Release notes
Lightning 2.9
Added support for cut-extrude holes, all pattern types and relative file paths. Made loading files in settings faster.
New Features
- Added support for cut extrudes holes.
- Added support for all pattern types.
- Added support for relative file paths.
- Made loading folders in the settings faster.
- Made loading folders cancelable.
- Added progress bar when loading folders in the settings.
- Added options panel to the Add/Replace fastener window.
- Added version check when replacing a file.
- Added preventing the computer to go to sleep when loading the settings.
- Added debug mode for loading configurations and applying XML data.
Improvements
- Added loading XMLs for new subfolders.
- Made columns narrower when hiding stock levels or counts.
- Moved buttons in Panel 1: folders of the settings to the bottom.
- Added selecting the first diameter smaller than the hole.
- Marked sample files as read-only.
- Added showing the number of fasteners to be replaced.
- Added bolt type that doesn’t need a washer.
- Added error catching when we cannot add a file because a file with the same name is already present.
- Updated minimum solidworks version to 2020.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed replacing identical fasteners.
Lightning 2.8.4
Fixed compatibility with other add-ins. Added support for assemblies.
New Features
- Added support for assemblies, with and without length.
Improvements
- Improved error handling when the add-in does not start up.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed clash with Drew 4.2.
Lightning 2.8.3
Added support for SolidWorks (Connected) 2025
Lightning 2.8.2
Improved compatibility with other add-ins.
Improvements
- Improved compatibility with other add-ins.
- Improved error message when add-in does not load.
Lightning 2.8.1
Added a Diameter2 column for shims and washers. Improved checking if two components are unique.
New Features
- Added a second Diameter column for washers and shims that have an outer diameter.
Improvements
- Improved checking if two fasteners are unique.
- Added a list of identical configurations to the Settings window so it’s easier to debug.
- Added preventing of adding numerical tags to a pattern twice.
Lightning 2.8
Added locking rotations, redesigned the Settings and Database Management windows.
New Features
- Added locking rotation of components, even though the part is not a Toolbox part.
- Added stock level of selected component to the top when replacing a fastener.
- Added loading the free samples when starting up for the first time.
- Added a button to the Database Management window to reload the current database.
Improvements
- Added selecting washers again after changing the length.
- Simplified the Database Management window.
- Prevent identical configurations in the settings so you don’t have to choose one later on.
- Added blocking adding a washer to a subassembly instead of trying and failing.
- Updated the samples to our new fastener library.
- Updated oldest supported version to SolidWorks 2019.
- Added fastener types.
- Added a Database Management button to the toolbar.
- Replaced storing personal settings per solidworks session with a single XML file.
- Updated thumbnail images.
- Replaced 8 properties with data read from XML with single ImportSetttings property.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed Skip Component button not being enabled when replacing fasteners.
- Fixed updating data for existing fasteners when refreshing a folder in the settings.
- Fixed mates being added to twice when adding a washer.
- Fixed the ‘future version file’ warning not being visible.
- Fixed showing Drew text in the License window.