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CAD X11® Enhancements in year 2004
- The DXF translator has been improved to read in ellipses from DXF
files (release 4.0.162) - February 12, 2004
- An error with performing 2-D or 3-D analysis (menu 17.2 and 17.3)
with islands using the Common Interface has been corrected
- 2-D Section analysis for the Windows Interface of CAD X11 (Verify->Geometric
Analysis->2-D Section) has been implemented and the on-line help
has been updated (release 4.0.165) - February 23, 2004
- The ESC button in the Windows Interface now issues the REJECT ([)
or Cancel command (release 4.0.165) - February 23, 2004
- The DXF translator will no longer occasionally crash when inputting
DXF files that contain circles defined in 3D space in blocks (release
4.0.166) - March 4, 2004
- Text codes starting with '\C' in DXF files are now omitted in the
text string displayed on the drawing (release 4.0.166) - March 4, 2004
- When using Detail Magnification in the Windows Interface, the magnification
factor is now handled correctly (release 4.0.166) - March 4, 2004
- In the Windows Interface, the percent complete status display that
runs from left to right at the bottom of the screen in the status bar
will no longer run into the cursor x,y printout section at the lower
right when you use the cut toolbar button or the Edit->Cut menu (release
4.0.166) - March 4, 2004
- The bottom four options under File->Export now bring up the correct
dialog (if any) if a file name is entered without the file extension
which clearly defines the format type desired (release 4.0.166) - March
4, 2004
- A fatal error when deleting all points has been corrected (release
4.0.167) - March 15, 2004
- An infrequent error in which the entity "unselect" mode
was left on leading the system to report that there were no valid entities
to select, when in fact there were, has been corrected. Also,
the select options All Displayed, All of a Color and Individual Levels
now can be used with the entity unselect mode (release 4.0.169) - April
7, 2004
- The on-line help for the Windows Interface has been updated.
Help for the first five items in the Edit menu has been completed (release
4.0.170) - April 12, 2004
- The Windows Interface function "Paste" now positions the
Clipboard data properly (release 4.0.170) - April 12, 2004
- 3DFACE entities are now supported when reading DXF files (release
4.0.171) - April 21, 2004
- 3D POLYLINE entities are now supported when reading DXF files (release
4.0.171) - April 21, 2004
- A problem when processing nested blocks in DXF files has been corrected
(release 4.0.171) - April 21, 2004
- The Tools menu in the Windows Interface now shows all the possible
main menu bar selections and displays a check mark next to the one currently
displayed and active (release 4.0.172) - April 27, 2004
- The on-line help has been updated for items 6-10 of the Edit menu
(release 4.0.172) - April 27, 2004
- The Select option in the Edit menu has been revised to use popup menus
to make changes to the data after entities have been selected.
Six modification options are currently active in the main popup window
(release 4.0.172) - April 27, 2004
- The Select And Edit selection of the Edit menu is now included as
an option on the construction toolbar, an arrow select button to the
right of the Paste button (release 4.0.172) - April 27, 2004
- The on-line help has been updated to include a Glossary (release 4.0.173)
- May 4, 2004
- The on-line help Administrator's Guide topic has been updated as well
as the html reference link for the Administrator's Guide (release 4.0.173)
- May 4, 2004
- The viewer in the Enterprise Version of CAD X11 has been changed to
display the long file name version of the drawing file being displayed.
Also, the viewer now works better as an embedded application to display
files accessed via a browser - June 14, 2004
- A problem that causes pop-up dialog boxes to move up the screen a
small amount at a time due to a taskbar anchored to the top of the screen
has been corrected (release 4.0.174) - June 22, 2004
- A correction has been implemented so only one autosave file dialog
prompt appears when the computer has been sitting for double the autosave
delta time interval and it's a new drawing (release 4.0.175) - June
28, 2004
- The save icon is now active for an existing drawing as soon as you
change the zoom scale (release 4.0.175) - June 28, 2004
- The on-line help for the Windows Interface has been updated.
Help for the Modify Translate, Copy/Translate and Zero Z Coordinates
has been implemented (release 4.0.175) - June 28, 2004
- The Curve->Polygon->Triangle menu again matches the on-line
help (release 4.0.175) - June 28, 2004
- An error on drawing retrieval caused by circle center coordinates
not being defined at the time of the last save has been corrected (release
4.0.177) - June 28, 2004
- An error when locating a fastener onto an existing point using the
Design Element Library has been corrected (release 4.0.178) - August
20, 2004
- The on-line help for the Windows Interface has been updated.
Help for the Group Option in the Modify menu has been completed (release
4.0.179) - September 3, 2004
- The on-line help for the Windows Interface has been updated.
Help for the Mirror, Rotate and Copy/Rotate options in the Modify menu
have been completed (release 4.0.180) - September 15, 2004
- A entity selection dialog box is now the proper size for when you
are offered the option of single/chain, or the full offering of region
selection, unselect, etc. (release 4.0.182) - September 27, 2004
- The GrayTech Web site can be accessed directly by going to the Help
menu on the right end of the main CAD X11 Windows menus, or by selecting
the system menu, the top left icon of the CAD X11 window (release 4.0.183)
- October 4, 2004
- More than one copy of the drawing viewer can again be started on
the same computer. The drawing viewer is only delivered with the enterprise
version of CAD X11 (release 4.0.183) - October 4, 2004
- The file extension last used for File Import/Export is now saved and
will be the default file type the next time that function is used (release
4.0.184) - October 11, 2004
- For the drafting label function, selecting the leader stem to extend
from the end of the text with either the Free or Professional version,
or the Enterprise version in Windows Interface mode now works (release
4.0.184) - October 11, 2004
- When exporting DXF files, the header and file attribute information
has been overhauled to better match the most recent DXF specifications.
If you encounter DXF export issues, please email GrayTech with a description
of the problem and also an example file if that will assist GrayTech
in resolving your problem (release 4.0.184) - October 11, 2004
- Solid filled polygons (greater than four sides) are now output correctly
in DXF files (release 4.0.184) - October 11, 2004
- When exporting DXF formatted files, the specifications for line types
(dash and space lengths) now match the settings in the CAD X11 drawing
(release 4.0.184) - October 11, 2004
- When exporting DXF formatted files, all polygons (point set data)
now are placed at the same z elevation as in the CAD X11 drawing (release
4.0.184) - October 11, 2004
- When exporting DXF files, the text is now oriented properly in vertical
running dimensions (release 4.0.185) - October 18, 2004
- The text in feature control frames now displays properly when exporting
DXF files (release 4.0.185) - October 18, 2004
- Changing the arrow type of existing dimensions no longer changes the
text justification mode of linear and diameter dimensions (release 4.0.185)
- October 18, 2004
- Label arrowhead styles integral, circle and filled circle again display
properly (release 4.0.185) - October 18, 2004
- Text styles above the first default six text fonts are now output
in DXF files as the romant.shx font type, which is proportional spaced
lettering. The first six text styles are exported as the monotxt font,
which is fixed spaced lettering (release 4.0.185) - October 18, 2004
- On-line help for the Free and Professional versions and the Windows
Interface of the Enterprise version now support Exporting DXF files
(release 4.0.185) - October 18, 2004
- On-line help for the Free and Professional versions and the Windows
Interface of the Enterprise version now support Importing DXF files
and Printing (release 4.0.186) - October 19, 2004
- The Print function has been cleaned up to remove a few duplicate prompts
and match the updated on-line help (release 4.0.186) - October 19, 2004
- The Tool->Modals function has been renamed Tools->Options and
moved to the bottom of the Tools menu (release 4.0.187) -November 30,
2004
- Small crosshairs are now the default for new installations of CAD
X11 (release 4.0.187) -November 30, 2004
- The display of the grid is now performed before display of geometry
so that the grid lines do not hide the data of the drawing (release
4.0.187) -November 30, 2004
- Changing the Grid behavior (Tools->Options->Grid) will now automatically
change the grid without requiring a repaint. You can also turn the grid
on/off in the options prompt as well as under the Grid toolbar button
or the View menu (release 4.0.187) -November 30, 2004
- A new grid option has been added, grayscale grid, which uses a gray
background and darker gray grid lines (release 4.0.187) -November 30,
2004
- A check has been added to the grid spacing specification so that the
grid lines and grid spacing and scale spacing are multiples of each
other (release 4.0.187) -November 30, 2004
- A new message area has been added to the status bar (in the middle)
. This area will be used to provide more detail to the subject/mode/action
message area at the left end of the status bar. Additional messages
have been added for the first four line menu options and when the grid
cannot be displayed due to the zoom factor or the number of views displayed
(release 4.0.187) -November 30, 2004
- The Xhair Pos line option, now named Freehand Or Snap To Grid, will
automatically close to the starting line position when you have three
or more points already specified and the the ] key or right mouse button
is pressed (release 4.0.187) -November 30, 2004
- The Cntl O function under the Common Interface no longer crashes when
you select OK (release 4.0.187) -November 30, 2004
- When you use the Line menu and are prompted to select an entity, the
entity that will be selected is now highlighted as you move the crosshairs
(small crosshairs only). The target entity must lie within the circle
defined by the crosshairs. If it is in range, the entity is highlighted.
If you click the mouse button without anything highlighted, then a simple
warning message is displayed in the middle of the status bar and you
can still try selecting entities (release 4.0.188) - December 1, 2004
- The grid now defaults to 'on' for new drawings (release 4.0.189) -
December 2, 2004
- The default spacing for the grid has been lowered to 0.2 inches for
English and 5 mm for Metric (release 4.0.189) - December 2, 2004
- An error when starting the Direct3D and OpenGL shading with build
4.0.187 has been corrected (release 4.0.189) - December 2, 2004
- The user may now start the Select and Edit function (the arrow icon
on the top toolbar) by clicking the right mouse button with the cursor
anywhere in the graphics area when the crosshairs are not displayed
(release 4.0.189) - December 2, 2004
- All the menus for drafting are now also accessible from the main menu
bar, under the heading drafting (release 4.0.190) - December 8, 2004
- The drafting specific edit options have been added to the bottom of
the main menu bar edit menu (release 4.0.191) - December 9, 2004
- A side effect of the new grayscale grid where an entity being deleted
or blanked is removed from the display in the color "white"
and not the grayscale background has been corrected (release 4.0.191)
- December 9, 2004
- The arc menu has been renamed arc/circle and the first two options
of the point and arc/circle menus have been slightly revised (release
4.0.192) -December 13, 2004
- Additional messages have been added to the middle of the status bar
for the first four arc/circle menu options (release 4.0.192) -December
13, 2004
- When you use the point or the arc/circle menu and are prompted to
select an entity, the entity that will be selected is now highlighted
as you move the crosshairs (small crosshairs only). The target entity
must lie within the circle defined by the crosshairs. If it is in range,
the entity is highlighted. If you click the mouse button without anything
highlighted, then a simple warning message is displayed in the middle
of the status bar and you can still try selecting entities (release
4.0.192) -December 13, 2004
- When you use the line->join function, a letter E will be displayed
at the end of the line or curve that the system will choose from the
current position of the crosshairs. This helps clarify the expected
function results before you click the mouse button (release 4.0.192)
-December 13, 2004
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