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Visual CADD 401 to 403 Updates

Visual CADD 4.0.3 patch

1. Some 3rd party VCADD applications written as a Visual Basic EXE would not run at all under the Win2000 operating system.

2. Using "Save Selected" checkbox on FileSave dialog would append the new filename to the file that was the origin for the Save Selected --the result being it appeared that all objects were saved in the new file instead of only the selected ones.

3. When copying (or moving) the Visual CADD folder from the original install location to a new location, the system files path would always point to the original install, even after you changed to the new path via the Utilities|Settings Path Tab. Previously the only workaround was to directly edit the path in the VCADD.INI file.

4. The OpenDWG library that we use as a basis of DWG conversion has had bugs resulting in some older DXF and DWG drawings not opening correctly in VCADD4. It is not a 100% solution, but they have provided fixes that work with some drawing files and we incorporate them into this patch.

Visual CADD 4.0.2 patch

1. Doing Ctrl+C (or Edit>Copy or Copy toolbar button) caused a very small zoom change, which could cause a 'shadow' around selected entities.

2. “Show Preview” checkbox is added to FileOpen/SaveAs dialogs, with corresponding implementation in FO, FA, DS, AutoSave and AutoBackup based on the checkbox status, which is saved in the INI file.

3. In FileOpen, file extension filter for “All Files” was *.vcd, should be *.*

4. In FileSaveAs, file type dropdown included “All Files (*.*)”, it is now removed.

5. In FileSaveAs, saving *.shp or *.wmf would attach wrong file extension to file name.

6. FileSaveAs was not updating filename in VCADD window title-bar without a ReDraw. Fixed.

7. In PrintDlg, while typing into the “Print Scale” edit box, a mousemove could cause the cursor to jump to the beginning of the edit box and lead to typos.

8. Printer names over 31 characters long now work with WinNT and Win2000. In certain configurations it was affecting the ability to change paper size and other settings.

9. New: issue warning message whenever a print preset contains a printer that does not exist on the system.

10. Plot with “plot to file” followed by “Cancel” on the file name dialog no longer crashes.

11. Fixed AllLayEdit OFF bug in Plot where only current layer would plot.

12. Pen map for plotting was not loading correctly from the INI file.

13. Plot command now saves its settings for next use of Plot, formerly would go back to current print preset.

14. Fixed a bug in Print Preview “select a scale” combo box where some scales would return incorrectly.

15. Symbol-type TrueType fonts (such as Wingdings) would not load and would default to Arial instead.

16. Calls to shlwapi.dll were coded out and replaced with old Win32 API calls (technically speaking, shlwapi.dll is now part of the Win32 API beginning with Win2000, so this accommodates pre-Win2000 OS's and the Internet Explorer update problem).

17. WinErase and ObjErase shortcut commands would leave highlight turned off if aborted via ESC key.

18. On CleanData (XC), undo was broken - required two OO to get undo.

19. Added features: on CleanData (XC), added removal of zero-sized fills and hatches, added hour-glass cursor while running, added progress bar in status bar (like FileOpen progress, shows a bar which grows from 0% to 100%), added status bar message on how many entities removed.

20. VCSendMessage and VCPostMessage had incorrect parameters in VCLink32.dll (were OK in the original VCMain32.dll) - mainly an API / SDK fix.

21. Filter (SF) now filters dimension layers correctly.

22. Layer combo boxes are now in a more consistent paradigm, mostly all long-list showing all layers, except SelLay (SY) is short-list.

23. Fixed the SnPrev native and added RV as keyboard shortcut to toggle Running Snap Preview on/off.

24. Added Point entities as an end point running snap.

25. Mapping of fonts on DWG import/export should now work correctly, either when “Ignore font map” is checked or when you are using a font map. However, True Type fonts that have a font name that does not match the *.TTF file name do not map at all (“Abadi MT Condensed Light” is an example. Its filename is “abalc.ttf”).

NOTE: You must do an Environment Save (EN) in order for your font map to “stick” next time you open VCADD (same is true for color maps). Also, note that if you save your settings as a font map file, the same extension (.fmp) is used for both import and export maps, so you should indicate which type it is in the filename to avoid confusion.

26. Dimensions, text and hatches now scale correctly on import/export of DWG with “Base AutoCAD Unit” set to Metric or Feet.

27. Fixed a bug when exporting as R12 file –it would not open in AutoCAD release 12 or LT1/LT2.

28. Added R13 and R2000 export option. Some files are crashing with R2000 export, and we suspect there is a particular entity type that is not exporting correctly. If this happens, we would very much like to look at your file (compress it with a zip utility and send to files@tritools.com). If a file is crashing, the workaround is to export as R14 instead.

29. Fixed bug where VCADD would crash when importing a DWG with a very large number of entities (not necessarily large file size) that included one or more Layout spaces. Clicking Yes to open the layout caused a crash.

30. ACAD dimension and leader fonts should now be mapping correctly. See item #25 for the exception. Previous versions of Visual CADD would always use the font that was current in the VCADD environment settings when importing these entity types.

31. Fixed a bug where dimension text height would sometimes import incorrectly. In ACAD, all Dimension Styles must have a Text Style assigned. If the Text Style has a text height of 0, the height set in the Dim Style is used. But if there is a height assigned to the Text Style it always takes precedence. Previous VCADD versions always imported the Dim Style height instead.

32. Fixed a bug where an AutoCAD dimension style with a scaling factor applied would import into VCADD without the scale factor. The result was usually very small dimtext size, arrow size, etc.

33. On import, AutoCAD dimension arrows should now be mapping correctly in size, angle and type if they match an arrow type Visual CADD supports. Previously they imported only as a standard filled arrow and took on whatever angle was currently set for dim arrows in the VCADD environment settings.

34. When importing/exporting from previous versions of Visual CADD with a scale factor, (metric, miles, etc) symbol definitions were scaled; now the symbol definitions are being imported/exported on a 1 to 1 scale and only the placement scale is being scaled.

35. AutoCAD is a more or less a “unitless” system. The only time units are automatically attached to a dimension is when the dim units are set to either architectural or engineering. Any other units applied to a dimension in ACAD must use a dimension prefix or suffix. In order to support round tripping of a DWG created in ACAD, when importing to VCADD, “Show Units” will be turned off unless the drawing has architectural or engineering units specified. The unit will only be shown if the ACAD drawing had specified a prefix or suffix for that dimension.

36. The ACAD multiline text entity now imports correctly. Previous versions of VCADD were dropping Mtext entities completely.

Visual CADD 4.0.1 patch

1. The Visual CADD 4.0.1 patch fixes bugs with opening a VCD file from Windows Explorer, copy/paste within the same drawing, Fillet with 0 radius, and a couple other "under the hood" issues.