HighDesign 1.8.1 Release Notes

New Features and Improvements

• Added support for PNG and TIFF images with alpha channel.
• Added a preference option to allow texts that use icelandic or other international characters to display correctly even without antialiasing.
• Added the option to read and set directions as azimuth (360° clockwise angles)

Changes and Optimizations

• Zooming with the scroll wheel now works as in 1.7 and only uses the simplified redraw with larger projects.

Fixes

• Dimensions now honor the rounding settings when the units are by project.
• On Intel, vertical construction lines no longer disappear at certain zoom levels.
• Entering a space while renaming a new sheet no longer dismisses the name input field.
• Fixed several internal errors.
• The Export as JPEG window was not responsive under certain conditions.
• The Export as Tiff function now works correctly.
• Symbols window: restored the quick rotation buttons.
• DXF Export: fixed a problem caused by layer names with umlauts and other special characters.
• DXF Export: fixed a formatting error in Hatch entities.
• Altimetric dimensions were not accurate under some conditions.
• Values expressed as decimal feet and inches were not accurate with when their rounding was set to 1.
• The functions of the Adjust Image tool now include the mask of the image.
• Object Info: vertex coordinates and highlighted point of polygon are now correct.
• Selected ellipses did not highlight te corresponding method button.
• Fixed a problem with the snap to elliptical arcs.
• Construction lines no longer change appearance to continuous lines under certain zoom factors.
• Windows placed on a second monitor now remember their position correctly.