Release notes PanelizerCloud

Current Version:: 2.7.0
Last Update to Productive: 2024-11-01

[2.9.0] - UNRELEASED - 2025

added

• More comprehensive explanation when errors occur in the error log on the right side to guide the user to a solution 

changed

• fundamental changes to the database to increase stability and speed, especially on big project with tremendous amounts of material faces and openings

fixed

• If a custom superpanel looses its position when the building geomety changes, it can cause an error 

[2.8.0] - RELEASED - December 12th 2024

added

• Tool for setting a Custom Width with Superpanels, allows to set the width freely in 3D without using a workaround of adding a controlpoint to an outline manually
• Function to set panelbreaks centered between openings automatically in panel settings
• New Tool for creating panel edges with on a custom position on x-axis

changed

• improved reliability of custom panel edges
• have optimized small parts of the opening - tool, for example it is now possible to cancel the operation with Escape when moving or copying
• Architectural Lines are activated by default
• New Icons for edit PanelEdges

fixed

• Superpanels with Individual Settings won't change their position anymore, if the super panel layout on the building geometry changes (e.g. if another custom super panel is added)
• opening size gets not displayed when drawing an opening
• panel variety was not showing any options, if not all panel types where activated in settings
• conversion error - between molding base price and price in molding when creating a new one
• elevations sometimes missing materials, if the elevation was duplicated from another
• Pricing Summary is not Updated, when change Prices in Settings (e.g. OpeningBasePrice)
• Imperial-Level 1 ignores Mouldings in some cases is fixed
• Create Fallback for Missing Company Values, which can Crash a project file
• fixed some issues correlated to the new attachment line feature
• Server Handling against crashes (Event Logging, AutoRestart, notification, External storage of log files)
• Settings > PanelDebug Checkbox was resetting to off
• PanelEdge Lines change posiition, if another building geometry is added
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[2.7.0] - RELEASED - November 1st, 2024

added

• New possibility to add or remove panelbreaks
  • allows for adding breaks horizontally and vertically
  • creates bigger panel if possible, if a certain panelbreak is not desired
• New Attachment possibilities
  • Distance between can be configured 
  • Added a new attachment position (purple line, between top and bottom of a slab)
• Exporting panelizer data in .dxf-format
• Copying cropped Elevation
• *experimental* quick possibility to add projection to complete building side, by starting on the lower left corner and hitting enter
• new strategy to weighting the fitness field of a superpanel-solution (how good is the panelization result) 
  
  • Added "unreached area" value to panelization score to balance out panelization results with lowest panelcount and highest area covered with panels
  • can "punish" solutions that have more panels without changing the actual "cost"

changed

• pricing summaries including more informations
• sharing projects between companies is possible now
• New "strategyFactor" (global and per "block") int property "ruleMergeMode"
• extended tolerance for Custom-Superpanels coplanarity, to counter certain situations where custom superpanels weren't able to draw over a whole elevation
• Speed optimisation generation of CSV files
  • reduce the CSV file generation time ("expensive" string copying)

fixed

• Areas are not creating panel breaks at slab positions anymore  
• opening rectangle stays when switching tabs
• small rounding errors led to lines (eg architectural) NOT added to the panelizing grid
  attaching an elevation where surfaces at the left/right edges are just visible
• triggered ERROR: StoPanelizer::genPanels_groupBigBlocksFinishLeader, "(isToBeIgnored(buildingBlockI))" fixed
• Bugfix: memory leak , panelizer collected data in memory without deleting it after every recalculating 
• overlapping openings and safety area, some physically overlapping openings with "shared" separation (e.g. door close to a window), had added excessive safety areas on intersecting edges and created sup-optimal panelization results

[2.6.158] - RELEASED - August 2024

added

• added beta version of Level 4 Pricing
  • allows setting up a base configuration for your panel
  • create a seperate panel configuration per material
• cropped elevations can directly be copied with their current crop quickly. This speeds up the process when working with similiar PDFs in Elevations
• Added new baseprices for field applied in Level 2/3 Pricing
• Added baseprice for mouldings and openings in Level 1
• introduced a new logic to avoid BabyPanels which detects if several short panels can be converted to one horizontal or vertical panel
• Horizontal Area automatically creates spandrel panel, if its used for long horizontal openings

changed

• pricing summaries including more informations
• sharing projects between companies is possible now

fixed

• Areas are not creating panel breaks at slab positions anymore  
• opening rectangle stays when switching tabs

[2.5.0-rc2 - RELEASED] - May 16th 2024

added

• Stacking became a new interface and improved functionality
• Individual Superpanels are highlighted, if a Superpanel has different settings then global panel-settings
• Added new Filterfunctions enabling Architectural Lines and Mouldings to be turned on and off in the 3D-Model
• Custom-CSV exports gives the possibility to add and remove values from the csv-file
• Viewing Cube facilitates the navigation and orientation in the 3D-View
• Orthogonal View enables better possibilities to view the model
• A North Orientation can be set in floorplans, which works together with the new Viewing Cube, to set project dependend building orientation.
• Custom Scale got a new function, where the user is able to measure a distance in the floorplan and set the scale accordingly
• Added new Paneltypes to Panelizer
• Opening-Sizes are displayed, as soon as the Elevation is projected on the building, to facilitate drawing correct opening sizes
• Rename Openings is now possible in the opening overview

fixed

• Architectural Lines get partially ignored if there are more than seven drawn on an elevation
• Numeric Input for custom scale got fixed, where a wrong number was displayed after input 
• Paneltype variety was not resettings correctly in some cases
• Finish-Textures were not displayed in some cases

[2.4.193-rc2  - RELEASED] - February 5th 2024

added

• Scheduling Tool for estimating the time required for all phases of panel prefabrication. Divide your complete process into different phases such as design, manufacture, and installation, and overview the results in an interactive Gantt chart.
• Profiled Mouldings now come in different shapes and can be assigned colors. If you want additional shapes, send them to us in any format, and we will implement them for you.
• Level 2/3 has a new look, along with changes in the calculation under the hood, making it out of Beta for you to try.
• Company Settings:A new way to store your personal standard settings. In Panel- and Scheduling settings, Moulding profiles, and Pricing, you can store your input as standard. These settings will be loaded for every new project, affecting all other members of your company to establish company standard settings.
• CSV-Export:Downloads a detailed list with all panels calculated in the project, including details about size, material, area, and more.
• Trashbin: Deleted projects in your project overview will now go into a Trashbin before being deleted completely.
• Unused PDFs can now be deleted:
  
• MultiSelect / MultiAssign HiddenFaces
• Multiselect for openings with selection rectangle
• Added “Please Recalculate” Message to user, when base model  is updated

changed

• Implemented React technology for various frontend parts, increasing overall performance and allowing the use of the tab button to quickly jump between input fields.
• Horizontal panel breaks now only occur at slab attachment lines.
• Adjusted the lighting settings in the render view to avoid certain parts of the building becoming overly bright and difficult to perceive clearly.
• Custom price in summary for Level 2 & 3 is more user-friendly.
• Force Update Button  now sends changes of your current tab (not only after switching out of your current tab).
• Changed data model of openings to reduce the amount of sent data to the database.
• Drawn balconies are more tolerant to inaccurate drawing now.
• Working in pricing summary also changes endprice displayed in the top right, next to the calculate button
• Improved performance for Level 1 and Paneltype-Selection

fixed

• Projection of horizontal lines onto big blocks may have failed (50/50%).
• Possible issues with horizontal architectural lines, though these are unlikely to cause a panel break.
• Material lines are now automatically generated on material borders.
• Projection-Preview updates while the tool is active if a change was made to the elevation crop, and the crop was updated in the background while projecting.
• Balcony outline not always automatically deleted when deleting an outline.
• Removing all openings of a group did not delete the group on the right.
• Custom Super Panel not deselectable when clicking on it.
• Custom Super Panel not selectable after input.
• Individual Settings - SuperPanel not deselectable.
• Balconies are not automatically deselected.
• Faulty balconies can produce crashing or infinite loops in the core.
• Selecting an existing file -> deleting another plan -> canceling -> the button gets grey.
• Areas "Field Applied Area" and "Panel Side Areas" are now comprehensible.
• Custom Superpanels could affect the projection in the background in some cases.
• Renaming a floor (within the tabs) its new name is not updated in stacking

[2.3.108 - 2023-09-22]

added

•  We've introduced angled guidelines to streamline the creation of angled floorplans.
•  You can now easily delete uploaded PDFs in the upload dialogue if they are no longer needed.

fixed

•  Resolved the issue where updates were not reflected in the drawing tool when changing views.
•  Fixed a crash caused by overlapping balcony outlines.
•  Rectified the "outline overlap" error in complex polygonal courtyard structures.
•  Improved scrolling within the Upload Dialogue for existing plans.
•  Enhanced the reliability of CustomSuperpanels.
•  Made significant improvements to balcony geometry.
•  Reduced the data model of openings by 60% for enhanced overall stability.

[2.3.91 - 2023-08-09]

Added:

• New feature: Custom SuperPanels can now be added to the Building.
• Introduced a new Customscale function with numeric input.
• Added new imperial scale options.
• Enhanced the export sheet with more detailed information.
• Added a "Panels installed per day" function to estimate construction time.
• Implemented a new feature to force panel position from slab to slab.
• Added a Help button from ZenDesk for easier support.
• Panel notes now have a color code for normal size and oversized panels.
• Added tooltips to icons on the project overview.
• Added tooltips to project titles when the project name is too long to display in the project overview.
• Users will now be prompted to update or continue when clicking on the next button in floorplan/elevations.
• Made the panelization gap value accessible in the frontend.

Changed:

• Rewrote all description texts.
• Adjusted the standard value for panel gaps to 0 to avoid confusion caused by subtracting the panel gap area from the total area.
• Updated the appearance of panel settings.
• Changed the color of drawn areas for better visual understanding.
• Improved the response time in the project overview.
• Reorganized the sorting in stacking: Removed auto-sorting and added a sort button for manual sorting instead.
• Copied outlines are now converted to the current scale of the plan if the source had a different scale.
• Renamed "BigBlock" to "Superpanel" to align with other Sto-Products.

Fixed:

• Resolved a crash issue that occurred when there were over 170 material faces.
• Fixed a bug where the 3D View was stretched after exporting.
• Corrected the display of "DevUser" as the username.
• Fixed the issue where the price was not always loaded when calculating the model.
• Resolved the "stepping effect" that occurred when changing the size of a drawn area when a different area is selected.

[2.3.26] - 2023-06-12

added

• UI Integration for PanelNote Debugging Mode in Display-Filter for 3D-View
• project overview: UserName displayed in Overview
• project overview: Rename possible without opening project
• project overview: Projects have a "date of creation" and "latest change" added in list
• project overview: Projects can be sorted for name, creation and latest change
• Added StoSignature Textures to Panelizer incl. new Wood and Concrete Textures
• Scale M 1:96 was added

changed

• added a list of more diverse colors for all Panelizerobjects like Openings, Mouldings, Materials etc.
• latest used project is at the top of the project list now
• Panel Debug Mode and Panel Notes can be turned on seperately at 3D Layers
• Min-Distance Value for Areas has been reduced to allow for narrowly drawn areas
• Integrated Calculation of all elevation input tools into frontend for increased input performance

fixed

• Moulding Price Input did not matched current measurement system
• Input at Material, Arch. Line, Area-Tab is now quicker and saved after leaving the tab
• Flashing and disappearing when assigning the materials and the result was not saved
• Flashing and disappearing when assigning Areas and the result was not saved
• Copy detected openings could lead to errors in huge elevations
• Individual PanelSlider Description did not change on Sliderchange

[2.3.23] - 2023-05-25

changed

• Panel Variety-Step only shown if needed and added more description to the step
• deselect for Finishes and HiddenFaces also works, if you click somewhere else instead of clicking on the selection
• Panel Infos are deactivated for smaller model sizes and can be activated for debugging in panel settings

added

• Added infotext for Panel Variety Step (only shown when multiple panel types are suitable for a material)
• The Distance a opening has to the panelborder can be changed now in panelsettings

fixed

• Fixed an error which occured and showed "minified redux error"
• Panel-Settings sliders were not sending informations when clicked into place instead of dragging
• Floorplan was visibile when switching from Stacking 3D-Fullview into Settings
• Panelcount was not displayed correctly for single elevations in export
• nothing gets accidentally selected anymore when clicking on an element while rotating the model

[2.3.11] - 2023-05-19

changed

• You may have noticed that with this release, there is a new, larger number at the end of the version name. The patch number chronologizes the changes to the product. The minor number summarizes a particular stage in the development. In short, to you it's just a few more numbers, but to others it's so much more accuracy. If you're even more interested in the topic, here's a chart about our current gitflow.

fixed

• postcode input allowing letters
• Finished floor thickness was added to Parapet Height, when in Structural Slab to Structural Slab measurement system
• linear connection length in the export sheet was not correct in imperial system
• Mouldings could not be deleted

changed

• level 3 pricing: changed the order of some pricing positions
• Chaned "Fixed + Slip Connection" into to seperate positions

added

• Share a project copy with other Panelizer users

[2.2.1] - 2023-04-21

fixed

• loading indicator did not stop loading in some cases
• while applying depth to a projection, rotating the view made the model disappear
• maximize 3D-Preview was not possible in stacking
• it was possible to work in the minimized 3D-Preview in some cases
• Toolbar is not displayed in fullview anymore

added#

• matchrate slider for image recognition
• Add "Find already deteted openings"-Button for Opening-Recognition
• ToolTips for all tools
• Shortcut Info for all 3D Views
• Version Number on ProjectOverview [additional info: to be found in the lower right corner]
• New Projection Method for Elevation including Depth Input

changed#

• added some placeholder pictures, where a 3D-Preview it is not relevant
• removed full view button for 3D-Preview, where it is not relevant
• removed refresh button in 3D Preview at panelization part, because it is misleading

[2.1.5] - 2023-04-11#

changed#

• improved behaviour of some tools after operation (projection, origin, recognition)

added#

• StoColor Pallet to change texture color appearance
• Esc-Button as shortcut for Select-Tool

fixed#

• post code allows letters as input
• elevation projection
• custom line dropdown resetting after input
• 3d preview and main window navigation not seperated
• floorplan scaling not correct, when the DPI of uploaded pdfs got scaled down

[2.1.4] - 2023-03-30#

changed#

• changed "warning" to "info" for Client Messages

added#

• Add Depth Control to Elevation-Projection
• New 4 Point Input method for Elevation-Projection

fixed#

• No overlapping Windows in Opening Recognition
• improved moulding update behaviour preventing unwanted results when applying moulding types
• Settings > Panel Types: Select / Deselect all Paneltypes Checkbox not working
• Settings > Dimensions: Floor Measurement switching not possible
• optimized pricing input update behaviour (not updating after every input)
• first element in uploaded floorplan/elevation always selected
• opening recognition input was not canceled, when switching tools or tab
• elevation projection was not canceled, when switching tools or tab

[2.1.3] - 2023-03-20#

changed#

• reload 3D Model not on every change of an opening
• Panel-Type Selection Response

added#

• intersection check to Material Faces after crop

[2.1.2-beta] - 2023-03-16#

added#

• three decimals places instead of two in metrical number input

changed

• changed Texturesize for Finishes to match realworld scale
• no autoupdate on window-change

[2.1.1-beta] - 2023-03-15

added

• Duplicate Project-Function in Project-Overview
• added 3/32” = 1' 0” to imperial scale presets
• Next/Back-Buttons integriert
• Add third decimal place for metric

changed

• optimized summary sheet loader, so all price positions get displayed
• optimized balconies 3d represantation, so counter angled edges
• optimized opening handling, so changing openings is more responsive

fixed

• selection rectangle opening recognition was not editable after creation

[2.1.0-beta] - 2023-03-14

added

• opening recognition algorithm
• manually correcting recognized openings

fixed

• Preset Material noch visible on all Elevations
• Crash when assigning mouldings
• Elevation gets falsely displayed in Floorplans
• no price was calculated after creating new material (level 1)

changed

• Drawing Opening get only send to server after leaving the respective TAB to increase usability
• reworked all Help Texts in Sidebar

[2.0.6-beta] - 2023-03-10

fixed

• Scale Button not updating after change
• Copied Outline only gets displayed after switching tabs
• Fixed Unity-Crash "abort (84) at jsStackTrack"
• Balcony outlines were not copied together with floorplan outlines.
• Editing copied outline produces index error
• Dropdown text in custom price position

changed

• Added Texture Pre-Buffering to improve user experience while switching between tabs
• Changed auto-scale for large PDFs to prevent run out of memory
• Changed update procedure when cropping plans to improve user experience
• Changed update procedure for outlines to improve user experience (faster editing possible)
• Copied outline does not replace existing outline anymore

Legend

• Added for new features.
• Changed for changes in existing functionality.
• Deprecated for soon-to-be removed features.
• Removed for now removed features.
• Fixed for any bug fixes.
• Security in case of vulnerabilities.

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