Improvements to 3D Visual Effects and Interaction
- Intuitive Outline Highlighting: We’ve enhanced visibility by applying an outline effect when you hover over an object.
- Smooth Camera Transitions: We’ve improved the camera movement so that when you click the Home button or the View Cube, the viewpoint moves smoothly along the surface without any jarring breaks.
- Grid Improvements: We’ve changed the 3D floor to an infinite grid to improve visibility within the design space, and ensured that the grid size remains consistent even when the system size changes.
⠀Design Convenience and Automation
- Automation of the ‘System Complete’ Stage: The simulation is automatically determined to be ready in real-time based on pump connections and collision checks, eliminating the need to press a separate completion button.
- Removal of Piping Modification Restrictions: You can freely modify piping values and configurations even after the system is marked as complete.
- Allow Deletion of System 1: When there are two or more systems, System 1 can now be freely deleted.
⠀Pump Management and Digitizer Improvements
- Integration of Pump Management and Pump Data Management: Pumps and pump data (pumping speed data) have been integrated to improve the convenience of data management.
- Digitizer Workflow Optimization: After saving pump information (pumping speed), you can now use the same chart image continuously for digitizing.
⠀Bug Fixes and Performance Improvements
- Improved Collision Detection Speed: The accuracy of collision checks during design has increased, and the speed has been dramatically improved.
- Split-Screen Error Fix: We have resolved an issue where camera controls or object selection would become misaligned when using split-screen mode.
- CSV Import Refinement: We have enhanced the logic to prevent system numbers from being omitted or mixed up when importing CSV files in Quick Mode.
Improvements
- Added the ability to add new systems in 3D mode even when the current system is incomplete
- Added the ability to run simulations in 3D mode even when all systems are incomplete
- Added the ability to upload CSV files in 3D mode to configure systems in bulk (available on Pro Plan and above)
- Adjusted minimum angle input values for Bend, Elbow, and Miter in 3D mode from 0 degrees to 5 degrees
- Changed Bend radius input method from selecting predefined values to direct input
- Added setting to adjust the maximum range of the X-axis on the Pump Down Time
- Improved stability of CSV import functionality
- Minor bug fixes and stabilization
Digitizer Update
- Added automatic line recognition to detect data from chart images uploaded to the digitizer
- Changed so that axis settings and uploaded images are not reset after saving pump data entered into the digitizer (enabling consecutive digitizing from the same chart image)
- Changed to display a user confirmation window when pasting chart images into the digitizer
- Refined the image zoom levels in the digitizer
Enhancements
- Updated plan policies.
- Launched the new Enterprise plan
- Increased the maximum number of systems per project to 12, depending on the plan
- Added pagination to the project list
- Support for bulk delete and bulk export in the project list
- Added option to change text encoding when importing PCF files
- The pump down time chart now supports up to 2 requirements (Pro & Enterprise plans)
- Added a feature in Pipe Eval to compare if each system's conductance meets the configured range (Pro & Enterprise Plans)
- Changed the F value for miter bends to a fixed value (ID * 1)
CSV File Import Feature
- Added a feature to bulk-configure systems by uploading a CSV file in Quick Mode (3D Mode support to be added later)
Enterprise Plan
- Team management features
- Assign and revoke licenses for team members
- Share projects among team members
- Prevent access to projects currently being edited by other team members
- Create up to 3 levels of categories and assign them to projects
- Record and view the save history of projects
- Option to prevent project deletion
- Record and view team members' activity logs
New Features
- Added Pipe Eval feature to compare the conductance of a system at once (available to users on the Optimum plan and above)
- Renamed the existing Pipe Eval (conductance color temperature display) in 3D mode to HiPath™
3D Mode
- Improved when adding a pump, the name of the pump is now auto-populated as the default
- Automatically refresh conductance in HiPath™ when changing gas type or conductance pressure in settings
- Property tab UI improvements
- Improved the ability to change the number of decimal places and text size/display units for piping dimensions
- Improved pipe dimension text to always face forward
- Corrected color of chamber hole when selecting a chamber
- Improved length units to work between chamber properties and chamber settings
Data Units and Precision
- Fixed validation error when pipe inside diameter unit is not m
- Improved display of pipe inside diameter and chamber hole size values to 6 decimal places
- Improvements to allow you to change the units of result values in simulation reports
Pumps
- Improved pump import to auto-populate pump names contained in pump files
- Fixed pumping speed chart units displaying as default when previewing pump data in Quick Mode
Charts and Visualizations
- Fixed an error where clicking on charts did not work correctly when using a stylus
- Fixed an issue with the Effective Pumping Speed chart where it was possible to point to an area with no data
- Fixed an issue where the Pump Down Time chart could show lines for systems with no chambers when zoomed in
Digitizer
- Fixed an error where atmospheric pressure data could be double entered when the pressure unit was not mbar
- Fixed an issue where the x-axis scale may not change immediately when changing the pressure unit
- Improved point deletion to delete immediately on click
- Fixed error adding points and checking minimum value when Y-axis scale is Linear (consolidated duplicate entries)
- Fixed an error where it was not possible to load the same image after saving pump data
- Added help to the pointing area
- Fixed an error that could cause chamber hole validation to fail depending on the unit of the pipe ID
- Fixed simulation results being disabled when changing whether to include chamber holes in chamber properties
- When adding pipes in Quick mode, length units are now retained regardless of type
- Fixed bug where length was not retained when changing cone/straight to pipe in Quick Mode
- Fixed display of conductance values per 3D piping element to apply the set units
- Fixed an error where hole positions in chamber settings would not refresh intermittently
- Fixed axis units in exhaust time thumbnail chart not refreshing when project settings are changed
- Tablet screen support
- Touch interface support in the chart
- Improved axis switching in the chart
- Added sidebar hide feature
- Changed to allow entering the maximum pressure of the axis in the digitizer
- Fixed issue where the model of smaller pumps was not visible when editing pumps
- Improved point drag method when editing pump data
- Added point size adjustment feature when editing pump data
- Modified scrollbar style on Windows
- Fixed other minor issues
- Apply interpolation to chart data
- Refine Japanese translation
- Other minor bug fixes
- Added support for Japanese language
- Changed camera viewpoint to be reset when creating a new project or importing a new project while a project is open
- Changed View Filter in 3D mode to allow selection of chambers and pumps separately
- Interpolation of chart data
- Fixed an error where changing the Chamber Holes checkbox while Pipe Eval is enabled in 3D mode would not update the pipe color
- Fixed an issue where changing the ID value of a Miter in 3D mode would not automatically change the F value if it did not meet the conditions
- Other minor bug fixes
- Changed the program to start in the last mode used by the user (3D/Quick)
- Added the ability to set the presence or absence of gate valves per system in Quick mode
- Added the ability to reset the system when only system 1 is present in 3D mode
- Removed process requirements information from the Simulation tab in 3D mode
- Added a label to the Pump Down Time, Throughput chart that allows you to identify each process requirement
- Changed results to update when re-running simulation with charts popped up
- Changed the pop-up charts to close when the mode is changed or the project is changed
- Other minor bug fixes
3D Mode
- Improved the ability to add an blank system when adding a new system
- Improved the Evacuation Time, Gas Throughput chart to display the evacuation rate that matches the process requirements when evaluating pumps (only if it is within 30% to 300% of the system evacuation rate)
- Improved the chart to not show data for systems outside the mouse cursor (guide lines)
- Improved handling of switching between screens when using split screens
- Improved chamber and pump modeling
- Added a menu to delete all pipes even while adding pipes
Quick Mode
- Improved the ability to add an empty system when adding a new system
- Show pipe icons when selecting a pipe type
- Changed the delete pipe button to appear on the right side of each pipe
- Improved the ability to select with or without loss option in system settings
- Improved charts to not show data for systems outside of the mouse cursor (guide lines)
- Improved the evacuation time and gas throughput charts for pump evaluation to display the evacuation rate that matches the process requirements (only if it is within 30% to 300% of the system evacuation rate)
- Other minor error fixes and optimizations
UI/UX Redesign
- Improved screen layout, system selection, and copying feature
- Change chart design to improve data readability
- Make the solution more usable by improving UX across the program
- Improved usability by integrating pump and pump data management
New Feature
- Added effective pumping speed simulation chart - Provides simulation results for the effective pumping speed at the chamber, along with the pumping speed of the pump and the conductance of the piping
- Provides simulation results for the effective pumping speed at the chamber, along with the pumping speed of the pump and the conductance of the piping (Quick mode)
Internationalization
- Korean language support
- RTL support
- Apply number format internationalization
3D Mode
- Enabled selected piping to be highlighted
- Enabled the pump name input window to be selected when attempting to complete a system without a pump name
- View Filter is now initialized when the project is opened
- Improved 3D rendering performance
Quick Mode
- Re-ordered pipe property columns
- Added per-pipe delete button
- Other minor error fixes and optimizations
- Made it possible to delete pipes with the Delete key
- Added ability to remove pumps
- Improved chamber and pump modeling
- Improved resizing and hole positioning when setting up chambers