ACTCAD Software Updates & Fixes
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Important Fixes:
The following list details some of the new 450+ fixes that were implemented since the 7.2a release.
Working with drawing files
- Fixed crash resulting from auditing files in some cases.
- Improvements to auto-saving.
Printing
- Fixed reported cases where printing or print preview caused a crash.
- Fixed Display Print Styles to update display properly.
- Fixed printing on large custom paper sizes.
Dimensions
- DIMARC added to the Dimensions menu and toolbar.
- Update added to the Dimensions menu and toolbar.
- Fixes for DIMRADIUS and DIMCENTER for blocks.
Snapping and tracking
- Fixed ORTHO priority when ETRACK is enabled.
- Fixed issue with OFFSET while also entity snapping.
- Fixed Parallel snap when working with both Parallel and Extension snaps enabled.
- Improvements to activating multiple snaps from the command line.
- Quadrant snap and entity tracking issues fixed when working in UCS.
- Entity snapping fixed for entities in paperspace.
- Fixed POLAR for a rotated UCS.
- Entity snaps fixed for plane surfaces.
Blocks
- Fixed rotation issues during block insertion.
- Fixed issue when inserting uniform-scale blocks.
Text
- Multiline text improvements: Select All, right-click to paste without formatting, clear all formatting.
- Multiline text justification improvements.
- Fixes where formatting differed in editor and drawing (mtext).
Hatches
- Fixed case where hatch disappeared after copying or moving it.
- Fixed using the Stretch command with hatches.
- Improvements to hatches that displayed with low density.
- Improvements to hatch prompts.
APIs
- Sample application added for VBA.
- For LISP commands, fixed F8 ORTHO toggle.
- Fixed: SDS command calls from LISP leave CMDACTIVE in wrong state.
- More of the many areas that were fixed for SDS: missing SDS_CBDOCCHG notification when closing a drawing, sds_nentselp fails when looking for polyface mesh, sds_initget/sds_getpoint combination should return RTKWORD, sds_dispobjs returns 2 vertices chains for PFACEs.
- Some of the many areas that were fixed for VBA: colors, entity filtering, InvertMatrix method, dimension styles, line offsetting, xdata. Some of the methods implemented: get_Centroid, get_MomentOfInertia, get_Volume.
- Fixes for sds_draggen().
More fixes
- Crashes fixed during Layout switching in some cases.
- Loading a .mnu file from a path with a dot symbol.
- Double-click enabled for moving to paperspace while other entities are selected.
- Fixed several issues when working with grips.
- Improvements for working with OLE objects.
- Fix for arc entities, including the Follow option.
- Default toolbar layout improved in main window.
- New toolbars: Zoom and Draworder. Some commands moved from the View toolbar to the Zoom toolbar.
- Fixed display of Drawing Settings dialog box in non-English languages.
- Zoom Object command added.
- Fixed Zoom Dynamic for NWUCS.
- Color selection fixed for cases where a crash was caused.
- Multiple issues with wipeouts fixed.
- Added recent command list to the context menu for right-clicking in a drawing.
- Fixed issues handling large number of groups in IntelliCAD Explorer.
- PURGE command now works with unnamed groups.
- Fixed EXTRUDE for entities with large coordinates and for extruding regions on a closed polyline.
- Fixed MASSPROP command for UCS.
- Fixed issue when drawing boxes with negative Z value.
- Fix for Convert to Mesh (3DCONVERT).
- Hyperlink icon display improved.
- 3dSolid materials fixed when rendering in gray color.
- Fixes for the Stretch command.
- Fix for entity display when layer color changes.
- Fixes for Zoom Dynamic.
New system variables
- ASYNCINIT, GROUPMAX, HIGHLIGHTLIMIT, HYPERLINKICON, HYPERLINKICONCOLOR, HYPERLINKICONSCALE, OLEBKGCOLOR, PRINTTEXTOUT, RTDISPLAY, and USEOLEBKGCOLOR.
Important Fixes:
The following list details some of the new 700+ fixes that were implemented since the initial 7.2 release.
Working with drawing files
- Due to issues with AutoCAD shell extensions, any program running on the same computer where Autodesk® AutoCAD® is installed can experience crashes when selecting files. If you experience related issues, either install the fix for AutoCAD or uninstall AutoCAD. For more details, see http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/open_save_close_hotfix.html.
Performance enhancements
- Improved performance for drawings with underlays, including snap, pan, zoom, and entity creation.
- Improved regeneration when working with linetypes.
Printing
- Several fixes for print preview.
- Fixed some cases where the print area was cropped improperly.
- Improved pen widths.
- Fixed printing of OLE objects.
Dimensions
- Fixed lineweight of diameter and radius dimensions.
- Fixed editing of dimension text when using STRETCH.
Snapping and tracking
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Fixed issue with intersection snapping when drawing entities.
- Guidelines improved for polar and entity tracking and all entity snaps are turned on.
- Fixed entity snaps when using STRETCH.
- Fixed snapping to grip points during grip editing.
- Fixed nearest snap after changing the viewpoint.
- Fixed entity snaps when using Polyface Mesh command.
Blocks
- Fixed cases where text inside blocks was not positioned properly.
- Multiple fixes for exploding blocks.
- Fixed insertion point of blocks with dimensions.
- Fixed regenerating raster images in blocks.
Text
- Multiple fixes for SPELL.
- Fixed text height issue when working with annotative text.
- MTEXT dialog oblique display improved.
Hatches
- Fixed -HATCH with HPNAME set to a new pattern.
- Improved handling of hatch display when pattern is to dense to display.
- Fixed issue with custom hatch patterns.
- Fixed issue when moving associative hatches.
Raster images
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Fixed issue with negative viewing and printing of some raster images.
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Image selection fixed when working with grids.
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Transparent ZOOM fixed when working with the IMAGECLIP command.
- Fixed the ATTACH command for raster images.
- Image printing fixed when fading is set to 0.
- Fixed use of positioning files for images.
- Fixed "keep aspect ration" option for raster images.
- Clipping fixed for images with rotated UCS.
APIs
- Fixes for user input methods (ssget, getPoint, etc).
- Fixes for sds_getpoint, sds_draggen.
- Fixes for sds_sendmessage(L" ").
- Fixes for IcApDocument::fileName, IcApDocument::docTitle().
- Fixed current Lisp command issue when the current document is closed.
- Fixed Create / Register COM component inside .irx project
- Fixed: icdbOpenAcDbEntity() returns eInvalidInput if openObject() fails, regardless of the reason for failure.
- Item methods in VBA/VSTA begin at 0 (zero).
More fixes
- Issues fixed for opening drawings with AEC objects.
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Fixed loading of linetypes from icad.lin in reported cases.
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Several fixes when using grips, including entity display, z-coordinate issues, and image frame display.
- Cross polygon selection fixed for reported zoom levels.
- Fixed DIVIDE when working with blocks.
- Fixed OFFSET for ellipses.
- Fixed selection of hidden shapes.
- Fixed issues with CHSPACE command.
- Fixed TRIM command when working with infinite lines.
- Multiple fixes for rotation.
- Multiple display fixes, including for ACIS objects, viewing multiple viewports, ZOOM+E, HIDE command, and grips.
- Fixed issues with DVIEW command.
- Fixed WP selection for non-world view.
- Fixed cursor position during tablet use.
- Fixed z-coordinate issue for Box command options.
- Export to PDF improved.
- Options > Paths/Files tab improved.
New system variables
- AECOBJECTS, AUTOCOMPLETEMODE, DEFSAVEASTYPEINDEX, ETRACKDELAY, EXPXREFVISIBILITY, FINDTEXTINT, GRIDDISPLAY, GRIDMAJOR, GRIDSTYLE, GRIPBYKEYBOARD, LTYPEGEN, MTEXTOBLIQUECOLOR, MTEXTSTACKEDCOLOR, PRINTAUTOROTATE, WNDSHOWPROP.
New Features:
Performance enhancements
- Graphics device performance improved using OpenGL for graphics cards that support it properly. This greatly improves dynamic pan, zoom, redraw, and rotation, especially for large files.
- File size and print time reduced for PDF printing.
- Grip handling, trimming, and extending improved for splines and polylines with very large segment counts (5,000+) due to improved geometric functions for complex curves.
- Divide command performance improved.
- Dynamic display performance improved in large drawing files using new ZOOMDETAIL and DRAGDETAIL system variables.
- Snapping for large drawing files improved.
- Dynamic dragging improved during entity creation and modification in large drawing files.
- Memory consumption reduced for raster images.
Entity snapping
- Use entity snap tracking.
- Use new entity snaps: Parallel Snap, From Point, Temporary Tracking Point, and Midpoint Between 2 Points.
- Snap to the center of a polygon (closed polyline).
Working with other files
- Import .dgn files.
- Export Collada format files (.dae files).
- Insert underlays from .pdf, .dgn, and .dwf files.
- Attach MrSID format files (.sid files).
- Specify files and paths for working with IntelliCAD using the new Paths/Files tab interface in the Options dialog box.
Layouts
- Clip layout viewports.
- Right-click a Layout tab includes From Template.
APIs
- IntelliCAD 7.2 uses Teigha version 3.5.1 from the Open Design Alliance (updated from version 3.4.1).
- New (starttransaction) and (endtransaction) LISP functions.
- New SDS functions for working with graphics planes: sds_getviewplanedc, sds_releaseviewplanedc, and sds_cleanplane.
- .NET libraries available to load using the APPLOAD command.
More new features
- Purge unused drawing elements using the new Purge dialog box.
- Find and replace text.
- Use the Notification Manager located in the lower right of the IntelliCAD window to view messages and alerts about drawings and running IntelliCAD.
- Use updated selection filters to better select entities by property, type, proxy, and more.
- Manage layers using utilities at the command line: LAYCUR, LAYDEL, LAYFRZ, LAYISO, LAYLCK, LAYMCH, LAYMCUR, LAYOFF, LAYON, LAYTHW, LAYULCK, LAYUNISO.
New System Variables
- Added BALLOONTIMEOUT, DRAGDETAIL, GRAVITYSNAP, GRIDCOLOR, GRIDPOINSMAX, NOTIFYMANAGER, REGENMODEGLOBAL, REGENONZOOMFACTOR, REGENTOOLTIP, and ZOOMDETAIL.
Important Fixes:
The following list details some of the 600+ fixes that were implemented since the 7.1 release.
Open and save files
- Fixed .dwg files saved in 2004/2002 format.
- Fixed QSAVE operation after SAVEAS.
- Fixed QSAVE operation with .dxf files.
- Improvements made to drawing recover after a crash.
Display
- Zooming fixed for close-up work with point entities.
- Autoregen fixed for zooming on large coordinates.
- Render issues fixed when copying entities.
- Render command fixed for open polylines.
- Render issue fixed for hatches and images.
- Render command fixed for entities with thickness.
Selection and entity editing
- ORTHO fixed for inserting blocks and stretching with grips.
- Fillet command improved when working with large coordinates.
- Array command fixed when working with a rotated UCS.
- Tangent and perpendicular snap order fixed when working with other snaps.
- Polar tracking fixed with intersection snap.
- Extension snap for arcs fixed to use arc path.
- Offset command fixed for complex polylines and closed polylines.
- Divide command speed improved for splines and polylines.
- Stretch command improved when working with dimensions.
Hatches
- Fixed issues where hatches were saved incorrectly.
- Fixed application of ICADISO hatch patterns.
- Improved copying of hatch properties.
- Hatch associativity fixed for polylines.
Dimensions
- Improved dimensions when the text gap is large.
- Fixed the landing with leader when dimtad=1.
- Radius and Diametric dimensions improvements when dimtix=1.
- Dimension Update improvements for display.
- Dimension command fixed for blocks.
- Leader text fixed to display correctly in other dimension text.
- -DIMSTYLE Restore fixed.
Text and multiline text
- Text and multiline text improved printing results.
- Text fill fixed for printing of TTF fonts.
- Fixed issues with multiline text and background masks.
- Fixed display in Multiline Text Editor for reported fonts.
3D entities
- Solid box and solid cylinder creation fixed.
- Improved creation of large cones.
Printing
- Improved size of print job files.
- Fixed delay when changing paper size.
- Previous plot option available for page setups in Print dialog box.
- Fixed "Print without print styles and lineweights."
- Various fixes for the print mask.
Images
- Improved memory usage for images.
- Fixed loading issue when image is missing from specified path.
- Fixed detachment issue for deleted images.
APIs
- VBA/VSTA:
- Created new COM method that returns process id.
- Created .NET sample for non-VSTA libraries .
- LISP:
- Returned version of MASSPROP command corrected.
- Fixed the changing of hatch patterns using LISP.
- SDS:
- sds_setview fixed for paper space.
- sds_nentselp fixed for returning entities.
- sds_ssget issue when called from a callback fixed.
- sds_entsel fixed for returning cancel on RMB.
- sds_dispobjs() fixed for blocks.
More fixes
- Fixed various crash scenarios.
- Polygonal viewports fixed when visualized using file "Graphic.cfg".
- Fixed problem detaching erased xrefs.
- Fix for GRIDCOLOR.
- Fix for MASSPROP using the number of an entity in a set.
- Fix for BLIPMODE and working with points.
- Fixed problem when inserting shapes using default parameters.
- CHSPACE command improvements.
- Fixed issue with editing a block inside a block.
- ATTEDIT command displays the names of attributes correctly now.
- OLE fixed to paste images correctly and to open a new drawing when double-clicking paste-clipped entities.
- Copying and pasting proxies fixed.
- HPGAPTOL fixed.
- The linetype definition is not full if create a new linetype based on the current one
- Linetype definition improvements.
- PEDIT command fixed to convert line and arc entities to polylines with correct layers.
- Fixed issue with deleting the last layout of a drawing.
- Fixed Undo option for the Polyline command when Orthomode is turned on.
Important Fixes:
The following list details some of the new 250+ fixes that were implemented since the initial 7.1 release.
Open and save files
- Fix for autosave of .dxf files.
- The File Association Warning dialog box appears at IntelliCAD start-up if .dwg files are not associated with IntelliCAD. The FILETYPEASSOC system variable controls whether the .dwg file association is verified at IntelliCAD start-up.
- Better handling of saving files when there is a lack of memory.
- Fix for SAVEALL command.
- Fixed issue when opening a drawing from IntelliCAD Explorer.
- Fix for DWGNAME when autosaving.
- Fixed issues when exporting to a file with non-English filename and operating system.
Performance enhancements
- Printing files with TTF fonts has improved print quality, reduced file size by 10x, and improved print time.
- Using zoom/pan when scrollbars are turned on has a 2x performance improvement.
- Displaying TTF fonts for REDRAW, PAN, and ZOOM has improved quality and performance.
- General performance was improved for drawings containing a lot of polyline entities.
- Dynamic zoom performance is greatly improved for large drawings with large coordinates.
- Improved performance for font substitution.
Printing
- Fixed print area when printing with VIEWTWIST.
- Fixed issue when printing images.
- Fixed issue when using -PRINT and choosing another printer.
- Fixed Print Preview when previewing from the Print dialog box and when previewing certain files.
- Fixed issues with Print Style Table Editor setting new colors and also using Form View.
Dimensions
- Fixed issue with dimension deletion.
- Fixed DIMALTF minimum value.
- Fixed cancelling of DIMCENTER command.
- -DIMSTYLE > OVERRIDE fixed.
- Fixed crash for ENTPROP of dimensions.
- Fixed DIMTEDIT when using DIMTMOVE.
- Fixed issue when using DIMCONTINUE and DIMASSOC.
Groups
- Groups added to IntelliCAD Explorer.
- Fixed issue with removing entities from a group.
- Notification added when trying to edit groups located in external references.
Text
- Improved performance for MTEXT entities that contain complex fonts and a large amount of text.
- Fixed text direction.
- Fixed MTEXT rectangle when ORTHO is ON.
- Fixed rotation angle when using TEXT command.
- Fixed MTEXT line spacing factor after exploding block with MTEXT.
- Fixed several issues with DTEXT dialog box.
- Font loading improved.
- Improved performance of TTF font rendering. Corrected TTF font substitution.
- Dialog box fixed when editing dimension text using DDEDIT command.
Properties
- Fixed precision of coordinate values when using the Properties pane.
- Fixed lineweight default display.
- Fixed localization issues with ENTPROP.
- Double-clicking entities in paperspace now opens the Properties pane.
- Fixed Property pane position after restarting IntelliCAD.
- Fixed property selection display after creating a new drawing.
- Fixed adjustment for raster image options Brightness/Contrast/Fade.
IntelliCAD Explorer
- EXPLORER fixed to work with PDF underlays.
- Current Viewport visibility column is sortable.
- Fix for restoring the Explorer window.
- Fix for attaching image files from Explorer.
- Display of linetypes corrected.
APIs
- sds_osnap() fixed for "end" mode.
- sds_draggen() displays selection set.
- (ssget) improved for screen redraw.
- sds_trans converts from world to display now.
- VL-STRING-SUBST Lisp function issues fixed.
- Undef Lisp function fixed.
- (trans) returns corrected result with 2D point.
- Fixed selection of points in SDS applications.
- Fixed VBILOAD, undoing VBA actions, VBA update of dimensions, issue with Add3DMesh method.
- Added more flexibility for loading VSTA DLLs; new NETLOAD command and -VSTARUN.
- CIcadApp::isTestDrive fixed.
- IntelliCAD.Application.Quit() COM method fixed when using *.scr files.
- Fixed issue with sds_command call to incomplete command.
- Fixed issue with sds_command call to start MOVE command.
- sds_command allows running of partial command.
- Fix for selection set returned by sds_ssgetfirst function.
- Fix for zooming and panning while using sds_ssget, sds_getpoint, and other similar functions.
- Fixed issue on the EXIT command when sds_xunload is called within callback.
More fixes
- Fixed several localization issues including those when changing the language.
- Several display improvements when editing and working with entities.
- Fixed XREF preview.
- Length of segment can now be typed in.
- GRDRAW in XOR visibility is fixed on white background.
- Fixed crash on explode of surface.
- Shift in hatch location fixed.
- Fixed LISPINIT system variable.
- CUSTOMIZE: fix for working with .pgp aliases; fix for new keyboard shortcuts; fix for toolbar button images when importing .mnu file.
- Copy option added to the ROTATE command.
- Fixed inconsistencies with color selection when the background is white.
- Entity highlight fixed when selected entity lies on top of unselected entity (XOR issue).
- Fixed hatch area detection issue.
- Fixed display of OLE items in reported instances.
- Drawing area redraw fixed when a file dialog is active.
- Fixed problem when exiting after applying materials and rendering.
- Right-click on Layout tab includes From Template.
- Changed default rotation for UCS command.
- SNAPBASE accepts OSNAPS.
- Fixed issue when using FLATTEN command with 3dpolylines or polylines.
- Fixed _REFEDIT after performing undo.
- Improved display of snap markers when using entity snaps.
- Fixed editing capabilities of drawings when pasted into spreadsheet software.
- Issue resolved when zooming and using entity snaps; issue resolved when zooming in and out on blocks.
- -INSERT command now accepts keywords properly.
- Fixes for SYSCODEPAGE and DWGCODEPAGE.
- Fixed F3 and F8 behaviors when creating entities.
- IMAGEATTACH: scale fixes, fix when working with entity snaps, fix for Keep Aspect Ratio.
loss of display precision while moving entities at large coordinates. - FILLET: fix for filleting a 2D polyline and line; fix when using zero radius fillet; improved when working with large coordinates.
- TRIM: improved when working with large coordinates and lines that meet but do not cross; fix for ALL option when working with polylines.
- ORTHO: fixed during grip editing; fixed when using (getpoint) inside commands.
- PURGE: fixed for Batch option; fix when using Explorer after using PURGE.
- LIST command outputs Thickness property properly.
- Fixed use of macro names with spaces for -VBARUN command.
- Coordinates when using COPYBASE and PASTECLIP are fixed.
- Fixed issue when using INFLINE command and the Bisect option.
Major Enhancements in 7.1a:
Keyboard shortcuts
Press Ctrl + 1 to open and close the Properties pane.
Copying entities while rotating
To copy selected entities while rotating, choose the Copy option while using the Rotate command.
Options
On the Display tab, in Prompt Boxes Transparency (%), enter the percentage of transparency to apply to prompt boxes when they display.
Working with groups in IntelliCAD Explorer
In IntelliCAD Explorer, you can manage groups that exist in the open drawing, create new groups, manage the entities contained in a group, and change the settings of groups.
To display groups in IntelliCAD Explorer
Do one of the following:
- Choose Settings > Explore Groups.
- On the Settings toolbar, click the Explore Groups tool.
- Type expgroups and then press Enter.
To create a new group using IntelliCAD Explorer
- In Explorer, do one of the following:
- Choose Edit > New > Group.
- Click the New Item tool.
A new group is added as Anonymous.
- Type the name for the new group by typing over the highlighted default text, and then press Enter.
- Click the [+] tool to select the entities to be included in the group; click the [-] tool to select the entities to remove from the group.
You can also click the Number of Entities column and choose Add Entities or Remove Entities. - Press Enter when done selecting entities.
- To complete the command, close the window.
To modify a group using IntelliCAD Explorer
- In Explorer, select Groups.
- To rename a group, do one of the following:
- Select the group, choose Edit > Rename, type a new name, and then press Enter.
- Click the group name you want to change, type a new name, and then press Enter.
- Right-click the group name you want to change, and from the shortcut menu, select Rename, type a new name, and then press Enter.
- To add entities to a group, select the group and click the [+] tool, select the entities in the drawing to be included in the group, then press Enter when done selecting entities.
- To remove entities from a group, select the group and click the [-] tool, select the entities in the drawing to remove from the group, then press Enter when done selecting entities.
- To make a group selectable or unselectable in the drawing, click Selectable for it.
- To reorder the entities in a group, select the group and click the Reorder tool, make you selections, then click OK. Click [?] for more details about the options in the Reorder Grouped Entities dialog box.
- To select a group in the drawing and have that group highlighted in the list of groups, click the Highlight tool, select the desired group, then press Enter. The appropriate group will be highlighted in the list.
- To complete the command, close the window.
Using VSTA
Running VSTA custom applications from IntelliCAD is similar to working with VBA custom applications. Use the following commands on the Tools > Visual Studio Tools for Applications menu for working with VSTA:
- VSTA Add-in Manager (vstaload) — Manages the Microsoft® Visual Studio Tools for Applications (VSTA) programs.
- VSTA IDE (vsta or alias vstaide) — Starts the Visual Studio Tools for Applications (VSTA) program and displays the VSTA window.
- Load .NET Application (netload) — Opens the Choose .NET Assembly dialog box where you can specify a .NET .dll to load.
You can also type -vstarun in the command bar to run a VSTA method after a VSTA program is loaded.
New System Variables
FILETYPEASSOC
Controls whether IntelliCAD checks at IntelliCAD start-up whether .dwg files are associated with IntelliCAD.
The value can be one of the following:
0 = Does not verify the file association of .dwg files at IntelliCAD start-up.
1 = Verifies the file association and displays the File Association Warning dialog box if .dwg files are not associated with IntelliCAD.
2 = Verifies the file association and automatically associates .dwg files with IntelliCAD if .dwg files are not associated with IntelliCAD.
Type: Integer
Saved: In the registry
Range: 0-2
Default: 1
REGENONZOOM
Controls whether REGEN is used while zooming.
When large drawings with large coordinates are displayed in OpenGL, complex entities like text and polylines display with a reduced number of vectors which can cause a rough appearance. When REGENONZOOM is on (set to 1), IntelliCAD performs a cleanup after ZOOM to improve the display quality of these entities, however, this can also cause some performance degradation. Turning REGENONZOOM off (set to 0) will improve ZOOM performance but reduce display quality for large drawings with large coordinates.
Type: Integer
Saved: In the registry
Range: 0 (REGEN is not used during ZOOM), 1 (REGEN is used during ZOOM)
Default: 1
New Features:
Multiline text
- Multiline text options menu supports stacked text, overline text, number/list settings, background settings, and more.
- DDEDIT supports editing dimension text.
Printing
- Enhanced ability to print using previous print settings regardless of IntelliCAD sessions.
- Increased zooming capability for Print Preview.
Performance enhancements
- Opening and saving files.
- Displaying images.
- Selection and deselection.
APIs
- IntelliCAD 7.1 uses Teigha for .dwg files version 3.4.1 from the Open Design Alliance (updated from version 3.2). DRX programs and extensions are now named TX.
More features
- Support for Parallel entity snapping. Note that the PARALLEL command was renamed to OFFSET to support Parallel entity snaps.
- Layouts can be copied between drawings in IntelliCAD Explorer.
- Exporting to a .pdf file allows setting of portrait or landscape orientation and accepts a paper size in inches in addition to millimeters.
- Clipping an image in Professional versions can be inverted, that is, the hidden portion can be either inside or outside of the clip boundary.
- Type SETVIEWSIZE at the command prompt to set the IntelliCAD screen size.
- Dimension style names can be edited directly in the Dimension Style dialog box without having to click Rename.
- Use the DGNATTACH command to attach .dgn files.
New System Variables
- Added LOGFILEPATH, MODELTOOLTIPBKGCOLOR, MODELTOOLTIPCOLOR, MTEXTEXPFIELDTOSOLID, ODGELIB, ODGELOG, OSNAPNODELEGACY, and PREVIEWFILTER.
- Removed BLOCKCACHESIZE (IntelliCAD now uses the Teigha block cache, which does not have the ability to set the minimum size).
- Renamed HELP system variable to HELPPREFIX.
Important Fixes:
The following list details some of the 440 fixes that were implemented since the 7.0b release (750 fixes since the 7.0 release).
Open and save files
- Improved performance for opening files with complex polylines.
- Removed "Missing External File" prompt during save.
Display
- Fixed display of drawings with extremely large units that could display jagged text and arcs.
- Fixed cursor XOR problems when background color matched cursor color.
- Cursor display fixed when resizing the drawing window.
- Fixed display issues after using COPY command.
Selection and entity editing
- Fixed changing orthogonal mode during grip editing.
- Improved preview for MOVE command in paperspace.
- Selection rectangles removed after selection is finished (SELECT command).
- Temporary graphics for grips and snaps were not always cleared properly.
- Coordinates updating faster while dragging an entity.
- In some cases NODE snap did not work for point entities.
- Fixed End entity snap to modelspace entities from paperspace.
- ESNAP improvements for aperture area, priority order for Intersection and Tangent snaps, performance in paperspace, temporary esnaps.
- Fix for "Show snap setting on cursor" option.
Properties
- MLINE justification/alignment changed with Properties command.
- Fixed: auto hiding the Properties docking dialog breaks layout preferences stored in registry.
- Properties of views are updated correctly now.
- Fixed changing the scale of a block with attributes.
- Fixed: editing of multiline properties.
- MATCHPROP fixed for a leader's dimscale.
Hatches
- Fixed double-clicking hatch entities.
- Lost associativity for hatches was fixed.
- Improved mirrored hatch.
- Fixed problems with editing hatch origin.
Text and multiline text
- In some cases DDEDIT could rotate TEXT incorrectly.
- Incorrect line spacing in MTEXT.
- MTEXT editor improvements: default zoom level in dialog box, better font display, stack b/a feature, relative font size precision.
- Improved grip editing for TEXT entities.
- TEXT input works as expected now when clicking left mouse button while typing.
- Fixed: setting TEXT height to 0 in property pane leads to error.
- Fixed: DDEDIT command can reset text lineweight and thickness to 0.
- Improvements to working with text styles after PURGE and REGEN.
- Fixed display of Thai language character.
3D entities
- Centroid of 3D box, wedge and frustum is now in world coordinates.
- Computation of the frustum area is correct.
- 3D blocks can be created with color by block.
- Fixed extruding for 3D face objects.
- Added drag line when drawing height of cones and cylinders.
Printing
- Printer paper size setting respected during print changes; custom paper size fixed.
- Print scale units respected during paper size changes.
- Fix for print style color editing.
- Shade, Wireframe setting fixed for pen settings.
- Printing preview better matches selected window.
- Changing current page setup affects current layout.
- Hidden line removal fixed for printing.
- Apply to layout option updates layout immediately.
- Corrected use of header and footer in some cases.
Images
- Fixed how IntelliCAD handles inserting an unsupported image type.
- Improved Detach in Image Manager.
- InvertClip option is now available.
- Fixed display of an image's path/location in Image Manager.
- Fixed display of monochrome images.
- Fixed image resolution quality for large images.
APIs
- ICAD.LSP is performed whenever ICAD opens a drawing. (ACADLSPASDOC=OFF)
- Fixes for GRREAD lisp function.
- Improvements and fixes for GRDRAW.
- Fixed ICAD main view redraw while running IRX/SDS with modal MFC dialog.
- oddbEntLast() is now paperspace/modelspace aware.
- Fixed: ssget filter ignores case for names but checks case for generic text.
- Improved IcEdInputPointMonitor.
- Improved performance of sds_grvecs function.
- Performance improvement for entmod function.
- OdDbBlockTableRecord::assumeOwnershipOf() fixed.
- Fixes for sds_draggen.
- Fixed: ATTDEF and WBLOCK commands do not not suppress output if run through LISP (command) interface.
- Fixed HandleToObject with invalid handle.
More fixes
- Some older release 12 drawings with MLEADERs were not rendered correctly.
- Resolved conflicts between commands and system variables with the same name.
- Can't select Settings->Drawing Units->Angle Direction->Clockwise.
- Fixed: polyline creation with BULGES.
- Fixed UCS option for changing view to plan view.
- Exporting to WMF and EMF respects selected entities.
- ENTER repeats cancelled commands by default.
- Improved copy with basepoint.
- NEW command displays an error dialog if BASEFILE is set to none (".").
- Default Spelling and Color paths use User folders, not Program Files.
- Value of WNDPTEXT fixed, affecting PMTHIST command.
- Fixed UNDO of layout creation; fixed recall of local commands.
- Layer toolbar now allows setting XREF layers as current.
- FONTALT supports TrueType fonts.
- Fixed range for TSPACEFAC system variable.
- Fixes for DIMINSPECT and -DIMINSPECT.
- Fixed: PICKAUTO=0 doesn't work correctly in some cases.
- ZOOM command fixed in non-World UCS.
- Fixed: working with special hidden viewports on layouts.
- Improved accuracy for point selection, window selection.
- Fixes for MULTIPLE command.
- Improved draworder for COPY and MIRROR commands.
- Improved dimension style compatibility.
- Fixed value of AFLAGS system variable after creating multiline attribute.
- When starting an edit command, now displays the number of selected entities.
- -XREF command allows you to display the File Open dialog.
- Exporting to a .pdf file is fixed for some cases where the output didn't match the preview.
- EXPLODE command works for blocks with a solid hatch.
- Fixed FILLET command when inserting an inverted arc segment and when joining filleted pieces to a lightweight polyline.
- EXTEND command accepts window selection.
Important Fixes:
The following list details some of the fixes that were implemented since the 7.0b release.
Printing
- Print styles fixed to properly use file type extension in file name.
Blocks, attributes, and external references
- Attribute values support spaces using the -ATTDEF command.
Text
- Fix for DDEDIT command when specifying text lineweight and thickness.
- Fix for Text / Justify / Style option.
- Fixed incorrect text rotation that occurred in some instances.
Dimensions
- Fix for -DIMSTYLE / Annotative option.
- Fix for dimension style list values.
Hatches
- Fixed crash when editing a hatch origin.
- Fixed hatch creation issue that occurred in some instances.
Snapping
- Fixed snapping (with enabled ASYNCSELECT) while zooming issue.
- Snap option fixed for grids.
APIs
- COM fix: Add3DMesh method.
- SDS fix: (setq ss (ssget)) (COMMAND "-WBLOCK" "H:/CAD/TEMP.DWG" "" "Y" "0,0" "" ss "")
- IRX and TX fixes:
- IcGripsDrawer::invalidateGripPoints()
- _IcadCommandThread() -> OdDbObjectId::safeOpenObject()
Other fixes
- System variables: Fixed AFLAGS value after creating multiline text attribute; fixed variables that weren't accepting the "." value, fixed ACADLSPASDOC.
- Preview displays for tolerances when picking points.
- Limits checking disabled for LIMITS command when LIMCHECK = ON.
- Fixed entry of shape names.
- Slide image fixed when moving crosshair.
- Fixed intermittent crashes, including when using Entity Properties toolbar after _CUTCLIP, when changing orthogonal model during grip editing, and when grip editing while using F6.
- Entities in group selection fixed when using PICKSTYLE=2.
- Entities selected for export fixed when exporting to WMF or EMF.
- SOLIDEDIT command prompt fixes.
- Fixes for the UCS dialog box.
- Improved layer selection at prompt.
- Fixed problem with mirroring entities for localized versions.
- Fixed entry of segment lengths.
IntelliCAD 7.0b was released on 8/26/2011.
Important Fixes:
The following list details some of the 100+ fixes that were implemented since the 7.0a release.
Printing
- Fixed lineweight text in Print Style Editor dialog box.
- Fixed print preview for drawings with changed UCS.
Blocks, attributes, and external references
- ATTEXT exports varied values (block scales and number of decimals).
- Blocks no longer disappear after using Xclip.
- Precision error fixed when creating point block.
- -INSERT command now accepts PYSCALE and PXSCALE keywords.
- INSERT command string changed for preview scale.
- Attribute inside blocks now moves properly when using the ENTPROP command.
Text
- Corrected the Thickness property for text entities.
- Enhanced display of Multiline Text dialog box.
- Zoom factor is now stored and recalled for MTEXT editor.
Dimensions
- Fixed the DIMLINEAR command.
- Fixed grip editing when working with DIMDIAMETER.
Hatches
- Gradient hatch properties are not copied correctly using MATCHPROP.
- Fixed incorrect behavior for hatch scale.
Properties
- Select using "PROperties" now filters selection.
- ENTPROP command changes the scale of the block properly.
- Properties fixed when editing Mline Scale of MLINE entity.
- TrueColor fixed for Entity setting using the CHPROP command.
APIs
- Improvements for BlockInsert entities for COM.
- Implemented equivalent of DIVIDE command for COM.
- Added VBARUN feature to load and run script in one command.
- Function (VL-Directory-Files) now returns results in correct format.
- Improved SSGET and selection filtering for LISP.
- Fixed VBI infinite loop during runtime.
- Fixed changing of DIMBLK value using the setvar LISP command.
- Fixed sds_command call to EXPLODE using the RTPICKS argument.
Other fixes
- Performance improved when removing large part of selection.
- Fixed custom bitmaps on toolbars and positioning of new toolbars.
- Audionotes fixed for Microsoft Windows 7 with UAC on.
- POINT entity is inserted correctly now when ORTHO mode is ON.
- Fixed use of CHAMFER when distance is invalid.
- Trim with crossing window trim entities properly.
- Fixed visibility of ACIS solid circular edges.
- Eliminated multiple Icad directories in \Users\UserName\Documents\.
- The MVIEW fit option fits the screen or layout properly.
- Fixed the display of lineweight by index number for CHANGE/CHPROP/LIST.
- Fixed FILLET in unique situation.
- Fix for crash during DRAG_AND_DROP command.
- Fixed extension when changing the graphics system using OPTIONS > Display, Browse.
- UNDOCTL system variable is read-only now.
- The Create option for LINETYPE command was fixed.
- DIST command reflects AUNITS setting now.
- Fixed view error when rotating 3D arrays.
- ConvertUnit fixed. Null symbol was added to end of the string for correct unit file parsing.
- Automatically close the Language Selection dialog box by double-clicking a language in the list.
- Menu control displays properly now.
- Fixed crash when dropping a text file on a drawing.
- OLELINKS dialog shows links properly now.
- Fixed display of empty frame for OLE2FRAME after roundtrip.
- Fixed window display when adding a new layout after switching layouts.
- Improved MOVE performance.
- Improvements made to the crash handler to send more accurate data.
- IntelliCAD shows ACIS entities correctly where it didn't before.
- Fixed IntelliCAD display when selecting views in IntelliCAD Explorer.
- Corrected inactive OLE drawing object display in Microsoft Excel.
- The maximum number of items for the ARRAY command can be set properly now.
- Improved how EXTEND works with UNDO.
- Fixed screen flickers on selection rectangle in some situations.
- Fixed incorrect layout color in unique situations.
- Installer prerequisites added to bootstrapper configuration for members to enable/disable. Also universal path to bootstrapper for x86 and x64 system is used.
- MSPACE command now activates model space in a viewport.
- ACIS functionality enabled with correct Modeler.dll.
- Fixed display of prompt box after using toolbar.
- Fixed solids preview.
- Grips fixed for dynamic pan and zoom.
- Zoom Window in MVIEW fixed.
- Fixed display of entities when using EXPLODE.
- Fixed offset of XLINEs.
- GRDRAW: Added special layer in Icad device for temporary graphics which is merged in XOR mode to OpenGL graphics. GRDRAW performance is faster now.
- NWUCS: Selected reference point for solid wedges and spheres corrected.
- Mouse pan fixed after mouse wheel zoom.
- Arrow keys now work properly when set for PAN command.
- Improved usability for command execution and switching between viewports.
- Selected reference points for solid wedges and pyramids were corrected.
- Added leading '\n' to purge command initial prompt to clean up the command line.
- Enabled regen on each update for raster images.
- Added PEDIT to the list of commands in FEEDBACK.
- Old hyperlink marker removed properly now when using MOVE command.
- Internal and hidden commands are omitted from the command history now.
Important Fixes:
The following list details some of the 200+ fixes that were implemented since the initial 7.0 release.
Open and save files
- Fixed SAVEAS at command prompt for ASCII DXF.
- File types fixed in localized version of Open dialog box.
- File saved to correct format after using _wblock command.
Printing
- Default Print output path fixed for My Documents folder.
- Paper area corrected when user changes printer driver.
- Zoom levels in Print Preview mode are improved.
- PRINT command saves previous plot now.
- Fixed printing of shaded boxes that required wireframe printing.
- Fixed printing to limits that printed from the upper right.
- PC3 support improvements.
- Print preview fixed for hiding entities in a block located on non-printed layer.
Blocks, attributes, and external references
- Fixed WBLOCK dialog for pre-selected blocks.
- Several fixes and improvements for attributes, their entity data, and attribute flags.
- Exploding a block with an attribute positions the attribute definition now.
Text
- Default MTEXT color fixed.
- -MTEXT MATCHPROP fixes.
- Fixed justification for Text entities.
- Fixed lost TAB characters when editing MTEXT.
- Fixes for MTEXT background fills.
- Fixed the color of MTEXT when pasted from another application.
Dimensions
- Fixed issue with dragging dimension text.
- Fixed DIMJOGLINE command issue.
- Fixed the position of Dimlin when selecting side of a rectangle.
- Fixed dimension styles with leaders directed "over dimension line, with leader."
- Fixed text placement when updating dimensions.
APIs
- Added function icedAddObjectContextMenu.
- Fixes for vl- string functions.
- Fix for registering LISP functions using IRX.
- Fix for LISP (read) of escaped symbols.
- LISP fixes for functions 'entdel' and 'entnext'.
- Fix for SDS function "sds_getvar" that returned type RTLONG instead of RTSHORT for integer variables.
- Calling sds_command from a non-ICAD thread.
- sds_ssget to return RTCAN if user presses Esc at selection prompt.
- Fix for (command "._dimstyle") that opened a dialog.
- (entget) for leader entity now returns complete data list.
Other fixes
- Improvements to CHPROP command, including highlighting during use and using repeatedly.
- Layer selection fixed when attempting to select frozen layers.
- ENTPROP now changes block attributes in paperspace and modelspace properly.
- Default log path was corrected to support Windows 7 User Access Control.
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Toolbar fixes include display of context menu and import/export detailed XML format.
- Several improvements and fixes to the FILLET command.
- Fixed BHATCH issue with UCS.
- Fixes for ARRAY polar angle and 3DARRAY polar angle.
- 3DPOLY command now prompts properly for closing the polygon.
- Entity snap icon displays properly during grip operations.
- CUT and COPY no longer cause deadlock issues.
- FLATTEN command preserves entity layer now. FLATTEN also fixed for 3D polygons.
- AREA now supports IMAGE, TEXT, and MTEXT entities.
- Fix for moving 3D solids.
- Fix for ZOOM command with windows.
- Fix for DGNATTACH command.
- Fix for NEWWIZ command when specifying a template to a bad file name.
- -INSERT command now uses command line properly.
- Page Setup icons fixed in localized version of Explorer.
- Fixed crash for GROUP command when reordering entities.
- Fixed crash with ARRAY command when using with large text.
- Several fixes for PEDIT command, including decurves, fit, and join.
- Fixed using "." to set string sysvar to empty value.
- Performance improvements to EXTEND command.
- Fixed OFFSET command issues.
- Fixed crash when deleting a linetype.
- Fixed INSERT command scale issues.
- Fixed EDITLEN Undo option.
- True Color specification fixed for ENTMAKE.
- Fix for creating a 3D face on the current layer.
New Features:
Interactive Graphic Elements
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Selection crossing/window shows transparent colorization.
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Selected entities appear in color during dragging.
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Point indicators to help in graphics creation (e.g., when drawing a 3-point circle).
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Paperspace sheet color.
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Automatic creation of mview viewport on initial activation of Layout tab.
User Interface
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Pulldown menus include support for re-organized commands and the display of icons.
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Several dialogs include 24-bit icons or have been re-written.
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New docking properties pane with the ability to pin or hide the window.
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IntelliCAD Drawing Explorer is enhanced with 24-bit icons, improved layer handling with multi-select support, icons in the list control, and improved usability.
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Improvements in handling blocks, views, dimensions, and text styles.
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Improvements to snap and selection.
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Multiple windows can be open with different views or layouts.
- Paperspace supports non-rectangular viewports.
Display Devices
- New support for choosing a display device directly from the status bar.
- Choose between DirectX, OpenGL, and the computer's default device.
- Three new system variables for managing display devices: GSCURRENT, GSPRIMARY, and GSALT.
Graphics Display
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Real-time hidden-line and shaded viewing.
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Display gradient hatches.
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Improved draw order and dragging in color.
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Non-rectangular viewports.
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Display proxies in blocks and xreferences.
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Display ADT and Civil 3D objects.
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DWF and DGN overlays.
APIs
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IntelliCAD 7 is now using DWGdirect as its internal database; the DRX interface is available for developers to create custom entities. See the sample DRX applications.
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Support for Visual Studio Tools for Applications.
- SDS/ADS now supports UNICODE.
More New Features
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Direct integration with the DWGdirect libraries allows for faster ODA updates.
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New Page Setup Manager.
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Enhanced Print dialog.
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Export STL files.
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LAYBYENT command allows you to select an entity to control layer settings or VPLayer settings.
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REFEDIT command allows you to edit blocks even if they are in external drawings (Xrefs).
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GSCURRENT allows you to change graphics display devices.
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Options dialog allows you to change languages on the fly.
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Dozens of new hatch patterns.
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New FEEDBACK command for users to send in feedback.
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Direct access to Developer Help from the Help menu.
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Direct access to the User Guide PDF from the Help menu.
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Support for visual styles.
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New 3D orbit command for easier dynamic rotation and 3D viewing.
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New dimension styles.
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Ability to display print styles in paper space.
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Support for associative dimensions.
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Support for relative paths for images and Xreferences.
Performance Enhancements
- Opening and saving files.
- Real-time rotating, hidden line, and shading.
- Double buffer display.
- Because DWGdirect is the database, more modern data structures are used which are faster (maps and vectors verses arrays).
- Demand loading features as DRX applications, including the Properties pane, IntelliCAD Explorer, External Reference Manager, Image Manager, solids creation/editing, mesh entity creation, and more.
- The drawing database is persistent and this speeds access for saving, printing, layout issues, etc.
IntelliCAD 6.6 was released on 9/1/2009.
Important Fixes:
As of September 2009, the following list details some of the fixes that were implemented for this release.
Open and save files
- Drawings with multiple layouts and printer configurations now save much faster.
- Some drawings did not load and convert polylines when PLINETYPE=0; this has been fixed.
- Improved reliability when opening drawings from a network drive.
- Improved opening files through Windows File Explorer.
- Improved roundtrip for non-rectangular viewports.
Raster images (IntelliCAD Professional versions)
- Adeko Raster now handles larger images with higher performance and less memory usage.
- Adeko Raster provides better performance for more complex drawings with many images attached.
- Crashes could occur during out-of-memory conditions for extremely large image files (300MB+); this has been fixed.
- IMAGECLIP command line options are now compatible with scripts.
- IMAGECLIP can now be called correctly from LISP.
- AddImage COM API method is now working correctly.
- Image/Attach dialog box did not always appear on top of the IntelliCAD main window; this has been fixed.
- Fade option of image management no longer works in reverse.
- Adeko Raster now properly supports FILEDIA when attaching image files.
- Added the RASTERVERNUM system variable to determine the version number of Adeko Raster.
- Improved support for images inserted with Hitachi Image manager.
- Added support for additional image positioning files.
- Image handling from LISP and the command line have been improved.
Blocks and external references
- Dynamic block roundtrip improvements.
- Performance increase in handling font substitutions for complex external references.
- INSERT command no longer creates incorrectly scaled blocks when the z-scale is not prompted.
- Block attributes no longer display the incorrect position (justification) when reopened in other applications.
Hatches
- Hatch boundary now handles more complex cases.
View drawings
- Improved pan and zoom performance for large raster images.
- Real-time pan or zoom no longer causes the loss of correlation between the crosshairs and the entity during some COPY and MOVE operations.
- Improved display of table entities.
- Fixed a GDI memory leak for the ZOOM command.
Printing
- Print offset now stores in paper units.
- The -plot command now consistently handles the advanced plot setting "Print Lineweights."
APIs
- SDS: Some problems occurred in SDS applications when the XCrashHandler application was active; this has been fixed.
- SDS: Deadlocks could occur when using sds_command to call Zoom and sds_ssget at the same time; this has been fixed.
- SDS: sds_draggen() could crash when a NULL prompt was passed in; this has been fixed.
Other fixes
- Entity Properties toolbar can now change an entity to reside on a frozen layer.
- Polar tracking now works properly with Surveyor's Units.
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Offset polyline now handles more complex cases.
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In some cases keywords were not properly handled when combined with object snap input; this has been fixed.
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Incorrect tablet configuration could cause random crashes; this has been fixed.
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Some intermittent crashes occurred during mouse-over grip editing and drawing closing; this has been fixed.
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IntelliCAD could crash when deleting linetypes from the IntelliCAD Explorer; this has been fixed.
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Drawing change callbacks are no longer inconsistent.
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New support for DIMTALN and MTEXT format \S~.
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Attribute and AttributeDef objects now support the Locked property.
- New enhancements to the User Coordinate System window.
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A new UCS can now be created using the SETUCS command > Explore UCSes.
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The Fillet Chain option now works for ACIS solids filleting.
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A random crash no longer occurs for the XCLIP and XREF CLIP commands.
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Rendering was improved for shape based linetypes.
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Performance was enhanced for entmod of layer tables.
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Offset command improved handling for properties and extended entity data.
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Increased omode settings snap priority over polar snap settings priority when both are enabled.
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Improved performance with very large sets of toolbars and menus.
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Improved trim for some ellipse entities.
IntelliCAD 6.5 was released on 7/7/2008.
New Features:
Performance enhancements
Performance has been enhanced considerably when using real-time zoom, real-time pan, and saving drawings.
Toolbar and menu icons
The IntelliCAD user interface has been enhanced with new 24-bit icons for all color toolbar icons and menus.
Use polar tracking
Polar tracking is a new tool used to help you draw with precision. When polar tracking is turned on, guides display on the screen automatically at specified polar angle increments.
Check the spelling of text
You can check the spelling of single-line text, multiline text, paragraph text, attributes, attribute definitions, and dimension text. Additional features include loading dictionaries from different sources, including various languages, and adding your own words to a custom dictionary.
Copy multiple entities
Now it’s easier to copy multiple entities. IntelliCAD defaults to prompting for additional copies of selected entities during the Copy command.
Work with additional image formats
The number of image formats available for drawings has been expanded. You can include images in the following formats: ECW, JPG 2000, ERS, ALG, HDR, DAT, DOQ, FST, NTF, ASC, IMG, DEM, DDF, DT0 and DT1, and HDF (including MET, L1R, and L1G).
Layer toolbar
You can now use the Layer toolbar to specify layout-specific layer settings. The Layer toolbar dynamically sizes, making it easier to manage large layer lists or drawings with long layer names.
VBILOAD command
A newly implemented VBILOAD command allows you to load a VBI file.
Customize the status bar and menus using DIESEL
You can use DIESEL from the command line, in MNU menu files, and in LISP to customize the status bar and menus.
Use new and enhanced system variables
New or enhanced system variables include: AUTOSNAP, COPYMODE, DCTCUST, DCTMAIN, DCTMAINPATH, DIMTFAC, POLARADDANG, POLARANG, POLARDIST, POLARMODE, SNAPTYPE, and TRACKPATH.
Important Fixes:
The following list details some of the approximately 200 fixes that were implemented for this release.
Open and save files
- IntelliCAD uses the DWGdirect 2.5.2 libraries.
- IntelliCAD uses new DaVinci libraries.
- When opening a DWG 2006 file created originally in Autodesk® AutoCAD®, the ATTRIB no longer changes in IntelliCAD. Also, hard pointer is no longer changed from LEADER to MTEXT.
- QSAVE works properly now when zoomed in closely in a drawing.
- Saving a drawing after exploding its contents no longer produces errors.
- In some specific cases, the following items were inconsistent when opening and saving drawings, which have been fixed: VIEWCTR, ACIS solids, elliptical arcs, splines, text thickness, draw order.
- Improved behavior when attempting to reopen an already opened drawing file.
Import and export files
- When exporting to PDF, IntelliCAD now includes external references and OLE objects.
- Exporting to 3D DWF works correctly now.
- OLE objects are exported to PDF files correctly now.
Raster images (IntelliCAD Professional versions)
- Attaching a raster image now properly releases memory.
- Stretching images with clipped boundaries could cause IntelliCAD to crash.
- TFW positioning files are used correctly.
- Images can now be attached that have non-English file paths.
- Image file sizes no longer change when saving drawings.
- Images that cannot be found or loaded no longer cause delays on REGEN.
- Fixed problem when attaching invalid images.
- You can now attach images even when FILEDIA is turned off.
Layers
- Inconsistencies in distinguishing layers named "0" and "00" have been corrected.
- Layers in external references now appear on the Properties toolbar.
Blocks
- Fixed block selection when block is coincident with a line.
- Files created with the WBLOCK command save preview images now.
Dimensions
- DIMFAC implemented for dimension tolerances in Dimension Settings dialog.
- In some cases, dimension positions were incorrect; this has been fixed.
Text
- ASCII line text characters interpretation problem fixed.
- In some cases entering multiple DTEXT entities resulted in only the last entity being created; this has been fixed.
View drawings
- Zoom Extents fixed to work properly in drawings with proxy entities.
- Fixed viewing inconsistencies when zooming in and out in paperspace.
- Fixed viewing inconsistencies when undoing changes made in paperspace, if model space has a view twist applied.
- Anonymous blocks did not display properly in some cases; this has been fixed.
- Block attributes now display properly during drag operations.
- Significant performance increase for toolbar controls when running certain LISP and SDS routines.
Printing
- IntelliCAD no longer changes the current directory after loading a printer configuration file.
- Fixed print preview and printing of specific attributes.
- Print Preview now displays print offsets correctly.
- Drawings print correctly with 1 to 1 scale.
APIs
- COM: Fixed problem canceling an active command.
- COM: Layouts can no longer be assigned a duplicate name.
- COM: Plotmanager.setpapersize, Plotmanager.Getpapersize, and Points.Add now work properly.
- LISP: Using the Lisp entity snap nearest function in a drawing with an XREF underlay containing an empty MTEXT entity, IntelliCAD no longer hangs.
- LISP: Implemented RGB color support for the CHPROP and CHANGE commands.
- LISP: LISP environment settings are preserved per drawing when opening additional drawings.
- DCL: problem with dlg_slide_image fixed.
Other fixes
- Specific drawing was unable to load as an external reference until fixed text height was set to 0.
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Full color persists for layers after turning layers on and off.
- Hiding three-dimensional entities could fail inside viewports.
- Entities with Xdata attached can now be trimmed and edited properly.
- IntersectWith now works properly with ray entities.
- AUDIT works properly for drawings that contain external references.
- Regions created from polylines that contain arc segments are exploded correctly.
- Fixed crash after using CTRL+V after UNDO.
- Fixed problem when running a command and switching between two drawings.
- Fixed trimming a circle at very large coordinates.
- WIPEOUT command fixed to better hide lines.
- Fixed crash when undoing the deletion of certain proxy entities.
- Fixed problem inserting a block containing a wipeout.
- Linking problem fixed for entities with a hyperlink assigned.
- Problem with loading hatches fixed.
- Search path order for finding drawings fixed.
- Snapping to a point twice no longer causes crash.
- TABLET command allows non-interactive input and wrapping of tablet calibration and other routines.
- Significant startup performance improvement when digitizer is installed but disconnected.
- Improved hatch stability for certain complex boundary conditions.
Technical Notes:
Crash handler
IntelliCAD now has crash handler capabilities using the error reporting systems from Adeko and Microsoft.
Language packs
Ten language translations are available for portions of the IntelliCAD user interface. The language translations do not cover all of the software, but they provide a starting point when implementing various language packages.
IntelliCAD 6.4 was released 7/25/2007.
New Features:
Work with the newest DWG 2007 format
IntelliCAD supports the updated DWG 2007 format, including 2008 object support, by opening, printing, and saving new entity types, such as annotations, and recognizing new system variables.
Use new and enhanced system variables
Changed system variables include: ACADVER and DIMSCALE.
New system variables supported for DWG file compatibility: ANNOALLVISIBLE, ANNOTATIVEDWG, CANNOSCALE, CANNOSCALEVALUE, CMLEADERSTYLE, DGNFRAME, DXEVAL, DIMANNO, LAYEREVAL, LAYERNOTIFY, LIGHTINUNITS, LIGHTSINBLOCKS, LINEARBRIGHTNESS, LINEARCONTRAST, LOGEXPBRIGHTNESS, LOGEXPCONTRAST, LOGEXPDAYLIGHT, LOGEXPMIDTONES, LOGEXPPHYSICALSCALE, MSLTSCALE, RENDERUSERLIGHTS, SAVEFIDELITY, and VPLAYEROVERRIDES.
Important Fixes:
Open and save files
- Corrupted drawings containing more than one Layer 0 are now recovered correctly.
Raster images (IntelliCAD Professional versions)
- The Image Quality command now displays the current value.
Hatches
- Aborting a hatch boundary selection could cause IntelliCAD to crash.
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Some hatch patterns could change scale on save; this has been fixed.
Printing
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All print settings were not always saved correctly for each layout; this has been fixed.
Blocks
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Attributes must now be included when selecting a block with a window selection.
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The Blocks Explorer no longer fails when displaying blocks with complex proxy objects.
Dimensions
- The Dimension Settings dialog now shows the proper color for dimension line color.
Display
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In some cases new OLE objects only displayed the object frame and not the contents; this has been fixed.
- In some cases you could get graphics garbage/noise when dragging selections; this has been fixed.
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In some cases elliptical arcs with non-normalized start and end angles did not save correctly, causing the display to change. This has been fixed.
Images
- TWF positioning files are now used correctly for images.
- 600 DPI black and white images now print correctly.
ACIS and 3D solids
- 3D Array now works properly for ACIS 3D solid objects.
- Arcs are now created with correct start and end angles when regions are exploded.
- Some crashes in rendering or performing hide on ACIS 3D solids have been resolved.
- ACIS entity-specific colors added by other applications (not IntelliCAD) could be lost on save; this has been corrected.
SDS
- Sds_bbox now properly supports nested blocks.
- The 'click' button callback was added for the radio buttons group.
- Added support for ADS functions that create, edit, and remove dictionaries.
More fixes
- The Model tab no longer brings up the rename dialog when you double-click it.
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The Layout command line interface is now compatible with AutoCAD scripts.
- Layer table extension dictionaries were not always saved correctly; this has been fixed.
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Viewpoint and other commands that change the view in 3D are no longer supported in paperspace.
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Changing an attribute's justification no longer changes its insertion point to 0,0.
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Improved handling for drawings that contain multi-byte text and filenames.
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Added callbacks for DCL radio buttons.
- Extending curved polyline entities no longer causes random crashes.
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Architectural Desktop door proxy objects now display properly in plan view.
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Tangent snap now works properly for xline and ray entities.
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Some mline entities could lose breaks or end caps on save; this has been fixed.