Software Companions News 2005

• Drawing scale for scaling from drawing to real world measurement (e.g.: 1 : 100, 1 : 2500 etc.).
• Read-only PDF files can now be generated even if no password is given.
• New measurement snap function: Snap to midline.
• New measurement report dialog with more information and unit selection.
• Zoom and pan operations are now available during measurement.
• Batch dialog now changed to show file date, size and location. Files can also be sorted.
• The last used printer will now be remember between sessions (Can be disabled).
• New toolbar item: Show and change scale (zoom) factor.
• New toolbar item: Close active file.
• Converted files can now be created with active background color (previously only white was available).
• Now uses dithering when converting color HPGL files to monochrome TIFF/CALS. Gives much better result.
• Added support for user defined line types in HPGL/2 files (UL instruction).
• Added support for line attributes in HPGL/2 files (LA instruction).  
  
  Markup Changes ( Pro only ):
  
• Markup element list added. Shows information about all elements: element type, when it was created, who created it etc..
• Markup text elements can now be rotated using any angle.
• New markup element: Revision Cloud.
• New markup element: Note.
• Show next markup function added. Can be used to browse through all markup elements.
• Added support for named markup elements.
• Added support for markup element status.
• Find markup element function added. Search for markup text and note element and named elements.
• Added multilevel undo of markup element change and deletion.

• Support for password protected DWF files.
  
• Support for password protected (encrypted) PDF files.
  
• New export format : Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG). Compressed or uncompressed.
  

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