ACTCAD Software Updates & Fixes

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

Note: Existing users of ActCAD 2017, can update to this new version simply by clicking "Check for Updates" in Help menu.

ActCAD announces the maintenance release of following ActCAD 2016 versions based on most latest IntelliCAD 8.1b engine:

• ActCAD 2016 Professional 64bit
• ActCAD 2016 Professional 32bit
• ActCAD 2016 Standard 64bit
• ActCAD 2016 Standard 32bit

There are many performance improvements and bug fixes in this release. Nvidia graphic cards crash issues are resolved in this version.

The full products can be downloaded from links given on below page:

Downloads Page

Existing customers of ActCAD 2016 can directly download the maintenance patches from below links:

• ActCAD 2016 Professional 64bit 8.1.1718 Patch
• ActCAD 2016 Professional 32bit 8.1.1718 Patch
• ActCAD 2016 Standard 64bit 8.1.1718 Patch
• ActCAD 2016 Standard 32bit 8.1.1718 Patch

IntelliCAD 6.0 was released on 5/3/2005.

New Features and Enhancements:

Several performance improvements on fatures as below:

Assign print style tables

The following printing features have greatly enhanced your flexibility and control over the printing process:

• Previously you could use the PenMap/Width mapping to associate colors with specific pen widths on your printer. New print style tables allow you to still specify color-based settings, but also allow you to specify pen widths, linetypes, and lineweight regardless of color.
• Print style tables (.ctb and .stb files) are stored in files; you can share the files across multiple drawing files or with other users.
• Print style tables affect numerous existing features, including: New Drawing and New Drawing Wizard; Properties and Entity Properties toolbar; Change; IntelliCAD Explorer (Layers); Drawing Settings > Entity Creation tab; Status bar; Options > Paths/Files tab; Options > Printing tab; and Print > Advanced tab.

There are also several new commands for print style tables: Print Style (printstyle), Print Styles Manager (stylesmanager), Convert Drawing Print Style Tables (convertpstyles), and Convert CTB Print Style Table (convertctb).

Manage external references

Attaching and working with external references is now easier with the new Xref Manager. You can view a detailed list of the referenced drawing, or you can view a hierarchical display that shows how drawings are nested and related to one another. Quickly attach, detach, reload, bind, open, and change the path for all external references in the current drawing.

The Xref Manager allows you to use the same external reference features as in previous versions of IntelliCAD, but in a more efficient manner.

Work with 3D solids

IntelliCAD Standard version now supports viewing and limited editing of 3D solids, including moving, rotating, and scaling. IntelliCAD Professional version still allows you to create and more completely edit 3D solids.

Use entity snaps

The existing Intersection Snap has a new Extended option, which snaps to the logical location where two entities would intersect if they were of infinite length.

The new Apparent Intersection Snap tool snaps to the intersection of two entities that are not in the same plane but seem to intersect in the current view. You can also use its Extended option, which snaps to the logical location where two entities would intersect if they were of infinite length.

Customize more options

The following features are new to the Tools > Options dialog box:

• General tab — Set the default save format. Specify how drawings are opened.
  Paths/Files tab Specify search paths for print style tables.
• Display tab — Use Up/Down arrows in the command history. Show or hide the Model and Layout tabs. Show or hide scroll bars.
  Profiles tab Create and manage drawing environment profiles.
• Printing tab — Specify headers and footers for all drawings. Assign default print style table settings for new drawings.

Save and restore drawing environment profiles

Customize the settings that control your drawing environment, and then save and restore those settings in a profile. For example, if you prefer working with custom menus and toolbars, you can save these settings as your own profile.

Profiles can be helpful if you have multiple users with different preferences, or if you are a single user who works on various projects that require unique settings. You can even export your profile and bring it with you when you work on a different computer.

Navigate model space and paper space

Use the enhanced Model/Paper Space control in the status bar to switch more efficiently between model space and paper space on either the Model tab or a Layout tab.

You can also change the display of the Model and Layout tabs in the following ways:

• Show or hide the Model and Layout tabs.
• Reorder the position of the Layout tabs.

Work in the command bar

In the command bar, you can do the following:

• Select text, and then right-click to copy, cut, and paste.
• Press Ctrl + K and Ctrl + L to move forward and backward in the command history.
• Use the Up and Down arrows to scroll the command history, if enabled by choosing Tools > Options.

Choose single IntelliCAD sessions

Use the new Single Session command (type singleton) to choose whether IntelliCAD can be started one time or multiple times simultaneously.

Use new system variables

New system variables include: APBOX, CPLOTSTYLE, CTRLMOUSE, DEFLPSTYLE, DEFPLSTYLE, DEFPLSTYLETBL, FONTALT, PSTYLEMODE, PSTYLEPOLICY, MBUTTONPAN, SAVEROUNDTRIP, and SHOWTABS.