Changelog 2014

• New Features / Improvements - Views:
  • The Views dialog has been re-designed to space things out a little more, making it easier to read after all the new functions that have been added recently. TABS are now used to categories the different settings.
  • The last selected view now shows in the Status bar at the bottom of the screen. Please note that this text will disappear if display changes are made, such as turning layers on or off.
  • The floorplan issue number can now be added automatically to the end of the automatically exported files from a view e.g. View Name 1 (Issue 2).pdf. To enable this function, edit the relevant view and then tick 'Add issue number to file name' tick box under the AUTO Tab..
  • Hyperlinks can now be disabled in the exported PDF. To enable this function, edit the relevant view and tick the 'Disable Hyperlinks' tick box under the PDF SETTINGS Tab.
  • You can now specify a folder where the automatically created files should be saved. To set this folder, edit the relevant view and specify the 'Auto Export folder' under the AUTO Tab.
• New Features / Improvements - Print Border changes:
  • Print Borders have now been re-named to 'View Borders'. This is more logical because they are only relevant to Views.
  • When inserting a View Border, each new border you create is given a different name e.g Border 1, Border 2, etc. You can still name your borders to whatever you want but this function reduces confusion for people who do not name their borders.
  • View Borders are also now created onto a layer called 'View Borders' instead of 'B_Print Border', it also gets put into a layer group called 'Borders'. The B_Print Border layer also gets re-named on existing plans when they are opened.
  • It is now possible to have Custom Size View Borders. When inserting a border, you can now tick 'Custom Size' which will then allow you to adjust the border more freely using the Blue nodes.
  • The name of the View Border is now shown on the bottom left of the border for convenience.
• New Feature - Stand areas now update dynamically when adjusting the size of a stand, this makes it much easier to find the size of stand you need.
• New Feature - You can now view this change-log by going to the About box (by clicking on this icon in top right of your screen) and clicking on the link to this page.
• Improvement - The Company Names Manager dialog has had a slight re-design to make it more user friendly.
• Improvement - The text on the Ribbon bar at the top has been changed to capital letters to make it easier to read.
• Bug Fix - Minor bug fixes

• Bug Fix - A bug has been fixed (that was introduced in 3.0.18) where circles were not importing correctly from a DWG.

• New Feature - You can now access and edit Stand Types directly from the Stand Properties dialog. Just double click on a stand, and at the top where the Stand Types are, click on the little Blue Pencil icon to the right of the drop down menu to edit them.
• New Feature - You can now Import Stand Types from another floorplan. Go to Settings > Exhibition Properties > Plan Types, then click the Import button in the bottom left. New stand types are imported with a suffix of "Imported", you can then rename these and delete the ones you do not want.
• New Feature - You can now toggle stand line visibility (stand edges and walls). Select a stand(s), then click the Stand Lines button, then click Toggle Visibility. You can also use this toggle from the Modify ribbon. Please note that this is currently not compatible with Floorplan Live, a future update to Floorplan Live will resolve this.
• New Feature - It is now possible to change the colour of stand edges and walls automatically. Select a stand(s), then click the Stand Lines button, then click Calculate Stand Line Colours.
• Improvement - The Reset Stand Lines function has been improved so you can now reset the Open Sides (dashed line), Colour and Visibility individually or all at once, previously you could only reset the stand Open Sides.
• Improvement - The 'Import Stand Info' function has been greatly improved. The dialog has been redesigned and there are now new/improved options when importing. When importing, you can now compare stand SQMs with your spreadsheet, import all names and overwrite existing names and you can also ignore importing names or stand types.
• Improvement - The 'Plan Types' dialog has been improved to make it much easier to use.
• Improvement - It is now possible to change the folder location for settings files. This is an advanced function and is particularly useful for installations on a virtual server. Please contact us for additional details if you want to use this function.
• Bug Fix - A bug has been fixed where stand text was not copying and pasting correctly on some computers.

• New Feature - You can now insert a Stand Type Key instead of having to draw one. Please note that this is currently not compatible with Floorplan Live, a future update to Floorplan Live will resolve this.
• New Feature - New buttons have been added to the Home ribbon for Hiding or Isolating selected layers.
• Improvement - The System Paths button on the Settings ribbon has now been re-named to System Settings. This function has had a slight re-design and new Autosave options have been added.

• New Feature - Object Snaps are now configurable so. you can now specify what snaps should be active. Previously all snaps were always on (apart from Nearest and Grid).
• New Feature - You can now copy Views from within the Views Manager Dialog.
• New Feature - You can now set which files (PDF, DWG etc) per view are to be uploaded via FTP. Previously, all files created by all the views were uploaded.
• New Feature - You can now export images in PNG format. - This lossless image format provides much better image quality with a much smaller file size.
• Improvement - Image export quality has been improved by adding anti-aliasing and smoothing, you can also change the quality of exported JPGs from Views.
• Improvement - New buttons have been added to the Save View Dialog and the Manage Views dialog which allow you to load the view directly from these dialogs.
• Bug Fix - A bug has been fixed on large drawings that contain gradient fills, which if then exported to small image file, an error occured.
• Bug Fix - If a 'space' character was added to the start of a layer name, an error would occur. The 'space' character is now removed automatically.

• Various minor bug fixes

INITIAL RELEASE of EFD Version 3