This topic contains What's New information for a previous release of Modeler.
Install
• You can no longer install Modeler on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.
Modeler
• Numerous performance improvements have been made to Modeler. For example, the Profile Helper now initializes in significantly less time than in the previous release, and diagram rendering is now faster.
• You can now start Modeler using a URL from Windows Explorer, a supported web browser, or the Run dialog. For more information, see
Starting Modeler.
• Numerous enhancements have been made to Web Interface websites and the REST service, including support for LDAP authentication, generation of tables and matrices to HTML, an improved user interface, and the generation of external links for displayed items. For more information, see
What’s new in Web Interface (Web Interface).
Publisher
• Publisher now includes these new assignable items: Custom Revision History, Distribution List and Custom Table. For more information, see
What’s new in Publisher (Publisher).
• If you want to generate and build C or C++ code for simulation, you must now first build the dependent libraries.
• The following ACS Code Generation DLLs are no longer provided: C VxWorks Production, C VxWorks Animation, Cpp POSIX Production, Cpp VxWorks Production, Cpp POSIX Animation and Cpp VxWorks Animation.
• When a Package contains Stereotype and Script items that define lightweight extensions, that Package must now have the «LightweightProfile» stereotype applied to it. For more information, see
Creating a profile package for lightweight extensions.
• Lightweight Profiles now have a version number. Changes made to lightweight extensions typically take effect only after the Lightweight Profile Version number is changed to a later version. Fore more information, see
Overviewof lightweight extensions of PTC profiles
• New Language property of an Event Action Block that allows you to set the Code Editor language for the Action, Change Expression, Guard Condition and Time Expression properties. See
Language (property).
• New Merge Permissions property of a Package that determines whether the access permissions of the Package are exported when using the Package Import/Export > Export command. See
Merge permissions (property).
Automation Interface
• New Reception object. .
• New Language attribute for Event Action Block, and Merge Package Permissions attribute for Package.
• New CreateCloneEx function for performing large clone operations.
• You can now use the Code Editor to edit more property types in a model, such as script properties. In addition, through the Tool Options dialog you can now begin the line numbering at 1 rather than at 0. See
Overview of the code editor.
• When the new command Show Profile Browser Items Sorted is selected on the View menu, the items in a Profile pane are ordered alphabetically. When the command is cleared, the items in a Profile pane are ordered as specified in the Model. See
Creating a pane for a profile package.