ActCAD announces the release of its new version 1209 for ActCAD 2022 Professional and ActCAD 2022 Standard products.

This version is based on most latest IntelliCAD 10.1a engine. Below is a list of major improvements in this release:

• Added new command EXTRIM
• Added new command LAYERMERGE
• Added new command TABLEIMPORT
• Import Excel files directly to Table
• New capabilities when working with tables including data links, formulas, and cell formats
• Nudge entities through keyboard shortcuts
• Improved features of Publish command
• Improved features of Sheet sets
• Added create planar surfaces in Professional version
• Added convert entities to NURBS in Professional version

The new versions are available from ActCAD download page. Existing users can use Check for updates command to get the latest version.

ActCAD 2022 New update 742 released for Standard, Professional and BIM products.

It is a minor release with below improvements:

• Added the ability to restore PDF Publish Options after restart
• Added the ability to publish using DWG to PDF.pc3 printer
• Implemented tooltips for sheet lists combo-box in Publish Dialog
• Fixed incorrect print device field for PDF / DWF / DWFx modes
• Fixed save and validation issues during publish operation
• Fixed ActCAD Updater issues which occasionally fails during patch update
• Fixed freezing issues with zoom in perspective mode
• Disabled columns button in MTEXT
• Fixed incorrect interaction between MTEXT editor and locked viewport
• Fixed font display problem compared to Other CAD
• Fixed certain crash issue while loading external applications
• Updated ODA dwg libraries

The new versions are available from here.

ActCAD 2022 New update 735 released for Standard, Professional and BIM products.

It is a minor release with below improvements:

• Improved the speed and performance of ActCAD 2022 PDF Printer
• Some improvements to Network Licensing
• Updated ODA dwg libraries
• Fixed right click selection options in Block Attributes Command
• Fixed certain font display issue
• Fixed certain crash issue when null pointer returned by external programs
• Fixed MULTIPLE command locking issue
• Fixed crash issue while doing menu setup
• Fixed WBLOCK dialog does not store any history in File name and path combo
• Fixed background color change issue while resizing the palette
• Fixed running snaps do not work from a Lisp shortcut to Zoom Window
• Fixed display issue of thumbnail preview
• Fixed certain snap issues of a circle
• Fixed entity selection issue of (nentselp) functions
• Fixed entity shape while rotating
• Fixed lag issues during 3D Solid snapping
• Fixed crash issue while handling nested Xrefs
• Fixed certain issues with dynamic input
• Fixed zoom on mouse wheel at paperspace not centered on mouse pointer
• Fixed objects associativity in paperspace when DIMASSOC set to 2
• Fixed some crash issue associated with DIMSTYLE sysvar value
• Fixed crash issue while trying to align a Block
• Fixed certain issues with selection cycling API call
• Fixed paste link issue of Paste Special
• Fixed certain hanging issue while editing MTEXT
• Fixed Xref Manager to show unreferenced xrefs
• Fixed display issue of nested Xrefs in explorer and Xref Manager
• Added ability to save and load PDF Publish Options
• Fixed some issues in IRX API

The new versions are available from here.

ActCAD 2022 New update 720 released for Standard, Professional and BIM products.

It is a minor release with below improvements:

• Fixed the double click Block Attributes error
• Some improvements to Network Licensing
• Updated ODA dwg libraries
• Fixed BREAK and INSERT errors while executing PEDIT command for 3DPOLYLINE

The new versions are available from here.

ActCAD announces the release of ActCAD 2022 products mentioned below based on latest IntelliCAD 10.1 Engine:

• ActCAD 2022 BIM
• ActCAD 2022 Professional
• ActCAD 2022 Standard

This is the fastest version of ActCAD released so far. Below is the list of major improvements in this release:

• ActCAD 2022 is upto 7 times faster while selecting entities, 2 times faster while handlign grips, snaps and regeneration.
• ActCAD 2022 supports 3Dconnexion input devices
• Improved API Functions
• Completely refactored OpenGL graphics engine
• All new geolocation feature
• Restore default program settings from Start menu
• Improved Table Styles and Table Editing
• Create and Edit Sheet Sets
• Insert Dynamic Blocks
• Import .pdf files with more advanced options
• Import of map files (.shp, .sdf, .sqlite files)
• Dynamic view transitions
• Dimbreak command
• Advanced grips for blocks and groups
• Layer Previous command
• Ability to turn off entity movement when clicking and dragging the mouse
• Ability to restore a layer state to the current viewport, all viewports, all layouts and viewports, or the Model tab
• Introduced Associative Arrays with Edit Array command
• ActCAD BIM now import Autodesk® Revit® 2021 files, specify AEC drawing units, convert an existing entity to a beam path, and determine the smoothness (level of detail) of curves in BIM underlays created from .rvt files
• Several improvements in editing and selecting entities, layers, text, the user interface etc.

The new version is available for download from our downloads page.

ActCAD 2021 version 1001572 released for below products:

• ActCAD 2021 BIM
• ActCAD 2021 Professional
• ActCAD 2021 Standard

This is a general maintenance release with some new commands and bug fixes. Below is a detailed log of changes:

• Fixed some issues with ActCAD Patch Updater Programs
• Added Drawing Save alert while closing ActCAD by pressing the X button
• Fixed issues while opening dwg & dxf files by double-clicking
• Fixed block with arc gives the wrong center snap location
• Fixed errors with NCopy Layer
• Fixed incorrect display of 4 band JP2 image
• Fixed issues with RTT creation method of Circle
• Fixed Grips menu does not consider the 2Dpolylines and 3Dpolylines to add vertex
• Fixed issue of Linetypes are removed if plot transparency is ON
• Fixed grip edit 3dpolyline not changing vertex elevation
• Fixed some crash issues with Fonts manager
• Fixed transient graphics remains after drawings switching
• Fixed some conversion issues with Drawings Converter
• Fixed the issue of thawing the current layer

The new version is available for download from our downloads page.

Existing ActCAD 2021 users can use the check for updates command to update to this latest version automatically.

ActCAD 2021 version 1001564 released for below products:

• ActCAD 2021 BIM
• ActCAD 2021 Professional
• ActCAD 2021 Standard

This is a general maintenance release with some new commands and bug fixes. Below is a detailed log of changes:

• All New Network Licensing Technology with several enhancements
• Added New Command TEXTMERGE
• Added New Command SETZ
• Fixed some issues with APPLOAD command
• Fixed issue with MLeader for Invalid Input message
• Fixed issue with out of memory with certain block creation
• Fixed X verted marker issue in ENTPROP dialog
• Fixed unexpected format change in a numbered list
• Fixed text justification issue in classic MTEXT editor
• Fixed junt font issue in ETRANSMIT Program
• Fixed LAYISO printing incorrect current layer name
• Fixed some issues with IntelliConvert Program
• Fixed TextEdit cursor not visible on white background in transparent mode
• Fixed some issues with menu group loading
• Fixed crash issue while drawing a line tangent to polyline arc
• Fixed crash issue while opening a web page
• Fixed crash issue while converting hatch segment to arc
• Fixed Wblock changing layers of non-zero elevation entities
• Fixed crash with some dock bar dragging
• Fixed layer state properties saving issue

The new version is available for download from our downloads page.

Existing ActCAD 2021 users can use check for updates command to update to this latest version automatically.

ActCAD 2021 version 1001551 released for below products:

• ActCAD 2021 BIM
• ActCAD 2021 Professional
• ActCAD 2021 Standard

This is a general maintenance release with some new commands and bug fixes. Below is a detailed log of changes:

• Added new command DIMSPACE
• Added new command ATTIN
• Added new command ATTINXL
• Added new command ATTOUT
• Added new command ATTOUTXL
• Added new command ATTSYNC
• Added new command ATTINC
• Improved NumberedMarkers command
• Revised ODA libraries version to 6670
• Fixed issues in APPLOAD command
• Fixed WBLOCK changing layers of non-zero elevation entities
• Fixed Layer State Properties not saving
• Fixed LAYERSTATE missing some Restore option
• Fixed restorion of layer states to multiple viewports or layouts
• Fixed DTEXT doesn't show the actual input height and angle
• Fixed wrong annotative scale set when Xref filter is off
• Fixed MTEXT text shifts when being edited when aligned at the bottom
• Fixed some issues in Selection Cycling
• Fixed some issues in Intelliconvert
• Fixed initial sorting of the Sheets/Layouts in sheets list
• Fixed Page Setup of several sheets from different drawings in Publish command
• Fixed some issues in font mapping file (icad.fmp)
• Fixed DIMASSOC breaking the associativity of dimensions to blocks
• Fixed Lineweght/Transparency state resets after using Edit in Layerstate
• Fixed incorrect behavior of VIEW tools when switching layouts and model/paper space
• Fixed certain issues with plotting
• Fixed crash issue during perspective mode rendering
• Fixed view toolbar and ribbon view buttons greyed out in paperspace
• Fixed trim by crossing polyline removes extra segment
• Fixed MTEXT issues in numbering and indenting after importing .rtf document
• Fixed Mleader label alignment option like OtherCAD
• Fixed file Save error log written to a wrong file
• Fixed RTROT rotates view incorrectly making it nearly unusable
• Fixed hatch origin set incorrectly if bound to extents
• Fixed MTEXT Background Settings dialog not save default settings
• Fixed Print stamp setting not saved after restarting ActCAD
• Fixed RR Grips disappear when selecting after using (vl-load-com)
• Fixed Text/Mtext selection during editing is not working with Shift and right arrow key
• Fixed Image Path uses forward slashes when dragged and dropped into the drawing
• Fixed cerain issue with PDFATTACH

The new version is available for download from our downloads page.

Existing ActCAD 2021 users can use check for updates command to update to this latest version automatically.

ActCAD 2021 version 1001528 released for below products:

• ActCAD 2021 BIM
• ActCAD 2021 Professional
• ActCAD 2021 Standard

This is a general maintenance release with some new commands and bug fixes. Below is a detailed log of changes:

• Added all new APPLOAD command
• Added all new ALIGNSPACE command
• Added all new TEXTALIGN command
• Added new Network License Usage log creation to Excel file
• Completely revised NEWDRAWING command
• Completely revised ATTEDIT(ATE) comamnd
• Completely revised CUI file with several improvements
• Fixed the launch issue of NEWDRAWING command when all drawings are closed
• Fixed the white background issue of Hole Table command
• Fixed the automatic snap grid issue during startup
• Improved Licensing Technology to display Trial left days only at the startup
• Fixed automatic scaling issue of STEPEXPORT objects
• Fixed the issue of Tab and Arrow keys navigation on ENTPROP dialog
• Fixed the issue of pipe color
• Fixed display issues of curve lines (fittings)
• Implemented progress bar for BIMATTACH command
• Fixed wrong linetype in output file for Spline
• Fixed the issue of deleting last text symbol
• Fixed crash issue while deleting Print styles
• Fixed MTEXT cursor not scrolling into view
• Fixed wrong plot paper units displayed in printable area dialog
• Fixed certaing performance issues while loading large drawings
• Fixed snap for starting point which can't be changed
• Fixed entity rotation at a given angle using grips
• Fixed dynamic block grips updation problem
• Fixed editing entities by grips cancelled while switching drawings
• Fixed the issue of FROM does not work while moving entities using grips
• Fixed the line angle problem when dynamic mode is off
• Fixed some issues with selection of text
• Added AUTOSAVERETAIN sysvar to control temporary files of autosave to recycle bin
• Fixed unknown pc3 printer configuration error in print dialog
• Fixed Wblock dialog not storing the history of previous selection
• Fixed certain issues with polyline joining
• Improved Move Up and Move Down options on Publish dialog
• Fixed print to file option selected after the use of DWG to PDF driver
• Fixed the joining issue of two 2D splines
• Fixed certain issues with opening a drawing from recent list
• Fixed layer states restored incorrectly for viewports
• Fixed some crash issue during Hatch boundary detection
• Fixed hatch area detection which is enclosed by polylines
• Fixed center snap issue of closed polylines
• Fixed the issue of node snap in xref drawing when PDMODE is not 0
• Fixed layer writing issue while plotting PDF files
• Fixed certain crash issue while removing a multiview
• Fixed drawing with very long text style causes instant crash
• Fixed MTEXT first line left indent depends on hanging in the Paragraph dialog
• Fixed Image Preview of an image not shown in Image Manager

The new version is available for download from our downloads page.

Existing ActCAD 2021 users can use check for updates command to update to this latest version automatically.

ActCAD 2021 version 1001505 released for below products:

• ActCAD 2021 BIM
• ActCAD 2021 Professional
• ActCAD 2021 Standard

This is a general maintenance release with few minor fixes. Below is a detailed log of changes:

• Fixed certain issues with Licensing Technologies
• All new PDF to DXF Converter
• Fixed PDF converter execution issue when Network license is used
• Added ability to disable optimizations for ZOOM/PAN commands executed from a script
• Added sysvar CommandToEngine
• Added sysvar GsUpdateOnCommandEnd
• Implemented internal method to run command after current command
• Fixed frozen layout issue after closing other drawings
• Fixed certain crash issue on zoom - extents
• Fixed the issue of XDLIST and Selection Cycling not working together
• Fixed inconsistent cursor state after zoom during drop down menu
• Fixed certain dynamic issue of line
• Fixed SDS callback with SDS_CBXFORMSS flag
• Fixed new items display in Layer State Manager/Explorer Layer States
• Fixed some issues of LAYERP command
• Fixed Layer states restored incorrectly for viewports
• Fixed wrong item highlighted in the image file list
• Removed unused selection set code
• Fixed OpenGL anti-aliasing depends on the graphics card settings
• Fixed Graphics settings not updated after switching from OpenGL
• Fixed multi-sampling is always applied in 2DWireframe visual style
• Fixed layer dialog when select multiple layers and edit transparency
• Fixed selection cycling does not work with entsel

The new version is available for download from our downloads page.

Existing ActCAD 2021 users can use check for updates command to update to this latest version automatically.

ActCAD 2021 version 1001497 released for below products:

• ActCAD 2021 BIM
• ActCAD 2021 Professional
• ActCAD 2021 Standard

This is a general maintenance with few minor fixes. Below is a detailed log of changes:

• Introduced new Live Licensing Technology
• Several improvements to Licensing Technology
• Introduced new LAYWALK command
• Revised ODA libraries to version 6473
• Fixed crash issue during text editing in French localization
• Fixed view height of viewports
• Fixed parallelism tolerance error of Curves fillet
• Fixed the issue of LAYUNISO command
• Fixed arc jig issue
• Fixed some crash issue with GS reactors
• Fixed crash issues in some localization
• Fixed localization for ActCAD explorer
• Fixed some crash issue during View props update
• Fixed empty file handling issue during autosave
• Fixed revision problems while working with OLE objects
• Fixed crash after opening a dxf file, audit and saveas
• Fixed crash issue in some dimension scripts

The new version is available for download from our downloads page.

Existing ActCAD 2021 users can use check for updates command to update to this latest version automatically.

ActCAD 2021 version 1001487 released for below products:

• ActCAD 2021 BIM
• ActCAD 2021 Professional
• ActCAD 2021 Standard

This is a general maintenance with few minor fixes. Below is a detailed log of changes:

• Updated ODA DWG libraries to version 6421
• Fixed some issues with Licensing Technology
• Fixed crash issue while asking for point result
• Fixed memory leak issue in Dynamic Input module
• Fixed crash issue after open a dxf file, audit and saveas
• Fixed some issues with OLE objects
• Fixed Mtext Formatting change issues on edit
• Fixed problems copying files to My Documents folder when starting ActCAD
• Fixed incorrect dimension elevation in Dynamic Input
• Fixed Arc radius wrong acceptance in Dynamic Input
• Fixed unable to move tab stops in mtext editor
• Fixed JP2 image is displayed in wrong color and slow loading
• Fixed center snap issue for closed polylines
• Fixed spontaneous snap to grip points during grip stretch
• Fixed update character issues in Text Editor
• Fixed some crash issues during Block Edit
• Fixed certain issues with STEP import

The new version is available for download from our downloads page.

Existing ActCAD 2021 users can use check for updates command to update to this latest version automatically.

ActCAD 2021 version 1001478 released for below products:

• ActCAD 2021 BIM
• ActCAD 2021 Professional
• ActCAD 2021 Standard

This is a general maintenance with few improvements and bug fixes. Below is a detailed log of changes:

• Updated ODA DWG libraries
• Fixed problems changing LINETYPESPATH
• Fixed MTEXT formatting issues
• Fixed some annotative entity display issues
• Fixed layers filter applied wrong to the dropdown
• Fixed certain character issues of Text Editor
• Fixed a particular GDI thread crash issue
• Fixed invisible cursor during icedGetPoint after call to sds_entsel
• Fixed certain issues with Layer Filters Custom Order
• Fixed the issue 32bit bitmap images disappear on zoom out
• Fixed the issue Right-clicking does not run the command if dynamic input is enabled
• Fixed the issue JP2 image is displayed in wrong color and loads too long
• Fixed crash issue while loading multi models
• Fixed hanging issue of DSAutoUpdateStateGuard
• Fixed data loss issue of PURGE removes blocks in use
• Fixed the ^^ command prefix doesn't hide the command parameter
• Fixed wrong font settings after changing the text font style
• Fixed MLEADER with the content "Mtext" is created at the wrong scale if the current scale is not 1:1
• Fixed changing scale for the style doesn't update mleader objects

The new version is available for download from our downloads page.

Existing ActCAD 2021 users can use check for updates command to update to this latest version automatically.

ActCAD 2021 version 1001464 released for below products:

• ActCAD 2021 BIM
• ActCAD 2021 Professional
• ActCAD 2021 Standard

This is a general maintenance with few improvements and bug fixes. Below is a detailed log of changes:

• Fixed issues with annotative dimension text scaled on every edit
• Fixed the sysvars RECOMPUTEDIMBLOCKSREQUIRED & RECOMPUTEDRAWING
• Fixed Publish command for selected sheet details do not match in output
• Fixed the issue of layers filter applied wrong in the dropdown
• Fixed some issues with Licensing
• Fixed the slow loading issue of CUIX files
• Fixed the issues of splash images not chaning
• Fixed the issues of line types and profiles
• Fixed the crash issue of colorbooks dialog
• Fixed the command line focus issue of Dynamic screen input
• Fixed the German language keyboard issue of letter N
• Fixed some CUI file customization issues
• Fixed the crash issue of Color dialog when called from IRX
• Fixed text duplication when using \n at the beginning of a line
• Fixed hanging issue of ActCAD when Editor.WriteMessage method called from .Net applications
• Fixed the issue of Hatch using select entities in a particular drawing
• Fixed exception issue of Hatch boundary in a particular drawing with select entities option
• Fixed the hatch creation issue of Circles
• Fixed Mleader text height changing issue
• Fixed the issue of MLEADER does not display correct text height
• Fixed the issue of Rotated multiline text positioned wrong
• Fixed selection options from the drop-down list using the cursor and the Enter button
• Fixed Transient graphics not displayed if raster image is frozen
• Revised ODA libraries version to 6235
• Fixed Arc negative angle value works wrong
• Fixed 3X lines creation performance degradation

The new version is available for download from our downloads page.

ActCAD 2021 version 1001447 released for below products:

• ActCAD 2021 BIM
• ActCAD 2021 Professional
• ActCAD 2021 Standard

This is a general maintenance with few improvements and bug fixes. Below is a detailed log of changes:

• Fixed the PDF open and edit issue
• Added a new setup file ActCAD PDF Printer
• Introduced new Geo Location Feature and support for KMZ files
• Fixed some issues to User Interface
• Revision of ODA libraries to version 6214
• Fixed 3X Lines creation performance degradation
• Fixed SDS callback with SDS_CBXFORMSS flag
• Fixed crash on snap to OdDgShape2d
• Fixed crash issue of view manager dialog
• Fixed crash issue of certain Dimstyle record associated with xrefs
• Fixed old MTEXT editor does not apply color
• Fixed exception in case of xref file is missing
• Fixed exception in case of xref file name has unhandled characters
• Fixed viewports that require 3d rendering issue
• Added check and fix of viewports that require 3d rendering
• Fixed PEDIT tangent option behaves wrong

The new version is available for download from our downloads page.

ActCAD 2021 version 1001439 released for below products:

• ActCAD 2021 BIM
• ActCAD 2021 Professional
• ActCAD 2021 Standard

This is a major release with several improvements and fixes. Below is a detailed log of improvements:

• Software updated to latest IntelliCAD 10.0a engine
• Choose the color of print stamps
• Provision for print stamps to print upside down
• New Commands: Show Palettes and Hide Palettes
• Multi-line text features superscript, subscript and strikethrough character formatting
• New paragraph formatting options
• On-the-fly spell checking option
• Performance improvements in editing and selecting entities, text, and blocks

The new version is available for download from our downloads page.

ActCAD announces the release of its new version 2021. Below are the new products available:

• ActCAD 2021 BIM
• ActCAD 2021 Professional
• ActCAD 2021 Standard

Below are the highlights of in this new Version:

• Support for 2021 dwg & dxf files
• Dynamic Screen Input
• IntelliCAD 10 Engine & ODA 20.12 Libraries
• New material library for Objects and Layers
• New Visual styles
• Import OBJ & STL Files
• All new Geometric Technology
• OpenGL ES Graphics Technology
• 2D & 3D Anti-aliasing
• All new Start Page with Create & Learn Tabs
• Support for Table Formulae
• New Spot and Point Lights in 3D
• ActCAD 2021 supports Gradient Colors and Image Backgrounds
• Several improvements to Printing and Plotting
• Several improvements to User Interface and Icons
• New BIM features: Roofs, Beams, Mitered Joints, explode BIM underlays
• Several improvements to Features and Performance
• Improved PDF to CAD Conversion Technology
• Improved MText formatting, 4K Display, closed entities to Solids etc.
• Introduced BIM PROPERTIES & BIM UNITS Commands
• SYSVAR IMPORT & EXPORT and Improved sysvar dialogue
• Introduce MIGRATEUI to import
customized user interface
• Improved HOLETABLE command
• Selection Grips for solid models
• Tool Palettes Navigate for quick access

The new version is available for download from our downloads page.

ActCAD 2020 new version 92764 released for below products:

• ActCAD 2020 BIM - 64bit
• ActCAD 2020 Professional - 64bit
• ActCAD 2020 Professional - 32bit
• ActCAD 2020 Standard - 64bit
• ActCAD 2020 Standard - 32bit

This is a minor maintenance release with few fixes. Please read below:

• Complete improvements to Polish language interface
• Revision of ODA libraries to version 6128
• Fixed the issue of Revit underlay scaled after reopen
• Fixed the issue of Print with Transparency giving wrong result (preview and print)

The new version is available for download from our downloads page.

ActCAD 2020 new version 92760 released for below products:

• ActCAD 2020 BIM - 64bit
• ActCAD 2020 Professional - 64bit
• ActCAD 2020 Professional - 32bit
• ActCAD 2020 Standard - 64bit
• ActCAD 2020 Standard - 32bit

This is a minor maintenance release with few fixes. Please read below:

• Fixed the resolution issue of ActCAD PDF Printer. Removed the default 2400 dpi resolution. Now user can set desired resolution while printing PDF files from ActCAD
• Implemented CHT language translation completely
• Fixed page setup name issue in Publish command

The new version is available for download from our downloads page.

ActCAD 2020 new version 92759 released for below products:

• ActCAD 2020 BIM - 64bit
• ActCAD 2020 Professional - 64bit
• ActCAD 2020 Professional - 32bit
• ActCAD 2020 Standard - 64bit
• ActCAD 2020 Standard - 32bit

This is a major maintenance release with some improvements and bug fixes:

• Added new command ATTEDIT
• Added new command TOTALLENGTH
• Added new command TOTALAREA
• Added new command CENTERLINE
• Added new commands TABLE_LOCK, TABLE_UNLOCK, TABLE_REFRESH, HELPVIDEOS, TUTORIALS etc.
• Added new commands HELPDEVIRX, HELPDEVDOTNET and added them to User Interface
• Added new menu for snap button in status bar
• Modified several icons on User Interface
• Fixed some issues in Numbered Markers program
• Fixed the issue of Tangent Snaps from entities
• Fixed some issues with Block Library
• Fixed some issues with Table Editing
• Fixed the text height issue of Table cell text
• Fixed the access rights issues of Video Tutorials
• Fixed certain crash while updating Leader
• Fixed the issue of BHATCH slow island detection
• Fixed certain crash with Hatch vertex deletion
• Fixed crash with some click on Ribbon panel
• Fixed the issue of LISP functions not repeated by pressing Enter button
• Fixed some issues with copy in zoom out
• Fixed print progress dialog does not contain layout information to track current plotting document
• Fixed save button should be enabled after removing unsaved drawing from the list
• Improved the detailed error information when BIMATTACH fails

The new version is available for download from our downloads page.