October 26, 2023
Enhancements
Added scenarios where a license will be released for network users when ‘Release license when exiting’ is checked in Settings.
- The license will be released when the computer goes to sleep
- Note: If the user locks the computer, but it does not go to sleep, the license won’t be released.
- The license will be released when the computer shuts down
- Note: In case of a power failure, the license may not be released due to insufficient time to complete the process.
Performance Improvements
- Increased takeoff performance for the “Count” tool.
- Note: with the new performance increases, the functionality of the count tool has changed; when selecting the count tool, you can add multiple count points to a plan/take off; however, these are not saved UNTIL you right-click’
- Increased takeoff performance for the “Count” tool.
- Increased viewport performance for importing and loading PDF Plans with a large number of entities:
- Added a new feature that will auto-rasterise complex layers with a certain number of elements when importing PDF plans.
- Added the ability to define thresholds for the automatic rasterisation of complex plan layers in the settings.
- Added ability to rasterise and unrasterize specific layers in a plan.
- Improved response time for closing shapes during takeoff.
- Improved performance when copying jobs in the job manager screen
- Note: Performance improvements are more significant for larger and more detailed jobs.
- Cubit Select integration-related performance:
- Improved response time when the system sets empty quantities to 0 or 1 before sending jobs to Cubit Select.
- Improved the response time of the system receiving picked rates from Cubit Select.
- General performance improvements in the Estimate Sheet functions, including item insertion and data entry in cells.
Other Improvements
- Added the ability to export Price Lists as Excel files from the Home Tab.
- Added the ability to set the ‘Add Exclude from Tax’ Checkbox in the Details Pane.
- Added the ability to use CTRL + (Arrow keys) to move word by word through text descriptions in Cubit Estimating.
- Improved the database backup experience for larger databases:
- Automatic check for available free hard drive space and notification if there is insufficient space for backup or restore
- Added the ability to sort the job list by when a job was last updated/worked on.
- Enhanced the enable and disable status of drawing tools when a trade or item is locked/unlocked by another user.
- Reduced the trade and item limitations for Student and Educational licenses.
- Improved the experience in cases where a time-out occurs due to a job taking longer than expected to send updates to Cubit Select.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed issue with student licenses bypassing trade limitations.
- Resolved an issue with deleting merged jobs.
- Fixed corruption of Excel files generated from the “openings” library.
- Fixed an issue where the positions of window and door openings can be affected by the height of other shape results.
- The Vertical Area – Less Openings Result Type will now update correctly in the calculation sheet when the Shape/Shape Result is changed in real-time.
- Resolved issue with finishing revisions hindered by window/door opening thickness.
- Certain plans can now be opened even with issues related to window/door models; if there are any issues, the system will display a list of affected items when loading that job/plan.
- Fixed intermittent exceptions during job refreshing with variation codes.
- Fixed crashes in specific scenarios that create circular references.
- Eliminated ability to create circular references in multi-user mode
- Fixed issue related to repeated prompts to refresh jobs when deleting locked door/window category.
- Prevented deletion of window/door when unable to delete opening due to lock.
- Fixed CTRL-A (Select All) functionality.
- Fixed exceptions during job refresh and finalising revision with consecutive creation of doors and windows.
- Ensured the first revised IFC plan is not hidden in the “Viewport” when refreshing the job.
- Fixed columns are no longer locked to a position/forced when using different layouts (e.g., Result column).
- Exceptions no longer occur when refreshing a job with the legend enabled and all shapes are hidden.
- Prevented deletion of opening from different plans when deleting shape.
- Undoing the deletion of an opening from the viewport or calculation sheet now immediately restores the window/door to the plan legend.
- The ability to create circular references in single-user mode has been eliminated.
- In a multi-user environment, two users can now use Excel Export consecutively without issues.
- Windows and doors no longer use the “length by center” icon on the legend.
- Fixed the intermittent issue of the Cubit Select login window disappearing behind the main Cubit window.
- Fixed a time sync issue where there was no prompt to update the option group of a job if edited by a user whose clock was behind the previous user.
- Fixed the issue where changing the position of a plan within the plans list would hide shapes/categories for that plan on the shapes pane.
- The legend is now immediately updated when undoing the deletion of a trade.
- Pressing Ctrl-V a second time after “Cut”-ing an item will no longer cause an exception.
- Copying a “Cut” calculation or rate sheet item to a different calculation sheet now creates a copy, as expected.
- Under specific circumstances, the “An error occurred in the Viewport” error is no longer displayed.
- Users are no longer prompted to refresh multiple times when trying to lock a trade using the estimate toolbar lock icon and cancelling the prompt.
- The lock icon on the estimate sheet toolbar now functions consistently.
- Selecting all the trade items using Ctrl+A and deleting now works as intended.
- The Plan report now uses the correct result type icons.
- Typing into the formula bar in the price list is now possible without typing in the estimate grid first.
- The Import/Export file explorer interface now shows all files.
- Exporting to Excel from a Grouped View now displays the correct Aggregated Quantity.
- Users are no longer prevented from unindenting a trade in the price list.
- An exception no longer occurs when copying an Estimate Item to the calculation Sheet.
- Fixed issue of IFC revisions displaying incorrectly for other users when refreshing a job in a multi-user environment has been successfully resolved.
- An exception when opening a 2D revised plan after another user has completed job revision has been addressed.
- Deleting trades is now faster.
- An exception no longer occurs when clicking on the Job Manager filter with two jobs selected.
- Errors related to exporting jobs in different project folders on the job manager screen are no longer displayed incorrectly.
- Updated the checkbox wording at the end of the server installation process.
- Calculations from the Rate Sheet using factors/wastage now correctly total in their trade headings.
- Sending more than one item from Global to a Cubit job containing a grouped view no longer causes an exception.
- New message dialogs are no longer pushed behind the Scale Plan dialog.
- Cut-Paste-Undo-Paste sequence no longer causes exceptions.
- The calculation sheet now updates correctly after a refresh prompted by trying to edit a calculation sheet item that another user deleted.
- Fixed time sync-related locking and refresh issues.
- Fixed time sync issue causing multiple refresh prompts and potential Cubit freeze for Windows 11 users.
- Fixed exceptions when another user deletes a large trade during refresh.
- The calculation sheet accurately displays deduction from vertical less area openings shape results.
- Fixed exceptions when editing window height/width/manufacturer after closing and reopening a job.
- Fixed errors related to exporting jobs in different headings on the job manager screen.
- Fixed jobs exported while in revision from Cubit 10 can now be imported into Cubit 11.
- Fixed unexpected behaviour when another user has an exclusive lock on a job.
- Estimate toolbar lock icon now functions correctly after job refresh.
- Toggling Include in Trade and navigating with arrow keys no longer triggers Edit mode on the next cell.
- Improved keyboard interaction with lock column in job.
- Fixed exception when Copying/Pasting Rate sheet item to calculation sheet.
- Updated result type icons on legend.
- IFC Revision status icons in the estimate sheet no longer unexpectedly display as the previous value when refreshing a second time.
- Jobs containing references can now be opened in read-only mode.
- Recalculating references now correctly clears reference cached values when items are deleted.
- Windows and Doors now remain in the correct position on the plan when moving a shape.
- Editing a large area in the viewport is now more efficient.
- Other actions on Shapes that should require a Refresh now function as expected.
- The Options/Variations filter state now refreshes when refreshing the Job.
- Toggling Options on the Options Pane now refreshes the Job as intended.
- Trades on exclusive mode jobs are now correctly shown as locked for other users.
- Plan Revision can now be added when the revisable plan has the Rasterise Text option enabled.
- The Code dropdown window now shows more items when expanded vertically.
- Undo now properly restores manual totals that were replaced by the rate sheet.
- At higher display scalings, the References pane now displays correctly.
- When first adding a PDF plan revision, information in the “Revisions tab” of the “Plans pane” is now displayed fully.
- The width of the double-door 3D model no longer resets after closing and opening the job.
- “Cubit Reports” no longer encounter exceptions in “Material and Labour” mode jobs with Excluded Items at level 1 in the estimate.
- Adding a column in Simple jobs no longer affects the column ordering of newly created Material/Labor jobs.
- The position of the “Update Select Job” dialog is now consistent throughout the program.
- Cubit job export projects with folders now work seamlessly.
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