What features would you like to see added to a future version of DataCAD?
#65041 by Nick Pyner
Wed Oct 15, 2014 6:24 pm
I thought I might as well be the first cab off the rank, and try to take everybody along with my long-standing gripe.

When I save an image to a new layer, I want to work on it straight away.

When new layer is selected, there are two options

new layer off - for the life of me, I can't imagine that button being pushed often as a result of true desire.
or on - which means you revert to ortho and get everything.

What we need is a third, "exclusive-on", button which means you have the option to revert to ortho and see what you want, and only what you want. How obvious is that? I have been griping about this for ever, so some relief in version 18 would be most welcome. If nobody else in DCadland is interested, which seems to be the case, perhaps you can call it the Nick Pyner button. Cool.

AND SINCE the only way to see the image is in ortho, an automatic reversion to ortho, with view extents, on selecting "excl-on" sounds a really good idea.

I imagine it would take a bit of discipline in maintenance of GTVs, but I submit that, if this facility existed, it would, and indeed should, be the the default procedure.
#65042 by Paul Nida
Wed Oct 15, 2014 8:13 pm
I think this would be a good addition and it has my vote.

But I must say I do sometimes use the layer off button, especially if I am saving out multiple views.
#65045 by Roger D
Thu Oct 16, 2014 8:22 am
good idea. I'm also like Paul, I'll save out 4 views then start working on them, so I'd use the button on the 4th view saved.
#65049 by David A. Giesselman
Thu Oct 16, 2014 10:30 am
Done for the next v17 Subscription update.

Dave
#65792 by Nick Pyner
Thu Feb 05, 2015 8:29 pm
Well, there it is in V17.01

F7 New+Only

and zoom>extents at no extra charge.

Thank you
#66075 by joshhuggins
Tue Mar 10, 2015 3:22 pm
#66085 by fsoliver
Wed Mar 11, 2015 12:10 pm
I like the way you can set up keyboard shortcuts in SU. A pull down within the program would make us use that feature much more since you don't have to go out to another file and start putzin' with writing code for the ALT, CTRL keys and such.
#68017 by Roger D
Wed Jan 13, 2016 2:06 pm
Wish the Xref Manager would remember size when last used in a drawing.
#68018 by joshhuggins
Wed Jan 13, 2016 2:48 pm
#68019 by Roger D
Wed Jan 13, 2016 2:55 pm
no duplicates, didn't even have 1, so I added your sample, it seems to be working now.
#68020 by joshhuggins
Wed Jan 13, 2016 3:01 pm
Interesting, well glad it worked! :D
#68102 by Roger D
Sat Jan 23, 2016 3:00 pm
Wish the Edit Symbol Attribute dialog could be scalable, so the text can be enlarged.

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