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New Bluetooth / Leica Disto Plus distancemeter support:
Angle and distance information from a Leica Disto Plus distancemeter
can be uploaded directly all tools, including Walls&Gap, Line, Circle,
Offset, and Text.
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New Simple freehand sketch tool:
Dragging the stylus on the screen creates a series of lines in a group.
The lines can be selected and ungrouped.
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Added support for T5 navigator and hardkeys
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Improved "Prev Window" and "Next Window" navigation:
The previous 10 Windows scrolls are saved for recalling. Scrolling
through saved Windows now recalls them in the order they were
saved or viewed and stops scrolling when you hit the first or last
Window in the queue.
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Improved Dimension text rendering format :
Dimensions no longer show the zero. E.g., 0'-8 1/2" is now 8-1/2"
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Improved the Dynamic input area (DIA) control for Text tool and
File dialogs:
For full screen devices, the Graffiti area pops up for tools that will
likely need it.
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New 3-pt circle Tool:
The circle tool now has an option for creating a circle as defined
by three points on the circle's radius.
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New Centered Box Tool:
The box tool now has the option to define a box by its center and
a point at its corner.
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New Weld Tool:
Two lines can be combined to form one line.
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Improved Measure Tool:
The measure tool now provide three types of measuring: (X,Y),
(Distance, angle), and angle between two lines.
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Improved "Edit" button:
Selecting multiple entities and tapping "Edit" invokes an editor with
the options to modify the layer, color, and/or line type of the
selected entities to match the active settings. If only one entity is
selected, tapping the "Edit" button invokes a geometry editor with a
"More..." button at the bottom. Tape the "More..." button to invoke
the layer, color, and line type editor.
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New option to search Active Layer only when selecting, trimming, etc.:
A toggle in the Layers menu allows the user to only search the active
layer when selecting, trimming, etc.
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Command passed through clipboard.
ZiPCAD searches the clipboard for commands from another application to
initiate it's state, open it's drawing, select a tool, etc. at startup.
This is for developers of other applications only, and not for
general user customization. Contact support@zipcad.com for more
information.
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Time intensive operations allow interrupting:
Potential time consuming operations, such as exporting a DXF, rendering
a large image, etc., can be cancelled or temporarily interrupted.
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Doors can now be swapped out anytime:
To change the swing type, door type, or other door attributes,
select the door(s) and tap "Settings > Windows and Doors," tap
the desired door attributes and tap "Replace."
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Wall operation can be undone without quitting tool:
The Walls&Gaps tool can now "back up" and continue drawing by tapping
"Edit > Undo."
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New World Coordinates:
Tapping "Settings > General Preferences > World" will reference all
(x,y) and (d,a) coordinates to the (0,0) origin of the drawing.
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New Continuous saving:
Every time the drawing changes, it is saved to static RAM. So, in the
event of a device crash, no changes should be lost. An asterisk "*" is
temporarily show on the Command Line when saving.
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New "and Copy" option for Move, Rotate, Mirror, and Resize:
When the tool is started, an "and Copy" checkbox appears in the input
area. Selecting it creates a copy of the transformed entities, leaving
the originals intact.
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Drawings names now sorted alphabetically
