Overview

SpinFire Ultimate 11.7.1 adds support for importers including Catia v5 R29 as well as fixing issues. 

Notable Changes

• Importer Updates

  • Importer	Versions Supported
    Autodesk AutoCAD	2.5 to 2019 (2D and 3D)
    Autodesk Inventor	Up to 2020 (3D)
    CATIA V5	R10 to R29 (V5-6R2019) (2D), Up to V5-6 R2019 (R29) (3D)
    CATIA V6	R2010x to R2019x (2D) Up to 2018x (3D)
    Parasolid	Up to 31.1
    ProE & Creo	2000i to Creo 6.0 (2D), Pro/Engineer 19.0 to Creo 6.0 (3D)
    SAT	Up to 2019

Additional Enhancements

• Performance

  • Improve performance of loading surfaces when Load Surfaces on Demand is enabled.

Bug Fixes 

• 2D Tools
  
  • Highlighted area is not rotated when rotating a selected Shape.
• 2D Notes

  • Right red border is missing when adding a 2D Note.

• 2D Importer
  • Line start/end caps and joins are wrong when their values are Round.
• Assembly Tree
  • The text box context menu items are always disabled when trying to rename an assembly tree item.
• Bounding Box
  • Bounding box markup corners are no longer selectable.
• Conversion
  • Access Denied error occurs when trying to convert a file in some folders with sufficient permissions
• Coordinates System
  • When using a custom coordinate system and hovering over a point to perform a Point Coordinates measurement the displayed value is based on the global coordinate system
• 2D Models
  • NX 12 drawing has some incorrect colors and missing geometry
  • (Specific) NX file does not open
  • Arrowheads are missing from 2D NX file
  • EMF text alignment is incorrect
  • A line join of an HPGL file is incorrect
  • Font is rendered incorrectly when opening a CATDrawing
  • 2D DWFx file has wrong colors
• 3D Models
  • Weld symbol information is missing from NX files
  • JT 9.5 files do not open
  • Extra geometry appears when opening some CATIA V5 assemblies
  • NX file has incorrect geometry
  • "Must specify valid key" error occurs when trying to open a CATPart
  • Missing colors from 3D DWFx file
• Exploded Assembly
  • Opening the Explode Assembly window and dragging its Percentage slider is much slower than before
• Axis Triad
  • The Axis Triad letters are too big in 3D Preview in windows explorer.
  • The Axis Triad letters appear too large when exporting an image or inserting it to an MS Office document
• Licensing
  • The License.al file is not updated when SpinFire starts, after changing sfpflv2.dat in the license server.
• Nav Cube
  • Navigation cube rotation is not consistent when using multiple clicks
• SnapShot
  • Impossible to drag a line created on a snapshot
• Sectioning
  • Incorrect section cut geometry for some assembly items
  • Crosshairs stay visible after finishing creating Offset Section
  • Crosshairs remain after finishing Offset Section selection
  • The crosshairs to set an offset section remain on the screen
• Selection
  • Selected part disappears in viewer after focus was changed from another application

Upgrading from 11.6.4 to 11.7.0

To upgrade SpinFire Ultimate from 11.6.4 to 11.7.0

1. Launch and run the SpinFire.x64.msi (or the SpinFire.x64.exe) and follow the installation wizard instructions. 
   
   or
    
2. Select Check for Updates from the Help menu if you have an Internet connection and are upgrading form 11.1 or greater.
    

See SpinFire Ultimate Known Issues

Recommended Environments

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)