Autodsys Announces Release of AcceliCAD 2017

For immediate release

Autodsys Announces Release of AcceliCAD 2017

Portland, OR, USA — Autodsys, Inc. today announced the release of AcceliCAD 2017.

AcceliCAD 2017 is a major release that includes increased benefits for performance and productivity. Enhancements include:

Support for exporting 3D .pdf files
Export .bmp files
Attach underlays
New in-place multiline text editor
Support for maximizing and minimizing viewports
New commands include BCOUNT, IMAGEFRAMEMODE, FIELD, and TEXTTOFRONT
Offset of polylines and MTEXT were refactored
Significant refactoring of the core to allow editing of multiple native formats
Graphics caching was implemented to improve graphics performance when switching between layouts.
Over 500 other fixes and improvements

2017 includes these key enhancements from AcceliCAD 2016:

Latest DWG Format including 2014-2016
Multiple Cores for OPEN and REGEN
HELIX command
REVCLOUD command
POINTCLOUDATTACH command
Auto-complete (for commands at the command line)
PUBLISH - print many drawings and layouts at once
Grip edit tabbing through editing commands
Z-axis orthomode support
Match Properties Options Dialog
New plot stamp configuration dialog
New BLOCK dialog
LOFT command
SWEEP command
POLYSOLID command
New DWF/DWFx printer driver
Improved grip editing for HELIX, POLYLINE, HATCH
New TXT2MTXT command
New XPLODE command
New Properties Pane
New support for Annotative Scale
Status Bar Enhancements
Complete new icon set in 16x16, 32x32, ARGB format for both color and high contrast
Support for Workpaces
Support for menu bar and toolbars while the ribbon is active
Support for the application menu
Support for the quick access toolbar and QAT customization
Enhanced CUI support
Enhanced Customize command
Dynamic block support

Ronald Prepchuk, President of Autodsys, Inc., stated, "Our customers will appreciate the improvements to usability and performance. AcceliCAD offers the best value in the CAD marketplace."

About AcceliCAD
AcceliCAD by Autodsys is a powerful 2D and 3D computer-aided-design (CAD) platform for engineers, architects, designers and drafters. Anyone who creates, edits, or views professional drawings will appreciate the power and value of AcceliCAD. It sets the standard for affordable CAD software offering full Autodesk® DWG® format compatibility and familiar commands and programming languages. Anyone who has used the Autodesk AutoCAD® software will easily learn to use AcceliCAD. AcceliCAD software is designed to work like AutoCAD and contains all of its standard features including DWG file support as well as support for industry standard commands, menu files, script files, shape files, text fonts, hatch patterns, linetypes, LISP programs, SDS/C++ programs, and VBA programs. It also contains many advanced features that make it easier to create and edit DWG files. AcceliCAD has a suggested retail price of $199-$399.

About Autodsys, Inc.
Autodsys is a privately held company, commercial member of the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium and developer of AcceliCAD, IntelliCAD, AcceliARCH (ArchT), and other utilities to increase user productivity. Autodsys has been producing AutoCAD add-ons since 1986 and has received industry awards for its products including “Highly Recommended” and "Best Products of 2008" by Cadalyst Magazine.

Contact Information
Autodsys, Inc.
McMinnville, OR 97128
Phone: 503-487-6051
Email: info@autodsys.com
http://www.autodsys.com/.

New Features in 2016

Working with files

Open, save, and work with .dwg files of version 2015.
Open .dgn files by converting them to .dwg files.
Attach point cloud files.
AcceliConvert command added to convert files to different versions.
Export .dgn files.

Performance enhancements

Multi-core support for opening and regenerating files, which provides 1.5 to 3 times performance improvement on multi-core computers.
ACIS In is now available in AcceliCAD Standard versions.

User interface

New ribbon interface that can be used with or without the menus.
New icons throughout AcceliCAD.
Updated status bar, including ability to single-click (instead of double-click ) status bar items.
Autocomplete commands when typing at the command line.
Updated Properties pane.
Support for workspaces.
Color schemes are now available.

Printing

New Publish command.
New ability to print to DWF/DWFx files.
New ability to print to PNG and JPG files.
Advanced options added for print stamps.

Viewing drawings

New support for annotation scaling.

Working with entities

New Helix command.
New Revision Cloud command.
New XPLODE command.
Tab through commands when hovering over a grip.
New Z-axis orthomode support.
New Match Properties Options dialog box.
New Text to Multiline Text command.
New dialog box for the BLOCK command.
New 3D entity commands: Loft, Sweep, Polysolid.
New Set to ByLayer command.

APIs

AcceliCAD 2016 uses Teigha version 4.0.1 from the Open Design Alliance.
New .NET API.
New IcUi API for creating AcceliCAD based MFC dialogs or special dialog controls.

System variables

Added or updated: ANNNOALLVISIBLE, ANNNOSCALELIMIT, AUTOCOMPLETEFILTER, AUTOCOMPLETEMODE, AUTOCOMPLETEOPTIONS, AUTOCOMPLETEDELAY, AUTOCOMPLETETRANSP, AUTOCOMPMINTEXTLEN, CANNOSCALE, CANNOSCALEVALUE, CURRENTAFFINITYMASK, DIMANNO, HPANNOTATIVE, LOCALEROOTPREFIX, LOFTANG1, LOFTANG2, LOFTMAG1, LOFTMAG2, LOFTNORMALS, LOFTPARAM, MSLTSCALE, MTMODE, MULTICORE, PICKFIRSTFLAGS, PRINTTRANSPARENCY, PSLTSCALE, PSOLHEIGHT, PSOLWIDTH, SELECTIONANNODISPLAY, SETBYLAYERMODE, STATBARSTYLE, and SURFACEMODELINGMODE.ing file.

Important fixes in 2016

The following list details some of the new 1000+ fixes that were implemented in the 2016 release.

Working with drawing files

Fixed reported cases where files could not be opened or saved properly.
Fixed several issues for working with .dgn files.
Fixed lineweights issue when exporting to a .pdf file.

User interface

Several fixes for working with the ribbon, including: ribbon display, ribbon color when TBCOLOR=0, combobox controls, and more.
Fixed display of user interface elements when using a large display resolution.
Added a new workspace: View and Mark-up.
Several fixes for toolbars and separators.
XPLODE command was added to the menu, toolbar, and ribbon.
Fixed toolbar appearance and text display at high display resolutions.
Several fixes for working with the ribbon.
Fixed resizing of floating toolbars.

Selection

Fixed reported issues with grips, including: grip points in PERSPECTIVE drawings, hatch grips, and working in the command bar while grip editing.
Fixed issue with entity snapping in perspective view.

Hatches

Fixed display issue when using UNDO after a hatch grip edit.
Fixed associative boundary hatches when a boundary is a polyline.
Corrected hatch boundary associativity when dragging a hatch, using a grip point, and canceling changes.
Fixed hatch result for dynamic blocks
Shape of hatch fixed when exploding and copying
Fixed crash when selecting complex hatch areas in some cases.

Text and multiline text

Fixed errors with Korean fonts.
Fixed issues with MTEXT that was missing underlined text in some cases.
Fixed editing MTEXT with European keyboard layout.
Fix for %% codes.

APIs

Fixed issues when calling (menucmd) after MENULOAD in LISP with BUILUIASYNC enabled.
Fixes for .NET API.
Fixed issue with enabled and disabled VBA macros.
LISP (redraw) fixed to ignore erased entities.
LISP (grread) fixed when calling the ERROR function.
Fixed grips and highlighted entities when calling the SELECT command from SDS/LISP.
ORTHOGONAL command (defined as local variable in LISP) fixed.
LISP:
- Now *.slb files are accessible through LISP paths.
- Fixed issue with (menucmd).
- Highlighting fixed for selection sets supplied to commands via LISP.
SDS:
- Fixed issue with sds_cleanplane.
- sds_zoomit fixed for docked dialogs.

Printing

Print configuration is fixed when extracting from a .pc3 file.
Fixed various issues with printing certain entities, including hatch transparency, oblique text, and hidden paperspace entities.
Fixed issue for irregular viewports that cause large increase in print size.

More fixes

Fixed issue when using SCALELISTEDIT.
Fixed use of Reset All in Customize dialog box.
Fixed use of Reset on the Options > Profiles tab.
Fixed issue with workspaces after importing a .cui file.
Fixed issues with lofting entities.
Fixed issues with sweeping along a helix and also 3D entities.
Fixed the setting of different locations for an annotation block in different annotation scales.
New BCOUNT command was added.
Fixed printing images with different Brightness settings.
Fixes for XPLODE command.
Fixes for Match Properties.
New CORK, STARS, HONEY, and HOUND hatch patterns were added
Fixed display issue when inserting external references.
EXPLODE command enhanced.
Fixed reported crashes for difference scenarios when using the EXPLODE, PLOT,
Enhancements made to working with workspaces.
Fixed OLEBKGCOLOR.
Fixed group designation for the -TOOLBAR command.
Fixes for grip editing.
Fixed display of viewport properties in the Properties pane.
Fixed the default option for the PYRAMID command.
Fixed PASTEORIG when working with multiple layouts.
Fixed Zoom Extents when displaying multiline text.
In the View Manager, fixed restoring a view after using Edit Boundaries.
Several issues fixed for working with a grid.
Fixed issue with LAYFRZ for blocks.
Fixed dimension associativity after copying.
Extend and Trim commands now properly work with blocks using the ALL option.
Fixed specified angle usage for VIEWCTL.
Incorrect attribution data after exploding a block is fixed.
Several fixes for working with customized .mnu files.
Several fixes for filleting when working with splines, polylines, and two circles.
Fixed perpendicular snapping when working with requested angles.
Fixed the use of snapping when using Zoom > Window.
Fixed issue with changing 3D polyline vertices using grips.
Fixed using From Entity Snap in layouts.

Technical Details for 2016

AcceliCAD is now supported for Microsoft Windows 10 operating systems.
AcceliCAD source code is built with Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Update 4 and .NET version 4.5.
VSTA has been disabled.

Contact Information
Autodsys, Inc.
292 NW Walnut Ave
Dundee, OR 97115
Phone: 503-487-6051
Email: info@autodsys.com
http://www.autodsys.com/.