TraceParts
  Version 2.5.9 of TraceParts DVD: latest release  
New enhancements in Trace Parts 2.5.9
This page contains information concerning the new features in TraceParts DVD version 2.5.9, compared to version 2.5.3.
For more information about this new release, please read the "Helpdesk" of TraceParts DVD.


Installation
New features

» TraceParts DVD v2.5.9 can be installed without prior uninstallation on any version equal or higher than 2.5.0
» While installing TraceParts DVD v2.5.9 on a previous version, the setup program only upgrades what is necessary.



Changes

The "Massive deployment" installation type installs the necessary components for the license protection.
For instance, in the case of a floating license, the installation program will automatically install and configure the client NLM.
Application
New features

» Support of 64-bit editions of Windows XP and Windows 2003.

» Support of Windows VISTA (excluding 64-bits edition).

» Support of 64-bit version of most of the CAD softwrae, especially CATIA V5, Autodesk Inventor, Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire, SolidWorks and TopSolid. Please refer to the minimum supported versions for each of these software in the section "Notes related to the CAD software compatible with TraceParts" below.

» Changes to the Graphical User Interface (GUI): revamped icons, display of the logo of each catalog in the drop down list of catalogs and above this list.

» New export formats (without direct insertion) : Google SketchUp, 3D XML (Dassault Systemes), 3D DWG and 3D DXF.

» Possibility to export image files in different formats (JPEG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, PNG, etc.) and different sizes from each part instance. Possibility to copy into the Windows clipboard the image of the current view of the 3D viewer. This new feature is especially useful for the creation of technical documents without having to use a CAD software.

» TraceParts GUI is translated into 10 new languages: simplified Chinese, Hungarian, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, Swedish. Parts manufacturers available in TraceParts DVD have not necessarily translated their catalogs into all these new languages.

» New way to browse the catalogs: visual browsing by folders.

» New administration module for the parts database: it's possible to prevent the users from instantiating as CAD files a complete catalog, or a part family, or a part number or even a part instance. This new feature requires a specific license.

» 3D viewer:
    » Possibility to unactivate the automatic zoom fit command between each part selection.
    » Possibility to display the viewer background as colors which shade off gradually.
    » New feature of smart motion/transition effect between each instance and between each standard view of the same instance (this new effect is unactivated by default but it can be activated through TraceParts configuration panel).

  TraceParts
TraceParts


Changes


» The problem which caused the list of preset BoM data to be always empty has been fixed.
» The problem which did not allow TraceParts to use accentuated characters in the definition of paths has been fixed.
» For the floating licenses protected by NLM: the NLM module has been updated so that the installation directory can be customized.

 
Notes related to the CAD software compatible with TraceParts DVD
The extensive list of CAD software and formats compatible with each release of TraceParts DVD is available here.


AutoCAD
new: Support of AutoCAD 2009
change: The minimum version of AutoCAD that TraceParts v2.5.9 is compatible with is 2004.


AutoCAD Mechanical
new: Support of AutoCAD Mechanical 2009
change: The minimum version of AutoCAD Mechanical that TraceParts v2.5.9 is compatible with is 2004.


Autodesk Inventor
new: Support of Inventor 2009 32 and 64-bits
change: The minimum version of Inventor that TraceParts v2.5.9 is compatible with is 5.3


CATIA V5

New features :
» Possibility to select a layer inside CATIA in which parts are inserted from TraceParts
» Support of CATIA V5 R18 in 32 and 64-bits
» Support of R16, R17 and R18 64-bits editions
change: The minimum versions of CATIA V5 that TraceParts v2.5.9 is compatible with are R13 (for 32-bits) are R16 (for 64-bits)


KOMPAS 3D
(new CAD software supported)
new: Support of KOMPAS 3D v9.


Mechanical Desktop
new: Support of Mechanical Desktop 2009
change: The minimum version of AutoCAD Mechanical Desktop that TraceParts v2.5.9 is compatible with is 2004.


Pro/ENGINEER
new: Support of Pro/E Wildfire 4.0 in 32 and 64-bits


Solid Edge
change:  The minimum version of Solid Edge that TraceParts v2.5.9 is compatible with is v10SP8


SolidWorks
new: Support of SolidWorks 2008
change: The minimum version of SolidWorks that TraceParts v2.5.9 is compatible with is v2001+ SP6.0

thinkdesign
new: Support of 2008-1


TopSolid
new: Support of TopSolid 2008 in 32 and 64-bits

 
Parts Catalogs
More than 6,700 new parts families have been added to this new release, among the following catalogs:
(click here to display the extensive list of new parts families as a PDF file - 2,6 Mb)

» ANSI Inch Standards (new catalog)
» ANSI Metric Standards (new families)
» DIN Standards (new families)
» ISO Standards (new families)
» NF Standards (new families)
» Antrieb OOO - Russia (new catalog)
» ASCO NUMATICS (new families)
» ATLANTA (new catalog)
» BOUTET S.A.S. (new families)
» CEPEX (new families)
» CGI, Inc. (new catalog)
» CHAMBRELAN (new families)
» CONTRINEX (new families)
» DECRIL (new families)
» DINEL (new catalog)
» EICHENBERGER GEWINDE (new catalog)
» FACOM (new catalog)
» FINSTERLE (new families)
» FLI (new catalog)
» GANTER (new families)
» GGB (new catalog)
» GRIP (new catalog)
» HIMEL (new catalog)
» KINETIC SYSTEMS (new families)
  » LEGRAND (new families)
» LEGRIS (new families)
» NILOS RING (new catalog)
» PINET (new families)
» QUIRI HYDROMECANIQUE (new families)
» RINGSPANN (new catalog)
» ROHDE (new families)
» RÖTELMANN (new families)
» SAREL (new catalog)
» SFA (new families)
» SHEREX (new catalog)
» SNR (new families)
» T.E.A. Machine Components, Inc - USA (new catalog)
» T.E.A. TECHNIK s.r.o. - Czech Republic (new catalog)
» T.E.A. Transmissions Pty Ltd - Australia (new catalog)
» TAT (new families)
» Techné (new catalog)
» Technische Antriebselemente GmbH - Germany (new catalog)
» TECNODIN (new catalog)
» TELEMECANIQUE (new families)
» THOPTEC (new catalog)
» TME (new catalog)
» VANEL (new families)
» Walter Stauffenberg GmbH & Co. KG (new catalog)
» WINKEL (new families)
System requirements
» 32 or 64-bit PC with at least Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon processor
» 256 Mb minimum RAM, 512 Mb for CATIA V5
» 1024 x 768 graphics card with 3D OpenGL support
» A DVD drive in the case of an installation directly from the TraceParts DVD
» Microsoft Windows 2000 (SP4 recommended) / XP Professionnel 32 or 64-bits (SP2 minimum recommended) / 2003 32 or 64-bits / VISTA 32-bits
» Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher (Internet Explorer 6 minimum recommended)
» Microsoft Data Access Component version 2.6 minimum
» Microsoft Jet Engine 4 SP3 minimum
» Microsoft Data Access Object 3.5 minimum
» Microsoft Scripting runtime 5.5
» Microsoft XML Parser 3 SP1
» To install TraceParts DVD: a Windows account with administration rights
» Free disk space of 100 Mo to 3 Gb depending on the number of parts catalogs installed
» 500 Mb of free disk space in the 'temp' directory of the current user
» To make direct insertions into your CAD software:
   a CAD software compatible with TraceParts DVD (see the extensive list here)