CADintosh 5.3b1

[thorstenlemke]

Hello,I released a new beta.You can download it from http://www.lemkesoft.com/beta.htmlPlease e-mail any comments to this group or support@graphicconverter.netThorsten LemkeChanges 5.3b1New features:* edit window added* option for display of dimmed tiffs added* Spanish translation addedUpdated features:* sets support automatic mode* redraw speed improved* printing speed of PICTs improvedBug fixes:* many internal changes and bug fixes

[RowlandCarson]

At 2005-01-05 12:58 +0000 Thorsten Lemke wrote: >I released a new beta Thorsten - thanks for your work on CADintosh.Specification of parallel lines with positive or negative values now appears to behave as might be expected, and using a mouse-click in any selection mode also appears to work OK now.I find this beta has eliminated (as far as I can tell) the minor problem I reported with editing or changing attributes of an angular dimension. However, in making repeated changes to a particular angular dimension, I note that with each change, it moves a small distance, in whichever direction will increase the length of the help lines. Obviously the work-around is to use the "move dimension" tool to restore the desired position.No change, though, in the odd behaviour I reported (2004-10-27) in the scaling dialogue (in options, drawing, choosing any imperial scale for layer 1023 gives 0 in the scale box and the function of the imperial scales is incomprehensible). If I'm failing to understand how this should work, somebody please set me right!No change in the peculiar behaviour of ellipse objects, either (reported several times). Elliptical arcs are not saved correctly to .DXF files, and their start and end angles cannot be specified correctly with respect to any other drawn objects.The undesirable behaviour I reported on 2004-10-20 is still present - double-clicking on a .CAD document when CADintosh is not running causes CADintosh to launch and then present a "file open" dialogue box instead of opening the file that was double-clicked.Finally, when opening an Eppler airfoil file, comment lines starting with "<" are still being included in the displayed title string instead of being ignored (as they were in earlier versions of CADintosh).regardsRowland-- : Wilma & Rowland Carson <http://home.clara.net/rowil/>: <rowil@clara.net> ... that's Rowland with a 'w' ...

[RowlandCarson]

At 2005-01-05 12:58 +0000 Thorsten Lemke wrote: >Changes 5.3b1>>New features:>* edit window added Thorsten - I had trouble finding how to display this "edit window", but eventually found it in the "apply ..." palette after the measure tool. No prompt describing it appears at bottom left of the screen, as for other tools. I would expect the button at top left (which glows red when the cursor hovers over it) to close the edit window, but it does not. It only disappears when a different tool is chosen. I think the red button is not required and should be removed.If I change the pen to one of a different width, the width changes on screen when I press the "Take" button. But when I change the width of a line using this window, and press the take button, nothing appears to happen. Am I misunderstanding what should happen? Incidentally, I think that "Apply" would be a better word than "Take" to use for the English version, and that would be consistent with the other tools on that part of the palette.regardsRowland-- : Wilma & Rowland Carson <http://home.clara.net/rowil/>: <rowil@clara.net> ... that's Rowland with a 'w' ...

[thorstenlemke]

--- In cadintoshmac@yahoogroups.com, Rowland Carson <rowil@c...> wrote:....> No change, though, in the odd behaviour I reported (2004-10-27) in > the scaling dialogue (in options, drawing, choosing any imperial > scale for layer 1023 gives 0 in the scale box and the function of the > imperial scales is incomprehensible). If I'm failing to understand > how this should work, somebody please set me right!We have found and fixed this now.> No change in the peculiar behaviour of ellipse objects, either > (reported several times). Elliptical arcs are not saved correctly to > .DXF files, and their start and end angles cannot be specified > correctly with respect to any other drawn objects.DXF R12 do not support ellpies. That is the reason.> The undesirable behaviour I reported on 2004-10-20 is still present - > double-clicking on a .CAD document when CADintosh is not running > causes CADintosh to launch and then present a "file open" dialogue > box instead of opening the file that was double-clicked.We have found and fixed this now.> Finally, when opening an Eppler airfoil file, comment lines starting > with "<" are still being included in the displayed title string > instead of being ignored (as they were in earlier versions of > CADintosh).Can you please e-mail a sample file for testing?You can download the new beta now from our iDisk: lemkesoftgmbhThorsten

[thorstenlemke]

> Thorsten - I had trouble finding how to display this "edit window", > but eventually found it in the "apply ..." palette after the measure > tool. No prompt describing it appears at bottom left of the screen, > as for other tools. I would expect the button at top left (which > glows red when the cursor hovers over it) to close the edit window, > but it does not. It only disappears when a different tool is chosen. > I think the red button is not required and should be removed. fixed now > If I change the pen to one of a different width, the width changes on > screen when I press the "Take" button. But when I change the width of > a line using this window, and press the take button, nothing appears > to happen. Am I misunderstanding what should happen? Incidentally, I > think that "Apply" would be a better word than "Take" to use for the > English version, and that would be consistent with the other tools on > that part of the palette. this depends on the display mode of the elements (individual/pen based).Thorsten

[RowlandCarson]

At 2005-01-07 19:33 +0000 Thorsten Lemke wrote: >--- In cadintoshmac@yahoogroups.com, Rowland Carson <rowil@c...> wrote:> > No change in the peculiar behaviour of ellipse objects, either>> (reported several times). Elliptical arcs are not saved correctly to>> .DXF files, and their start and end angles cannot be specified>> correctly with respect to any other drawn objects.>DXF R12 do not support ellpies. That is the reason. Thorsten - I have e-mailed you direct with sample files (also for the Eppler file problem). The comments above relate to 2 separate problems - I should probably not have combined them.(1) DXF export of ellipses:Ellipses get converted into x-lines (splines) when exported to DXF; you say this is because the version of DXF does not support ellipses, and I cannot argue with that. However, the orientation of the x-lines in the .DXF is often (but not always, see my sample files) mirrored from what it was in the .CAD file. This is more obvious if elliptical arcs are drawn, not full ellipses. For instance, an elliptical arc in CAD with the open end at the left will show in the DXF with the open end at the right; that is, mirrored about its centre, or rotated 180 degrees.(2) Inability to define ellipse arc terminations with respect to other drawn objects:I have mentioned this on a number of previous occasions. I first encountered the problem when trying to draw formers with outlines which were partly elliptical and partly straight lines. These problems are also illustrated in the CAD file I sent to you.I am making this reply to the list in addition to sending you the files direct, as I think the list does not allow attachments.regardsRowland-- : Wilma & Rowland Carson <http://home.clara.net/rowil/>: <rowil@clara.net> ... that's Rowland with a 'w' ...

[RowlandCarson]

At 2005-01-08 01:03 +0100 Thorsten Lemke wrote: >Hello,>>>> Finally, when opening an Eppler airfoil file, comment lines starting>>>> with "<" are still being included in the displayed title string>>>> instead of being ignored (as they were in earlier versions of>>>> CADintosh).>>> Can you please e-mail a sample file for testing?>>>>>> I attach a sample text file (from the examples folder in the>> CADintosh 5.0 distribution) and the resulting .CAD file.>>>found and fixed. I uploaded an updated beta to my iDisk: lemkesoftgmbh>>Thorsten Thorsten - (quoting entire message as you often request) finally got time to grab that from your iDisk and yes, thanks, that has certainly fixed the airfoil file problem.However, I notice that there still seems to be something amiss with the tool of editing the attributes of a dimension (I some similar problems with the angular dimensions at 2004-11-08).I have observed at least 3 different undesirable behaviours.(1) Editing the attributes of an angular dimension causes dimension to change position slightly.(2) Using the attributes tool to increase the decimal places from 1 to 2 causes vertical dimensions to change from (eg) "5.0" to "5.00.0". Horizontal dimensions all appear to behave correctly in the same situation.(3) Using the attributes tool to reduce the number of decimal places (eg from 1 to 0, or 2 to 1) has no effect on the displayed dimension.PowerBook G4 Ti 15", 1GB RAM, OS X 10.3.6Incidentally, I put that latest beta in the folder where the original 5.3b1 application was, expecting it to over-write the older one. But, both are there together - although the names are the same - rather scary! The icons do look slightly different - the earlier one has a yellow strip along the top of the drawing board.regardsRowlandPS the speed with which you issue new betas in response to bug reports makes me ask "Do you ever sleep?" -- : Wilma & Rowland Carson <http://home.clara.net/rowil/>: <rowil@clara.net> ... that's Rowland with a 'w' ...

[thorstenlemke]

Hello,we found and fixed the CADintosh ellpie to dxf export bug.I uploaded an updated beta to our iDisk: lemkesoftgmbhThorsten --- In cadintoshmac@yahoogroups.com, Rowland Carson <rowil@c...> wrote:> At 2005-01-07 19:33 +0000 Thorsten Lemke wrote:> > >--- In cadintoshmac@yahoogroups.com, Rowland Carson <rowil@c...> wrote:> > > > No change in the peculiar behaviour of ellipse objects, either> >> (reported several times). Elliptical arcs are not saved correctly to> >> .DXF files, and their start and end angles cannot be specified> >> correctly with respect to any other drawn objects.> >DXF R12 do not support ellpies. That is the reason.> > Thorsten - I have e-mailed you direct with sample files (also for the > Eppler file problem). The comments above relate to 2 separate > problems - I should probably not have combined them.> > (1) DXF export of ellipses:> > Ellipses get converted into x-lines (splines) when exported to DXF; > you say this is because the version of DXF does not support ellipses, > and I cannot argue with that. However, the orientation of the x-lines > in the .DXF is often (but not always, see my sample files) mirrored > from what it was in the .CAD file. This is more obvious if elliptical > arcs are drawn, not full ellipses. For instance, an elliptical arc in > CAD with the open end at the left will show in the DXF with the open > end at the right; that is, mirrored about its centre, or rotated 180 > degrees.> > (2) Inability to define ellipse arc terminations with respect to > other drawn objects:> > I have mentioned this on a number of previous occasions. I first > encountered the problem when trying to draw formers with outlines > which were partly elliptical and partly straight lines. These > problems are also illustrated in the CAD file I sent to you.> > I am making this reply to the list in addition to sending you the > files direct, as I think the list does not allow attachments.> > regards> > Rowland> -- > : Wilma & Rowland Carson <http://home.clara.net/rowil/>> : <rowil@c...> ... that's Rowland with a 'w' ...

[RowlandCarson]

At 2005-01-17 16:19 +0000 Thorsten Lemke wrote: >we found and fixed the CADintosh ellpie to dxf export bug.>I uploaded an updated beta to our iDisk: lemkesoftgmbh Thorsten - thanks, the DXF export of ellipses seems to be working fine now.This beta also works more correctly when changing the number of decimal places in a dimension using the attributes tool.With angular dimensions, it seems to work correctly (except that the dimension is moved slightly each time a new attribute is applied.With linear dimensions, the number of decimal places cannot be reduced. If an incease in the number of decimal places is requested, the result is nonsense. EG dimension originally "10.0", change attribute to 2 decimal places, result "10.00.0".The edit dimension tool appears to work correctly and can correct problems such as the above example.regardsRowland-- : Wilma & Rowland Carson <http://home.clara.net/rowil/>: <rowil@clara.net> ... that's Rowland with a 'w' ...

[RowlandCarson]

I'm not sure if I mentioned this since downloading the latest beta from the iDisk, but I noticed that the undesirable behaviour I reported a while back is still present - double-clicking on a .CAD document in a Finder window when CADintosh is not runningcauses CADintosh to launch and then present a "file open" dialoguebox instead of opening the file that was double-clicked.regardsRowland-- : Wilma & Rowland Carson <http://home.clara.net/rowil/>: <rowil@clara.net> ... that's Rowland with a 'w' ...