What is New
General / GUI
- Right panel replaced with docking dialog
- Several new toolbar icons added
- New tool Open Google Street View added
- Pan with mouse wheel down
- Zoom in / out with [Ctrl] and [+/-]
- Change view mode in status bar
- Faster drawing of text objects
- License Transfer Utility added (OCAD Service Update 12.2.0)
File
- New option to set map scale in new file dialog
- New option to load symbol description from text file when loading a new file
Import
- Import KML added
- Import OSM Available in OCAD 12 Orienteering and OCAD 12 Starter edition (OCAD Service Update 12.2.0)
- Import Shape: Smooth option
- Import Shape: Available in OCAD 12 Orienteering edition (OCAD Service Update 12.1.2)
- Import Shape: Extended to get layer information from 2nd field (OCAD Service Update 12.2.0)
- Import CSV: New option to choose m / km unit
- Import ocd File: Warning when coordinate systems are different (OCAD Service Update 12.2.7)
Print / Export
- New option to load extent from selected objects
- SVG export also available in OCAD Orienteering, Starter, Viewer and CS edition
- GPX export: Export elevation of waypoints and track points if DEM is loaded
- Export: SRA paper formats added
- PNG Export format added (OCAD Service Update 12.2.4)
View
- Rename a bookmark (OCAD Service Update 12.1.8)
Select
- Lasso selection added
- Select object by date function added
- Select by Properties: Select unsymbolized, graphic or image objects by object type (OCAD Service Update 12.2.5)
- Select by Properties: Additional options to select from unsymbolized, graphic or image objects (OCAD Service Update 12.2.5)
Drawing Objects
- Show object length in status bar while drawing and editing
- Show area completation while drawing area objects
- Enlarge line text objects automatically while writing
- Curve mode option: Change to straight line mode when clicking in drawing area (OCAD Service Update 12.1.6)
Editing Objects
- Easier to catch and move object vertex (mark size depending on tolerance)
- Show draft line to previous and next vertex when moving a vertex
- Show draft line when moving / stretching / rotating an object
- Move single line or area vertex with arrow keys
- Rotate objects: Option to use each objects centroid as rotation center
- Align objects horizontal coordinate centered
- Distribute objects equidistant (horizontal or vertical)
- Move object segments with mouse down and move
- Keep rectangular angles while moving an object vertex when [Shift] key is down
- Click anywhere in area or text object to move it
- Select and mark a word or the entire text in text objects with double or 3x click
- Remove multiple vertices with [Ctrl] and mouse down move (brush)
- Polyline to curve: Extended with tangent length, angle and continuity parameters
- Stretch or shrink objects
- Cut area: End point can be away from the area border line
- Fill: Extended to fill text or point object with line or area symbol
- Merge lines: Tolerance option added to preferences
- Rectangle objects: Fill with area symbol and change to line symbol added
- Object information shows creation and modification date
- Object information: Double click on top row to sort the values
- New function to change creation date
- Support regular expressions in Find and replace text function
- Convert Into Image Object: New function added (OCAD Service Update 12.2.6)
Topology
- Make objects rectangular
- Generalize buildings (geometry simplification, replace with rectangle)
- Smooth objects: Extended with angle and curvature parameter
- Direct area objects ccw function added (OCAD Service Update 12.1.8)
- Remove duplicate vertices from selected objects
- New options to cut or add point objects at intersections
Symbol
- Symbol Status Manager: New functions to manage symbol views (normal, protected, hidden)
- Toggle between normal, protect objects and hide objects
- Select symbols by symbol type (point, line, ...)
- Select symbols by symbol status (protected, hidden)
- Sort symbols by symbol type (poin, line, ...)
- Sort symbols by usage frequency
- Symbol editor: New button to open color dialog
- Symbol editor: Support copy & paste of image objects (OCAD Service Update 12.2.1)
- Icon editor: Multiple text symbols for palette added
- Area symbol: New irregular pattern option
- Area symbol: New option not to cut structure elements at border
- Draw unsymbolized area objects with borderline
Symbol Sets
- ISOM 2017 map and course setting symbol sets added (OCAD Service Update 12.2.1)
- ISOM 2017 Symbol Set available in English, German, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Czech, Danish, Latvian and Portuguese language (OCAD Service Update 12.2.8)
Map
- New interactive local transformation
- Convert layers: Support [Tab] as separator in .crt files
- Shortcuts for map menu items added
Colors
- Blend modes darken and multiply added
- Color dialog: Search box added
- Color dialog: New option Redraw screen when changing a color to avoid redrawing
Layout
- New opacity option
- New formatting (bold, italic, alignment) options for layout text objects
- New function: Delete layout
- Shortcuts for Layout menu items added
Database
- Manage database connections: Show field datatypes
- Special fields: Option to assign new symbol when changing field value
- Special field 'Date' added
- Convert dBase to Excel / Access function added
- Add text from database records: SQL conditions option added
- Set object directions from database records: CCW and CW supported
- Set object directions from database records: Field for mathematical function added, also for XML Scripts (OCAD Service Update 12.1.7)
- Select database records: Multiple row selection is now possible using [Shift]
- Database box: using [Tab] to jump to the next field
- Shortcuts for all Database menu items added
- Database information dialog added
Thematic Map
- Wizard to create thematic map
Multi Representation
- Multiple Representation (OCAD Service Update 12.2.3)
Background Map
- Support background maps bigger than 2.1 GB
- Support TIFF files with JPEG compression
- Move background maps up and down with drag and drop
- Option to open background maps hidden with [Shift]
- Open PDF files as background maps by using Ghostscript.
- Online Map Services added (OCAD Service Update 12.2.0)
WMS
- New option to set path for WMS background maps (offline)
- Download WMS with user defined extent and resolution as background map (offline)
- Add User Defined Extent of WMS Layers to Background Maps (Offline): Available in OCAD 12 Orienteering edition
DEM
- Wizard for DEM import
- Import wizard: Starts with drag and drop DEM file(s) into the OCAD drawing area
- Import wizard: New option to import only a user-defined extent
- Import wizard: New option to convert elevation values from mm to m
- Import wizard: New option to shift elevation data below sea level
- Create contour lines: Improved (faster)
- Create hillshading: New preview option for grid import
- Create hillshading: New interpolation option for grid import
- Support .zlas files
- Support compressed LAS files in RAR file format
- LiDAR Point Cloud Manager added (OCAD Service Update 12.2.1)
GPS
GPS Real Time via Location API interface: Option added to choose sensor (OCAD Service Update 12.1.6)
XML Script
- MapScale, Easting, Northing and Angle options for File.New added
- IgnoreMissingBackgroundMaps option for File.Open added
- DeleteObjectsBySymbol function added
- Dataset name for parameter Dataset supported
Preferences
Course Setting
General
- Shortcuts for all course setting menu items added
- Enable curve drawing tool and rotate tool also in Course Setting Edition.
- Compare course setting files function added (OCAD Service Update 12.1.8)
Add Control to Map|Add Control to Course
- Add control to map and to course at once by moving the connection line
- Undo/Redo for add control to course resp. remove control from course
- Skip Course Object dialog with Shift key when adding a control to the map (OCAD Service Update 12.1.6)
Course Setting Box
- Add course button added
Controls
- Close numbering gaps option added in Renumber All Controls dialog (OCAD Service Update 12.1.6)
Course Statistics and Event Statistics
- Show only controls that are closer than 30m to each other for sprint races
Event Audit
- Consistency Check Report added (OCAD Service Update 12.1.6)
Relay
- Improved variation distribution for relay courses with leg variations
Help
Languages
- Polish, Catalan and Traditional Chinese language added
Editions
- OCAD 12 Starter WOD edition added (OCAD Service Update 12.2.0)
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