These release notes describe and illustrate the features
of this latest release of Deep Exploration CAD and Standard Editions.
They address any issues not discussed in the Help reference or Readme
documentation and they include information regarding installation.
For a list of bug fixes please see the Right Hemisphere
Support - Knowledgebase.
Please note that this document may be updated as more
information becomes available
RHB plugin added - used by Deep Server for
collaboration.
Color background supported for 2D vector file
formats.
Added support of Alpha channel in color edit
control.
CAD Formats:
Support of hidden objects.
CATIA rotated markups support.
Support for CATIA5 R17/SP5.
Support of instances for JTOpen.
Metadata Import option added.
JTOpen reader improved.
PMI:
Rich text support for PMI. See "JT PMI Module" in Deep Exploration Help.
Markup reading enhancements for PMI. See "Viewing and Hiding Markups" in Deep Exploration Help.
PDF Publishing:
Templates improved, new ones added. See "List of supplied 3D Templates" in Deep Exploration Help.
Added settings dialog for raster rendering. See "Adobe Portable Document 3D Export (.pdf)" in Deep Exploration Help.
AutoCAD:
Import improved, updated to use 2.3.0 of ODA
libraries.
Named Attributes:
Metadata handling enhancements.
PDF Export Plugin:
Export functionality improved. See "Adobe Portable Document 3D Export (.pdf)" in Deep Exploration Help.
CADTools:
Randomize tool added. See "Randomize Objects " in Deep Exploration Help.
Thrustlines:
Thrustlines improved functionality. See "Thrustlines Toolbar " in Deep Exploration Help.
Acrobat Template Designer:
Updated and new controls added. See "PDF Publishing Module", "Layer Controls" and "PMI" in Deep Exploration Help.
AI:
New import options for using AI instance and
new. See "Adobe Portable Document 3D Export (.pdf)" in Deep Exploration Help.
EPS export via SaveAs (i.e. not via illustrator).
Rhino:
Import and export improved. See "Rhinoceros 3D Model Export (.3dm)" and "Rhinoceros 3D Model Import (.3dm)" in Deep Exploration Help.
Maya:
Import and export improved. See "Maya Interchange File Format Export (.iff)" and "Maya Interchange File Format Import (.iff)" in Deep Exploration Help.
Maya Import/Export Plugin:
Maya plugin version 5.0.24.1538 released.
Max:
Import and export improved. See "Max File Format Export (.max)" and "Max File Format Import (.max)" in Deep Exploration Help.
CGM:
Changed to use the SDI CGM parse library for
importing.
Now supports fonts, text, colors, line thicknesses,
linestyles.
Most CGM primitives will now import accurately.
Known Issues
When you use the Adobe Render modes, from its toolbar,
and select a part, when you deselect the part it does not revert back
to the original mode. The Render Controls on the Adobe 3D scene toolbar do not interact with the PDF Publishing controls
Users with Win2000 must have all of the latest
operating system updates installed as a pre-requirement for installing
Deep Exploration v5.0.3. Without the updates the installer will display
an error and fail.
U3D only supports simple animation, so sometimes DE animation has to be sampled in order to be saved in U3D.
Visibility animation is not supported in U3D format.
Installation
Before installing Deep Exploration, we advise closing
all applications.
All customers using Deep Exploration version 5.0.3 will,
at a minimum, require Adobe Reader 8.1 for PDF Publishing.
Note: For users with Microsoft Windows 2000 operating
system, you will require all of the latest Microsoft Windows 2000 operating
system updates to be installed before installing Deep Exploration 5.0.3.
Without the required updates the Deep Exploration 5.0.3 installer will
fail.
For Deep Exploration 5.0.3 silent install :
DeepExploration.exe /v"/passive ALLUSERS=1"
For the combined module ( ensuring that the file exists
for Deep Publish or that your going to do the regsvr32 after for Deep
Publish ) :
The Help reference information is available from the
Deep Exploration menu and by pressing F1 on your keyboard within Deep
Exploration.
Product Versions
The version number scheme is 1.2.3.4567 where:
1 = Major version indicator. This would be incremented
for a major release.
2 = Minor release that indicates new feature release between major
releases.
3 = Indicates a patch that includes fixes only.
4567 = Build number as an identification of the build
that is released.
