Software Companions - Gerber, PLT and HPGL Viewing and Conversion Software

Viewing and Conversion Software

ViewCompanion Premium
Updates

The latest available version will always include all previous fixes and improvements

ViewCompanion Premium
Version What's New Released
8.23 Maintenance update.
News:
NoDescription
1Added an option for signing multiple PDF files in a single batch.
Bug Fixes:
BugDescription
622Circle element did loose line style when converted to TIFF or any other raster format.
621Line styles missing in CGM files from customer.
620JPEG raster data missing in CGM files from customer.
619Curves in CGM file from customer had poor resolution.
618CGM files from customer caused application to crash (exception error).
617Missing characters in file from customer. This problem was introduced in 8.22 which are no longer available for download.
615Some CGM files from customer failed to open at all.

3-June-2014

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8.22 Maintenance update.
News:
NoDescription
1Added ADJUSTCOLORS setting to the conversion init file.
Bug Fixes:
BugDescription
614Some CGM items in file from customer was converted with wrong color.
613Missing elements in CGM file from customer.

19-May-2014

Not available, please download 8.23 or later.

8.21 Maintenance update.
Bug Fixes:
BugDescription
612Missing and wrong text in plot file from customer.
611Fixed a problem that could cause all files opened using double-click in Explorer to fail (error message was given).
610TIFF file from customer was loaded as a blank image when opened from Explorer using double-click.
-Log files will now include an error code if the conversion fails.

5-Apr-2014

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8.20 Feature update.
You may also find more information about this update here.
New Features:
NoDescription
1Added n-up printing mode (also known as multiple pages per paper sheet printing).
2Added a new option to create smaller TIFF files. Previously ViewCompanion could only create multi-strip files, but it can now also create single-strip files, which are usually smaller (in terms of file size).
3Added support for loading Gerber files. Both RS-274X and RS-274D variants are supported.
4If log files are enabled, ViewCompanion will now create log files even if the conversion fails. The log file will now include an error code (0 for success).
5ViewCompanion will now by default create editable PDF files (and not PDF/A which was the default earlier). PDF/A files can still be created, but this format needs to be selected in the Tools->Option dialog.
6A new stamp option was added. This new stamp contains the user name and a timestamp.
7Several minor changes and improvements.

Bug Fixes:
BugDescription
609Pen table was not used during batch conversion.

8-Mar-2014

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8.11 Minor update.
Bug Fixes:
BugDescription
608Converting a file from customer to TIFF with the "Monochrome" option enabled, caused some unwanted black areas to appear.
607A few PDF/A files created by ViewCompanion may cause warnings and in some rare occurrences error messages, when verified using Adobe Preflight.
606Fixed a problem related to DDE for Windows XP. Double-clicking a filename in the Explorer Window sometimes gave an error message.

20-Feb-2014

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8.10 Minor update.
New Features:
NoDescription
1Added raster image resize feature.
2Added support for DWF named views. A new dialog was added where you can see all available views and select one to look at. You can now open a specific view from command line or by using DDE.
3You can now lock measurement axis by holding the shift key while measuring.
4You can now zoom in using a higher scale factor on raster images. For the 64-bit version there is now no zoom limit.

Bug Fixes:
BugDescription
605Missing an image and a logo in DWFx file from customer.
604Two pictures at wrong location in PLT file from customer.
603DWF file from customer loaded with wrong extents.
602Missing picture in DWF file from customer.
601Missing text in CGM file from customer.

11-Jan-2014

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8.03 Minor update.
New Features:
NoDescription
1The /lxml command line parameter can now be used together with /pi. Note that /lxml needs to be first parameter.

Bug Fixes:

BugDescription
600Text in PDF file converted from a plot file was displayed in Acrobat with bad quality.
599Adding a new page from external file could cause previous pages to get wrong extents.
-Markup eraser function sometimes became unavailable.

7-Dec-2013

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8.02 Minor update.
New Features:
NoDescription
1Added new parameter DXFR12 to the conversion init file.

Bug Fixes:

BugDescription
598TIF files from a customer caused exception error in ViewCompanion.
597DWF files from a customer was displayed only as a single vertical line.

8-Nov-2013

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8.01 Minor update.
New Features:
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1ViewCompanion can now create PDF files with a maximium extent of 60x60 meters.
2A new option was added to toggle use of defined paper size in DWF files (Options->Formats->Other).

Bug Fixes:

BugDescription
594Selecting several hundred files in Explorer, and then pressing right-click may cause a crash.
This crash was caused by the ViewCompanion Shell Extension and is now fixed.
593Command line parameter /ro didn't work when converting files using command line.
592DWF files from customer were not displayed.
59132-bit images become black when rotated.

12-Oct-2013

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8.00 Major release.
New Features:
NoDescription
1Added support for viewing, printing and converting AutoDesk DWF and DWFx file format.
2Added support exporting to GIF files.
3A new Shell Extension is available for easy access to conversion and other functions from inside Windows Explorer.
4A new vector layer dialog has been added to control DWF layer visibility.
5The file association dialog has been improved.
6The active printer can now be changed inside print preview.
7Printer page options like scaling can now be changed inside print preview.
8A new option for disabling the splash screen during startup is available (tools->options->advanced).
9A new copy active view to clipboard command was added.
10ViewCompanion can now create layered PDF files.
11This update is fully compatible with Windows 8.1, in addition to Windows XP (SP3), Vista, 7 and 8, both 32- and 64-bit editions.

New Markup Features:

NoDescription
1A new option for storing/restoring active view to/from markup file was added.

Bug Fixes:

BugDescription
590Raster information in file from customer turned black after rotation.
588HPGL/2 file from customer failed to open.

2-Oct-2013

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Older Updates:
Updates for version 7.xx
Updates for version 6.xx
Updates for version 5.xx
Updates for version 4.xx
Updates for version 3.xx