What's the Status?
This has been in-progress since 6/6/2021.
Expected Delivery
As you know this can change. However, the target availability for SP11 is estimated to be 7/16/2021.
What to Expect
More Ribbon Improvements -
Bug fixes
Performance improvements
Documentation
Since the changes in SP10 were primarily user interface-related with very little code changes, publishing a list of changes would've been a waste of time. Instead, that list will be published on or after SP11 is published.
SP 10
The last service pack was left unannounced because I wanted to make absolutely sure the new coding was stable before I mentioned it was available. Based on the feedback I've got thus far, it appears to be solid, which is great to know after several years of going without updating the software. (THAT won't happen again... Ever.)
Status as of 10/11/21
I spent Friday & Saturday morning in pure frustration! After completely reorganizing the entire application, I was unable to get ASE to load or even startup at all after the major refactor that was done.
But God is Good
Saturday afternoon everything suddenly came together after finding the last few bugs that prevented file linking, loading & startup! Seeing this at the command line after starting C3D was a sight for sore eyes!
AutoCAD menu utilities loaded. | | |[ASE Civil17 (C)2002-2021 ASE, LLC ] ||> ||> ||> [1/9] Loading CORE program components... ||> [2/9] Loading extension library[1/2]... ||> [3/9] Loading CORE dependencies... ||> [4/9] Loading .NET assemblies... ||> netload Press ENTER to continue: C:/Program Files/AseCivil17/exe/AseCivil17.dll Unknown command "DLL". Press F1 for help. ||> [5/9] Checking/updating Windows Registry... ||>RegistryAudit ||> [6/9] Loading extension library[2/2]... ||> [7/9] Resolving client ID... ||> [8/9] Initializing REACTORS...ASE Reactors system ready... ||> ASE Civil17, Build:[276.2043] / Service Pack:{17.11} loaded. ||> ||> [9/9] Disabing reactors until triggered... |[ASE CIVIL IS READY] | | | Command:I know there's still an error in the startup process at the 'netload' statement, but that's an easy fix. Didn't actually notice it until I pasted this snippet here.
Testing
After getting ASE to link, load & authorize reliably, I was able to begin testing on each of the individual subsystems. After about 50% completion, I've run into virtually no problems with the newly-restructured build.
Revised Release Date 11/15/21
Since I now have a working product that can actually be published right now (in a pinch), it's much easier to provide a realistic release date. Based on the current test results I can promise delivery no later than Friday of this week. I realize I've provided bad release dates before, but I'm voluntarily stating this date with confidence and without any external pressure. The update is ready now. But it's NOT going out the door without being fully regression tested.
More Details To Come
Since I'm actively testing right now, I can provide more information later detailing the specifics of the new version, e.g. what to expect, how the installation will be different from previous versions, etc.
I really appreciate your patience, waiting for this update. Now that all the "drudgery" work is done, I'm pretty excited myself. I've learned a LOT of new development skills that I'm anxious to apply to ASE Civil.
Nick