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Revised or New Features

File

• File New Dialog Improved
• Send File by Email

• Print

-Reference point in partial map setup added

-Save and reload different print ranges

• Import

-Support Freehand XML format

-Multiple file import for Shape, DXF, GPX, NMEA and XYZ format

-Import shape: Coordinate system transformation (WGS84 supported), support database type Access and Excel, support code page

-PDF: Save crt file with layers

-OCAD: Option to import colors at the top of the color table

• Export

-OIM with HTML and JavaScript(OpenLayer)

-JPEG: Quality setting option

-US Tabloid format added

Server/Client

• Connect/Disconnect
• Import Map
• Check Out Selected Objects
• Check in Selected Objects
• Show Checked Out Objects
• Generate Map Preview

View

• Keyline
• Zoom to Selected Objects
• Show Rulers
• Ruler Guides

Select

• Select All
• Clear Selection
• Invert Selection
• Save Selection
• Reload Selection
• Edit Selection
• Select Group

Drawing

• Stairway drawing mode
• Multiple point objects drawing mode (ex. for avenues)
• Laser distance meter drawing mode
• Snapping drawing and editing option
• Draw ellipse by entering numeric entries of a,b and angle
• Draw rectangle by entering x, y, width and height
• Live Preview option (Preferences)
• Option to close automatically open areas during drawing (Preferences)

Object

• Cut area: Rectangular mode enabled, select always the smaller part of the two new areas
• Crop Objects
• Move Parallel with Distance
• Reshape
• Interpolate Objects
• Move and Duplicate
• Mirror and duplicate
• Convert to Layout Object
• Smooth: Douglas-Peucker algorithm
• Create Color Gradient
• Group and Ungroup
• Insert Glyphs
• Measuring: More precise Bezier curve measursing
• Fast object moving (Shift + arrow)
• Topology:

-Select Duplicate Objects

-Select Self-Intersected Objects

-Close Area Objects

-Remove Overshoots and Undershoots

-Insert Intersections

Symbol

• New symbol: Create default symbol icon when creating a new symbol
• Select Symbol by Symbol Number
• Select Symbol by Font
• Replace Symbols Color
• Replace Symbols Font
• Protect Image Objects

• Symbol Editor

-Colored color combo box

-Scale up/down symbol elements

-Center selected symbol elements

-Make screenshot for symbol icon

-Warning if symbol contains elements with undefined color

• Symbol Icon Editor

-Icon palette with predefined icons

-Pick color tool added

Map

• Create Map Grid: Support real world coordinates, symbol selector added
• Create WGS84 Grid
• Coordinate System: User defined grid, load parameters from projection file
• Export Selected Objects

• Transformation

-Mirror map

-Change coordinate system

-Rubbersheeting: Option to exclude protected objects or layout objects

-Rubbersheeting: Show no. of rubber sheeting points

-Center Map to Drawing Area

• Color

-Drag and drop colors

-New color picker

-Color swatch

Layout

• Edit Layout Objects
• Import Layout
• Save Layout
• Hide
• Add North Arrow or Scale Bar
• Add Map Legend
• Create Graticule Name Index
• Create Name Index: Support AA AB AC indices and add index directly to the map

Database

• Borland Database Engine (BDE) replaced with ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) for database access
• Create new database: Access and Excel supported
• Rename dataset added
• Special field 'Angle' added
• Update special fields function added
• SQL query: Delete, load and save query
• Add texts by records: Object offset added.
• Select linked objects with corresponding record
• Select linked objects without corresponding record
• Select objects linked to the same record

Background Map

• WMS - Web Map Service
• Support PNG format
• Support 32bit RGB TIFF format
• Rescale background maps when changing map scale
• Background map info dialog also for raster background maps

DEM

• Import: Support LAS and SRTm (*.hgt) format
• Support sub-meter cell size for OCAD DEM
• Merge DEM
• Calculate DEM Difference
• Calculate Slope Gradient
• Classify Vegetation Height
• Profile export to OCAD: hiking time calculation, labels and symbols at stopovers

GPS

• Connect to "TruPulse 360°B" Laser Distance Meter

Options

• Additional key combinations for shortcuts
• Backup and Restore Options

Help

• New OCAD Wiki Help: http://www.ocad.com/en.wiki
• More graphic hints

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