CET New UI

Changelog

12min

15.5 (Nov 2024) - BETA

Technical details are available in the 15.5 Migration Guide.

Guidelines for testing is available in the 15.5 QA Testing Guide.



Summary of changes - click to expand
Summary of changes - click to expand


On top of the New UI changes released in 15.0, these are the new additions to 15.5:

General

  • The New UI will now be turned on by default, but users can still choose to opt-out.
  • The icons in Paper View have been updated to match the drawing view counterparts.
  • Tooltips have been sped up from 400ms to 120ms for a more responsive experience.
  • Added ability to assign shortcut keys to the new 2D/3D/Paper view switcher.
  • Added ability to cycle through 2D/3D/Split/Paper views.
  • Added ability to collapse the component tab area.
  • Added more help tips and information, and a Tour the new UI button has been added to the title bar.
  • Right click menu in Drawing views has been updated.
  • The username is no longer shown on the title bar.
  • Work Mode button now displays an indicator and the current active work mode in its tooltip.
  • Fixed the update progress bar to allow for access to old catalogue downloader progress while waiting for the update to complete.
  • Fixed the inconsistent colour states of update progress bar in CET Material Handling edition.
  • Menus now fade-in & fade-out using Windows system animation.
  • Removed the ability to customize Application Color Settings in Control Panel.
  • Refinements and visual tweaks to icons, scrollbars, separator lines, and standard margins in component tabs.
  • Right click on empty space in the toolbar now allows for quick access to Keyboard shortcuts and Work Mode Editor.
  • Other general bugfixes and improvements.

Core & Utility Extensions

  • These core and utility extensions have received a facelift for their component tabs that conforms to the New UI mode:
    • Walls
    • Architectural
    • Tools
    • 3D
    • Paper View - Tools and Drawing
    • *Fika Office
    • Edit Graphics - Meshes and Symbols
    • SketchUp
    • Model Lab
    • Render Accelerator
    • Twinmotion for CET
    • 3D PDF
    • Accessories - Lights, Characters, Home, Kitchen Accessories, Medical Accessories, Office Accessories, Plants and Flowers, Electrical, Industrial Equipment
    • Catalog Browser
    • Catalog Creator
    • IFC
    • Revlink
    • Stairs - Commercial and Industrial
    • Material Handling Library
    • Essential Material Handling extensions - Pallet Racking, Deep Racking, Shelving, Cantilever, Guarding, Conveyors, ASRS, Generic Storage

For Developers

General

  • Added support for SVG icons and files.
  • Added automatic truncation of texts in buttons and displays.

Component Tabs (Toolboxes / Libraries)

  • Added MessageLimb for standard display of informational messages.
  • Added ability to map toolboxes between old UI and new UI in lazy.xml, allowing for dynamic implementation of toolboxes across the UI modes.
  • Added ability to define extension header tabs in component toolboxes.
  • Added ability to define dropdowns in the Fixed Header Builder.
  • Fixed the display of text labels to center correctly.

Catalogue Creator

  • Added enhancements to the Product Catalogues Table of Contents view to define component tabs and UI levels that conform to the New UI standard, including subsections and tool groups.



15.0 (May 2024)

Technical details are contained in the 15.0 Migration Guide.

General

  • New System Font (Verdana -> Segoe UI) for Latin script languages, and font sizes are tweaked (+1 in most cases).
    • This might impact text displays resulting in inconsistent clipping.
    • Note: Chinese/Japanese retains existing system font (YaHei / Meiryo).
  • New Custom Title Bar and controls, with Account Popup, Notifications View and update progress displayed.
  • New Nested Submenus.
  • Reorganized Menu Bar layout (might affect Work modes) and Toolbar layout (main, 2D, 3D views).
  • New Status Bar - consolidated View Mode/Change Views.
  • New Feedback dialog and new UI landing screen.
  • File page > Control Panel and Keyboard shortcuts have been aligned to the bottom.
  • General margin tweaks and standardization.
  • New toolbar for navigating between blocks and their sublevels.

Component Tabs (Toolboxes / Libraries)

  • Increased library width to 312px - might result in layouting inconsistencies or a gap on the right, but should just be a visual defect and not impact actual functionality.
  • Added new subsection limbs and header builder for Libraries.
  • Added Ability to add buttons to section headers.
  • Added new Tool Groups limb to help organize product variants.
  • Walls, Architectural, 3D, and Tools tabs have received the Facelift treatment.

Backend fixes for Developers

  • New systemwide opt-in Double Buffering, to reduce flickering with UI refreshes and foundation for smoother UI animations.
  • New button frames and color constants that follow the new UI guidelines.
  • New GDI+ APIs for drawing anti aliased controls.
  • Fixes control origins, paint bounds, and clipping rectangles to ensure correctness and eliminate unnecessary repainting to improve UI performance.