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Known Issues - Adept Viewer

The issues listed below have been reported but remain unresolved. Each issue is identified by its Issue Key, which is used internally by the Synergis team.

Unless the Issue Key appears in the Resolved Issues section of the latest Release Notes, all previously reported Known Issues from earlier versions still apply to the current software release.

Issue Key

Issue Description

A11-2243

PDFs printed from Adept Web may not scale to fit the selected paper size, causing slight cropping at the top and bottom. This occurs because the browser, not Adept Web, controls print scaling and cannot be resolved within Adept Web.
Workaround: In the browser’s Print dialog, expand More options and select Fit to paper under Scale before printing. This option is only available when printing directly from Adept Web.

A11-3579

PDF conversion may fail for large files in Adept Web, resulting in errors such as “Conversion failed after 2 retries” or “HTTP Error 413.1 – Request Entity Too Large.” This occurs because the IIS server limits the upload size to about 28.6 MB.  Use lower PDF quality settings or reduce the file size so the resulting PDF is under 28.6 MB to avoid these errors.

ADV-7358

File extensions .err, .ini, .lck, and .log are not supported by the text converter.

ADV-7359

The ZIP converter does not support .7z and .rar file extensions.

ADV-7363

There is no line opacity setting for 2D markups.

ADV-7368

Measurement units and precision for 3D MeasureP2P geometry cannot be set or saved, and values cannot be copied to the clipboard.

ADV-7369

The 3D MeasureP2P geometry function does not support arrows or leaders.

ADV-7375

There is no 2D highlighter object type in markups with combined line and fill opacity settings.

ADV-7376

There is no highlighter object type for 3D markups.

ADV-7377

There is no 2D highlighter object type with adjustable line weight, opacity, and color.

ADV-7385

Markups lack a line opacity setting for better visual distinction.

ADV-7386

Line opacity settings for 2D markups are not available.

ADV-7520

Publishing PDFs from certain SLDASM documents adds an extra blank page at the end of the file.

ADV-7532

Viewing SLDDRW files may add extra lines when perpendicular 3d surfaces touch, resulting in inaccurate 2d drawings.

ADV-7548

The DWG thumbnail in the Document Panel does not display a number indicating the count of PaperSpace layouts.

ADV-7612

PowerPoint files (.ppt, .pptx, .pptm) are not supported for conversion without MS Office installed.

ADV-7642

The Markups Panel displays collapsible lists in alphanumeric order instead of matching the sheet order in the Content Panel.

ADV-7651

Reset Model only reverts the currently active sheet or configuration, not the entire document, so changes on other sheets remain after reset.

ADV-7660

Users cannot select a Microstation TBL file to override the TBL in a DGN file when exporting to PDF; only the file’s original TBL is used.

ADV-7661

The viewer does not read or display the units stored in the drawing file, making it difficult to confirm or use file-specific measurement units.

ADV-7667

There is no persistent setting to display AutoCAD drawings in monochrome across sessions; the monochrome option must be toggled each time.

ADV-7669

Users cannot set or save measurement units and precision globally for all measures in the active viewframe, nor copy values to the clipboard.

ADV-7670

Measure unit changes from the Measure List Dialog do not apply to all measure objects in the active viewframe for some 3d documents.

ADV-7671

Measure unit changes from the Measure List Dialog do not apply to all measure objects in the active viewframe for some 2d documents.

ADV-7691

Large DWG files with many objects may fail to open or time out in the desktop or web viewer, even though they open in other applications.

ADV-7696

There is no option to add a watermark with an expiration date that is printed date plus 90 days.

ADV-7697

The viewer always opens on screen 1 when using multiple monitors, regardless of where it was last used or closed.

ADV-7708

There is no option to measure the area of a polygon by creating a multi-point closed polyline in 2D drawings.

ADV-7709

There is no option to measure a 3-point arc or 3-point surface angle in the viewer.

ADV-7765

The width of the Markups Panel list cannot be dynamically adjusted, making it difficult to use on smaller monitors.

ADV-7772

Users cannot select from a list of Saved Views when publishing to PDF; only the current view can be printed.

ADV-7787

After inserting text in a callout or cloud markup, the size of the markup cannot be adjusted.

ADV-7817

There is no option to compare two PDF files using an overlay method similar to 2D DWG/DGN compare.

ADV-7818

There is no option to compare two IDW files using an overlay method similar to 2D DWG/DGN compare.

ADV-7819

There is no option to compare two SLDDRW files using an overlay method similar to 2D DWG/DGN compare.

ADV-7837

There is no way to notify a user group by email when markups are saved or deleted in the viewer.

ADV-7875

RLC file types are not supported in the viewer and cannot be viewed as references to DWG files.

ADV-7936

The selected and applied color for a markup does not match the color displayed in the Fill Color field.

ADV-8001

TextBox, Callout & Polygon markup objects fill color and opacity affect text and border & do not in previous versions.

ADV-8027

PowerPoint Show (.ppsx) files cannot be viewed in the Adept Viewer.

ADV-8030

Some SLDASM assemblies do not display all parts in the Viewer, even though they open correctly in other applications.

ADV-8034

There is no consolidated configuration file structure; settings are spread across multiple files, making management difficult.

ADV-8035

Settings are not consolidated into a single file, increasing redundancy and complexity in configuration management.

ADV-8042

Publishing certain DWG files to PDF may result in a download.json file instead of a PDF, or take excessive time to generate.

ADV-8081

There is no option to add strikethrough text emphasis to markups.

ADV-8106

Navigation actions such as zooming, panning, and page navigation are not synchronized across viewframes in PDF Compare mode.

ADV-8111

The Page Summary and Page Compare Result sections in PDF Compare mode do not support multilingual content and are displayed only in English.

ADV-8122

Users cannot change the background color for embedded raster images in DWG files, making transparent viewing difficult.

ADV-8123

Text box markups expand slowly or incorrectly on pages after the first in multi-page documents, requiring repeated resizing.

ADV-8125

The option to view 2D DWG drawings in monochrome is only available via right-click and is not retained as a user preference.

ADV-8140

Some DWG files fail to load in the viewer and time out, especially those containing very large blocks.

ADV-8162

Publishing a saved view from a 2D document does not restrict the exported PDF to the defined area and zoom level.

ADV-8163

Publishing a saved view from a 3D drawing does not restrict the exported PDF to the defined area and zoom level.

ADV-8179

DGN files with multiple views may not display correctly; some views show only lines or zoom unexpectedly instead of rendering the intended content.

ADV-8205

PLT files cannot be viewed in the Adept viewer, even though they are listed as supported formats.

ADV-8221

3D models with assigned textures do not display textures on the body in the viewer.

ADV-8222

Assemblies created in Creo Parametric may not display geometry when opened in the viewer.

ADV-8224

XAS documents created in Creo Parametric may not display geometry when opened in the viewer.

ADV-8225

Assembly documents created in SolidEdge may not display geometry when opened in the viewer.

ADV-8248

Color selection for markups does not provide a tooltip with the color name, making it difficult for color blind users to identify colors.

ADV-8277

Highlight markups in certain documents may become attached to text, restricting resizing to only highlight the text.

ADV-8281

Highlight markups placed in some documents cannot be selected in the ViewFrame after saving and reactivating the document.

ADV-8289

Audit trail may show markup actions for users who do not have markup permissions, resulting in inaccurate reports.

ADV-8300

Calibration markups do not display tooltip information about the creator, editor, or date when hovering over the measure list.

ADV-8322

Markups cannot be copied and pasted between all document types or between different sheets of the same document.

ADV-8347

The Groups column in the markup panel is too narrow, causing long group names to wrap and be difficult to read.

ADV-8349

TextBox Rotation handle now supports only compass angles: 0°, 90°, 180°, and 270°. Rotation uses a handle allowing free 360-degree movement in previous releases.

ADV-8388

The Publish PDF dialog does not appear when using the ViewOnly ViewFrame, preventing PDF export from that view.

ADV-8392

Markup comments may be cut off or missing when publishing PDFs, resulting in incomplete information for reviewers.

ADV-8393

There is no feature to select a print boundary or use a "Fence" command to print only a selected area of geometry.

ADV-8454

Publishing a PDF using the "Current View" option may overwrite existing files instead of creating a unique filename.

ADV-8455

Files with the .nc extension (G-Code) are not supported for viewing in the Adept viewer.

ADV-8463

Arc markup objects can not have a Fill applied. This is working in previous versions.

ADV-8504

Page count information is not available immediately after caching Office, image, or text files converted to PDF.

ADV-8546

Secondary users do not receive a message when viewing a file already accessed by a primary user, leading to confusion about markup permissions.

ADV-8547

Secondary users can select more than one markup in the markup list, which should not be allowed.

ADV-8559

Measurement units may display as "pm" after changing units and then undoing the change in certain documents.

ADV-8592

Line & Polyline markup objects: End arrows match the parent line type, which may not be continuous. End arrows in previous versions are Continuous.

ADV-8608

Signoff markup objects do not have control of Format for Line weight & Line style. This is working in previous versions.

ADV-8616

Cloud markup object Arcs centers only point inwards if user drafts counter-clockwise. Drafting clockwise results in arcs centers facing outward. So, this can yes be a problem if user crosses over area with pick points.

ADV-8623

Arc & Pen markup objects: Line style and End arrows can not be applied. They are working in previous versions.

ADV-8644

Measure markups objects: Text size & color can not be changed after save but does use default Format settings on creation. This works in previous versions.

ADV-8654

The border of a markup disappears when the fill opacity is set to zero, making the markup visually missing.

ADV-8707

Links in PDF v1.7 documents are not clickable in the viewer, while links in PDF v1.4 work as expected.

ADV-8726

Measures cannot be copied and pasted between documents or within the same document.

ADV-8734

The anisotropic scaling option for symbol markups cannot be disabled for individual objects and is always enabled globally.

ADV-8752

The override by Plot Style Table is applied after the Line Type Scale override, preventing changes to line type scale for geometry with an assigned Plot Style Table.

ADV-8754

The increment for Line Type Scale override is hardcoded, so users cannot set a custom increment value for linetype scaling.

ADV-8767

Linetype scale in DWG Paper Space does not adjust based on viewport scale, causing inconsistent line appearance across viewports.

ADV-8776

Cloud markups turn outward if the third point is placed lower than the second, resulting in incorrect arc orientation.

ADV-8777

Suffix text in DGN dimension elements overlaps with the main dimension value when opened in the viewer.

ADV-8789

An invisible border appears around each link in certain documents, and the border can be moved and resized.

ADV-8792

Inserted entities such as Excel tables and images are missing in IDW documents when opened in the viewer.

ADV-8793

Some fonts in IDW files are not displayed correctly in the viewer, and the default font is used instead.

ADV-8805

Not all selected markups are moved together when moving one of several selected markups in certain documents.

ADV-8848

Errors occur in the ConverterWorker when creating a PDF from a document with markups, resulting in incomplete or failed PDF generation.

ADV-8850

Errors are present in the ConverterWorker logs when creating a PDF from certain documents, indicating issues with the conversion process.

ADV-8858

Pen objects on Office documents can have more than one segment. In previous versions only one segment was allowed.

ADV-8870

Only one archive remains in the Document Panel when multiple archives are opened, making it difficult to access all opened files.

ADV-8871

The "Next" and "Previous" buttons in the Content Panel overlap each other, making navigation difficult.

ADV-8928

ADC View (Render PDF) - Signoff font size is not the same in PDF as in View Frame. It was the same in previous versions.

ADV-8929

Given condition: Markups exist from version before Adept 11.4.0 & have not been resaved in Adept 11.4.0 yet…ADV PublishPDF & ADV Print do not always place Markup objects in resulting PDF at original content location. Workarounds are to use ADC View (Render PDF) & AWC Print To. Location is correct in previous versions.

ADV-8930

Given condition: Markups exist from version before Adept 11.4.0 & have not been resaved in Adept 11.4.0 yet…ADV Publish PDF & ADV Print in Adept 11.4.0 do not always zoom fit resulting PDF to original content extents. Workarounds are to use ADC View (Render PDF) & AWC Print To. Zoom fit works properly in previous versions.

ADV-8932

Rectangle - Boundary line opacity can not be changed independently of the Fill Opacity. In previous versions Boundary line opacity can yes be changed.

ADV-8933

Cloud & Ellipse - All arc centroids lie on the polyline boundary user’s pick points, making the overall area size slightly smaller. In previous versions all arcs lie fully outside the closed polyline boundary user’s pick points.

ADV-8934

The distance value for a measure only updates after releasing the grip to complete a stretch, rather than updating live during the drag.

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