Dear User,
At Asite we recognise the importance of your feedback and work continually to improve the tool and bring you new features.
Adoddle 20.6 is all about compliance, integration and performance. Adoddle continues to get better and faster, so you can focus on what you do best!
Compliance: You can now ask Adoddle to auto-generate revision numbers on your behalf. We are very proud to announce that Adoddle’s revision numbering is now ISO 19650 and BS 1192 compliant!
Integration with Bluebeam: Announcing the new Adoddle connector for Bluebeam Studio. This connector streamlines the review and approval workflow between Adoddle CDE (Common Data Environment) and Bluebeam Studio.
Introducing our new App for NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contracts:Deliver your construction projects on time, on budget and to the highest standards by using our brand new app for NEC4.
Improved User Access Management: Introducing individual privileges in lieu-of generalised ones for managing roles/project privileges/form permissions, thus ensuring compliance, greater flexibility and scalability.
Adoddle Universal Web Viewer upgrade: Our upgrade supports file compare and enhanced viewing performance. We have also improved signature and markup functionality.
HTML5 AppBuilder upgrade: Integrate custom attributes to Appbuilder dynamically, thus connect your existing data to apps for dynamic business processes.
Tender Manager upgrade: We have added support for standard and hierarchical Bill of Quantities (BOQ) and being able to import BOQ data from excel files.
Adoddle Field App enhancements:
Reset your account password from the App.
Introducing location specific offline support to help mobile devices with limited local storage capacity.
Support for displaying date-time stamp on captured images for ease of traceability.
Incomplete Tasks toggle is now set to OFF for Defects listing.
1. Adoddle Web Application
Adoddle provides a unique and comprehensive set of capabilities in a single, unified environment to manage your Drawings, Project Schedules, BIM Models, Reports and Apps and share information across teams spread across different geographies.
Adoddle allows teams to access, capture, track and re-use data throughout the lifecycle of an asset from Feasibility to Facilities Management.
The following Section provides further details of the Improvements and New Features added to the Platform.
1.1 Adoddle Platform
Integration with Bluebeam: Announcing the new Adoddle connector for Bluebeam Studio. This connector streamlines the review and approval workflow between Adoddle CDE (Common Data Environment) and Bluebeam Studio. |
Branding – supporting SVG format logo: Administrators can now upload SVG format logo file for custom branding. |
1.2 Adoddle Projects
Improved User Access Management: Introducing individual privileges in lieu-of generalised ones for managing roles/project privileges/form permissions, thus ensuring compliance, greater flexibility and scalability. |
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Projects tab interface upgrade: The Adoddle Projects tab interface has been improvised to logically group the functions available on right-click.
1.3 Adoddle Files
| Support for File Comparison in Universal Web Viewer: The Adoddle Universal Web Viewer now supports comparing of two file revisions at a time. |
Upgraded Universal Web Viewer: The core background framework of Universal Web Viewer is upgraded resulting in improved performance.
Universal Web Viewer - Signature Content to be saved locally: Adoddle enables users to make use of their created signatures until related local browser data is not cleared, upto 2 values.
Universal Web Viewer - Existing markups to display while creating new markups: The Adoddle Universal Web Viewer will now display any existing markups on file if any, while creating new markups as well.
File upload interface improvements: During the upload / edit attribute, users can now type in the date values.
Improved interface while creating a File aMessage using right click: The interface for creating an aMessage using file right click option has been improved in lines with the standard aMessage interface in File Viewer. |
1.4 Adoddle Apps
Introducing our new App for NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contracts: Deliver your construction projects on time, on budget and to the highest standards by using our brand new App for NEC4.
Tender Manager upgrade: We have added support for standard and hierarchical Bill of Quantities (BOQ) and being able to import BOQ data from excel files.
| HTML5 AppBuilder – Support to pull Custom Attribute details of Dropdown type: Adoddle enables users to pull dynamic custom attribute details of dropdown type while adding dropdown controls within the app. |
HTML5 AppBuilder – Improved Support for Date Picker: The Date Picker control in HTML5 AppBuilder now supports setting the default date as current date (i.e. the date on which user actually creates / responds to the form) as well as a specific date if required.
Form attachments to display full file / form name: For a form containing attachments, the full file / form name will be displayed. In case the full file name is longer than usual, it will appear as a tooltip upon mouse over.
Change in Rich Text Box Behavior while creating an aMessage: When using the Tab key within the rich text box while creating an aMessage, it will result in tabbing out of the field.
1.5 Adoddle Workflows
Adoddle Visual Workflow – Support Automated Revision Numbering: You can now ask Adoddle to auto-generate revision numbers on your behalf. Adoddle’s revision numbering is now ISO 19650 and BS 1192 compliant. |
Visual Workflow – Status change function: The Workflow engine has been further upgraded to enable administrators to configure the default value of ‘Reason for Status Change Notes” field and set this field as editable or hidden. |
Upgraded Visual Workflow framework: The core background framework of Adoddle Visual Workflow module is upgraded resulting in improved performance and resolution of intermittent bugs. |
1.6 Adoddle Models
Access Control on upload of Model Files: Adoddle now validates access upon upload of model files. This applies to model files uploaded through Asite Revit plugin as well. |
Support for Sketchup file format: This release now introduces support online 3D viewing of Sketchup (SKP) format files. Supported up to 2015 (Windows only). |
1.7 Adoddle Field
Full Site Names to appear in Field tab: The site names displayed on left hand side in Field tab will now show full site names. |
1.8 Adoddle API
getWorkspaceUsers API update: User role ids are now returned in the response. |
2. Adoddle Field
Adoddle Field is a simple, easy-to-use tool that enables project collaboration with contacts and project teams on the move. Sign in with your Adoddle account to publish and share and Mark-up drawings, photos, other files, and issue actions to team members, allowing you to stay on top of time critical review processes. View and mark-up Building Information Models (BIM) in 3D, including the ability to drill down into the components of the model and review discipline-specific elements. Adoddle Field enables you to view and review multiple model files from disparate BIM Authoring toolsets merged into one unified model in Adoddle cBIM in the cloud. Raise RFIs, Defects / Punch lists, or any of the hundreds of other project workflow forms available in the Adoddle App Library and issue them to team members directly from your tablet with direct and automatic links to the relevant parts of any file or model. The Adoddle platform maintains a full and complete audit trail of all communications as a project progresses.
Adoddle Field enhancements: Adoddle Field available on App Store / Play Store now comes with further extended functionalities like: Reset your account password from the App. Introducing location specific offline support to help mobile devices with limited local storage capacity. Support for displaying date-time stamp on captured images for ease of traceability. Incomplete Tasks toggle is now set to OFF for Defects listing Extended support for markup options upon image capture to all forms. Support for displaying offline form creation date and / or respond date for all defect forms created / responded offline. |
3. Adoddle aMessage
Adoddle aMessage is a powerful business messaging and team collaboration app that enables teams to collaborate more effectively while on the move, with a clear view of messages, tasks and files. Real time information is rapidly transforming the way people work in every sector and nowhere are the benefits clearer, then in architecture, engineering and construction. Adoddle aMessage ensures a secure and private messaging, with groups and individuals. Preview content online and easily share documents and media files.
Adoddle aMessage app enhancements: Adoddle aMessage available on App Store / Play Store now comes with further extended functionalities like: Reset your account password from the App. |
4. Adoddle Navigator
Adoddle Navigator is a user-friendly desktop application that allows you to upload 2D and 3D files and collaborate with Project teams. Adoddle users have the option to synchronize information locally while working offline on the native applications before signing-in to Adoddle and publish them as revisions.
Adoddle Navigator integrates directly with Autodesk Revit and facilities exchanging data from 3D BIM Collaborative environment such as COBie (Construction Operation Building Information Exchange). Users can connect all project data to models regardless of their BIM Authoring tool. With a centralized storage of all versions of your models in a collaborative online environment, users can harness the power of Big Data and extensible toolkit for Collaborative BIM.
Access Control on upload of Model Files: Adoddle now validates access upon upload of model files. This applies to model files uploaded through Asite Revit plugin as well. |
Discontinued Support for Adoddle Navigator (32bit): Support for 32bit Adoddle Navigator is discontinued. Existing users having 32bit Adoddle Navigator are requested to upgrade by installing the 64bit Adoddle Navigator version. Users who continue using the same 32bit Adoddle Navigator won’t be able to receive any new release updates starting from Adoddle 20.6. |
5. System Changes
Adoddle 20.6 - Release Notes lists the following changes to configuration requirements and plug-ins:
1.1 Changes to PC Configuration Requirements (Footprint)
None
1.2 Changes to Applets / Plug-ins
IT Configuration Applet - No
Java Viewer (Classic version) - No
Active-X Viewer (File Comparison) - No
Adoddle Navigator – Yes
Notes:
1. Updating the applets does NOT require Administrator permissions on the local machine.
2. Clicking on ‘Always’ option when prompted with a certificate will ensure that similar prompts do not appear for current as well as any other applet signed by Asite. If this option has already been activated, these updates will be automatically installed.
3. Adoddle Navigator installation / update requires administrator rights.
4. JRE Version – Adoddle platform to support JRE 1.8 and above.
5. Support for IE 10 discontinued. Minimum requirement is IE 11.
6. Support for TLS 1.0 discontinued. We will support TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2.
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