CADintosh history
Changes 8.6.2 (Build 500)
- Updated features:
- DWG import updated
- Bug fixes:
- you find the complete list here
Changes 8.6.1 (Build 496)
- New features:
- Universal Binary for Intel and Apple Silicon Macs
- Edit: utilities: Invert all colors
- Edit: utilities: Invert only gray colors
- Updated features:
- added support for import of SPLINE objects within DXF/DWG symbols
- x-line: options: option for changing type of existing x-line
- DWG import updated
- internal optimizations
- updated manuals
- Bug fixes:
- you find the complete list here
Changes 8.6 (Build 482)
- New features:
- export and import of new format pattern (used for custom pattern)
- custom pattern support
- text with area of hatching tool
- change unit and scale after import dialog
- copy/paste elements menu item (use the clipboard tool first)
- delete elements outside selection rectangle
- Updated features:
- pen width will be displayed as inch in edit attributes dialogs in imperial mode (instead of mm)
- preference added to disable pen width check upon import
- DXF export: option for export without $DWGCODEPAGE
- DXF export and import: support for groupcode 39 (thickness)
- opened libraries are sorted alphabetically
- Bug fixes:
- you find the complete list here
Changes 8.5 (Build 444)
- New features:
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- DWG export
- dialog for setting the default unit and scale upon creating a new drawing
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- Updated features:
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- localizations
- added more drawing data fields (changes document file format)
- added identifiers to drawing data dialog
- enhanced contrast of thumbnail icon
- added font and text height to available set options
- WYSIWYG font menu with option to disable in the prefs
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- Bug fixes:
- you find the complete list here
Changes 8.4.4 (Build 425)
- New features:
- updated preferences dialog
- added preference to disable width check upon opening
- function for deletion of all elements outside selection
- Updated features:
- improved dimension DXF export with special characters
- improved pattern and material fill (display matches printing, optional factor and improved settings dialog)
- Bug fixes:
- you find the complete list here
Changes 8.4.3 (Build 401)
- New features:
- layers can be set visible but not editable
- auto use set feature
- delete element menu item
- Updated features:
- improved display of custom scale within popup
- Bug fixes:
- you find the complete list here
Changes 8.4.2 (Build 381)
- New features:
- Mojave dark mode support
- Bug fixes:
- you find the complete list here
Changes 8.4.1 (Build 379)
- New features:
- added Letter and Legal Landscape page frames
- added scroll/zoom preferences
- Updated features:
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- updated Sparkle update framework
- optimized display speed of very large drawings
- transform rotate - new option -1 to rotate without rotation of text angle
- added more imperial scales
- Bug fixes:
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- you find the complete list here
Changes 8.4 (Build 363)
- New features:
- edit menu: find and replace line width
- edit menu: find and replace group
- edit menu: find and replace layer
- Updated features:
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- options menu: item drawing: added more predefined page sizes
- dxf export: optimized layer checking for double names
- dxf export: added verification as option
- grid options support fraction settings
- Bug fixes:
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- you find the complete list here
Changes 8.3.1 (Build 347)
- Updated features:
- dxf import improved
- Bug fixes:
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- you find the complete list here
Changes 8.3 (Build 338)
- New features:
- added dwg import
- added csv coordinate import
- Updated features:
- improved dxf import
- added 1/8 = 1 and 1/16 = 1 to scale menu
- improved German localization
- optimized drawing
- added shortcut for toggle zoom command
- click in info area will now set the commandline
- Bug fixes:
- you find the complete list here
Changes 8.2.5 (Build 312)
- New features:
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- added text styles italic, bold and underline
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- Updated features:
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- added layer number display to used layer popup
- added automatic activation of the command line (if required)
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- Bug fixes:
- you find the complete list here
Changes 8.2.4 (Build 304)
- New features:
- direct access to views at the right window panel
- Zoom last in the Edit menu
- Updated features:
- improved help menu
- Bug fixes:
- you find the complete list here
Changes 8.2.3 (Build 298)
- New features:
- touch bar support
- Updated features:
- improved hatching display speed
- updated Danish, French and German localization
- Bug fixes
- you find the complete list here
Changes 8.2.2 (Build 293)
- New features:
- added optional user registration
- Updated features:
- symbol management supports multiple selections
- added support for import of very old (earlier 1994) CADintosh drawings saved on old 68K Motorola Macs
- Bug fixes
- you find the complete list here
Changes 8.2.1 (Build 284)
- New features:
- added circle with three lines for all four possible options
- added option to hide zero point
- Updated features:
- verify removed duplicate elements
- verify similar removes duplicate elements that differs up to 1e-12
- storage of printer settings into documents
- improved localizations
- Bug fixes:
- you find the complete list here
Changes 8.2 (Build 274)
- New features:
- cut-tool support for arcs
- Updated features:
- reference to disable creation of empty document upon launch
- improved localization
- Bug fixes:
- you find the complete list here
Changes 8.1.5 (Build 268)
- New features:
- Paste Image menu item
- Updated features:
- added tab key support to switch between the catch modes
- improved cut tool
- , on number keyboard will automatically replaced with a .
- space key can insert a ,
- improved TIFF calibration
- Sparkle framework updated und download changed to https
- Bug fixes:
- you find the complete list here
Changes 8.1.4 (Build 255)
- New features:
- cut tool
- Updated features:
- layer popup displays define layer names and colors (if layer color is active)
- resizing of images will now be proportional at the edges
- Bug fixes:
- you find the complete list here
Changes 8.1.2 (Build 248)
- New features:
- popup with list of used layer for quick layer selection
- Updated features:
- improved processing of corrupted elements
- backspace/delete key support during hatching to remove last element from contour selection
- calibrate tool supports inch in addition to mm
- double click in symbol list edits symbol
- Bug fixes:
- you find the complete list here
Changes 8.1.1 (Build 237)
- New features:
- added template support
- added print header & footer
- Updated features:
- added dxf export option to define arc size
- improved verification of arcs
- added option to select display of auto catch mode
- removed spline base point limit of 50
- active layer filter shows an check mark
- active set shows an check mark
- added pen width to edit dimension element
- Bug fixes:
- you find the complete list here
Changes 8.1 (Build 218)
- New features:
- open/save of sets added
- export of the visible drawing (active layer set) as DXF added
- added large crosshair cursor option
- added separate button for endless line mode
- added function to delete layer filters
- added option to modify symbol preview size to the prefs
- Updated features:
- improved pen options
- added ^53 = last file save date
- added ^54 = last file save time
- text can now contain ^xx commands and text
- opened symbol library will be stored during application usage
- improved width/pen display in the window (only available options will be displayed)
- added predefine scale 1/4"=1'
- color field will be hidden in user interface if pen mode is active
- added quick change of active layer in the quick layer dialog with a command + mouse click
- scaling of groups simplified
- Bug fixes:
- you find the complete list here
Changes 8.0.2 (Build 194)
- New features:
- export menu improved (separate items for the formats)
- Updated features:
- improved localizations
- Bug fixes:
- you find the complete list here
Changes 8.0.1 (Build 186)
- New features:
- added context menu for quick change of function
- added tools menu
- added "Enter Fullscreen" menu item
- added preference for localized date display
- added panning with shift click and move
- added scroll left/right with command and scrollwheel
- added catch mode shortcuts to options menu
- added automatic replacement of space with a comma after entering numbers into the command line
- added function to double or halve grid size
- Updated features:
- many dialog resizements for the French translation
- Japanese translation much improved
- Bug fixes:
- fixed a bug in the ^50 and ^51 text operator
- fixed possible crash after deletion of a symbol in the symbol management
- fixed a bug in the edit dimension attribute dialog
- fixed a bug in the edit textbox dialog
- fixed a bug during drawing an arc with two or three points
- fixed a bug in save as PDF
Changes 8.0 (Build 171)
- New features:
- new simplified user interface
- support of retina displays
- full unicode support
- support of new technologies and future safe
- full rewrite in Cocoa
Changes 7.5.1
- New features:
- rewritten from Pascal to C to prepare a Cocoa version
- updated application icon due Mac App Store requirements
- Updated features:
- support for space key as separator in input line added
- Bug fixes:
- fixed a bug upon import of old text boxes
- math bugs fixed
- fixed arc export in HPGL2
- fixed display bug for very large arcs
- fixed crash upon import of old drawing with subwindows
- fixed bug in apply parameter to other dimensions
- removed update check on Lion because the Carbon URL manager is no longer working on Lion
- bug in conversion of some Japanese fonts of older drawing to unicode fixed
- preview creation bug fixed
- pattern printing issue fixed
- possible crash during verify of symbols fixed
- bug with size of textbox with unicode text fixed
- color issue fixed
- print area issue fixed
- bug during display of grayscale fills in layer color mode fixed
- many other bug fixes and little enhancements
Changes 7.0.2
- numerous bug fixes and minor improvements
Changes 7.0.1
- Bugs introduced by the switch to Quartz drawing fixed
Changes 7
- New features:
- 'zoom all' menu command - with and without infinite lines- added
- new file format cadx (see next item for the reason)
- unicode support added for text, text box and dimensions (also in symbol libraries)
- display and printing changed from quickdraw to quartz
- pdf export added (this replaces pict export)
- TIFF calibrate option added
- new saved files now utilize .cadx as extension to give a visual feedback for the changed file format (this format is supported starting with CADintosh 7)
- Updated features:
- localization updated
- display ofprint area improved
- zoom with scrollwheel improved
- recent items can now displayed with or without path
- localized pdfs and sample files moved to the localized folders in the resource folder
- Bug fixes:
- possible crash during the importing of files with old background images fixed
- display issue in individual mode fixed
- bug related to non metric calculations fixed
- bug in definition of custom line filters fixed
- possible crash during preview creation fixed
- possible font selection bug fixed
- bug with the creation of a parallel line in automatic mode fixed
- bug in the creation of an arc with two lines and one arc fixed
- display issues during the usage of older fonts fixed
- many other bug fixes and small enhancements
Changes 6.1.1
- New features
- Print all added (UB)
- Updated features
- English and German manuals updated
- text options dialog simplified
- option to take the other arc after trim added (UB)
- Bug fixes
- bug in "Open recent" submenu fixed (UB)
- bug in "Statistic" dialog fixed (UB)
- bug in reading some settings from files stored with the X version fixed (UB)
- drag & drop issue in Snow Leopard fixed (UB)
- many other bug fixes and small enhancemets (UB)
Changes 6.1
- New features
- Quartz support much improved
- text options simplified
- manual updated
- Enhancements
- numerous minor enhancements
- Bug fixes
- numerous bug fixes in the UB version
Changes 6.0.1
- Bug fixes
- bug during the printing of lines/arcs with other line type then solid fixed
- crash when opening second file with double symbol names fixed
- redraw bug when scrolling in layer dialog fixed
- numerous other small bug fixes
Changes 6.0
- New features
- drawing with Quartz (as option) added (UB only)
- CNO import added
- bug reporting with SmartCrashReporter added (UB only)
- support for Leopard added
- sample files and sheets added to the application package (UB/X only)
- Bug fixes
- many other small bug fixes and enhancements
Changes 5.5.3
- New features
- toolbar can now be displayed in one row/column as option
- option click on layer menu disables the layer
- remove text style utility function added
- Bug fixes
- file selection bug under Leopard beta fixed
- bak file with more than 31 fixed
- crash upon export of dxf files with illegal layer numbers fixed
- bug in info window fixed
- toggle all selectable bug fixed (UB)
- many display issues in the Intel version fixed
Changes 5.5.2
- New features
- toolbar can be displayed in one row/column as option
- option click on layer menu disables the layer
- remove text style utility function added
- Bug fixes
- bak file with more than 31 fixed
- crash upon export of dxf files with illegal layer numbers fixed
- bug in info window fixed
- many display issues in the Intel version fixed
Changes 5.5.1
- Program icon redesigned
- Numerous bug fixes in the Universal Binary version
Changes 5.5
- Improvements
- Universal Binary version
- clear command to "Open Recent" submenu added
- delete layer function added to the layer menu
- localized support e-mail address item added to help menu (Italian, French, German)
- Bug fixes
- crash while joining two splines fixed
- not functioning font change in input line fixed
- bug in selection of inch scale in Area:Options fixed
- crash after opening Mess-Daten fixed
- error in DXF export with very long texts fixed
- error in DXF import of hatches fixed
- error during selection in subwindow fixed
- error in Symbol Alignment with automatic mode fixed
- yes/no in input line localized
- scroll wheel zoom bug in sub window fixed
Changes 5.3.2
- Improvements
- layer popup checks the current layer and marks the invisible layers
- remove double lines functions added
- fonts for lists can be changed in the prefs
- verify function improved
- direct Mighty Mouse support added
- Italian localization added
- Bug fixes
- possible crash upon clicking in set window with no drawing fixed
- possible -48 error after cancelation of open command fixed
- possible crash with autocatch mode on Mac OS X fixed
- file name bug (charset, long names) in recent items menu fixed (Mac OS X)
- dxf import ignores now undocumented hatch command
- hatchings insides symbols will be now rotated if the symbol has an angle
- edit window bug with dimensions fixed
- possible bug in horizontal/vertical slider fixed
- verify of lines improved
- possible crash after selecting quit menu with open dialogs fixed
- filename bug after saving a selection of the drawing fixed (Mac OS X)
- possible crash during import of dxf files with incorrect hatchings fixed
- better refresh after deletion and move operations
- translation bugs fixed
- truncated text after explode of a symbol (in the bottom line)
- Refresh bug in set window after changing to symbol window
- zoom all bug with text boxes fixed
- undo crash with text boxes fixed
- possible crash upon click in color picker without open drawing fixed
- hpgl import is more stable and imports now files with labels and missing dt command
Changes 5.3.1
- French introduction document added
- Japanese translation updated
- bug in English introduction fixed
- automatic catch mode bug in French version fixed
Changes 5.3
- New features:
- edit window added
- option for display of dimmed tiffs added
- Spanish translation added
- live panning added (option)
- live zoom added (option)
- Updated features:
- sets support automatic mode
- redraw speed improved
- printing speed of PICTs improved
- tool tip with layer names to Quick Layer added
- button sizes of tool windows for Mac OS X improved
- many other little updates
- Bug fixes:
- possible bug with auto-mode and x-lines fixed
- many internal changes and bug fixes
Changes 5.2
- introduction pdf completly rewritten
- import of coordinate files added
- drawing of a parallel line simplified (one click saved)
- help tags for icons added
- redraw speed and live update on X improved
- auto catch mode improved
- dxf import improved
- many other small changes and bug fixes
Changes 5.1
- multilanguage support added for Mac OS X version
- function to convert a list of lines/circles to an x-line added
- help menu added
- DXF export improved
- other changes and bugfixes
Changes 5.0.1
- used layer can now easily selected in the footer of the window
- crash with zero dimensions fixed
- dialogs improved for 10.3
- zero decimal places of dimensions can now be removed
- bug with tolerance value editing fixed
Changes 5.0
- automatic catching mode added (this improves the complete drawing process a lot)
- many print issues on Mac OS X fixed
- gui improved for Panther
- command line optimized
- bugs in textbox fixed
- DXF import improved
- many other bug fixes and improvements
Changes 4.4
- hybrid mode added (import of tiffs for drawing over them and eraser)
- enter text for texts uses now selected text font
- note after import of DXF 2000 files added
- incompatibility with tinker tools fixed
- carbon version uses now session printing
- copy pict to clipboard works now on Mac OS X
- HPGL export crash with hatching fixed
- symbol libraries can now be used with the unregistered version, too (but only limited)
- DXF import improved
- printing improved (Mac OS X)
- option to draw dimensions with extra line added
- opening a cad file will check the fonts; not available fonts may be replaced
- bugs in assigning keys to functions fixed
- many other bug fixes and small enhancements
Changes 4.3
- support for Mac OS X 10.2 added
- STL import (binary) added
- option to create closed x-lines added
- printing bugs on Mac OS X fixed
- bug with setting the function keys fixed
- bug in the coordinate display in sub windows fixed
- layer settings can now be printed on Mac OS X
- crash during explode of more than 10000 x-lines fixed
- hatching of rounded rectangles work now
- possible crash during import of symbol libraries fixed
- other bug fixes
Changes 4.2
- printing improved (Carbon)
- long file name support (Carbon on Mac OS X)
- DXF import and export improved
- bug fixes and internal changes
Changes 4.1.2
- many bug fixes
- Mac OS X support improved
Changes 4.1.1
- possible bug in preview creation fixed
Changes 4.1
- Carbon improved
- DXF import improved
- IGES detection improved
- many bug fixes and internal changes
Changes 4.0
- first Carbon version
- DXF import and export much improved
- many bug fixes and internal changes
Changes 3.7.2
- DXF import improved
- crash during opening files on a PowerPC with Mac OS 8.1 or earlier fixed
- other bug fixes
Changes 3.7.1
- possible crash after delete fixed
- possible crash during display of rotated text fixed
- redraw bug after union function fixed
- other internal changes
Changes 3.7
- support for Mac OS 9 improved
- basic AppleScript support added
- DXF import improved
- IGES import improved
- printing of hatching improved
- print all added
- relatve coordinate improved
- other changes and bug fixes
Changes 3.6
- text box added
- DXF import and export improved
- IGES import and export improved
- PC compatible layer colors added
- PC and MAC color table selectable
- fraction support improved
- appearance support improved
- many internal changes
- bug fixes
Changes 3.5.1
- section lineing improved
- filter functions improved
- bug in dimension editing fixed
- bug during moving of elements fixed
- display bugs in the editing line fixed
Changes 3.5
- support for Mac OS 8.5 added
- DXF import and export improved (import of DXF 13, 14 and so on)
- IGES import and export improved
- SELIG import added
- userdefined filter added
- other improvements
- internal bugs fixed
Changes 3.0.3
- possible crash upon opening of drawings with subwindows fixed
Changes 3.0.2
- plot will be done in the background
- hpgl and serial option are no in different dialogs
- the codepage can be selected for DXF import
- dxf export will check and correct illegal symbol names
- comments can be copied and pasted in the comment dialog
- splines can be exploded with window
- layer filter import bug from old versions fixed
- bug in function key dialog fixed
- bug during move of colored texts fixed
- bug during streching of dimensions fixed
- bug during printing of very large hatching fixed
- centering bug for input line dialog fixed
- printing of circles improved
Changes 3.0.1:
- new function header & footer added
- support for Mac OS 8 contex menus added
- use of Mercutio 1.5 for the menus
- zoom uses now the option key
- bug in DXF import (polylines and recursive symbols) fixed
- bug in HPGL/2 export fixed
- internal changes
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