Release Notes

Introduction

The release notes provide a high-level overview of the new features, fixed issues, known issues, and prerequisites in HaloCAD Add-on for CAD. Before installing HaloCAD Add-on for CAD, review these release notes to understand any known limitations or issues that apply to this release.

Product Description

HaloCAD helps organizations protect CAD files by integrating with Microsoft Purview Information Protection (MPIP). It applies sensitivity labels to CAD files, helping safeguard intellectual property throughout its lifecycle. Protected files can be accessed only by authorized users with permissions defined by the applied sensitivity label.

Prerequisites

Before you install the add-on, ensure that the following prerequisites are met:

• Have an active Microsoft 365 subscription.

• Register an application with Microsoft Entra ID.

• Enable access to the required URLs.

• Enable TLS 1.2 or later on all client workstations to ensure secure communication.

Refer to the Technical Reference Manual for more information.

System Requirements

The following system requirements table specifies the minimum and recommended technical specifications, such as software and network resources, necessary to run the product.

Requirements

Supported Autodesk applications for HaloCAD Add-ons

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Autodesk applications and HaloCAD Add-on version

Code Quality and Security

Secude focuses on software quality and security. This is accomplished by adhering to and exceeding best practices in development, testing, and quality control. Secude has chosen SonarQube as the first building block for building and implementing a robust continuous code quality assurance (QA). SonarQube is a platform for static code analysis for continuous inspection of code quality. It performs automatic reviews of code to detect bugs, code smells, unit test coverage, and security issues in 29 programming languages.

SonarQube is utilized throughout the development process at Secude, and only the highest marks are accepted for a product to be released. It helps to regulate code quality from the beginning of development, find and repair issues promptly, and improve overall software stability.

Each build report can be found under its relevant version heading in this release notes.

Reliability Rating 

1. A = 0 Bugs

2. B = at least 1 Minor Bug

3. C = at least 1 Major Bug

4. D = at least 1 Critical Bug

5. E = at least 1 Blocker Bug

Security Rating

1. A = 0 Vulnerabilities

2. B = at least 1 Minor Vulnerability

3. C = at least 1 Major Vulnerability

4. D = at least 1 Critical Vulnerability

5. E = at least 1 Blocker Vulnerability

Security Review Rating 

The Security Review Rating is a letter grade based on the percentage of Reviewed (Fixed or Safe) Security Hotspots.

1. A = >= 80%

2. B = >= 70% and <80%

3. C = >= 50% and <70%

4. D = >= 30% and <50%

5. E = < 30%

Maintainability Rating 

A=0-0.05, B=0.06-0.1, C=0.11-0.20, D=0.21-0.5, E=0.51-1

The Maintainability Rating scale can be alternatively stated by saying that if the outstanding remediation cost is:

1. <=5% of the time that has already gone into the application, the rating is A

2. Between 6 to 10%, the rating is a B

3. Between 11 to 20%, the rating is a C

4. Between 21 to 50%, the rating is a D

5. Anything over 50% is an E

Build 2.5

New Features

This section lists the new features in the current release.

Added support for Revit version 2027. HCADRVT-186

Improvements

This section lists improvements added to the current release.

Added support for greying out the Pencil icon in the Sensitivity ribbon for protected files when the user does not have Change permission. HCADRVT-7

Fixed Issues

This section provides a list of the fixed issues in the current release.

1. Fixed an issue where an incorrect HaloCAD error message was displayed when attempting to activate the license with only whitespace entered as the input. HCADRVT-184

2. Fixed an issue where image files were exported without protection when using the Render option. HCADRVT-190

3. Fixed an issue where exported RVT and RTE files were created as unprotected files. HCADRVT-191

4. Fixed an issue where an exported RVT/RTE file was created as an unprotected file even though the source RVT file was protected. HCADRVT-192

5. Fixed an issue where the unavailable Revit 2026 option was enabled in the installer UI when Revit LT 2026 was installed. HCADRVT-193

6. Fixed an issue where a file could not be opened properly after it was created and saved once after applying a label to a read-only file. HCADRVT-194

Known Issues 

This section describes the known issues with the current release.

1. When exporting a protected file using the Show Rendering Dialog option without the necessary export rights, the drawing is saved as a black screen. HCADRVT-41 

2. When a protected PDF file is imported using Link PDF/Import PDF, it is not decrypted and is displayed as Microsoft Azure Information Protection. HCADRVT-84

3. When exporting from a Revit file, a protected image file is exported with a “.p" extension, such as .ppng, .pbmp, .ptif, or .pjpg. HCADRVT-85

4. When DKE files are available in recent documents and the DKE service is turned off, it takes longer to launch the Revit application and display the HaloCAD error restriction pop-up. HCADRVT-129

Functionally as Designed

The repeated Revit error pop-up displayed when exporting a protected file to PDF using Print > PDF without Export permission is functioning as designed. HCADRVT-183

Unsupported Versions

Support for Revit 2024 has been removed in this release. HCADRVT-188

Changes

The HaloCAD Reader Add-on has been removed from this release. HaloCAD documentation no longer includes Reader-related content.

Quality Gate Report

Please see the table below for a list of SonarQube's key parameters for this version. Refer to the "Code Quality and Security" section for more information on rating definitions.

Quality Gate report

Last updated: October 26, 2026