📢 Authoring Hub: What's new v.20251120.9

Automated Layer & Material Population for Geometry Imports

Introduces full automation for populating layers and materials during geometry imports. This significantly reduces manual setup effort and ensures consistent data mapping for imported GLB files.

Authoring Hub DAP Documentation

Comprehensive DAP (Digital Adoption Platform) documentation is now available, enabling smoother onboarding and better change management support for Authoring Hub users.

UserGuiding Integration

UserGuiding walkthroughs and tooltips are now enabled in Authoring Hub; this brings in-product guidance, improved discoverability of key features, and consistent user training across environments.

Performance Improvement – Optimized Static GLB Processing

Static GLB optimization has been enhanced to handle material texture images more efficiently, improving render speed and asset handling during new command automation processes.

Improved Test Coverage in Managers

Test coverage for manager modules has been increased, strengthening overall platform reliability, reducing regression risks, and improving codebase stability.

Filtering, Sorting & Table Issues

• Fixed issues where sorting applied globally even when search filters were active.
• Resolved missing column-level filters across various tables.
• Prevented filter window from opening where no filterable data exists.
• Tooltip for filter window UI elements is now visible.
• Column filters now reset correctly when switching entities.
• Filters no longer appear active when they are not applied.

Review Changes / Bulk Edit / Change Tracking

• Fixed multiple issues where changed entities were not visible in Review Changes.
• Feature changes not being highlighted during item and feature edits is now resolved.
• Resolved unnecessary pending changes after updating system attributes.
• Fixed inconsistent pending changes persistence after refresh.
• Modified system attributes now correctly show in pending changes and highlight properly.
• Bulk Edit: Updating Sequence Order now correctly reflects changes.
• Resetting system attributes no longer inserts empty refCodes that block save.

Catalogs, Items & Dependencies

• Catalog re-selection now correctly loads items when a catalog is deactivated.

Attribute management issues in dependency-based item editing resolved:

• Unable to add/update new attribute values.
• Dropdowns not showing completely.
• Errors when modifying dependency attribute values.

Crash fixes:

• Duplicating/deleting items via right-click menu.
• Exporting options and unwind attributes.
• Showing preview with unwind groupref.
• Using group filter during group editing.
• Double-clicking copied subitems.
• Configurator toggle checkbox not appearing correctly.

Quick View (New UI) Fixes

• Tooltip correction for the Visible toggle.
• Open this element for restrictionRefs now works.
• Quick View for options missing after remove and duplicate issue fixed.
• Group name now updates immediately after save.
• Unable to manage option groups (reorder, delete, edit) is now resolved.
• Issues with StringMap attributes in new UI fixed.
• Attribute value editing and defaulting issues fully resolved.

Subitems (New UI)

• Subitems appearing under Definition tab unintentionally is fixed.
• Right-click menu now appears properly even on blank subitem area.
• Newly copied subitems are now shown bold to mark new changes.
• Duplicate delete buttons removed.
• Crash on double-click after copying fixed.

3D Viewer Fixes

• Viewer not loading item when switching to Attributes tab is resolved.
• Viewer disappearing on attribute tab in REX2CIC pipeline fixed.

UI/UX & Data Consistency

• Item-level attributes no longer get deleted when clicking Reset value to.
• Copy to clipboard and Delete buttons no longer overlap (755832).
• Incorrect Image coming soon replaced with real image in Signature Framed Cabinetry.
• Fixes for incorrect dropdown visibility, sequence ordering randomness, and inconsistent reorganization across groups.
• Issue where Authoring Hub became unresponsive when linking restrictions in large catalogs resolved.
• Classification command refinement fixes.
• Duplicate options appearing for Add a value under Characteristics.