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Framework for .NET (C# and VB.NET) to create modern application for CAD systems (SOLIDWORKS, SOLIDWORKS Document Manager, Autodesk Inventor, etc.)
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List of changes in the releases of xCAD.NET framework

This page contains list of the most notable changes in the releases of xCAD.NET.

Breaking change is marked with ⚠ symbol

0.8.1 -

  • ⚠ Several options from PageOptionsAttribute are extracted to PageButtonsAttribute and PageLockedPage attributes
  • ⚠ AlignDimensionDelegate, AssignPreviewBodyColorDelegate, ShouldHidePreviewEditBodyDelegate of SwMacroFeatureDefinition<TParams, TPage> are replaced with OnAlignDimensionDelegate, OnAssignPreviewBodyColorDelegate, OnShouldHidePreviewEditBodyDelegate virtual methods
  • ⚠ ICustomItemsProvider::ProvideItems changed signature (added IControl ctrl and object parameter)
  • ⚠ Removed SwCustomItemsProvider
  • ⚠ IStorageGetSubStreamNames method is replaced with IStorageSubStreamNames property, IStorageGetSubStorageNames method is replaced with IStorageSubStorageNames property
  • ⚠ IXModelViewRenderCustomGraphics event is removed. Custom graphics rendering is replaced with IXModelViewCustomGraphicsContext->IXCustomGraphicsContext::RegisterRenderer
  • ⚠ IXDocumentExtensionTryOpenStorage and IXDocumentExtensionTryOpenStream (IXDocumentOpenStream and IXDocumentOpenStorage now return Stream.Null and Storage.Null for non-existent streams). IXDocumentOpenStream and IXDocumentOpenStorage access parameter is changed to boolean instead of AccessType_e.
  • ⚠ IDependencyHandlerUpdateState and IMetadataDependencyHandlerUpdateState signature is changed (added the object parameter)
  • ⚠ AttachMetadataAttribute is now only used to attach to other metadata, to create metadata with static values, use StaticMetadataAttribute
  • Implemented temp loft
  • Implemented collision detection
  • Implemented tables
  • ⚠ ISwTempRegion removed as redundant
  • ⚠ IXTableCreateReader is renamed to IXTableExecuteReader
  • ⚠ IXCustomFeatureDefinition<TParams, TPage>::ConvertParamsToPage renamed to IXCustomFeatureDefinition<TParams, TPage>::CreatePropertyPage and TParams par parameter is replaced with IXCustomFeature<TParams> feat
  • ⚠ IXCustomFeatureDefinition<TParams, TPage>::ConvertPageToParams renamed to IXCustomFeatureDefinition<TParams, TPage>::CreateParameters
  • ⚠ IXFeatureRepositoryCreateCustomFeature<BoxMacroFeature, BoxData, BoxData>() is renamed to IXFeatureRepositoryInsertCustomFeature<BoxMacroFeature, BoxData, BoxData>();

0.8.0 - January 30, 2024

  • ⚠ XComponentRepositoryExtensionFlatten is renamed to XComponentRepositoryExtensionTryFlatten
  • ⚠ Removed OptionBoxStyle_e and OptionBoxOptionsAttribute::Style
  • ⚠ SelectType_e enumeration is removed. Use Type to specify the selection filter for the SelectionBoxOptionsAttributeFilters or use SwSelectionBoxOptionsAttributeFilters to specify SOLIDWORKS specific filters via swSelectionType_e. Use ContextMenuCommandItemInfoAttributeOwner to set the Type of the owner entity or use SwContextMenuCommandItemInfoAttributeOwner to set the SOLIDWORKS specific owner via swSelectionType_e
  • ⚠ PointScale/VectorScale are not do not modify the values of the original object rather return new scaled result
  • ⚠ IXCustomFeatureDefinition<TParams, TPage>::OnPageParametersChanged renamed to IXCustomFeatureDefinition<TParams, TPage>::OnPreviewUpdated
  • ⚠ IXCustomFeatureDefinition<TParams, TPage>::CreateGeometry is split to IXCustomFeatureDefinition<TParams, TPage>.CreatePreviewGeometry.
  • ⚠ ISwMacroFeatureDefinition::ShouldUpdatePreview changed the signature (added the pointer to TPage)
  • ⚠ ISwMacroFeatureDefinitionShouldHidePreviewEditBody, ISwMacroFeatureDefinitionAssignPreviewBodyColor replaced with the delegates of IXCustomFeatureDefinition<TParams, TPage>. CreatePreviewGeometry
  • ⚠ ISwMacroFeatureDefinition::ConvertParamsToPage added additional parameter for current data
  • ⚠ IXDocument3DPreCreateBoundingBox, IXDocument3DPreCreateMassProperty moved to IXDocumentEvaluation
  • ⚠ IXFaceEdges is deprecated and replaced with IXFaceAdjacentEntities
  • ⚠ HandlePostRebuildAttribute is deprecated and replaced with SwMacroFeatureDefinition::PostRebuild event
  • ⚠ IParameterConverterConvertEditBodies, IParameterConverterConvertDisplayDimensions, IParameterConverterConvertParameters, IParameterConverterConvertSelections is replaced with IParameterConverter::Convert. ParameterConverter implementation is deprecated
  • ⚠ ISwMacroFeatureCachedParameters is deprecated. use IXCustomFeatureParameter without IXFeature::Edit to get cached parameters
  • ⚠ IXCutListState is renamed to IXCutListStatus and CutListState_e is renamed to CutListStatus_e
  • ⚠ IXRegion::Boundary type is changed from IXSegment[] to IXLoop[]
  • ⚠ IXServiceCollectionAddOrReplace is renamed to IXServiceCollectionAdd
  • ⚠ Introduced Line and Circle data structures which replaced the Axis, Diameter, StartPoint, EndPoint, CenterPoint properties in geometrical entities, such as IXCircle
  • ⚠ Access modifier for SwAddInExOnConfigureServices and SwMacroFeatureDefinitionOnConfigureServices is changed to protected
  • ⚠ IXDocument::SaveAs is changed to extension in Xarial.XCad.Documents.Extensions namespace
  • ⚠ IXDocument pointers are no longer guaranteed to be equal for the same documents. Use IXDocument::Equals to compare pointers instead

0.7.7 - October 26, 2021

  • ⚠ - IEntity is not automatically converted to safe entity. Instead use ISwEntity::CreateResilient to create safe entity

0.7.6 - October 13, 2021

  • ⚠ - IXDocumentGetAllDependencies extension method is renamed to IXDocumentIterateDependencies and 3 optional parameters are added
  • Fixed handling of virtual component in ISwDmDocument::Dependencies

0.7.5 - October 6, 2021

  • ⚠ ISwMacroFeatureToParameters is removed. Now SwObjectFactoryFromDispatch will create a specific instance from IFeature
  • ⚠ ISwBodyExtensionToTempBody is replace with IXBodyCopy
  • ⚠ IXPlanarSheetBoundary type is changed from IXSegment[] to IXRegion. Use IXGeometryBuilderCreateRegionFromSegments to create region from array of segments
  • ⚠ IXPlanarSheetBoundary is renamed to IXPlanarSheetRegion
  • ⚠ IXDrawingViewDocument is renamed to IXDrawingViewReferencedDocument
  • ⚠ IXComponentDocument is renamed to IXComponentReferencedDocument
  • ⚠ SwObjectFactoryFromDispatch is replaced with ISwDocumentCreateObjectFromDispatch and ISwApplication::CreateObjectFromDispatch
  • ⚠ Changed the signatures of SwMacroFeatureDefinition{TParams, TPage}::OnEditingCompleted, SwMacroFeatureDefinition{TParams, TPage}::OnFeatureInserted
  • ⚠ Changed from protected to public: SwMacroFeatureDefinition{TParams, TPage}::OnEditingStarted, SwMacroFeatureDefinition{TParams,TPage}::CreatePageHandler, SwMacroFeatureDefinition{TParams,TPage}::OnEditingStarted, SwMacroFeatureDefinition{TParams,TPage}::OnEditingCompleted, SwMacroFeatureDefinition{TParams,TPage}::OnFeatureInserted, SwMacroFeatureDefinition{TParams,TPage}::CreateDynamicControls
  • ⚠ IXGeometryMemoryBuilderPreCreateArc is renamed to IXGeometryMemoryBuilderPreCreateCircle. IXGeometryMemoryBuilder::PreCreateArc has been redefined to create arc rather than circle
  • ⚠ IXDocumentRepositoryDocumentCreated is renamed to IXDocumentRepositoryDocumentLoaded
  • ⚠ IXDocumentRebuild event is renamed to IXDocumentRebuilt and IXDocumentRegenerate method is renamed to IXDocumentRebuild
  • ⚠ CommandSpecTabBoxStyle is replaced with CommandSpecRibbonTextStyle, CommandSpecHasTabBox is replaced with CommandSpecHasRibbon
  • ⚠ IXDocumentDependencies, IXConfigurationCutLists, IXCutListBodies, IXFaceEdges changed from array to IEnumerable
  • ⚠ IXDocument::Closing is passing the additional parameter if the document is closing or hiding
  • ⚠ ComboBoxOptionsAttribute::SelectDefaultValue option is deprecated and removed
  • ⚠ IXCustomControl::ValueChanged event delegate type is changed

0.7.4 - July 11, 2021

  • Fixed the incorrect mass properties for SOLIDWORKS 2019 and older
  • Fixed invalid principle moment of inertia and principle axis of inertia calculation for Part file

0.7.3 - July 2, 2021

0.7.1 - June 8, 2021

0.7.0 - May 2, 2021

0.6.10 - December 7, 2020

0.6.9 - November 27, 2020

0.6.8 - November 10, 2020

  • Added tags support for IXDocument to store custom user data within the session
  • Added the IXPart::CutListRebuild event

0.6.7 - November 9, 2020

  • ⚠ All SOLIDWORKS specific classes replaced with corresponding interfaces with I at the start (e.g. SwApplication -> ISwApplication, SwDocument -> ISwDocument)
  • ⚠ IXDocumentRepository::Open is replaced with transaction (also available as extension method) and DocumentOpenArgs is retired.
  • ⚠ IXModelViewBasedDrawingViewView is renamed to IXModelViewBasedDrawingViewSourceModelView
  • ⚠ IXCircularEdgeCenter, IXCircularEdgeAxis, IXCircularEdgeRadius are replaced with IXCircularEdgeDefinition
  • ⚠ IXLinearEdgeRootPoint, IXLinearEdgeDirection are replaced with IXLinearEdge::Definition
  • ⚠ IXGeometryBuilder is changed and available via IXApplication::MemoryGeometryBuilder
  • Added support for extrusion, sweep, revolve for memory IXGeometryBuilder
  • Added partial support for surfaces and curves as definitions for edges and faces
  • Added partial support for sketch entities in the sketch

0.6.6 - October 29, 2020

0.6.5 - October 14, 2020

0.6.4 - September 30, 2020

0.6.3 - September 30, 2020

0.6.2 - September 28, 2020

0.6.1 - September 23, 2020

0.6.0 - September 13, 2020

0.5.8 - September 1, 2020

  • Added new events:

    • IXConfigurationRepository.ConfigurationActivated
    • IXDocument.Rebuild, IXDocument.Saving
    • IXDocumentCollection.DocumentActivated
    • IXSheetRepository.SheetActivated

  • Added new interfaces

    • IXSheet

  • ⚠ Added parameter of IXDocument to NewSelectionDelegate

  • Fixed the issue with toolbar positions not maintained after SOLIDWORKS restart

  • ⚠ state parameter of CommandStateDelegate is no longer passed with ref keyword

0.5.7 - July 19, 2020

  • Added support for TaskPane
  • Added support for Feature Manager Tab

0.5.0 - June 15, 2020

  • Added support for tabs and custom controls in property pages
  • Added support for 3rd party storage and 3rd party stream
  • Renamed to StandardIconAttribute to StandardControlIconAttribute

0.3.1 - February 9, 2020

  • ⚠ Renamed ControlAttributionAttribute to StandardIconAttribute

0.2.4 - February 6, 2020

  • Added ICustomItemsProvider to provide dynamic items for the ComboBox control in property pages

0.2.0 - February 6, 2020

  • Added support for selections
  • Added support for IXFace

0.1.0 - February 4, 2020

Initial Release

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