What is MIIDEL
MIIDEL is a system that highlights changes in drawings and documents with colors to quickly identify changes
As shown in the diagram below, the modified areas in the left and right documents are not immediately noticeable at first glance
Using MIIDEL, the system highlights the changes with colors, making the modified areas easily visible as shown in the diagram below
However, as shown in this diagram, it may not always be possible to compare the old and new versions under favorable conditions, and various issues may arise that prevent a comparison from being made
MIIDEL is a system designed to address such concerns and provide solutions for our users
Recommended Configurations
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows 10 64bit Microsoft Windows 11 MIIDEL does not operate on 32-bit systems Operating systems that are no longer supported by Microsoft are not covered by the system's operational warranty |
|---|---|
| CPU | MIIDEL is compatible with x64 architecture We recommend using a faster CPU for better performance as it may impact processing time |
| Storage | 200MB or more Depending on the data to be compared, more storage capacity may be required |
| main memory | 8GB (Rrecommended 16GB or more ) When comparing graphics of A0 size or larger, please use more than 16GB memory |
| Monitor/Display | Recommended FullHD(1920×1080)or more Resolution of 1280×768 monitor will cause some menus to not be displayed。 Some system settings (Start > Settings > Accessibility > Text size 150%, 200%, etc.) also cause some menus to not be displayed。 |
| System | The required version of ".NET 6 Desktop Runtime" is 6.0.14 or later Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2019 Redistributable package |
| Internet | Internet connection is required for License authentication, Software updates, Technical support |
Setup of MIIDEL7
Installation Procedure
Downlaod Installer
Please access the MIIDEL Homepage(https://miidel.com/download)and download the installer
Running Setup
Please unzip the downloaded "miidel7_setup.zip" and run "UserSetup.exe" to start the installation
The messages during setup may differ depending on your computer environment, so please follow the instructions displayed on the screen during the installation process
Install the Visual C++ redistributable package (Not shown if Visual C++ redistribution package is already installed)
Install the .NET6 Desktop Runtime (Not shown if .NET6 Desktop Runtime is already installed)
Install MIIDEL
Please use the appropriate installation mode displayed at startup according to your environment
License certificate・login
Please enter the license code, sub-code, and user email address as written on the license certificate, and click on the 【Registration】 button to log in
Please be sure to enter the license code, sub-code, and email address (half-width alphanumeric characters only)
Offline environment is not supported for license authentication
Proxy Setting
First, please perform a [Connect test] without making any changes to determine if a proxy adjustment is necessary.
If the message "[Connection Success]" does not appear, please perform the following settings
- Click on [Manual proxy server configuration] to tick the checkbox in front of it
- Enter the address (half-width alphanumeric characters only) and Port number (half-width numbers only)
- If you are using a PC that requires user authentication, click [User authentication], check the box, and enter your ID and password
- Please perform a [Connect test] and confirm that connect is possible.
- Click on the [Registration] button to log in
Please check with your company's system administrators for proxy information, status, and firewall information
If your company has set up access restrictions using a firewall, please allow connect from 【https://api.miidel.com】
License Deactivate・Logout
If you want to change the user of MIIDEL, cancel the current license authentication.
This will allow license activation on a another computer.
※License switching is limited to once per month.
- Click the "Setting" button on the upper right of the screen.
- Next, click the "Account" tab on the left side of the displayed settings screen
to show the currently authenticated license information.
Then click the logout button and click OK on the confirmation screen.
- This will cancel the license authentication.
Initial screen
Button descriptions
Create New- Reset loading information
Open the MIIDEL file- Loads MIIDEL files saved in the past
Save the MIIDEL file- Save the state of the comparison work in MIIDEL format
Save the PDF file- Save the comparison results in PDF format
Setting- Configure various settings for MIIDEL
Manual- The manual will be displayed in your web browser
Save log- Used for support
About MIIDEL File
You can save the working state in MIIDEL as a MIIDEL file and use it for work on the following day or hand it over to other team members
The created MIIDEL file (MII file) can become very large in file size as it holds all comparison results and original data, so please be aware of this when using it
Various settings
Clicking the "Various settings" button on the upper right of the screen will display the settings menu
Tab List
- Options
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Configure settings for loading
- Language
- Select the language for the user interface
- PDF converter
- Select the converter you want to use to load the PDF
- Adsorption execution at the time clipping Immediately / pushing the adsorption button
- When clipping a picture, it will automatically snap to nearby pictures Adsorption function when arranging parts
- Display the load page setup dialog
- When loading a file with multiple pages, the page number selection interface will appear
- Resolution setting for new loading
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Select the resolution for loading PDF and TIFF data
You can also change the resolution after loadingSome data cannot be read due to paper size and resolution
- If the images to be compared are of different sizes
- Select whether to load the file by keeping the scale or by making it fit to either large or small size
- Display Simultaneous data loading button
- Switches the display of the button to show a dialog for simultaneous data loading in the top left of the initial screen
- Resolution settings for converting from DocuWorks files
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Select the resolution for converting DocuWorks data to MIIDEL data
Selecting a low resolution may cause text to be blurred
- Display annotations (DocuWorks Setting)
- You can switch whether to display annotations when loading DocuWorks data or not
- Load color image (initial load)
You can switch whether to make loading data with color information the default setting when loading data
Refer to : Start comparing data
- Lower the process priority
Using this mode can reduce the impact on other applications running on your computer.
- Connect
Configure proxy settings
Refer to : Proxy Setting
- Account
- Displays MIIDEL license information
- System
- Displays system information for the MIIDEL currently in use
- Terminal
- Displays information about your device
Logout
If you want to revoke a registered license, click on [log out] on the [Account] screen under [Various settings] and revoke the license registration
Page preview
Thumbnails List
Start comparing data
Loading Files
File loading can be done by clicking on the "+" button or by dragging and dropping the file onto the thumbnail list
Button descriptions
Change resolutionChange the loading resolution
Resolution setting for new loadingwill also be changed in Various settings
Color settings- You can specify the color or grayscale setting when loading, as well as the display color when comparing pages
Paper size display- Displays the size of the Load image(ISO standard such as A3, A2, or horizontal x vertical pixel display)
Column replacement- Change the position of the right and left data
Automatic sort- Rearranges the pages before and after the change according to their matching rate
- Reset before sorting
- Reset before auto sorting state
- Match rate
- You can specify the minimam matching rate for determining if it is the same pageThe number displayed between "Before" and "After" is the match rate in the "Determined by element" mode
- Determination mode
- You can specify the mode used for auto sorting
- Determined by silhouette
- This is a mode for judging based on the overall compositionIt is not suitable when there are many pages with similar silhouettes or when there are many rotations and misalignments in the content
- Determined by element
- This is a mode for judging based on data contentIf the paper sizes do not match, matching rate will be significantly lower. Please use a lower match rate
Right click menu
You can right-click on any page to display a menu and perform various additional operations
Duplicate- Copy a same selected image below the selected image
Continue to duplicate- Copy multiple selected images below the selected image
Add a blank on top- Add blank image above the selected image
- Add a blank below
- Add blank image below the selected image
Rotation- Rotate the selected page 90 degrees clockwise
Matching search- Matching search
Delete- Delete selected image
Batch processing
Right-click on the header portion of the list of thumbnails (before and after changes) to display the following menu
- Rotation
- Rotate all pages in the selected column 90 degrees clockwise
- Delete all
- Delete all pages in the selected column at once
preview display
Check the loaded data
- Single-page preview
You can view the selected page in the thumbnail list while zooming in, zooming out, and moving it
- Double-page preview
You can zoom in, zoom out, and move the selected before/after pages in the thumbnail list to check them in detail
You can also link the zooming, scaling, and moving operations between the before and after pages in the thumbnail list
Button descriptions
Display switching
- Switch between single-page preview or double-page preview
Operation Link
- Toggles between operating two pages at the same time when two pages are displayed
Fit display
- Fit display to screen
Display Magnification
- Select the page magnification
Right click menu
You can zoom in on the area around the cursor by left-clicking anywhere on the displayed page
Comparison
Once the data has been compared, you will be taken to the comparison screen where you can further refine your settings
Button descriptions
Correction functionIt is used when aligning distorted objects such as scanned images, or when the layout is changed and the differences cannot be easily identified just by overlapping
Refer to : Correction
Misalignment correction- This reduces the subtle differences in shading that occur when documents are overlaid and mitigates the resulting differences in display
Line width emphasis- This is used in cases where one of the lines in the loaded data is thin
Deformation- This is used for scaling, and rotating the page being displayed
- Change resolution
- This is used to change the loading resolution of the currently displayed page, making it easier to confirm details by increasing the resolution or increasing the processing speed by reducing the resolution
- Color settings
- You can change the color of the displayed annotations (no change:black, addition:red, deletion:blue) to make it easier to find the changed parts
Blur switching- You can toggle the emphasis display of the change points
Reset the page to its initial state- This function resets all the processes performed on the currently displayed page, and reset it to the initial state after comparison
Display before change- Displays only the page before change. You can also do this by pressing the "1" key on your keyboard
Display after change- Displays only the page after change. You can also do this by pressing the "2" key on your keyboard
Magnifying magnification- You can change the magnification of the magnifying glass that appears when you right-click on a page
- Fit display
- Fit display to screen
- Display Magnification
Select the page magnification
You can also use Ctrl+scroll to page magnification
Correction
It is used when aligning distorted objects such as scanned images, or when the layout is changed and the differences cannot be easily identified just by overlapping
By turning on "Apply to all pages", all pages after the currently displayed page will be corrected automatically
MIIDEL operation will not be available when automatic correction is in progress
Auto:Distortion correction
This feature automatically corrects scanned images with distortion or pages with different sizes to align them with the modified page, making it easier to identify changes
- Match rate threshold
- You can specify the minimam match rate for correction processing
Auto:Layer correction
You can automatically break down the parts within a page and compare them by automatically overlaying similar parts
Layer correction takes a lot of processing time
Pages with text as the main content require more processing time compared to pages with images as the main content
The larger the paper size, the longer the processing time required
SemiAuto:Three-point correction
Select three points on pages with different layouts, such as structural diagrams and facility diagrams, drawings and photographs, and align those points to make it easier to find the differences
Three-point correction requires manual adjustment, unlike the Auto:Auto correction
As an example, the blue shaded area and the red shaded area are superimposed
Move the 〇 located at three corners of both the before and after versions to specify reference points
Set the reference points for both the before and after images, then click the OK button in the upper right corner to perform the correction
By indicating three points on the originally differently scaled and positioned drawings, they can be compared more easily
SemiAuto:Layer correction
Manually specify parts within a page to automatically overlay similar parts and facilitate finding changes
SemiAuto:Layer correction is used when correction cannot be done by methods such as Auto:Distortion correction,Auto:Layer correction or SemiAuto:Three-point correction
Clipping
If the layout of the loaded data has changed or the number of lines in text or lists is different, as shown in the figure below, you can move the comparison target while clipping it according to your intuition
Button descriptions
Rectangular clipping- Clip any location with a rectangle
Lasso clipping- Clip any location freehand
Adsorption function when arranging parts- Automatically moves clipped parts to similar locations
Right click menu
- Clip
- Retain the clipped parts for use on another page
- Reset
- Put the cut-out part back in its original place
- Delete
- Delete the clipped parts from the page
- Paste
- Paste the cut-out part onto the currently displayed page
Clip operation
Click on the Rectangular clipping or Lasso clipping button to start the clipping process
You can drag and select any area on the page to clip the image
For lasso clipping, you can cut out parts by drawing a freehand outline around them
Click to select the clipped part and drag to move it freely
Parts can also be moved up, down, left, or right by using the arrow keys or Ctrl+arrow keysIf "Adsorption function when arranging parts" is ON, the parts are automatically moved to overlap with similar parts
Click the "Confirm" button to finish the clipping operation
FAQ
I want to use MIIDEL on a 32-bit computer
Until recently, I was able to use MIIDEL normally, but suddenly I can't log in. What should I do?
When trying to display high-resolution TIFF or PDF files, MIIDEL crashes
When loading TIFF and PDF images, I get an error message saying "Exceeding the allowable page size for loading. Try lowering the DPI or loading in grayscale." What is the maximum loading size supported by MIIDEL?
I want to load a PDF file, but I'm getting an error and can't load it. What should I do?
What are the problems when trying to compare high-resolution or oversized data?
- t may not be possible to move by dragging
- Depending on the specifications of your computer, distortion correction, Layer correction, and other correction functions may take up to an hour to process
What types of data are processed quickly and slowly during distortion/layer correction comparison?
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【Quick Comparison Data】
- Data and documents with main lines
- Data with small paper size such as A4
- Data with many blank spaces
Even full-size drawings, such as 30m x 5m, can be processed quickly and compared if they are mainly line drawings with a lot of blank spaceProcessing will be faster if the comparison is done on a PC with high CPU processing performance and high memory capacity -
【Slow Comparison Data】
- Data scanned at high resolution
- Data with many characters
- Data with large image capacity per image
If the computer's CPU is slow, memory is small (2~8GB), and storage is HDD, it may take longer to process the data, and the data that can be compared may be smaller
How long does the comparison process take?
- For Intel® Core™ i7-1185G7
- For Intel Core i5 1035G1
| Operation | Cost |
|---|---|
| Loading 15 pages of A3 size at 72dpi | 4sec |
| Comparison of the above content | 3sec |
| Loading 15 pages of A3 size at 192dpi | 14sec |
| Comparison of the above content | 13sec |
| Distortion correction for a page of A3 size loaded at 192dpi | 6sec |
| Layer correction for a page of A3 size loaded at 192dpi | 18sec |
| Operation | Cost |
|---|---|
| Loading 15 pages of A3 size at 192dpi | 32sec |
| Comparison of the above content | 18sec |
| Distortion correction for a page of A3 size loaded at 192dpi | 13sec |
| Layer correction for a page of A3 size loaded at 192dpi | 14sec |
Layer correction comparisons do not work well
Files required to run MIIDEL are quarantined by anti-virus software
Security software that automatically encrypts saved files has caused issues where files necessary for MIIDEL to run are also encrypted, preventing MIIDEL from starting up
The MIIDEL interface is displayed larger than the screen size, preventing me from operating it normally, how should I adjust the settings?
MIIDEL indicates to me 'Offline use period has expired'. What should I do?
While using MIIDEL, I get an error saying "Maximum number of concurrent". How should I address this?
I'm not sure what to enter for the address and port. What should I input?
After changing the proxy server settings, MIIDEL is displayed as offline even though there is an active network connection, and the connect test fails. How should I address this?
How should I handle license migration when updating MIIDEL or changing computers?
Can the settings for the comparison process be changed to default? And if changes are made, will the changed settings be reflected in the next run?
How should I understand the "Resolution settings for converting from DocuWorks files" and "Resolution setting for new loading" in the Various settings?
I want to register in and use MIIDEL on another computer. What should I do?
If the shape of the model is not changed but the size is reduced as a layout adjustment (from a 1:1 view to a 1:2 view), is there a function to manually toggle whether this change is "detected as a difference" or "not detected due to no shape change"?
When comparing, we use PDF data directly converted from CAD and paper scan (PDF data) or PDF data directly converted from CAD. Will the comparison results be the same? (Is it possible to correct the minor misalignment of the paper scan to achieve the same results?)
Does the file format affect the comparison results?
What is the detection range for minor misalignments? And is it possible to set the detection range?
Are variations in line type or line width recognized as differences? Or, is it possible to set it not to recognize these as differences?
Can the comparison results be output in formats such as PDF or HTML? Or can they only be viewed on the application?
Is a license required even when viewing files output after comparison on the application?
Is it possible to load DocuWorks files?
- To open DocuWorks files, DocuWorks provided by FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp. must be installed
- MIIDEL supports loading files only with the latest version of DocuWorks
Therefore, when using DocuWorks, always ensure to use the latest version - Files from DocuWorks Viewer Light are not supported. The full version of DocuWorks is required
| Version | Support Information |
|---|---|
| DocuWorks 9.1 | DocuWorks 9.1 is a separate product from DocuWorks 9" (version 9.0) and will continue to be supported as a separate product (currently the latest version) |
| DocuWorks 9.0.6 | Support ends on March 31, 2025 |
| DocuWorks 8.0.12 | Support ends on March 31, 2024 |
DocuWorks and DocuWorks Viewer Light are registered trademarks or trademarks of FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.