Released: Jun 8, 2026

Updates in 2026.1

Features

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.