Product Release Letter AVEVA PDMS 12.0.SP4.8 Partial Fix Release 51906 Windows 2000 and XP
Product Release Letter AVEVA PDMS 12.0.SP4.8 Partial Fix Release 51906 Windows 2000 and XP
Product Release Letter AVEVA PDMS 12.0.SP4.8 Partial Fix Release 51906 Windows 2000 and XP
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Product Release Letter AVEVA PDMS 12.0.SP4.8 Partial Fix Release 51906 Windows 2000 and XP
This letter introduces and describes this release, which is supported on the indicated platform(s).
Product Name
AVEVA PDMS AVEVA Diagrams AVEVA Cable Design AVEVA Schematic 3D Integrator AVEVA P&ID Manager
Version Number
12.0 SP4 12.0 SP4 12.0 SP4 12.0.SP4 12.0.SP4
Please note that recommended/supported hardware and software configurations are constantly subject to review, so please consult the AVEVA support web pages for the latest recommendations.
For further information please contact your local AVEVA support office, which can be found at http://support.aveva.com This document has been prepared and approved by the following:
Job Title Product Manager Test Manager Head of Product GSC Manager
File: d51906.doc Last saved: 26-Oct-2009
Supersedes:
Fix release 51903 AVEVA PDMS 12.0.SP4.7
List of Enhancements
This release includes the following functional enhancements: None
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12.0.SP4.5:
Incident number SI-15001 SI-13404 SI-14804 SI-15863 SI-8838 Defect number P-23540 P-24063 P-24187 P-24191 P-24223 P-24457 Description GUI forms did not work correctly if imperial distances including a foot mark were entered Clash missed in some circumstances for primitive with a minimum dimension greater than 20 metres Diagrams: Refresh doesn't work for referenced attributes. ISODRAFT entry crashed if an ATTA has more than 100 UDAs Database crash under certain specific conditions initially identified for Global Daemon Flush DB (see also release 51896 Global Server 12.0.SP4.5) Admin: Performance problem merging System and Global databases
12.0.SP4.4:
Incident number Defect number P-14025 P-21805 P-22589 SI-14259 SI-14890 P-22876 P-23297 P-23524 P-23579 P-23580 P-23581 P-23641 P-23777 P-23798 Description Diagrams: Primary-Secondary shape handling dialog should be more easily understood Diagrams: The label offset is no longer cleared by Edit Master P&ID Manager: Incorrect branch head and tail refs no longer set on import Correction to <project>DFLTS path caused problem with Global Satellite location creation (and possibly similar issues with Replicate function. AVEVA PMLFileBrowser now supports UNC file paths Piping: GUI problems with pipe bores in imperial units P&ID Manager: UUNI not set properly in Lexicon P&ID Manager: Imperial Distance/Bore units on UDAs were not correctly imported P&ID Manager: unqualified values were not correctly interpreted when setting UDAs GUI problems setting some text attributes that include a foot mark Production Checks' now produce correct spool Draft: Limits defined view not working with Imperial units
12.0.SP4.2:
Incident number SI-11830 SI-9943 SI-7937 SI-11431 SI-8665 SI-10053 SI-9891 SI-12057 SI-11337 HPD 38939 SI-3231 Defect number P-21360 P-21669 P-20221 P-16550 P-22321 P-20834 P-20251 P-20564 P-22310 P-22320 P-22331 P-22839 P-22864 P-22921 Description Diagrams: Consistency Check Error for Cable Connection to geometry end Diagrams: Highlight highlight resets user defined formula for line width (& colour) Pipe 'Production Checks' produces incorrect spool Pipe Piece Cutting is not Correct for Branch and Tee Point Diagrams: Copy - paste to Custom Properties causes crash When generating pipe spool, the pipe component connected to TEE becomes a separate pipe spool. Isodraft: sheet continuations shown at coordinates E 0 N 0 EL 0. Isodraft: Missing label for support plates on isometrics Isodraft: Parameterized Weights on isometrics incorrect Isodraft: Wrong Dimensions on iso with Overallskews ON Isodraft: Spool Drawing with several Spools, plotted using ISOTYPE SPOOL and SpoolNumbers PREF FROMDB options, means that Spool n does not necessarily correspond to the nth Plot File Specon OUTPUT command ignores database IPR protection Draft: Corrupt Cyrillic DXF output when using TrueType text Paragon: Error when modifying specifications (introduced by fix for P-20455)
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12.0.SP4.1:
Incident number SI-9284 Defect number P-18427 P-19183 P-21821 P-21828 SI-10083 P-20455 P-21467 P-21622 P-22448 Description Cable Design can now reconnect the head or tail of the cable with any precedence of the legs in orthogonal free route (e.g. 'xyz' 'zyx' 'zxy' and so on...). DRAFT: Pipe sketches wrong when SITE or ZONE not at Pos (0,0,0) DRAFT: PSPOOLs accidentally drawn when PIPEs included in IDList PARAGON: User interface error with Russian characters: PARAGON: If we use the underbar for SCOM and display it in ModelView, Command Window displays errors. DIAGRAMS: Unable to reference templates from the Master Project UDA values were lost after upgrade from PDMS 11.6.if the type of data had been changed from an array to a scalar at some point. This unusual situation is now handled correctly.
SI-11549 SI-13737
Development Testing
Developers have carried out unit testing of each enhancement and/or fix in the development environment to verify that any new functionalities have been correctly implemented and identified defects have been corrected. Regression tests have been run in the development environment to verify that enhancements and/or fixes have not adversely affected the integrity of the product.
System Testing
Limited independent system testing has been carried out on this product, as released, to verify that it installs correctly in all supported configurations, that any new functionalities have been correctly implemented and identified defects have been corrected.
Acceptance Testing
This document has been prepared before Acceptance Testing. This product release will be subjected to an acceptance test by AVEVAs Group Solutions Centre prior to release. Any exceptions found during Acceptance Testing or after release will be reported in the Product Release Latest Update Note on AVEVA's support web site http://downloads.aveva.com/51906/w51906.pdf.
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For the latest list of exceptions and other updates, please see the Product Release Latest Update Note on AVEVA's support web site http://downloads.aveva.com/51906/w51906.pdf. Please refer also to the Product Release Latest Update Note for the original full release, http://downloads.aveva.com/51843/w51843.pdf.
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