Hanover, 04 January 2016
Dear ELCAD Users,
the present Readme File contains important information on ELCAD / AUCOPLAN version 7.11.0
1. Installation ELCAD / AUCOPLAN 7.11.0
2. Fixed Bugs
3. Note on the parallel operation of ELCAD and EB during the adoption of existing data
4. Felics license server with 64-bit operating systems
1. Installation of ELCAD / AUCOPLAN 7.11.0
For the installation Administrator rights are required. ELCAD / AUCOPLAN installs the files according Microsoft specification in different system folders. The installation of ELCAD / AUCOPLAN uses the following folders:
Programs
%PROGRAMFILES%
C:\Program Files\aucotec\elcad\7110
(32 bit systems)
oder
C:\Program Files (x86)\aucotec\elcad\7110
(64 bit systems)
User Area (aucotec.ini etc.):
%LocalAppData%
C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Local\aucotec\elcad\7110
Data (sample projects, symbols, translate etc.):
Public Documents
C:\Users\Public\Documents\aucotec\elcad\7110
Starting with version 7.11.0 the programs are installed in all available languages and with all the available country specific data environments. When ELCAD / AUCOPLAN is started for the first time, every user gets a query to specify with which data environment he wants to work. The program language can now be switched during runtime. For further information please refer to the document News in Version 7.11.0.
1.2 Definition of the installation directory
The entry of the installation directory should start with a drive letter. You should avoid server notations such as "\\pcwinnt01\cae" for the path definition.
2. Fixed Bugs
At the beginning of the events listed, an identification number (ID) is mentioned under which the corresponding event is kept in our database. Please refer to the above ID if you have any advices or remarks on the events listed herein.
Drawing Editing
EL-140319-004
After the execution of some batches the drawing tree was not updated.
EL-140404-002
The access key which was last used is now entered as default value in the dialog "Data Preselection and Filter" and not, as before, the first access key.
EL-140410-002
The last used path and not the path of the file was displayed in the properties of the external documents.
EL-140617-003
The function "Catch Connections" to draw connections can be switched off by a right mouse click and deactivating the option "Catch Connections" or by pressing the 'C' key.
However, this deactivation did not work for the next connection.
EL-140619-001
If the function "Edit with Transfer" was executed on terminals with several connectors (code 45) and the comment was changed there, the new comment was not correctly transferred to the database and the symbols.
EL-141201-001
After placing an automatic connection with changed values for pen of line type the default values for the pen and the line type were not restored again.
EL-141212-002
If a fixed text was shifted into the catch frame of a symbol, the text could not be edited anymore.
EL-141217-001
If a code with a content of more than 32 characters was used in the user-specific view in the drawing tree the drawing tree was not opened correctly.
EL-150106-001
If the function "Go to" was executed on a terminal on a terminal diagram, the strip of which did not exist, the item tree was erroneously opened. Now a message is displayed that the function was cancelled.
EL-150115-002
When a drawing is opened, the menu items FILE / PROPERTIES or the command "ST" show the current status of the drawing. The configuration of the translate files for the ODBC files was missing here. In addition, the sheet types CONNNECTOR DIAGRAM und SYMBOL DOCUMENTATION were also missing.
EL-150129-002
When cores were changed in the core editor, the representation was not updated.
For the correct update, the core editor had to be closed and opened again.
EL-150129-003
If the core editor was closed after some changes, the cable tree in the item editor was not updated.
EL-150210-003
If a drawing was created via the menu item DRAWING WITH MASK and the option "Select Drawing" was activated in the dialog "Create a New Drawing" the drawing tree was not opened.
EL-150423-001
When terminals strips with corresponding terminal diagrams were renamed the project structure could be damaged if ELCAD was not started with the option "-Netz". This could result in a program crash.
EL-150616-001
If the F5 key was fast and repeatedly pressed, the program could crash.
Project Editing
EL-150107-001
Upon our customers’ requests the print options were enhanced.
You can specify in the ELCAD print dialog via the option "Sorting Instead of Grouping" if the drawings are to be output in a sorted or grouped manner during a multiple output.
If you, e.g., output the pages 1..3 twice, the sequence of the output can now be either 1-1-2-2-3-3 or 1-2-3-1-2-3.
EL-150129-001
When server projects were restored, the local project was not removed if a file was still opened (e.g. JPG or PDF files) or the project directory was selected with the explorer.
EL-150223-001
In the "Customer-specific View" in the drawing tree, the code number 12778 (revision designator) was not considered.
Cable Editing
EL-141217-003
If in the core management the structure was extended by the destination connection information (codes 10045 and 11045), this information was not correctly updated when the destination information was determined anew.
List Editing
EL-140415-002
The functions "Export to Files" and "Export to Drawings" (accessible via a right mouse click on the project in drawing editing) now also export the assignment list databases of the assignment list versions < 7.3 and >= 5.1.
EL-140717-001
Previously a message was displayed, if there was no data available for the export functions "Output via Free Formats" and "Export to Drawings".
Upon our customer's request an empty file or an empty drawing, respectively, is now created.
If required, you can activate the old operation mode again by means of the following switch:
[Automatic]
OldExportListsFunction=1
EL-141121-001
If protocols were imported from other projects, these protocols were not offered for selection directly after the import.
EL-150116-003
The substitute characters ("") are not generated anymore by default for designations with identical names for documents in the status lists. If required you can activate the substitute characters again via the following switch:
[Automatic]
UseReplacementCharacter=1
EL-150407-001
If a cell with some content and the status "Read Only" was activated in list editing and then the [Del] key was then pressed, it was not possible to click in the list tree, unless you clicked in the menu or in a cell that was not "Read Only".
Symbol Design
EL-140929-003
When blocks are inserted in the dialog editor an improved message is now displayed if the destination dialogs are not empty.
Options and Settings
EL-141022-001
When layer levels were named in the options under Drawing / Layer, an unlimited number of characters could erroneously be entered for the name. Actually, only 16 characters are used for the layer name. In this context, the display field for the current layer in the status line was enlarged.
EL-150305-002
If a project but no database level was selected for the option "Devices" under "Master Data", there was no message output when the options were closed.
EL-150622-003
Under certain circumstances, the last characters were not visible due to the limited length of the data fields in the options. The field for the names of the symbol files were enlarged in version 7.11.0.
EL-150127-001
Changes in the option "Query Test Command Prior to Execution in Batch" first took effect after the next program start.
Import, Export and Interfaces
EL-141210-003
In case of certain errors, message bubbles appear on the drawings during the evaluation. After a data migration the bubble were not shown anymore, because they had been hidden by the data migration. The bubbles were visible again after a program restart. That is fixed now.
EL-150309-001
Symbols marked as "SYMBOL_PASSIVE" in the sheet file were resolved during the data migration.
EL-140304-001
Batches for the creation of compact PDF files with a free path specification can now also be executed via the generating interface (batch action "EXECUTE=PDF_COMPACT_SAVE_AS").
EL-150226-001
If a script for the output of a compact PDF files was executed via the menu items EXTRAS / TOOLS / CUSTOMIZE using the corresponding libraries, an error message was displayed.
EL-150304-002
During the data migration wrong objects were assigned as secondary representations to the channels of prewiring master symbols. Thus the loop diagrams updated via the prewiring information were not correctly generated in Engineering Base anymore.
Batch Processing
EL-130904-002
A set drawing filter was not taken into account during the batch action "Output Drawing as Working Sheet as PDF Compact".
4. Note on the Parallel Operation of ELCAD and EB During the Adoption of Existing Data
If you have started EB and several instances of ELCAD are running simultaneously in your system, an error may occur in the adoption of existing data. Please make sure that during the adoption of existing data ELCAD is started only once on your PC.
5. Felics License Server with 64-bit Operating Systems
You can install and operate the Felics license server on 64-Bit operating systems. To do this, use the Felics version 3.6.1 used by the ELCAD installation medium. The utility also operates on 64-Bit computers. Please note, however, that license management with the Felics tools (Rembrand/Wramon) requires a 32-Bit PC because the tools cannot be started under 64-Bit operating systems. Therefore use any PC with a 32-Bit operating system to install the Felics tools. Thereby it becomes possible to manage the license on the 64-Bit Felics server.
When installing the utility under a 64-Bit operating system, note the following:
1. Depending on the setting, firewalls must be temporarily deactivated during the installation period to carry out the installation.
2. You must assign the administrator write access in the target folder for the installation: "Programs (x86)\Aucotec\elcad\felics".
3. Once you have carried out changes in the settings, you must manually restart the Felics utility from the Windows utility configuration. Unfortunately a restart from the Felics utility configuration does not work.