September 2025
Release 4.6
Note: These Release Notes cover enhancements applicable to the IMS Platform. All product specific enhancements are described in the dedicated product Release Notes.
Drawings and Documents Improvements
Release 4.6 comes with a whole host of improvements to the Drawings capabilities.
Drawings Preview Improvements
This Release replaces the previous thumbnail Drawing preview with an interactive Drawing preview pane. Now you can easily navigate around the first Drawing associated with a piece of Equipment without leaving the main screen grid lists. Simply click the i button at the top right of the Grid List to open the Preview Pane.
Use the Preview Pane to view Drawings in the Preview Pane.
User Instructions
To learn more about the Info Pain accessible from the IMS Main Screen, see: IMS Main Screen (Grid List).
Add New Drawings from the Drawings Main Screen
With this Release, we’ve added the ability to upload drawings directly from the Drawings Main Screen. To do so, simply click the + in the top left corner of the Drawings Main Screen.
Click + to add new Drawings.
Connect Equipment with Drawing During Upload
When uploading a new Drawing from the Drawings Main Grid, you can now immediately connect a piece of Equipment to an uploaded a Drawing. To connect Equipment to a Drawing, simply select the appropriate Equipment from the Drawing upload dialog.
Connect Equipment to a Drawing During Upload.
Manage Drawings with Identical Names
Often, Drawings originating from different sources can share the same filename. To help manage Drawings with identical names, we have added a Name field to Drawings to allow you to assign a name different from the filename during upload. To assign a Name, add it when uploading the file, or from the Drawing Details Page.
New Name Field Allows for Using Drawings with Identical Filenames.
Uploading Drawings from the Equipment Details Page
You can now upload Drawings directly from the Equipment Details Page. When Drawings are uploaded in this manner, they should automatically be connected to the Equipment and displayed in the Drawings Main Grid after upload.
Replace Existing Drawings with a New Version
It’s now easy to update an existing Drawing with a new version. Simply open the Drawing Details Page and click Re-upload Drawing.
Easily Re-Upload Drawings from a Drawings Details Page.
Drawing Event History Improvements
In Release 4.2 we added the ability to view the Event History associated with a Drawing. In this Release, we have added additional information to the Event History, including who made any changes, when changes were made. The information can also be exported, if desired.
Additional Details in Drawing Event History.
User Instructions
To learn more about using Drawings in IMS, see: Drawings - Overview.