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 Diagram for .NET Improvements
- Drawing Explorer:
- Added a new Diagram UI Widget that allows you to browse, edit and navigate to the elements of a drawing.
- Format Painter Tool:
- Added a format painter tool that makes it easy to copy geometry and text formatting of shapes.
- Background Pages:
- Implemented support for background pages, which can be used as backgrounds of standard (foreground) pages.
- Predefined Page Backgrounds
- Added a drop down menu with predefined page background.
- Improved Page Navigator:
- The Page Navigator has been improved to support Background Pages. UI operations on pages have been unified between the Page Navigator and the Drawing Explorer.
- Improved Routing and Line Jumps:
- The Routing and Line Jumps performance has been significantly optimized.
- Family Tree Improvements:
- Added an option to display a gender (male/female) symbol in front of person names.
- Microsoft Visio Compatibility Improvements:
- Import and export of background pages.
- Improved import of colors with tint and shade.
- Import of spline geometry commands.
- Import of text direction.
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.