Released: Mar 17, 2021

Updates in 2021.1

Features

General NOV Improvements

• Hardware Accelerated Rendering - This release includes a new hardware-accelerated rendering engine based on OpenGL. This greatly improves NOV rendering speed and responsiveness in all UI-related tasks. All controls in the suite benefit directly from this new feature which is enabled by default. If the current hardware does not support hardware acceleration the rendering falls back to software rendering automatically.
• Better Microsoft Visual Studio Integration - NOV design-time controls for WinForms/WPF now expose the full programmatic interface (API) of the Widget they wrap. This makes it possible to write code that calls methods or properties of the widget directly using the reference to the WinForms/WPF host control. This also applies to widget exposed events - for example, Clicked, CheckedChanged, etc.
• Faster Startup and AOT (Ahead Of Time compilation) - NOV startup processes have been significantly optimized, so you can expect startup to be up to 20% faster. The Apple Mac version also uses ahead of time compilation (AOT), which translates into an even faster startup on this OS.
• Turkish Language Translation of the UI - Localization dictionaries now include a Turkish translation of the UI and shapes.
• Microsoft Windows 10 Theme - NOV now comes with the new Windows 10 UI theme.
• ZIP Compression and Decompression Improvements - The ZIP compression/decompression performance has been significantly improved.
• Image Processing Improvements - The image processing (grayscale, image format conversions, etc.), as well as NOV image decoders, have been significantly optimized.

Diagram Improvements

• 300+ New Libraries - This release comes with more than 300 Shape Libraries for different application fields. Libraries are also neatly organized depending on their field of application, so you can quickly locate the relevant shape library depending on your needs.
• Thousands of New Shapes - NOV Diagram now contains thousands of vector-based shapes that are essential when creating professional-looking diagrams and drawings. With this vast amount of shapes, it is easy to create any type of diagram, drawing, presentation or document. Shapes in different libraries share a common visual appearance so you can also easily mix shapes from different libraries as well.
• Redesigned Library Browser - The library browser has been completely redesigned to provide better management and navigation through the hundreds of new shape libraries.
  • This new version introduces a brand new Library Gallery, that allows you to browse through the hierarchically organized shape libraries.
  • The functionality for searching for libraries and shapes has also been significantly improved. Shape search results are organized in expandable groups thus allowing you to see results showing thousands of matching shapes. You can also search for libraries and library folders.
• AutoCAD Import and Export Improvements - The AutoCAD support has been improved with the following features:
  • Import of dimension entities.
  • Insert entities import improvements.
  • Improved import speed and memory usage.
  • Various other minor bug fixes.
• Microsoft Visio Import and Export Improvements - The Visio support has been improved with the following features:
  • Import and export of shape tooltips.
  • Various minor bug fixes and improvements.