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GTWorks™ Enhancements in year 2001

  1. The AI routine aiflp can now handle pathnames up to 1024 characters (release 14.2.0 411) - January 7, 2001
  2. A plotting problem that results in an error message for routine pxopen has been corrected (release 14.2.0 411) - January 7, 2001
  3. Recent File List is a new function for tracking recently accessed parts and allowing the user to select a part to load from this list (menu 6.1.9).  The list will automatically grow up to 19 files (release 14.2.0 411) - January 7, 2001
  4. Recent File List is a new function for tracking recently accessed patterns and allowing the user to select a pattern to load from this list (menu 6.2.5).  The list will automatically grow up to 19 files (release 14.2.0 411) - January 7, 2001
  5. Regeneration of datum dimensions (menu 16.17) has been improved (release 14.2.412) - January 14, 2001
  6. The entity types for line option Tanto Crv At Angle (menu 10.12) are now restricted to arcs, conics and splines (release 14.2.0 414) - January 18, 2001
  7. DXF input of text has been improved (both DXF text and mtext entity types).   This would include display of previously missing text, text that extended far past the drawing, text slant of DXF mtext entities, improved mapping of DXF font types to GTWorks font types, and the length of text strings within the drawing area.  In addition, the text display mode is automatically set to "target" instead of "s7kfst".   (release 14.2.0 414) - January 18, 2001
  8. DXF input of planar entities has been improved.   Planar entities other than arcs and circles (solids, polylines, faces, etc.) with a unit normal vector different than the model space unit normal vector are now properly mapped into the GTWorks coordinate system (release 14.2.0 414, DXF build 69) - January 22, 2001
  9. Support for reading of the DXF entity LWPOLYLINE has been added (release 14.2.0 414, DXF build 69) - January 22, 2001
  10. For DXF input, the default color assignment for suppressed layers is now processed and suppressed layer data is now blanked (release 14.2.0 414, DXF build 69) - January 22, 2001
  11. The DXF text font style FANCY is now mapped to GTWorks text font ROMCOM (release 14.2.0 414, DXF build 69) - January 22, 2001
  12. When reading DXF files, GTWorks now rarely makes a temporary duplicate DXF file for processing and therefore saves significant setup time for large file processing (release 14.2.0 414, DXF build 69) - January 22, 2001
  13. The dynamic display of a toolpath in the N/C Display and Edit function may now be interrupted with the CTRL/N function key combination.  This enables the user to terminate a very slow tool movement without aborting GTWorks and without loosing the position in the editing of the current toolpath (release 14.2.0 414, N/C build 53) - January 22, 2001
  14. The GTWorks viewer now prompts the user for a plotting scale.  The user can enter a lower scale than the default scale value, but not a higher value - February 21, 2001
  15. A fatal error with intersection of surfaces (menu 15.1.3) has been corrected (release 14.2.0 419) - March 11, 2001
  16. The quick_plot.mf file now supports default pen widths for pens 9-16 (release 14.2.0 422) - March 25, 2001
  17. When GTWorks might abort due to running out of virtual memory (typically under Windows NT or Windows 2000), the Undo/Redo memory is cleared before the system attempts to create a save????.gx file before completely terminating.  Before, performing large deletion operations with low virtual memory allocation would fill up the virtual memory with undo/redo data, and then abort when the memory was exhausted, and not create a "save" or "recover" file (release 14.2.0 422) - March 25, 2001
  18. The regeneration of linear dimensions where one or both witness lines point to arc endpoints has been corrected.  Now the correct data is stored with linear dimensions and the regeneration logic processes this information correctly.  Dimensions created before this release could still move unexpectedly when using drafting regeneration (menu 16.17) (release 14.2.0 426) - March 28, 2001
  19. An infrequent fatal DXF output error when processing diameter dimensions has been corrected (release 14.2.0 426) - March 28, 2001
  20. DXF leader entities are now supported when reading DXF files (release 14.2.0 426) - March 28, 2001
  21. The prompt for adding edge curves when creating a fillet surface will now accept the REJECT key ([ or a mouse button) as the answer NO to the prompt (release 14.2.0 426) - March 28, 2001
  22. The entity selection limit for the AI routine aiuse has been increased to 51200 entities (release 14.2.0 430) - April 10, 2001
  23. The Eagle macros routine $SELECT can now process up to 5120 entities (release 14.2.0 430) - April 10, 2001
  24. The line weight for PDF output files is now (0.01 inches * line weight number) (release 14.2.0 432) - April 25, 2001
  25. An infrequent program abort when outputting IGES formatted files from old drawing files (probably from Series 7000) which included text based entities has been corrected (release 14.2.0 432) - April 25, 2001
  26. An error with N/C Wire EDM toolpath generation has been corrected.  The problem was after the first toolpath was generated, the user could no longer immediately select machining and continue with the same tool parameters and geometry (release 14.2.0 436) - August 9, 2001
  27. The GTWorks viewer program now supports 16 pens - August 30, 2001
  28. When creating DXF files, the GTWorks entity colors are now mapped to the standard AutoCAD colors using RGB values (release 14.2.0 437) - September 26, 2001
  29. Finish symbols are now output in DXF files (release 14.2.0 437, dxf 73) - October 25, 2001
  30. An error with the Z coordinate values for the arrowheads of balloons in DXF output files has been corrected (release 14.2.0 437, dxf 73) - October 25, 2001
  31. The IGES translator will now extract the wire frame model from IGES Manifold Solid entities (type 186) found in Parasolid files and create all the face bounding geometry as composite curves (release 14.2.0 437, IGES 56) - November 7, 2001
  32. A new AI routine has been added (aiasegsurf) for creating a segmented surface from a base surface (release 14.2.0 438) - November 11, 2001
  33. The on-line help has been updated for the new AI routine aiasegsurf, the drafting functions and main menus 1-4 (release 14.2.0 438) - November 11, 2001
  34. When reading DXF files, multi-line text notes are now supported, the character aspect ratio calculation has been improved, and delimiting braces around blocks of text on a line are now removed (release 14.2.0 438, dxf 74) - November 12, 2001
  35. The on-line help has been updated to include the IGES translator functions in menu 7.4 (release 14.2.0 442) - November 29, 2001
  36. The Application Interface on-line help for routines aigctl, aisctl, ainctl and aiautl has been updated (release 14.2.0 442) - November 29, 2001
  37. The behavior of the Reject ([) and Operation Complete (]) function keys in menu 7.0 is now consistent (release 14.2.0 442) - November 29, 2001
  38. The Transfer Entity function (menu 7.2.11) now functions as documented (release 14.2.0 442) - November 29, 2001
  39. When a plot file cannot be opened (either HPGL formatting or a Windows Printer configured to plot to a file), the warning message is more descriptive (release 14.2.0 442) - November 29, 2001
  40. The IGES summary log file (file "drawingname.il") no longer contains a line referencing a map file (release 14.2.0 442) - November 29, 2001
  41. The oblique leader line modal is now ignored when creating vertical datum dimensions.  Previously, if this modal was "on", then a vertical datum dimension could not be created (release 14.2.0 442) - November 29, 2001
  42. A missing routine (c302pi) has been added to the GTWorks program.  This routine is used when creating a chamfer from AI under some combination of arguments   (release 14.2.0 442) - November 29, 2001
  43. An error with N/C lathe grooving that resulting in GTWorks locking up has been corrected.  The problem was for the multiple depth cut option where the number of depth cuts was an exact multiple of the depth of the groove (release 14.2.0 442) - November 29, 2001
  44. For the AI routine aigtp3, the end angle is ensured to be larger than the start angle for counter clockwise arcs when the type of toolpath statement retrieved is a surface (type 3) statement (release 14.2.0 442) - November 29, 2001
  45. The AI routine aisctl now correctly stores the N/C Wire EDM wire diameter and wire display diameter.  Previously, these two values were stored in reverse (release 14.2.0 442) - November 29, 2001
  46. The Depth Of Cut (DOC) is now properly handled by the Application Interface routine ainclg (release 14.2.0 443) - December 2, 2001
  47. The break line function (menu 10.16) now properly starts the rubberbanding display of the first selected screen position when a work coordinate system (WCS) is active (release 14.2.0 443) - December 2, 2001
  48. When creating an N/C wire EDM tool path of one circle, the direction of the wire around the circle is now controlled by which end of the circle is indicated.  When the prompt appears to select which side of the circle the wire might be offset from, indicate the side near the 30 degree position to direct the N/C function to move counter clockwise around the circle.  Position the crosshairs at about the -30 degree position for a clockwise wire movement (release 14.2.0 443) - December 2, 2001
  49. When only planar entities (arcs, conics, polygons, etc.) are allowed for selection (e.g. arc menu 11.4), now entities in views that are co-planar to the current work plane can be selected (release 14.2.0 444) - December 4, 2001
  50. If a warning message is displayed about not finding a valid entity when rubberbanding is on (e.g. menu 11.4), rubberbanding is suspended until the message is acknowledged (release 14.2.0 444) - December 4, 2001
  51. Setting the finish sweep flag to OFF when calling the Application Interface routine ainclg for single or multiple depth cuts no longer causes the program to loop with the warning message "software option not implemented" (release 14.2.0 444) - December 4, 2001
  52. Eight new modals are now supported in the NC modals files nc_eng.mf and nc_mtr.mf for lathe grooving.  The new modal numbers are 277-284 and are described in the modals file section of the N/C on-line help (release 14.2.0 444) - December 4, 2001
  53. Arcs/circles in 3D space are now positioned properly when creating dxf files (release 14.2.0 445) - December 15, 2001
  54. The text of rotated GTWorks drafting symbol entities is now positioned properly when creating dxf files (release 14.2.0 445) - December 15, 2001
  55. Notes defined in 3D space in a dxf file are now located properly when reading dxf files (release 14.2.0 445) - December 15, 2001
  56. The standard GTWorks line types are now mapped to the standard dxf line types where possible when creating those files, and those line types are mapped to GTWorks when reading dxf files (release 14.2.0 445) - December 15, 2001
  57. When reading DXF files, the standard AutoCAD colors are now mapped to the GTWorks color.lc file in use using RGB values (release 14.2.0 445) - December 15, 2001
  58. The AI routine aigtp3 now returns the correct start and end angles for surface statements where the WCS (world coordinate system) of the toolpath is not equal to model space.  In addition the  display points returned for surface statements now match the storage setting for each coordinate (2,3 or 6) (release 14.2.0 446) - December 19, 2001
  59. Notes in a drawing that are not readable are now deleted upon drawing retrieval to recover storage space (release 14.2.0 446) - December 19, 2001
  60. The floating license manager has been upgraded with a different internal format for communication.  The current updated GTWorks program will not work with older license managers and older copies of GTWorks will not work with this updated license manager (release 14.2.0 449) - December 26, 2001
  61. Mirroring of patterns upon retrieval (vertical or horizontal axis through the insertion point) is now supported (release 14.2.0 449) - December 26, 2001
  62. Blanked entities in a pattern will not be unblanked if you use shape drag to insert the pattern (release 14.2.0 449) - December 26, 2001
  63. The pattern information menu that is displayed when a pattern is inserted has been changed so that each line item needing modification is chosen with the mouse (release 14.2.0 449) - December 26, 2001
 
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