About this release
We are thrilled to share with you, the much-anticipated public release of Manifest! Below you will find all the latest updates introduced with Manifest 2.0 and subsequent point releases – now available in the Microsoft Store. Please read on to learn the more about all the new features available – they will transform the way your team leverages Manifest in a world where there is an increasing and immediate demand for remote work and support. We can’t wait to see what you do with it!
2.0 was published to the Microsoft Store on May 5, 2020
Support notes
For additional information on each new feature or improvement, visit Manifest User Guides for updated documentation.
Overview of what’s new
Expert Connect
- Connect with other users, whether via the Client Web Portal or 3D headset
- Expert Connect includes:
- Real-time chat
- Direct Audio and Video for 1 – 1 user calls
- Initiate a call from a job step marker. The contact list will sort by relevant users starting with the original Author and recent Operators.
- Share photos, videos, PDF’s or jobs with other users via Expert Connect Chat
Working Together
- Whether it’s a planned team procedure or an operator unexpectedly needs to reassign a step or job to another operator, this new set of features provides the tools to ‘Work Together’
- Team Jobs: Invite other Operators to collaborate on a Job by creating a Team. The Team Owner can either assign steps to team members, or they can self-assign steps to themselves. Once the work is divvied up, lock the assignments and start the job. All team members can watch the job progress through each step and view evidence left by other operators
- Job Assignments: Select the new “Assign” option from a job step marker to invite another operator to take over. Once the operator accepts, they will own the job and all subsequent steps (unless of course they assign it off to someone else)
Client Portal 3D Model Manager
- Updates in the Client Portal make it easier for clients to set-up and configure 3D models
- 3D models files, textures and materials should now be uploaded via a Zip-archive folder. The 3D Model Manager will unzip and auto auto-convert to glb and GLTF formats
- A new 3D Model Viewer now allows users to set the rotation, position, and scale from the model viewer as well as save multiple views of the same model.
Trial and Tutorial
- Unlicensed users can now to take a free tour of Manifest in our trial environment
- After installing the application, select ‘Signup’ to create a View Only account
- You’ll be walked through an introductory tutorial to learn the basics and then can explore the application on your own with some sample content
Point release updates for 2.0
2.0.10
2.0.10 was published to the Microsoft Store on May 20, 2020
In this release we focused on several additional bug fixes and improvements.
Features
- Ability to update logo on welcome page
- Added new status icon to Command Strip to indicate if you are showing as online or offline in Manifest Connect
Bug Fixes
- Various refactors to handle memory issues that might cause app to freeze or break 3D model loading
Notes
- Fixed an issue where photo note controls would not reappear after taking a photo note or photo evidence
- Added handling so that “done” button will be disabled while capturing and during upload of audio/video/photo notes
Work Offline
- Added handling so if an offline work package fails to upload, it now correctly prompts user to retry
- Fixed an issue where the chat socket would stay connected when selecting “Work Offline” from the job board after making a work package
Jobs
- Fixed issue on Job Board where “In Progress” column would automatically resort to show newest. It now only sorts when the sort icon is selected by user.
- Fixed issue where Job Assignment cards sent via Manifest Connect were showing the incorrect step number.
2.0.22 (HL1) and 2.0.23 (HL2)
2.0.22 and 2.0.23 were published to the Microsoft Store on June 24, 2020
In this release we focused on several additional bug fixes and improvements.
Bug Fixes
- Improvements to Manifest Connect reliability, including better maintaining chat connections
- Fixed some video playback issues
- Fixed issue where a job hand-off via Working Together could display the wrong
- step in the hand-off message
3D Models
- Fixed issues with display of untextured models
- Fixed issues with display of reflective surfaces on models
Notes
- Fixed issues with recording voice notes
- Fixed issues with pen note data not being saved in authoring
- Fixed issue when entering a domain name that contained the word “trial”
Evidence
- Fixed issues with evidence bar not appearing correctly in job checklist window when adding evidence
- Fixed evidence appearing in evidence list on marker even when they failed to be correctly added
Hololens 2 Specific
- Fixes for loss of hand ray functionality
