The CARAT Version - V2025.4.0.2

After Planning in Slanted cabinets with a visible side, the Anterior cabinet side is now also displayed in the same colour as the visible side.

All selected block data are now being transferred completely to the subsidiaries again.

During the Data maintenance of blocks, duplicate lines and empty lines, if present, are now removed. This means that the Number of blocks is now displayed correctly after Importing or transferring blocks in the maintenance system.

Materials with tiling patterns now react in the same way to Scaling Scaling is a term in mathematics that designates a size change. In computer graphics the term is used to represent the optimal size of a design on paper. and rotation as Materials without tiling patterns when a texture from Own materials is used.

Sinks and taps are now visible in Reflections.

A error, occurring with the Transmission of encrypted data packets to the subsidiaries has been solved.

The Symbol for retrieving the CARAT productinfo in the Parts list will now also be shown with a User defined arrangement of the CARAT windows.

Once a End price default has been set, a Manual price change is no longer possible. This prevents an Incorrect calculation of the RRP in the blind planning values.

The Copy protection has been revised. After expiration of the Licence registration period, it is now Possible to register again.

Via the Material selection dialogue and in the System options (standard pictures), the Gloss level can now also be set individually for 3D textures, except for windows and doors, using a sliding controller. This affects both the display of the 3D textures in the Perspective and in CARAT emotion.

This setting for 3D textures is not available for the Model selection and the Tiling pattern.

In the E-mail system options, the option Store the e-mail settings for each PC individually is now active if the Outgoing mail server A server is a central computer in a designated network structure, from which the resources of the central computer can be accessed by multiple workstations (clients)./Incoming mail server option has been selected. This means that this setting is no longer required for each computer in networks if this has been set on the server.

Now, the new Exchange group utilisation settings area exists on the Block calculation index card of the Master data supplier dialogue.

This allows you to display the Utilisation either as a PP or as a Point value in the Exchange group column in the Block selection of the respective catalogues.

The causes of errors and crashes that occur when executing the parameter C:\Carat\carat.exe/Update have been resolved.

See also: Start Parameter

Percentage values for proposed price are saved correctly again.

An Activated technical order check (TAK) no longer blocks the export of the order to the ERP system when Printing orders.

The Filtering for the Catalogues to be displayed has been revised. Only Catalogues that are active and valid are now displayed as an Alternative when Changing catalogues.

The e.COM OC retrieval per Webservice now also works if not all of the used manufacturer's catalogues have been configured for that in CARAT.

Creating guarantee certificates is possible again. The cause of error has been corrected.

The cause of error of Light spotting in plans has been solved.

The absence of Article variants descriptions after opening saved plans has been fixed.

Generating worktops on Kitchen islands with Projecting side walls no longer leads to error messages and subsequent crashes of CARAT.

Corrections to the projections must then be made subsequently in order to avoid planning errors.

When Replacing halogen spotlights from the neutral catalogue with articles from a manufacturer catalogue, the Positioning is now correct.

The causes of errors when Exporting OBJ files to the Trickpark interface have been fixed. All articles are now displayed completely in the 3D viewer of Trickpark.

When Planning worktops via the Article entry, the Edge profiles are now automatically added to the parts list as sub-positions.

Plans can now be opened in CARAT emotion again, even if Sloping sinks or Vertical hollow mouldings have been planned Between cabinets.

The Behaviour when Deleting head data has been optimised:

• When deleting header 1, the content of all variant types is deleted, with the exception of the mandatory variants (for example the plinth height).

• When deleting header 2 or other headers, all variant types are deleted without exception and the program is reset to header 1.

The Fit function has been Improved:

• Fitting now also works with Articles rotated by 180 degrees.

The Error handling has been Adapted:

• If no fit variant was found or the fitting fails, an error message is now displayed.

Window backgrounds are visible again.

The cause of the Perspective disappearing on the 2nd monitor when Zooming out of the perspective has been fixed.

The Design of 3D surfaces is corrected in the Article entry dialogue (Article new) and in the perspective.

Corrections are made for the Display of the front views in the batch print.

Errors occurring after a Catalogue update in the Display of corner units with construction method control via the handing have been fixed.

A correction was made to the representation of the Tile lines (joints) in Plan copies.

When Dimensions are moved in the installation plan, the associated Auxiliary lines are now taken along with them.

Installation symbols created by copying now behave in the same way as the original installation symbols.

Spotlights can now again be planned with Negative spot inclination values.

The Visibility of artefacts on Articles with 3D textures and slanted edges in strongly lit scenes has been fixed. The associated Shadow casts have also been corrected.

Errors in the display of Textbox frames have been fixed.

The cause of Crashes when creating statistics with the Show cancelled sales contracts/orders/invoices option activated has been fixed.

Calculation errors related to Imported bundles into the planning have been fixed.

The calculations of the best block taking into account the settings Consider blocks at discount and Include credit notes when calculating the end price default have been adjusted. The block selection Sort offered blocks by SP The SP (selling price) in CARAT is a result of multiplying the CARAT list price by the entered net surcharge factor, plus VAT. price advantage now shows the correct results.

The Calculation of the RRP for a Manual article price change and Discount allocation has been corrected.

When using Catalogues copies, the additional information from CARAT productinfo can now be displayed.

This applies to all catalogues already activated for CARAT productinfo.

The status No discount allowed on this article now remains active after a manual price change of an article and subsequent recalculation.

This does not apply to articles that have been planned via a configurator.

Problems with Transferring block files during notebook synchronisation have been fixed.

The Export of invoices and down payment invoices with activated interface setting Yes, if printed is now also possible if the E-invoice and GoBD capability have not been activated.

The Net price relevant for the discount calculation in the Quotation printout is now shown correctly.

The cause of Duplicate entries in the SQL-statistics has been fixed.

Errors when exporting User-defined documents have been corrected.

Under Graphical forms, already Ticked checkboxes in the Perspective area are now retained, even if others are being ticked.

The Processing of Deviant points of delivery of customers', when using a clearing centre, has been optimised.

Errors that occurred when Creating the ORDER.ZIP The ZIP data format is an open format for compressing and archiving data. The archived file normally has a .zip file extension. file for the e.COM order have been fixed.

When a Repeat purchase order is executed, a Filled order form is generated again for the ERP export.

It is once again possible to Create a Guarantee certificate in CARAT.

After logging into CARAT and the automatic start of the CARAT cloud synchronisation, a New indicator now appears in the CARAT status bar at the bottom. This shows you the Progress of the synchronisation with the CARAT cloud. Upon completion, the message Cloud sync completed appears.

In networks, only the workstation that was started first takes on this task In the Microsoft Windows operating system a task is a process (e.g. a program), that is executed at the lowest system level (kernel). A task can be used to start supporting programs, in the background, without further input from the user..

See also: CARAT cloud services

The Synchronisation will afterwards be carried out automatically in the background, every 2 hours.

The illumination of planned Illuminable handlebars, handles and fronts can now be switched on for each planned article in the Group-lights-modification dialogue . It is also possible to specify the Light colour and Brightness here.

See also: Artificial light

Illuminable handlebars, handles and fronts are not offered in all manufacturers' catalogues.

LED light strips are now displayed in CARAT emotion.

Performance Performance, in the context of computing and software, is a term meaning the effectiveness at usage of resources and the quality of output from programs. and Memory requirements were optimised in CARAT emotion. Thanks to the optimisations made, the processes now run faster and require less memory.

With the new Additional conditions dialogue, an additional discount can now be automatically applied with a definable PP-threshold in order to provide targeted price relief for "large kitchens".

When Exporting sales contracts as RTF or DOCX documents, Blank pages are no longer generated.

In the System options of Chinese CARAT installations, the Saved e-mail settings for SMTP SMTP is the abbreviation for "Simple Mail Transfer Protocol". SMTP is a method for transmission of messages. are now retained even after an update of CARAT.

For Articles to which a 0 % VAT rate has been assigned, 0 % VAT is no longer interpreted as an Empty value in the parts list. This means that these articles are once again visible in the Parts list with the Value 0.

The generation of multiple displays of an e.COM order confirmation has been resolved.

When a Catalogue is updated, Stock articles that have already been reserved are no longer updated. This prevents existing reservations from being lost during the catalogue update and a new reservation being made after the Import into WinMAX, thus preventing stock from being sold twice.

Rectified performance, when GoBD capability is activated in the System options:

Cancelled deposit invoices received are no longer shown on the invoice and deducted from the final total. The Cancelled deposits are automatically displayed as Written off under Outstanding items.

Incorrect light and shadow casts in the perspective have been solved.

Distortions and Unwanted display effects on article fronts have been reduced.

The missing Light emission of several light sources in the perspective has been fixed.

It is no longer possible for Planned tiles (tile size 0 x 0) Not to be displayed due to Missing material assignment. When Creating the tiling plan Without selecting your own material, the First selectable material for tiles from the material selection is now automatically assigned. This material already contains a valid tile size.

For Older plans with Tile size 0 x 0, the Default value for the tile size is now automatically taken over from the system options when the plan is opened.

Invalid entries in the Lighting properties Spot illuminant dialogue are no longer possible thanks to Improved user guidance.

• If the minimum or maximum input values are exceeded or not reached, they are displayed in red.

• The dialogue cannot be exited by clicking OK without correcting the invalid values.

• If OK is clicked despite incorrect values, the cursor jumps to the first field with an invalid entry.

• If the mouse pointer rests briefly over one of the input fields in which an invalid value has been entered, the valid value ranges are displayed as a tooltip.

The Take over of articles to the parts list after Planning articles with Enter and/or Esc now behaves in the same way as the take over of articles to the parts list With the right mouse button. All article positions are always taken over.

When generating a Worktop with an overflow edge, the Height of the sink cutout of sub-construction sinks is now calculated correctly. The Calculation basis is now the Height of the worktop and no longer the worktop edge height.

The Colour design of NEFF-cooker hoods has been adapted. It now corresponds with the colour design in the perspective.

Light reflections and Optical reflections on articles that are further away from the kitchen have been corrected. This prevents Overexposure effects and False reflections.