ACTCAD Software Updates & Fixes

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.

• 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

• Selection crossing/window shows transparent colorization.

• Selected entities appear in color during dragging.

• Point indicators to help in graphics creation (e.g., when drawing a 3-point circle).

• Paperspace sheet color.

• Automatic creation of mview viewport on initial activation of Layout tab.

User Interface

• Pulldown menus include support for re-organized commands and the display of icons.

• Several dialogs include 24-bit icons or have been re-written.

• New docking properties pane with the ability to pin or hide the window.

• IntelliCAD Drawing Explorer is enhanced with 24-bit icons, improved layer handling with multi-select support, icons in the list control, and improved usability.

• Improvements in handling blocks, views, dimensions, and text styles.

• Improvements to snap and selection.

• 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

• Real-time hidden-line and shaded viewing.

• Display gradient hatches.

• Improved draw order and dragging in color.

• Non-rectangular viewports.

• Display proxies in blocks and xreferences.

• Display ADT and Civil 3D objects.

• DWF and DGN overlays.

APIs

• 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.

• Support for Visual Studio Tools for Applications.

• SDS/ADS now supports UNICODE.

More New Features

• Direct integration with the DWGdirect libraries allows for faster ODA updates.

• New Page Setup Manager.

• Enhanced Print dialog.

• Export STL files.

• LAYBYENT command allows you to select an entity to control layer settings or VPLayer settings.

• REFEDIT command allows you to edit blocks even if they are in external drawings (Xrefs).

• GSCURRENT allows you to change graphics display devices.

• Options dialog allows you to change languages on the fly.

• Dozens of new hatch patterns.

• New FEEDBACK command for users to send in feedback.

• Direct access to Developer Help from the Help menu.

• Direct access to the User Guide PDF from the Help menu.

• Support for visual styles.

• New 3D orbit command for easier dynamic rotation and 3D viewing.

• New dimension styles.

• Ability to display print styles in paper space.

• Support for associative dimensions.

• 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.

• Offset polyline now handles more complex cases.

• In some cases keywords were not properly handled when combined with object snap input; this has been fixed.

• Incorrect tablet configuration could cause random crashes; this has been fixed.

• Some intermittent crashes occurred during mouse-over grip editing and drawing closing; this has been fixed.

• IntelliCAD could crash when deleting linetypes from the IntelliCAD Explorer; this has been fixed.

• Drawing change callbacks are no longer inconsistent.

• New support for DIMTALN and MTEXT format \S~.

• Attribute and AttributeDef objects now support the Locked property.

• New enhancements to the User Coordinate System window.

• A new UCS can now be created using the SETUCS command > Explore UCSes.

• The Fillet Chain option now works for ACIS solids filleting.

• A random crash no longer occurs for the XCLIP and XREF CLIP commands.

• Rendering was improved for shape based linetypes.

• Performance was enhanced for entmod of layer tables.

• Offset command improved handling for properties and extended entity data.

• Increased omode settings snap priority over polar snap settings priority when both are enabled.

• Improved performance with very large sets of toolbars and menus.

• 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.

• 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.

• Some hatch patterns could change scale on save; this has been fixed.

Printing

• All print settings were not always saved correctly for each layout; this has been fixed.

Blocks

• Attributes must now be included when selecting a block with a window selection.

• 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

• 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.

• 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.

• The Layout command line interface is now compatible with AutoCAD scripts.

• Layer table extension dictionaries were not always saved correctly; this has been fixed.

• Viewpoint and other commands that change the view in 3D are no longer supported in paperspace.

• Changing an attribute's justification no longer changes its insertion point to 0,0.

• Improved handling for drawings that contain multi-byte text and filenames.

• Added callbacks for DCL radio buttons.

• Extending curved polyline entities no longer causes random crashes.

• Architectural Desktop door proxy objects now display properly in plan view.

• Tangent snap now works properly for xline and ray entities.

• Some mline entities could lose breaks or end caps on save; this has been fixed.

IntelliCAD 6.3 was released 2/16/2007.

New Features:

Work with DWG 2007 files

IntelliCAD supports opening, modifying, printing, and saving drawings in DWG 2007 format. The DWG 2007 format is now the default format in which IntelliCAD drawings are saved.

Create and edit color books

Now you can create and edit color books, which help you organize collections of colors, right from IntelliCAD.

Work with images

IntelliCAD Professional version includes enhanced imaging features to help you work with images in your drawings. Working with images is similar as in previous IntelliCAD versions, with easy-to-use features located on the Image menu in IntelliCAD.

Use new layout viewport features

There are several new features for layout viewports:

• Snap to model space entities from paper space.
• Lock layout viewports to lock the model space view or location while panning or zooming in paper space.
• Assign a unique UCS to a layout viewport.

Manage character sets for drawings

IntelliCAD allows you to manage which character set is assigned to a drawing. This unique feature can be very helpful when sharing or distributing drawings in geographic regions where several languages are used that require different character sets to display text properly.

Reverse the zoom direction of the mouse wheel

Instead of zooming in and out by moving the mouse wheel forward and backward, you can reverse the settings to zoom in when spinning the mouse wheel backward and zoom out when spinning the wheel forward. This can be especially helpful if you use the mouse with your left hand.

Use new and enhanced system variables

New system variables include: 3DDWFPREC, DIMARCSYM, DWGCODEPAGE, IMAGEHLT, RASTERVERNUM, RTDISPLAY, UCSVP, and ZOOMWHEELL.

Enhanced system variables include: DELOBJ, FACETRATIO, HALOGAP, HIDEPRECISION, OBSCUREDCOLOR, OBSCUREDLTYPE, OLEQUALITY, and TEXTEVAL.

New system variables supported for DWG file compatibility: CAMERADISPLAY, CAMERAHEIGHT, CMATERIAL, CSHADOW, DEFAULTLIGHTING, DEFAULTLIGHTINGTYPE, DIMFXL, DIMFXLON, DIMJOGANGLE, DIMLTEX1, DIMLTEX2, DIMLTYPE, DIMTFILL, DIMTFILLCLR, DRAGVS, DWFFRAME, DWFOSNAP, DWGCHECK, GRIDDISPLAY, GRIDMAJOR, INTERFERECOLOR, INTERFEREOBJVS, LATITUDE, LEGACYCTRLPICK, LIGHTGLYPHDISPLAY, LIGHTLISTSTATE, LOFTANG1, LOFTANG2, LOFTMAG1, LOFTMAG2, LOFTNORMALS, LOFTPARAM, LOGNITUDE, NORTHDIRECTION, OSOPTIONS, PERSPECTIVE, PSOLHEIGHT, PSOLWIDTH, PUBLISHALLSHEETS, SHADOWPLANELOCATION, SHOWHIST, SOLIDHIST, STEPSIZE, STEPSPERSEC, SUNSTATUS, TIMEZONE, UCSDETECT, VSBACKGROUNDS, VSEDGEJITTER, VSEDGEOVERHANG, VSEDGES, VSEDGESMOOTH, VSFACECOLORMODE, VSFACEHIGHLIGHT, VSFACEOPACITY, VSFACESTYLE, VSHALOGAP, VSHIDEPRECISION, VSINTERSECTIONCOLOR, VSINTERSECTIONEDGES, VSINTERSECTIONLTYPE, VSISOONTOP, VSLIGHTINQUALITY, VSMATERIALMODE, VSMONOCOLOR, VSOBSCUREDCOLOR, VSOBSCUREDEDGES, VSOBSCUREDLTYPE, VSSHADOWS, VSSILHEDGES, and VSSILHWIDTH.

Important Fixes:

Performance

• Improved performance and reduced screen flickers while using dynamic zoom and pan in paper space.
• Raster image performance has been improved greatly for both large image files and many other image files.
• A large memory leak with handling complex meshes was removed.

Open and save files

• IntelliCAD uses the new DWGdirect 2.2 libraries.
• When opening drawings, external references now display properly in the drawing preview.
• Several improvements were made to auditing and recovering corrupt drawing files.

Export files

• When exporting a drawing to a PDF file, paper size enhancements allow you to select from a list of standard paper sizes, specify a custom size, and choose millimeters or inches for the paper size.
• When exporting a drawing to a PDF file, the drawing is now centered properly and exports to the correct size and units.

Raster images (IntelliCAD Professional versions)

• Some raster image types would lose their paths after saving or reloading; this has been fixed.
• RTDISPLAY is now supported for raster images.
• The 280 group code for an image entity now roundtrips properly.
• The Image command is now disabled when no drawing is active.
• The Image dialog box settings are no longer lost when switching between active images in the list box.
• Previewing images is faster for very large image files.
• Mirrored images properly display in the Image Manager.

COM API calls (IntelliCAD Professional versions)

• Adeko raster images can now be inserted via the COM API.
• You can now properly iterate, rename, and delete layouts via the COM API.
• The COM API now checks that layout names are using valid characters.
• You can no longer open the VBA IDE when no drawing is active.
• Text created with the COM API now respects the width and other properties associated with the text style.
• The Boolean UNION COM API interface now properly deletes original input entities.
• When a corrupt file is opened via the COM API, an exception is thrown to indicate a problem.
• The objects, properties, and events in the following table have been updated or added to the COM application program interface.

LISP

• The DIMOVERRIDE command now works properly via the LISP (command) function.

Text

• IntelliCAD no longer intermittently crashes when editing MTEXT.
• The -STYLE command properly handles style names that contain spaces.
• IntelliCAD no longer intermittently crashes when using the Text toolbar to change text styles.

Printing

• Print preview of mirrored text is now correct when MIRRTEXT is 0.
• IntelliCAD versions built with Visual Studio 2003 could hang when exiting the Print Preview command; this has been fixed.
• Entities with the property BYBLOCK (but not contained in blocks) are printed properly.
• The default lineweight for print style tables is now set to Use Entity Lineweight.
• The Print and Print Preview commands now support wipeout frames.
• In some cases attributes did not properly appear in the Print Preview window; this has been fixed.

Blocks and external references

• The External Reference command now remembers the previous path specified.
• Some nested blocks and external references did not display properly when SORTENTS was enabled; this has been fixed.
• Block entities now support the LWDEFAULT value correctly.
• In some cases IntelliCAD would crash when using COPYCLIP on external reference entities; this has been fixed.
• In some cases IntelliCAD would crash when using WBLOCK on external reference or block entities; this has been fixed.
• The Insert command now defaults to search a block's path specified in the Options dialog box on the Paths tab.

Viewports

• You can now snap to entities in model space from paper space.
• The Plan command now works properly with layout viewports (MVIEWs).
• In some cases IntelliCAD would display the wrong layout viewport when multiple layout viewports were active; this has been fixed.
• In some cases a corrupt layout viewport could be created when viewport entities were deleted; this has been fixed.

Dimensions

• Dimensions in layout viewports that snap to model space geometry no longer lose associativity upon UPDATE.

Draworder

• Improvements were made to draworder for blocks, external references, hatching, and text.
• Wipeout entities properly support draworder.

Circle entities

• The Tangent-Tangent-Tangent option is now available for circle creation.
• The Tangent Snap cursor is properly displayed while creating a circle using the Radius-Tangent-Tangent option.

Display

• Tolerance plus and minus symbols and diameter symbols now display correctly in Japanese versions of IntelliCAD.
• On some displays the layer control on the Properties toolbar could react to clicks outside of the control; this has been fixed.\
• OLE objects display correctly when WBLOCKed to a new drawing file.

Entity selection

• Selection for overlapping block entities has been improved.
• OLE objects can now be selected with a crossing window.
• Using Shift+click to select entities for editing in the Properties dialog box no longer intermittently disables selection until IntelliCAD is restarted.

Entity snaps

• You can now properly press Tab to cycle through entity snaps.
• IntelliCAD no longer intermittently goes into an infinite loop when trying to snap to complex NURBS curves.

More fixes

• You can now create a CFrameWnd window from an SDS DLL when building with Visual Studio 2003.
• IntelliCAD no longer crashes during the cancellation of a Text Style or Dimension Style in the IntelliCAD Explorer.
• Localization problems with the Linetype toolbar control have been resolved.
• Scrolling on the status bar layer control has been enabled.
• The Fillet command works properly on lines with different linetypes.
• The OK button in the Boundary dialog box is properly enabled.
• Exploding a block or region with varying positive and negative scale factors no longer causes arc segments inside the block to lose their proper starting and ending angles.
• The PASTECLIP command now allows you to specify an insertion point.
• Some alerts and message boxes were not proper child windows of IntelliCAD, which were causing some contextual problems; this has been fixed.
• Some entities could lose extended entity data during mirror and copy operations; this has been fixed.
• Using the Offset command on self intersecting polylines produces improved results.
• Grip editing of certain entities now properly updates extended entity 3D coordinate data (group codes 1011, 1021, 1031).
• ATTDEF entities now properly keep their alignment during roundtrip.
• IntelliCAD works properly now when using the BHATCH command and a specified hatch pattern does not exist.
• The command bar can now accept and display multi-byte characters.
• The OBSCUREDCOLOR and OBSCUREDLTYPE system variables now roundtrip properly.
• Several enhancement were made to improve user profiles.
• RTPAN now works properly in paperspace when RTSKIPCOUNT is set to a value other than 0.
• WBLOCK now properly supports wipeout entities.
• Reloading the same linetype several times no longer causes an infinite loop.
• The prompt box now displays for the main Line, Circle, Arc, and Polygon commands when they are activated from the toolbar.

Technical Notes:

Working with DWG 2007 files

The DWGCHECK feature in AutoCAD 2007 can cause a message to appear when a user opens IntelliCAD files in AutoCAD 2007. The message states that the file to be opened was created with an application other than AutoCAD.

Hiding 3D geometry in layout viewports

In some instances, 3D geometry is not hidden correctly when using the Hide command in layout viewports (the display may be distorted). Before using the Hide command, set the UCSs on the Model and Layout tabs to World so that the results of the Hide command are correct.

Overriding dimension arrowheads

Dimensions created in Autodesk® AutoCAD® 2007 that have dimension style overrides for arrowhead variables dimblk, dimblk1, dimblk2, or dimldrblk can lose the overrides if edited in IntelliCAD.

SDS Development

SDS DLLs built with earlier versions of IntelliCAD are not binary compatible with IntelliCAD 6.3. You will need to rebuild your SDS applications using the IntelliCAD 6.3 sds.lib and sds.h files.

Certain command names removed

The following command names are obsolete and have been removed from IntelliCAD: REDIT, RASTERIN, -RASTERIN, and RCLIP. Their corresponding command names are: IMAGE, IMAGEATTACH, -IMAGEATTACH, and IMAGECLIP.

 IntelliCAD 6.2 was released on 4/27/2006.

New Features:

Assign true colors and color book colors

You’ve always been able to add color to your drawings using index colors, but now you use two new color features:

• True colors — Defined using 24-bit color, there are more than 16 million true colors from which you can choose.
• Color books — Defined with a list of colors, color books help you organize collections of colors. For example, you can store a unique color scheme in a color book for a client and then use colors only from that color book for the client’s drawings.

Work with raster images using ADeko Raster

IntelliCAD Professional version includes new raster imaging software to help you work with images in your drawings. Working with raster images is similar to previous IntelliCAD versions, with easy-to-use features located on the Image menu in IntelliCAD.

Export to PDF and 3D DWF format

You can export drawings to two new formats:

• PDF — Portable Document Format files allow you to distribute your drawing to others for viewing with Adobe® Acrobat® Reader®, which is free software that users can download, and for viewing, reviewing, and editing with Adobe® Acrobat.
• 3D DWF — 3D Design Web Format files can be viewed in a Web browser if Autodesk® DWF Viewer is also installed on the computer. DWF Viewer is a free tool from Autodesk® that always supported viewing 2D DWF files, but now supports viewing DWF files in three dimensions.

Use entity snaps

When using the extension option with Intersection Snap and Apparent Intersection Snap, IntelliCAD draws dashed extension lines to help guide you as you use the extension snap option.

If you are working in the command bar, you can modify the active command by typing m2p or mtp to enable a one-time snap to the midpoint of two points that you specify.

Edit text in the command line

The command bar and Prompt History window include enhanced text editing, including cutting, copying, and pasting text; copying the last command line or the entire command history; and repeating a previously executed command.

Create wipeout entities

Wipeouts are unique entities that can help you hide areas of your drawing. They display with the current background color, so the details behind the wipeout do not display or print. However, if your version of IntelliCAD does not include raster image capability (that is, does not include an Image menu), wipeout entities display, but the details behind the wipeouts also display.

Create audio notes from existing *.wav files

In addition to recording audio notes in IntelliCAD and attaching them to entities, you can now create audio notes from existing *.wav files. Audio notes created from an existing *.wav file are saved in the drawing file and the separate *.wav file remains unchanged.

View thumbnails of drawings

When you open or save a drawing, drawing files can be displayed in a number of ways, including by filename with or without the additional details. Now you can also view thumbnail images of drawing files.

You can also view thumbnail images when you browse drawing files on your computer using programs that came with your operating system, such as Windows® File Explorer or My Computer.

Use new and enhanced system variables

New system variables include: AUDIOICONCOLOR, NOMUTT, OSNAPCOORD, OSNAPHATCH, OSNAPZ, and RTSKIPCOUNT.

Enhanced system variables include: CECOLOR and SNAPCOLOR.

Important Bug Fixes:

Display

• In some cases IntelliCAD improperly clipped block sub-entities and they did not display.
• The display of Chinese characters has improved due to better handling of double-byte characters.
• The handling of visibility flags on attributes is improved.
• Sub-entities in blocks properly support the display of lineweights.
• Dimensions from earlier DWG versions are not translated to new locations when a drawing is opened.
• Clipping is improved for overlapping viewports.
• Mview viewports saved as "Off" in IntelliCAD do not display as "On" in Autodesk® AutoCAD®.
• Draworder has been greatly improved for entities within blocks and external references.

• Draworder is properly retained for edited entities (Copy, Block, Move, etc.).

Open and save files

• IntelliCAD uses the new DWGdirect 1.14.02 libraries.
• IntelliCAD properly saves binary extended entity data.
• Extended entity data on group objects and view entities is saved properly.
• Corrupted or missing plot styles do not prevent entities from being saved.
• New actions are taken to help prevent data corruption when opening and saving drawings. If necessary, additional error messages display.
• Opening files includes general performance improvements.
• IntelliCAD saves the active drawing first (rather than non-active drawings first) when multiple files are open and IntelliCAD is closed.

COM API calls (IntelliCAD Professional versions)

IntelliCAD now uses the 6.4 VBA SDK version.

Print parameters can be set correctly through the COM API.

The objects, methods, and properties in the following table have been updated or added to the COM application program interface.

Dialog Control Language (DCL)

• DCL list boxes and DCL images display the proper height.
• DCL list boxes handle truncation correctly.

Hatches

• When associative hatches are erased, their boundaries are no longer erased with them.
• Direction on ellipses and elliptical arcs are not changed when the drawing is saved, which had previously caused issues when these entities were used as hatch boundaries.
• The Bhatch command can use entities inside a block as a boundary edge.
• User-defined hatch patterns do not have their base point reset when the drawing is saved.
• Non-associative hatches do not display as associative in the Hatch dialog box.
• The Bhatch dialog box and the HPASSOC system variable are now synchronized.

Text

• Text and MText now support the display of UNICODE characters.
• The justification and display of TrueType fonts is improved.
• Text is no longer modified when opening and closing the DDEdit dialog box.
• IntelliCAD does not crash when adjusting the ruler in the Mtext dialog box.
• The Mtext dialog box displays with the current background color and all text colors appear the same as in the drawing.
• Vertical text grip point and direction now more closely match AutoCAD.
• Mtext paragraph tab justification is improved and more closely matches AutoCAD.
• Formatted text pasted from Excel appears formatted correctly in IntelliCAD.
• Font mapping includes general improvements.
• Diameter symbols display properly in Mtext.
• Mtext supports the Explode command.
• Stack text diagonally (\S1#2).

Zoom

• Transparent zooms do not disable the current selection.
• Entity snaps can be used to specify points for a Zoom window.
• The Zoom command properly finds the extents of dimension entities.
• Although the Dynamic Zoom option was available previously, it is now located in the list of command options and in the menus.

Print features

• IntelliCAD properly prints lineweights less than 2 millimeters.
• Dot hatch patterns print correctly and display in the Print Preview window correctly.
• IntelliCAD opens CTB and STB print style table files created in AutoCAD 2005 and 2006.
• IntelliCAD handles corrupted CTB and STB print style table files better.
• Canceling the Print Preview window no longer closes IntelliCAD.

ACIS and 3D solids

IntelliCAD uses the new ACIS R15 SP3 libraries.

Rendering

IntelliCAD uses the latest DaVinci Rendering 5.6.4 libraries.

Offset

• The Offset command includes better handling of polylines that have a large number of vertices close together (that is, short distances between vertices).
• The Offset command trims degenerate parts when the resulting curve self-intersects.

Support for Trim and Extend commands

• General improvements were made to handle complex cases for the Trim and Extend commands.
• Ray entities support the Trim command.
• Dimension entities support the Trim and Extend commands.
• Wipeouts support the Trim and Extend commands.
• Image entities support the Trim and Extend commands.
• Polyline entities have improved support for the Trim and Extend commands.

Mview

• Mviews that are turned off are properly supported.
• Mview group 90 codes are saved properly.

Installer

The IntelliCAD installer has been completely re-written with InstallShield 10.5.

More fixes

• Layouts do not disappear when they are renamed.
• Performance has been increased 8X when inserting drawings with large polyface meshes.
• Chamfers can be created between lightweight polyline and line entities.
• The New Drawing Wizard does not create multiple files when Finish is clicked multiple times.
• Toolbars are no longer moved from their previous position during IntelliCAD startup.
• Mlines can be exploded properly.
• The Undo stack is not corrupted while scrolling with the mouse wheel.
• When a parent drawing is saved, linetypes are not changed to Continuous in external references.
• Header and footer controls in the Options dialog box show correct data.
• Dimension values do not change when copying and pasting from one drawing to another drawing.
• The Area command computes the area correctly.
• Proxy entities can be deleted.
• The Hide and Shade commands work properly in perspective view.
• IntelliCAD no longer randomly hangs when the focus switches to another application while changing the drawing settings.
• IntelliCAD no longer crashes when snapping to the intersection of nested block entities.
• IntelliCAD no longer hangs when the vertically docked command bar is minimized.
• IntelliCAD no longer randomly crashes after browsing linetypes in IntelliCAD Explorer.
• Many memory leaks have been fixed, including large leaks when handling meshes.

 Technical Notes:

Importing 3D DWF files not supported

While you can export a drawing to 3D DWF format, you cannot import 3D DWF files. If you attempt to import a 3D DWF file, the drawing in IntelliCAD will be blank. Importing 3D DWF files is unsupported at this time.

2D DWF files may produce errors

If you open or audit a 2D DWF file, you may receive error messages or the file may become unusable. The ability to work with 2D DWF files is still under development.

Wipeout entities print as filled polygons

Wipeout entities print as polygons filled with the same color as the current background color. In some cases this may cause unexpected print results, for example, if printing on colored paper.

IntelliCAD 6.1 was released on 9/5/2005.

New Features:

Create rendered images

IntelliCAD uses new and enhanced rendering features to create higher-quality and more photo-realistic images of models.

Both IntelliCAD Standard and IntelliCAD Professional include the new rendering solution, while some versions provide additional rendering capabilities with a complete set of materials, backgrounds, lighting options, and render settings.

Format text

New formatting features are available when you enter text using Insert > Multiline Text. You can specify text color, first line indents, paragraph indents, right indents, and tabs.

Attach and record audio

IntelliCAD provides the unique ability to record audio notes, which are sound clips attached to entities and available for playback at any time. For example, audio notes in a factory floor plan can describe maintenance activities for specific areas of the factory and employees can play the audio notes to hear instructions.

Work with 3D solids

In addition to slicing and sectioning solids, you can now slice regions and bodies (typically sheets). This feature is available if your IntelliCAD version supports editing ACIS solids.

Use entity snaps

You can now snap to hatch patterns when using entity snaps:

• Snap to the middle points and end points of hatch pattern lines.
• Snap to the nearest point and perpendicular point on a hatch pattern line.
• Snap to any intersection point or apparent intersection point where the pattern line intersects with other entities that are supported by entity snaps.

Use new system variables

New system variables include: AUDIOICON, AUDIOICONCOLOR, and AUDIOICONSCALE.

Imprtant Fixes:

Multiline text

• The text height for multiline text is saved correctly now when exiting the MTEXT command dialog box.
• The formatting for the MTEXT command (Bold, Italic, and Underline) now works correctly.

• You can now use both begin and end curly braces appropriately with the MTEXT command.

• MTEXT entities can now be used as a cutting edge with the TRIM command.

Entity snaps

• Extended intersection snap now works properly.
• IntelliCAD snaps are no longer stuck on a single location and they no longer require that the snap be reset.

Hatches

• When moving hatches, any associated boundaries move with the hatch.
• The ARRAY, ARRAY3D, MIRROR, and MIRROR3D commands now work with hatch entities.
• Hatch scale is saved correctly.
• Solid hatches utilize all spline knot boundaries correctly. This also fixed minor problems with the display of Kanji characters.
• If a hatch entity has the same name as a hatch pattern in the ICAD.PAT file but contains a different definition, that entity's hatch definition is no longer redefined on save.
• Hatch entities work better with the CHANGE and ENTPROP commands.
• Enhanced performance when working with dense hatch patterns, including patterns that are too dense to display.
• Dynamic dragging is approximately five times faster when dragging inserted blocks that contain hatch entities.

Linetypes

• User-defined complex linetype patterns are now saved and displayed properly.
• IntelliCAD now works properly when multiple linetypes are imported at the same time.

Print features

• User-defined print style tables are now saved in C:\Documents and Settings\user\My Documents\Print Styles per Microsoft® Windows® logo requirements.
• The Print Style file name dialog box now disallows invalid file names.
• Long file names are now visible in the Print Style Table Editor dialog box.
• The options on the Printing tab found in Tools > Options are now unavailable when no drawings are open.
• IntelliCAD now works properly when print style settings cannot be detected.

ACIS and 3D solids

ACIS primitives are created with the current color setting now (not always BYLAYER).

Match properties

The MATCHPROP command copies the polyline width if all segments of the source polyline are the same width.

Entity properties

• The ENTPROP command allows you to change the width of a polyline correctly.
• Relative paths now work properly for entity hyperlinks.

Display

• Zoom Extents calculates the view correctly when entities are extended outside of the current view.
• You can view changes made with DVIEW without an additional REGEN.
• OLE objects remain visible even when links are broken.

• Dynamic mouse wheel zoom centers the zoom properly on the cursor location when using multiple monitors.

• All nested MINSERT entities now display properly.

• VPLAYER freeze now works properly for entities in paper space.
• Constant, invisible attributes now display properly when ATTDISP is ON.
• IntelliCAD consistently displays lineweights in model space viewports.
• Previously, if IntelliCAD could not properly display a single entity within a block, it would not display any of the remaining entities within the block definition. Remaining block entities now display when a single block entity cannot properly be displayed (for example, if a HATCH entity was too dense to display).

Command bar

• The performance of command bar line scrolling has been greatly improved.
• The command bar no longer randomly displays duplicate entries.
• The command bar stores its size correctly if you vertically resize it.

API calls

• Entmod will now correctly create and display attribute entities.
• VBA Select method works correctly in IntelliCAD for large selections.

More fixes

• IntelliCAD Explorer works correctly when deleting dimension styles or text styles.
• Block definitions are added to the block table when a block insert is cancelled.
• The AREA command correctly reports the perimeter (not the circumference) of spline entities.

• XCLIP boundaries are no longer deleted when saving drawings.

• Performing certain operations on selected WIPEOUT entities now works correctly.

• Extrude works properly on entities created with the RETANGLE command.

• SOLID entities now properly honor entity color when DXF files are imported into IntelliCAD.
• The Load/Unload status (DXF group code 280) of image definitions is now saved properly.
• Grip selected entities can now be unselected by using the shift key (shift-pick, shift-window, shift-crossing).
• IntelliCAD includes improved handling of the sortents table when it contains references to deleted entities.
• Exploded blocks with a negative scale factor in one axis no longer rotate ellipse entities incorrectly.

ActCAD annouces the release of its all new ActCAD 2017 versions based on IntelliCAD 8.2a engine. Below new versions are now available in our Downloads section:

• ActCAD 2017 Professional 64bit (version 8.2.942.84228)
• ActCAD 2017 Professional 32bit (version 8.2.942.84228)
• ActCAD 2017 Standard 64bit (version 8.2.942.84228)
• ActCAD 2017 Standard 32bit (version 8.2.942.84228)

New Features:

Added - All new Ribbon Style Interface in addition to Classic Menu Interface

Added - All new ARC ALIGNED TEXT Command with user friendly dialog

Added - New FILTERS Dialog

Added - Many new LISP functions

Added - Many new SDS functions

Added - New Direct Distance Entry feature allows you to enter a distance in the direction of your cursor when specifying the next point.

Added - New dynamic columns in MTEXT 

Feature or Performance Improvements:

Working with files : 

• Several fixes in working with .dgn files, including some fixes while zooming, selection, and panning.

Editing entities : 

• Dimscale for leaders is now editable in Properties pane. 
• Fixed ability to select all entities for a cutting point when trimming hatch entities.

 Entity snapping :

• Fixed snapping issue to zero-length polyline.
• Fixed snapping to point nodes when PDMODE!=0.
• Fixed display of entity snaps after a layer freeze.

Text:

• In certain scenarios multiline text disappeared while editing. This issue has been fixed.
• Revised the format of the panel layout for multiline text.

 Printing:

• Fixed Apply to Layout option when using Print Preview.
• Fixed issue with missing text during printing and print preview.
• Fixed viewport content that was previously printed at the wrong scale.

 External references and blocks:

• Fixed issue with nested xrefs.
• Double click a block or external reference to run the REFEDIT command.
• Fixed display issues with user defined dimension arrows in an external reference.

 Bug Fixes:

Implemented RIBBON and RIBBONCLOSE commands.

The UNDO and -PAN commands are fixed while using a maximized viewport (VPMAX command).

MVIEW scale and view location are fixed while using the VPMAX and VPMIN commands.

Fixed DDEDIT command for editing the format of dimension text.

Fixed issue with the TIME command.

Fixed how ActCAD Explorer updates the list of layers when filtering layers.

Fixed CTRL+J and CTRL+M to repeat the previous command.

Fixed issue with display of Korean fonts.

Set dwg file association to ActCAD version that is being installed.

Hangup on getting certain System Variables.

ESNAP glyphs are not shown after layer freeze

[XREF] not opening in certain scenarios

MNL file is not loaded on DGN document creation or open

[Crash] Delete dim from the drawing in a specific case

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