ /d "*" /reg:64

For more information see, https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/topic/kb5022083-change-in-how-wpf-based-applications-render-xps-documents-a4ae4fa4-bc58-4c37-acdd-5eebc4e34556

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