MicroSurvey CAD 2008 - What's New / Improved / Fixed

MicroSurvey CAD 2008 New Features and Fixes Summary

October 4, 2007

The following is a list of new features and fixes included in MicroSurvey CAD 2008. It is broken into two main sections, MicroSurvey and IntelliCAD.

Copyright ‚© 2007 MicroSurvey Software Inc. All rights reserved.

New features

Microsoft Vista

MicroSurvey CAD 2008 is fully compatible with Windows 2000, Windows XP and Vista.

Latest CAD Engine

MicroSurvey CAD 2008 uses IntelliCAD¢‚¬„¢s newest release, IntelliCAD 6.4.

Work with DWG 2008 files

MicroSurvey CAD supports opening, modifying, printing, and saving drawings in DWG 2007 format. The DWG 2007 format is now the default format in which MicroSurvey CAD drawings are saved. ‚  Note, the 2007 format is compatible with AutoCAD R 2008.

Advanced Rendering

MicroSurvey CAD now includes an advanced rendering engine that allows you to view your whole drawing in a dynamic 3D view. Pan, rotate, zoom around your drawing using advanced viewing controls. Save and print high resolution images directly from the render window.

USB Licensing (Stand alone)

MicroSurvey CAD is now activated by using a USB License Key. USB License Keys make MicroSurvey CAD more portable for companies who need flexibility in where and when their software is used. ‚  All activation is done over the internet, no more calling or faxing us for software passwords.

USB Licensing (Server)

New for 2008 is the MicroSurvey USB License Server. ‚  The License Server is perfect for organizations that want to have a network license system for MicroSurvey CAD.

Alphanumeric Support

MicroSurvey CAD now has full alphanumeric point name support. Give your point names more relevant meaning such as STK1, or RP1, or CHK1.

Standardized Database

New for 2008 is a standardized database (DBF) format for all databases created by MicroSurvey CAD. The new database format is quicker, more stable, and more compact than previous versions.

Compressed Database

The main project database is now automatically compressed when you close your project. On average, the new compressed database is 90% smaller in size compared to previous versions. The new database has a ¢‚¬Å“msz¢‚¬ extension. You can open older MicroSurvey CAD projects, but you cannot convert MicroSurvey CAD 2008 databases to older formats such as 2005.

Faster Importing and Processing

Many of the routines you use on a daily basis have been sped up. Importing ASCII files, processing measurement files, and importing EVR projects is on average 25% faster.

Feature File Support

You can now add, edit and view point feature data. ‚  If feature data is collected using FieldGenius, the feature files will automatically import back into MicroSurvey CAD.

Lots and Blocks Name

You can now use alphanumeric names for all Lot and Block commands, including the Lot Closure Routine.

Rock Walls

We now have 4 new linetypes for Rock Walls. They are included in the ICAD.LIN and are also part of the default ICAD.DWT file and are called ROCK, ROCK1, ROCK2 and ROCK3.

LDD / Civil 3D Database support

You can now import and export points to and from LDD and Civil 3D database files. ‚ 

LandXML Support

You can now import and export points using LandXML files. ‚  More support for other LandXML data elements will be added very soon.

Traverse Coordination (Northing / Easting Only)

This new option will compute the horizontal position using a scaled distance which is derived by applying the input scale factor to the distances stored in the traverse file. However, the elevation will be computed using the raw (un-scaled) distance.

Rich Text Log File Editor

Included in MicroSurvey CAD and Capture is an updated log file editor and viewer. ‚  Record all your notes regarding your investigation using the Log File command.

FieldGenius Raw File Encryption Support

MicroSurvey CAD now includes the ability to decrypt FieldGenius encrypted raw files.

Cut Sheet Tolerance

When you generate a point cut sheet report, you now have to option of specifying a stake out tolerance which will be used to determine what stakeout points passed or failed.

Important fixes

Calculating

• The MsCOGO > 3 Point Arc command would create an incorrect arc if the COGO point used had a symbol attached to it. This command has now been removed from the COGO menu, and the ARC command should be used instead.
• The Compute Lot Closure routine would sometimes unnecessarily ask for the next point number to use, even if the option to store points was turned off. It no longer prompts for the point number if points will not be stored.
• If the Linear Units Drawing Setting was set to 5 or higher, then some Inverse calculations had odd values such as N 89-59-60 E instead of N 90-00-00 E. This has been corrected.

Drafting

• All entity snaps are now being temporarily turned off when using the Slide Text Along Axis command, to prevent the selected position from snapping to an entity that is not along the sliding axis.
• Labeling an arc when your angular drawing settings are set to grads would cause MSCAD 2005 to crash. This no longer crashes MSCAD 2008, but if you are using grads then the arcs will still not be reliably labeled.
• Bearing Labels could sometimes be rounded incorrectly if the Angular Precision drawing setting was increased to 5 or higher.

Traverse

• Re-coordinating a traverse containing shots with 0 distance could cause crashes or invalid points to be created in the coordinate database.
• Raw files containing only GPS measurements could not be re-coordinated, they now can be.
• Improved the Show Traverse toolbar button to make it easier to see.
• Leica GSI 16 Output is now included in the Write Collector Files Out menu.
• Pressing the ¢‚¬Å“Unselect All¢‚¬ button in the TDS/FG Filter Options dialog would cause MSCAD 2005 to hang up on re-start due to a null value in the X99.DAT file. This has been fixed.
• Importing raw files from some third-party software which contained incomplete SP records that did not include a description or an elevation value would cause MSCAD 2005 to crash.
• Re-coordinating a traverse now records the Point Protection status messages to the view log file.
• When using SDRMap Coding, the CAD2 code was not correctly orienting the symbol to fit between the 2 points. It is now scaled and rotated appropriately.
• The Dynamic Pan Hand icon on the Point Groups and Manual Traverse Entry dialogs were generating error messages and causing MSCAD 2005 to get stuck in a pan mode until the middle mouse button was clicked.
• The routine used for importing an SDR file has been improved to honor the N,E vs E,N flag in the 00 record of the file to allow importing coordinates with an E,N format.

Design

• Generating alignment station and offset reports was not working properly if the same output file was re-selected for multiple reports.
• The Auto Site Design routine would generate errors if there was no current surface, preventing the design surface from being created.
• Overall reliability of Subdivision Design / Lots / Blocks / House Placement routines has been improved.
• When labeling existing points that fall directly along the center of a horizontal alignment with no offset, the first point on the alignment would not be labeled.
• When labeling existing points on a horizontal alignment which was created using the Create Using Lines and Arcs command by picking 3D entities, the labels were being incorrectly calculated with a slope distance for each segment.
• Overall reliability of all Sewers routines has been improved.

FieldGenius

• When importing FieldGenius raw files containing multisets, the Instrument and Target heights were not being set correctly for the RB and RF records.
• The Process FieldGenius Figures (PROC_FIGURE) command would sometimes draw the bearing and distance labels on the new lines. These labels are no longer drawn.
• The Process FieldGenius Figures command is now available through the MsTraverse menu.
• Importing a FieldGenius project that did not contain a raw file with the same name as the project folder would cause errors.

Points Database

• Coordinates which were converted using the MTM83-1 coordinate were incorrect by 30 minutes due to an incorrect central meridian value.
• The Point Update command now redraws point nodes on the specified default layer.
• Changing a point ID now creates a History note.
• Improved the layout of the Point Update dialog to remove confusion users had about the ¢‚¬Å“When Description Matches¢‚¬ filter.
• Notes entered into the Store & Edit Points dialog were being cut off to the first 32 characters without notifying you. You can no longer enter a note longer than this.
• Placing Quick Posts onto a point that already contained a description was not trimming the lines to the post block, due to a problem with the ¢‚¬€œB option in the Automap Library.
• Auditing the MicroSurvey database would cause any Quick Post icons that were added onto a point to be removed.
• The Rotate Automap Symbols options in the Automap Library did not work reliably.
• In the Active Coordinate Editor, sorting points by Point Protection through the Sort menu was not properly sorting them. This functionality has been changed, and they can now be sorted by double-clicking on the Point Protection column header.
• In the Active Coordinate Editor, using the Set Selection Coordinates command was reversing the entered Northing and Easting values.
• After calling the Single Point Editor from the MultiPoint dialog, you are now returned back to the MultiPoint dialog.
• Changing the sorting parameters in the Active Coordinate Editor now automatically re-sorts the list.
• The Rescale Complete Drawing command would sometimes reset the position of point labels, if they had been moved by dragging their grips.

Surfaces

• The Erase Selected (ESEL) command would not work if 3dface entities were selected.
• In the Surface Operations screen, using the Clear Parts option to delete Breaks from a surface would delete the entire surface. This has been corrected, and now only deletes the breaklines from the surface.
• Using the Control Line option to label contours was not labeling all contours if a 3D Polyline with a bend in it was selected as the control line, it would only label up until the bend. It now labels all contours that cross the control line.
• The Surface View (SVIEW) command did not work reliably in MSCAD 2005.

General

• Generate Lines Between Blocks toolbar button has been fixed.
• Using the CAD Lines dialog, it was possible to see the incorrect information for a selected line. If you displayed the information for a line that is in the database, and then a line that is not in the database, the second line still displayed the information from the previously displayed line.
• Using grips to moving the label of a point would cause a History flag to appear for that point, even though the point itself was not moved.
• It was possible to accidentally import an ASCII file into Layout space, MSCAD 2008 now automatically switches back to Model space when you import an ASCII file.
• Picking on a point node would sometimes not display the Single Point Editor dialog when it was supposed to.
• The MsCalcs toolbar had incorrect commands linked to the Best Fit a Line and the Best Fit a Curve buttons. These buttons have both been corrected.
• Switching drawing windows while a COGO command is active would cause problems with having to access multiple databases. You will now be warned not to switch drawings during the middle of a MicroSurvey database command.
• The Delete Projects dialog was improved to clarify that only the database file will be deleted.
• The error message that comes up if a font file is not found has been improved for clarity.
  Formatting of LOG files has been improved with the use of the RTF format.
• When using the Save As command to overwrite an existing DWG file, the existing database from that previous drawing was not being erased. We now check for this situation and display a prompt to erase them.
• The movies.exe file used for playing the training movies through the help file has been improved to allow multiple versions of MSCAD and inCAD to coexist peacefully.
• Help button on the Surface Volume dialog did not open up the help file.
• Browsing to a UNC path (ie, \\server\folder\) for various files and folder locations would cause errors.
• Fixed general issues with using profiles.

IntelliCAD Engine New Features and Fixes Summary

The following is a list of new features and fixes included in the IntelliCAD 6.4 engine.

New features

Work with the newest DWG 2007 format

IntelliCAD supports the updated DWG 2007 format by opening, printing, and saving new entity types, such as annotations, and recognizing new system variables. AutoCAD 2008 uses the R2007 format.

Work with DWG 2007 files

IntelliCAD supports opening, modifying, printing, and saving drawings in DWG 2007 format. The DWG 2007 format is now the default format in which IntelliCAD drawings are saved.

Create and edit color books

Now you can create and edit color books, which help you organize collections of colors, right from IntelliCAD.

Work with images

IntelliCAD Professional version includes enhanced imaging features to help you work with images in your drawings. Working with images is similar as in previous IntelliCAD versions, with easy-to-use features located on the Image menu in IntelliCAD.

Use new layout viewport features

There are several new features for layout viewports:

• Snap to model space entities from paper space.
• Lock layout viewports to lock the model space view or location while panning or zooming in paper space.
• Assign a unique UCS to a layout viewport.

Manage character sets for drawings

IntelliCAD allows you to manage which character set is assigned to a drawing. This unique feature can be very helpful when sharing or distributing drawings in geographic regions where several languages are used that require different character sets to display text properly.

Reverse the zoom direction of the mouse wheel

Instead of zooming in and out by moving the mouse wheel forward and backward, you can reverse the settings to zoom in when spinning the mouse wheel backward and zoom out when spinning the wheel forward. This can be especially helpful if you use the mouse with your left hand.

Assign true colors and color book colors

You¢‚¬„¢ve always been able to add color to your drawings using index colors, but now you use two new color features:

• True colors ¢‚¬€ Defined using 24-bit color, there are more than 16 million true colors from which you can choose.
• Color books ¢‚¬€ Defined with a list of colors, color books help you organize collections of colors. For example, you can store a unique color scheme in a color book for a client and then use colors only from that color book for the client¢‚¬„¢s drawings.

Work with raster images using ADeko Raster

IntelliCAD Professional version includes new raster imaging software to help you work with images in your drawings. Working with raster images is similar to previous IntelliCAD versions, with easy-to-use features located on the Image menu in IntelliCAD.

Export to PDF and 3D DWF format

You can export drawings to two new formats:

• PDF ¢‚¬€ Portable Document Format files allow you to distribute your drawing to others for viewing with Adobe‚® Acrobat‚® Reader‚®, which is free software that users can download, and for viewing, reviewing, and editing with Adobe‚® Acrobat.
• 3D DWF ¢‚¬€ 3D Design Web Format files can be viewed in a Web browser if Autodesk‚® DWF Viewer is also installed on the computer. DWF Viewer is a free tool from Autodesk‚® that always supported viewing 2D DWF files, but now supports viewing DWF files in three dimensions.

Use entity snaps

When using the extension option with Intersection Snap and Apparent Intersection Snap, IntelliCAD draws dashed extension lines to help guide you as you use the extension snap option.

If you are working in the command bar, you can modify the active command by typing m2p or mtp to enable a one-time snap to the midpoint of two points that you specify.

Edit text in the command line

The command bar and Prompt History window include enhanced text editing, including cutting, copying, and pasting text; copying the last command line or the entire command history; and repeating a previously executed command.

Create wipeout entities

Wipeouts are unique entities that can help you hide areas of your drawing. They display with the current background color, so the details behind the wipeout do not display or print. However, if your version of IntelliCAD does not include raster image capability (that is, does not include an Image menu), wipeout entities display, but the details behind the wipeouts also display.

Create audio notes from existing *.wav files

In addition to recording audio notes in IntelliCAD and attaching them to entities, you can now create audio notes from existing *.wav files. Audio notes created from an existing *.wav file are saved in the drawing file and the separate *.wav file remains unchanged.

Attach and record audio

IntelliCAD provides the unique ability to record audio notes, which are sound clips attached to entities and available for playback at any time. For example, audio notes in a factory floor plan can describe maintenance activities for specific areas of the factory and employees can play the audio notes to hear instructions.

Use new and enhanced system variables

New system variables include: 3DDWFPREC, DIMARCSYM, DWGCODEPAGE, IMAGEHLT, RASTERVERNUM, RTDISPLAY, UCSVP, ZOOMWHEELL,ANNOALLVISIBLE, ANNOTATIVEDWG, CANNOSCALE, CANNOSCALEVALUE, CMLEADERSTYLE, DGNFRAME, DXEVAL, DIMANNO, LAYEREVAL, LAYERNOTIFY, LIGHTINUNITS, LIGHTSINBLOCKS, LINEARBRIGHTNESS, LINEARCONTRAST, LOGEXPBRIGHTNESS, LOGEXPCONTRAST, LOGEXPDAYLIGHT, LOGEXPMIDTONES, LOGEXPPHYSICALSCALE, MSLTSCALE, RENDERUSERLIGHTS, SAVEFIDELITY, and VPLAYEROVERRIDES, CAMERADISPLAY, CAMERAHEIGHT, CMATERIAL, CSHADOW, DEFAULTLIGHTING, DEFAULTLIGHTINGTYPE, DIMFXL, DIMFXLON, DIMJOGANGLE, DIMLTEX1, DIMLTEX2, DIMLTYPE, DIMTFILL, DIMTFILLCLR, DRAGVS, DWFFRAME, DWFOSNAP, DWGCHECK, GRIDDISPLAY, GRIDMAJOR, INTERFERECOLOR, INTERFEREOBJVS, LATITUDE, LEGACYCTRLPICK, LIGHTGLYPHDISPLAY, LIGHTLISTSTATE, LOFTANG1, LOFTANG2, LOFTMAG1, LOFTMAG2, LOFTNORMALS, LOFTPARAM, LOGNITUDE, NORTHDIRECTION, OSOPTIONS, PERSPECTIVE, PSOLHEIGHT, PSOLWIDTH, PUBLISHALLSHEETS, SHADOWPLANELOCATION, SHOWHIST, SOLIDHIST, STEPSIZE, STEPSPERSEC, SUNSTATUS, TIMEZONE, UCSDETECT, VSBACKGROUNDS, VSEDGEJITTER, VSEDGEOVERHANG, VSEDGES, VSEDGESMOOTH, VSFACECOLORMODE, VSFACEHIGHLIGHT, VSFACEOPACITY, VSFACESTYLE, VSHALOGAP, VSHIDEPRECISION, VSINTERSECTIONCOLOR, VSINTERSECTIONEDGES, VSINTERSECTIONLTYPE, VSISOONTOP, VSLIGHTINQUALITY, VSMATERIALMODE, VSMONOCOLOR, VSOBSCUREDCOLOR, VSOBSCUREDEDGES, VSOBSCUREDLTYPE, VSSHADOWS, VSSILHEDGES, VSSILHWIDTH, AUDIOICON, AUDIOICONCOLOR, and AUDIOICONSCALE.

Enhanced system variables include: DELOBJ, FACETRATIO, HALOGAP, HIDEPRECISION, OBSCUREDCOLOR, OBSCUREDLTYPE, OLEQUALITY, TEXTEVAL, CECOLOR SNAPCOLOR, AUDIOICONCOLOR, NOMUTT, OSNAPCOORD, OSNAPHATCH, OSNAPZ, and RTSKIPCOUNT.

Changed system variables include: ACADVER and DIMSCALE.

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Important fixes

Open and save files

• Corrupted drawings containing more than one Layer 0 are now recovered correctly.
• IntelliCAD uses the new DWGdirect 2.2 libraries.
• When opening drawings, external references now display properly in the drawing preview.
• Several improvements were made to auditing and recovering corrupt drawing files.
• IntelliCAD uses the new DWGdirect 1.14.02 libraries.
• IntelliCAD properly saves binary extended entity data.
• Extended entity data on group objects and view entities is saved properly.
• Corrupted or missing plot styles do not prevent entities from being saved.
• New actions are taken to help prevent data corruption when opening and saving drawings. If necessary, additional error messages display.
• Opening files includes general performance improvements.
• IntelliCAD saves the active drawing first (rather than non-active drawings first) when multiple files are open and IntelliCAD is closed.

Raster images (IntelliCAD Professional versions)

• The Image Quality command now displays the current value.
• TWF positioning files are now used correctly for images.
• 600 DPI black and white images now print correctly.
• Some raster image types would lose their paths after saving or reloading; this has been fixed.
• RTDISPLAY is now supported for raster images.
• The 280 group code for an image entity now roundtrips properly.
• The Image command is now disabled when no drawing is active.
• The Image dialog box settings are no longer lost when switching between active images in the list box.
• Previewing images is faster for very large image files.
• Mirrored images properly display in the Image Manager.

Hatches

• Aborting a hatch boundary selection could cause IntelliCAD to crash.

• Some hatch patterns could change scale on save; this has been fixed.

• When associative hatches are erased, their boundaries are no longer erased with them.
• Direction on ellipses and elliptical arcs are not changed when the drawing is saved, which had previously caused issues when these entities were used as hatch boundaries.
• The Bhatch command can use entities inside a block as a boundary edge.
• User-defined hatch patterns do not have their base point reset when the drawing is saved.
• Non-associative hatches do not display as associative in the Hatch dialog box.
• The Bhatch dialog box and the HPASSOC system variable are now synchronized.
• When moving hatches, any associated boundaries move with the hatch.
• The ARRAY, ARRAY3D, MIRROR, and MIRROR3D commands now work with hatch entities.
• Hatch scale is saved correctly.
• Solid hatches utilize all spline knot boundaries correctly. This also fixed minor problems with the display of Kanji characters.
• If a hatch entity has the same name as a hatch pattern in the ICAD.PAT file but contains a different definition, that entity's hatch definition is no longer redefined on save.
• Hatch entities work better with the CHANGE and ENTPROP commands.
• Enhanced performance when working with dense hatch patterns, including patterns that are too dense to display.
• Dynamic dragging is approximately five times faster when dragging inserted blocks that contain hatch entities.

Printing

• All print settings were not always saved correctly for each layout; this has been fixed.

• Print preview of mirrored text is now correct when MIRRTEXT is 0.
• IntelliCAD versions built with Visual Studio 2003 could hang when exiting the Print Preview command; this has been fixed.
• Entities with the property BYBLOCK (but not contained in blocks) are printed properly.
• The default lineweight for print style tables is now set to Use Entity Lineweight.
• The Print and Print Preview commands now support wipeout frames.
• In some cases attributes did not properly appear in the Print Preview window; this has been fixed.

Dimensions

• The Dimension Settings dialog now shows the proper color for dimension line color.

Display

• In some cases new OLE objects only displayed the object frame and not the contents; this has been fixed.

• In some cases you could get graphics garbage/noise when dragging selections; this has been fixed.

• In some cases elliptical arcs with non-normalized start and end angles did not save correctly, causing the display to change. This has been fixed.

• Zoom Extents calculates the view correctly when entities are extended outside of the current view.
• You can view changes made with DVIEW without an additional REGEN.
• OLE objects remain visible even when links are broken.

• Dynamic mouse wheel zoom centers the zoom properly on the cursor location when using multiple monitors.

• All nested MINSERT entities now display properly.

• VPLAYER freeze now works properly for entities in paper space.
• Constant, invisible attributes now display properly when ATTDISP is ON.
• IntelliCAD consistently displays lineweights in model space viewports.
• Previously, if IntelliCAD could not properly display a single entity within a block, it would not display any of the remaining entities within the block definition. Remaining block entities now display when a single block entity cannot properly be displayed (for example, if a HATCH entity was too dense to display).
• Tolerance plus and minus symbols and diameter symbols now display correctly in Japanese versions of IntelliCAD.
• On some displays the layer control on the Properties toolbar could react to clicks outside of the control; this has been fixed.\
• OLE objects display correctly when WBLOCKed to a new drawing file.
• In some cases IntelliCAD improperly clipped block sub-entities and they did not display.
• The display of Chinese characters has improved due to better handling of double-byte characters.
• The handling of visibility flags on attributes is improved.
• Sub-entities in blocks properly support the display of lineweights.
• Dimensions from earlier DWG versions are not translated to new locations when a drawing is opened.
• Clipping is improved for overlapping viewports.
• Mview viewports saved as "Off" in IntelliCAD do not display as "On" in Autodesk‚® AutoCAD‚®.
• Draworder has been greatly improved for entities within blocks and external references.

• Draworder is properly retained for edited entities (Copy, Block, Move, etc.).

ACIS and 3D solids

• 3D Array now works properly for ACIS 3D solid objects.
• Arcs are now created with correct start and end angles when regions are exploded.
• Some crashes in rendering or performing hide on ACIS 3D solids have been resolved.
• ACIS entity-specific colors added by other applications (not IntelliCAD) could be lost on save; this has been corrected.
• ACIS primitives are created with the current color setting now (not always BYLAYER).

Multiline text

• The text height for multiline text is saved correctly now when exiting the MTEXT command dialog box.
• The formatting for the MTEXT command (Bold, Italic, and Underline) now works correctly.

• You can now use both begin and end curly braces appropriately with the MTEXT command.

• MTEXT entities can now be used as a cutting edge with the TRIM command.

Entity snaps

• Extended intersection snap now works properly.
• IntelliCAD snaps are no longer stuck on a single location and they no longer require that the snap be reset.

Linetypes

• User-defined complex linetype patterns are now saved and displayed properly.
• IntelliCAD now works properly when multiple linetypes are imported at the same time.

Print features

• User-defined print style tables are now saved in C:\Documents and Settings\user\My Documents\Print Styles per Microsoft‚® Windows‚® logo requirements.
• The Print Style file name dialog box now disallows invalid file names.
• Long file names are now visible in the Print Style Table Editor dialog box.
• The options on the Printing tab found in Tools > Options are now unavailable when no drawings are open.
• IntelliCAD now works properly when print style settings cannot be detected.
• IntelliCAD properly prints lineweights less than 2 millimeters.
• Dot hatch patterns print correctly and display in the Print Preview window correctly.
• IntelliCAD opens CTB and STB print style table files created in AutoCAD 2005 and 2006.
• IntelliCAD handles corrupted CTB and STB print style table files better.
• Canceling the Print Preview window no longer closes IntelliCAD.

Match properties

The MATCHPROP command copies the polyline width if all segments of the source polyline are the same width.

Entity properties

• The ENTPROP command allows you to change the width of a polyline correctly.
• Relative paths now work properly for entity hyperlinks.

Command bar

• The performance of command bar line scrolling has been greatly improved.
• The command bar no longer randomly displays duplicate entries.
• The command bar stores its size correctly if you vertically resize it.

Performance

• Improved performance and reduced screen flickers while using dynamic zoom and pan in paper space.
• Raster image performance has been improved greatly for both large image files and many other image files.
• A large memory leak with handling complex meshes was removed.

Export files

• When exporting a drawing to a PDF file, paper size enhancements allow you to select from a list of standard paper sizes, specify a custom size, and choose millimeters or inches for the paper size.
• When exporting a drawing to a PDF file, the drawing is now centered properly and exports to the correct size and units.

LISP

• The DIMOVERRIDE command now works properly via the LISP (command) function.

Text

• IntelliCAD no longer intermittently crashes when editing MTEXT.
• The -STYLE command properly handles style names that contain spaces.
• IntelliCAD no longer intermittently crashes when using the Text toolbar to change text styles.

Blocks and external references

• The External Reference command now remembers the previous path specified.
• Some nested blocks and external references did not display properly when SORTENTS was enabled; this has been fixed.
• Block entities now support the LWDEFAULT value correctly.
• In some cases IntelliCAD would crash when using COPYCLIP on external reference entities; this has been fixed.
• In some cases IntelliCAD would crash when using WBLOCK on external reference or block entities; this has been fixed.
• The Insert command now defaults to search a block's path specified in the Options dialog box on the Paths tab.

• Attributes must now be included when selecting a block with a window selection.

• The Blocks Explorer no longer fails when displaying blocks with complex proxy objects.

Viewports

• You can now snap to entities in model space from paper space.
• The Plan command now works properly with layout viewports (MVIEWs).
• In some cases IntelliCAD would display the wrong layout viewport when multiple layout viewports were active; this has been fixed.
• In some cases a corrupt layout viewport could be created when viewport entities were deleted; this has been fixed.

Dimensions

• Dimensions in layout viewports that snap to model space geometry no longer lose associativity upon UPDATE.

Draworder

• Improvements were made to draworder for blocks, external references, hatching, and text.
• Wipeout entities properly support draworder.

Circle entities

• The Tangent-Tangent-Tangent option is now available for circle creation.
• The Tangent Snap cursor is properly displayed while creating a circle using the Radius-Tangent-Tangent option.

Entity selection

• Selection for overlapping block entities has been improved.
• OLE objects can now be selected with a crossing window.
• Using Shift+click to select entities for editing in the Properties dialog box no longer intermittently disables selection until IntelliCAD is restarted.

Entity snaps

• You can now properly press Tab to cycle through entity snaps.
• IntelliCAD no longer intermittently goes into an infinite loop when trying to snap to complex NURBS curves.

Text

• Text and MText now support the display of UNICODE characters.
• The justification and display of TrueType fonts is improved.
• Text is no longer modified when opening and closing the DDEdit dialog box.
• IntelliCAD does not crash when adjusting the ruler in the Mtext dialog box.
• The Mtext dialog box displays with the current background color and all text colors appear the same as in the drawing.
• Vertical text grip point and direction now more closely match AutoCAD.
• Mtext paragraph tab justification is improved and more closely matches AutoCAD.
• Formatted text pasted from Excel appears formatted correctly in IntelliCAD.
• Font mapping includes general improvements.
• Diameter symbols display properly in Mtext.
• Mtext supports the Explode command.
• Stack text diagonally (\S1#2).

Zoom

• Transparent zooms do not disable the current selection.
• Entity snaps can be used to specify points for a Zoom window.
• The Zoom command properly finds the extents of dimension entities.
• Although the Dynamic Zoom option was available previously, it is now located in the list of command options and in the menus.

Offset

• The Offset command includes better handling of polylines that have a large number of vertices close together (that is, short distances between vertices).
• The Offset command trims degenerate parts when the resulting curve self-intersects.

Support for Trim and Extend commands

• General improvements were made to handle complex cases for the Trim and Extend commands.
• Ray entities support the Trim command.
• Dimension entities support the Trim and Extend commands.
• Wipeouts support the Trim and Extend commands.
• Image entities support the Trim and Extend commands.
• Polyline entities have improved support for the Trim and Extend commands.

Mview

• Mviews that are turned off are properly supported.
• Mview group 90 codes are saved properly.

More fixes

• You can now create a CFrameWnd window from an SDS DLL when building with Visual Studio 2003.
• IntelliCAD no longer crashes during the cancellation of a Text Style or Dimension Style in the IntelliCAD Explorer.
• Localization problems with the Linetype toolbar control have been resolved.
• Scrolling on the status bar layer control has been enabled.
• The Fillet command works properly on lines with different linetypes.
• The OK button in the Boundary dialog box is properly enabled.
• Exploding a block or region with varying positive and negative scale factors no longer causes arc segments inside the block to lose their proper starting and ending angles.
• The PASTECLIP command now allows you to specify an insertion point.
• Some alerts and message boxes were not proper child windows of IntelliCAD, which were causing some contextual problems; this has been fixed.
• Some entities could lose extended entity data during mirror and copy operations; this has been fixed.
• Using the Offset command on self intersecting polylines produces improved results.
• Grip editing of certain entities now properly updates extended entity 3D coordinate data (group codes 1011, 1021, 1031).
• ATTDEF entities now properly keep their alignment during roundtrip.
• IntelliCAD works properly now when using the BHATCH command and a specified hatch pattern does not exist.
• The command bar can now accept and display multi-byte characters.
• The OBSCUREDCOLOR and OBSCUREDLTYPE system variables now roundtrip properly.
• Several enhancement were made to improve user profiles.
• RTPAN now works properly in paperspace when RTSKIPCOUNT is set to a value other than 0.
• WBLOCK now properly supports wipeout entities.
• Reloading the same linetype several times no longer causes an infinite loop.
• The prompt box now displays for the main Line, Circle, Arc, and Polygon commands when they are activated from the toolbar.
• IntelliCAD Explorer works correctly when deleting dimension styles or text styles.
• Block definitions are added to the block table when a block insert is cancelled.
• The AREA command correctly reports the perimeter (not the circumference) of spline entities.

• XCLIP boundaries are no longer deleted when saving drawings.

• Performing certain operations on selected WIPEOUT entities now works correctly.

• Extrude works properly on entities created with the RETANGLE command.

• SOLID entities now properly honor entity color when DXF files are imported into IntelliCAD.
• The Load/Unload status (DXF group code 280) of image definitions is now saved properly.
• Grip selected entities can now be unselected by using the shift key (shift-pick, shift-window, shift-crossing).
• IntelliCAD includes improved handling of the sortents table when it contains references to deleted entities.
• Exploded blocks with a negative scale factor in one axis no longer rotate ellipse entities incorrectly.
• The Model tab no longer brings up the rename dialog when you double-click it.

• The Layout command line interface is now compatible with AutoCAD scripts.

• Layer table extension dictionaries were not always saved correctly; this has been fixed.

• Viewpoint and other commands that change the view in 3D are no longer supported in paperspace.

• Changing an attribute's justification no longer changes its insertion point to 0,0.

• Improved handling for drawings that contain multi-byte text and filenames.

• Added callbacks for DCL radio buttons.

• Extending curved polyline entities no longer causes random crashes.

• Architectural Desktop door proxy objects now display properly in plan view.

• Tangent snap now works properly for xline and ray entities.

• Some mline entities could lose breaks or end caps on save; this has been fixed.

• Layouts do not disappear when they are renamed.
• Performance has been increased 8X when inserting drawings with large polyface meshes.
• Chamfers can be created between lightweight polyline and line entities.
• The New Drawing Wizard does not create multiple files when Finish is clicked multiple times.
• Toolbars are no longer moved from their previous position during IntelliCAD startup.
• Mlines can be exploded properly.
• The Undo stack is not corrupted while scrolling with the mouse wheel.
• When a parent drawing is saved, linetypes are not changed to Continuous in external references.
• Header and footer controls in the Options dialog box show correct data.
• Dimension values do not change when copying and pasting from one drawing to another drawing.
• The Area command computes the area correctly.
• Proxy entities can be deleted.
• The Hide and Shade commands work properly in perspective view.
• IntelliCAD no longer randomly hangs when the focus switches to another application while changing the drawing settings.
• IntelliCAD no longer crashes when snapping to the intersection of nested block entities.
• IntelliCAD no longer hangs when the vertically docked command bar is minimized.
• IntelliCAD no longer randomly crashes after browsing linetypes in IntelliCAD Explorer.
• Many memory leaks have been fixed, including large leaks when handling meshes.

Technical notes

Operating systems

IntelliCAD has passed initial tests while running on an early version of the Microsoft‚® Windows‚® Vista¢€ž¢ operating system. Because IntelliCAD is still in the preliminary stages of providing full support of the Vista operating system, the following conditions must be met: log in to Vista as Administrator and disable User Access Control (UAC). Preliminary testing revealed that IntelliCAD may run up to two times slower, and even slower when using the Aero interface. To improve performance, it is recommended that you disable the Aero interface. For more details about whether your computer is ready for Windows Vista, go to http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/buyorupgrade/upgradeadvisor.mspx.

Working with DWG 2007 files

The DWGCHECK feature in AutoCAD 2007 can cause a message to appear when a user opens IntelliCAD files in AutoCAD 2007. The message states that the file to be opened was created with an application other than AutoCAD.

Hiding 3D geometry in layout viewports

In some instances, 3D geometry is not hidden correctly when using the Hide command in layout viewports (the display may be distorted). Before using the Hide command, set the UCSs on the Model and Layout tabs to World so that the results of the Hide command are correct.

Overriding dimension arrowheads

Dimensions created in Autodesk‚® AutoCAD‚® 2007 that have dimension style overrides for arrowhead variables dimblk, dimblk1, dimblk2, or dimldrblk can lose the overrides if edited in IntelliCAD.

Certain command names removed

The following command names are obsolete and have been removed from IntelliCAD: REDIT, RASTERIN, -RASTERIN, and RCLIP. Their corresponding command names are: IMAGE, IMAGEATTACH, -IMAGEATTACH, and IMAGECLIP.

Importing 3D DWF files not supported

While you can export a drawing to 3D DWF format, you cannot import 3D DWF files. If you attempt to import a 3D DWF file, the drawing in IntelliCAD will be blank. Importing 3D DWF files is unsupported at this time.

2D DWF files may produce errors

If you open or audit a 2D DWF file, you may receive error messages or the file may become unusable. The ability to work with 2D DWF files is still under development.

Wipeout entities print as filled polygons

Wipeout entities print as polygons filled with the same color as the current background color. In some cases this may cause unexpected print results, for example, if printing on colored paper.

Infrequent crash due to operating system memory leaks

If you are using the Windows(R) XP operating system, creating very complex drawings during a single IntelliCAD session may cause IntelliCAD to crash. This is because Windows XP leaks a small amount of memory each time you use certain IntelliCAD commands. If you use many of these commands (for example, drawing about 2,000 lines) during a single IntelliCAD session, IntelliCAD can crash.

Most users do not experience problems caused by these memory leaks. However, if you do experience problems, consider installing the hotfix available from Microsoft. For more information, go to:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q319740