Release notes

We have introduced a new database format called SQLite. Compared to MDB, it is faster and smoother as unexpected third-party updates will no longer interrupt usage. However, it is still possible to use the old MDB projects as well.

• When you upgrade to 2025H1 and open an MDB project, you will be prompted to convert it to SQLite. We recommend you to convert the project but you can also choose to continue with MDB.

• You can also convert the projects later

  • When creating a new project based on an existing MDB project:

    

  • In Product database settings:

    

    You can also convert your own databases in these settings.

• You can only create new MDB projects based on old ones i.e. when you start a new project based on the default values, the format will be SQLite or SQL Server (if in use).

If the project database has been set as read-only, the top level of the project tree shows the following icons:

• for SQLite and MDB projects

• for SQL Server projects

The objects in the drop-down menu are now in alphabetical order:

The project tree has been changed as follows:

• The functions have been separated into logical groups separated by a line where necessary.

• The functions available in the right-click menus have been reorganized. For example, all the creation functions are now below the Create new option:



• By default, symbol descriptions are now shown in the design language instead of the application language. However, the user can change this in the general Electrical settings.

• The Devices (location) project tree has been changed as follows:

  • Project and location nodes now have the option to create a new device: Create new > Device.

  • For locations, the Add location function has been changed to Create new > Electrical position.

• In the Devices (system) project tree, the system node now has the Create a new device option.

• In the I/Os (location) project tree, the project node now has the Create new electrical position option.

In the Product models tree, it is now possible to copy a product model by right-clicking and selecting Copy product model.

The following new tabs are available in project settings:

• for type definitions, see Managing type definitions

• for IFC property selection definitions, see Manage IFC property selection definitions

In the Common section in project settings, a new option, IFC version, is available. The version-specific values (types, properties, property sets, etc.) are shown in the application based on this setting. In IFC export, it is possible to select the IFC version – if it differs from the version selected here, the user will be notified as that version might not include all the needed values.

In project settings, it is now possible to group information on all tabs with grids.

In project settings, there are now separate unpaired cross-reference settings for diagrams and arrangement drawings: Unpaired cross-references (Diagrams) and Unpaired cross-references (Arrangement drawings). A new option, Do not mark, is available for both. This option allows you to keep the unpaired reference in the drawing but not mark it with a cross:

Do not mark:	Mark:

New design languages have been added into the project settings. The project language affects the project’s wiring color abbreviations, default frame, and symbol descriptions, for example.

In general settings, the Start correct application, if drawing type is defined setting has been removed as it is no longer possible to change the sub-application (Schematics, Layout, etc.) manually; all functions of the sub-applications have been merged into one Electrical application, and the correct ribbon tab and functions are shown automatically based on the drawing type.

In general settings, there is a new Symbol descriptions in user interfaces setting available. The user can select application's language or design language as the language in which the symbol descriptions are shown. If the description is not found in that language, the other option is used. If the description is not found at all, the description will be empty.

Instead of the icon menus, symbols will now be selected in the new Symbol selection dialog in all functions.

• By default, the symbols are shown based on the drawing type but in some functions it is possible to select another drawing type from the Electrical symbols drop-down menu.

• There are five tabs which filter the symbols shown in the Symbols section:

  	for Electrical symbols
  	for symbols in the current drawing
  	for symbols in the current project
  	for user's own symbols
  	for symbols marked as favorites

• The symbols you add to your favorites will also be available in the Symbols window, on the (Favorite symbols) tab.

• If the function allows selecting only one symbol, it can be selected by double-clicking. If the function allows selecting several symbols, double-clicking will move them to the selected symbols.

• The new dialog is also available in the DB tool, allowing symbol selection there as well.

The new dialog will open, for example, when

• Selecting the symbols for devices

• Selecting the default symbol for cable markings and cable package markings and wire markings in project settings

• Selecting the symbol for location, device, additional information, and circuit boundaries

• Inserting feeder occurrences

• Inserting terminal blokcs/connectors

• Creating scalable symbols

• Saving your own single-line symbols

• Adding symbols for wirings in arrangement drawings

• Defining 3D equivalences and default equivalences

• Defining a position mark symbol for a product model

The Symbols window has been changed as follows:

• You can now save and insert your own symbols via the new (User's symbols) tab:

  • You can define the folder structure yourself, i.e. you can create folders and subfolders and name and rename them as you like.

  • You can import your own symbols from the old icon menus.

  • You can start the Save symbol function via this tab.

  • You can define your own symbols as favorites, in which case they are also available via the (Favorite symbols) tab.

• On the Symbols in another drawing tab, it is now possible to remove drawings from the list by clicking the (Remove) button next to the drawing name:

  

• If a drawing with no drawing type defined or a drawing with no symbols is active, the Symbols window will show multi-line diagram symbols by default.

For more information, see the following instructions:

• Layout: Symbols window and Saving your own symbols

• Single-line: Symbols window and Saving your own symbols

• Schematics: Symbols window and Saving your own symbols

• Cabinet Layout: Symbols window and Saving your own symbols

Saving user's own symbols has been changed as follows:

• The Add to icon menu section is now Save to user's symbols.

• There is a new drop-down menu Database type from which you can select Shared or User as the database where the symbol will be saved to.

• The Icon menu to where the symbols will be saved drop-down menu is now Folder where the symbols will be saved. The folders can be managed in the Symbols window.

• Tiptext of the symbol button is now Tooltip for the symbol button.

For more information, see the following instructions:

• Layout: Saving your own symbols and Symbols window

• Single-line: Saving your own symbols and Symbols window

• Schematics: Saving your own symbols and Symbols window

• Cabinet Layout: Saving your own symbols and Symbols window

The storey settings have been changed as follows:

• It is now possible to define IFC angle for the site and the building, either by entering the value or indicating two points in the drawing.

• Above the tree structure, there are new Add, Copy and Remove buttons with which you can, for example, add and copy storeys and remove drawings.

• The buttons for buildings, storeys and drawings have been moved to the top of each section. Furthermore, the icons have been replaced by text: Add, Set angle, Copy, Change drawing and Remove.

• There is a new button, Alignment cube, with which you can create the same alignment cube to all drawings. The alignment cube enables viewing the location of the data model. The alignment cube will always be included in the IFC export.

The DIALux import function has been changed as follows:

• The import now supports 3D symbols. They are saved into the project directory, allowing usage in upcoming projects.

• There is a new option to create product models of the new devices.

When starting the Leader to element's markings layer function via the right-click menu, the selected object's system and layer are now used.

Distribution board and group management has been changed as follows:

• The dialog now remembers the previously used distribution board and selects it.

• If the dialog is opened via right-clicking the distribution board, this distribution board is selected by default.

You can now add cableways to user's selection list.

• You can add a cableway from the drawing to the user's selection list by right-clicking it and selecting Add items to user's selection list.

• You can find the user's selection list via the Electrical window's (Find) tab:

  

• The cableways are also available in the user's selection list in DB tool.

It is now possible to define number, name and/or area to be shown for area boundaries. Previously, the name was always shown.

By default, wire marking is not added for short wires (10x scale) – now, it is possible to add the wire mark later with the Wire marking (automatic) function or by right-clicking the wire and selecting Add wire marking.

When a short wire is selected, the application will confirm if you want to add the marking. If you selected several wires, you can select Yes to insert the marking to all the selected wires whereas No will skip the short ones and only insert it to the longer ones.

On the Hole functions tab, the Other hole symbols button now opens the Symbols window instead of the symbol menu, offering an easier way to insert provision symbols.

It is now possible to divide the space also by right-clicking the space wall and selecting Divide space.

IFC functions have been changed as follows:

• In IFC export, on the Objects to export to IFC tab, the following changes have been made:

  • In the Parts to export section, there is now the Alignment cube option. This option is disabled if there is no alignment cube in the project.

  • In the Space objects section, it is now possible to include or exclude the space structures (walls, windows, doors, roof and base floor). By selecting the new Space object structures option, structures will be included in the export.

  

  • The dialog that opens when clicking Included Property Sets tab has been renewed.

• In storey settings, it is now possible to define IFC angle for the site and the building.

Network calculation has been changed as follows:

• You can now view group/feeder numbers and distribution board IDs for all connected devices, cables, and distribution boards.

• You can automatically generate single-line diagrams based on an electrical network in an arrangement drawing.

• In the ribbon, in the Single-line toolset, Loop diagram has been renamed as Draw network.

In the Distribution boards and groups project tree, the Draw wiring into drawing function is now available for feeder's cable packages.

In distribution board tables, it is now possible to insert object information by right-clicking the object and selecting Insert object info to drawing. See Insert object information.

It is now possible to export cableways to CADMATIC Plant Modeller with the MDL export function. In addition to the MDL file, a CSV file with a description for each part is saved to enable mapping the parts in Plant Modeller.

For single-line diagrams, load diagrams and multi-line diagrams, there is a new option in the right-click menu of the Product models project tree: Draw a boundary of this device into drawing.

The Ask again about speed optimization in large projects option has been removed from File > Settings.

It is now possible to add symbols via the property dialogs.

• Symbols are selected via the new Symbol selection dialog.

• There are four tabs which filter the symbols shown in the Symbols section:

  	for Electrical symbols
  	for symbols in the current project
  	for user's own symbols
  	for symbols marked as favorites

• It is possible to select another drawing type from the Electrical symbols drop-down menu.

• The symbols you add to your favorites will also be available in the Symbols window, on the (Favorite symbols) tab.

• If the function allows selecting only one symbol, it can be selected by double-clicking. If the function allows selecting several symbols, double-clicking will move them to the selected symbols.

For more information on symbol selection, see Symbol selection.

On the I/Os and Terminal blocks tabs, the Pin and Pin description columns are now highlighted with colors as follows:

• Connected – Light green

• Connected, read-only – Dark green

• Product model – Light blue

• Product model, read-only – Dark blue

• Read-only – Grey

• Editing allowed – white

It is now possible to define the desired device ID format for product models and type definitions, for example. With prefix, format and suffix, it is possible to generate the IDs according to your own preferences.

Product models have been changed as follows:

• The product model dialog has been renewed. The new dialog resembles that of device properties, for example.

  • The new Symbol selection dialog is utilized when selecting a position symbol. See Symbol selection.

  • It is now possible to define the desired ID format for product models.

• Product model management has been changed as follows:

  • On the Shared databases, Project product models and Default project product models tabs it is now possible to create new product models and copy, edit and remove existing ones. The functions are available both as buttons and in right-click menus.

  • It is now possible to import and export product models on the Import/Export tab.

  • The Other project tab has been removed as the new Import/Export tab covers the functions.

• Product model copies are now named as other copies (devices, for example): ProductModel (1) instead of the previous ProductModel - Copy.

• The Product models button on the Electrical tab in the ribbon now opens Product model management instead of Project product models.

• Project product models are available in the Product models project tree.

It is now possible to display any data from the project database directly in the drawings using preset definitions. These combined data definitions ensure key project data is always visible, consistent, and clearly documented.

Combined data definitions can be created via the same dialog as new additional information. The layout of the New additional information definition dialog has been changed because of the new feature.

The ETIM database has been updated.

The Cableway systems tab has been changed as follows:

• It is now possible to look for cableway occurrences by right-clicking and selecting Show occurrence(s) from drawing.

  

• You can now select to show the following new columns in the grid:

  • Occurrences

  • Occurrence count

  • Occurrence documents

On the Management tab, there is now a new IFC properties drop-down menu from which you can select the following:

• IFC property selection definitions

• IFC property sets

• IFC property definitions

With these functions you can define the IFC properties in the database and add them to the property sets, after which you can create selection definitions to be used when exporting IFC files from Electrical.

When opening Electrical for the first time after installation, all the menus were not included.

In SQL server project management, grouping, sorting and filtering criteria were not saved when closing the dialog.

In the Symbols window, the symbol preview was shown incorrectly when the symbol included text.

User rights did not work correctly with the revision functions.

In Distribution board and group management, the Wiring field was empty for cable packages.

In Setting files management, the Close and update drawing function did not work as should.

If there was no frame/label in the design language, the default frame/label inserting function did not insert anything. Now, if there is no frame/label in the design language the frame/label will be inserted according to the user interface language (English or Finnish).

When moving a LED strip, the ID attribute did not move.

The running ID was not set on and off correctly.

When editing user's own symbol, a new symbol was created instead.

The Cabling to rectangular area and Cabling to polygon area heater functions did not remember the previous settings if the functions were started right after the previous use.

Changing the Cable Customer ID visibility in drawing project setting was not updated to the drawing before closing and opening it again. Furthermore, the ID did not update at all for cable wire marks.

When copying a marking with storey information, the storey was not updated.

When copying group marks, new ID was not suggested for protective devices as for the group marks.

When wiring had been started from a distribution board, changing the wiring style resulted in an error.

When cable creation was started from a tree view, the new cable did not always get the class information from the selected cable type.

When leaving cableway edit without making any changes, filter was always left on.

The cableway references were handled incorrectly when opening a drawing.

Elevation was shown incorrectly when negative.

When printed, vertical cableways did not follow user settings.

Inserting a group mark activated insertion of symbols next to each other.

It was not possible to rotate a distribution board with F8 before indicating the insertion point.

The length of cables in a cable package were calculated incorrectly with metric unit.

When creating new additional info boundary types, system was not always set right.

The Automatically add symbol to 3D device group when inserting left of right setting did not take the maximum symbol width into account and therefore inserted symbols incorrectly.

The (Toggle 3D on/off) function generated symbols to the active layer instead of the system layer.

IFC export resulted in an error when there were 3D objects in the drawing.

In print mode, a sticker added via the auxiliary functions was of wrong size.

The Import groups data to manufacturers distribution board schema function was missing from the ribbon. It is now available on the Distribution Board tab, in the Auxiliary functions drop-down menu.

After removing a distribution board symbol in distribution board properties, a random symbol was added automatically.

When the drawing was not in a project, inserting the default frame did not follow the design language.

Changing sheets with the Page up ad Page down keys was slow when there were locked layers.

Changing the sheet via the drop-down menu on the ribbon did not work if there were empty sheets in the drawing.

Creating a user symbol via the Symbols toolbar did not work correctly.

I/O symbols were inserted based on the device GUID and part number which sometimes resulted into the symbol being replaced by another one with the same part number.

In a drawing included in a project, connector's symbols and pin numbers were changed when the drawing was opened.

If the cable was drawn through connection points, a new cable was not created after the cable was cut.

When using wiring mark user symbols converted from an earlier version, the E_ID attribute was shown for wiring marks and it was not possible to hide it.

Adding or copying a cable marking when the project setting Cable Customer ID visibility in drawing was set to Visible resulted in the information not updating immediately into the drawing.

When removing cable termination references, reference occurrences sometimes stayed in the run-time database causing problems when redrawing.

The project tree was not always updated when removing cables or cable packages.

When a drawing was opened without the project database, all the cable markings were moved to the active layer.

When references were on different sheets and drawing the reference was canceled, the first part of the reference stayed in memory, causing problems when using the function next time.

When editing a drawing made in a version released prior to 2020, it was not possible to change the angle of upward or downward reference arrows to 0.

References were added for busbars when adding references from terminal strips to devices and from devices to devices.

When drawing terminal strips or inserting terminal blocks, numbers and part numbers were not always completely shown.

The Additional information function showed all project's additional information as selected.

Description that was removed from a location boundary when edited was shown again when the drawing was saved and reopened.

Saving in DWG and moving sheets next to each other did not work as should.

When inserting a symbol, the symbol defined for the device was not used.

If the database was set as read-only, the drawing was interpreted as not in project. Now, if the project database is read-only the drawing will also be opened as read-only.

Settings made in grids did not always work correctly.

Opening a project resulted in an error when missing cable types were created for cables.

Whether product information links were shown or not depended on the locale setting.

Product information's additional information values were not copied from the standard or the shared database to the project database.

ETIM data was not updated without closing and reopening the product information.

When creating a new I/O card with manufacturer and address 0, the I/O channels were locked.

Filtering I/O channels via the project tree did not work.

Modular generation got slow when done several times in a row.

When creating reports, it was not possible to filter reports out.

When creating a user frame in some other than the application's language, the language was not saved correctly.

When selecting a distribution board symbol for a device in the Symbol selection dialog, no symbols were shown.

Attributes were inserted incorrectly when the symbol angle was 180 or 270°.

Attributes for a device inserted into a drawing were locked incorrectly when the drawing was not in a project.

Selecting a protective device in the New group dialog did not work as should.

When a group had several feeders and an individual feeder was edited, changes were not always saved to the database.

Cableways were not shown correctly when very low values had been used when scaling the drawing.

The list of electrical symbols did not show user symbol descriptions.

3D generation of a polygon shaped floor heating drawn with the border line only did not work.

Changes made in the Project product models dialog sometimes resulted in the application crashing.

Additional information added for a product model sometimes resulted in the application crashing.

Some IFC property types did not work in IFC export.

Cableways of type Other were not exported.

The Include Cadmatic Electrical property set setting did not work.

Combined data definition's additional information was not exported.

The function for inserting feeder symbols was missing from the Distribution boards and groups project tree.

Running numbers were not assigned correctly for busbars that were created automatically.

The Symbol selection dialog did not always show symbols correctly.

When copying items in distribution board edit, all the related information was not copied.

In the Symbols window, importing symbols from the old menus did not work as should.

Some characters used in attribute regex rule prefixes and suffixes were handled incorrectly, which resulted in an error when the drawing was opened again.

Canceling the redraw function resulted in the application crashing.

In the Draw terminal strip dialog, creating, editing and deleting pins did not work.

Using specific special characters resulted in an error when creating a report.

When inserting a device via the product model, the ID was not suggested based on the symbol type.

When additional information was defined for a device in the grid, the Do not add additional info to the object setting behaved differently than when defined via the device properties dialog.

Replacing product information resulted in the application crashing.

When editing product information, copying and pasting pins resulted in an error.

Loading product information databases was not possible.

Changing the item code resulted in an error.

On SQL Server, importing product information sometimes resulted in an error.

in the Type drop-down menu in the IFC property definition dialog, there was one type missing and one unnecessary type available.

Sums were calculated incorrectly for the Sum list of cable products report.

When using product models, symbol preview did not always work as should.

Updating a report via the project tree or using saved settings in the reporting tool sometimes resulted in an error.

In project settings, the selected value was not shown in the Standard field.

In the Symbols window, user's own symbols were shown according to the active drawing's type instead of the type selected on the (Settings) tab.

The tooltip given for a user symbol was not used as the default device text for the device created.

Creating a product model via the Product models project tree did not work as should: the type of the symbol selected in the Symbol selection dialog was wrong, and pins were created incorrectly.

Some distribution board symbols were missing from the Symbol selection dialog.

Feeder texts were not saved correctly.

The Cable types project tree did not show cable length for all cables.

When listing objects with length, LED strips with length were not taken into account.

The List of cable position numbers into drawing function calculated cable length wrong when there were several cable occurrences in the same drawing.

In the Distribution boards and groups project tree, the Connect to a supplying distribution board function did not work if the target distribution board already existed with a defined cable.

Updating the project IFC file resulted in user's property set definitions to disappear from the IFC model.

IFC files imported with DIALux 13.1 or later did not work.

When several types of light fixtures had been selected, the Insert position markings function did not insert position marks for LED strips.

In an Arrangement (not in scale) drawing, the wrong 3D default symbol was used for location boundaries and when creating a location from the label and defining a location for a device. Also, it was not possible to define the missing size and location information in connection with insertion.

Space information did not update correctly for locations.

In the light fixture list, positioned light fixtures were listed incorrectly when there were more than one occurrence of the same device in the drawing.

In an Arrangement (not in scale) type of drawing, it was not possible to change a symbol to another because the drawing type was not recognized.

The STPKESK4 and STPKESK9 symbols were missing from the Symbol selection dialog.

In the Symbols window, changes made on the (User's symbols) tab in the All view were not saved.

When selecting a 3D symbol for a scalable symbol, the symbols were shown incorrectly in the Symbol selection dialog.

ID format was missing from some data network symbols which resulted in them not getting an ID.

If the wiring reference special format included the pin description, the marking was formed incorrectly.

The Positions project tree did not update correctly.

An error in saving your own symbols removed user's rights to the user symbols.

Changing the symbol direction for a user symbol did not work correctly.

Creating symbols (relays, for example) via the old symbol menus did not work as should.

Queue printing resulted in the application crashing.

Assigning IDs and running the ID numbers did not always work as should.

If the Attribute adds additional information setting was enabled, empty values were never updated for label's additional information when editing additional information definitions.

The Clear button in the Change To-information and Change From-information functions did not clear the information from the cables.

Importing from another project resulted in an error.

Modular generation first resulted in an error and then the application crashing.

If a product model had plenty of occurrences, opening the drawing was slow.

In Product model properties, replacing a symbol by selecting from the drawing resulted in an error.

Product model pins were assigned the wrong parent type when pins were created in connection with selecting the symbol.

On the Import/Export tab, global filtering did not work as should.

When copying an imported product model to the shared databases, additional information was not copied.

Updating the sub-device types sometimes resulted in the application crashing.

Creating reports sometimes resulted in an error if the settings file was XML.

Numerical values were listed incorrectly when both grouping and sorting by column was used.

SQLite projects were not listed in SQL Server project management.

Creating terminal blocks and pins via the right-click menu resulted in an error.

Editing wire numbers did not work as should.