Public Release Notes for Altium NEXUS Server
Created: March 30, 2021 | Updated: July 20, 2021
| Applies to version: 4.0
Now reading version 4.0. For the latest, read: Public Release Notes for Altium NEXUS Server for version 5.0
The following sections list the release notes for publicly released versions of Altium NEXUS Server 4.0.
Version 4.0.3
Build: 1 Date: 20 July 2021
| 15007 | Added the ability to define target folder of EPM Documents during Publish to PLM (Windchill). Note that this functionality requires Windchill REST API version 1.3 or later. |
Version 4.0.2
Build: 1 Date: 25 June 2021
| 14954 | Fixed issue with .NET Core installation that occurred when installing on some operating systems and on a fresh computer (where an Altium Server had not been installed previously). |
| 15016 | Added an explicit check before installation for the amount of disc space needed for a search index rebuild. Lack of disc space was causing failure of installation. |
Version 4.0.1
Build: 34 Date: 12 April 2021
Major Features
| 4291 | Introduced component view in web ui. |
| 7544 | Introduced Revert action in the History view for a project within the desktop client. |
| 7557 | Improved web view, collaboration and download capabilities for released data sets. |
| 7558 | Improved usability and look & feel of project releases view in web-UI. |
| 7924 | Introduced Project History |
| 8144 | Introduced soft deletion support for various content types. Such items are sent to an isolated Trash area of the server, from where they can be permanently deleted or restored as required. Requires Altium NEXUS 3.2 or later. |
| 8784 | New generation of comments in both desktop client and project Web Viewer. |
| 8827 | Introduced option to export various outputs from project web view. |
| 9490 | New project Web Viewer technology. |
| 9765 | Introduced conflicts prevention feature which provides real-time document sharing information and control in the design editing environment (requires Altium NEXUS 4.1.1 or later). |
Web UI
| 5798 | Fixed issue where different layers have the same colors in Web Viewer when PCBDoc is saved while in 3D view. |
| 8826 | Improved selection order of overlapping primitives in Web Viewer. |
| 8851 | Fixed issue with incorrect display of variant name special string in web viewer. |
| 8853 | Introduced support for multi-channel designs in project Web Viewer. |
| 8897 | Introduced variant support for PCB 2D/3D and BOM for project Web Viewer. |
| 8942 | Extended project Web Viewer with option to navigate by ports. |
| 9525 | Added measurement capabilities to PCB data view of Web Viewer: free, point to point and object to object. |
| 10046 | Improved support of special strings handling in project Web Viewer. |
| 10538 | Improved support for variants in project Web Viewer. |
| 10636 | Fixed issue where PDF documents with special characters could not be downloaded from Releases page in web browser. |
| 10883 | Improved Web UI navigation - contextual header with back option. |
| 10886 | Fixed number of issues with project web view generation. |
| 10899 | Web UI refresh & improvements. |
| 11255 | Fixed project page rendering in Safari browser. |
Infrastructure & Administration
| 4166 | Improved user management in Web UI. |
| 5249 | Added missing license status indication. |
| 7261 | Fixed the issue where LDAP sync overwrite existing data option does not work as expected. |
| 10513 | Fixed the issue where non-admin users cannot change own user credentials. |
| 11167 | Fixed discrepancy of errors displayed in web's Health page compared to standalone Health Monitor. |
| 11316 | Fixed issue where upgrade of NEXUS with Oracle backend failed. |
| 11443 | Introduced batch delete action for soft deleted items in server Trash folder. |
| 11455 | Search index infrastructure updates. |
| 11714 | Fixed customer reported issues with server installation & update procedure. |
| 11973 | Fixed issues concerning various multiple email authentication methods. |
| 12025 | Notification system improvements and bug-fixes. |
Components & Libraries
| 4941 | Improved performance of batch component updates after symbol/footprint/template editing. |
| 6141 | Fixed issue where a false error was being logged while editing components, in a server running within a non-English locale. |
| 6437 | Fixed issue with TLS 1.2 when performing part choice operations. |
| 6497 | Fixed issue with Batch Editor not populating existing component parameters when updating related components after component template modification. |
| 7014 | Fixed issues where CSV Uploader component sync does not work for larger CSV files. |
| 8199 | Fixed issue where user without proper rights can release a new or edited component. |
| 8759 | Fixed issue where prepare cart in Explorer panel causes an error. |
| 9897 | Fixed issue where component count per folder is incorrectly displayed in Components panel. |
| 10317 | Added option to exclude items in restricted lifecycle states, to be updated by "Update release item" command. |
| 11712 | Fixed issue with altered symbol font setting when updating Vault to NEXUS. |
31784 Added display, release, BOM and Item Manager support for Generic Components (use Altium NEXUS 4.1.3 onwards to ensure proper transfer of generic components from SCH to PCB).
Enterprise
| 4922 | Added support for any parameter BOM upload for PTC WC with REST 1.8 onwards. |
| 5340 | Fixed issue with retrieving latest version of product when configuring NIS packages. |
| 5813 | Added support precise/imprecise BOM handling for PLM integration with Teamcenter. |
| 5917 | Added support for Oracle 19c. |
| 5956 | Introduced accumulating notes field in workflow forms. |
| 6161 | Introduced new event type in workflows to enable sending email notifications to selected users at any time in workflow. |
| 6735 | Extended workflow with option to change lifecycle state of an object. |
| 7156 | Added support for part choices from PTC Windchill REST 1.6. |
| 9158 | Introduced support for using variant name parameter when publishing release data to PLM. |
| 9315 | Added support for PTC Windchill's unit of measure with PTC REST 1.6. |
| 9814 | Enabled project creation request workflow. |
| 10298 | Publishing to Arena would publish released files to new revision of existing Arena files, instead of creating new Arena files. |
| 10321 | Added the ability to read existing ECO fields when "Use Existing" ECO option is chosen during project creation/publishing to PLM. |
| 10554 | Added support for integration with PTC Cloud instance. |
| 10765 | Fixed issue with failure of subsequent Publish to PTC WC operation. |
| 11099 | Fixed issue where workflow initiator's input is not stored. |
Projects & Releases
| 5716 | Fixed issue with cloned projects still using original projects folder as target for Project Releaser generated items. (BC:14170) |
| 5756 | Added option for for MCAD model property used for component recognition, in MCAD CoDesigner settings. |
| 6024 | Improved default sort for projects in Web UI to base on 'Last modified' date. |
| 6601 | Fixed issue with CoDesigner working for non-admin user. |
| 7162 | Improved released package download. |
| 7562 | Added ability to save to server a project with period (.) and/or comma (,) in its name. |
| 10099 | Introduced project folder visibility and project categorization option in web UI. |
| 10124 | Added ability to change lifecycle state for released outputs in Web UI. |
| 10443 | Introduced new project view UI in NEXUS through Explorer panel. |