New and Changed in Promis.e CONNECT Edition Update 3
The following items summarize the new features and enhancements in the Promis.e CONNECT Edition Update 3 release.
Text Enhancements
Apply Text Settings to Multiple Symbols
After selecting multiple symbols, you can right click and select Text Settings to apply text settings to all selected symbols. The dialog now has a pull-down list that allows you to choose between Device ID, Connection Point Text, and Symbol Text to apply different settings as desired for each of these categories.
Text Justifications Now Applied to Multiple Lines of Symbol Text
Text alignment can now be applied to multi-line symbol text as a whole so that an attribute can be inserted in the symbol definition and the designer can trust that the text will grow in the desired direction and not interfere with the rest of the symbol.
Cable / Wiring Diagram Enhancements
Improved Cable Diagram Display
Cable Diagram lines now extend to the end of each text string rather than being generated to the same length to the longest text string resulting in a gap between the line and the text on some terminals.
New Wiring Diagram Wire Number Attribute
You can now add a wire number attribute for each terminal in your wiring diagram terminal strip symbol to control where the wire number for that terminal is displayed. It's useful if you wish to display the wire number in the center of the terminal and then print the from-to connections on either side of it.
Usability Enhancements
Parts Database Manager Supports Picklists
The Parts Database Manager now provides picklists for the Manufacturer and Category fields that are populated with the values currently used in the parts database.
Enhanced Schematic Terminal Editing
Now editing a terminal ID in a schematic to another strip ID that already exists in the project, will give you the option of updating all related terminals found in the same column or row rather than just changing the one terminal you directly edited.
New Snap to Din Rail Toolbar
The Snap to Din Rail toolbar button now highlights when the feature is enabled making it fast and easy to know the state of the feature.
Enhanced Grid Settings
The
have been enhanced to allow you to specify rectangular grids in which the X and Y values are different. You can also specify the grid reference and set the grid configuration to either ortho or isometric.New Report Filter Picklists
The Installation and Location filter fields in Reports now support picklists that are populated with the values used in the currently active project. Using the picklists avoids typos and ensures you are filtering on the desired values.
New Dock Enabled Catalog Manager
The Catalog Manager has been converted into a dock panel that enables you to dock the wizard in the drawing interface and collapse it to a tab if so desired.
Augmented Engineering Design Considerations
- New real-time and batch check identifies instances where the family you assign does not match with the device's part number.
- The batch check results are no longer limited to 500 results which enables you to apply a filter to the "Wire Without Gauge" Check to exclude wires that are cables for instance.
- The Engineering Design Consideration results now identify the zone number of the page that the issue resides in provided that you are using zone numbers in your page format. This allows you to more quickly identify the position of the issue being reported.
Administration Improvements
Elevated Security in the Database Update Tool
The Database Update Tool for creating new databases or updating the schema of existing ones will now require a "sysadmin" role to execute these operations. This change was to better ensure that only authorized administrators can execute this functionality.
Enriched Command Protection
You now have independent control over the Project Backup and Restore features to grant or deny access to them separately.
About Technology Preview Features
Technology Preview Features for Promis.e CONNECT Edition Update 3
The following are Technology Preview Features in Promis.e for this release. Please contact Bentley Support for more details.
Components Center is a cloud-based digital component library and catalog management service. It allows users to efficiently manage their digital component libraries while providing their designers with approved, proprietary components as well as manufacturer's content via subscriptions.
Components Center users can create their own organization catalogs and populate them with content provided by Bentley or upload custom content to share among all their users.
Standard Bentley Substation content placement tools now show content from Components Center. The first time a component is inserted it will be downloaded to a local cache folder making it faster to insert the next time you use that component.
- The Catalog Manager is now integrated with Components Center and allows you to place components.
- You now have the option to exclude the Bentley example content that is automatically available when enabling Components Center by enabling the toggle in the .
- Families are now downloaded from Components Center when you attempt to place a symbol from the catalog.
- You have the ability to limit the content you can use from Components Center by selecting the application names you want to load content from in the System Options> Components Center settings. All components uploaded to Components Center can be assigned an application name. You can load content from multiple different applications if you have a need to do so.
- Content insertion tools
respect the Component Center's states as follows:
- Draft: Do not show component in Catalog Manager
- Checked: Show in Catalog Manager as download-only (cannot place, load, or open)
- Approved: Show in Catalog Manager as download-only (cannot place, load, or open)
- Published: Show in Catalog Manager and allow full use
- Archived: Do not show component in Catalog Manager
For all other placement tools only published content can be seen and placed.