Released: Nov 24, 2020

Updates in 8.8006.x

Features

• Added the ability to use vdText and vdMtext objects in Trim and Extend commands.
• Improved the speed of GetTransformedSelectedObjects.
• Added a new property to the properties list.
• Added a new method getTangentAtPoint to the vdCurve.
• Changes have been made in order for the VDF to be compatible with Microsoft .NET Core 3 and the new Microsoft .NET 5 references.
• Added support for LAS and LAZ laser point cloud data formats.
• Added the ability to have only one type of object selected to show...

Released: May 12, 2020

Updates in 8.8005.x

Features

• Improves vdml vdcl loading performance.
• ViewCube Axis Osnap Grip sizes to follow the display scale.
• vdPointCloud improves performance.
• Improves vdPolyface combine operations performance.
• Export interface for similar properties of vdText and vdMText.
• vdXproperty to support Decimal SByte and Char value types.
• Adds combo box with CTB files for user to use in printer forms.
• Improves Memory manager and rendering speed.
• Improves performance on 4K screens.
• Enables changing CustomObject Name...

Released: Mar 6, 2020

Updates in 8.8004.x

Features

• Added: Export URL property of objects to PDF export.
• Added: Support Bold SHX texts.
• Added: Improves drawing refresh performance.
• Added: Improves performance of vdLayoutSplit Actions.
• Added: Improves quality of export text to pdf.
• Added: More options for perpendicular OSNAP in polyline when moving a polyline vertex.
• Added: Improves performance with DisableReadraw.
• Added: Polylines with same widths to be exploded as lines and not as polyhatch.
• Added: GetModel2dProjection command and...

Released: Oct 18, 2019

Updates in 8.8003.x

Features

• Add Border Backgroundmask to the Dimension.
• Add BackgroundMask to the Textstyle.
• CmdChamfer to fill VDRAW_TEMPORARY_SELSET.
• Resolve huge value HandleId number in export vds.
• Turn visibility On or Off for mapped images.
• Export DXF to stream using native VDF calls.

Fixes

• LineIsInvisible property is not exported properly.
• getUserRefPoint takes too long with high resolution screens.
• Linetype is not displayed properly to polylines with vertex width.
• Hatch is not printed properly.
• Visibility...

Released: Jun 11, 2019

Updates in 8.8002.1.0

Features

• LASSO selection.
• DGN custom Linetytes import.
• Added vdFigure for a large amount of points.
• New EntitySelectMode and Default Light initial values.
• Added ability to have FadeEffect up to value 98 or 99 instead of 90.
• Added new method to allow zoom in or Out relative to a Pixel point.
• Open URL of a vdFigure with double click.
• Make the multiview viewports borders thinner.

Fixes

• Issues when printing layout with viewports to a PDF.
• Trim command freezes the application.
• Drawing cannot be...

Released: Jan 16, 2019

Updates in v8.8001

Features

• Import of PDF files.
• Read EXIF orientation on jpg image at AddImage command.
• Global transparency on off.
• Explode HatchBlock and HatchImage hatches.
• Open and Save of vdDocumentComponent without drawing format event implementations.
• Export MouseLogic property to ActiveX.
• Make some correction to the S factor of the Mtext.
• Support Fractional Type of Dimension.
• Support stretched images.
• An event to be fire before a vdDocument is cleared.
• Better support of EMF files.
• vdPrintStyleTable wishes...

Released: Jun 26, 2018

Updates in v7.015.1.1

Features

• Render engine improvements and shadow support.
• New 3D Render mode named RenderOn.
• ViewCube in WCS display actions like TOP to be applied to WCS and not in ViewCS.
• Add a combo to the insert block dialog for redefine of a block from file.
• New Edge draw mode features.
• Canceling save as dialog during printing to file.
• Section Clip draw cover faces and boundary lines over filled shapes in new render.
• Add ActiveMTextLineSpacing property.
• New Rendering Filter property added to the Document...

Released: May 30, 2017

Updates in v7.011.1.0

Features

Engine Updates

• Improved the speed of method ClearEraseItems which removes Deleted entities from the Document.
• The MergeSelection command of vdDocument will also copy the existing Guids to the new Document.
• A new method EnsureOpenGLContext of vdDocument.GlobalRenderProperties is exported to create and initialize the OpenGL context window.
• Added the ability to set the color of the X,Y,Z strings of the UCS Icon.
• Added a new button to the External references dialog that allows the user to...

Released: Oct 19, 2016

Updates in v7.7009.1.0

Features

• Geospatial coordinates support added for PDF export.
• Reduced size and time in Open and Save methods in native vdml vdcl format.
• Set the VD printer properties from system default printer.
• New GPS capabilities.
• ImportDWGFlags can also be used for external references.
• Improved rotation functionality, user no longer needs to continue to hold mouse button to rotate a scene.
• Draw solid fill areas with the background color when render mode is set to Hide.
• Improve BoundingBox calculation in...

Released: Jun 21, 2016

Updates in 7.7008.1.1

Features

• Improved Image Bilinear InterpolationMode when an image is down scaled
• Improved Osnap seletion
• Added the ability to have different widths between polyline segments.
• Improved the Color Dialog
• Added support of nested xclips in inserts.
• Better management of Palette and render Background color.
• Edit a Text inside a vdInsert , If the user clicks a vdText which is inside an Insert then the Edit sequence will start.
• Edit a MultiText inside a vdInsert , If the user clicks a vdMText which is...