What’s new in BlueCielo Publisher 2015

BlueCielo Publisher 2015 adds the following new fixes and improvements:

• The rendering module option names and acceptable values have been made more consistent to simplify configuration.
• Rendering to PDF with the AutoVue rendering module is now supported on Windows Server 2012.
• The Meridian Enterprise Application Integration component is now always installed during setup so that local workspace cleanup after publishing can be configured as a scheduled task.
• A new option Continue on job fail has been added to batch job configuration. If enabled, the other jobs in a batch will be run even if one of the jobs in the batch fails for any reason.
• The VBScript rendering option _GROUP_ has been removed to allow rendition merging to be performed by the Update Rendition command in Meridian Enterprise PowerUser. This is a breaking change that affects existing configurations that use the _GROUP_option. The configuration must be modified to not rely on the _GROUP_ option.

• The BlueCielo Project Portal system link has been improved by logging more events and a bug was fixed that caused new revisions of documents to be created in a loop when the service was restarted on the Project Portal server.

• Meridian Explorer synchronization jobs no longer copy documents to the local workspace during publishing unless rendering is performed.
• The Meridian Enterprise setup package now creates the folder C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\Desktop to support the Microsoft Office rendering module and electronic signature pages. This folder is in addition to the C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\Desktop that was previously created during setup.
• The AutoCAD rendering module now supports AutoCAD 2016.
• Scheduling a rendition job no longer prompts for the destination vault unnecessarily.
• Scheduling a batch rendering job for multiple vaults now only allows compatible destinations to be selected, which prevents the error The target configuration is invalid: The rendition update feature is only available when the destination BlueCielo Meridian vault is the same as the publishing source for incompatible combinations.
• The Force all colors to black and Document pages options of the rendering profile can now be configured as defaults for a publishing job .
• The Revit rendering module now supports DWG output.
• The following rendering applications are no longer supported.
  • All AutoCAD versions prior to 2013, including all vertical market editions (AutoCAD P&ID, AutoCAD Civil, and so on)
  • Autodesk Inventor versions prior to 2013
  • SolidWorks versions prior to 2013
  • MS Office versions prior to 2010
• A rendition job that is used for multiple sources and destinations will now only show the compatible destinations for user selection in Meridian Enterprise PowerUser when the Publish command is run.
• The Autodesk Inventor rendering module now supports Autodesk Inventor 2016 but in interactive mode only.
• The Rotation option was not available if the Alignment option was set to Center or Right for a watermark overlay.
• The SolidWorks rendering module options have been streamlined to be more consistent with the other rendering modules.
• The maximum value of the Timeout option of a publishing job has been increased from 360 seconds to 32000 seconds to allow time for large rendering jobs to complete before the job fails.
• The Office rendering module now supports the Visio .vsdx and .vsdm file extensions.