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==Important Updates Since Release of OCAD 11 in June 2012== | ==Important Updates Since Release of OCAD 11 in June 2012== | ||
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**OCAD Blog: Option to show the new OCAD Blog posts added when starting OCAD | |||
==Revised or New Features in OCAD 11== | ==Revised or New Features in OCAD 11== |
Revision as of 10:40, 17 September 2013
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
- -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
Server/Client
View
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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