General NOV Improvements:
- Support for .NET Core 10.0:
- NOV has a native build for .NET Core 10.0, in addition to the supported builds for .NET Framework 4.7.2+ and .NET Core 8.0 and .NET Core 9.0.
- Support for Visual Studio 2026:
- The installation now fully supports Visual Studio 2026.
NOV Chart for .NET Improvements:
- Line Study Series:
- Added a new Line Study Series, that supports Trend, Fibonacci Arcs, Fibonacci Fans, Fibonacci Retracements, Quadrant lines, and Speed Resistance lines line studies.
- Palette Fill Mode:
- Added a new Palette Fill Mode to the Fast Area, Fast Bar, Fast Line and Fast Point Series.
- Lidar Data Import:
- Added support for importing ESRI ASC Grid Data, LAS, and LAZ files and new examples showing how to display Lidar cloud points, grids, and triangulated meshes.
- Improved GPU Rendering:
- Improved GPU rendering speed. Optimized shader rendering for all Fast Series and Surface Series.
- Extended Multi-threaded Support:
- Added support for multi-threaded Delaunay triangulation and multi-threaded contour extraction for the Grid, Mesh, and Triangulated surfaces series, as well as the Heat Map series.
Framework and UI Improvements:
- Vector Icons:
- All raster icons replaced with SVGs to make them look great on high DPI displays.
- SVG Images:
- Improved image bounds detection.
- JPEG Images:
- Implemented loading of EXIF JPEG images, which are commonly generated by digital cameras.
Design-Time Support:
- Predefined Image Selector:
- Added a predefined image picker that makes it easy to select and use images embedded in NOV Presentation in both the WinForms and the WPF designer.
- Stability and Performance Improvements:
- Improved stability and performance of the WinForms and WPF designers for .NET Framework 4.7.2 and .NET 8.0.