New and Changed in MicroStation PowerDraft CONNECT Edition Update 12
This topic summarizes the new features and enhancements in MicroStation PowerDraft CONNECT Edition Update 12.
Ability to Create Reports from Item Types Within a Current Selection or Active Fence
You can now choose to create reports from item type instances attached to elements within the current selection or an active fence. You can do so by setting the Selection Type to By Fence or Current Selection in the Reports dialog.
OpenNURBS (Rhino 3DM) 6.11 Support
MicroStation PowerDraft now supports import of OpenNURBS version 6.11 files.
About Technology Preview Features
(Technology Preview) Configuration Assistant
The Configuration Assistant is an upgraded version of the Configuration Migration Wizard that will help you in migrating the legacy WorkSpace to CONNECT Edition Configuration.
(Technology Preview) Expressions
You can now define and attach an expression to an element's item type. The corresponding value of the expression will display in the element's Properties dialog. Expressions can represent business data which otherwise cannot be graphically represented for an element. Expressions have specific syntax definitions based on their type like arithmetic, concatenation, condition, comparison and so on.(Technology Preview) Expressions to Derive Data from Lookup Tables - You can now use expression inputs in the Item Types dialog to derive data from lookup tables into an element's item type property definition. Lookup Tables can be lists of data, in excel format, associated with your project.