Speckle Connectors 2.20 Release Candidate is here đŸ„

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Hello @Insiders

We’ve been working hard on the latest updates, and the Release Candidate for version 2.20 is now ready for community testing. If you’re not feeling particularly adventurous, stick to the stable 2.19 version for now to avoid interruptions to your ongoing projects. The official stable 2.20 release will be available after the community testing phase.

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How to test?

Installing the release candidate is easy.

  1. Open the Speckle Manager and find your favourite Connector.
  2. From the menu (3 dots), choose “Available versions”, and make sure that the “Show pre-releases” toggle is on.
  3. Install the 2.20.0-rcX.

If you wish to revert, click the install button for the 2.19 version in the “Available versions”.

How do you give feedback?

Post your feedback in this thread, and we will take it from there.

The new RC is packed with features and improvements, so please try it and let us know what you think.

What’s Changed

Rhino

  • GIS attributes are received as User Strings

Grasshopper

  • Fixed a bug on the Auto-Receive node that prevented receiving the latest versions pushed to a model.
  • Fixed a bug on Column, Beam, Brace, and Wall objects created via Grasshopper nodes. When you try to select them in the viewer, these elements are selected instead of their underlying geometry.
  • Text object support was added in Grasshopper in Rhino 8.

Revit

  • Fixed a rare deserialization bug preventing receiving a model sent from the Revit.

Dynamo

  • Sending Revit elements via Dynamo is back in action. You can now send elements directly from Dynamo.

Archicad

  • Openings are now supported!
  • The connector icon under the Interoperability dialog has been updated on Mac. It looks so much better now.
  • We have added an application icon to the Speckle connector. When you use Command+Tab, you’ll see the Speckle icon instead of a generic terminal icon.
  • Added default version message. If you keep it empty, it adds the number of elements + Archicad version in the version message.
  • Elements now have a materialQuantity attribute. (More alignment with other BIM tools behaviour)

Blender

  • Dependencies are installed up to 40% faster on first initialization.
  • Blender initializes faster by skipping the update check on dependencies. Enjoy your extra time!
  • Fixed a bug that caused the model selection to default to main upon refresh. Your selection is now remembered for a better user experience.

ETABS

  • Fixed a bug on Element1Ds where, in the viewer, users would choose its underlying geometry rather than the element itself when they try to select an element. Now, this is fixed.
  • Fixed a bug that was preventing sending from ETABS.

SAP2000

  • Fixed a bug that was preventing sending from SAP2000.

Civil3D

  • Pipes and structures now have additional properties.
  • Corridors now have assemblies and subassemblies.

Power BI

  • The installer in Manager now installs the Data Connector and 3D Visual.

Navisworks

  • Refactored and improved logic, leading to approximately 50% reduction in time 
 more to come
  • Default operation now aggregates all data from “First Object” to “Geometry”, allowing for much easier data workflows in PowerBI, Grasshopper and Dynamo
  • Option to not convert/send any data properties for lower payload sizes for geometry-only workflows
  • ApplicationId for objects reflects the Scene hierarchy position
  • Now supports user-created data categories, properties and values, including those created with DataTools and 3rd party plugins

Manager

  • Fixed an issue where searching for Speckle in Windows Start wouldn’t show Manager. Now it does.
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