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📢 3CAD Next Release Notes - September 2025

Elena Damiani
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Release Date: 2025-09-05

Updated on: 2025-09-30

Author: Product Team and R&D

 

🚀 Major Highlights

Supervisor - Admin Tools

  • Multi Pricelist Manager 🧾Technical Documentation

    Create multiple price lists from a single technical reference, adjusting prices with multipliers and currencies for diverse markets, customers, and promotions—all centrally managed. Multi-Pricelist_Manager.svg
     

  • Discounts Library 🧾Technical Documentation

    A centralized tool to streamline discount structures across commercial price lists, organized by product category and user profile. 3C_EN_Discounts_Library.svg

 

Design & Configuration

  • Align On Snaps – Items Positioning on Snap Points 🧾Technical Documentation

    Achieve millimetric accuracy with smart snap-point detection based on catalog rules and element relationships, minimizing placement errors.

    The new !ALIGNSNAPS feature enhances object placement by enabling precise automatic alignment between two snap points of the same category.

    • Activate alignment mode by clicking the Align On Snaps button in the 3D interface.
    • Select origin snap point; the system highlights snap points in the same category.
    • Select a destination snap point for precise alignment.

      3C_EN_025_align_on_snap.gif

 

Server-Side Services

  • 3CAD Next Server-Side Print Engine (PrintServer)

    Dynamically spins up a full 3CAD Next instance on demand for complete order evaluations—including graphical outputs—and auto-generates technical drawings and documentation.

 

✨ Key Improvements

Content Management

  • Item Preview Settings in Offer View #516 🧾Technical Documentation

    Preview image management supports advanced logic where level 1 shows configurator-generated previews, other levels use catalog images, alternative previews can be configured or photo-shoot logic disabled via enablePhotoShootForLevels1.

 

DevExpress + Reporting

  • Export DevExpress Reports to CSV Format #201

    Enable CSV export for lightweight, structured data output suitable for Excel or Google Sheets.

 

🆕 Notable Updates

Design & Configuration

  • Enhanced Access to the Divider Component #20 🧾Technical Documentation

    Added an “Open Divider” button in the Variants tab, and double-clicking the Divider canvas opens the configuration modal for faster workflow.

    3C_EN_open_divider_from_variants_menu.png
     

  • Improved Usability and Access to the Decorations Catalogue #15 🧾Technical Documentation

    Dedicated launch button for Decorations; insert from 2D/3D views, edit via variant panel, toggle visibility, and exclude decorations from the basket to avoid pricing impact.

     

  • Customer Logo Upload for Print Outputs #55 #69🧾Technical Documentation 

    Upload customer logos directly from the Customer Info modal. Logos saved in project JSON and guestbook.ddb for future use in print documents.
     

  • Persistent Manual Measurements in 2D Planner #3 🧾Technical Documentation

    Add and embed custom measurements between any two points in the 2D planner; measurements persist through reevaluations for enhanced layout precision.

 

Content Management

  • Variant Option Display Configuration #43 🧾Technical Documentation

    The showVariantOptionAs parameter enables customization of how variant options are displayed within the user interface. Users can select whether to present only the variant's code, only its description, or both in a preferred order. This parameter must be configured in the frontend's Config.JSON file.
     

    Possible Values:

    Value Display format Example
    Code Only option code Color: OPT001
    Description Only option description Color: Red
    CodeDescription Code followed by description Color: OPT001 - Red
    DescriptionCode Description followed by code Color: Red - OPT001

     

  • Enhanced Syntax for Inserting and Replacing Strings #374 🧾Technical Documentation

    Perform insertion/replacement of strings within variables, specifying source, text, position, and optional ASCII separator.
     

  • Multiple Additions Feature (Lato 51) #46 🧾Technical Documentation

    Manage multiple addition groups simultaneously using the Lato 51 mechanism, expanding beyond the previous single-group limitation.

    Use ADDAGG:<CODE> for single or ADDAGG:<CODE1>|<CODE2>|... for multiple additions. Removal via DELAGG:<NUMBER>. 

    Example rules:

    LATO=51,...,TYPE=ADDAGG,LISTAGG=V_ShelfDividerADD|V_ModulBoxADD
LATO=51,...,TYPE=DELAGG,LISTAGG=V_ShelfDividerADD

 

  • Optional Image Transfer on Project Save

    Split save and sync actions:

    • Save: Stores project state (configuration, parameters, metadata).
    • Sync: Manually uploads and synchronizes generated drawings (PDFs, DWGs) with external platforms.
       

  • Implemented Multi-variant Selection for Lato 53 #31 🧾Technical Documentation

    Enable selecting multiple Lato 53 variants without closing the menu via the X5 parameter. 

    Example:

    900,LATO=53,...,X5=49900,LATO=53,...,X5=50
    3CLE_EN_multivariant_lato53.gif

 

🔧 Minor Changes

Design & Configuration

  • Article Code in LayEdit Live Preview #54

    Extended ShowCode parameter to display article code in the Variants tab for consistency.
     

  • Shortcut for Toggling Multi-selection Mode #27 🧾Technical Documentation

    New shortcut:

    CTRL + M: Toggle multi-selection mode.
     

  • Limit on attached render images in ViewMaker #504

    Implemented a configurable limit for rendered image attachments using the viewMakerMaxAttachableRenders parameter in the Config.JSON file (default: 5).

 

🛠️ Fixes & Maintenance

Design & Configuration

  • Fixed error loading Corner Closet Tool in presence of walls #105

    Eliminated the “FAIL LOAD PLACER” error preventing configuration in 2D rooms surrounded by walls.

 

Content Management

  • Fixed incorrect assignment of variant options during final evaluation #29

    Variant options now correctly assigned based on specified rules, resolving final evaluation inconsistencies.

 

Integrations

  • Fixed handling of unique IDs in Substitute Function #26

    Resolved errors in Insight integration by assigning new unique IDs to substituted products.

 

Supervisor - Admin Tools

  • No warning when user creation fails due to license limit #469

    Now clearly displays a warning message when the user creation limit is reached.

 

📚 Additional Resources

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