Change Log Release 2023

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 2023.2.12.19 (December 19, 2023)

•	When entering a circular arc through 3 points in a Polyline / Curve or Freeform / Surface, the displayed auxiliary circle itself was accidentally used for snapping, which meant that snapping points were always found and used primarily. Meaningful snapping was thus impossible.

•	When copying properties in incremental or reference dimensions, some properties were overwritten with inappropriate values.

•	If the entire Construction Aid was switched off by hiding a layer or a pen, it remained invisible even if it should have become visible again by displaying the layer or the pen. It only became visible again after redrawing the screen using the space bar or when pressing F9.

•	The list dialogs for selecting coordinate systems and hatchings initially accidentally did not highlight the currently selected item.

-	Plain 3D Parts with lines and markings were often displayed incompletely. In addition, the surrounding frame of such objects was also incorrectly calculated.

-	Corners and edges of such plain 3D parts were neither displayed nor could they be snapped or identified.

Release 2023.2.12.12 (December 12, 2023)

•	When resolving a hyperlink using Edit > Hyperlink > Resolve, the program crashed in many cases.

•	If a reference to an external drawing could not be resolved, the reference was no longer displayed at all, including the information text. Even after correcting the reference in the Drawing Manager, the reference did not immediately become visible again.

•	Objects in layers explicitly hidden in drawing references could still be accidentally selected and highlighted.

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Auto columns in databases that contain numerical values (such as area) are always displayed with the number separator of the active coordinate system, which resulted in errors when using "comma" both as number separator and the data field separator. In that case, those numbers are now displayed with a decimal point instead.

•	Unfortunately, the system template files were out of date in the last release, so not all 90+ line types and 200+ hatching types were available.

Release 2023.2.11.14 (November 14, 2023)

•	In the "Edit Snapping Parameters" Dialog you can now specify which object types should be taken into account when snapping.

•	Drawings that were created using Backup > Archive Drawing in the “CAD6 2023 Drawings” format could no longer be opened afterwards. This error could only be corrected by editing the file manually.

•	In the "Edit Properties" dialog for multiple objects, changing the opacity for lines or fills alone often did not work.

•	The "Manage Folders" dialog for layers and pens accidentally also displayed folders that were not selected and therefore could not be changed.

•	No parameter dialog was offered when right-clicking the "Multiline" button in the Parameter Window.

•	Some zoom functions did not correctly take the parameter window into account; an offset could occur when switching back and forth between pages.

Release 2023.2.10.10 (October 10, 2023)

•	For all commands that offer parameters or options during input, the new Parameter Window now appears in the main drawing window. In some cases, the parameter window in mandatory, other cases can edited in Options > Windows.

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When Generating a Surface, a direct preview is now available while entering the reference points. The calculation has been significantly accelerated so that larger object sets can also be selected without any problems. Text and hatching can optionally be excluded from the calculation. Using buttons in the Parameter Window, you can now choose for each individual reference point whether normal drawing objects, Construction Aid objects, and/or Snapping Guide objects shall be recognized.

•	For Parallel Outline (Equidistant), a direct preview is now also available while entering the reference point.

•	The commands Line > Polyline / Curve and Polygon > Freeform / Surface (as well as their Construction Aid equivalents) are now controlled via Parameter Window with more options and feature a better feedback during input.

•	The two commands each for Contour Tracking Curve and Contour Tracking Surface have been combined into one command each, which is controlled using additional options in the Parameter Window.

•	The trimming commands Automatic Trim / Cut Out and Automatic Lengthen are now controlled via Parameter Window with more options and can also use the dynamic snapping guide.

•	The trimming commands Assemble Surface and Assemble Curve can now also be controlled via options in the Parameter Window and are therefore more versatile than before.

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Snap modes have been restructured. The two "Intersection" snap modes have been combined and can now be controlled using the new Construct > Display > Idle command. "Corner/Endpoint" and "Marking" snap modes have been merged. All less frequently used modes have been moved to a submenu, allowing the snap mode buttons in the panel to be significantly larger.

•	Right-clicking an object in the drawing window now invokes the new Context Menu by default, offering commands specific to the clicked object. This also works on procedures and page frames. The old mouse button options can still be selected via Options > Mouse / Keys.

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The "Insert Block" dialog has been revised and is now clearer. A rotation angle can now optionally be entered with the mouse. It is also possible to immediately copy any inserted blocks from a library into the drawing as internal blocks or to resolve them into groups in order to be independent of the library.

•	The number of available attributes for Parts Lists of any objects and groups has been increased, now dimensions such as length and area, as well as various properties are available.

•	The Check Objects > Check for Possible Errors command has an additional option to run through all (partially) identical objects and delete individual ones.

•	The Check Objects > Find and Remove Duplicates command has more detailed options regarding which properties must be identical. In addition, more duplicate cases will be detected.

•	The options in Options > Windows have in part been moved to the new Options > Crosshairs command.

•	The Group > Create Groups from Block Instances command now also converts instances within clipping surfaces inside affected blocks.

•	The new Annotate > Measure > Object command displays all available measurements of an identified object.

•	Most dialogs in which scale-dependent values are entered or displayed now show the currently active scale.

•	The CAD6 Default Library has been extended with numerous hatching templates for pavement, tile, and brickwork bonds.

•	In the "Line Types" dialog and "Hatching Types" dialog, you can now choose from a list of system defaults to be added to the current drawing.

•	In the "Layers" dialog and "Pens" dialog, you can now choose which columns should be displayed.

•	In the "Edit Line Types" dialog has been reworked and now allows to add "gaps" in addition to blocks for block line patterns.

•	The calculation of hatches has been accelerated, in the case of block hatches sometimes by a factor of 100 or more.

•	All hatching type lists now show a preview. The maximum number of hatching types in a drawing has been increased from 100 to 1,000.

•	Objects that cannot be filled (line, curve, spline, arc) are no longer invisible if they only use the "Filling" fill mode, but are instead displayed on the screen as finely dashed outlines.

-	When exporting with postprocessor and then selecting the file name, the setting "Open exported file in NC editor" was not taken into account.

-	You can now enter a precision for converting into lines in the postprocessor settings. If this option is deactivated, the value set in the drawing (see Manage > Drawing Settings > Precision) continues to be used.

-	When exporting for laser and waterjet cutters as well as cutting plotters, you can now set in the postprocessor settings for the "Tool Path" whether duplicate tool paths should be avoided and gaps should be closed automatically. A corresponding tolerance value can be entered for this purpose.

-	With the help of new CAM variables for the execution of postprocessor control texts, it is possible to display a message after the export or to abort the export with an error message.

Release 2023.1.6.27 (June 27, 2023)

•	If the "Manage Fonts" dialog was exited with "OK", the names of the previously opened fonts were accidentally deleted so that those fonts were no longer accessible. The default fill mode now also works for fillable font libraries such as "DinLQ" and "GreekLQ".

•	In the "Object Choice" dialog, the properties of the respective object were not always displayed correctly, but sometimes showed properties of a previously listed object.

•	In the Object Manager, the layer, pen, and line type properties of objects in external references where not displayed correctly.

Release 2023.1.6.6 (June 6, 2023)

•	From now on, all 150+ available Standard Libraries with more than 20,000 symbols are included in the scope of delivery of CAD6industrie and CAD6studio, they no longer have to be purchased separately.

•	The File > New command is now much more convenient. In addition to different sheet sizes and page counts, drawing frames and title blocks can now also be selected directly. In addition, a list of recently used templates is available.

•	The "Manage Libraries" dialog searches the standard paths for libraries and displays all libraries found there that are not yet open in a separate list from which they can be opened easily (also several at once).

•	The basic system libraries are now automatically opened when the program is started for the first time, but they can be closed permanently again afterwards.

•	In the "Edit Properties" dialog and all subordinate dialogs for multiple objects, all values that vary across the total number of selected objects are marked as such so that you can immediately see which values are the same for all objects.

•	The form and size of Markings can now be determined for the display and output; they can also be displayed in color and/or zoom-dependent.

•	The Command Bar's appearance has been reworked. It is tidier and much narrower, and there are no more small symbols.

•	In the Coordinate Entry (F8) dialogs, you can now enter relative angles and absolute polar coordinates.

•	The new Line > Polyline / Curve and Polygon > Freeform / Surface command replace the previous separate commands Polyline, Freeform Polygon, Manual Curve, and Manual Surface. This also applies to the similar commands in the Construct menu.

•	Most dialogs now directly display a concise help text when hovering with the mouse pointer over control elements.

•	Pressing the F1 key now displays the help text of the current command, screen element, or menu item, depending on the position of the mouse pointer. The previous separation into two different help commands is therefore superfluous.

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The display of object properties at the crosshairs has been revised. Line pattern and width can now also be displayed. In addition, only the values that are relevant and are not derived from other visible information are displayed. An indicator can be displayed if the current command owns a parameter dialog.

•	A reference newly created using External Reference > Insert was initially not visible, only after e.g. saving and re-opening the drawing.

•	Changing the comments for groups was possible only in the Object Manager, but not in the "Edit Properties" dialog.

•	In the "Object Choice" dialog, the displayed properties were not always correct for groups and extended objects.

-	The overall parameters of the 3D Part have been split into a set of general, computer-dependent options (see 3D > Options) and a set of drawing-dependent settings (see 3D > Drawing Settings).

-	When opening a CAM project saved in an older format, the postprocessor chain information was ignored.

•	If the ESC key was pressed to close a dialog while the snap preview was active, sometimes the dialog "Shall the current process be cancelled?" appeared by mistake.

•	The term "Scenario" has been replaced with the more appropriate term "Procedure" throughout the program.

•	The former "View" menu has been renamed to "Manage", the former "Shape" menu has been renamed to "Modify", the former "Text" menu has been renamed to "Annotate".

Release 2023.0.4.20 (April 20, 2023)

•	In the Auto-Converter, the control text for the index file was incorrectly formatted after restarting the program.

•	When switching to the "Classic" page display mode, the page output mode is now only set to "Classic", too, if it was not previously "Like on the screen".

Release 2023.0.4.4 (April 4, 2023)

•	If an object selection choice dialog appeared while snapping was permanently active with snap preview, the program could crash.

•	When resolving clippings in layout mode, the result sometimes became invisible until switching to another page and back again.

•	When importing using DXF/DWG, block clippings (block instances in clippings) were positioned incorrectly.

•	Check Objects > Find and Remove Duplicates did not work correctly with full circles and with bitmaps.

Release 2023.0.3.14 (March 14, 2023)

-	In the "Edit 3D Mappings" dialog, the "Apply current view of the mapped 3D space" button did not work.

•	In the "Edit Properties" dialog, the check box for changing the pen assignment was not visible if pens were passive.

•	In some printing procedures, the assignment to the previously selected printer did not work correctly.

Release 2023.0.2.14 (February 14, 2023)

•	When Snapping is active, a preview at the crosshairs is now available showing which point would be snapped from the current position (including its derivation and coordinates).

-	Use the new 3D Mappings to dynamically map 3D spaces into the 2D world, enabling you to display multiple views of the same 3D parts in one drawing.

-	All previews (when creating, inserting, and modifying) now show the 3D parts with transparently colored, filled surfaces.

-	The "Edit Parts Tree" dialog now shows a preview of the currently selected component for easier navigation.

-	The new Change Manage > Horizontal View of Chosen Edge and Change View > Planar Front View of Chosen Plane commands, along with further commands to rotate the view around the view axis, the vertical axis, and the horizontal axis, simplify navigation in the 3D world.

-	The new working mode View Preset > Work in View Plane simplifies working in planes that are not parallel to one of the three standard planes of the room, but also saves you having to constantly switch the working plane when changing the view.

-	For each 3D space, you can choose whether the axes of the isometric or the plan view should be displayed in their original size relative to the 2D world. If desired, the scaling can be switched automatically when the view is switched.

-	With a new Option for 3D spaces, additional snap points can be displayed on "round" outlines, which can significantly simplify work in both 3D and 2D.

-	You can now choose which 3D Part buttons shall be displayed in the plug-in window. The buttons in the plug-in window can also be spread over multiple columns.

•	Use new Coordinate Systems > Align Rotation to Edge command to align the current coordinate system's rotation to any given edge in the drawing.

•	Using the object property Variables ~p10~, ~p11~, and ~*p12~ did not always work correctly in texts within a block.

•	With Check Objects > Find and Remove Duplicates, instances of the same block that have different positions and/or sizes were also considered duplicates by mistake.

-	When importing 3D surfaces (3DFACE), new options allow to detect edges and corners that can later be identified and snapped both in 2D and 3D.

•	The maximum number of outlines in surfaces, curves, and hatchings has been increased from 10,000 to 30,000.

•	In selection dialogs for collection items, the wrong entry was sometimes reported as "selected".

•	The "Draw > Create Graph" command only accepted simple formulas, all others were rejected with an error.