DipTrace 2.3.5 beta with STEP/IGES available
novarm
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Hi All,
This is Stanislav Ruev from DipTrace team, we have released the new beta version 2.3.5.
The main upgrade for us is switch from Delphi 5 to Delphi XE4, so all UI elements were redesigned and Unicode support has been added. We still have some questions regarding native 64-bit version and further native Mac version, but hope to resolve them soon. STEP/IGES support was also the feature we tried to implement for a long time and now beta version of it is done. Package models can now be loaded from both STEP and IGES, PCB 3D model can be exported as STEP. The limitation: all models during STEP export are represented by triangulations, we are now working on export with original STEP model primitives though.
Another upgrade we plan to include into 2.4 and which is not implemented yet is new library management system. Actually we already redesigned internal program structures and all libraries to comply with it, but the main feature with UI, filters, etc. is not ready yet. Redesigned library/component panel available in beta is intermediate version which have a new look, but old functionality, as we decided not to transfer old UI to new Delphi XE4.
Full list of new/updated features:
1. Redesigned UI to more modern style, software has been moved to the modern development platform.
2. Support of Unicode in all program objects files and UI elements.
3. Redesigned library/component displaying system (library toolbar removed, toolbar with components has been redesigned).
4. Updated title block editor.
5. Updated "Attached Pattern" tool. Similar windows in Schematic and Component Editor.
6. Updated editing of polygonal pads.
7. Updated import dialogs of third-party schematics and net-lists, remembering of attached patterns.
8. Redesigned component panel (in design area) for component and pattern editors.
9. Zooming/Panning with mouse scroll in all print/import/export windows with preview feature.
10. UI updates in other dialog windows.
11. STEP and IGES import of package 3D models.
12. STEP export of PCB 3D model.
13. Copper pour algorithm optimization (approx 3x-5x speed-up). Further speed-up and real-time update is on the way.
14. Correct side changing for groups in PCB.
15. Many 2.3.1 bugs have been found and fixed.
Download it at http://www.diptrace.com/downloads/download-diptrace/ - see bottom of the page.
This is Stanislav Ruev from DipTrace team, we have released the new beta version 2.3.5.
The main upgrade for us is switch from Delphi 5 to Delphi XE4, so all UI elements were redesigned and Unicode support has been added. We still have some questions regarding native 64-bit version and further native Mac version, but hope to resolve them soon. STEP/IGES support was also the feature we tried to implement for a long time and now beta version of it is done. Package models can now be loaded from both STEP and IGES, PCB 3D model can be exported as STEP. The limitation: all models during STEP export are represented by triangulations, we are now working on export with original STEP model primitives though.
Another upgrade we plan to include into 2.4 and which is not implemented yet is new library management system. Actually we already redesigned internal program structures and all libraries to comply with it, but the main feature with UI, filters, etc. is not ready yet. Redesigned library/component panel available in beta is intermediate version which have a new look, but old functionality, as we decided not to transfer old UI to new Delphi XE4.
Full list of new/updated features:
1. Redesigned UI to more modern style, software has been moved to the modern development platform.
2. Support of Unicode in all program objects files and UI elements.
3. Redesigned library/component displaying system (library toolbar removed, toolbar with components has been redesigned).
4. Updated title block editor.
5. Updated "Attached Pattern" tool. Similar windows in Schematic and Component Editor.
6. Updated editing of polygonal pads.
7. Updated import dialogs of third-party schematics and net-lists, remembering of attached patterns.
8. Redesigned component panel (in design area) for component and pattern editors.
9. Zooming/Panning with mouse scroll in all print/import/export windows with preview feature.
10. UI updates in other dialog windows.
11. STEP and IGES import of package 3D models.
12. STEP export of PCB 3D model.
13. Copper pour algorithm optimization (approx 3x-5x speed-up). Further speed-up and real-time update is on the way.
14. Correct side changing for groups in PCB.
15. Many 2.3.1 bugs have been found and fixed.
Download it at http://www.diptrace.com/downloads/download-diptrace/ - see bottom of the page.