What is New

Service Update (29/08/2012)

Some new functions were added:

• Select Object by Object Index
• Select Objects with Invalid Geometry
• Import OCAD Map: New option to not import any symbols and colors.
• Object Information Dialog: Cell values can now be copied with the Ctrl+C keys.
• Measure: The measured values can now be copied.

Important Updates Since Release of OCAD 11 in June 2012

• General
  • OCAD Blog: Option to show the new OCAD Blog posts added when starting OCAD

Revised or New Features in OCAD 11

General/GUI

• Completely Unicode compatible GUI
• New GUI styles added
• Show WGS84 coordinates optionally in status bar

File

• Send File by Email

• Print

-Reference point in part of 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

View

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

Select

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

Drawing Objects

• 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 open areas automatically after drawing (Preferences)

Editing Objects

• Cut area: Rectangular mode enabled, select always the smaller part of the two new areas
• Cut area / Cut hole: Change drawing tool with TAB key before starting to cut
• 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 measuring
• Fast object moving (Shift + arrow)
• Topology:

-Select Duplicate Objects

-Select Self-Intersected Objects

-Select Line Text Objects with too Short Line

-Lengthen Line Text 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
• Routing via Google Maps API

• 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

• 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

• Drawing with "TruPulse 360°B" Laser Distance Meter
• Option to subtract GPS antenna height from Z value

Options

• Additional key combinations for Shortcuts
• Backup and Restore Options

Course Setting

General

• Renumber all control codes by entering a new first code
• Insert course object to a list of courses
• Delete course object from a list of courses
• Move control number for all courses that use it
• Edit connection line for all courses that use it
• Show thin connection line between control circle and control number when moving control number in preview

Control Description

• New dialog to edit text control description
• Create automatic text control description from IOF symbol description
• Control description positioning at top or bottom left corner

Relay

• New algorithm to distribute the relay variations more regularly to the teams
• Export relay variation codes for all runners

Course Statistics

• Courses dialog: Show course length and number of controls
• Statistics: Highlight unused course objects in course statistics dialog
• Statistics: Leg statistics added (number of courses / runners per leg)
• Statistics: Control/Course diagram
• Statistics: Detect identical courses and courses without start or finish

Import/Export

• Import course definition from event software
• New IOF XML Version 3.0 exchange format supported
• Export course maps: Export multiple courses to one course map file (only normal courses)

Help

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

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