CAD X11^® Enhancements in year 2003

1. The last segment of a circle or arc is again displayed when the on-screen line weight is greater than one (release 4.0.133) - January 20, 2003
2. The continuous line segment connection attribute in PDF output files has been adjusted to prevent characters such as W, V, A, etc. from having their strokes extending beyond the text alignment lines at the top and bottom of a line of text (release 4.0.134) - January 27, 2003
3. An error with menus 13.5 and 13.6 (translation and rotation) introduced in the last program posting on Jan 27, 2003  has been corrected (release 4.0.135) - January 29, 2003
4. An error with menu 10.10 (parallel line) introduced in the program posting on Jan 27, 2003  has been corrected (release 4.0.137) - January 29, 2003
5. The color of Solid Cross-Hatching and area fills in PDF output is now corrected (release 4.0.137) - January 29, 2003
6. Upon drawing retrieval all zero length lines are made dormant (release 4.0.139) - February 25, 2003
7. A trim middle and trim both ends error introduced in the program posting on Jan 27, 2003  has been corrected (release 4.0.141) - February 26, 2003
8. Arcs are now checked and adjusted upon drawing retrieval to correct a data storage problem where some arcs have their starting angles exceeding their ending angles (release 4.0.144) - March 19, 2003
9. Solid Cross-hatching entities now have their off-screen display flag set properly when they are not in the current zoom window (release 4.0.144) - March 19, 2003
10. A pattern retrieval problem with cross-hatching entities whose view of definition is greater than 8 that causes a BAD PTR error message has been corrected (release 4.0.144) - March 19, 2003
11. A warning message that alerts the user upon drawing retrieval that data may have been lost is no longer displayed each time that same drawing is retrieved (when it was saved the first time).  The affected data is made "dormant" the first time the drawing was retrieved (release 4.0.144) - March 19, 2003
12. A problem retrieving a second CAD X11 drawing using the Windows Interface on computers in a Novell network has been corrected (release 4.0.144) - March 19, 2003
13. A problem generating a plot of a drawing when there is no pen one data has been corrected (release 4.0.146) - April 21, 2003
14. Cross-hatching entities which did not get deleted when their sub-entities were deleted are now checked for and deleted during the display process of all entities (release 4.0.146) - April 21, 2003
15. The on-line help for the Arc/Circle/Fillet menu in the Common Interface has been updated (release 4.0.147) - May 6, 2003
16. The on-line help for the Windows Interface has been updated.  Help for the Point menu has been updated, help for the Line menu is now implemented, and help for the Function Keys has been implemented (release 4.0.147) - May 6, 2003
17. The text of the Arc/Circle/Fillet menu in the Common Interface has been slightly revised to match the on-line help (release 4.0.147) - May 6, 2003
18. The F1 function key now initiates the on-line help in the Common Interface as still does the "?" key  (release 4.0.147) - May 6, 2003
19. The Reject Function Key in the Common Interface for the Fixed Line and Quick Fillets now works more consistently with the rest of the program (release 4.0.147) - May 6, 2003
20. The correct on-line help for fillets in the Common Interface is now displayed (release 4.0.147) - May 6, 2003
21. When creating a 2-D Spline using Crosshair Positions, "dots" are again displayed at each clicked crosshair position to assist the user in identifying coordinates for the spline  (release 4.0.147) - May 6, 2003
22. The on-line help for the Windows Interface has been updated.  Help for the Arc menu has been 1/2 completed, help for the Drafting Text menu is now implemented, help for the Trimming menu is now implemented, and help for Entity Selection has been implemented (release 4.0.148) - May 15, 2003
23. The on-line help will start immediately for new installations, and then if chosen by the user after that (release 4.0.148) - May 15, 2003
24. The characteristics toolbar will no longer occasionally intercept the [ and ] function keys (middle and right mouse button) when the cursor focus is within this toolbar (release 4.0.148) - May 15, 2003
25. The message "Indicate Text Start" will be Middle and End as appropriate for all other cases supporting text justification (release 4.0.148) - May 15, 2003
26. The Drafting Modals interrupt <Ctrl/J> works better in the midst of other functions (release 4.0.148) - May 15, 2003
27. The above/middle/below drafting modal for label text position relative to the leader stem now works for the leader property page of the Drafting modals (release 4.0.148) - May 15, 2003
28. The on-line help for the Windows Interface now includes the Blank menu, the Delete Menu and the remaining items in the Arc menu (release 4.0.149) - May 26, 2003
29. Delete Duplicates has been added to the Delete menu of the Windows Interface (release 4.0.149) - May 26, 2003
30. A fatal error in the Rotate and Move menu items after a figure from the Design Element Library has been inserted has been corrected (release 4.0.149) - May 26, 2003
31. For the OpenGL and Direct3D viewers started from the Tools->Shading menu, white entities now display as white and not black, all surfaces now map correctly to the viewer modeling coordinates, and the resolution of the displayed model is controlled by the number of points per surface path, not the number of surface paths (release 4.0.149) - May 26, 2003
32. The [ key or middle mouse button in quick chamfers and fillets now correctly brings up the chamfer bevel angle and distance and the the fillet radius prompts (release 4.0.149) - May 26, 2003
33. The zoom factor displayed in the characteristics toolbar at the left size of the screen is now left justified so higher zoom factors can be read (release 4.0.149) - May 26, 2003
34. The context menu no longer immediately displays when you are creating a text file of drawing notes (menu Tools->Drafting->Text->NoteI/O->Output (release 4.0.149) - May 26, 2003
35. When creating 3D splines, you may now press the [ key or the middle mouse button to cancel the last entered control point, which has been the norm for creating 2D splines (release 4.0.150) - June 1, 2003
36. Pressing the [ key or the middle mouse button when in  the middle of a zoom operation in the Windows Interface no longer causes the system to ring the system buzzer when attempting another zoom operation immediately (release 4.0.150) - June 1, 2003
37. The on-line help for the Windows Interface now includes the first half of the zoom menu and the first half of the curve menu (release 4.0.150) - June 1, 2003
38. The Auto Save feature of CAD X11 when using the Windows Interface no longer prompts you for a drawing name when you open an existing drawing (release 4.0.151) - June 9, 2003
39. A partial string entity under construction will continue to be displayed when a dialog box appears and is moved by the user - Windows Interface only (release 4.0.151) - June 9, 2003
40. When using the CAD X11 software with the Windows Interface, all dialog boxes that list a number of menus will be sized according to the number of men us offered (release 4.0.151) - June 9, 2003
41. Constrained rubberbanding is now implemented for the String option "Crosshair Position" (release 4.0.151) - June 9, 2003
42. Rectangles defined with delta coordinates and crosshair positioned or located by a point no longer have their delta x coordinate set to zero - Windows Interface only (release 4.0.151) - June 9, 2003
43. The string entity bearing prompt now works in the Windows Interface (release 4.0.152) - June 16, 2003
44. Recalling the last three entered string bearings now works properly (release 4.0.152) - June 16, 2003
45. A string being constructed no longer has its coordinates temporarily adjusted to be on-screen (release 4.0.152) - June 16, 2003
46. A string no longer temporarily disappears after definition if the rescale prompt is triggered and you answer YES (release 4.0.152) - June 16, 2003
47. The on-line help for the Windows Interface now includes line 4 of the zoom menu and the string option under the Curve menu (release 4.0.152) - June 16, 2003
48. For the Windows Interface, when you move a popup box on the screen for easier viewing of the working data, that new position is remembered and used when that same dialog box is called up at a later time.  This enables the user to move boxes out of the way to a preferred location and all box locations are then remembered (release 4.0.153) - June 26, 2003
49. The on-line help for the Windows Interface now includes all of the zoom menu (release 4.0.153) - June 26, 2003
50. The on-line help for the Windows Interface now includes the polygon option under the Curve menu (release 4.0.154) - July 20, 2003
51. The default installation folder is now located within the "Program Files" folder (release 4.0.159) - November 14, 2003
52. For the Free, Pro, Demo and windows interface option of the Enterprise version, there is a new tab named "Directories" under the Tools->Modals menu.   This is the new location to set your user, temp and public patterns directories (folders) (release 4.0.159) - November 14, 2003