HighCad++ 2000 for Windows 9x/NT/2000 Version Copyright (c) 1990-2000 by SirioSoft All rights reserved. R E L E A S E N O T E S For installation instructions and ordering information, please refer to the README.TXT file. v4.2.1.49 - Fixed bug in sheets. - Zoom, pan, scroll, etc. ... execute smoothly now. - Scrollbars are now always visible and proportional. - Fixed bug in scrollbars range. - Added MS Wheel support. Wheel zooms active drawing. - Now polylines have a "bspline" property. RClick and select it to smooth them. - Cursor changed. - HighCad++ now remember last used directories. - MRU list shows max 8 files now. - HighCad remember last user directory for open, save, etc. - Ucs system is changing. So, in this version, it is disabled. - Fixed bug in polyline->merge. - Resolved a lot of minor problems showed in Windows 2000 enviroment. - Fixed bug in block drawing to drawing copy. v4.2.1.48 - Added command change to change properties of several shapes. - Added sheet and print sheets command to simplify organizing of drawings. A sheet print itself and all is in its space (to print right click and select 'Print'). Print sheets print all sheets in the current view. - Fixed bugs in Links. - Fixed bug in filters .x, .y and .z. - Fixed bug in Toolbars. - Very fast Zoom and Pan. - View have scrollbars to simplify panning. - Added command to create rotation solids. - Now bitmap textures saves image in hwg. - Fixed scale problems inserting or scaling blocks. - New rendering module available for free. v4.1.1.47 - Compiler changed. - Changed Ucs-Icon in 2d mode. - Command Dim/Continuos now correctly call the right command. - Selecting left to right will select the contained objects, right to left will select the intersecating objects. - Grid re-drawing is very fast. - Fixed bug in Point drag & drop. - Toolbars always restore default buttons. - Sketch is now a normal command (not a script command). - Fixed some bugs. - HighCad redrawing, selection and deselection, is now more fast than ever. - Inserted block can be rotated and scaled by their grips. - Blocks window and libraries list can be redimensioned and them will remember size and position. - Users can now create blocks, directly to an opened hwg. v98.01.046 - Version changed from 97 to 98, but subversion (046) always show the absolute version. - Inserting a block will create all the requested layers. - Fixed bug in inserting a block library. - Fixed menu command 'Rendering/Disable' - Now Bitmap-Texture can use bmp, gif and jpeg images. - Now HCad can open/import bmp, gif and jpeg images. - Fixed bug in Zoom/Previous. - Fixed bug in block drag&drop to view. - Exploding blocks will create original objects (circles, arcs, etc), if possible. - Now block image can be dragged as its name. - Setting are now user-dependent. - If your video don't support truecolor, caption will be drawn as solid color. - Fixed bugs in bitmap import. - Now imported bitmap can be mirrored, rotated and converted to black and white. - Now zooming images in rendering mode will show smoothed colors and not big pixels. - Fixed bug in texture/bitmap. - Fixed bug in 'Dim' command. - Fixed bugs in 'EditLayer'. - Fixed bug in 'Trim' command. - Fixed some minor bugs. - Fixed bug in Polyline/Merge - Fixed bug in toolbar buttons shadow. - Fixed bug in 'EditToolbar'. - 'Trim' command can use circles and arcs. - Fixed bug in selection. v97.45 - Fixed some bug in 'Blocks'. - Fixed some bug in Dxf Import. - Fixed bug in Zoom<.1. - Now ^C stop redrawing (ESC stop current command instead). - Fixed pug in OSnap/Perpendicular. - Now OSnap is enabled only while executing some command. - OSnap show the contact point in magenta and don't move the normal cursor. - Enhanced EditToolbar. - Now all command are in toolbars (or available to put in toolbars). v97.44 - Some change in look. - Fixed bugs in Drag & Drop. - Fixed bugs in Links. - Fixed bugs in Ring. - Fixed bugs in OSnap - Fixed bugs in Hideline - Added `Visual blocks' with tree structure, drag & drop, ... - Fixed bug in 'edit toolbar'. - Added command EXPLODE v97.43 - Added command EXTEND. - Added command POINT. - Added button 'Grid' in the toolbar. - Button 'OSnap' on the toolbar now show a menu to select the mode. - Fixed bug in CHAMFER - Fixed bug in 'vpoint 1,0,0' - Button 'Zoom' on the toolbar now show a menu to select the mode. - Offset now build entity correctly setting properties. - Added 'Character Height' in DIM command. - Added 'Alignment' in TEXT command and properties for Texts. - Added 'AnyInside' selection. - Added OSnap/NODE. - Added option 'Angle' in Snap command. - Fix bug in OSnap/End. Now correctly link to arcs and don't link to cirles and ellipses. - Toolbar can be customized. - Fixed bug in seletion by rect. - Upgraded dxf importation. v97.42 - Fixed bug in OSnap. - Fixed bug in File/Open and toolbar/Open that crash system. v97.41 - Splash screen correctly showed. - Fix a minor bug in Help command. - Added Open/Save and Import/Export programmable filters. v97.40 - For Windows 95/NT. - Users can now register HighCad++ using e-mail or postal mail. - Fix some bug in read/write hwg file. v97.39 - First public release.