# Version 26.4.0.0

## <mark style="color:green;">New features and improvements</mark> <a href="#known-issues" id="known-issues"></a>

### <mark style="color:green;">New ribbon icon layout</mark>

To streamline your workflows and make the navigation among various T4I commands easier, we prepared a fresh new ribbon icon layout - the **Compact** layout. This *Compact* layout is a **new** **default** **layout** for **all T4I users**. But we haven't forgotten about users accustomed to the current (old) icon layout. The new **Classic** layout is here to ensure that their workflows remain uninterrupted.&#x20;

Click the tabs and images below to view the new *Compact* and *Classic* layouts.

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#### Compact layout

Generally, we took the most used T4I commands (+ some others) and hid the rest. You can find the hidden commands on the expanded panels, or (and that's one of the new features in this T4I release) grouped together in the command drop-down menu.

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#### Classic layout

That's the old good icon layout with one improvement. We adjusted the *Be.Smart T4I* panel by moving the *Edit settings* command to the very left on the ribbon, adding the command to switch between layouts, hiding the *iLogic commands* button, and moving the *Edit iProperties* command to its own dedicated panel. The arrangement of commands is therefore more logical than in older T4I versions.&#x20;

*Be.Smart T4I* and *iProperties* panels are common for both *Compact* and *Classic* layouts.

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#### Switching between layouts

Switching between layouts is easy. Click the *Layout* command and select the *Compact* or *Classic* layout. When you switch between layouts, only the predefined set of panels is activated. In other words, we deal with the **visibility** of panels but not the position of individual commands.

Panels with a dash (-) symbol and *iLogic Samples* belong to the *Classic* layout.

After every Inventor (or just T4I add-in) restart, the **defaults of the selected layout will be loaded**. It means all the changes you made to the icon layout will be lost. But some customizations are possible, continue reading below.&#x20;

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#### Icon layout customizations

We have a third (experimental) icon layout mode for you if you're keen on customizations. From the *Be.Smart T4I* expanded panel, run the *Advanced settings* command. On the *General* tab, select `InventorControlled`. This will allow your changes to the icon layout to stay persistent throughout the Inventor sessions. When you click the *Layout* command on the *Be.Smart T4I* panel while the `InventorControlled` mode is active, your changes will be reset to selected defaults (T4I will ask you first).

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### <mark style="color:green;">Feedback tool</mark>

We would like you to participate in T4I development with us. You can use the *Feedback* command, now available both on the *Be.Smart T4I* and *Be.Smart Labs* ribbons, to send us feedback, ideas for development, or report bugs. A new feedback panel will open inside Inventor enabling users to easily submit feedback/ideas/bugs using our new [feedback portal](https://feedback.besmart.software/) directly from within the Inventor environment. It's quick and easy, and you no longer need to search for it.

Feedback can be sent on various products, as the portal is not limited to T4I only.

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## <mark style="color:red;">Bug fixes and other improvements</mark>

* We have improved the behavior of some commands (*About*, *Export settings*, *Helpdesk web*, *Helpdesk*, *Quick Start Guide*) to allow them to run without a license. This means that users will always be able to access support or export T4I settings, even without a license.
* We added a missing help link to the *About* command.
* The forgotten *Align hatching* command was removed from the *Be.Smart Labs* ribbon of the drawing environment. The command is normally available on the *Be.Smart T4I* ribbon -> *Annotations* panel.
* We fixed a nice IBM437 encoding name error that prevented you from exporting a BOM to Excel.

## <mark style="color:blue;">Known Issues</mark> <a href="#known-issues" id="known-issues"></a>

* In very rare cases, due to a bug in Autodesk Inventor, the *Apply display name* command may fail to change the display name for some nodes of the assembly tree. This has been registered in Autodesk as the change request *INVGEN - 79037.*
* [*Sync*](https://help.besmart.software/t4i/commands-overview/bom/sync) or [*Sync2*](https://help.besmart.software/t4i/commands-overview/bom/sync-2) commands may fail if the instance properties are used and the *Merge Instance Rows* option in Inventor BOM is disabled.
* [*Open PDF file after export*](https://help.besmart.software/t4i/commands-overview/publish/export-pdf#command-settings) in T4I's publishing settings conflicts with the Inventor's PDF option *Display Published File in Viewer*. If *Display Published File in Viewer* is checked, it always overrides the settings of the *Open PDF file after export*. In other words, the published PDF file will always be opened in the default viewer no matter what you set for the *Open PDF file after export*.
* Due to changes and updates that GitBook made to the online help structure, automatic Help translations from English to other languages using Google Translator temporarily don't work as expected ("Can't translate this page" error is displayed).