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D-Tools system maintenance July 14, 2011 at 3 pm PST
07/08/2011 – 2:23 pm | Comments Off
D-Tools system maintenance July 14, 2011 at 3 pm PST

D-Tools will be performing system maintenance to limited customer facing tools starting Thursday, July 14 2011 at 3 pm PST and will last up to 8 hours.  This will be an extended downtime that will …

Additional new Wire Shape
07/12/2010 – 10:38 am | Comments Off
Additional new Wire Shape

This Finish Wire shape is very similar to our Beta wire shape that shows the ComponentID at both ends. The additional function of this shape is that the line pattern and color of the shape is determined by the Type field of the wire product.

Cool new finish wire shape
06/22/2010 – 1:26 pm | Comments Off
Cool new finish wire shape

A couple of our rather creative team members have created a great wire shape for Visio that displays the ComponentID at both ends of the wire

Drag and Drop Images in SI5.5 SP2
04/28/2010 – 10:06 am | Comments Off
Drag and Drop Images in SI5.5 SP2

There are several new features in SI5.5 SP2 that I am really excited about, in this post I will describe a few of them.  We have added the ability to drag and drop images and …

Moving a Server is Easy in SI5.5
01/05/2010 – 3:42 pm | One Comment
Moving a Server is Easy in SI5.5

Moving a Server is easy in SI5.5.

k2 Dealer Services our newest Certified Partner
11/02/2009 – 3:08 pm | One Comment
k2 Dealer Services our newest Certified Partner

I am very excited to announce a new D-Tools Certified Partner. Dave Kirn with k2 Dealer Services out of St. Louis, Missouri is our newest Certified Partner, Dave as been a D-Tools user for over 10 years.

The “Check In” Command for Projects
09/22/2009 – 2:30 pm | Comments Off
The “Check In” Command for Projects

When you Check-In a project from your Client to the Server, you are adding a copy of your project to the server.

SI5.5 SP1 on September 28, 2009
09/22/2009 – 11:54 am | 2 Comments
SI5.5 SP1 on September 28, 2009

SP1 to SI5.5 will be released to current users on September 28th.

SI5.5 Upgrade – Phased Rollout Complete
04/13/2009 – 1:45 pm | Comments Off
SI5.5 Upgrade – Phased Rollout Complete

 
We have completed our phased roll out of the SI5.5 upgrade.  Currently all customers using SI5 are now able to upgrade to SI5.5.

SI5.5 Upgrade – Phased Rollout
03/20/2009 – 9:37 am | Comments Off
SI5.5 Upgrade – Phased Rollout

Thank you for your continued support of D-Tools and your patience during our upgrade process.  We are very excited about SI5.5 and are confident that you will find this release to be the most robust …