Aconex Release Notes and Updates

From new modules to enhanced features and functionality, the first half of 2016 has seen some fantastic advancements in Aconex.

Do you view, review, comment on or mark up documents? In the coming months you’ll notice some changes, mainly in Workflows and when viewing documents in the Document Register.

Since the move to our new data center on 3 June, some users have experienced issues with email notifications being blocked.

If you think your organization may not be receiving email notifications we need you to take immediate action.

To ensure you have optimal performance from Aconex, please contact your IT department.

Searching your documents has become even more powerful with this release. The new search-within-documents feature means that you can find what you need based on the content in the document. There’s a number of other minor improvements in the release, but one major point to note is the January 2017 date for reduced support for Internet Explorer 9 and 10. Note that some of the items mentioned here will be released during this 30-day release cycle, rather than at its start.

This change will be critical for users who have IP-based rules for accessing Aconex.

To ensure you receive all operational emails, please contact your IT department and ask them to allow our new IP address range.

Not updating to the new IP address can result in mail notifications being blocked.

To improve capacity and performance on Aconex’s Middle East instance (mea.aconex.com), we are moving to a new, state-of-the-art data center on 3 June 2016, from 00:00-09:00 GST.

This release brings a range of new features to Connected BIM designed to improve how you navigate through and work with your models. We've also delivered more mail enhancements and bug fixes, and you can now bulk edit documents when you initiate a Supplier Documents process.

In this release we launch Groups –a powerful new feature that allows you to create a group of users from different organizations on a project and give them specific role permissions for Mail and Documents. You’ll also see a number of improvements in Workflows, some BIM refinements, some UI enhancements in Mail and bug fixes that should make everything work just that little bit better

This release features a number of Mail and Documents enhancements, and delivers an exciting change to the use of Supplier Documents – it can now be used for internal processes as well as those relating to external organizations.

It’s a big release for Aconex Connected BIM this cycle, with BIM being launched for all users of Aconex, rolling out project-by-project over the coming weeks. On top of that, Connected BIM has gone mobile! Learn how you can experience on-the-go convenience with Connected BIM mobile for tablets.

The new Document Properties view has now been rolled out across Aconex – all you need to know about a document wherever you are in the system.

This release introduces Contextual Mail which will improve the accuracy of mail type selection for your project.

We’ve also updated the Mail text editor - editing and formatting mails will be a much richer experience from now on - you can even work in tables within a mail.

Note that some of the items mentioned here will be released during this 30-day release cycle, rather than at its start. You may not see some of these additions until later in the cycle.