Zea Knowledge Base

November 16, 2023

New Features/Enhancements:

Platform

Added a 'Scene Summary' dialog to the 3D model inspector

Improved display to show missing files during assembly loading

UI tweaks for missing 3D models and minor UI tweaks for Scene Statistics

Addressed UI inconsistencies on the Organization Users page

Improved error messaging and prompts for new user invitations

Fixed issues with sBOM icon size in Spanish translation

Addressed onboarding flow issues for invited users with missing buttons

Parts Hub

Implemented CC’ing customers for quotes requested

Added "General Notes" to order confirmation

Disabled Parts Hub on Zea Sync for organizations without a subscription

Illustrations Hub

Users can now rename and clone illustrations

Tooltip explanations for locked illustrations

Fixed Dope Sheet search overlapping Version History

Corrected right-click behavior in the Dope Sheet and added keyframe menu

Bugs Fixes:

Platform

Fix for upgrading to a paid plan without selecting the number of seats

Resolved issues with subscription proration error retrieval

Search functionality not closing after name or email selection

Fixed issues with changing seat numbers in billing

Fixed empty workspace display and organization field size inconsistency

Users restricted to settings of uninvited workspaces

Fixed disabled inputs appearance issue causing confusion

Super-users restricted by Illustrations Hub (IH) roles and access

Issues resolved for changing seat quantity in Stripe

Improved dropdown styles on the Organization Users page

Fixed issues with next button missing in the onboarding flow

Parts Hub

Minor spreadsheet import fixes

Illustrations Hub

Fixed Dope Sheet search overlapping Version History

Desktop

Disabled Parts Hub on Zea Sync for organizations without a subscription

November 3, 2023

Chance Notice: New role names for Organizations and Workspaces

With the move toward making our platform free for organization members to access models even without a paid seat, role naming has changed slightly.

Previously the “Editor” organization role signified a user holds a seat for Illustrations Hub and can create/edit illustrations.

Now,

Standard Users are non-admins/owners

Illustration Hub seats are assign to organization members as ‘Editors’

Note: Permissions based on this change should not impact most users, however, Organization Admins who need Illustrations Hub editing will need to assign themselves a seat.

New Features/Enhancements:

Platform

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Free Platform Users: a new role has been introduced to allow unlimited free view-only users (”Standard Users”) to join organizations to facilitate collaboration around model data.

Consolidated Organization & Workspace Settings: Settings are now centralized and can be access easily through a consolidated interface.

Creo Support: Creo’s configurations are now supported in XPR and Assemblies

Workspace Theming: Admins can now apply themes to a workspace, including logos and user-interface colors

Parts Hub

Spanish and French for Dealer View: All static text from the dealer view now has Spanish and English options (in addition to English)

Illustrations Hub

Dope Sheet Refinement (beta feature): Improved copy/paste functionality and UX clean-up

Bug Fixes:

Platform

Can now rename organizations

Illustrations Hub:

Fixed renaming materials so they update in Inspector

Fixed bug where application of materials was breaking illustrations

Fixed regression for older models where assemblies could not be selected

Fixed bug where initial view is in the wrong position after undoing delete

October 19, 2023

Known Issue: Zea Sync fails to update

Older installations of Zea Sync are failing to auto-update. Please manually update by downloading from the Workspace settings and installing over the existing installation. (No need to uninstall the older version).

New Features/Enhancements:

Illustrations Hub

Dope Sheet (beta): A spreadsheet-like tool for managing modifications in Illustration Views..

Group Pivot Editor: Default pivots for groups can be modified manually or via snap to other part pivots.

Unique Icons for Overlays: Overlays now have icons to differentiate callouts vs shapes.

Selection Filtering: Users can now activate selection filters to only select assemblies, parts, or bodies in the 3D viewport.

Reset Materials: Action is re-introduced to reset all materials for a view.

Callout Locations Persistence: Callout locations are now saved to views.

Platform

Bookmarks Search: Bookmarks can now be searched from the Bookmarks Tab.

Parts Hub:

Enhanced Shopping Cart Experience: Shopping cart is now saved to the browser memory, so you can close or refresh the browser without losing the cart. Cart is cleared after requesting quote.

Bug Fixes

Platform

Display Cube distortion fixed.

Illustrations Hub

Rename bug fixed for materials and groups.

Zea Sync

Extra empty rows for imported spreadsheets fixed.

Solidworks and NX Files that were failing to process now process successfully.

The tree structure of assemblies has been slightly simplified by eliminating redundant nodes.

September 28, 2023

New Features/Enhancements:

Platform

Invitations: Users can now decline invitations to organizations.

Assembly Caches: Zea Sync can now enables processing assembly files that contain caches of their parts and sub-assemblies.

Parts Hub

Part Visibility: Ability to “Show all parts” feature to reset visibility

Terminology Change: ”Customer Email” to “Dealer Email”

Bug Fixes:

Platform

Improved organization invite/accept invite UX.

A pause was addressed when loading assemblies in Workspaces containing large numbers of cad files.

Names in the Tree View for some kinds of assemblies are now more clearly displayed. For example, Creo assemblies now correctly display the instance name in the tree.

Illustrations Hub

Eliminated errors when editing previously assigned materials

Fixed overlay issues when shapes are added on top of callouts

Callout creation bug when a click is detected but no drag afterward

Groups/overlays getting stuck after releasing

After re-assigning materials in an Illustration, errors would occur if the original materials were subsequently edited.

Views now correctly save and load zoom values when working in orthographic mode.

PMI nodes are no longer parsed/shown

Parts Hub

Shopping Cart badge reflects part quantity

Fixed field mapping creation/edit bugs

September 5, 2023

Introducing Real-Time Collaboration (Beta)

Work on illustrations together, in real-time.

Active Avatars: Spot team members' avatars and actions in the 3D viewport.

Concurrent Editing: Simultaneously create and modify groups, views, materials, callouts, and more.

Instant Updates: Experience live updates as changes are made.

Enable Now: Activate this Beta feature in the Illustrations Hub Settings.

Callout and Shape Materials

Streamline your illustrations with consistent callouts and shapes.

Consistency: Quickly create and apply new callout and shape materials.

Shared Library: Access the same materials across all illustrations in your workspace.

Other Features

Rendering

A collection of small changes that speed up load times and rendering have been added.

3D Models

A new feature to bookmark frequently-used parts and assemblies for quick access has been added. It is also available when importing models into illustrations.

Illustrations Hub

Callouts and shapes can now be reordered, which also affects their rendering order in the 3D viewport.

Parts Hub

A new 'Place Order' button lets customers email their orders directly to a set email address.

Bug Fixes

Platform

Resolved an issue that required a refresh during account creation for some users.

Minor UI and usability improvements.

3D Models

When local CAD files are moved between folders those changes are now reflected accurately when looking for 3D Models.

Illustrations Hub

The “Drop material” tool no longer stays selected when you delete the material being applied.

Minor UI and usability improvements.

Parts Hub

Published parts now feature a more responsive side panel and shopping cart on both desktop and mobile.

The Parts Hub statistics card on the workspace dashboard now displays accurate results.

Searching now better prioritizes part number searches above other numbers such as price.

Minor UI and usability improvements.

Known Issues

Illustrations Hub

We are aware of an issue that causes a 3D Model to render incorrectly after deleting a material that is assigned to it. If this occurs, you can revert to a previous version via File > History.

August 17, 2023

Features

Zea Sync

When in “debug” mode in Zea Sync, CAD files can now be marked as “Invalid” which will force them to be reprocessed the next time all files are processed.

Parts Hub

A new ‘Service Parts Mapping’ option has been added to the Parts Hub settings where regex conditions can be used to map CAD files to service parts.

Parts list, serial number and attachment statistics can now be viewed from the workspace dashboard.

A filter has been added to the parts list to show parts with or without CAD files.

Bug Fixes

3D Models

Search results in 3D Models and Parts Hub now more accurately show the most likely result at the top of the list.

Fixed an issue in 3D Models that caused the transform gizmo to become selectable and cause an error when clicked on.

Fixed an issue that caused material colors to be inaccurate.

Fixed an issue that caused locally deleted CAD files to be missing from parent assemblies after being readded.

This change has also improved how local CAD files are moved. Instead of the file being deleted and readded it is now simply moved.

Assemblies that have subassemblies or parts with a mix of units (e.g. millimeters and meters) will now display at the correct scale.

Illustrations Hub

Fixed an issue where removing all models from the Illustrations Editor would cause the illustration to become unusable after refreshing or reopening the illustration.

Parts Hub

Hiding and showing parts using the SBOM in Parts Hub now works as expected when clicking the icon. The SBOM now also included the part description.

August 3, 2023

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where service parts were not displaying in the Parts List in Parts Hub.

Fixed an issue where searching in 3D Models would sometimes fail in with a large number of CAD files.

Custom themes now display correctly in an incognito window.

Fixed an issue where a material would remain selected even after it was deleted in the 3D Models Editor and Illustrations Hub.

Fixed an issue that could prevent users from selecting serviceable parts in Parts Hub.

August 1, 2023

Features

For our Admins

Organizations can now be deleted from the Zea Platform

Locally deleted CAD files in Zea Sync are now correctly cleaned up in Zea Platform.

A SolidWorks native API can now be enabled in Zea Sync for those with a valid SolidWorks license. It can be found in the Advanced tab of 3D Model Settings.

For the Solid Edge native API users in Zea Sync, we now check for a valid license to avoid unnecessarily causing files to fail.

Language selection option added to import Map Field settings in Zea Sync for Parts Hub

For our Creators

Performance enhancements for loading Illustration editor history in Illustrations Hub

For Everyone

Users profiles can now be deleted allowing users to completely remove themselves from Zea Platform.

Release notes link added to Zea Sync and resource center

Smart search has been added to 3D models, service parts, and serial numbers search in Parts Hub

Bug Fixes

Vertical resize of panels and default panel sizing (Illustrations Hub view history and views panels)

Fixed folder scan issue where

Parts Hub breadcrumbs now show correct the values when loading a configuration of an assembly.

Theme colors are shown immediately when you enter your Workspace.

Fixed an issue where multiple instances of Zea Sync could be opened at the same time.

Fixed an issue where selecting items using rectangular select and deleting them could cause an error with the undo.

July 10, 2023

Features

November 16, 2023

New Features/Enhancements:

Bugs Fixes:

November 3, 2023

New Features/Enhancements:

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October 19, 2023

New Features/Enhancements:

Bug Fixes

September 28, 2023

New Features/Enhancements:

Bug Fixes:

September 5, 2023

Introducing Real-Time Collaboration (Beta)

Callout and Shape Materials

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November 16, 2023

New Features/Enhancements:

Bugs Fixes:

November 3, 2023

Chance Notice: New role names for Organizations and Workspaces

New Features/Enhancements:

Bug Fixes:

October 19, 2023

Known Issue: Zea Sync fails to update

New Features/Enhancements:

Bug Fixes

September 28, 2023

New Features/Enhancements:

Bug Fixes:

September 5, 2023

Introducing Real-Time Collaboration (Beta)

Callout and Shape Materials

Other Features

Bug Fixes

Known Issues

August 17, 2023

Features

Bug Fixes

August 3, 2023

Bug Fixes

August 1, 2023

Features

Bug Fixes

July 10, 2023

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