DataCAD Revision History

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New BETA features in version 12.06.00 (Since version 12.05.00): The Command-line Calculator now supports unit specifiers.  Unit specifiers can be mixed and must appear within square brackets. For Example:     [1' 2-3/4"] = 1 foot 2 and 3/4 inches (Architectural)     [1.2.3.4] = 1 foot 2 and 3/4 inches (Architectural)     [1.25'] = 1 and 1/4 feet (Decimal Feet)     [1.25"] = 1 and 1/4 inches (Decimal Inches)     [1-1/4"] = 1 and 1/4 inches (Fractional Inches)     [1.1m] = 1.1 meters     [1.1cm] = 1.1 centimeters     [1.1mm] = 1.1 millimeters The following is an example of a mixed unit calculation:     =([8' 10-3/16"] / 13) + [12cm]     The result (based on a scale type of Architectural) is 1 foot 0 and 29/32 inches. You can enable the enhanced command-line calculator by adding the following entry to the [BETA] section of DCADWIN.INI.     [BETA]     New Calculator=TRUE BETA feature enhancements in 12.06.00 (since 12.05.00): 01. Pak-N-Go now extracts to the folder where the archive resides. 02. The following entries in the [SketchUp] section of DCADWIN.INI can be modified to suit your own preferences.     [SketchUp]     City=Avon (CT)     Country=USA     Latitude=41.8065     Longitude=-72.8418     TZOffset=-5     ; Time zone offset in hours.     ShadowTimeMonth=6     ShadowTimeDate=21     ShadowTimeHour=12     ShadowTimeMin=0     DaylightSavings=FALSE     ; If TRUE, the position of the sun will be adjusted to reflect daylight savings.     DisplayShadows=TRUE     ; If TRUE, SketchUp will cast shadows.     Hide Edges=FALSE     ; If TRUE, SketchUp will hide polygon edges.     EdgesCastShadows=FALSE     ; If TRUE, SketchUp will cast shadows from the edges of polygons.     LaunchOnExport=FALSE     ; If TRUE, DataCAD will automatically launch SketchUp after export. 03. The creation of components and groups has been optimized for SketchUp export. Fixes in version 12.06.00 (Since version 12.05.00): 01. An error that would prevent symbols within XREFs from being added to the drawing correctly when binding an XREF has been corrected. 02. Minor corrections to address cursor ghosting. 03. Classic wall did not inherit the current Pen Style setting. This has been corrected. 04. Minor correction to Edit Symbol Text Attributes dialog. 05. Quick Layout would crash if your drawing contained XREFs with Shader Lights and Show Lights was on. This has been corrected. 06. It was not possible to delete or move the last vertex of an open polyline. This has been corrected. 07. Minor correction to display of shader light indicator in XREFs. 08. Under certain circumstances, the dynamic display of the opening would fail to appear when adding an opening to a smart wall. This has been corrected. 09. An error related to selection highlighting in Measures, Area/Perimeter has been corrected. 10. With RoundIt on, DataCAD would correctly return the real value of the distance when using Measures, Point to Point.  However, the rounded value would be placed after you selected To Drawing. This has been corrected. 11. The [End] and [Delete] keys would fail to interrupt the the Contour Search process. This has been corrected. 12. DataCAD would change the Z-Base and Z-Height value of a polyline to match the current Z-Base and Z-Height setting after you used either Polyline, Edit, Chamfer or Fillet. This has been corrected. 13. An error that would cause partial tori to exhibit invalid snapping points has been corrected. 14. An error that would cause DataCAD to create corresponding U$R files in the \Windows directory while editing a symbol has been corrected. 15. An error that would cause DataCAD to crash after undoing and then redoing a hatch using the boundary method has been corrected. 16. The Layer Manager dialog would not display correctly when using Large Fonts. This has been corrected. 17. An error that would cause DataCAD to exit the 2 or 3pt arc polyline creation method while panning or zooming has been corrected. 18. An error that would prevent multiple block attributes with the same name from importing correctly into a DataCAD drawing has been corrected. 19. The secondary division setting did not always apply to tori correctly. This has been corrected. BETA feature fixes in version 12.06.00 (Since version 12.05.00): 01. An error that would cause some of the contents of a Pak-N-Go archive to expand into the \DataCAD program folder when Recreate Folder Structure was enabled has been corrected. 02. DataCAD models now export to SketchUp at the correct real world scale. 03. DataCAD textures now export to SketchUp at the correct scale. 04. DataCAD models now cast shadows in SketchUp. New features in version 12.05.00 (Since version 12.04.01): 01. A new shortcut, [Shift] + Double-click, has been added to open XREFs directly. 02. PText is now recognized by the Change, Text, Match command. 03. New extended character codes have been added for SPB-Fill settings.     1027:  Sets the current Solid Pattern Fill active     1028:  Sets Bitmap Fill active if the currently specified file exists 04. A new option, Show X and Y has been added to the Grids menu.  If toggled on, the drawing cursor will display an X and a Y indicating the orientation of the positive X and Y axis. 05. A new option, Show Zero, has been added to the Grids menu.  If toggled on, the drawing cursor will display an arrow indicating the direction of zero degrees.  Note: The Show Zero indicator only displays if the grid has been rotated, Tangents is enabled, or the Zero Angle has been redefined. 06. The Polyline, Void menu has been enhanced to allow the creation of "new" voids in addition to selecting existing polylines. 07. The Polyline, Edit routine has been enhanced to support voids. 08. It is now possible to display either icons only or icons with text in the Layer Manager.  Note:  To access this option, right-click below the icon menu.  You can also double-click below the icon menu to change its position from left to right or vice versa. 09. A new key, Do Not Rotate Dimension Text, has been added to the [General] section of DCADWIN.INI.  If TRUE, DataCAD will automatically place dimensions that do not fit above the witness lines rather than rotate them to fit. 10. The Contour Properties dialog now includes Divisions and Stiffness. 11. The 2D and 3D Curves Properties dialogs now include Start Angle and End Angle. 12. In the Status Panel, locked layers now show as bold, italic, and red. 13. Smart Walls can now be selected for Angle, Match (and implied match). 14. Added pitch, slope, and grade to Identify and [Ctrl] + Right-click, Identify context menu (lines, 3D lines, polygons, slabs, and blocks). 15. The o2c Viewer now remembers its last view and lights on/off settings on a per-drawing basis when the following key in DCADWIN.INI is set to TRUE (the default is FALSE).     [o2cViewer]     Remember Last View=TRUE 16. If Shader, Show Lights is enabled, lights from XREFs will also display in the drawing. 17. Undo now functions while you place symbols and allows you to undo each instance one at a  time instead of all at once. 18. When the cursor is rotated via Grid Angle or Tangents, Quadrant snapping is rotated accordingly. 19. The Select option in Measures, Area/Perimeter is now a toggle. New BETA Features in version 12.05.00: You can enable the following features for testing purposes by setting the corresponding DCADWIN.INI key to TRUE in the [BETA] section. 01. Added export to SketchUp (SKP) format.  Select File, Export, SketchUp.     [BETA]     SketchUp Export=TRUE   02. Pak-N-Go:     [BETA]     Pak-N-Go=TRUE     File         Pak-N-Go             Create             Use this option to archive the current drawing and related files into a single file.             Extract                 Extract Contents                 Use this option to extract the contents of a Pak-N-Go archive into a directory you specify.                 Open...                 Use this option to extract the contents of a Pak-N-Go archive and open the parent drawing.                 Settings                 Access options for extracting Pak-N-Go archives.                     Extract Settings:                     - XREFs                     Make copies of existing externally-referenced files.                     - Bitmaps and Textures                     Make copies of existing externally-referenced bitmaps and bitmap textures.                     - SHX Fonts                     Make copies of existing SHX fonts.                     - Pen Tables                     Make copies of existing pen tables.                     - Materials                     Make copies of existing material files.                     Destination                     - Recreate Folder Structure                     Check this option to automatically recreate the original file/folder structure.                     Leave this option unchecked to specify a single directory for the extracted files. Fixes in version 12.05.00 (Since version 12.04.01): 01. The display of 'x' for locked layers in the Status Panel has been enhanced to XOR more legibly when the inverse color is similar to the background color.  For example, the inverse color of Light Grey is Light Grey, so the 'x' would not appear if your locked layer color was Light Grey. 02. The conversion of HELV_LT.CHR to HELV_LT.SHX would fail.  This has been corrected. 03. In some cases when copying smart walls, doors, and windows "up" or "down" in an elevation view to create additional stories, some of the openings were not created. This has been corrected. 04. More Contour Search tweaks. 05. Due to an error, DWG export would hang if your file contained ellipses.  This has been corrected. 06. Corrections have been made to improve the handling of Hebrew text. 07. A nested symbol with the same name as the parent symbol would crash when edited.  This has been corrected. 08. Symbol attributes that would import correctly via DWG in 12.03.00 would not in 12.04.01.  This has been corrected. 09. It was not possible to move PText that had been previously copied, but moving the original would moves both.  This has been corrected. 10. Identifying hatches or solid fills would cause the Scale Type to reset to Architectural.  This has been corrected. 11. The identified angle of text was incorrect after it has been rotated with Fix Text off, then exploded.  This has been corrected. 12. The identified angle of text was incorrect after it was placed as a symbol, then exploded.  This has been corrected. 13. In some cases, zooming with the mouse wheel in a drawing that contained circular XREFs would cause the drawing to close unexpectedly.  This has been corrected. 14. The scaling factor for a symbol was not updated properly after changing the plot scale via the Plotter menu.  This has been corrected. 15. The interior lines of classic 3 and 4 line walls always had a z-height of 0.  This has been corrected. 16. A specific DWF file creation that worked in DataCAD 11 did not work in DataCAD 12.  This has been corrected. 17. PText would rotate in the wrong location after it had been copied.  This has been corrected. 18. DataCAD's internal handling of Windows printer names has been updated to support similarly-named printers correctly. 19. Identify, Set All on Paragraph Text no longer affects the Stringline Text alignment setting. 20. If you copied an entity a specific distance and to a layer at the same time, the distance value would change.  This has been corrected. 21. The message prompts for entering Smart Doors and Windows with Cut Wall off have been corrected. 22. Improvements have been made to copy/paste from Word and Excel to DataCAD. 23. If you edit a symbol from within a drawing with a clip cube, the clip cube will be disabled while you edit the symbol. 24. Editing a covered polyline using either the chamfer or fillet options would remove the cover.  This has been corrected. 25. Non-associative hatching with the Dots pattern at a scale of 200 would not print.  This has been corrected. 26. The following actions no longer cause all open drawings to be closed without being saved.     a. Open another drawing while in the Plotter menu then go to the Plotter menu in the drawing you just opened.     b. Select close All from the File pull-down menu, then answer No to save the current drawing. 27. An MSP Detail custom insertion point would not "stick" after rotating and placing detail.  This has been corrected. 28. The Swing Type, 'Line' was not working for Smart Doors.  This has been corrected. 29. When you render materials by color, DataCAD now updates the name of the Rendering Settings (DMF) file stored in your drawing immediately after loading a DMF file or saving the currently-loaded DMF file to a new name.  In addition, the maximum length of the fully-qualified DMF file name has been increased from 80 to 255 characters. 30. In some cases, ellipses would fail to move by area.  This has been corrected. 31. The display of text insertion points would cause DataCAD to crash when stretching an associative dimension.  This has been corrected. 32. Identifying PText did not report correct weight.  This has been corrected. 33. External icons now load faster (only applies when Use External Icons=TRUE). Fixes in version 12.04.01 (Since 12.04.00): 01. In rare circumstances, object snapping or dynamic snapping to the intersection of a line and an arc would cause the active drawing to close unexpectedly.  This has been corrected. 02. Due to an error in the prior version, Identify, Set All did not work correctly with PText.  This has been corrected. 03. The contour search function has been adjusted for improved reliability. 04. Due to an error, it was not possible to resize PText or MText after it had been moved.  This has been corrected. 05. Due to an error, the position of PText was not correct after it was moved then later inserted as an XREF with an enlargement factor other than 1.  This has been corrected. 06. XREF Layer highlight settings were not restored after you performed an erase then undo.  This has been corrected. 07. Under some circumstances, the search aperture would display larger than normal when you [Alt] + [Tab]'ed between drawings. New features in version 12.04.00 (Since 12.03.00): 01. You can now midpoint snap to the edges of cones, truncated cones, spheres, and tori. 02. A new toggle, Dynamic Flip, has been added to the Insert Symbol menu.  When this option is enabled, you can use the [Ctrl] key to flip the symbol vertically and/or the [Shift] key to flip the symbol horizontally ( instead of using an enlargement factor of -1 ). 03. Within the Layer Manager the [Tab] key now moves to and highlights the next layer name field and  [Shift] + [Tab] moves to and highlights the previous layer name field. 04. The following hot keys can be used to add layers within the Layer Manager:     [Ins] adds 1 layer before the currently highlighted layer or the first layer if none are highlighted.     [+] adds 1 layer after the currently highlighted layer or the last layer if none are highlighted.     [Shift] + [INS] prompts for the number of layers to add then adds them before the currently highlighted layer or thee first layer if none are highlighted.     [Shift] + [+] prompts for the number of layers to add then adds them after the currently highlighted layer or the last layer if none are highlighted. 05. You can now bind ( i.e., convert ) XREFs to Symbols.  Only the On layers will be included in the symbol definition.  XClips are automatically converted to SClips. 06. Two new options, All and Selected have been added to the Free Trim, Begin menu.  When All is active, you can select any line to trim between highlighted lines.  When Selected is active, you can only select highlighted lines. 07. A new key has been added to the [General] section of DCADWIN.INI so you can customize the behavior of Implied Match.     Shift For Implied Match=FALSE     ; If TRUE, the [Shift] key must be used to invoke implied match. 08. A new key has been added to the [Toolbars] section of DCADWIN.INI so you can suppress the Macro Hint Toolbar.     Suppress Macro Hint Toolbar=FALSE     ; If TRUE, the Macro Hint Toolbar will not display when a keyboard macro has been invoked. 09. The Macro hint toolbar can now be docked and undocked. 10. Two new options, Add 90 1st and Add 90 Center have been added to the Mirror menu so you can rotate the mirror line about either the first point you picked or the midpoint between the first and second points you picked. 11. You can now undo chained entities one at a time instead of all at once. 12. You can now undo layer on / off operations one layer at a time. 13. For convenience, a new option Halve Distance has been added to Move, Copy, and Stretch menus. 14. The Identify command now displays the height between z-base and z-height. 15. When you create a new wall, door, or window type DataCAD now automatically sets it active as well. 16. A new option, Fix Text, has been added to the [Ctrl] + Right-click context menu so you can "normalize" text ( i.e., make readable from the bottom or right of the page ). 17. A new key has been added to the [DEBUG] section of DCADWIN.INI so you can optionally display insertion points for text.     Draw Text Insertion Point=FALSE     ; If TRUE, non-printing markers will appear at text insertion points. 18. The status of Fix Text now appears on the [Ctrl] + Right-click Context, Identify sub-menu ( only applies to text, symbols, and XREFs ). 19. A Fix Text option has been added to the Change, More... sub-menu. 20. An extended character code, 1026, has been added so you can clear the command stack via a keyboard macro. 21. The PText edit window now uses the Drawing Area font you specify on the Interface tab of Program Preferences.  This font is also used in the Tools, Info ( Drawing Information ) dialog. 22. A new key has been added to the [General] section of DCADWIN.INI so you can customize the behavior of Implied Deselect.     Shift For Implied Deselect=FALSE     ; If TRUE, the [Shift] key must be used to deselect entities you've already selected.     ; If FALSE, the [Shift] key can be used to disable Implied Deselect ( i.e., always select ). Fixes in version 12.04.00 (Since 12.03.00): 01. Corrections have been made to address multi-scale plotting detail highlight ghosting after deleting a detail. 02. A correction has been made so you can now delete a multi-scale plotting detail by picking it from the multi-layout window. 03. The Symbol Scale setting was not updated after you restored a GoTo View ( requires Plot Scale to be saved with GoTo View ). 04. An error that would prevent the dynamic snap indicator from displaying while rubber banding smart walls has been corrected. 05. In some cases, the global overshoot setting was not applied to entities within XREFs.  This has been corrected. 06. Further adjustments have been made to improve the reliability of contour search. 07. Smart wall node indicators are no longer included in symbols. 08. Similar to two-line trim, one line trim now turns clean on at wall node. 09. In some cases, highlighted entities were not displayed using a dashed pen style.  This has been corrected. 10. In some cases, the 3D rotate command would not apply the current x, y, or z angle relative to the current orientation of the entity being rotated.  This has been corrected. 11. Due to an oversight, the current pen style was applied to SM3-based symbols when they were inserted into the drawing.  This has been corrected. 12. When adding nodes to smart walls, the new node will be projected to the nearest smart wall within the search aperture only when Clean is on. 13. An error that would prevent symbols within smart entities from displaying within XREFs has been corrected. 14. An error that would cause text to be selected incorrectly when using the Spellchecker on MText has been corrected. 15. Smart entities were not included in drawing file previews.  This has been corrected. 16. Smart walls were not cleaning when saved as symbols.  This has been corrected. 17. Changes have been made to improve the handling of same-named symbol text attributes. 18. The number of voids has been restored to the Identify, Polyline results display. 19. Due to an oversight, the current pen style was applied to associative dimension text.  This has been corrected. 20. A correction has been made to 3DS export. 21. The options No Sill, No Sash, and No Glass on the 2D Options tab of the Window Type Manager have been changed to Include Sill, Include Sash, and Include Glass respectively. 22. An error that would cause mirrored or rotated MText to move in the opposite direction has been corrected. 23. Multi-view Window tooltips were not sized properly.  This has been corrected. 24. The angle property of MText and PText was not updated properly after rotation.  This has been corrected.  Existing MText and PText entities will be updated automatically. 25. The extents of reversed text was not calculated properly which could prevent you from selecting it.  This has been corrected. 26. In some cases, text entities with Fix Text enabled would not transfer via DWG properly.  This has been corrected.  Note: Text within symbols or XREFs that have their Fix Text property enabled will not transfer via DWG.  In other words, DWG does not support a Fix Text property on blocks or XREFs. 27. In some cases, drawing files that contained solid fills would close unexpectedly if you tried to pan, zoom, or scroll during a redraw.  This has been corrected. New features in version 12.03.00 (Since 12.02.03): Edit Symbol is now accessible via the Symbol Browser context menu. The previous view type is now remembered in all but the o2c Insert dialog. A new option, Add 90, has been added to the 2D Mirror menu so you can rotate the current line of reflection by 90 degrees. The default Multi-view Window caption prefix as defined in DCADWIN.MSG line 4346 has been increased from 7 to 79 characters. The Paste command now displays DataCAD’s private Clipboard(s) if the Windows Clipboard is empty. Fixes in version 12.03.00 (Since 12.02.03): An error in 3D polygon area calculation has been corrected. An error related to XREFs with long pathnames has been corrected. Text entities that contained empty strings were automatically deleted which prevented the Scrive macro from functioning properly.  This has been corrected. The line feed factor was not being applied correctly to TrueType Fonts with a non-zero angle.  This has been corrected. An error that would cause DataCAD to crash when you saved a wall, door, or window type to a new path has been corrected. Undo now restores a polylines edge visibility. A Layer Search toggle has been added to the Curves, Polyline, Show / Hide menu. An error that would cause hatch pattern dots to draw at the drawing origin has been corrected. An error that would cause dots in Dotted and Dot-Dash line types to appear offset from the line has been corrected. An error that would prevent hyperlink hints from displaying in certain views has been corrected. TrueType font names were not transferred from DataCAD 10 drawings to DataCAD 12.  This has been corrected. The texture origin assignment was not correct for non-ortho polygons.  This has been corrected. The 2D and 3D glass representation for window types did not reflect the offset value for non-centered panes.  This has been corrected. If NoGridInSelect=TRUE, Grid Snap will be inactive whenever the input line is active. In some cases, File I/O dialogs will not appear correctly when Old File Dialogs=FALSE in the [General] section of DCADWIN.INI.  You can set this value to TRUE to restore DataCAD’s File I/O dialogs to pre-12.02.00 status. The “Layer not found” message was not appearing when you typed a non-existent name in the Layer Menu input prompt.  This has been corrected. In some cases, ellipses were unmovable.  This has been corrected. In some cases, hatch would not move by area.  This has been corrected. BMP icons were not automatically converted to PNG format unless Use External Icons=TRUE.  This would prevent custom toolbar icons from displaying.  This has been corrected. An INI setting, New FreeTrim=FALSE, has been added to the [General] section of DCADWIN.INI.  If TRUE, FreeTrim will only act on entities that are highlighted.  Otherwise, DataCAD will trim any line segment you select between highlighted entities. Control points no longer appear “ballooned” in the Symbol Browser. In some cases materials would not appear correctly in the wall, door, and window type manager previews.  This has been corrected. If toolbars are locked, double-clicking on a blank portion of an undocked menu no longer re-docks the menu. Window openings were not drawn when the window header was coincident with the top of a wall.  This has been corrected. In some cases while in isometric view, object snapping to symbols in the Symbol Browser would not return the correct point.  This has been corrected. An error that would cause DataCAD’s menu window to “flicker” when undocked has been corrected. An error that would prevent the oblique view icon in the Object Viewer toolbar from displaying has been corrected.    New features in version 12.02.00 (Since version 12.01.00): A new option, View Isometric, has been added to the Symbol Browser Options pull-down menu. When selected, symbols being displayed from the current folder will appear in isometric view. Otherwise, symbols will appear in plan view. This setting is remembered on a per folder basis so 2D and 3D symbols can display accordingly. Note: 3D object snapping applies to symbols displayed in isometric view so you can set your insertion point based on this method. The 3D Cursor option has been added to the 3D Stretch menu so you can now use x, y, and z coordinates to define your stretch distance. The maximum Multi-scale Plotting Sheet name length has been increased from 8 to 80. A new option, Add 90, has been added to the 2D Move, Copy, and Rotate menus so you can change the current direction by 90 degrees while retaining the current distance. All Caps has been added as an option to the Edit Symbol Attribute dialog. Options have been added to the 3D Coordinate Identification menu to allow you to insert the results into your drawing. Note: This option is only available via the [?] keyboard interrupt. In addition to smart walls, doors, windows, and cutouts may now be selected via Tangents. Voids and Edit have been added to the SPB-Fill, Boundary menu. Performing a Save As via the wall, door, and window managers will automatically load the new style and set it as active. A new key, "Suppress Witness Line 1", has been added to the [General] section of DCADWIN.INI. If FALSE, associative string line dimensions will include the first witness line. The default value is TRUE. A new section [Standard Toolbar] has been added to DCADWIN.INI. If any of the following keys are set to FALSE, the corresponding icon will not appear on the Standard Toolbar. STD_NewFile=, STD_OpenFile=, STD_Save=, STD_Print=, STD_SpellCheck=, STD_ClipboardSelect=, STD_Cut=, STD_Copy=, STD_Paste=, STD_Undo=, STD_Redo=, STD_InsertXRef=, STD_InsertBmp=, STD_HyperLink=, STD_Order=, or STD_Help=. The DataCAD File Open dialog now remembers its size and view type ( not including Tiles or Thumbnails ) in Windows 2000 and XP ( Vista provides this feature automatically ). Note: Detail view takes longer to display than List view. DataCAD now supports 32-bit PNG format icons ( 24-bit color + 8-bit opacity ) versus the previous 24-bit BMP format. Fixes in version 12.02.00 (Since version 12.01.00): Fixed width doors, windows, and cutouts must now be fully enclosed within the selection boundary in order to move them. The Closed option has been removed from the Torus properties dialog since this feature is not currently supported on Tori. An error that would cause the base of two smart walls to move to zero during an X, L, or T-intersection cleanup has been corrected. In some cases, smart walls would extend to infinity. Adjustments have been made to prevent this from occurring. Ellipse center points were always drawn at 0,0. This has been corrected. A problem with drawing smart doors or windows with Cut Wall turned off has been corrected. An error that would cause the Plane Snap function to display the resulting view upside down has been corrected. The previous path for saving bitmaps was not remembered. This has been corrected. The rubber band line has been restored in the Move, Drag routine. Errors that would cause text to display improperly ( or not at all ) have been corrected. The DCADWIN.INI setting Old Line Weights=TRUE was not working where a line weight of 2, 3, 4, etc. would display as 3, 5, 7, pixels and so on.  This has been corrected. An issue related to Windows Vista that would cause a two pixel wide line to display only one pixel wide has been corrected. An error that would cause dashed circles within symbols and XREFs to display as solid has been corrected. Text boxes and object snapping were incorrect for text entities with an alignment other than bottom, left. This has been corrected. An error that would cause grouping to be lost via Copy, Paste has been corrected. Z Offset is no longer available when placing symbol with the 3D cursor. In some cases, the lighting buttons in the Object Viewer were not working. This has been corrected. It is no longer possible to create zero length smart entities. The Layer option has been removed from the Symbol Entities Properties dialog. FreeTrim would apply to lines that were not part of the current selection. This has been corrected. An error that would cause the reference angle for Direction/Distance input to be incorrect when placing a symbol has been corrected. An error that would allow solid fills to appear outside of the ClipCube has been corrected. New features in version 12.01.00 (Since version 12.00.00): 3DS ( 3D Studio ) has been added to the File, Export menu. The following improvements have been made to Object Snapping within non-ortho views: - You can now snap to the intersection of 3D lines and polygon edges using the 3D cursor. - You can now snap to the intersection of 3D lines and polygon edges using the 2D cursor. You can now select any line in a non-ortho view for Tangents. The following extended character codes have been added:     1024: Auto3D (Smart Walls) On     1025: Auto3D (Smart Walls) Off The following INI settings have been added to the [Printer] section of DCADWIN.INI: [Printer] Settings Auto Load=MySettings.dps ; Automatically load a specific Printer Settings File where MySettings.dps is the name of a previously saved ; Printer Settings File.  The name may be fully-qualified or just the filename.  If you do not specify a path, ; the path defined by PATH_PLOTTERSETTINGSPATH will be used. Clear Settings=FALSE ; If TRUE, the current printer settings will be removed from your drawing when you open it. You can now select entities for Boolean operations using Entity, Group, Area, or Fence and Mask. An Explode option has been added to the MText and PText context menus for conversion to stringline text. A Resize option has been added to the MText and PText context menus. The context menu in the Layer Manager has been expanded to include options that were previously accessible via the toolbar only. Hatch and fills are now applied immediately at the time you select or create the boundary. The Orphan Manager dialog can now be resized. A new option, Show / Hide has been added to the Polyline menu so you can toggle the edge visibility of polyline boundary segments. TIN modeller processing can now be interrupted using the [Delete] key. If TIN model creation will take more than five minutes, DataCAD will display a dialog with the estimated time required. Fixes in version 12.01.00 (Since version 12.00.00): During keyboard input, [Spacebar] [Spacebar] 1 [Spacebar] 2 was interpreted as 1'-2".  It is now interpreted as 1/2" as it was in prior versions. Non-associative, stringline dimensions included duplicate witness lines between dimensions.  This has been corrected. An error that would cause text characters to step in the z-direction has been corrected. A problem related to ellipses that contained invalid matrix data has been corrected. Errors related to printer settings have been corrected. The Z-Offset options in the Insert Symbol menu were not working.  This has been corrected. An error related to angle normalization when using tangents has been corrected. Refinements have been made to the contour search function so that it will work more reliably. Nested symbols were not being read from DWG files.  This has been corrected. Errors related to creating PDF files have been fixed. Invisible text attributes were not exported via DWG.  This has been corrected. In some cases, invalid characters were added to text attribute values during export to DWG.  This has been corrected. The prompt string for text attributes was replaced with the prompt default value during export to DWG.  This has been corrected. An error in AECExtension.dll that would cause Windows Explorer to crash when deleting multiple drawing files has been corrected. Symbol Scale has been removed from the Paste menu. Symbol scale was not adjusting line spacing accordingly. This has been corrected. Autosave is now disabled during keyboard input. XREF lights were not being recognized by the Object Viewer.  This has been corrected. The display of bold TrueType Fonts has been corrected. DataCAD 12.00.00 New Feature Highlights "Smart" Entities DataCAD 12 provides new "smart" wall, door, and window entities that contain routines and parameters that define their behaviour and interaction with other smart entities.  When you draw two walls in a prior version of DataCAD, they don't know anything about each other until you explicitly tell the program to clean them together.  In DataCAD 12, walls of the same type automatically clean to each other without you having to perform additional cleanup routines. The same automation applies to doors and windows as well.  When you add a door or window to a wall, the wall automatically cuts itself to accommodate the opening.  Further, when you move, copy, or delete a door or window, the wall automatically heals itself.  These "smarts" eliminate most of the cleanup steps you had to perform in prior versions. A smart entity also knows what it is supposed to look like when viewed in plan or perspective.  In plan, a door looks just like the 2D doors you are familiar with.  However, when you switch to a 3D view, the door is automatically modeled complete with a jamb, casing, and trim.  When you display your model in the object viewer, it is complete with rendered materials. SketchUp File Import DataCAD 12 adds direct support for SketchUp files. Now you can easily add models you've created in SketchUp to your DataCAD projects. You can open, insert, or externally reference SketchUp files. DataCAD 12 will automatically extract materials and bitmap textures from the SketchUp file and embed them into your DataCAD drawing. You can also convert SketchUp files to o2c format for raytraced visualization. Excel Spreadsheet Import You can insert Excel spreadsheets into your drawings. Object Snapping Enhancements DataCAD 12's object snapping mechanism has been completely re-written to provide faster response times in larger drawings and to eliminate previous limitations. It is now possible to snap between and within symbols and XREFs (including nests). You can also snap to polyline bulge centers and XClip boundaries. A new dynamic snap indicator displays available object snap locations in real-time. 3D Boolean Operations Add, Subtract, and Union operations. 3D Edit Planes Recall construction planes on a per-entity basis. Double-precision Display List DataCAD 12 includes a new option to enable a double-precision display when you need to work on projects that cover a large real-world area.  This setting is applied on a per-drawing basis. Multi-line Text (a.k.a. MText) A new multi-line text (with support for TTF and SHX fonts) entity provides wrap-around text boundaries and the ability to uniquely format text within the same paragraph such as font, size, bold, italic, underline, overline, color, alignment, and line feed factor. Multi-line text is based on RTF (Rich Text Formatting) and is round-trip compatible with AutoCAD's MText. SHX Font Support DataCAD 12 provides native support for AutoCAD SHX fonts. Font Dialog Enhancements An enhanced Font Dialog allows you to save and load text styles. You can also access options such as All Caps, Plot Scale, and Line Factor options that were previously available in the main Text menu only. Entity Properties Editor It is now possible to access the properties of any entity simply by [Ctrl] + Right-clicking on the object. From here you can change settings and apply them immediately. A real-time 3D preview window allows you to see changes to three-dimensional entities. o2c Rendering Enhancements In addition to rendering by color or by layer, you can also assign material definitions on a per entity basis. Material definitions are now embedded in your drawing in a central location. So you can easily assign the same Brick material to multiple entities. New Symbol Tools A new addition to the context-sensitive Symbol Tools menu allow you to edit unexploded symbols on the fly. The changes you make can be saved to the current drawing only and/or to the hard disk, or to a new symbol definition. Symbols can now be clipped using rectangular or irregular shaped polyline boundaries. Ready2Render Symbols New 3D symbols added to DataCAD 12 include pre-assigned materials and textures so they are ready to render as soon as you add them to your model. In addition, we've updated many of the existing 3D symbols so they are "ready-to-render" as well. New Seamless Textures and Backgrounds DataCAD 12 includes more than 200 new seamless textures and dozens of background photos to add realism to your renderings. New Hatch Patterns More than 50 new hatch patterns have been added for interior and exterior materials. Dimension Enhancements You can now assign a unique scale type to any dimension allowing you to maintain multiple dimensioning formats within the same drawing. Fence Clip XREFs and Symbols can now be clipped using irregular shaped polyline boundaries. Pen Styles / Pen Widths Based on the Windows line type format, you can now apply scale-independent patterns to your DataCAD line types. These patterns are compatible with the Windows Metafile format and convert directly to Adobe PDF format. Now you can apply property lines to curves. New Toolbars Notate Toolbar Types Toolbar Plotting Enhancements Your current plotter and Quick Layout settings can now be saved to a file and loaded into other drawings.  You can also assign unique pen tables to specific scales.  So large-scale drawings and details can have thicker pens and small-scale drawings can have thinner pens.  Unique pen tables can also be assigned to specific multi-scale plotting details. Multi-scale Plotting Enhancements You can now save your multi-scale plotting layouts to DWG format so your consultants can access them directly using AutoCAD. A new context menu provides quick access to MSP Detail operations. MSP Details can be selected directly from the layout window versus only from the menu. MSP Detail extents are highlighted when you hover your cursor over them.  A tooltip displays the detail name. MSP Detail Make Current now sets the current Plot Scale to what the detail was saved at. MSP Detail names may now contain up to 80 characters. Multiple Private Clipbooks w/ Preview DataCAD 12 stores up to 10 private Clipbooks that contain the most recent data you copied from your drawing to the Windows Clipboard.  Whenever you Paste, you can re-select any of your Clipbooks.  A preview of each Clipbook's contents are shown when you highlight the item in the menu. Reference File Manager Enhancements XREF Highlight settings can now be assigned on a per-XREF and/or XREF Layer basis.  The Reference File Manager dialog has been updated to allow drag-n-drop between the Loaded, Refresh, Reload, Bind, and Delete lists.  You can also assign custom names to XREFs.  The Inherit Current Highlight Setting option for Nested XREFs is now remembered on a per drawing versus global basis. Display Symbol Contents While Dragging The contents of symbols can now be displayed dynamically during placement and rotation. AEC File Import     Select Layers, GoTo Views, MSP Sheets, Multi-view Windows     Layer Import: New, Append, Overwrite     Drawing Settings: Update Long GoTo View Names GoTo View names may now contain up to 80 characters. Long MSP Detail Names Multi-scale Plotting Detail names may now contain up to 80 characters. Access / Update GoTo Views via Layer Manager A GoTo View list pull-down menu has been added to the Layer Manager for quick access to layer on/off settings. Access Material Definitions via Layer Manager Materials can now be set on a per layer basis via the Layer Manager. XREF Highlighting Per Layer XREF Highlighting can now be set per XREF Layer basis. XREF Manager Drag-n-drop Items from the Reference Files list can be moved to either the Refresh, Reload, Bind, or Delete lists using a drag-n-drop method. Hyperlink Hints/Tooltips Hyperlink paths are now displayed when you hover the cursor over an entity that contains a hyperlink. Search Associative Hatch The Search Hatch setting in the Object Snap menu now applies to Associative Hatch. Implied Unselect Consistent with Windows standards, clicking on an entity after it has been selected will remove it from the current selection set. Trap Door to Dimension Change A trap door to Dimension, Change has been added to the Change menu. Smooth Curve Dragging Curves now display smoothly rather than segmented when you create them. Multiple Associative Dimension Scale Types. Independent from the global Scale Type setting, individual associative dimensions can display a unique unit type. Polyline Bulge Centers The radius point for polyline bulges is now displayed when Display, Curve Centers is enabled. Symbol Scale Just like Text Scale for notes and dimensions, you can now define symbols at their plotted size and enlarge them accordingly for a given drawing scale. Rotate Menu Enhancements Quick Rotate Rotate entities about the point you click as you select them without having to define a center of rotation each time. Absolute Rotate Rotate entities to an absolute angle about their center as you select them. Rotate by Center Rotate entities about their centers as you select them (Also works with Dynamic Rotation). Insert Symbol Current View (Dynamic) Insert symbols based on their world orientation relative to the current view. Angle Snap Divisions Increased To 720 The Angle Snap setting may now be set as small as 30 minutes, or 720 divisions of a circle.  Previously, the smallest angle allowed was 10 degrees, or 36 divisions of a circle. MSP Detail Make Current Also Sets Plot Scale MSP Detail Make Current now sets the current Plot Scale to what the detail was saved at. Inherit Nested XREF Highlight On A Per Drawing Basis The Inherit Current Highlight Setting option for Nested XREFs is now remembered on a per drawing versus global basis. Select by Fill It is now possible to select filled entities from within their closed boundary in addition to their edges. 24x24 Interface Icons DataCAD 12 includes a set of 24x24 pixel interface icons for use on high-resolution displays. New Toolbars The Notate toolbar has been re-introduced to DataCAD 12 and takes advantage of new symbol options. Change Text Added Angle and Alignment to the Change, Text, menu. Paste Enhancements The Paste menu has been expanded to include Dynamic Rotate, Line Factor, Bind Materials, Symbol Scale, Max Lines, and Clipbooks. MSP Detail Highlighting and Context Menu MSP Details are now highlighted when you hover your cursor over them.     [General]     Detail Highlight=TRUE [Ctrl] + Right-clicking on any detail will open a context menu with the following options.     Rename     Update     Make Current     Rotate     Pen Table XREF Alias It is now possible to assign a custom name to XREFs. Miscellaneous Enhancements Voids and Edit options have been added to the Boundary menu in Hatch. The maximum number of points for a selection fence has been increased from 36 to 100. A Draw Leader option has been added to the Dimension, Change, Text Position menu. Included and Excluded options have been added to the, Angle, Match menu. The All Black toggle in the Pen Table dialog is no longer a drawing variable, it is now stored as part of the Pen Table. Layer menus now remember the last page you were on. An option, Clip Cube Obey / Ignore has been added to the context menu for text entities. It is now possible to open multiple files with the same name at the same time. Hyperlinks to Internet URLs that are embedded within top-level symbol entities are now accessible via [Ctrl] + Right-click. New extended character code 1022 added for 3D Views, Isometric. More button added to Change menu for new DataCAD 12-specific attributes including Pen Style, Pen Style Spacing, and Material. Fix Text (including attribute text and dimension text) now applies to rotate and mirror operations. XClips and new SClips can now be rotated via the Rotate menu. New Object Snap method "Offset" and corresponding extended character codes 1018: Turns Offset On, 1019: Turns Offset Off, and 1020: Prompts for new Offset distance. SHX is now the native format for "stroke" fonts (Existing CHR's are automatically converted). Tools, Extract 2D/3D pull-down menu added for conversion of Smart Entities. Double-click Property Editor, Edit XREF, and Edit Symbol or [Ctrl] + Double-click. TTF equivalents of standard DataCAD fonts are now included. All program paths have been added to Program Preferences. Inherit Current Highlight Settings added to [Ctrl] + Right-click context menu. All Caps Linked option between Text and Change Text menus.  [General] AllCaps Linked=TRUE. Stretch now applies to 3D Cylinders. Added Rotate option in MSP layout menu. Right-clicking on an XREF entry in the Reference File Manager now reveals a context menu with the following options.     Select All     Unselect All     Invert Selection     Repath     Redefine     Rename     Minimize Names     Copy Highlight Settings     Paste Highlight Settings     Nesting On     Nesting Off INI Entries [General] Detail Highlight=TRUE ; If TRUE, a bounding box will be displayed when you hover your cursor over an MSP detail. Automatic Crossing Selection=FALSE ; If TRUE, area selection from right to left will imply crossing. Dynamic Snap=true Dynamic Snap Delay=50 ABNT=TRUE Double Click For Properties=TRUE Double Click For RFM=TRUE Double Click For Symbol Editor=FALSE Auto Extract 2D=TRUE Auto Extract 3D=FALSE SHX Conversion= [PATHS] PATH_XREFBASEPATH=Drawings\ PATH_WALLTYPES=Support Files\Wall Types\ PATH_DOORTYPES=Support Files\Door Types\ PATH_SMARTDOORSYMBOLPATH=Symbols\ PATH_WINDOWTYPES=Support Files\Window Types\ PATH_SMARTWINDOWSYMBOLPATH=Symbols\ PATH_TYPESBASEPATH=Support Files\ PATH_TXTSTYLES=Support Files\Text Styles\ PATH_O2CMATERIALBASEPATH=Materials\ PATH_O2CTEXTUREBASEPATH=Textures\ PATH_SKETCHUP=SketchUp\ PATH_EXCELFILES=Excel\ PATH_SYMBOLBASEPATH=Symbols\ PATH_CLIPBOARDFILES=Clipbooks\ PATH_PLOTTERSETTINGSPATH=Support Files\Plotter Settings\ PATH_SPELLCHECK=Support Files\Dictionaries\ [StatusArea] ButtonColors=TRUE ; If TRUE, Color Palette icon will be shown. DropDownColors=TRUE ; If TRUE, Colors drop-down list will be shown. ButtonLineTypes=TRUE ; If TRUE, Line Type menu icon will be shown. DropDownLineTypes=TRUE ; If TRUE, Line Type drop-down list will be shown. ButtonLayers=TRUE ; If TRUE, Layer Manager icon will be shown. DropDownLayers=TRUE ; If TRUE, Layers drop-down list will be shown. ButtonScales=TRUE ; If TRUE, Layer Search icon will be shown. DropDownScales=TRUE ; If TRUE, Display Scale drop-down list will be shown. ButtonGotoViews=TRUE ; If TRUE, GoTo View menu icon will be shown. DropDownGotoViews=TRUE ; If TRUE, GoTo View drop-down list will be shown. ButtonSelSets=TRUE ; If TRUE, Selection Sets menu icon will be shown. DropDownSelSets=TRUE ; If TRUE, Selection Sets drop-down list will be shown. DropDownInputModes=TRUE ; If TRUE, Input Mode drop-down list will be shown. ButtonWallTypes=TRUE ; If TRUE, Wall Type Manager icon will be shown. DropDownWallTypes=TRUE ; If TRUE, Wall Type drop-down list will be shown. MaxWallTypes= ; Number of lines displayed in the Wall Types drop-down list. ButtonDoorTypes=TRUE ; If TRUE, Door Type Manager icon will be shown. DropDownDoorTypes=TRUE ; If TRUE, Door Types drop-down list will be shown. MaxDoorTypes= ; Number of lines displayed in the Door Types drop-down list. ButtonWindowTypes=TRUE ; If TRUE, Window Type Manager icon will be shown. DropDownWindowTypes=TRUE ; If TRUE,  Window Types drop-down list will be shown. MaxWindowTypes= ; Number of lines displayed in the Window Types drop-down list. [Purge] Materials(Automatic)=FALSE ; If TRUE, unused material definitions will automatically be removed upon exit, and save. Styles(Automatic)=FALSE ; If TRUE, unused wall, door, and window type definitions will automatically be removed upon exit, and save. Materials(Manual)=FALSE Styles(Manual)=FALSE [External Types] Walls=TRUE ; If TRUE, external Wall Type definitions will be displayed in manager. Doors=TRUE ; If TRUE, external Door Type definitions will be displayed in manager. Windows=TRUE ; If TRUE, external Window Type definitions will be displayed in manager. [SketchUp] FrontOverBack=TRUE ; If TRUE, material definition for "positive" side of polygon will be imported. ExtractTextures=TRUE ; If TRUE, bitmap textures will be extracted from model. OverwriteTextures=FALSE ; If TRUE, existing bitmap textures will be overwritten. ExtractedTexturePath=Textures\ ; Path to save extracted bitmap textures. [Clipboard] FileName= ; File Name prefix for private clip book files. ; If blank, prefix will be Computer Logon Username or if Username is blank then Machine Name. MaxClips=10 ; Minimum of 1, no maximum PenWidthFactor=10 ; Line weight to pen width conversion factor Ortho Snap divisions maximum increased from 36 to 720. [XREFs] Dynamic Snapping=TRUE [File Dialog] Preview Forced Save=FALSE ; If TRUE (and Preview=TRUE, the drawing preview bitmap will be updated after each forced file save. ; Otherwise, the drawing preview bitmap will only be updated when you exit and save your changes. [o2cViewer] Use Entity Material=TRUE ExtractTextures=TRUE ; If TRUE, bitmap textures will be extracted from model. OverwriteTextures=FALSE ; If TRUE, existing bitmap textures will be overwritten. ExtractedTexturePath=Textures\ ; Path to save extracted bitmap textures Fixes in version 12.00.00 (Since version 11.08.01): 01. Angle Normalization fix. 02. Entering either [<] or [*] in the Select Line Type input would cause an error.  This has been corrected. 03. In some cases, using the scroll wheel between Print and Print Preview would cause an error.  This has been corrected. 04. The Object Snap routine no longer recognizes points on entities that lie outside the clipping boundary. 05. Symbol Attribute Text enlargements were not transferred via DXF/DWG.  This has been corrected. 06. In some cases, Symbol Attribute Text default values would revert to the attribute name after saving and re-opening the file.  This has been corrected. 07. In some cases, the LOG file would not be deleted after opening a DXF/DWG file.  This has been corrected. 08. The display of XClip boundaries was not updated automatically when you changed display scales.  This has been corrected. 09. It is no longer possible to delete a locked layer via the Layer Manger unless you unlock the layer first. Fixes in version 11.08.01 (Since version 11.08.00): 01. The text line feed would advance based on the slant angle.  This has been corrected. 02. All GoTo Views would inherit the current layer on/off settings when opening a DC5 file.  This has been corrected. 03. Under some circumstances XClips with Ignore Z enabled would drop text.  This has been corrected. 04. DWG files containing associative hatch entities with no boundary definition would cause DataCAD to crash during import.  This has been corrected. New features in version 11.08.00 (Since version 11.07.00): Implied Match The Match option is now automatically implied when DataCAD prompts you to select a layer, color or angle. So you can simply click on an entity that resides on the layer you want, click on an entity that is the color you want, or click on an entity that has been drawn at the angle you want, without having to select the Match option first. Note: When DataCAD prompts you for an angle you can click on a 2D line, 3D line, text entity, symbol, or XREF to match its angle. You can also select a 2D arc to set the angle to match the tangent nearest the point you click on the arc. Infinity Clip A new option, Ignore Z, has been added to the Clip Cube and XClip menus.  Enabling this option creates a Clip Cube with an infinite top and bottom. The status of this toggle is stored with GoTo Views and MSP details. New extended key codes have been added that allow you to explicitly set the status of the Ignore Z toggle. 1014 = Ignore Z On 1015 = Ignore Z Off XClips with Ignore Z enabled will export to DXF/DWG. Log File DataCAD now maintains a log file in the \Temporary Files folder for each drawing you open. DataCAD deletes the log file along with other temporary files when you exit your drawing normally. If you experience a crash and subsequently open and recover your drawing, the corresponding log file is moved to the \RECOVER_ARCHIVE folder. You can submit the log file to Technical Support for further analysis. Symbol Tools Menu A context-sensitive menu is now available when you [Ctrl] + Right-click on a symbol. Symbol Tools     Open in Symbol Browser     Send to Object Viewer     Reload     Replace     Redefine     Reset Insertion Z         To Zero         To Z-Base         To Z-Height     Explode         To Current Layer         To Insertion Layer         To Original Layers     Reports     Edit Fields     Edit Attributes Exploding Symbols The symbol explode command now provides you with three options.     Current Layer  (Explode symbol’s entities to current layer)     Insertion Layer  (Explode symbol’s entities to symbol’s insertion layer)     Original Layers  (Explode symbol’s entities to their original layers) Note: These options are remembered independently from the explode options available when you insert a symbol. Change Symbol’s Insertion Z You can now change the Z-Height of a symbol’s insertion point via the Change, Z-Base menu. Reload All versus Reload On The Reload All (Symbols) option now reloads all symbol definitions regardless of their corresponding layer on/off status. A new option, Reload On Layers Only, only reloads symbol definitions that reside on layers that are on. Fix Text Within Symbols Text and Symbol Text Attributes contained within Symbols now adhere to the Mirror, Fix Text toggle. Keep Groups A new toggle, Keep Groups, has been added to the Copy and Move, And Copy menus. If toggled on, the entities which have been copied or moved will retain their original grouping. Note: A new entry, Copy Keeps Groups=, has been added to the [General] section of DCADWIN.INI to control the default status of the Keep Groups toggle. If set to TRUE, Keep Groups will automatically reset to on. If set to FALSE, Keep Groups will automatically reset to off. If left blank, the Keep Groups toggle will retain its last status. Sticky One Line Trim by Entity A new entry, 1LineTrim By Entity=, has been added to the [General] section of DCADWIN.INI to control the behavior of the Entity toggle in 1LnTrim. If set to TRUE, Entity is automatically reset to on. If set to FALSE, Entity is automatically reset to off. If left blank, the Entity toggle will retain its last status. Note: New extended key codes have been added that allow you to explicitly set the status of the Entity toggle. 1016 = Entity On 1017 = Entity Off Sticky Contour Search The Contour Search option is now "sticky" in all menus where it appears. XREF Enhancements A new popup menu is available when you right-click on the list of XREFs in the Reference File Manager and provides the following options: Select All Unselect All A new option, Multiple, has been added to the Insert, XREF menu. Enabling this option allows you to insert multiple copies of the same XREF similar to inserting a symbol. Inserting an XREF or pasting Clipboard data using the By Center option has been changed as follows: a. Insertion point is based on X and Y extents only. Original Z extents are retained. b. A new Z-Offset menu is now available similar to inserting a symbol. A new option, XREFs Auto-Refresh on Regen=, has been added to the [XREFs] section of DCADWIN.INI.  If TRUE, all XREFs will automatically Refresh when you regenerate the display list by pressing the [u] key. You can now suppress the loading of XREFs by holding the [Ctrl] key down when you select Open. An XREF you select in the Reference File Manager will now remain highlighted after you "Apply" your changes. Unlimited o2c Lights via XREFs A new option, Use Lights from XREFs has been added to the Rendering Settings dialog. When checked, o2c objects will contain lights from the current and referenced drawing files. o2c Ground Plane A new option Show Ground Plane has been added to the Rendering Settings dialog. When checked, o2c objects will automatically contain a ground plane. Dimension Bump/No Bump A new option DinStdNoBump=, has been added to the [General] section of DCADWIN.INI to control the behavior of dimension text that does not fit between the witness lines. If set to TRUE, dimension text is not “bumped”. If set to FALSE, dimension text that does not fit between the witness lines will be “bumped” to the opposite side of the dimension line when the DIN Standard Dimension Style is enabled. Hebrew Text Support DataCAD now supports Hebrew (right to left) TrueType fonts. 1 New Layer A new menu option, 1 New Layer, has been added to the Layer menu so you can add one new layer, name it, and make it active in one step. Hatch Lock You can now lock associative hatch origin, angle, and scale independently. These options are also accessible via Identify, Set All. Miscellaneous Enhancements 01. The first field of the Edit/Customize Symbol Attribute dialog box is now highlighted when the dialog is shown. You no longer need to select the first field in order to change it, you can just begin typing. 02. MSP detail menu labels now display the corresponding detail’s scale in the tooltip. 03. The complete layer name is now reported in the attention line for functions within the layer menu. 04. Tooltips for the Active Layer and Current Color dropdowns in the status panel now show the full name. 05. The selected entities to be changed when using Match in the Change menu are now highlighted and their count is reported. 06. Further refinements to the Surface Area and Volume calculations in the Identify menu. Specifically, all linear (line length, radius, perimeter, etc.) measurements are reported using the current drawing Scale Type. Only areas, volumes and surface areas are now reported using the Scale Type specified in the Area/Perim menu. Also, corrections to the Surface Area and Volume calculations for Slabs have been made. 07. A new option, 2 Points, has been added to the Tangents menu. Selecting this option allows you to enter 2 points to indicate the angle to rotate the cursor. 08. Many selection issues have been addressed. These include (but are not limited to) functions that require you to select a certain entity type (i.e. a polyline) but were not masking out disallowed entity types making it difficult to select the proper entity. 09. New options have been added to the [SymbolBrowser] section of DCADWIN.INI to set the maximum number of divisions the Symbol Browser will automatically create when you browse a folder for symbols.  Previously, there was no practical limit for the number of symbols the Symbol Browser would automatically try to display.     MaxAutoDivisionsX=3     ; Default is 3.  Valid range is from 1 to 25.     MaxAutoDivisionsY=15     ; Default is 15.  Valid range is from 1 to 25. 10. Text Alignment options are now available when you insert a Stamp. 11. The [Page Up] and [Page Down] keys now scroll through the Mask, Entity options. 12. The Draw Leader option has been added to the Dimension, Linear, Change, Text Position menu. 13. The Identify command has been enhanced so you can cycle through coincident entities by clicking the mouse repeatedly. 14. An exclusive Layer Search toggle has been added to the Identify command.  The default state of the toggle is always On. 15. You can now write a macro to select a custom color (16 to 255). Examples: [Change to Color 38] Hint=Change color to 38 A=^;^S7^S7^S8^38$^S0 [Change to Color Yellow] Hint=Change color to Yellow A=^;^S7^S7^S8^yellow$^S0 Note: If the color you specify is not found then the color will remain unchanged. 16. The destination layer is now displayed in the message bar when you use the Copy To Layer or Move To Layer option. Fixes in version 11.08.00 (Since version 11.07.00): 01. A Self-XREF would not update properly if you first erased it then restored it with the Undo command.  This has been corrected. 02. A screen regeneration was required after repathing an orphaned XREF in order for it to appear in the drawing. This has been corrected. 03. Rotated dimensions should now mirror properly. 04. The surface area calculation for Slabs containing voids has been corrected. 05. The Perimeter and Area readout in the Edit function of the Polyline menu when Info is toggled on has been corrected. 06. An error in the Z coordinate of associative hatch has been corrected. 07. An error in the Symbol Browser display has been corrected. 08. An error that would cause o2c textures to "fracture" has been corrected. 09. An error related to Change/Match selection highlighting has been corrected. 10. An error related to WeldLine has been corrected. 11. An error related to the Dots dimension arrow style has been corrected. 12. An error related to the Draw Leader dimensioning option and stacked fractions has been corrected. 13. An error related to selection of a highlighted entity after zooming has been corrected. 14. An error related to dimension rounding has been corrected. 15. An error related to MSP detail ghosting has been corrected. 16. The initial column width settings in the Layer Manager have been adjusted. 17. An error related to ClipCubes and XClips improperly clipping fills has been corrected. 18. The Identify menu now displays a tooltip for layer and color. 19. The All Caps toggle is no longer visible in the Change, Text menu unless Contents has been selected.  Further, the All Caps toggle in the Change, Text menu inherits the status of the All Caps toggle in the Text menu. 20. An error that would cause an XREF on an "off" layer to appear after turning nesting off via the Reference File Manager has been corrected. 21. An error related to XREF extents recalculation has been corrected. 22. Any changes you make in the printer setup dialog will now be immediately reflected in the current Quick Layout or Multi-layout view.  You no longer have to exit and re-enter the Print/Plot menu to update the layout view. 23. If a template was displayed and you recalled a GoTo View using a hyperlink, the GoTo View would draw on top of the template.  This has been corrected. 24. An error related to the Full Circle preset option in the Sphere menu has been corrected. New features in version 11.07.00 (Since version 11.06.00): 01. A marker (similar to a symbol insertion point) is now drawn at the insertion point of an XREF, only if it contains no visible entities (for example, if all of the layers within the XREF are off, or the layers that are on contain no entities). Note: You can [Ctrl] + Right-click on XREF markers to Identify them or access the Reference File Manager. 02. A new Re-path option has been added to the Reference File Manager so you can change the source path for multiple XREFs at once. 03. New options to control the precision of the Architectural scale type have been added to the Scale Type menu.  If Architectural scale is selected, you may choose from the following precisions: 32nds 64ths 128ths 256ths 04. A new option, "Merge layers on export to layer '0'," has been added to the DXF/DWG preferences tab and export dialog that allows you to put all of your drawings symbol layers onto layer '0' to avoid creating ghost layers. 05. The Identify command now reports perimeter, surface area, and volume (where applicable) for polylines, polygons, slabs, spheres, cones, truncated cones, and tori. Note: You must set the unit and precision for Identify takeoffs via the Utility, Measures, Area/Per., Scale Type menu, not the Utility, Settings, Scale Type menu which is for drawing, editing, and dimensioning. 06. New check boxes for controlling the behavior of View-dependent Editing operations have been added to the Misc. tab of Program Preferences.  If checked, DataCAD will invoke 2D editing commands when you're in an Ortho view, or 3D editing commands when you're in a parallel (non-Ortho) view.  This behavior applies to left-hand menus, pull-down menus, and keyboard shortcuts (not keyboard macros). Note: If you want your keyboard macros to behave in concert with the view-dependent editing setting, you must prefix your key sequences with an exclamation mark ("!") as shown in the following example. A keyboard macro for 2D Stretch might be: S^;^F5^ This sequence forces you to the 2D Stretch menu, regardless of your current view projection.  By changing the macro sequence to... S^!^;^F5^ ...you will invoke either the 2D or 3D stretch command based on your current view projection. Fixes in version 11.07.00 (Since version 11.06.00): 01. An error in the Section, 3D Knife function would cause DataCAD to crash when you placed the resulting geometry on the active layer. This has been corrected. 02. In some cases, material definitions with an un-initialized texture scale would cause DataCAD to crash when you launched the Object Viewer. This has been corrected. 03. In some cases, an error related to polylines would cause DataCAD to crash when you used the third-party HtchPref macro. This has been corrected. 04. You can add a new entry to the [o2cViewer] section of DCADWIN.INI if you are unable to create an o2c object from a model that contains a large number of polygons per material. MaxPolygonsPerMaterial=16380 ; Default is 16380. Set to a lower value if you are unable to create an o2c object from a model that contains a large number of polygons per material. 05. Bitmap textures marked "in-use" by the Object Viewer would prevent you from editing them in a paint program while DataCAD was running. This has been corrected. 06. In the Reference File Manager, the Layer list was not being cleared once an XREF had been selected for Reload/Refresh/Bind/Delete/Redefine. This has been corrected. 07. Multiple selection has been restored to the Layer list in the Reference File Manager. 08. Errant object snapping within XREFs and Symbols when intersection snapping is enabled has been corrected. New features in version 11.06.00 (Since version 11.05.02): 01. Added DXF/DWG read/import support for AutoCAD R2004/R2005 (version 16.x) format.  Note: AutoCAD R2000/R2000i/R2002 are the same (version 15.x) format. 02. Symbol Text Attributes Using Databases You can now add values to symbol text attributes by selecting them from a Tab Delimited database. Overview: When you create a Symbol Text Attribute, you'll notice a new section "Database Linkage" for defining a database source to select values from. No Link Just like it sounds. This is the default setting. Lookup Field Specify a field within database records to choose a value from. Field Filled by Lookup Field value set by previous symbol attribute. Database Name: Choose Tab Delimited Text File (*.txt) for database source. Note:  Only Tab Delimited databases with a TXT extension are currently supported.  Most database and spreadsheet programs will save to a tab-delimited format. You will also find a new menu item, Refresh Fields From Database(s), located on the Symbol Browser Options menu which allows you to update the values contained in symbol text attributes you've inserted into the drawing to reflect the latest changes in your database(s). Notes on Databases: There are many ways to create a database. A database is... "A collection of data arranged for ease and speed of search and retrieval". You could create a spreadsheet (Client List.xls) where column A contains "First Name" and column B contains "Last Name". Each column represents a "Field" in the database. Each row represents a "Record" in the database. When you create a Symbol Text Attribute, you can use the Lookup Field option to tell DataCAD to display a drop-down list of First Names from your Client database. Then you can select the name when you insert a symbol that contains this text attribute. Since a symbol can contain an unlimited number of symbol text attributes, you could create the following six attributes... First Last Street City State Zip ...and save them as a symbol. Using the Field Filled by Lookup option, you can tell DataCAD to automatically populate the values of Last, Street, City, State, and Zip based on the First name you select. If you update the addresses in your client list database, you can then use the Refresh Fields from Database(s) option to update the values that appear in your drawing. 03. You can now use the Reference File Manager and the Orphans dialog to redefine multiple XREFs at once. 04. You can now launch the current highlight selection directly into the Object Viewer. 05. Added link to new DataCAD Forum to Help pull-down menu. Fixes in version 11.06.00 (Since version 11.05.02): 01. During DXF/DWG import/export, the degree symbol [°], typically [Alt] + 0127 in CHR fonts or [Alt] + 0176 in TTF fonts, is mapped accordingly.  So if you map an SHX font to a TTF font, all of the [Alt] + 0127 characters will be mapped to [Alt] + 0176. 02. Using the Measures, Takeoffs menu on multiple polylines would only return the area and perimeter values for the first polyline.  This has been corrected. 03. Crashing in HLR routine caused by covered polylines with equal z-base/z-height values has been corrected. 04. Non-resizable folder browser dialog fixed. 05. Cut/Fill calculation routine error corrected. 06. Problem with line type and hatch pattern definitions coming from older versions of DataCAD has been corrected. Fixes in version 11.05.02 (Since version 11.05.01): 01. An error that would cause the drawing window to refresh unnecessarily (once for each polyline entity) when exiting the Curves, Polyline, Edit menu has been corrected. New features in version 11.05.01 (Since version 11.05.00): 01. DataCAD XClips are now exported via DWG. Note: "Automatically Export Reference Files" must be enabled. Note: A new version of DXFDWG.DLL is installed with this update. 02. You can add the following entry to the [Toolbars] section of DCADWIN.INI to prevent toolbars from "stretching" when they are locked. This is useful if you like to dock the menu window toward the bottom of the application window. [Toolbars] Stretched=1 ; Default is 1. Set to 0 to disable toolbar "stretching". 03. A new ground plane option has been added to the Object Viewer. You can add the following entries to the [o2cViewer] section of DCADWIN.INI to control the ground plane's settings. [o2cViewer] GroundPlane=FALSE ; Default is FALSE. Set to TRUE to enable automatic ground plane creation. GroundPlaneEnlargeFactor=1.5 ; Default is a square with sides that are 1.5 times the greatest model x, y, or z extents. GroundPlaneAtBase=TRUE ; Default is TRUE. If TRUE, ground plane is created at the base of the model's extents. If FALSE, ground plane is created at specific height. GroundPlaneAtHeight=0 ; Default is 0. Elevation of ground plane in world units (1 unit = 1/32"). GroundPlaneMaterialFile=Materials\default.ini ; Specify the material file for the ground plane rendering settings. 04. You can add the following entry to the [General] section of DCADWIN.INI so DataCAD will always display the Windows arrow cursor instead of the cross-hair cursor. This option is useful for creating online demos such as Viewlets when you don't want the cursor to change between the arrow and the cross-hair. [General] ShowWinArrowCursor=FALSE ; Default is FALSE. Set to TRUE to force display of Windows arrow cursor. 05. A new toolbar code, L=170, has been added for Edit Symbol Attribute. Fixes in version 11.05.01 (Since version 11.05.00): 01. A serious error that could cause drawing data corruption has been corrected. The error would typically corrupt embedded line type assignments. 02.The following sequence would cause DataCAD to close without prompting you to save changes.     a. Use [Alt] + [q] shortcut to "Quit"     b. Select Cancel     c. Use [Alt] + [q] shortcut to "Quit"     d. Right-click the mouse This has been corrected. 03. An error related to the Batch Plot, To File, Browse dialog has been corrected. 04. An error related to the display of superscripted values on the Information Toolbar has been corrected. 05. The Mask, Entity menu labels now read from DCADWIN.LBL versus DCADWIN.MSG. 06. All line types would import from DXF/DWG as Solid. This has been corrected. 07. Dimension, Change, Text Position did not show the full extents of stacked fractions when repositioning dimension text. This has been corrected. 08. It was not possible to set a reference point during Dimension, Change, Text Position as in previous versions. This capability has been restored. 09. The scroll wheel now zooms in Quick Layout and changes the plot scale in Multi-Layout. 10. Dimension, Change, Text Style, Text Size now defaults to the current Text Size setting versus the default text size of 6". 11. Display related fixes have been made to prevent "pixel dust" from occurring during drawing and editing operations. 12. Hatch related fixes have been made to prevent associative hatch pattern bleeds and drop-outs. 13. Creating a section with Permanent Arrows enabled would cause DataCAD to crash. This has been corrected. 14. An error in the display of polylines during editing operations has been corrected. 15. An error that would prevent FrameIt from building multiple boundaries simultaneously has been corrected. 16. An error in the display of multi-weight text has been corrected. 17. An error that would prevent the AEC_Model macro from cutting a wall on a layer other than the active layer when layer search was enabled has been corrected. 18. Shader lights would fail to render in the object viewer.  This has been corrected. New features in version 11.05.00 (Since version 11.01.02): 01.  Display Enhancements -- DataCAD's graphic pipeline has been enhanced for improved performance.  The time required for Panning, Zooming, Dynamic Panning, and Scroll Wheel Zooming has been significantly reduced.  In addition, the Perspective Walk Through, Pan View setting is recognized when you use either the scroll wheel or the dynamic panning method to walk forward or backward or step up, down, left, or right respectively.  A new menu item, Scroll Dist., has been added to the Perspective, Walk Through, Options menu to set the walk and step distance when you use the mouse to navigate in a perspective view. The following DCADWIN.INI entries have been added to fine-tune DataCAD's display settings so you can take advantage of faster graphics hardware. [Display] Enhanced Bitmap=FALSE ; Default value is FALSE. If FALSE, DataCAD will take less time to resample bitmaps before they are displayed (lower quality). If TRUE, DataCAD will take more time to resample bitmaps before they are displayed (higher quality). Max Vectors=10000 ; Default value is 10000. Sets the number of vectors to display at once after recalculating the display (i.e., Regen). Max Entities=1000 ; Default value is 1000. Sets the number of entities to draw before checking for an interrupt such as Panning or Dynamic Panning. If you have a fast display adapter, you can increase this value to reduce flicker when you use Dynamic Panning (entities filled with either hatch patterns or bitmaps are excluded). [Display List] Min Arc Vectors=24 ; Default value is 24 segments. Sets the minimum number of vectors to draw for arcs, circles, and ellipses (symbols and XREFs excluded). The higher the value, the smoother arcs will display without requiring a regen. UseBoxOnScroll=TRUE ; Default value is TRUE. If TRUE, DataCAD will display extents boxes for text and other complex entities when you use Dynamic Panning. If FALSE, DataCAD will not substitute extents boxes for text and other complex entities when you use Dynamic Panning. [Printer] Enhanced Bitmap=TRUE ; Default value is TRUE. If TRUE, DataCAD will take longer to resample bitmaps before they are printed (higher quality). If FALSE, DataCAD will take less time to resample bitmaps before they are printed (lower quality). [Bitmaps] MinSize=0.001 MaxSize=100 ; Specify the minimum and maximum size in megabytes of bitmaps to store in memory. Increase the minimum size and decrease the maximum size if the amount of RAM you have available is limited (i.e. 256MB or less) and if your drawings contain either a lot of and/or large bitmaps. 02. Command Line Calculator Tokens -- You can use the following tokens with the Command Line Calculator.   Operation Example Calculated Value Z-Base =ZBASE+1 Current Z-Base + 1 Z-Height =ZHITE+1 Current Z-Height + 1 Last X =LASTX+1 X, Y, or Z coordinate of last point selected relative to absolute zero. Last Y =LASTY+1 Last Z =LASTZ+1 Truncate =TRUNC(123.456) 123 Fraction =FRAC(123.456) 0.456 Logarithm =LOG(1000) 3 (Base 10) The following tokens are not covered in the Reference Manual.   Raised to the power of =10^2 100 Exponential =EXP(1) 2.718281828 Absolute Value =ABS(-123.456) 123.456 PI =PI 3.14159265359 03. The orientation of the rubber band box for area selection now matches the angle of the cursor/grid.  A "Rotate" toggle has been added to the Area selection menu so you can align the rubber band box to either the drawing window or the cursor/grid angle. 04. New toolbar codes have been added to control the Jamb In toggle for Door Swings. [JambIn On] V=1012 [JambIn Off] V=1013 05. An entry has been added to DCADWIN.INI to restore area and volume indicators generated by the Measures menu to pre-version 11 format. [General] Superscripted Areas and Volumes=FALSE 06. A new toggle, Locked, has been added to the Hatch Type menu so you can assign associative hatch patterns that are relative to their boundaries versus the drawing. 07. New extended character codes have been added so you can set the state of the Locked hatch toggle via a keyboard macro, toolbar icon, or alias. 0252 - Turn Hatch Type Locked On 0253 - Turn Hatch Type Locked Off 08. A new option, Hatch Origin, has been added to the Display menu. When toggled on, DataCAD will display the origin of associative hatch entities. Independently from the Hatch Origin display setting, DataCAD will show the origin of associative hatch entities when they are highlighted. 09. A Self-XREF option has been added to the Insert menu for your convenience. 10 A new built-in function number, L=179, has been added so you can insert a Self-XREF via a toolbar icon. 11. A new toggle, Open RFM, has been added to the Insert, XREF menu so that DataCAD will automatically launch the Reference File Manager after you insert an XREF. 12. It is now possible to change the radius of an arc using the Stretch command. 13. The Symbol Browser folder browser dialog is now resizable on Windows NT/2000/XP.  Note: This feature is not available on Windows 95/98/ME.  You can disable this feature by adding the following entry to the [SymbolBrowser] section of DCADWIN.INI. [SymbolBrowser] Resizable Folder Browser=FALSE ; Default value is TRUE. 14. A new option, Lock Toolbars, has been added to the View pull-down menu. If checked, all docked toolbars will be locked into their current position. Floating toolbars will remain undocked. The following section can be added to DCADWIN.INI if you'd like to customize which regions (i.e., Top, Bottom, Left, and Right) of the program interface will become fixed when Lock Toolbars is enabled. [Toolbars] Locked=0 ; Default value is 0. If set to a value of 1, all regions will lock/unlock. Top=2, Bottom=4, Left=8, 16=Right. If you only want the Top, Bottom, and Left regions to lock/unlock, set Locked to a value of 2+4+8 or 14. 15. It is now possible to generate reports based on symbol text attribute data.  To generate a report based on symbol text attributes stored in your drawing, use the Extract Attributes option from the Symbol Browser Options menu. 16. DCAL for Delphi-based add-ons (.DMX files) are now supported. 17. File compression can be disabled by adding the following entry to the [General] section of DCADWIN.INI.  This option may be useful if you are sharing drawing files with someone who is using DataCAD LT 11. [GENERAL] Compressed Drawing Files=FALSE ; Default value is TRUE. If FALSE, DataCAD will not compress drawings when you save them. 18. Added a scroll bar to the "Macros in Menu" list on the Macros tab of Program Preferences which allows you to see the entire path and name of macros in the list. Fixes in version 11.05.00 (Since version 11.01.02): 01.  The Backup option has been corrected to restore the last reference point when you create a Horizontal 3D Polygon. 02. The order of the entities that comprise non-associative dimensions was changed in DataCAD 10.  The order has been restored to match DataCAD 9 and prior versions so that when you press the comma key, you'll remove witness line 2 first. 03. In some cases, performing an undo after saving a symbol text attribute would cause the drawing to close unexpectedly.  This has been corrected. 04. In some cases, repeatedly exploding a symbol and performing an undo immediately afterward would cause the drawing to close unexpectedly.  This has been corrected. 05. In some cases, repeatedly adding and clearing entries from the Batch Plotting list would cause DataCAD to crash.  This has been corrected. 06. DataCAD will not allow you to save your drawing to a path where the available disk space is less than the drawing swap file. Previously, if you attempted to save a file to a location such as a floppy disk with insufficient space, the drawing would close without issuing any error and your changes would be lost. 07. An error related to creating a selection fence with more than 36 points such that some of the points cross over each other has been corrected. 08. An error related to hatch patterns with names greater than eight characters has been corrected. 09. An error related to Layer Sets that would result in an internal diagnostic fault error has been corrected. 10. An error related to exporting partial ellipses to DWG format has been corrected. 11. An error related to Self-XREFs with Nesting enabled has been corrected. 12. Setting the Layout % to a value of zero would cause the drawing to close.  This has been corrected. 13. Attempting to display a symbol in the Object Viewer from the Symbol Browser without the o2cPlayer.ocx control present would cause DataCAD to crash.  This has been corrected. 14. A symbol assigned to "Draw Permanent Arrows" in the Section, Options menu was not remembered.  This has been corrected. 15. An error that would cause an "Outermost" hatch to change to a "Normal" hatch when converted from DWG to AEC format has been corrected. 16. An error that would cause dimension component colors to round-trip from DataCAD to DWG to DataCAD incorrectly, has been corrected. 17. Text contained in an XREF that was enlarged, then bound would display the correct size but identify the original size.  This has been corrected. 18. An error that would cause the origin of hatch contained within a symbol from a DWG file to shift when exploded has been corrected. 19. An error that would prevent the AEC Model macro form from displaying has been corrected. 20. The On Layers and All Layers menu options for exporting DXF, DWG, and DWF files have been separated so you can create a unique keyboard shortcut for each file type. 21. An error that would cause the Quick Layout function to display the effective plotting area incorrectly when accessed using the [Ctrl] + [P] shortcut has been corrected. 22. An error that would prevent DataCAD from saving a file to a folder with a name containing more than one period in Windows 98 has been corrected. 23. Plotting from the Preview window after plotting To File would cause DataCAD to plot To File rather than the printer you selected.  This has been corrected. 24. An error that would cause a symbol to disappear when you tried to explode it on a locked layer has been corrected. 25. An error that would cause duplicate drawing attributes to occur when loading a layer set has been corrected. 26. When using the Layer Manager to rearrange layers in front of Layer 01, DataCAD would not save the new layer information to the auto-recovery file until a forced save was performed.  As a result, the layers that were moved in front of Layer 01 would be lost if the auto-recovery file was opened prior to a forced save. 27. It is now possible to use the [+] character in a GoTo View name. 28. The Line Type manager failed to recognize the [/] character when specifying line spacing.  For example, [..1/2] for half-inch spacing. This has been corrected. 29. Information Pasted into a drawing from the Clipboard was not appended to the active Selection Set when the Append option was enabled in the SelSets menu. This has been corrected. 30. Wall Style files (*.FWA) saved by the Frame-It macro would not load in DataCAD 11. This has been corrected. 31. The inability to enter a blank string in the Password menu would prevent you from removing password protection from your files. This has been corrected. 32. Clicking the Copy (or Cut) button after selecting information to Copy to the Clipboard would inadvertently toggle the InsertPnt button on. This has been corrected. 33. In files that contained two copies of the same XREF with different layer settings, you were unable to bind On Layers only in the second XREF after binding All Layers in the first XREF.  This has been corrected. 34. Creating an isometric view in a drawing would cause the Layer Sets function to add a view named LYRUTIL each time it was used.  This has been corrected. 35. Exploding a symbol that contained an ellipse would cause the drawing to close unexpectedly.  This has been corrected. 36. Under some circumstances, it would not be possible to select a polyline edge for editing when it was coincident with a line.  This has been corrected. 37. Under some circumstances, it would not be possible to select an associative hatch boundary edge while hatching when it was coincident with a line.  This has been corrected. 38.  Various display anomalies have been addressed. New features in version 11.01.02 (Since version 11.01.01): 01. In addition to using the scroll wheel to zoom in and out ([Ctrl] + Scroll Wheel by default), you can now use [Ctrl] + [Alt] + Left-click to pan the current view. 02. You can add the following entry to the [General] section of DCADWIN.INI to reverse the zoom direction when using the scroll wheel. [General] Reverse Scroll Wheel Zoom=TRUE Fixes in version 11.01.02 (Since version 11.01.01): 01. An error that would cause DataCAD to crash at the time you snapped to a polyline node when defining the first point of an axis for a revolved surface has been corrected. 02. The Defaults option on the Interface tab of Program Preferences now restores the toolbar icon size to 16 after you restart DataCAD. 03. An error that would cause the Wall Style Save As command to update both the current and new wall style has been corrected. 04. The Item Name for a symbol would not appear in a symbol report if you used the undo command after saving the symbol.  This has been corrected. 05. The GetSnap context menu now appears on the correct display when using dual monitors. 06. An error that would cause angular dimension filled arrow heads to distort when bounded by a ClipCube has been corrected. 07. The Fix Text option has been updated to work with the new text alignment options when you mirror text. 08. The Offset value was ignored when loading dimension styles.  This has been corrected. 09. The GoTo View list in the Reference File Manager was also displaying MSP details.  This has been corrected. 10. The prompt, "Select entity to match color," has been restored to Change, Color, Match. 11. An error that would cause an MSP view to be recalled versus the corresponding GoTo View when using the [Shift] + 1, 2, 3... hotkeys has been corrected. 12. An error that would cause the text size value to change after recalling a GoTo View when Text Scale was enabled has been corrected. 13. Hatch Pattern Files (.PAT) and Line Type Definition Files (.LIN) that contained a blank line feed at the end of the file would not convert to the new .DHP or .LTF format properly.  This has been corrected. 14. Hebrew and other right-to-left fonts may not display properly when you import them via DXF/DWG.  You can add the following entry to the [DXF_DWG] section of DCADWIN.INI so that DataCAD will ignore the backward flag applied to text. [DXF_DWG] BackwardTextFlag=FALSE 15. TrueType Fonts, Fills, and Bitmaps did not display in the plot preview when running DataCAD on Windows 98.  As a result, it was not possible to save the plot preview image to PDF format.  This has been corrected. New features in version 11.01.01 (Since version 11.01.00): 01. It is now possible to select XREFs using the Mask function. 02. It is now possible to exclude hatch pattern entities from the Global Overshoot setting.  To do this, set the Do Hatch toggle in the Overshoot Menu. 03. It is now possible to set the default input mode by adding the following entry to the [General] section of DCADWIN.INI. [General] Default Input Mode=0 ; 0=Relative Polar ; 1=Absolute Polar ; 2=Relative Cartesian ; 3=Absolute Cartesian ; 4=Direction/Distance 04. It is now possible to disable the [Insert] hot key so that you don't inadvertently change the current input mode by adding the following entry to the [General] section of DCADWIN.INI. [General] Insert Key Disabled=TRUE 05. The Rounding feature has been added to the Engineering, Decimal Feet, and Inch/Fraction scale types. 06. It is now possible to adjust how closely the extents of your drawing fit to the edge of the drawing window by setting the Percent value in the Zoom menu.  Note: This feature is only available when Free Zoom is enabled. 07. The display of line weights has been enhanced so that there is a 1:1 correspondence between the line weight setting and the number of rows of pixels used.  Previously, a line weight of two would be represented by three rows of pixels and a line weight of three would be represented by five rows of pixels and so on.  Note: This change effects the display of entities only, printed output remains the same.  The previous method can be restored by adding the following entry to the [General] section of DCADWIN.INI. [General] Old Line Weights=TRUE Fixes in version 11.01.01 (Since version 11.01.00): 01. DataCAD would crash if you tried to identify an associative hatch entity on a locked layer that was created in a prior version.  This problem has been corrected. 02. If the Scale Type was set to either Meters, Centimeters, or Millimeters, DataCAD would return the error "Points file units cannot be that small" when you tried to import surveyor data to create a TIN surface.  This problem has been corrected. 03. An error that would cause the Layer Manager to no longer display an existing layer name after you tried to create a new layer with the same name has been corrected. 04. Wall styles that used either dotted, dashed, or dot-dash line types would create walls with solid line types instead.  This problem has been corrected. 05. Access to Add-On help is now working correctly. 06. Multi-scale Plotting sheet extents would not fit correctly on newer displays with a resolution of 1440x900.  A new Layout % option has been added to the Multi-layout, Layout Settings menu so you can work with wider displays. 07. The active layer was overwritten by the first layer in a layer set you imported.  This problem has been corrected. 08. Under some circumstances, MSP details would not import correctly from a layer set.  This problem has been corrected. 09. The message, "Automatic file save complete" now reads "Auto-recover file created."  You must save the changes you've made when you close a drawing file.  Auto-recover files are only used in the event you exit DataCAD abnormally. 10. You cannot measure the perimeter or area of an open polyline. 11. Under some circumstances, the previous stretch distance was not remembered correctly.  This problem has been corrected. 12. Some AEC files would fail to open - giving a "File decompression error -3" or "File decompression error -5."  This problem has been corrected. 13. TrueType fonts and fills on extremely large paper sizes would be clipped or not be displayed at all.  This problem has been corrected. 14. TrueType fonts and fills on extremely large paper sizes would be clipped and/or display in the wrong location if 'Rotate at device' was enabled.  This problem has been corrected. 15. Fixed a problem where points imported from a DWG file would display as small dots instead of the standard small square DataCAD markers. 16. Fixed a problem where files with associative hatch on locked layers created prior to version 11.01.00 would crash during file purge and close/save. 17. 'Aligned' or 'Fit' text stored in a symbol that was then inserted exploded, changed aspect when it was then moved.  This problem has been corrected. 18. Fixed a problem where Identify/Set All did not distinguish between symbol attribute text and regular text for text alignment and justification parameters, causing current values to become invalid. 19. Fixed a problem where some drawing files saved in 11.01.00, then opened and saved in 11.00.03 or earlier versions, then re-opened in 11.01.00 would crash. 20. Loading DC5 files from certain prior versions of DataCAD caused very long load times.  This problem has been corrected. 21. A change was made to correct disappearing text when printing clipped, rotated details, and with the media rotated at device option enabled. 22. A problem has been corrected where arc-based CHR text (such as HLV_TP) inserted with 'Mirrored' alignment would cause DataCAD to hang. 23. Fixed a problem where you could edit polylines on locked layers (which would not be allowed) and you would receive an Internal Diagnostic Fault 3 error from 77 when attempting to delete a vertex. 24. It would only be possible to create rectangular polyline boundaries in either the 3D Knife or Revolved Surface menus if rectangle was the method set in the curves, polyline menu.  This has been corrected. 25. The DXF/DWG translator now imports splines by converting them to either polylines (if the control points are co-planar and parallel to the ortho plane) or 3D lines. You can restore the previous method where DataCAD converts spline entities to a point for round-tripping by adding the following entry to the [DEBUG] section of DCADWIN.INI. [DEBUG] DWGSplineAsPoint=FALSE ; Default value is FALSE. TRUE restores previous conversion method. 26. Corrections have been made to the DXF/DWG translator for improved conversion of hatch and MText entities. New features in version 11.01.00 (Since version 11.00.03): Classic-style Menu Window Classic Menu Window, Navigation Pad, Projection Pad, and Status Panel are available.  To enable these classic-style elements, go to View, Toolbars.  If you would also like to have the classic look of raised buttons, go to the Interface tab in Program Preferences and check Classic Buttons. Bitmap Orphans Manager A new bitmap orphans manager allows you to redefine paths for bitmaps you've already inserted into your drawing. Nested XREF (External Reference) Display Toggle A new option allows you to disable the display of nested external references at the time you insert an XREF.  You can also toggle the display of nested external references on a per XREF basis via the Reference File Manager or the context-sensitive pop-up menu.  The display of nested references can be disabled globally with the Display Nested XREFs option in the Nested XREFs section of the Misc. tab of Program Preferences. Duplicate XREFs Use Same Memory Space Multiple XREFs of the same file now use a single memory space.  Used in combination with the Display Nested XREFs toggle, you can significantly reduce the amount of memory required to open your drawings that contain XREFs. Self-referencing XREFs Use Same Memory Space Multiple self-referencing XREFs now use the same memory space so DataCAD no longer creates a new swap file every time you reference a drawing into itself. Plot Scale Saved with GoTo Views A new option, Save with GoTo Views, has been added to the Current Plot Scale section of the Misc. tab of Program Preferences.  This lets you save the current plot scale with a GoTo View when you create it. Global Line Overshoots You can now set the line overshoot value globally so that it applies to all entities equally.  The global line overshoot is scale-independent and is defined as a real-world, plotted distance. You can access the Overshoots menu from the Line Type menu. Note: Overshoot must be toggled on in the Display menu in order to view/plot line overshoots. Contour Search Supports Line/Arc and Arc/Arc The contour search routine has been updated to handle line/arc and arc/arc conditions that were not supported previously. 2-Line Trim Supports Line/Arc and Arc/Arc The two line trim command has been updated to handle line/arc and arc/arc conditions that were not supported previously. Embedded Line Types Line Types (up to 255) are now stored in your drawing file.  Now, you don't have to worry about providing custom line type definitions to your colleagues when you give them copies of your drawings.  DataCAD 11.01.00 automatically converts your line type definitions from DCADWIN.LIN to individual .DLT files stored in \DataCAD\Support Files\Line Types. Line Type Creator Now, anything you draw can be converted into a new line type.  The line type creator allows you to select entities in your drawing (up to 65,536) to define one segment of a custom line type.  You can begin using your new line type immediately. Line Type Manager A line type manager has been added to the Line Type menu. Select Line Manage from the Line Type menu to access a dialog for loading or re-loading external line type definitions into your drawing. You can also set the End Correction and Default Spacing for embedded line type definitions. Note: The Factor option has been removed from the Line Type menu. The default spacing (or last spacing value entered on a per line type basis) is always used. The [q] and [Q] keyboard interrupts now recognize the default line type spacing setting in the line type definition. Now, the default line spacing for a given line type will automatically be set when you change the current line type using the [q] or [Q] keyboard interrupts. Previously, the default line type spacing was only set when you selected the current line type from the menu. Embedded Hatch Patterns (Optimized) Embedded hatch patterns have been optimized to require less memory. For example, in one test file that included four StoneCAD patterns applied to a lot of entities, the drawing file size was reduced from 17MB to 10MB.  DataCAD 11.01.00 automatically converts your hatch pattern definitions from DCADWIN.PAT to individual .DHP files stored in \DataCAD\Support Files\Hatch Patterns. Hatch Pattern Manager A hatch pattern manager has been added to the Hatching menu. Select Manage from the Hatching menu to access a dialog for loading or re-loading external hatch pattern definitions into your drawing. You can also set the angle and scaling for embedded hatch pattern definitions. Note:  By default, you cannot load a line type named “Solid,” “Dotted,” “Dashed,” or “Dot-Dash” into your drawing. These names are reserved for the internal hard-coded line type definitions. Lines 135 – 138 determine the reserved names for these line types. Notes: Line Type and Hatch Pattern Managers The top section of each dialog displays the definitions that are currently (or will be) loaded into the active drawing. This section is used to modify parameters. Clicking OK or Apply will load newly selected definitions and/or apply changes you’ve made. Once your changes have been applied, you can use the Save or Save As options to save your internal definitions to the hard drive. You can use the Reload option to overwrite an internal definition with an external one. The lower section of each dialog displays external definitions that you may load into the active drawing. You cannot make changes to external definitions in this section. You must first apply changes to internal definitions, then use the Save or Save As options to externalize your new settings. You can manually convert DataCAD line types (.LIN) to the new (.DLT) format or DataCAD hatch patterns (.PAT) to the new (.DHP) format.  Use the Convert... option from the Line Type and Hatch Pattern managers. Launch External Application From Toolbar A new toolbar code has been added for launching external applications.  You can now use the new "P" code to launch an external program (such as WordPad) from a DataCAD toolbar icon. To launch an external program from a DataCAD toolbar, use the following syntax. [Launch_WordPad] Hint=Launch WordPad Icon=WordPad_Icon P=c:\program files\windows nt\accessories\wordpad.exe If the external program supports command line parameters, you can include them as well.  The following example launches WordPad and automatically opens my_document.txt. [Open_My_Document] Hint=Launch WordPad and open My_Document.txt Icon=My_Document_Icon P=c:\program files\windows nt\accessories\wordpad.exe c:\my_documents\my_document.txt Screen Calibration Using the Screen Calibration dialog, accessible from the Interface Settings tab of Program Preferences, you can measure the test pattern in either decimal inches or millimeters in order to adjust both the screen scaling and aspect ratio. Browse Symbols From Toolbar There is a new Toolbar Code for Symbol Browser You can now use the new "B" code to load a folder or template into the symbol browser via an icon. Use the following syntax in your toolbar (.DTB) file. To open a folder... [Browse_Folder] Hint=Browse for drawing notation symbols. Icon=Drawing_Symbols_Icon B=c:\program files\datacad\symbols\drawing\ or [Browse_Folder] Hint=Browse for drawing notation symbols. Icon=Drawing_Symbols_Icon B=symbols\drawing\ To open a template... [Open_Template] Hint=Open draw