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This log lists all relevant changes in the individual releases of CAD6industrie, CAD6studio, CAD6starter, and CAD6engine. Some of those do not apply to all editions.
Release 2022.2.11.29 (November 29, 2022)
| • | Text objects with coordinates out of range are now detected (as normal objects already were) and can be deleted in the Drawing Manager. |
| • | When saving DXF/DWG, objects were sometimes assigned to wrong layouts or model space. |
Release 2022.2.11.15 (November 15, 2022)
| • | When opening DXF/DWG files with blocks and an active sorting table, the program could hang in an endless loop. |
| • | The option to keep all texts non-mirrored when mirroring objects (using e.g. Mirror Objects > Horizontal) now also works for frame texts. |
Release 2022.2.11.8 (November 8, 2022)
| • | In the "Pens" dialog, all pens of the current drawing can now be switched to "Passive". They then only serve as properties presets for newly created objects. Changes to pens no longer actively affect existing objects. Accordingly, the display, output, etc. of pens can no longer be switched on and off. The passive mode for pens is recommended if data is to be exchanged with other CAD systems via DXF/DWG which do not support pens on principle. |
| • | Parts Lists can now also be created for arbitrary objects and groups using their local attributes. |
| • | All mirroring commands (such as Mirror Objects > Horizontal) now offer an option to keep all texts among the mirrored objects non-mirrored. |
| • | For export and output procedures, you can now specify a filter that shall be applied when selecting objects. For export procedures, you can also specify a collection item containing options for the respective filter. |
| • | When exporting bitmaps, a gamma correction can now be applied to the generated bitmap. |
| • | It is now possible to edit the settings of multiple bitmap export procedures at once. |
| • | For textures and color gradients, you can now directly extract and replace the outlines. |
| • | A preview of comment contents can now be displayed directly in the drawing (see "Comment Options" Dialog). In addition, the comment list will be displayed automatically when opening a drawing that contains critical comments. |
| • | The display of attributes on screen now also works for local attribute of groups. |
| • | Object numbers were displayed incorrectly when extended objects were present but not displayed. |
| • | New command "Oval, Fit in Rectangle" at Advanced Drawing. |
| - | Each 3D part can now consist of up to 500,000 faces (instead of 200,000). |
| - | The size of 3D parts in memory and in MKD files has been reduced by up to 15%. |
| - | Color models such as CMYK and CieLAB as well as transparencies are now maintained within 3D parts. |
| - | The lighting has been changed to better illuminate especially all dark components. |
| - | All projection types other than isometric and vanishing were removed. Existing drawings with different projection types will default to isometric. |
| - | Set operations with very small components (< 1 mm) now work much more precisely. |
| - | Splitting up and recalculation of components now also works reliably with several components at the same time. |
| - | Some display errors caused by incorrectly sorted surfaces were fixed. |
| • | CAM part in CAD6industrie: |
| - | The CAM preview has been optimized for high-resolution monitors. A bug with the display of markings has been corrected. |
| - | 3D surfaces (3DFACE) can now be imported as well as exported. These are transferred to CAD6 as fully editable 3D parts. |
| - | The new passive mode for pens is automatically activated during import. |
| - | A scaling factor other than 1.0 in the import options was incorrectly applied twice on block instances. |
| - | The output of genuine 3D data did not work correctly. |
Release 2022.1.8.16 (August 16, 2022)
| • | When creating a parts list as a CSV file, sometimes too many data record separators were written. |
| • | The DBF database import did not work correctly. |
| • | If the page display was not "Classic (all)", some layer functions sometimes did not work. |
| • | Immediately after opening a drawing, comments were often not displayed immediately, but only after the next screen refresh. |
| • | Comment symbols with an opacity less than 100% were displayed incorrectly. |
| • | DXF/DWG: With some special drawings, incomplete data or a program crash could occur during the export. |
Release 2022.1.7.19 (July 19, 2022)
| • | Choosing a page size other than the printer driver's default page size did not work with Windows printers. |
| • | When highlighting a comment, the associated status icon appeared in the top ruler instead of at the crosshairs. |
| - | The output was aborted if a comment without area data was included. |
| - | If the output was aborted by the library due to an error, the drawing was often not fully accessible afterwards because it was still marked internally as "Editing in Progress". |
| • | The unlock program did not always recognize the correct system language (German or English). |
Release 2022.1.7.8 (July 8, 2022)
Release 2022.1.7.7 (July 7, 2022)
| • | Fixed an internal error with object enumeration that caused several problems: |
| - | Dynamic hatchings with more than one line sequence only showed the first line sequence. |
| - | CAM Part: Pocket milling did work correctly. |
| - | 3D Part: Creating 3D blocks, splitting 3D part groups, and 3D data export did not work correctly. |
| • | Optional CAD6PDF: Entering a custom sheet format with a width greater than the height produced unexpected results. |
Release 2022.1.7.5 (July 5, 2022)
| • | Starting with this release, only 64-bit versions of CAD6 are available. For a short period, 32-bit versions of CAD6industrie and CAD6studio are available upon request if using a 64-bit version is impossible in your environment. |
| • | This manual now contains a detailed overview of where which Application Settings are saved and how they can be transferred to another computer. |
| • | The activation has been revised to reduce the cases in which a new activation is required after Windows and BIOS updates. |
| • | The message "The drawing has been changed. Save it?" now lists the up to four most recent change steps so that you can better decide whether saving is necessary. |
| • | The new "File > Save as Other >" commands make it easier to directly export the complete drawing into another file format (instead of only a set of objects). |
| • | Using Options > Data Exchange, you can now choose to not use Bézier curves when creating EMF data (for clipboard and export). |
| • | The editing options for the raster graphics display (gamma, brightness, coloring, etc.) now use the built-in Direct2D effects and are therefore significantly faster than before, especially with huge bitmaps. |
| • | The new command "Smooth out Polylines in Curves/Surfaces" in the "Advanced Drawing" plug-in allows complete outlines to be smoothed out quickly and easily. |
| - | Planar 3D objects are now imported correctly. |
| - | Hidden objects are exported as such and also imported. |
| - | An error that occurred under certain circumstances when exporting drawing references has been corrected. |
| - | If a block name ends with a space, this is now automatically deleted during the DXF/DWG export. |
| - | The export of markings with multiple points now works correctly. |
| - | Now features a central projection mode with vanishing point. Please read the notes on our approach to "infinity"! |
| - | All 3D specific displays such as the 3D axis and the 3D origin are only displayed if at least one 3D object is contained in the drawing. |
| - | The display of extrusion depths can be globally switched off and on again. |
| • | CAM part in CAD6industrie: |
| - | The tool parameter dialog has been made clearer. |
| - | The tool type "milling/turning/drilling" now has two additional optional parameters. |
| - | Names of additional options can now be edited. |
| - | There is a new option for tool movement along the Z axis. This specifies that Z is always greater than or equal zero (e.g. for lasers and cutting knives). |
| - | Now uses the new 10.0 version of the PDF library and can also create PDF 2.0 (ISO 32000-2). Outdated options were removed. If you own a license with non-expired Support & Updates, please contact us and request a new unlock code for free to be able to keep using it with this release. |
| - | The complete output can now be gamma-corrected in order to adapt to printers that do not feature their own gamma-correction. |
| • | A mapping accidentally mapped to model space was difficult to select and edit because its bounding frame was not displayed. |
| • | Text underlining and striking out was not displayed and not printed using Windows printer drivers. |
| • | Selecting by list did not work for some editing commands for procedures. |
| • | The optional page select button in the Ruler did not offer the model space for selection. |
| • | When editing properties of multiple marked blocks in the "Edit Block" dialog, only the first marked block was used to initialize the property dialog. As a result, the "Special" button was often missing or its menu incomplete. |
Release 2022.0.4.26 (April 26, 2022)
| • | The current pen's number was correctly saved in drawing files, but not restored after loading a drawing. |
| • | Exported bitmaps did not contain correct resolution (dpi) information. |
| • | Changes to drawing settings in the print dialog now also mark the drawing as changed. |
Release 2022.0.3.8 (March 8, 2022)
| • | When pasting a "Shapshot" from the clipboard that was created using Adobe Acrobat, only an empty (completely transparent) raster graphic was created and displayed. |
| • | Some deranged curves with dashed outlines caused the screen display to fail at high zooms if the "Optimize line types [...]" option was set. |
| • | Instances, clippings, and drawing references whose content is completely invisible due to its layer/pen assignment, can no longer be accidentally selected for editing. |
| • | When adding freedoms to parametric compounds, the selected points were not displayed. |
| • | Using names from collections or from the pinboard for selection in dialogs for layers, pens, etc. often did not work. |
| • | The DXF/DWG export of mappings could lead to incorrect bounding boxes, which incorrectly displayed additional objects on the corresponding pages. |
| • | When printing with CAD6PDF, bitmaps with an opacity of less than 100% (colored as well as monochrome) were output incorrectly. |
Release 2022.0.2.15 (February 15, 2022)
| • | The memory requirements of the program increased a little with every mouse movement, every image refresh and every display of the layer and pen dialogs, so that after a long time the memory was running full and in extreme cases the program could crash. |
| • | When printing using "Microsoft Print to PDF" without specifying a fixed file name, the situation could arise that the file selection dialog displayed by the printer driver was invisible and therefore no input was possible, which blocked the entire program. The output modes "Write with a PDF driver to [...]" now also work for this printer. |
| • | A problem could occur with the export filter for DXF and DWG if a set of objects was selected for export that contained mappings (which must be ignored). |
| • | When using the "Reverse all values" option in the "Notch Corner" dialog, some widths were swapped incorrectly. |
| • | The postprocessor in CAD6industrie features a new variable for the current outline's exact length. |
Release 2022.0.2.8 (February 8, 2022)
| • | After being unchanged for more than 30 years now, the screen display process has been converted completely from GDI / GDI+ to Direct2D, which means that all outputs are accelerated by the graphics card. This has several advantages: |
| - | The image build-up is faster for complex drawings, sometimes by a factor of up to 5. |
| - | The display quality for raster graphics and the edge smoothing of objects and texts are permanently available without any loss of speed. |
| - | The improved handling of transparent surfaces makes it possible to display objects in a slightly transparent manner while they are being moved and edited, which means that the background is still recognizable, and, more fluid than before. |
| - | The support of high screen resolutions is much more powerful and leads to better readable control elements and user feedback. |
| - | In the General Options, you can now explicitly choose how many smallest details are to be displayed on screen. In this way, the image build-up can be accelerated by an additional factor of up to 4 for extensive projects. |
Since graphics acceleration now matters, we recommend using a discrete DirectX 12 graphics card with at least 2 GB RAM.
| • | The handling of raster graphics has also been converted: |
| - | Raster graphics export as well as the generation of preview graphics for drawings and blocks now also use Direct2D, which makes them faster. |
| - | In addition, it is now possible to generate raster graphics with a transparent background (in BMP, PNG, and TIFF format). |
| - | In the General Options, you can choose to only load raster graphics once they are displayed or output for the first time. This accelerates the opening of numerous and extensive raster graphics and reduces the memory requirement. |
| - | No more third-party programming libraries are used. In addition to a higher reliability and some speed increases, this also means that the size of the program has been reduced. |
| • | The handling of kerning tables for TrueType and OpenType fonts has been optimized so that the display of long texts with high-quality fonts (which usually have large kerning tables) is significantly faster. |
| • | Mappings can now allow the texts and blocks contained in them to adapt to the scaling, i.e. keep their size regardless of the scaling of the mapping. To do this, the corresponding option must also be set in those objects. |
| • | The Check Object > Check command now offers the option to check for identical elements in with a single object or across multiple objects. |
| • | The vertical arrangement of texts when using CAD6 fonts such as "DINDRAFT" and "DINLQ" has been revised so that it always works the same way, regardless of the text content. This can lead to a slight vertical offset in existing drawings compared to before. |
| • | The display of object properties at the crosshairs is now also available during standard point entry, not only during object selection. |
| • | There is a new "Scale" option for the display at the crosshairs, with which the scale and length unit of a dimension are displayed directly when it is highlighted. |
| • | When selecting multiple layers or pens in a dialog, the "Select chosen elements" option was inactive most of the time. |
| • | The "Rename folder" command in the folder manager for layers and pens did not work for the first folder in the list. |
| • | The "semi-arc" arrow shape for arrows from the drawing plug-in was sometimes drawn incorrectly. |
| • | The maximum number of points per partial polygon within curves and surfaces has been increased for the "Reserve larger object buffers" option in the General Options from 30,000 to 200,000 in order to be able to display and edit extremely detailed outlines. |
| • | When saving a drawing with a very high nesting depth of over 20, a crash could occur due to a memory overflow. |
| • | The import and export filters for DXF and DWG were revised and some small errors fixed. The export can now be limited to a selection of pages. |
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