Autodesk celebrated Halloween and Election Week in the United States with the release of their latest version of the Autodesk Desktop Connector (ADC). The Autodesk official release date is listed as Oct 30, 2024. Actual downloads of the new release from the public download page were not available until the early days of the first week of November for reasons unknown.
No great mystery here. There are both Desktop Connector client and Autodesk Cloud server components involved in these important Autodesk Cloud performance upgrades, so stuff probably took a bit to deploy worldwide.
OK. Maybe just the deployment in the US was delayed a bit because the notoriously woke Autodesk US corporate staff was in an understandable state of emotional shock given the recent US Presidential Election results.
One can easily understand that some Autodesk folks simply needed more time in bed with the covers pulled up over their heads to adjust to the new realities.
Autodesk is now famously an official sponsor of the 2028 LA Olympic games that will now be presided over by a President Donnald Trump.
Meanwhile, the new ADC does deserve some attention…
Autodesk Desktop Connector 16.11.0.2134
The latest release of the Autodesk Desktop Connector is focused on significant performance improvements that are listed below.
Download the latest build of Autodesk Desktop Connector
Read the Release Notes
Enhancements
Improved Performance
- Reduced CPU and machine resource consumption
- Create/Edit Jobs display faster in the Desktop Connector home screen
- Delete Notifications displaying faster in the Desktop Connector home screen
- Improved file upload times
- Improved open performance (Revit/C3D)
Optimized Projects
- On first run on a project the ADC 16.11 release + will optimize the project. Selected projects are optimized automatically.
Parallel Processing
- The ADC now processes two file uploads in parallel. The number of files processes may increase in the future.
Home Screen Improvements
- The Home Screen window can now be pinned open to gain visibility of Desktop Connector activity
- There is immediate visibility in the Home Screen status bar when Desktop Connector is actively processing new work and creating jobs
- Commonly used commands from the menu are now visible at the bottom of the Home Screen for easy access
Troubleshooting Tool Improvements
- Troubleshooting Tool is now available in the rt-click menu on files. When selected, the Troubleshooter Tool will automatically scan the current project.
- Desktop Connector will recognize during startup if files aren't syncing and automatically prompt the user to use the Troubleshooting Tool
Application Workflows Enhancements
- Included .dgn support for automatic locking when using Microstation to open the .dgn file. (CDX-24948)
- Included .pptx support for automatic locking when using PowerPoint to open the .pptx file. (CDX-24673)
- Included .pdf support for automatic locking when using Bluebeam, Acrobat, Foxit, & Nitro applicaitons to open the .pdf file. (CDX-24673)
Resolved Issues
- When Inventor data is added (for example with Upload files and Ref's tool) Desktop Connector generates a new IPJ file to use for cloud activity. The presence of this ipj was improperly presenting the user with the dialog "Desktop Connector folder has contents that need to be cleared" (CDX-24818)
- Excluding the .~tmp file extension to allow Microsoft Photos application to save files properly without presenting the user with Delete Notification (CDX-24873)
- Excluded the .L$0 file extension to allow surveying software (LSS) by DTM to save files properly without presenting the user with Delete Notification (CDX-24615)
- Resolved a crash while closing an open and locked file after unselecting the project the file is located in (CDX-23028)
- Resolved an issue where running the Troubleshooter did not result in the Home Screen refreshing to show the newly created jobs. Those jobs would have only appeared after other jobs were created (CDX-24979)
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