Changelog
LinkCAD 11.1.7 build 5100 · 2026-10-20
| Fix | License server: LinkCAD takes a network license when it starts, keeps it renewed while it runs, and returns it when it closes. It used to take one only when Test connection was pressed, and never renewed or returned it. #1048 |
| Enhancement | License server: When the server cannot be reached, LinkCAD keeps working through the grace period and takes a license again as soon as the server is back. The window and the License dialog show active, grace period and expired as they happen. #1048 |
| Fix | License server: Test connection no longer takes a license of its own; it checks the license this computer already uses. #1048 |
| Enhancement | License server: A borrowed license replaces the network license while it lasts, and the network license is taken again when the borrow is returned or runs out. The server cannot be changed while a borrowed license is in use. #1048 |
| Fix | License server: LinkCAD can use an on-premises license server. Test connection shows the server's ID and key fingerprint, to compare with the server's Settings page; once confirmed, LinkCAD trusts the server's licenses and its certificate, including the self-signed one a new server starts with. Before, every license from the server was refused, and a server with its first certificate could not be reached. #1042 |
| Enhancement | License server: Save for All Users stores the confirmed server key with the address, so every user of the computer trusts the same server without confirming it again. #1042 |
| Fix | License server: A server that answers with a refusal, such as no license free or this computer not allowed, is reported as a refusal. It was reported as a network problem. #1042 |
LinkCAD 11.1.6 build 5099 · 2026-10-20
| Enhancement | Help menu: Shorter, with eight entries. Contact Support replaces Send Diagnostic Report and Email Support: it attaches a diagnostic snapshot, can save that snapshot to a file, and offers to email support instead, keeping the description you typed. Legal Notices is a button in the About box, and Getting Started is on the first-run card. |
| Enhancement | Command line: --license-info reports the days left of a trial as trial_days_remaining. #1054 |
| Fix | Windows: A program started from an administrator account with reduced rights, for example with runas /trustlevel, is offered the elevation prompt to save the trial license. It failed to save the trial without asking. #1054 |
LinkCAD 11.1.5 build 5098 · 2026-10-19
| Fix | Windows: The installer creates the trial license again. A user without administrator rights who started LinkCAD 11 for the first time got no trial and every module reported as not licensed. #1054 |
| Fix | Windows: When the trial license cannot be saved, the license dialog says so and how to fix it, instead of reporting an expired license. #1054 |
LinkCAD 11.1.4 build 5096 · 2026-10-09
| Enhancement | First-run card: The guided tour is now the primary choice, and trying the sample file on your own is the secondary one. #1051 |
LinkCAD 11.1.3 build 5095 · 2026-10-04
| Fix | Linux: Text in a font that is not installed, including the default TXT font and SHX fonts such as roman or simplex, is drawn in the TXT stroke font, as on Windows. It was drawn in whatever system font Linux offered for the name. #1039 |
| Fix | Linux: The TXT stroke font is installed with LinkCAD. #1039 |
LinkCAD 11.1.2 build 5094 · 2026-10-03
| Fix | Viewer: Click anywhere on a text to select it, between its letters included. Only a click on a stroke selected it before, and a rotated text is now picked by its own outline rather than the larger box around it. #529 |
| Fix | Viewer: Text in a TrueType font, such as Arial, is drawn as filled letters with open counters. It was drawn as hollow, doubled outlines. #529 |
| Fix | Viewer: The Bounds Width and Bounds Height in the properties panel follow an edit at once. They kept their old values until the selection changed. #529 |
| Fix | Linux: The letters of a TrueType text are spaced as the font defines. They were all drawn on top of the first letter. #529 |
| Enhancement | Export: Formats without text of their own, such as CIF and Gerber, write TrueType text as filled letter shapes instead of outlined strokes. #529 |
| removal | IE3D: The IE3D (.geo) import and export formats are no longer included. #722 |
| Fix | Windows: The installer's signature includes the SSL.com intermediate certificate, so Windows can verify the publisher without fetching it. #1033 |
LinkCAD 11.1.1 build 5093 · 2026-10-01
| Enhancement | First run: A "New to LinkCAD?" card on the first page offers a sample conversion, the Getting Started guide and the documentation, and each later step shows a short hint the first time it appears. Tools > Options > General turns the hints off, or shows them all again. #1026 |
| Enhancement | A sample drawing, an SRAM macro from the GlobalFoundries 180nm open source PDK, is installed in the samples folder. "Try with a sample file" converts it from GDSII to DXF without asking for an input file. #1026 |
| Enhancement | Help > Getting Started opens the guide that walks through a first conversion. #1026 |
| Enhancement | Guided tour: Help > Guided Tour, or Guided tour on the first-run card, converts the sample with each step pointed out on screen. It moves on only when you do what the step asks, and Escape or Skip tour ends it. #1027 |
| Fix | Tools > Options > General > Show tooltips now turns tooltips off. The setting was saved but had no effect. #1026 |
| Fix | The Structure and Viewer buttons on the File Structure page are shown in the selected language. #1026 |
LinkCAD 11.0.39 build 5090 · 2026-09-25
| Fix | Linux: Install and run on RHEL, Rocky and AlmaLinux 8 and later, Ubuntu 20.04 and later, and Debian 11 and later. The 11.0.38 packages required glibc 2.39 and installed only on the newest distributions. |
| Fix | Linux: Python scripts run from the installed package. The embedded interpreter looked for its standard library on the build machine and failed to start. |
| Fix | Linux: Command-line and scripted conversions run on a machine with no display, using the offscreen platform when no X11 or Wayland display is available. |
| Enhancement | Linux: The .tar.gz archive lists the system packages it needs and includes check-runtime-deps.sh, which names any that are missing. The .deb and .rpm packages depend on CA certificates. |
| Fix | Gerber Import: Import Gerber files on Linux, where every import failed. File names with non-ASCII characters are matched to their aperture lists on every platform. |
| Fix | Polygons: Report the correct area for very large polygons, which came out as a large negative number. |
| Enhancement | Licensing: An expired trial or lease opens and displays files. Saving, exporting and batch conversion stay unavailable until the licence is renewed. |
| Fix | Licensing: A computer keeps one identity whichever user runs LinkCAD, and a normal user on a virtual machine can use a trial or licence. |
| Fix | Licensing: A time-limited licence or trial is not revived by setting the system clock back. |
| Fix | Licensing: The trial request and the licence dialog tell a connection problem apart from a refused request, and a licence server error from both. |
| Fix | Licensing: --license-info shows the licence's real expiry instead of PERMANENT when no usable licence is held, and reports the licence as blocked when the licence client cannot start. |
| Fix | Licensing: Python scripts follow the same licence rules as command-line conversions. |
LinkCAD 11.0.38 build 5089 · 2026-09-24
| comment | Version numbering: the LinkCAD 11 line remains in beta and continues at 11.0.x. Version 11.2.1, released on 10 August 2026, was numbered in error; its download remains available and nothing after it uses the 11.1 or 11.2 numbers. Version 11.0.37 was not released; its changes are listed here. |
| comment | Plug-in API: layer and data type numbers are now 64-bit. Native C++ plug-ins built for an earlier version must be rebuilt; Rust plug-ins are not affected. |
| Enhancement | OASIS: Keep layer and data type numbers up to 64 bits wide. Numbers above 2147483647 were refused, and some larger ones were imported onto layer 0. |
| Fix | Layers: Report an out-of-range data type with the data type's own limits, instead of the layer number's. |
| Fix | Licensing: Accept a legacy registration code installed from the command line. A valid code was rejected as invalid. |
| Fix | Licensing: Reach the elevated licence storage service on every launch, and from the command-line licence commands. Both fell back to the non-elevated writer after an error. |
| Fix | Licensing: Write the backup licence file under its proper name. It could be written to a file named after an error message, leaving stray files in the program data folder. |
| Enhancement | Licensing: --license-info reports the machine's serial number and legacy serial number, gives the licence expiry as a date, and exits with an error on an unlicensed machine under either licence system. |
| Enhancement | Linux: .deb, .rpm and .tar.gz packages are published with this release. They include every library LinkCAD needs, and the .deb and .rpm install a linkcad command on the PATH. |
| Fix | Installer: Sign LinkCAD's Python modules. They were installed unsigned. |
| Fix | French: The GDS-TXT scaling field's keyboard shortcut no longer opens the Edition menu. |
| Fix | OASIS Import: Read the database unit declared in the file. Drawings previously imported at the wrong size unless the file used the default grid. |
| Fix | OASIS Import: Correct the decoding of signed integers, point lists, deltas and repetitions, so files written by other tools are read faithfully. |
| Fix | OASIS Import: Correct placement mirroring, trapezoid and 45-degree trapezoid shapes, and path end caps. |
| Fix | OASIS Import: Report a malformed file instead of continuing with partial data. |
| Fix | OASIS Export: Produce files other tools accept. The end record, the database unit and the validation signature were all written incorrectly. |
| Fix | OASIS Export: Keep shapes that were silently dropped, including paths and cells reachable only by reference. |
| Enhancement | OASIS Export: Add compressed blocks, validation signatures, repetitions for arrays, and strict mode. |
| Enhancement | OASIS: Expose every import and export option on the command line. |
| Enhancement | Export: Write every top-level cell for formats that can hold more than one. Only the main cell was written before. |
| Enhancement | Layer Map: Match a bare layer number against every data type of that layer. |
| Fix | GDSII: Keep an empty text label, and keep layer numbers above 32767 on both import and export. |
| Fix | Layers: Keep a layer's numbers when it is renamed. Renaming a layer could renumber it. |
| Fix | Messages: Substitute values that were left out of several diagnostics, which showed a placeholder or another value in their place. |
| Fix | Conversion: Say when a file contained only empty cells and which option removed them, instead of reporting that it had no cells. |
LinkCAD 10.4.1 build 5049 · 2026-09-03
| Fix | ODB++ Import: Restore the Gerber import options the nested Gerber read borrows. "Apply layer polarities" was left holding whatever "support D99" was set to, and D99 itself was never restored; both are remembered between sessions |
| Fix | ODB++ Export: Put back the GDSII Cadista compatibility setting rather than turning it off, so a later GDSII export in the same session is written as the user asked |
LinkCAD 10.4.0 build 5048 · 2026-09-03
| Fix | Gerber Import: Apply level polarity when reading a file, so a clear level erases what the levels before it drew instead of coming in as an ordinary positive layer. Levels stay separate unless "merge all layers on import" is selected |
| Fix | Gerber Import: Compose the polarity runs of a file as one chain rather than one chain per level, so a clearance erases the material it covers even when it was declared under a different level name |
| Fix | Gerber Import: Skip the composition when the export format carries layer polarity within a single image, which is Gerber written as one file. The levels and their polarity commands then reach the output as they stood, and the drawing keeps the step-and-repeat blocks that the composition would have flattened |
| Fix | Gerber Import: Reduce the polarity runs in one indexed pass instead of a Boolean per run over the whole accumulated layer; the chained form is quadratic in the number of runs and a large photomask did not finish in four hours |
| Fix | Gerber Import: Carry the flash and fill-polygon flags onto the composed layer, which had none of them, so the Gerber writer stroked the composed contours instead of filling them |
| Fix | Gerber Import: Invert a negative image once for the whole file rather than once per level. Two levels of a negative image each inverted against the drawing bounds left the bounds whole |
| Fix | Gerber Export: Clear only the part of a polygon's hole that the polygons already written do not cover. A hole is written as a clear region, so where two polygons on one layer overlapped and the lower one had a hole, the hole took material out of the covering polygon as well |
| Fix | Gerber Export: Write a clearance whole and report how many, rather than abandoning the export, when the Boolean that trims it fails |
| Fix | Gerber Export: Erase a polygon's holes with clear polarity instead of splitting the polygon into abutting pieces; the splits ran straight through solid areas and left lines that viewers draw across the image. Polygons are now written largest first, so a clearance never erases a shape lying inside it |
| Fix | Gerber Export: Write every flash, stroke and arc after the region clearances rather than as it arrives. Only the polygons were held back, so anything else lying inside a hole was written first and then erased by the clearance |
| Fix | Gerber Export: Keep filtering degenerate region contours when the region also contains a circular arc; an arc used to flush the buffer and switch the filter off for the rest of the region |
LinkCAD 11.0.34 build 5086 · 2026-09-02
| Fix | Gerber Export: Clear only the part of a polygon's hole that the polygons already written do not cover. A hole is written as a clear region, so where two polygons on one layer overlapped and the lower one had a hole, the hole took material out of the covering polygon as well |
| Fix | Gerber Export: Write a clearance whole and report it when the Boolean that trims it fails, rather than abandoning the export |
LinkCAD 11.0.33 build 5086 · 2026-08-25
| Fix | Gerber Import: Apply level polarity when reading a file, so a clear level erases what the levels before it drew instead of coming in as an ordinary positive layer. Each %LN% level still becomes its own layer |
| Fix | Gerber Import: Compose the polarity of a file as one chain rather than one chain per level, so a clearance erases the material it covers even when it was declared under a different level name. Composing each level on its own dropped any such clearance |
| Fix | Gerber Import: Keep the level polarity for export only when the output can express it. Polarity is relative to one image, so writing every layer to a file of its own cannot carry it: a clear layer alone in a file erases nothing, and the clearance was lost |
| Fix | Gerber Import: Fixed a crash when reading a set of Gerber files in which one holds nothing but a clear level |
| Fix | Gerber Import: Invert a negative image once for the whole file rather than once per level. Two levels of a negative image each inverted against the drawing bounds left the bounds whole, because what one level did not paint the other one did not either |
| Fix | Gerber Import: Carry the flash and fill-polygon settings onto the composed layer, which had none of them, so the Gerber writer stroked the composed contours instead of filling them |
| Fix | Gerber Import: Removed the "merge all levels into one layer" option. Level polarity is now always applied, so the option no longer changed the image, and the layer map already merges layers |
| Fix | Gerber Import: Compose the level polarities of a large file in minutes rather than tens of minutes. A photomask that took over 45 minutes and 2.4 GB now imports in under 4 minutes and 1.5 GB |
| Fix | Gerber Export: Erase a polygon's holes with clear polarity instead of splitting the polygon into abutting pieces; the splits ran straight through solid areas and left lines that viewers draw across the image. Polygons are now written largest first, so a clearance never erases a shape lying inside it |
| Fix | Gerber Export: Write every flash, stroke and arc after the region clearances rather than as it arrives. Only the polygons were held back, so anything else lying inside a hole was written first and then erased by the clearance, and the output lost material the source has |
LinkCAD 11.0.32 build 5085 · 2026-08-14
| Fix | Gerber Export: Always open region contours with an explicit D02; the move was dropped when a contour started at the previous region's end point, producing invalid Gerber that some viewers stroke as stray lines |
LinkCAD 10.3.9 build 5047 · 2026-08-14
| Fix | Gerber Export: Always open region contours with an explicit D02; the move was dropped when a contour started at the previous region's end point, producing invalid Gerber that some viewers stroke as stray lines |
LinkCAD 11.0.31 build 5083 · 2026-08-10
| Enhancement | Editor: Interactive drawing tools in the viewer — rectangle, polygon, polyline, circle and text, with rubber-band previews, vertex snapping and orthogonal (Shift) constraints |
| Enhancement | Editor: Cell authoring — create empty cells, convert the selection into a new cell, and place cell references with rotation, mirroring, magnification and array parameters |
| Enhancement | Editor: Modify tools — move/copy, interactive rotate, rotate 90°, mirror horizontal/vertical, duplicate (Ctrl+D) and grip-based vertex editing, all with named undo steps |
| Enhancement | Editor: New Draw menu and viewer toolbar buttons with a current-layer selector for new geometry (requires Edit license) |
| Fix | Gerber Export: Stop writing stray hairlines where geometry finer than the coordinate format collapsed onto the output grid, and warn when such features are dropped |
LinkCAD 10.3.8 build 5046 · 2026-08-10
| Fix | Gerber Export: Stop writing stray hairlines where geometry finer than the coordinate format collapsed onto the output grid, and warn when such features are dropped |
LinkCAD 10.3.7 build 5045 · 2026-06-11
| Fix | Tools: Fix arc detection for fully circular arcs #816 |
| Fix | Tools: Fix QuasiCircleToCircleTask incorrectly converting elongated rectangles to circles by adding edge midpoint uniformity check; rejects polygons whose edge midpoints are not equidistant from the fitted center #795 |
LinkCAD 10.3.6 build 5044 · 2026-06-02
| Fix | Tools: Fix QuasiCircleToCircleTask producing wildly incorrect circles from arc-fragment polygons after de-embedding; add angular span check to reject polygons not covering at least 270° of the fitted circle, and fix dead-code maxError tolerance calculation #796 |
| Fix | GDSII Export: Fix potential dead-lock when splitting large polygons #751 |
LinkCAD 11.0.12 build 5065 · 2026-05-20
| Fix | Viewer: Fixed UI freeze when opening or processing large drawings with many polygon shapes |
| Enhancement | ODB++: Implement ODB++ font support, step and layer selection, faster compression #743 |
| Fix | ODB++: Resolve layer polarity by Boolean-composing positive and negative feature runs in source order #743 |
| Fix | ODB++: Preserve negative text labels during polarity resolution and prevent debug assertions in polygon Boolean processing #743 |
| Enhancement | Viewer: Add a toggle to hide synthetic polygon contour links used for connected hole outlines #743 |
| Fix | Layer List: Let layer names, output names, and comments use available horizontal space |
LinkCAD 11.1.0 build 5053 · 2026-05-14
| Enhancement | Python API: Version the Python interface from the start (v1); scripts can import from linkcad.v1 to pin to a stable API |
| Enhancement | Trial: Show trial duration in the window title bar and license dialog so users always know how many trial days remain |
LinkCAD 10.3.5 build 5042 · 2026-05-08
| Enhancement | Help: Change Help Topics link to docs.linkcad.com/getting-started/quick-start/ |
| Enhancement | Startup: Prompt user before opening What's New page after an update |
LinkCAD 10.3.5 build 5041 · 2026-05-08
| Enhancement | Help: Replace offline CHM help with online documentation at docs.linkcad.com |
LinkCAD 10.3.4 build 5040 · 2026-04-10
| Fix | Batch Mode: Apply -ToolApply script and legacy -CmdToolCropBounds in batch conversions #645 |
| Fix | Gerber Import: Flush polyline trace on standalone D02* (pen-up) commands without coordinates #650 |
LinkCAD 10.3.3 build 5039 · 2026-03-20
| Fix | Gerber Import: Fix incorrect line width on arc segments caused by stale aperture state #629 |
| Fix | Gerber Import: Fix rendering artifacts on thick circular arcs with overlapping endcaps #628 |
LinkCAD 10.3.2 build 5038 · 2026-02-24
| Fix | DXF Import: Fix MTEXT word-wrap handling for DXF imports to prevent misplaced labels #606 |
LinkCAD 10.3.1 build 5037 · 2026-01-21
| Fix | DXF Import: Fix incorrect row count in MINSERT (array block references) #581 |
LinkCAD 10.3.0 build 5036 · 2026-01-10
| Fix | DXF Import: Fix HATCH processing with very large coordinates #518 |
LinkCAD 10.2.0 build 5035 · 2026-01-07
| Enhancement | SVG Import: Add SVG text support |
| Enhancement | Fonts: Add TrueType font support |
| Fix | Tools: Fix failures with very large coordinates #488 |
| Enhancement | DXF Import: Improve I/O performance with buffered file reading and stream operations |
LinkCAD 10.1.0 build 5033 · 2025-05-25
| Fix | GDSII Export: Revert to using TEXTTYPE for TEXT records |
LinkCAD 10.0.3 build 5027 · 2025-03-19
| Enhancement | Raster: Add TIFF support |
LinkCAD 10.0.1 build 5025 · 2025-01-06
| Enhancement | GDSII: Increased range of layer and datatype numbers to 0-2048 |
| Enhancement | GDSII: Support cell names with up to 127 characters, and accept all characters except for comma and double quote |
| Enhancement | SVG Import: Allow specifying of DPI resolution |
| Fix | SVG Import: Fix handling of complex arc rendering |
LinkCAD 9.18.0 build 5023 · 2024-06-11
| Fix | Fix network licensing support date |
LinkCAD 9.17.0 build 5022 · 2024-01-19
| Fix | DXF Import: Corrected ignoring incorrect DXF attributes in SOLID entities |
LinkCAD 9.16.0 build 5021 · 2023-09-25
| Enhancement | DXF Import: Added support for DXF R2018 |
LinkCAD 9.15.0 build 5020 · 2023-09-21
| Fix | Postscript/PDF Import: Fix import of files containing special characters or spaces in filename |
| Enhancement | TIFF Import: Upgrade to latest TIFF library to support newer encoding formats |
LinkCAD 9.14.0 build 5019 · 2023-06-01
| Fix | GDSII / GDS-TXT Export: Fix duplicate SREFs / AREFs, one per layer (bug introduced in version 9.11.1) |
LinkCAD 9.13.1 build 5018 · 2023-04-24
| Enhancement | Added support for JSON based layer maps |
| Enhancement | Add new command line option to export layer map (LcWriteLayerMap=<path>) |
LinkCAD 9.13.0 build 5014 · 2023-01-26
| Enhancement | Raster Image Export: Added new raster driver capabable of exporting large size images |
| Enhancement | GDSII Import: Added support for non-standard AREF transformations |
| Fix | DXF Import: Fix crash when encountering unexpected DXF record |
| Fix | Viewer: Incorrect rendering of Arc entities if inside reference with x/y mirroring #481 |
| Enhancement | Arcs are now exported as polylines rather than filled arc segments |
| Fix | GDSII Export: Prevent conversion from completing in case of error |
| Fix | Tools: Fix parsing of units from session file |
| Enhancement | SVG Export: Improved viewport for SVG export |
| Enhancement | ODB++ Import: enable layer map |
LinkCAD 9.12.1 build 4996 · 2022-09-21
| Fix | Tools: Fixed polyline joining failing to connect to best adjacent polyline #480 |
LinkCAD 9.12.0 build 4993 · 2022-09-21
| Fix | Session Files: Corrected saving session files when using Postscript format |
LinkCAD 9.11.5 build 4993 · 2022-08-30
| Fix | ACIS SAT Import: Corrected direction of reversed paths #479 |
LinkCAD 9.11.2 build 4987 · 2022-06-10
| Fix | Layer list: fix crash when using layer polarity |
LinkCAD 9.11.1 build 4984 · 2022-05-24
| Enhancement | Added support for international characters in files |
| Enhancement | Tools: Added command to sort layers |
| Enhancement | DXF Import: Maintain layer ordering from original DXF file |
| Enhancement | Gerber / GDSII / Postscript / STEP Export: Write entities sorted by layer order |
| Fix | DXF Export: Correct export of SOLID entities |
| Enhancement | GDSII / GDS-TXT Export: Added support for DXF arc entities |
| Enhancement | Gerber Export: Exporting single point polylines as circles / squares if possible |
| Enhancement | RS-274X Import: auto-recover from missing interpolation state |
| Fix | Viewer: Fix zooming into arc entities |
LinkCAD 9.10.1 build 4950 · 2021-08-26
| Fix | DXF Import: error when importing DXF with block references |
LinkCAD 9.10.0 build 4946 · 2021-07-03
| Fix | Sonnet Export: Added missing date headers |
LinkCAD 9.10.0 build 4945 · 2021-06-23
| Enhancement | Faster drawing in viewer: large filled polygons are rendered faster |
LinkCAD 9.9.1 build 4944 · 2021-06-17
| Enhancement | New layer color palette |
| Fix | Parasolid XT Export: fixed scaling |
LinkCAD 9.9.0 build 4931 · 2021-03-09
| Fix | Restored missing options dialogs |
LinkCAD 9.9.0 build 4930 · 2021-03-02
| Enhancement | Tools: Improved polygon to circle conversion |
LinkCAD 9.8.10 build 4925 · 2021-02-10
| Fix | Fixed crash when file contains too many layers |
LinkCAD 9.8.9 build 4919 · 2020-11-26
| Enhancement | RS-274X Export: Added support for file names with Unicode characters |
LinkCAD 9.8.9 build 4916 · 2020-11-18
| Fix | SVG Import: corrected translations in SVG files. |
| Fix | Fixed layer map editor crashing when entering negative numbers |
LinkCAD 9.8.5 build 4899 · 2020-05-12
| Fix | RS-274X Import: Corrected apertures on layer "0" if disabling DXF option to resolve BYBLOCK/BYLAYER blocks |
| Enhancement | DXF Import: Added support for 3DSOLID entities |
| Enhancement | Tools: Added tool to extract holes in polygons onto separate layers |
| Enhancement | Parasolid XT Export: Added support for extruded solids |
| Enhancement | DXF Import: Added support polyface meshes |
| Enhancement | Parasolid XT Import: Added Parasolid XT Import |
| Enhancement | Added support for file paths with extended characters (eg. Japanese) |
| Enhancement | Added option to invert layer list sort order |
| Fix | Layer Map: Fixed incorrect application of output layer and comment |
LinkCAD 9.8.4 build 4846 · 2020-02-03
| Fix | DXF Import: Corrected failure to load SHX fonts |
LinkCAD 9.8.3 build 4845 · 2019-12-20
| Fix | Licensing: Fixed expiration of leased network licenses |
LinkCAD 9.8.2 build 4844 · 2019-12-11
| Fix | DXF Import: Added support for DXF splines with more than 32767 knots |
LinkCAD 9.8.1 build 4843 · 2019-12-09
| Fix | Tools: corrected slow tools due to excessive logging |
LinkCAD 9.8.0 build 4842 · 2019-11-20
| Enhancement | Improved drawing of large filled areas |
LinkCAD 9.7.2 build 4841 · 2019-09-22
| Fix | Improved layer maps: added z-height and thickness |
LinkCAD 9.7.2 build 4839 · 2019-09-22
| Fix | Added z-height and thickness to layer maps |
LinkCAD 9.7.2 build 4838 · 2019-08-23
| Fix | OrTech Gerber Export: Renamed dialog title |
LinkCAD 9.7.2 build 4836 · 2019-07-08
| Fix | ODB++ Import: Stacking layers from highest number to lowest |
| Enhancement | ODB++ Import: Applying layer polarities |
LinkCAD 9.7.2 build 4835 · 2019-07-06
| Enhancement | Initial version of CADXIO |
LinkCAD 9.7.1 build 4831 · 2019-04-09
| Enhancement | STEP Export: Added export to STEP format #477 |
LinkCAD 9.7.0 build 4822 · 2019-02-13
| Enhancement | Tools: Arc detection in polygons optionally possible across polyline start/end points #436 |
| Enhancement | Tools: Improved fitting during arc detection in polygons #436 |
| Enhancement | Viewer: Fixed selection / highlighting issues on newer graphic cards #474 |
| Fix | ASCII Data Import: Restored behavior to create new polygon when empty line encountered in input data |
LinkCAD 9.6.1 build 4814 · 2019-01-07
| Enhancement | Image (PNG/TIFF/JPEG) Export: Setting correct resolution (DPI) #472 |
LinkCAD 9.6.1 build 4813 · 2018-12-21
| Enhancement | Image (PNG/TIFF/JPEG) Export: Exported images are now pixel precise (no anti-aliasing) #472 |
| Enhancement | Boolean operations: New option to neither link nor split holes after Boolean operations (merge, de-embedding, ...) #473 |
LinkCAD 9.6.0 build 4812 · 2018-12-07
| Enhancement | SVG Export: Added SVG Export #63 |
| Enhancement | Viewer: Enabled use of dedicated graphics card if available #471 |
| Enhancement | Viewer: Fixed crash due to bug in built-in Intel HD Graphics card driver #470 |
| Fix | RS-274X Export: Fixed incorrect width of arc entities |
LinkCAD 9.5.2 build 4811 · 2018-09-14
| Fix | All import / exports: Fixed application freeze when evaluating certain spline points #467 |
| Fix | Raster image export: Fixed application freeze after restarting conversion #468 |
LinkCAD 9.5.1 build 4810 · 2018-08-03
| Enhancement | Image import: Added support for JPEG and OJPEG compressed TIFF images #465 |
| Enhancement | Tools: Implemented MoveOrigin tool command |
| Fix | RS-274X Export: Fixed missing initial coordinate if same as on preceding layer #466 |
LinkCAD 9.5.0 build 4809 · 2018-06-15
| Enhancement | GDSII: Added support for GDSII circles (expressed as zero-length round-ended wires) #463 |
| Fix | DXF Import: Corrected possible incorrect placement of REGION entities #464 |
LinkCAD 9.4.2 build 4808 · 2018-06-01
| Enhancement | DXF Import: Corrected handling of outer-type hatches in DXF #462 |
LinkCAD 9.4.1 build 4806 · 2018-05-25
| Fix | GDS-TXT Import: corrected COLROW extension in AREF record |
| Enhancement | SVG Import: Improved support for SVG import #448 |
| Fix | ANSYS ANF Export: Restored export options dialog |
LinkCAD 9.3.0 build 4805 · 2018-01-14
| Enhancement | Added saving and loading of conversion settings using "sessions" (command files) #460 |
| Enhancement | Spline import: improved spline to polygon / polyline conversion when using absolute precision #456 |
| Fix | TIFF Import: Fixed failure to import certain TIFF images #461 |
LinkCAD 9.2.0 build 4802 · 2017-12-01
| Enhancement | RS-274X Export: faster export and smaller files when using step & repeat #445 |
| Fix | Fixed property dialog not showing entity layer #446 |
| Enhancement | SVG Import: Added support for SVG transformations and ignoring unknown attributes #448 |
LinkCAD 9.1.1 build 4800 · 2017-11-20
| Fix | Raster image export: Restored options dialog. #455 |
LinkCAD 9.1.0 build 4799 · 2017-11-03
| Enhancement | NEW image export formats in addition to PNG: TIFF and JPEG #455 |
| Enhancement | Hugely improved initial Viewer display time #453 |
| Enhancement | Import / export: Performance improvements #453 |
| Enhancement | ANF V4 Export: Added option to specify export units #452 |
| Enhancement | GDSII Export: Added error message if valid coordinate range exceeded #454 |
| Enhancement | PS/PDF Import: Added warning about incorrect page number. #450 |
LinkCAD 9.0.2 build 4795 · 2017-07-05
| Enhancement | DXF Import: LinkCAD compatible with DXF generated by AutoCAD 2018 #383 |
| Enhancement | DXF Import: Added support for DXF 2013 and alter REGIONS #383 |
| Fix | Corrected crash when encouting spline / NURBS with empty knot vector #442 |
| Fix | Postscript export: Remembering paper size and units #443 |
LinkCAD 9.0.1 build 4794 · 2017-06-27
| Enhancement | DXF Import: Compatible with AutoCAD 2018 #439 |
| Enhancement | SVG Import: Added support for SVG file format #63 |
| Fix | Tools: Fixed polyline repair tool deleting zero-width closed polylines #438 |
LinkCAD 8.3.0 build 4792 · 2017-06-11
| Fix | Tools: Improved arc detection when using absolute error #436 |
LinkCAD 8.2.5 build 4791 · 2017-02-05
| Enhancement | Tools: Improved arc detection tool #430 |
| Fix | DXF Import: imported layers are disabled when flagged as "frozen" #435 |
LinkCAD 8.2.4 build 4787 · 2016-11-18
| Fix | General: Fixed failure to compress certain vertex data in memory #433 |
| Enhancement | Import formats: Ingoring (with warning) cell references with zero scaling factor #434 |
| Enhancement | Export: Using inscribed instead of circumscribed polygonal arcs when exploding true arcs (already the case for full circles) #431 |
LinkCAD 8.2.3 build 4785 · 2016-11-15
| Fix | Tools: Fixed potential failure during polygon splitting #432 |
LinkCAD 8.2.2 build 4784 · 2016-10-26
| Enhancement | Tools: Added new tool to simplify polygons by detecting arc segments #430 |
LinkCAD 8.2.1 build 4781 · 2016-10-14
| Enhancement | RS-274X Export: Added layer property to control polarity #418 |
| Fix | Tools: Fixed zero-width arcs being ignored when reporting number of open polylines #429 |
LinkCAD 8.2.0 build 4778 · 2016-09-25
| Fix | Tools: Corrected data corruption in "Merge zero-width polylines" tool #407 425 428 |
| Fix | Tools: Improved Boolean operations #423 |
| Fix | Tools: Corrected failure to combine open polylines into polygons #424 |
| Fix | DXF Export: Corrected failure to export zero-width arcs as ARC entities #426 |
LinkCAD 8.1.7 build 4777 · 2016-09-14
| Enhancement | DXF Import: Added support for tabulation format codes in MTEXT entities #422 |
| Fix | GDSII Import: Corrected vertical placement of GDSII text #417 |
LinkCAD 8.1.7 build 4776 · 2016-09-13
| Fix | RS-274X Import: Automatically detect quadrant mode if not specified #414 |
| Enhancement | ACIS SAT Export: Added single file export and layer stacking #421 |
| Enhancement | Image Import: Improved merging #416 |
| Fix | DXF Export: Corrected MTEXT bounding box width for border-line cases #417 |
| Enhancement | RS-274X Export: Added option to export layers as single multi-level Gerber file #418 |
| Fix | All formats: Fixed polygons with four vertices arcs possibly corrupted during conversion #419 |
| Fix | Tools: Corrected crash in merging zero-width polylines tool #420 |
LinkCAD 8.1.5 build 4765 · 2016-08-03
| Fix | RS-274X Import: Automatically detect quadrant mode if not specified #414 |
| Fix | DXF Export: Corrected mapping of white color to corresponding DXF color value #415 |
| Enhancement | RS-274X / DXF: Improved support for Gerber & DXF arc entities #371 |
| Fix | Fixed crash when undoing deletion of polygons containing arc segments #371 |
| Fix | Viewer: Correctly updating property display when deleting objects #320 |
LinkCAD 8.1.4 build 4764 · 2016-07-01
| Fix | Tools: Layer selection mask tool now correctly honours specified percentage #413 |
LinkCAD 8.1.3 build 4763 · 2016-06-29
| Fix | Tools: Corrected crash when merging zero-width polylines #412 |
LinkCAD 8.1.2 build 4762 · 2016-06-23
| Fix | Tools and all export formats: Corrected crash when performing Boolean operation #411 |
LinkCAD 8.1.1 build 4761 · 2016-06-23
| Enhancement | Tools: Major (up to 10x faster) performance improvement for Boolean, merge and other polygon operations #407 |
| Enhancement | Tools: Added tool to merge zero-width polylines #407 |
LinkCAD 8.1.0 build 4759 · 2016-05-13
| Enhancement | Tools: Added new command to invert current selection #402 |
| Enhancement | Import: Improved import performance, especially for DXF #403 |
| Enhancement | ANFv4 Export: Added support for Ansoft Neutral File Format Version 4 #405 |
| Fix | Corrected application hang and excessive RAM usage on systems with more than 32 CPU cores #404 |
| Fix | DXF Import: Correctly applying model transformations to DXF REGION entities #409 |
| Fix | Parasolid XT Export: Fixed crash when exporting complex models #410 |
LinkCAD 8.0.4 build 4751 · 2016-03-23
| Fix | RS-274X Import: fixed incorrect import of step & repeat with only single row or column #385 |
| Enhancement | Improved performance of object cloning, resulting in faster flattenning of hierarchy #400 |
| Enhancement | Tools: Added new tool to flatten drawing hierachy #401 |
LinkCAD 8.0.3 build 4750 · 2016-03-04
| Fix | RS-274X / DXF Import: Corrected potentially missed vertex when importing polygons with arcs #399 |
LinkCAD 8.0.2 build 4749 · 2016-03-02
| Enhancement | Added support for XML-based network license files #398 |
LinkCAD 8.0.1 build 4748 · 2016-02-28
| Fix | RS-274X Import: Fixed incorrect handling of full multi-quadrant circles #397 |
| Enhancement | GDS-TXT Export: Removed vertex limit when exporting polygons #395 |
| Enhancement | Renamed option ToolDeembedCutLines into ToolHolesModeLink and ToolFixEvenOddFill into ToolEvenOddFill #396 |
LinkCAD 8.0.0 build 4747 · 2016-02-22
| Enhancement | Image Export: Added support for bitmap image export #392 |
| Enhancement | PDF Import: Added support for importing PDF files #391 |
| Enhancement | Tools: Added tool to convert quasi-arcs to true arcs #389 |
| Fix | Tools: Fixed crash during repair of non-zero width polylines #388 |
| Fix | RS-274X Import: Correct export of bulge arcs #371 |
| Fix | GDSII Import: Improved handling of rotated array references (AREF) #390 |
| Fix | GDSII Import: Corrected vertical text position when using middle alignment #393 |
| Fix | Viewer: Corrected zero-width text fonts being flagged as zero-width open polylines #394 |
LinkCAD 7.7.7 build 4739 · 2016-05-04
| Enhancement | Updated code signatures |
LinkCAD 7.7.6 build 4738 · 2015-11-18
| Fix | Tools: Fixed polylines with non-zero width being deleted when performing zero-width polyline repairing #387 |
LinkCAD 7.7.5 build 4737 · 2015-10-27
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed shifted text labels when using "middle" alignement #368 |
LinkCAD 7.7.4 build 4736 · 2015-10-14
| Fix | ANSYS ANF Export: Possible application hang when importing layer names containing only numbers #386 |
LinkCAD 7.7.3 build 4735 · 2015-10-09
| Fix | DXF Import: fixed incorrect warning about unsupported REGION entities #383 |
LinkCAD 7.7.2 build 4734 · 2015-10-07
| Fix | RS-274X Import: fixed incorrect import of step & repeat with only single row or column #385 |
LinkCAD 7.7.1 build 4733 · 2015-10-02
| Enhancement | CIF Import / Export: Added support for CleWin 3 CIF extensions #382 |
| Fix | Corrected crash when importing donut entities #384 |
LinkCAD 7.7.0 build 4731 · 2015-09-18
| Enhancement | DXF / RS-274X: Added native support for arc entities #371 |
| Enhancement | DXF / RS-274X: Added native support for arc segments in polygons #371 |
| Enhancement | Tools: Added option to perform various tools from command line #375 |
| Enhancement | Tools: Improved polygon repairing #377 |
| Fix | DXF Import: Corrected import of REGION entities with negative normal vector #375 |
| Fix | DXF Import: Corrected potential application hanging #379 |
| Enhancement | GDS-TXT Export: Missing option to control unwinding #380 |
LinkCAD 7.6.7 build 4729 · 2016-05-04
| Enhancement | Updated code signatures |
LinkCAD 7.6.5 build 4716 · 2015-04-13
| Fix | GDSII Import: Fixed import of TEXT records with missing magnification record #370 |
LinkCAD 7.6.4 build 4712 · 2015-03-09
| Fix | GDSII Import: Fixed shifted text labels when using exact line spacing #368 |
LinkCAD 7.6.3 build 4711 · 2015-02-17
| Fix | GDSII Import: Fixed shifted text labels when using baseline alignement #368 |
| Fix | GDSII Import: "Font not found" error incorrectly raised when PRESENTATION record missing #369 |
| Fix | Correctly handling degenerate polylines where all vertices are at the same coordinate #370 |
LinkCAD 7.6.2 build 4710 · 2015-01-30
| Fix | RS-274X Export: Fixed incorrect usage of G36/G37 when writing donuts #367 |
LinkCAD 7.6.1 build 4709 · 2014-12-12
| Fix | DXF Import: Orientation of DXF ARCs may be incorrect if negative projection matrix applied to ARC entity #366 |
LinkCAD 7.6.0 build 4708 · 2014-12-05
| Enhancement | Postscript Export: Corrected export to custom paper formats #363 |
| Enhancement | Gerber RS-274X Import: Correctly importing zero-width draws as polylines #364 |
LinkCAD 7.5.3 build 4708 · 2016-05-04
| Enhancement | Updated code signatures |
LinkCAD 7.5.2 build 4707 · 2014-10-28
| Enhancement | Raster Image Import: Several image files may be selected and imported onto separate layers #361 |
| Enhancement | Raster Image Import: Added option to combine adjacent pixels vertically as well as horizontally #362 |
LinkCAD 7.5.1 build 4705 · 2014-08-23
| Fix | Tools: Fixed crash in mask selection tool #360 |
LinkCAD 7.5.0 build 4704 · 2014-08-22
| Fix | Fixed redraw error when scrolling layer list #354 |
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed parsing of binary DXF files #355 |
| Fix | Tools: Fixed conversion of quasi-circles to true circles #356 |
| Enhancement | RS-274X Export: Added option to force exporting polylines as Gerber draws #357 |
| Fix | Fixed possibly duplicate layer / cell names #358 |
| Enhancement | GDSII: Added support for non-standard staggered array references #359 |
LinkCAD 7.4.4 build 7404 · 2016-05-04
| Enhancement | Updated code signatures |
LinkCAD 7.4.3 build 4703 · 2014-05-16
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed crash when paper space contains HATCH entitity #353 |
LinkCAD 7.4.2 build 4702 · 2014-05-09
| Fix | DXF/GDSII Export: Fixed crash when exporing text labels with middle vertical alignment (bug introduced in LinkCAD 7.1.15) #352 |
LinkCAD 7.4.1 build 4701 · 2014-03-28
| Enhancement | Postscript Export: Added option to select paper size units |
| Enhancement | GDSII Export: Added option to automatically unwind self-intersecting polygons (checked by default) #351 |
LinkCAD 7.4.0 build 4700 · 2014-03-14
| Enhancement | ACIS SAT Export: Added ACIS SAT Export (still beta) #105 |
| Fix | RS-274X Export: Improved compliance with G36/G37 command #348 |
| Enhancement | RS-274 Export: Set RS-274X default line width setting to zero to force export of zero-width polylines #345 |
| Fix | Image Import: Fixed black / white being inverted #344 |
| Fix | Fixed potential crash when clicking on "Back" |
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed ByLayer / ByBlock flags incorrectly applied to polygonal circles / donuts #350 |
LinkCAD 7.3.3 build 4699 · 2016-05-04
| Enhancement | Updated code signatures |
LinkCAD 7.3.2 build 4698 · 2014-01-15
| Fix | Layer Map: Enabled use of layer names containing space characters in layer map #341 |
| Fix | Postscript Export: Fixed crash when exporting to Postscript in batch mode #342 |
LinkCAD 7.3.1 build 4697 · 2013-11-22
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed certain hatch types from creating "holes" inside hatched area #339 |
| Fix | Fixed potential application crash while upgrading to new version #340 |
LinkCAD 7.3.0 build 4696 · 2013-11-20
| Enhancement | Bitmap/Image Import: Added support for splitting gray level ranges into separate layers #337 |
| Enhancement | RS-274X Export: Automatically exporting square ended polylines as polygon contours #338 |
LinkCAD 7.2.3 build 4694 · 2013-10-30
| Enhancement | RS-274X Import: Added support for negative image polarity #335 |
LinkCAD 7.2.2 build 4693 · 2013-10-09
| Fix | Fixed incorrect display of colors #333 |
| Fix | PostScript Export: Fixed inability to increase number of layers per page #334 |
LinkCAD 7.2.1 build 4692 · 2013-10-04
| Fix | Tools: Fixed tool to join open polylines #331 |
LinkCAD 7.2.0 build 4690 · 2013-09-27
| Fix | Tools: Corrected bug in layer selection mask tool #326 |
| Enhancement | Enhanced user interface command availability feedback #328 |
| Enhancement | DXF Import: Improved support for AutoCAD 2011 REGION entities #329 |
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed incorrect handling of spline arcs in REGION entities #330 |
LinkCAD 7.1.15 build 4689 · 2013-09-25
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed unexpected HATCH group code error #325 |
| Fix | ANF Export: Fixed transformations incorrectly applied to exported entities #327 |
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed incorrect placement of TEXT entities for certain attachment points #313 |
| Enhancement | Tools: Joining polylines into polygons now removes zero-width, zero-length polylines #323 |
LinkCAD 7.1.14 build 4688 · 2013-09-06
| Enhancement | Layer Map: A map entry named "*" (without quotes) allows the user to specify default values to be used for any layer not specified in the map file #318 |
LinkCAD 7.1.13 build 4687 · 2013-08-30
| Fix | Tools: Fixed tools applied to entities on disabled layers #319 |
| Fix | Viewer: Property list not displayed if consecutively selecting multiple entities #320 |
| Enhancement | Tools: Added option to only merge Polygon entities #321 |
LinkCAD 7.1.12 build 4686 · 2013-08-25
| Fix | RS-274X Export: Fixed zero-width NURBS/Spline entities not being exported using specified default width #316 |
| Fix | CIF Import: Fixed cell names set with "9" command ignored (bug introduced in version 7.1.0.4673 #317 |
LinkCAD 7.1.11 build 4685 · 2013-08-14
| Enhancement | RS-274X Import: Added support for step & repeat with negative step values #314 |
| Enhancement | Postscript Export: Added option to reverse stacking order of superimposed layers #315 |
LinkCAD 7.1.10 build 4684 · 2013-08-09
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed incorrect TEXT entity placement when vertical alignment set to "middle" #313 |
LinkCAD 7.1.9 build 4683 · 2013-07-15
| Fix | Tools: Fixed incorrect precision applied when converting quasi-circles to circles #311 |
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed import of ARC entities not smoothly exploded to polygons #312 |
LinkCAD 7.1.8 build 4682 · 2013-06-18
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed import of ARC entities with negative extrusion direction #310 |
LinkCAD 7.1.7 build 4681 · 2013-06-14
| Fix | DXF Export: Fixed incorrect layer colors in exported DXF file #309 |
LinkCAD 7.1.6 build 4680 · 2013-06-10
| Fix | RS-274X Import: Fixed potential crash when importing file containing a level name (LN) identical to the file base name #299 |
LinkCAD 7.1.5 build 4679 · 2013-06-07
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed incorrect parsing of TEXT entities #295 |
LinkCAD 7.1.4 build 4678 · 2013-05-29
| Fix | Tools: Fixed potential crash in Boolean operations #303 |
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed cell ignored if name identical to file name #307 |
LinkCAD 7.1.3 build 4677 · 2013-05-27
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed closed ELLIPSE entities not filled #302 |
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed import of LINE entities when coordinate group codes are out of sequence #304 |
| Fix | Tools: Fixed possible crash when cropping drawing #305 |
| Fix | Fixed possible crash triggered by large coordiante values #306 |
LinkCAD 7.1.2 build 4676 · 2013-05-15
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed circular hatch pattern not imported correctly #297 |
| Fix | Viewer: Fixed potential crash if OpenGL drivers are missing #298 |
| Fix | RS-274X Import: Fixed potential crash when importing file containing a level name (LN) identical to the file base name #299 |
| Fix | Fixed compatibility issues with Windows XP #300 |
LinkCAD 7.1.1 build 4674 · 2013-05-07
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed missing percentage sign (%) in TEXT entities #295 |
| Fix | DXF Import: Cell name references are handled case insensitively #286 |
| Fix | Fixed user interface not updating while executing tool commands #296 |
LinkCAD 7.1.0 build 4673 · 2013-04-24
| Enhancement | Tools: Added new tool to merge drawings #289 |
| Enhancement | Added Parasolid XT export to LinkCAD (System Interface Option) #292 |
| Enhancement | Added ANSYS ANF export to LinkCAD (System Interface Option) #292 |
| Enhancement | Added EMAX (ANSYS-ICEM TETIN) export to LinkCAD (System Interface Option) #292 |
| Enhancement | DXF Import: Auto-closing zero-width polylines with coincident first/last vertex #293 |
| Fix | Fixed crash when performing tool operation on current selection #294 |
LinkCAD 7.0.23 build 4699 · 2013-04-10
| Fix | Viewer: Slow redraw after performing tool operations #287 |
| Fix | Cell tree not updated when flattening while displaying viewer #288 |
LinkCAD 7.0.22 build 4698 · 2013-04-03
| Enhancement | Postscript Import: Updated Postscript plug-in to latest version #284 |
| Fix | Parasolid XT Export: Restored option to select physical units, enforcing meters #282 |
LinkCAD 7.0.21 build 4697 · 2013-03-25
| Fix | RS-274X Import: Fixed incorrectly applied layer polarities #283 |
| Fix | Parasolid XT Export: Removed option to select physical units, enforcing meters #282 |
LinkCAD 7.0.20 build 4696 · 2013-04-22
| Fix | Tools: Fixed transformations not being applied when flattening hierarchy #281 |
| Fix | Fixed excessive memory consumption when importing identical entities #279 |
| Fix | Shortening display of long layer names #276 |
| Fix | RS-274X Import: Implemented work-around for possibly missing features when applying layer polarities #277 |
LinkCAD 7.0.19 build 4695 · 2013-03-20
| Enhancement | Edit: Added property editor to viewer #267 |
| Enhancement | Tools: Added tool to fix self-intersecting polygons #241 |
| Enhancement | Tools: Added option to apply tools to selected shapes only #262 |
| Enhancement | Viewer: Added layer list to viewer #266 |
| Enhancement | Tools: Simplified Tools menu #264 |
| Enhancement | RS-274X Export: Reporting required coordinate format #234 |
| Enhancement | Edit: Added command to merge visible layers #213 |
| Enhancement | Edit: Cells names / numbers can be edited (right-click on cell) #211 |
| Enhancement | Parasolid XT Export: Added support for holes #260 |
| Fix | RS-274X Export: Forcing export of polygon having zero area #172 |
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed import hanging when parsing ATTRIB entities #273 |
| Enhancement | GUI: Added option alternate high-contrast theme #275 |
| Fix | Viewer: Corrected display level control #274 |
LinkCAD 6.2.19 build 4692 · 2016-05-03
| Enhancement | Updated code signatures |
LinkCAD 6.2.18 build 4691 · 2013-03-13
| Enhancement | Batch conversion: Convert files in same folder to layers in single output file #239 |
| Fix | Fixed main window invisible when switching screens #269 |
| Fix | Fixed Parasolid XT/ANSYS ANF Export dialogs not shown #270 |
LinkCAD 6.2.17 build 4685 · 2013-02-12
| Enhancement | RS-274X Export: Reporting required coordinate format #234 |
LinkCAD 6.2.16 build 4684 · 2013-02-06
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed positioning of TEXT entities with horizontal alignment set to "middle" #265 |
LinkCAD 6.2.15 build 4683 · 2013-02-01
| Enhancement | Bitmap Import: Added option to create non-square pixels #261 |
LinkCAD 6.2.14 build 4681 · 2013-01-23
| Fix | DXF Import: Allowing import of REGION entities slightly out of plane #258 |
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed import of rational SPLINE entities #257 |
LinkCAD 6.2.13 build 4680 · 2013-01-21
| Enhancement | Tools: Converting text to polygons creates non-overlapping polygons #253 |
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed DXF file locked after importing #254 |
| Enhancement | Edit: Added context menu entry to copy measured coordinate / distance #255 |
| Enhancement | DXF Import: Added support for non-standard HATCH entities created by Pro/ENGINEER #256 |
| Enhancement | Postscript Export: Exporting polygons with holes without visible cut-lines #252 |
| Enhancement | Remembers window size and position across sessions #244 |
| Fix | Fixed possible crash when executing Boolean operations #251 |
LinkCAD 6.2.12 build 4679 · 2013-01-15
| Fix | Translate origin tool: Fixed origin of polylines / polygons not being moved #247 |
| Enhancement | Removed warning about self-intersecting polygons (will be replaced by a specific tool) #241 |
| Enhancement | DXF Import: Added option to move HATCH entities to separate layer, or ignore them #240 |
| Enhancement | RS-274D Import: Added support for embedded Ranger XL aperture lists #248 |
| Fix | Tools: Corrected de-embedding tool when using non-zero winding rule for filling #207 |
| Fix | Tools: Fixed crash when repairing polylines #250 |
LinkCAD 6.2.11 build 4676 · 2013-01-14
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed UCS and BLOCK origin applied incorrectly #246 |
LinkCAD 6.2.10 build 4675 · 2013-01-11
| Fix | Fixed font path setting being ignored #149 |
| Fix | Fixed crash when performing Boolean operations (also affects various import/export formats) #242 |
| Enhancement | Remembers window position across sessions #244 |
| Enhancement | Tools: zero-width open splines / NURBS are considered for polyline repairing #245 |
LinkCAD 6.2.9 build 4674 · 2013-01-09
| Fix | Fixed crash when performing Boolean operations (also affects various import/export formats) #235 236 229 |
| Fix | Fixed license registration problems #237 |
| Fix | Implemented fix for incorrect text placement (only affects Windows 7 32-bit or earlier) #238 |
LinkCAD 6.2.8 build 4671 · 2013-01-02
| Enhancement | DXF Import: Added support for HATCH entity #157 220 |
LinkCAD 6.2.7 build 4668 · 2012-11-20
| Enhancement | Detecting self-intersecting polygons and explicit handling of winding rules #207 |
| Enhancement | Simplified user interface for specifying layer height and thickness #198 |
| Enhancement | TLC Import/Export: Updated LASI TLC to version 6 #208 |
| Enhancement | Allowing fractional coordinates in Tools > Crop #210 |
| Enhancement | Added support for Windows 8 #206 214 215 |
| Fix | Viewer: Fixed highlighting of broken polylines #216 |
| Fix | Improved progress bar feedback #204 |
| Enhancement | Improved broken polyline repair tool #217 |
| Enhancement | Improved import of PostScript paths #219 |
| Fix | PostScript Import: Fixed incorrect rendering of stroked circles #221 |
| Enhancement | DXF Import: Added option to select polyline end cap #222 |
| Enhancement | DXF Import: Added option to specify absolute text stroke width #223 |
| Fix | Viewer: fixed donuts with zero inner diameter not being displayed at certain zoom levels #225 |
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed certain closed ELLIPSEs not closed in LinkCAD #226 |
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed incorrect placement of ELLIPSEs when using custom OCS #227 |
| Fix | DXF Export: Fixed crash when trying to export Polyline with less than two vertices #231 |
| Fix | Fixed possible crash in Tools #232 |
LinkCAD 6.2.5 build 4660 · 2012-11-02
| Fix | Viewer: Implemented work-around for viewer hanging when using accelerated graphics driver #180 |
LinkCAD 6.2.4 build 4659 · 2012-10-30
| Fix | Fixed failure to perform Boolean operation #205 |
LinkCAD 6.2.3 build 4658 · 2012-10-29
| Enhancement | Added support for Spline entities #200 |
| Enhancement | Improved rearranging layers in layer list #195 |
| Fix | Ansys ANF Export: Fixed layers not stacked correctly #198 |
| Fix | Fixed unable to undo deletion of Circle entities #202 |
| Fix | Fixed incorrect quasi-circle to circle conversion #201 |
LinkCAD 6.2.2 build 4657 · 2012-10-24
| Fix | Added fix for compiler bug on 32-bit Windows #194 |
| Enhancement | Merge tool: added option to split polygons #189 |
| Fix | GDSII, CIF Export: Fixed missing splitted polygons (bug introduced in version 6.2.0.4653) #188 |
| Fix | ACIS SAT Import: Fixed layer list display when importing ACIS SAT files #159 |
| Fix | Fixed disabled cells exported if used by disabled child cells #186 |
LinkCAD 6.2.1 build 4655 · 2012-10-15
| Fix | Batch conversion: Fixed crash when Boolean operation fails #181 |
| Enhancement | Tools: Improved success rate of Boolean operations #182 183 |
| Fix | Fixed crash when converting in batch mode #118 |
| Fix | Layer map not applied when specified on command line #184 |
LinkCAD 6.2.0 build 4653 · 2012-10-12
| Enhancement | Tools: Reduced memory usage and improved processing speed of Boolean/Merge operations #179 |
| Enhancement | RS-274X Export: Generating warning when coordinates cannot be represented in selected coordinate format #178 |
LinkCAD 6.1.6 build 4652 · 2012-10-05
| Enhancement | DXF Import: Improved MTEXT parsing #176 |
| Fix | Fixed crash on 32-bit Windows #177 |
| Fix | Tools: Fixed crash when applying selection mask #41 |
| Enhancement | Reflecting top-cell changes in cell tree #13 |
LinkCAD 6.1.5 build 4651 · 2012-10-01
| Enhancement | Text Import: Improved accuracy of text placement #73 |
| Enhancement | Reduced memory usage and processing time for large number of entities #170 |
| Enhancement | Improved conversion for large number of cells #173 |
| Fix | Fixed merge tool removing lines #167 |
| Fix | RS-274X Import: Fixed incorrect handling of paint-and-scratch layers #175 |
LinkCAD 6.1.4 build 4648 · 2012-08-21
| Fix | Fixed crash when imported file contains a cell with same name as imported file #162 |
| Enhancement | Added option to create split polygons in layer operations |
| Fix | DXF & ACIS SAT Export: Fixed export of REGIONS with multiple holes #163 |
LinkCAD 6.1.3 build 4646 · 2012-08-17
| Fix | GDSII/GDS-TXT Import: Fixed TEXT stroke width ignored #153 |
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed import of open ELLIPSE entities #155 |
| Fix | RS-274X Export: Fixed polylines missing final segment #160 |
LinkCAD 6.1.2 build 4643 · 2012-07-06
| Fix | PostScript Export: Fixed invalid scaling factor #151 |
LinkCAD 6.1.1 build 4642 · 2012-07-03
| Enhancement | RS-274D: Added support for GAP aperture files #144 |
| Enhancement | Viewer: Measurement tools also snap to nested entities #145 |
| Enhancement | DXF Import: Added support for new AutoCAD 2011 group codes #146 |
| Enhancement | Tools: Added tool to move drawing origin #50 |
| Enhancement | Tools: Added tool to snap all polygon coordinates to user-defined grid #147 |
| Enhancement | Tools: Added tool to enforce axis-aligned ("Manhattan") polygon edges #147 |
LinkCAD 6.1.0 build 4641 · 2012-06-11
| Fix | RS-264X Import: Fixed import of multiple Gerber layers #142 |
| Enhancement | Expanded database coordinate precision to 1 pm (picometer) #138 |
| Enhancement | Expanded database coordinate range to +/- 4500 m (meters) at full picometer precision and +/- 9e6 m with 15-digit precision #138 |
| Enhancement | Improved display rendering of drawings having very large coordinates #138 |
| Fix | IE3D: Fixed conversion of GEO files #139 |
| Fix | Tools: Fixed merge operation incorrectly reported as failed #137 |
| Enhancement | RS-274X Import: Allowing D-codes up to 99999 #140 |
| Enhancement | Added right-click menu to layer list displaying area of elements on layer #141 |
| Fix | CIF Import: Fixed import of rotated BOX entities #143 |
LinkCAD 6.0.27 build 4640 · 2012-05-04
| Fix | RS-274X Export: Fixed zero-width polylines being drawn using incorrect line width #135 |
| Enhancement | All export formats without native text support: Text entities exported as polylines instead of polygon outlines #136 |
LinkCAD 6.0.26 build 4639 · 2012-04-05
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed potential crash when importing variable-width polylines #130 |
| Fix | View: Fixed potential crash when clicking in View window without View license #131 |
| Fix | Edit: Fixed Boolean edit tools not using correct first selected item #132 |
| Fix | View: Fixed donuts not being drawin filled in filled dawing mode #133 |
LinkCAD 6.0.25 build 4638 · 2012-03-28
| Fix | GDS-TXT Import: Fixed bug introduced in version 6.0.24 #128 |
| Fix | Tools: Fixed potential error when using Boolean operations #129 |
LinkCAD 6.0.24 build 4637 · 2012-03-01
| Enhancement | Tools: Re-added cropping tool #127 |
LinkCAD 6.0.23 build 4634 · 2012-02-29
| Fix | Tools: Fixed nested quasi-circles not converted to circles #125 |
| Fix | Viewer: Fixed panning tool #126 |
LinkCAD 6.0.22 build 4633 · 2012-02-24
| Fix | Tools: Fixed crash in file operations #123 |
| Fix | RS-274X Export: Disabled step & repeat for nestd rotated arrays #124 |
LinkCAD 6.0.21 build 4632 · 2012-02-15
| Fix | Tools: Selecting measurement tool also selects point selection tool #122 |
| Fix | Tools: Fixed rounding errors in measurement tools #121 |
LinkCAD 6.0.20 build 4631 · 2012-01-20
| Fix | Fixed possible crash when importing file #120 |
LinkCAD 6.0.19 build 4630 · 2012-01-11
| Fix | Tools & Export: fixed flat ended polygons may be exploded to square extended and vice-versa #119 |
LinkCAD 6.0.18 build 4629 · 2011-12-18
| Fix | Tools: Fixed crash when converting quasi-circles to circles #118 |
LinkCAD 6.0.17 build 4627 · 2011-12-02
| Fix | GDSII: Fixed geometry transformations not applied when flattening GDSII output #117 |
LinkCAD 6.0.16 build 4625 · 2011-11-30
| Enhancement | Improved display speed of cell structure tree #90 |
| Enhancement | Tools: Improved performance of polygon repair tool #109 |
| Enhancement | Tools: Added commands to perform Boolean operations between any selected entity #114 |
| Fix | Fixed possible drawing database corruption #116 |
LinkCAD 6.0.15 build 4624 · 2011-11-28
| Fix | Fixed crash when displaying filled polygon with more than 16'384 vertices #82 |
LinkCAD 6.0.14 build 4623 · 2011-11-25
| Enhancement | Viewer: Re-enabled filled display for polygons with more than 10'000 vertices #82 |
| Fix | Viewer: Fixed corrupted display in filled drawing mode #67 |
| Fix | Tools: Fixed polygon repair tool not closing all polygons #65 |
| Fix | Fixed possible drawing database corruption #76 |
| Enhancement | Added auto-update #110 |
LinkCAD 6.0.13 build 4621 · 2011-11-19
| Fix | Fixed crash when using measurement tool #102 |
| Fix | CIF (and other) Export: Fixed duplicate cell (symbol) numbers when converting from certain file formats #104 |
LinkCAD 6.0.12 build 4618 · 2011-11-16
| Enhancement | DXF Export: Added option to fill polygons with solid HATCH #97 |
| Enhancement | Batch mode: Improved file selection and output file names #66 |
| Fix | DXF Export: Fixed AutoCAD unable to display DXF file created by LinkCAD #98 |
| Enhancement | RS-274D Import: Added aperture parser for Altium |
| Fix | Viewer: Fixed long delays when panning, zooming |
LinkCAD 6.0.11 build 4616 · 2011-11-14
| Fix | Compass Layout Import: Fixed error when importing line with more than 256 characters #95 |
| Fix | Fixed spurious crashes in graphcs card driver #96 |
LinkCAD 6.0.10 build 4614 · 2011-11-09
| Fix | Fixed tooltips disabled after entering viewer window #94 |
LinkCAD 6.0.9 build 4613 · 2011-11-08
| Enhancement | Image Import: Added support for compressed TIFF images #16 |
| Fix | User interface always English |
LinkCAD 6.0.8 build 4611 · 2011-11-07
| Fix | Image Import: Fixed layer list not displayed correctly when importing bitmap images #88 |
| Fix | Import: Fixed crash during import #89 |
| Enhancement | Improved import speed |
LinkCAD 6.0.7 build 4610 · 2011-10-28
| Fix | RS-274X Import: RS-274D options no longer affect importing of RS-274X files #86 |
| Fix | Fixed layer map not working #79 |
| Enhancement | GDSII data types may be specified in layer maps using e.g. "xx-yy" notation (layer xx, data type yy) #79 |
| Fix | GDSII Import: Fixed potential calculation error when importing AREF with small MAG factors #17 |
LinkCAD 6.0.6 build 4608 · 2011-10-27
| Fix | Sonnet Export: Fixed crash when exporting to Sonnet #81 |
| Fix | RS-274X Export: Fixed aperture flash options not remembered #80 |
| Fix | Viewer: Selection tool not activated by default #77 |
| Enhancement | Viewer: Disabled filled display for polygons with more than 10'000 vertices #82 |
LinkCAD 6.0.5 build 4607 · 2011-10-21
| Fix | GDSII Import: Fixed crash when importing certain references #76 |
LinkCAD 6.0.4 build 4606 · 2011-10-17
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed crash when importing ByLayer / ByBlock entities #74 |
LinkCAD 6.0.4 build 4603 · 2011-10-14
| Fix | Fixed viewer window blank after resizing #70 |
| Fix | Fixed LinkCAD 5 license not migrated to LinkCAD 6 #71 |
| Fix | Fixed invalid text placement #73 |
| Fix | DXF Import: improved handling of ByLayer / ByBlock #72 |
LinkCAD 6.0.3 build 4601 · 2011-10-12
| Enhancement | New high-performance database |
| Enhancement | Added support for 64-bit Windows and up to 192GB RAM |
| Enhancement | Added Undo/Redo (requires "edit" license) |
| Fix | Prevent applying layer map in regular (non-batch) mode #69 |
LinkCAD 5.9.5 build 4583 · 2011-04-01
| Enhancement | RS-274X Import: Improved layer handling |
LinkCAD 5.9.4 build 4582 · 2011-03-22
| Enhancement | Tools: Improved compatiblity with Windows 7. |
LinkCAD 5.9.2 build 4575 · 2010-12-07
| Enhancement | Tools: Added tool to remove duplicate polygons and polylines. #62 |
LinkCAD 5.9.1 build 4574 · 2010-08-25
| Fix | Improved backwards compatibility with Windows XP #52 |
LinkCAD 5.9.0 build 4569 · 2010-08-09
| Enhancement | Raster Image Import: Added support for (uncompressed) TIFF images. #16 |
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed ELLIPSE entities with negative extrusion direction #49 |
| Enhancement | DXF Import: Added support for special characters in DXF 2009/10 #34 |
| Fix | Drill File Output: Fixed units specification #51 |
| Enhancement | Added new Network Lite license #55 |
| Enhancement | DXF Import: Improved import of variable-width polylines #54 |
| Enhancement | Improved compatibility with Windows 7, Vista, Server 2008 #52 |
LinkCAD 5.8.2 build 4534 · 2009-11-11
| Fix | Fixed DLL dependency error on Windows XP |
LinkCAD 5.8.1 build 4533 · 2009-09-29
| Fix | RS-274X Import: Fixed layer polarity command being applied to drawing command preceeding it #46 |
LinkCAD 5.8.0 build 4522 · 2009-09-25
| Fix | RS-274X Import: Fixed step and repeat offsets incorrect #45 |
| Fix | RS-274X Import: Fixed draws using rectangluar aperture rendered as round ended #44 |
| Enhancement | Added further configurable attributes to layer mapping file #38 |
LinkCAD 5.7.2 build 4514 · 2009-02-12
| Enhancement | DXF Import: Added support for AutoCAD 2007 SHAPE entities #36 |
| Enhancement | DXF Import: Improved MTEXT alignment support #34 |
| Fix | Fixed arc problems introduced in release 5.7.1 #32 35 |
LinkCAD 5.7.1 build 4513 · 2009-01-23
| Fix | RX-274X: Layers with entities deleted when importing Gerber files #29 |
LinkCAD 5.7.0 build 4508 · 2008-11-04
| Fix | RS-274X Import: Fixed option "apply layer polarities" not working #27 |
| Fix | CIF Import: Added support for very long CIF comments. |
| Enhancement | RS-274X Import: Added support for coordinates with explicit decimal point #21 |
| Fix | Tools: Improved reliability of polygon operations #1 23 26 |
| Fix | Tools: Speed and reliability improvements |
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed drawing of fractional arcs in SHX fonts #19 |
| Fix | Fixed use of custom SHX fonts #20 |
| Enhancement | RS-274X Import: Removed special handling of D99 aperture |
| Enhancement | RS-274D Import: Added support for Protel Autotrax aperture files |
LinkCAD 5.6.12 build 4507 · 2007-12-13
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed POLYLINE vertex points omitted when curve-fit tangent flag set |
LinkCAD 5.6.11 build 4506 · 2007-12-06
| Enhancement | License: Added non-transferrable file based host license |
| Enhancement | Tools: Added Text entities to "Convert to Outline" tool |
| Enhancement | Added option to specify arc resolutions in dots per inch (DPI) |
LinkCAD 5.6.10 build 4503 · 2007-10-05
| Enhancement | Tools: Enhanced boolean operations on files |
LinkCAD 5.6.9 build 4502 · 2007-08-08
| Enhancement | RS-274X Export: Performance improvements |
| Fix | Newly created layers no longer hidden |
| Fix | Viewer: Fixed display of concave polygons with more than 16k vertices |
LinkCAD 5.6.8 build 4500 · 2007-08-04
| Enhancement | PostScript Export: No longer exporting white layers as black |
| Fix | CIF Import: Fixed crash when importing entity without defined layer |
| Fix | Tools: Fixed crash when performing boolean operations on files without selecting a file |
| Enhancement | Added option to hide / show unused layers |
| Fix | Gerber RS-274X Import: Fixed step & repeat when importing multiple Gerber files |
| Enhancement | Gerber RS-274X Import: Improved layer naming and removing temporary layers |
LinkCAD 5.6.7 build 4496 · 2007-06-02
| Enhancement | IE3D Export: Added support for IE3D version 11 and 12 |
| Enhancement | Tools: Improved tool to perform Boolean operations between files |
| Enhancement | GDSII, RS-274X Export: Reverted to winding rule when splitting polygons with holes |
| Fix | Tools: Fixed invalid line ends generated when flattening |
LinkCAD 5.6.6 build 4495 · 2007-05-15
| Enhancement | Tools: Added tool to perform boolean operations on files |
LinkCAD 5.6.5 build 4491 · 2007-05-03
| Fix | RS-274X Import: Fixed sporadic parsing errors after loading external aperture lists |
LinkCAD 5.6.4 build 4487 · 2007-04-06
| Enhancement | GDSII, RS-274X Export: Using even-odd rule when splitting polygons with holes |
LinkCAD 5.6.3 build 4485 · 2007-03-14
| Fix | RS-274X Import: Correct layer polarities when importing multiple files |
| Fix | GDSII Import: Fixed hidden layers when using data-types |
LinkCAD 5.6.2 build 4484 · 2007-01-12
| Enhancement | ACIS SAT & DXF Import: Improved handling of spline data in REGION entities |
LinkCAD 5.6.1 build 4482 · 2006-12-07
| Fix | Tools: Fixed layer selection tool incorrectly selecting pattern elements |
| Enhancement | CIF Import: Added support for CleWin 3.1 layer comments |
| Enhancement | Modla Export: Only exporting convex polygons |
| Enhancement | Modla Export: Added layer name after body type |
| Enhancement | Tools: Displaying layer color in layer selection dialogs |
| Enhancement | Unused layers are no longer hidden |
| Enhancement | CIF Export: Storing layer color when exporting to CleWin |
| Fix | GDSII Export: Datatype of text record was incorrectly set to layer number |
LinkCAD 5.6.0 build 4478 · 2006-11-09
| Enhancement | Added support for Windows Vista |
| Enhancement | Modla Export: Improved Modla support |
LinkCAD 5.6.0 build 4477 · 2006-10-31
| Enhancement | Storing last import and export folder separately |
| Fix | Fixed drawing bug in filled, round-ended polylines |
| Enhancement | GDSII Export: Don't produce text output with overlapping polygons |
| Fix | Tools: Fixed potential endless loop while merging / using tools |
| Enhancement | IE3D Import: Added support for IE3D 11.1 |
| Fix | Export: Fixed calculation of facets when exporting donuts |
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed MTEXT rotation when negative extrusion vector used |
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed potential self-intersections in variable-width polylines |
| Fix | Tools: Corrected problem when de-embedding polygons with sliced holes |
| Fix | GUI: Corrected nesting level display button |
| Fix | GUI: Corrected crash when using expired support license |
| Enhancement | Conversion: Added option (under Tools > Options... > Conversion) to keep unresolved references |
LinkCAD 5.5.38 build 4454 · 2006-08-09
| Enhancement | RS-274X Import: Allowing more digits than specified by coordinate format |
LinkCAD 5.5.37 build 4453 · 2006-08-01
| Enhancement | RS-274X Export: Export polygons with holes as sliced simple polygons |
| Enhancement | Tools: Added option to create holes as sliced simple polygons |
| Enhancement | Tools: Reduced memory consumption for Tools and improved speed |
| Fix | Fixed random crash in open file dialog caused by Adobe Acrobat 7 on Windows XP SP2 |
| Fix | ACIS Import: Only creating one layer per layer z-value |
| Fix | GUI: Various layer list improvements |
| Enhancement | CIF Export: Limiting polygon size to 8192 vertices when exporting to CleWin |
| Enhancement | RS-274D Import: Added support for Epac aperture lists |
| Fix | RS-274D Import: Fixed parsing of short external aperture lists |
| Enhancement | GDSII Export: Added option to scale drawing by user-defined factor |
| Fix | GDSII Import: Improved display of SREFs with absolute scaling/rotation |
| Fix | RS-274X Import: Fixed crash when parsing invalid aperture macro |
| Fix | GDS-TXT Export: Corrected TEXTTYPE record for TEXT entities |
| Fix | Text entities: Fixed positioning of centered text entities |
| Fix | Tools: Displaying newly created layers after layer operations |
| Fix | CIF Import: Added support for CleWin 3.x style layer comments |
| Enhancement | Tools: Added tool to apply selection mask to pattern layer |
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed variable width polyline to outline conversion |
| Fix | RS-274X Import: Empty layers no longer shown in layer list |
| Fix | GDSII Export: Fixed potential gap when exporting donuts |
| Enhancement | Modla Export: Added MODLA file format to Simulation option |
| Enhancement | Tools: Up to six time faster merge & boolean operations |
LinkCAD 5.5.30 build 4428 · 2005-11-30
| Enhancement | DXF Import: Improved import of closed variable-width polylines |
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed potential problem when reading variable-width polylines |
| Fix | Tools: Fixed sporadic program crash when merging overlapping polygons |
| Fix | GDSII Import: Fixed bug introduced in LinkCAD version 5.5.19 where imported paths are always flat ended (GDSII type 0) |
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed problem where Splines with rounding errors in knot vector were not imported correctly |
| Fix | Tools: Fixed problem when using boolean operations / conversion to outline on closed paths |
LinkCAD 5.5.29 build 4427 · 2005-11-28
| Fix | Fixed sporadic program error due to bug in Windows Service Pack 1 and 2 |
LinkCAD 5.5.28 build 4426 · 2005-11-18
| Enhancement | Tools: Added polygon de-embedding tool in batch mode |
LinkCAD 5.5.27 build 4425 · 2005-11-16
| Fix | Fixed dependency on MSVCP71.dll |
LinkCAD 5.5.26 build 4421 · 2005-11-09
| Fix | Licensing: fixed expiration warning when using network license |
LinkCAD 5.5.24 build 4419 · 2005-11-03
| Enhancement | GSD-TXT: Removed polygon vertex limitation |
| Fix | Tools: Fixed grayed out Next button after layer operations |
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed mirroring of ellipses with negative extrusion factor |
LinkCAD 5.5.23 build 4405 · 2005-07-28
| Fix | Boolean operations: Fixed potential problems with re-entrant polygons |
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed potential problem when reading variable-width polylines |
LinkCAD 5.5.22 build 4404 · 2005-07-08
| Fix | RS-274X Export: Fixed crash when exporting layer with name shorter than four letters |
LinkCAD 5.5.21 build 4403 · 2005-06-28
| Fix | Tools: Fixed potential problem in "Convert Quasi-Circles to Circles" tool |
LinkCAD 5.5.20 build 4402 · 2005-06-23
| Enhancement | GDSII Import: Allowing multiple XY records in boundary records (extends GDSII vertex limit beyond 8191 vertices) |
| Enhancement | Tools: Improved "subtract overlapping polygons" algorithm and renamed to "de-embed polygons" |
LinkCAD 5.5.19 build 4401 · 2005-05-23
| Enhancement | GDSII Export: Added option to default data type to layer number |
| Enhancement | Tools: Improved boolean operations on layers |
| Fix | GDSII Export: Fixed problem when splitting polygons containing holes |
| Enhancement | Removed limit of 32768 vertices per polygon |
LinkCAD 5.5.18 build 4400 · 2005-04-30
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed potential problem when reading variable width polylines |
| Fix | GDSII Export: Fixed potential problem when splitting large polygons |
LinkCAD 5.5.17 build 4398 · 2005-02-26
| Fix | Tools: Fixed potential problem with boolean operations |
LinkCAD 5.5.16 build 4395 · 2005-02-23
| Enhancement | Tools: Major speed improvements to all boolean operations |
| Enhancement | Tools: Increased number of polygons per boolean operation to 4 million |
| Enhancement | Faster logging of error messages |
| Fix | Fixed progress bar when reading files larger than 20 MBytes |
| Enhancement | Faster resolving of cell references |
LinkCAD 5.5.15 build 4394 · 2004-12-24
| Fix | DXF Import: Improved handling of rounding errors in polylines |
| Fix | Edit: Improved entity selection |
LinkCAD 5.5.14 build 4393 · 2004-11-25
| Fix | CIF Import: Correctly reading old-style layer comments in CleWin generated files |
| Enhancement | RS-274X Import: Added multiple file import |
LinkCAD 5.5.13 build 4392 · 2004-11-09
| Fix | Fixed crash when Viewer license missing / expired |
| Fix | Command line: Fixed crash when hiding all dialogs and now main cell detected |
LinkCAD 5.5.12 build 4388 · 2004-11-06
| Fix | Command line: Fixed bug when automatically applying layer map |
LinkCAD 5.5.11 build 4387 · 2004-11-05
| Enhancement | Edit: Added "Clear" command to delete selected entities |
| Enhancement | Edit: Added lasso (identifying window) to select entities |
LinkCAD 5.5.10 build 4385 · 2004-11-04
| Fix | Fixed disabled Next button after upgrading |
| Fix | Command line: Top cell selected by LcSelectTopCell option correctly enabled |
| Fix | Command line: Layer map correctly applied after changing top cell |
LinkCAD 5.5.9 build 4384 · 2004-11-02
| Enhancement | Tools: Added layer property window in Viewer |
LinkCAD 5.5.8 build 4383 · 2004-11-01
| Enhancement | GDSII / CIF Export: Improved polygon splitting algorithm |
LinkCAD 5.5.7 build 4382 · 2004-10-24
| Enhancement | Tools: Added selection of top cell to batch and command line modes (see LcSelectTopCell option) |
| Enhancement | Tools: Added right-click command to create new layers |
LinkCAD 5.5.6 build 4381 · 2004-10-13
| Fix | Text entities: Fixed horizontal / vertical alignement |
LinkCAD 5.5.5 build 4380 · 2004-10-12
| Enhancement | Tools: Added layer map support to batch conversion and to command line modes (see LcApplyLayerMap option) |
| Fix | RS-274X Import: Fixed rotated outline-type aperture macros |
LinkCAD 5.5.4 build 4378 · 2004-10-03
| Enhancement | Tools: Added right-click commands to layer list (merge layers) |
LinkCAD 5.5.3 build 4376 · 2004-09-25
| Fix | Sonnet Export: Fixed location of nexted entities |
LinkCAD 5.5.2 build 4375 · 2004-09-27
| Enhancement | GDSII / GDS-TXT: Added data type support |
| Fix | Fixed default file extension when saving |
| Fix | Sonnet Export: Fixed direction y-coordinates |
LinkCAD 5.5.1 build 4369 · 2004-09-14
| Enhancement | Sonnet Export: Added Sonnet Project file support |
LinkCAD 5.5.0 build 4368 · 2004-09-03
| Enhancement | Edit: Added basic editing capabilities |
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed support for AutoCAD 2004 REGION entities |
LinkCAD 5.4.6 build 4365 · 2004-07-30
| Enhancement | Quasi-circle to circle conversion tool: Removed quirement for convex polygons |
| Fix | Compass Layout Input: Fixed potential crash when reading invalid file |
LinkCAD 5.4.5 build 4364 · 2004-07-21
| Fix | RS-274X Import: Fixed loading of external RS-274D aperture files |
| Enhancement | RS-274X Import: Added support for Cadstar aperture lists |
LinkCAD 5.4.4 build 4363 · 2004-07-08
| Fix | PostScript Import: LinkCAD on Windows 95/98/Me produces error when reading PostScript file |
LinkCAD 5.4.3 build 4362 · 2004-07-07
| Fix | GDSII Import: Ingoring invalid flags set by buggy GDSII software |
LinkCAD 5.4.2 build 4361 · 2004-07-02
| Enhancement | Layer map: Allowing duplicate layer names after applying map |
| Fix | ACIS SAT Import: Fixed circular entities in SAT files |
LinkCAD 5.4.1 build 4358 · 2004-06-04
| Enhancement | ACIS SAT Import: Added experimental ACIS SAT import |
LinkCAD 5.4.0 build 4357 · 2004-05-26
| Enhancement | DXF Export: Added REGION entity support |
LinkCAD 5.3.6 build 4356 · 2004-05-25
| Fix | DXF Export: Last vertex of square-extended wires missing |
| Enhancement | DXF Export: Added experimental REGION entity support |
LinkCAD 5.3.5 build 4355 · 2004-05-21
| Enhancement | Raster Import: Added option to control merging of horizontally adjacent pixels |
| Fix | Fixed unable to change settings contained in group boxes with check box |
LinkCAD 5.3.4 build 4354 · 2004-04-26
| Fix | RS-274X Import: Fixed potential crash |
| Enhancement | Command line / file: "LcSkipSteps" option allows disabling progress dialogs |
LinkCAD 5.3.3 build 4353 · 2004-04-23
| Fix | Fixed compatibility with Windows 95 and NT4 |
| Enhancement | Text: Added option to use square-ended strokes when drawing characters (Options Menu > Fonts) |
LinkCAD 5.3.2 build 4352 · 2004-04-22
| Fix | Viewer: fixed "ghost" image displayed when rendering |
| Fix | Viewer: fixed cursor icons on non-Windows XP systems |
LinkCAD 5.3.1 build 4351 · 2004-04-15
| Enhancement | Viewer: Improved memory managment when displaying large concave polygons |
| Enhancement | Viewer / Tools: Improved speed when Viewer and Tools active at the same time |
LinkCAD 5.3.0 build 4350 · 2004-04-13
| Enhancement | Added raster image (bitmap) import |
| Fix | Fixed possible crash when closing drawing while rendering in progress |
LinkCAD 5.2.8 build 4349 · 2004-03-30
| Enhancement | IE3D Export: Added support for XML-based GEO format (IE3D 10.10) |
LinkCAD 5.2.7 build 4348 · 2004-03-23
| Fix | GDSII Import: Fixed handling of strings with invalid data-count (appended null-character) |
LinkCAD 5.2.6 build 4347 · 2004-03-19
| Enhancement | RS-274X Import: Added EIA / EBCDIC encoding support |
| Enhancement | RS-274X Import: Auto-detecting encoding and end-of-block / parameter delimiter characters |
| Fix | Fixed "component" label in layer map |
| Fix | Tools: Fixed possible endless loop in "Repair open polygons" tool |
LinkCAD 5.2.5 build 4345 · 2004-03-18
| Fix | Viewer: Fixed flashing in Viewer if fast fill mode enabled and drawing contains text |
LinkCAD 5.2.4 build 4344 · 2004-03-16
| Fix | Tools: Fixed possible endless loop in "Join adjacent wires" tool |
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed import of elliptic curves in REGIONs |
| Fix | RS-274X Import: Fixed handling of layer polarity |
LinkCAD 5.2.3 build 4342 · 2004-03-15
| Enhancement | RS-274X Import: Added option to subtract clear-field layers from dark-field layers |
| Fix | RS-274X Import: Aperture macros are now placed on the correct layer |
LinkCAD 5.2.2 build 4341 · 2004-03-11
| Enhancement | IE3D Import: Added support for XML-based IE3D files |
| Fix | RS-274X Export: Fixed crash when layer name with less than four characters encountered |
| Enhancement | Tools: Added new tool to join adjacent wires |
LinkCAD 5.2.1 build 4340 · 2004-03-09
| Enhancement | RS-274X Import: Added support for aperture macros (AM) |
| Enhancement | RS-274X Import: Allowing multiple G/D/M-codes per block |
| Enhancement | IE3D Impot / Export: Added support for new units in IE3D version 10.05 |
| Fix | RS-274X Import: Correctly handles M02 (program end) command |
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed text transformations |
LinkCAD 5.2.0 build 4339 · 2004-03-02
| Enhancement | Tools: Added "tools" commands to batch conversions |
LinkCAD 5.1.24 build 4338 · 2004-02-27
| Enhancement | Tools: Improved speed of wire-to-outline tool (also speeds up PostScript import) |
| Fix | Tools: Fixed bug in boolean operations on polygons |
| Fix | PostScript Import: Corrected handling of "closepath" operator |
LinkCAD 5.1.23 build 4337 · 2004-02-18
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed ignored full circles / curves in REGIONs |
LinkCAD 5.1.22 build 4336 · 2004-02-16
| Fix | DXF Import: Ellipse curves in REGIONs result in invalid vertices |
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed shifted UCS on entities with negative extrusion direction |
LinkCAD 5.1.21 build 4335 · 2004-02-11
| Fix | DXF Import: REGIONs entities shifted by constant offset |
| Fix | Fixed compatibility with Windows 2003 (Advanced) Server |
LinkCAD 5.1.20 build 4334 · 2004-01-20
| Fix | PostScript Export: Text rendered at wrong size |
LinkCAD 5.1.19 build 4333 · 2004-01-19
| Enhancement | DXF Import: Added support for elliptic / circular arcs in REGIONs |
LinkCAD 5.1.18 build 4331 · 2004-01-18
| Fix | Tools: Fixed bug in polygon operations |
| Enhancement | Viewer: Improved behavior in the presence of integer overlows |
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed parallel line segments in variable-width polylines resulting in invalid vertices |
LinkCAD 5.1.17 build 4330 · 2004-01-17
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed parallel line segments in variable-width polylines resulting in invalid vertices |
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed self-intersecting polygons created from polylines with arcs |
| Fix | Tools: Fixed several bugs in polygon operations |
| Enhancement | Exploded wires never create self-intersecting polygons |
LinkCAD 5.1.16 build 4329 · 2004-01-08
| Fix | Fixed last path in font path list being ignored |
| Fix | Fixed text with formatting containing invalid "?" characters |
| Fix | DXF Import: Fixed rare bug in SPLINE to polygon conversion |
LinkCAD 5.1.15 build 4328 · 2003-12-23
| Enhancement | Tools: Added boolean operations on layers |
| Enhancement | DXF Import: Added support for polygonial REGION entities |
LinkCAD 5.1.14 build 4327 · 2003-12-23
| Fix | DXF Import / Export: Correctly decode / encode strings with escaped characters |
LinkCAD 5.1.13 build 4326 · 2003-12-16
| Fix | Fixed slow startup on some computers |
LinkCAD 5.1.12 build 4325 · 2003-12-11
| Fix | IE3D Import: Fixed comment line parameter in GEO 9.0 files |
LinkCAD 5.1.11 build 4324 · 2003-12-04
| Fix | Disabling viewer if OpenGL driver fails |
LinkCAD 5.1.10 build 4321 · 2003-12-04
| Fix | Tools: Fixed attachment when linking holes to outer polygon |
LinkCAD 5.1.9 build 4320 · 2003-12-03
| Enhancement | Tools: Up to 400 times faster polygon operations (merge, ...) |
| Fix | RS-274X Import: Accepting white space in Gerber files |
| Fix | Tools: Fixed crash when merging |
LinkCAD 5.1.8 build 4319 · 2003-11-28
| Fix | Fixed crash when changing top cell in cell tree |
| Fix | Cell tree: top cell icon not visible if not a root of cell tree |
| Fix | RS-274X Export: Step & Repeat option inverted |
| Fix | Tools: "Explode Child Cells" command deleted data when applied to an array reference |
LinkCAD 5.1.7 build 4317 · 2003-11-13
| Fix | PostScript Import: Fixed potential crash when importing PS files |
| Fix | RS-274X Import: Circular apertures no longer imported as donuts w/o hole but as circles |
| Enhancement | Convert to Outline Tool: Treating donuts w/o hole as circles |
LinkCAD 5.1.6 build 4313 · 2003-10-17
| Enhancement | RS-274X Import: Layer polarity parameters (LPC/LPD) put objects on clear / dark field layer |
| Enhancement | Tools: Added support for donuts to Convert to Outline tool |
LinkCAD 5.1.5 build 4312 · 2003-10-17
| Fix | Tools: Improved stability of boolean polygon operations |
| Enhancement | Tools: Enabled experimental tool to perform XOR polygons |
| Enhancement | Tools: Enhanced "Explode to Outlines" tool and added option to explode circles |
LinkCAD 5.1.4 build 4311 · 2003-10-14
| Fix | PostScript Import: Fixed possible crash when treating white areas as holes |
LinkCAD 5.1.3 build 4309 · 2003-10-07
| Fix | Viewer: Fixed crash when increasing window size during rendering |
| Fix | Batch conversion: allow skipping file selection dialog when running from command line |
| Fix | PostScript Export: Fixed page size not calculated correctly when running from command line |
LinkCAD 5.1.2 build 4307 · 2003-09-26
| Fix | PostScript Import: Fixed filled holes in compound paths (eg. letter "O") |
| Fix | Fixed Invalid lines when rendering some characters (e.g. 'µ') in default SHX font |
| Enhancement | RS-274X Import: Extended maximum number of coordinate decimal places to 7 digits |
| Enhancement | Font option changes take effect immediately (previously required exiting LinkCAD) |
| Fix | PostScript Import: Fixed arc precision settings ignored when using absolute units |
LinkCAD 5.1.1 build 4306 · 2003-09-25
| Fix | Fixed error "The LINKCAD.EXE file is linked to missing export KERNEL32.DLL:GetFileSizeEx" |
| Enhancement | PostScript Import: Added support for binary DOS EPS files |
LinkCAD 5.1.0 build 4303 · 2003-08-30
| Enhancement | PostScript Import: Improved import of PostScript files |
| Enhancement | RS-274X Export: Changed units selection command in Excellon drill files |
| Fix | Batch conversion: Fixed crash when reading invalid file |
| Fix | PostScript Import: Fixed ignored data in files containing binary data |
| Fix | PostScript Import: Fixed scaling errors when reading AutoCAD generated PostScript files |
| Fix | Adapting number of vertices of exploded NURBS / splines to enclosed angle |
LinkCAD 5.0.9 build 4298 · 2003-08-13
| Fix | Fixed potential crash when using batch mode |
LinkCAD 5.0.8 build 4297 · 2003-08-13
| Fix | All Exports: Fixed vertical shifting of text strings containing certain characters |
| Fix | All Exports: Fixed vertical alignement of text strings with attachment point at baseline |
LinkCAD 5.0.7 build 4296 · 2003-08-11
| Fix | RS-274X Export: Fixed wrong displacement when using circular interpolation |
LinkCAD 5.0.6 build 4295 · 2003-08-08
| Fix | Fixed TXT default font rendered at random size |
| Enhancement | PostScript Import: Added support for mirrored text |
| Enhancement | PostScript Import: Added option to ignore clipping path |
LinkCAD 5.0.5 build 4294 · 2003-08-07
| Fix | Fixed crash when using default font other than TXT |
| Fix | Fixed invalid lines when rendering SHX fonts |
| Fix | PostScript Import: PostScript font names no longer ignored |
LinkCAD 5.0.4 build 4291 · 2003-07-30
| Enhancement | RS-274X Import: allowing format code "N" for no zero omission in coordinates |
| Enhancement | RS-274X Export: Added support for exporting Excellon drill files |
| Fix | DXF Export: Trailing zeros of coordinates truncated when using 1 DXF unit = 1 nm |
| Fix | DXF Import: Invalid vertices generated for variable-width polylines containing arcs |
| Fix | RS-274X Export: Polygon filling not working when square aperture flashing enabled |
| Fix | Fixed crash when default font is not set to "TXT" |
| Fix | Fixed additional installed fonts being ignored |
| Fix | Viewer: fixed drawing errors when displaying empty file |
LinkCAD 5.0.3 build 4290 · 2003-07-15
| Fix | Tools: Improvements to "Merge overlapping polygons" command |
LinkCAD 5.0.2 build 4289 · 2003-07-15
| Fix | DXF Import: fixed rare bug when converting variable-width polylines |
| removal | DXF Import: restored pre 4.9.8 algorithm for conversion of variable-width polylines |
LinkCAD 5.0.1 build 4288 · 2003-07-07
| removal | Tools: Removed accidentially included beta version of "Subtract overlapping polygons" from tools menu |
LinkCAD 5.0.0 build 4284 · 2003-07-04
| Enhancement | Tools: Added "Merge overlapping polygons" command |
| Enhancement | DXF Export: improved text transformations (mirroring, rotation) for MTEXT entities |
| Enhancement | DXF Import: improved text transformations (mirroring, rotation) for MTEXT entities |
| Enhancement | Tools: added right-click menu to cell structure tree to flatten selected cell and sub-cells |
| Enhancement | User Interface: renamed "toggle outline" to "fill" |
| Enhancement | User Interface: moved items from "Tools" > "Modify..." directly under "Tools" |
| Enhancement | Viewer: object contours are also visible in filled drawing mode |
| Enhancement | Gerber / RS-274X Import: undefined apertures are treated as zero-width lines |
| Fix | Fixed wrong initial line segment for text entities |
| removal | GDSII / GDS-TXT Export: removed DB units option (defaulting to 1nm) |
LinkCAD 4.9.12 build 4280 · 2003-04-17
| Fix | RS-274X Export: fixed number of digits exceeding maximum specified by coordinate format |
LinkCAD 4.9.11 build 4279 · 2003-04-15
| Enhancement | Speed improvements to polygon library. |
LinkCAD 4.9.10 build 4278 · 2003-04-08
| Fix | IE3D Import: fixed problems introduced by case 438 in version 4.9.9.4274 |
LinkCAD 4.9.9 build 4274 · 2003-04-07
| Fix | Fixed large memory consumption during polygon operations. |
| Enhancement | IE3D Import: fixed errors reported when IE3D file has been line-wrapped |
LinkCAD 4.9.8 build 4273 · 2003-04-04
| Fix | DXF Import: Improved polyline to outline conversion for segments shorter than line width |
LinkCAD 4.9.7 build 4268 · 2003-03-05
| Fix | DXF Import: fixed ignored Vertices of subclass "AcDb3dPolylineVertex" |
| Fix | DXF Import: fixed mirrored DONUTs being exploded to polywires |
| Fix | DXF Import: fixed Paper Space entities being wrongly added to Model Space |
LinkCAD 4.9.6 build 4266 · 2003-02-14
| Enhancement | Tools: Improved XOR tool |
LinkCAD 4.9.5 build 4264 · 2003-02-13
| Enhancement | Postscript Import: added partial clipping support. |
LinkCAD 4.9.4 build 4262 · 2003-02-06
| Enhancement | PostScript Import: improved conversion of curves |
LinkCAD 4.9.3 build · 2003-01-21
| Fix | DXF Export: fixed inverted option to export round-ended wires as flat/flat-extended. |
LinkCAD 4.9.2 build · 2003-01-17
| Fix | Export: fixed Text labels in wrong y-location |
LinkCAD 4.9.1 build · 2002-12-20
| Enhancement | New: added ANSYS ANF export option |
LinkCAD 4.9.0 build · 2002-12-10
| Enhancement | New: added PostScript import using pstoedit |
LinkCAD 4.8.13 build · 2002-11-27
| Enhancement | IE3D: the units of z-value column in the layer list now follows the selected IE3D export units. |
| Enhancement | IE3D export: added automatic sequential numbering of z-values |
LinkCAD 4.8.12 build · 2002-11-25
| Fix | DXF import: fixed missing endpoint in SPLINE to polyline conversion |
| Fix | RS-274X import: fixed invalid "Unclosed cell definition" when Step & Repeat encountered |
| Fix | RS-274X import: fixed ignored circular interpolation for full circles |
LinkCAD 4.8.11 build · 2002-11-21
| Fix | Fixed crash when invalid TEXT alignment flag encountered |
| Enhancement | Re-added support for IE3D Version 9.0 |
LinkCAD 4.8.10 build · 2002-11-18
| Fix | Fixed transformations of flattened boxes in CIF export |
| Fix | Added warning if export format does not support absolute scaling / rotation |
LinkCAD 4.8.9 build · 2002-11-17
| Fix | Fixed RS-274X Step & Repeat |
| removal | Temporarely removed IE3D 9.0 export (needs futher work) |
LinkCAD 4.8.8 build · 2002-11-15
| Fix | Fixed CPU detection crash |
| Enhancement | Added dummy aperture for RS-274X polygon area fill command (G36) to work around bug in CG-Preview |
| Enhancement | Added RS-274X Step & Repeat support to Gerber input |
| Fix | Skipping aperture D51 when exporting to RS-274X |
| Enhancement | Added RS-274X Step & Repeat support to Gerber output |
| Fix | Fixed AutoCAD crash when opening layer editor on DXF 14/2000 file |
| Fix | Fixed disabled Copy & Paste in LinkCAD generated DXF 2000 files |
| Fix | Fixed crash in TLC import when referenced cell not found |
| Fix | Fixed invalid header record in generated TLC output |
| Fix | Fixed IE3D export of files containing array references |
| Enhancement | Added support for IE3D Version 9.0 |
LinkCAD 4.8.7 build · 2002-10-24
| Enhancement | Added option to set LASI user units in export (defaults to 100 uu/micron) |
| Fix | Scaling error in TLC import |
| Fix | Variable polyline width support in DXF import |
| removal | Detection of RegMon & FileMon |
LinkCAD 4.8.6 build · 2002-10-16
| Fix | Rendering of filled concave polygons with high detail level |
LinkCAD 4.8.5 build · 2002-10-16
| Enhancement | Added support for Mentor Graphics ICLINK layer comments |
| Enhancement | Major Viewer speed improvements in hardware accelerated mode |
| Enhancement | Print white layers white in PostScript black & white export mode |
| Fix | Network license files with uppercase names not recognized |
| Fix | Removed redundant extensions on LASI files |
LinkCAD 4.8.4 build · 2002-08-25
| Fix | Missing column header icons in layer map |
LinkCAD 4.8.3 build · 2002-08-20
| Enhancement | Subnet based network licenses |
LinkCAD 4.8.2 build · 2002-08-15
| Enhancement | New: layer ordering |
| Enhancement | Improved: display of filled round-ended wires in Viewer |
| Fix | Round-ended wires are incorrectly displayed in Viewer outline mode |
| Fix | Viewer displays array elements of large arrays displaced |
| Fix | Polylines with only two vertices not displayed in Viewer |
| Fix | Repaired polylines may not display correctly in filled display mode |
| Fix | Crash when splash screen disabled & license expired |
| Fix | Crash when reading DXF file containing strings with back-slashes |
| Fix | DXF constant width polyline considered non-constant if start-width of final vertex non-constant |
| Fix | PostScript export correctly specifies page numbers |
LinkCAD 4.8.1 build · 2001-07-01
| comment | Not released |
LinkCAD 4.8.0 build · 2002-06-20
| Enhancement | Protel aperture file support |
LinkCAD 4.7.6 build · 2002-06-14
| Enhancement | Easier column/row spacing specification extension to GDS-TXT AREF. |
| Fix | Display of small objects |
LinkCAD 4.7.5 build · 2002-06-13
| Fix | Backspace editing on layer names |
LinkCAD 4.7.4 build · 2002-06-04
| Fix | Improved drawing of large arrays |
LinkCAD 4.7.3 build · 2002-05-22
| Fix | Command file support |
LinkCAD 4.7.2 build · 2002-05-08
| Enhancement | Defaulting to detailed file view in file dialog boxes |
| Enhancement | Automatically adding loaded file's layer to empty layer map |
| Enhancement | Detection of accuracy loss in imported DXF files |
| Enhancement | Remembers last used layer map directory |
| Fix | Display of concave polygons |
| Fix | Crash when importing empty file |
LinkCAD 4.7.1 build · 2002-05-03
| Fix | Crash when reading GDSII files with font type 3 records |
| Enhancement | Made color selectors single-clickable |
| Enhancement | Improvements to layer map editor |
LinkCAD 4.7.0 build · 2002-05-02
| Enhancement | Layer map file support |
LinkCAD 4.6.14 build · 2002-04-25
| Enhancement | LinkCAD View speed improvements |
| Enhancement | CIF "94" text extension |
| Fix | Missing CIF cell name export |
| Fix | Crash when importing CIF text with more than 24 characters |
LinkCAD 4.6.13 build · 2002-04-15
| Fix | CPU detection crash |
LinkCAD 4.6.12 build · 2002-04-12
| Fix | Error message when importing Gerber files with polygon fills & arcs |
LinkCAD 4.6.11 build · 2002-04-12
| Fix | Modification to installation |
LinkCAD 4.6.10 build · 2002-04-11
| Enhancement | Speed of "Tools" |
| Fix | Spurious crashes after entering registration code |
| Fix | Only converting convex quasi-circles |
| Fix | Crash when converting convex quasi-circles |
| Fix | Workaround for compiler bug resulting in invalid exploded wires |
| Fix | Invalid TEXT record in GDS-TXT output |
LinkCAD 4.6.9 build · 2002-04-10
| Enhancement | Quasi-circle to real circle conversion tool |
LinkCAD 4.6.8 build · 2002-04-03
| Fix | IE3D & TLC export of exploded arcs & donuts |
LinkCAD 4.6.7 build · 2002-04-03
| Fix | GDS-TXT AREF export |
| Fix | GDS-TXT import of BGNSTR/BGNLIB when date/time is missing |
LinkCAD 4.6.6 build 4195 · 2002-04-02
| Fix | Read error for IE3D files with plain wave excitations |
| Fix | Licensing bug in GDS-TXT import |
LinkCAD 4.6.5 build 4190 · 2002-03-21
| Enhancement | Automatically creates valid cell & layer names for all formats |
| Fix | DXF handle warning in TurboCAD |
LinkCAD 4.6.4 build 4189 · 2002-03-21
| Enhancement | Added option to convert wires/paths to polygon outlines |
| removal | "zero-pad" option (always enabled) from GDSII export dialog |
| Fix | Implemented workaround for crash after 30sec on Win95 |
| Fix | Color values in PostScript export |
LinkCAD 4.6.3 build 4185 · 2002-03-02
| Fix | Exporting of wires/paths to IE3D |
| Fix | Splitting of concave polygons |
| Fix | DXF import: fixed angle of wire ends (radial to arc center) |
LinkCAD 4.6.2 build 4181 · 2002-02-12
| Fix | Licensing issue on Windows 95 |
LinkCAD 4.6.1 build 4179 · 2002-02-12
| Enhancement | AutoCAD 2000 DXF output support |
| Enhancement | Real-time panning when middle mouse button pressed |
| Enhancement | Made "zoom selection" command persistent |
| Enhancement | "bulb" button to layer list to turn all layers off/on |
| Enhancement | Mouse wheel zooming |
| Enhancement | Context menu to viewer |
LinkCAD 4.6.0 build 4164 · 2002-01-25
| Enhancement | Better "94" text support to CIF import |
LinkCAD 4.5.5 build · 2002-01-01
| Fix | Invalid BLOCK_RECORD entries when exporting flattened DXF R14 file |
LinkCAD 4.5.4 build 4161 · 2002-12-01
| Fix | Crash when importing empty DXF file |
| Fix | Made batch directory selection case insensitive |
| Fix | Array export to DXF Release 14 |
LinkCAD 4.5.3 build 4159 · 2002-11-01
| Fix | Batch export for Gerber and TLC |
| Fix | OpenGL display on NT 4 with software rendering |
| Fix | DXF mirroring of TRACE & LINE due to negative extrusion direction |
| Fix | CIF scaling/overflow log messages |
| Fix | Added circle support to L-Edit CIF export |
LinkCAD 4.5.2 build 4151 · 2002-10-01
| Fix | AutoCAD invalid handle error when writing polygons as SOLIDS |
| Fix | Removed invalid DXF underflow warnings |
| Fix | Error in 4.5.0 arc to polygon conversion |
LinkCAD 4.5.1 build 4145 · 2002-09-01
| Fix | Crash when license expired |
| Enhancement | Speed of SPLINE parsing |
LinkCAD 4.5.0 build 4131 · 2002-09-01
| Enhancement | Command to display array outlines only |
| Enhancement | DXF SPLINE support |
| Enhancement | Aperture size limit options for Gerber export |
| Enhancement | Tolerance specification for arc to polygon conversion |
| Enhancement | Help button to dialogs |
| Enhancement | Option to export monochrome PostScript files |
| Enhancement | Memory efficiency when reading large polygons. |
| Enhancement | Detecting arcs with non-constant radius |
| Enhancement | Control to limit display nesting level |
| Enhancement | Cancel button to viewer |
| Fix | RS-274X more tolerant with aperture definitions |
| Fix | International language support |
| Fix | Implemented workaround for drawing bug with accelerated ATI cards |
LinkCAD 4.4.16 build · 2002-09-01
| Fix | Keyboard problem on Window with Asian IMEs |
| Fix | Menu selection problem under Windows 9x/Me |
| Fix | DXF output for Word compatibility |
LinkCAD 4.4.14 build 4114 · 2002-09-01
| Fix | Added support for non-standard AREF transformations |
| Fix | Syntax error in GDS-TXT export |
| Fix | Error in Gerber export when exporting closely spaced |
| Fix | Formatting of aperture dimensions in RS-274X export |
LinkCAD 4.4.13 build 4091 · 2002-09-01
| Fix | Minor improvements for Gerber import |
LinkCAD 4.4.12 build 4090 · 2002-09-01
| Enhancement | Gerber import preview |
| Enhancement | Support for backward/upside-down TEXT in DXF |
| Fix | Stroke width of TEXT in GDSII output |
LinkCAD 4.4.11 build · 2002-09-01
| Fix | Donut problem |
LinkCAD 4.4.10 build · 2002-09-01
| Fix | Donut overlapping |
LinkCAD 4.4.9 build 4078 · 2002-09-01
| Enhancement | Polygon triangulation for DXF export |
| Fix | List box selection bug |
LinkCAD 4.4.8 build 4068 · 2002-09-01
| Fix | Lost license problem |
LinkCAD 4.4.7 build 4067 · 2002-09-01
| removal | GDSII user units selection based on DXF grid snap |
| Enhancement | Automatic conversion of '(c)' sign to 'C' if missing in font |
LinkCAD 4.4.6 build 4060 · 2002-08-01
| Fix | Licensing problem |
LinkCAD 4.4.5 build 4055 · 2002-07-01
| Enhancement | Acceleration support for ATI Radeon graphics cards |
| Fix | Filtering invisible (space-only) strings when reading |
| Fix | ENDEL attribute for GDSII text export in split polygons |
| Fix | Toggle button behavior |
| Fix | Win98 out-of-memory error when exporting circles/donuts to |
LinkCAD 4.4.4 build 4050 · 2002-06-01
| Enhancement | Polygon to box conversion when writing CIF |
LinkCAD 4.4.3 build 4029 · 2001-05-17
| Fix | Import of Unigraphics generated DXF files |
LinkCAD 4.4.2 build 4008 · 2001-04-17
| Fix | Drawing bug on Matrox G200 accelerator |
| Fix | Menu bug |
| Fix | AutoCAD 12 bug |
LinkCAD 4.4.1 build 3939 · 2001-04-04
| Fix | Page scroll bug |
| Fix | Filled polygon drawing on Matrix G-series cards |
| Fix | Network license problem |
LinkCAD 4.3.1 build · 2001-03-01
| Enhancement | DXF BYLAYER/BYBLOCK support |
| Enhancement | Accelerator keys |
| Fix | DXF INSERTS with negative-z extrusion direction |
| Fix | Redisplay of broken polylines |
| Fix | Top cell selection problem |
| Fix | Gerber layer export warning problem |
| Fix | ALT-F4 shortcut |
| Fix | Added error check for intersection calculation |
| Fix | Hardware acceleration detection |
LinkCAD 4.3.0 build · 2001-03-01
| Enhancement | Text support |
| Enhancement | Scrollbar speed |
| Enhancement | DXF Release 14 export support |
| Enhancement | Binary DXF export support |
| Fix | Unable to disable top cell in viewer |
LinkCAD 4.2.5 build 3757 · 2001-02-28
| Fix | Crash in polygon repair tool for very large designs |
LinkCAD 4.2.4 build · 2001-02-25
| Fix | Logging |
LinkCAD 4.2.3 build 3733 · 2001-02-23
| Fix | DXF polygon filling using SOLIDs |
LinkCAD 4.2.2 build 3726 · 2001-02-18
| Enhancement | Allow fractional default line widths in Gerber export |
| Enhancement | Remove redundant coordiante data from Gerber file |
| Enhancement | Possibility to select any cell as top cell |
| Enhancement | The loaded file is displayed in LinkCAD's title bar |
| Enhancement | Support for DXF variable-width polylines |
| Fix | Trailing spaces in GDSII structure names are removed to avoid |
| Fix | Zooming to fullscreen after changing top cell |
| Fix | Zero-width straight lines could not be measured using the |
LinkCAD 4.2.1 build 3699 · 2001-02-02
| Fix | Memory allocation bug |
| Fix | Crash in Gerber export |
LinkCAD 4.2.0 build 3614 · 2001-01-30
| Enhancement | GDSII user units are now translated to DXF grid/snap and vice versa |
| Enhancement | Option to explode arrays |
| Enhancement | Conversion of arrays between GDSII and DXF |
| Enhancement | Network licenses for new features |
| Enhancement | Array support to TLC export |
| Fix | Wrong/missing display of "lasso", "rubber band" and object handles |
| Fix | Added active viewport table to DXF output (fixes problem with Volo View) |
| Fix | LinkCAD no longer crashes in out-of-memory situations |
| Fix | Crash when batch converting files containing errors |
| Fix | Incorrect bounding box calculation for wires |
| Fix | DXF import of rotated arrays with |
| Fix | Coordinates of transformed GDSII array references (AREF) |
| Fix | License transfer bug |
| Fix | Windows 98 machine lock-ups |
| Fix | Binary DXF input |
| Fix | CIF array output |
| Fix | Rotations in TLC import |
| Fix | Cell hierarchy calculation for TLC and LY import |
LinkCAD 4.1.0 build 3463 · 2001-01-19
| Enhancement | GDS-TXT input / output |
| Fix | Window placement bug |
| Fix | Menu bug where menus don't stay open after single click |
| Fix | A memory leak produced by OpenGL triangulation |
| Fix | NVIDIA Vanta redraw problem |
| Fix | Menus now stay open after a single-click |
| Fix | Placement bug on small 480 x 640 screens |
LinkCAD 4.0.8 build 3340 · 2002-12-22
| Enhancement | Greatly improved refresh speed |
| Enhancement | Register when exiting About... dialog and user entered a S/N |
| Enhancement | Trial licenses for new features |
| Enhancement | Option to extend CIF layer name length |
| Fix | Redraw problem when scrolling |
| Fix | Partial redraw of drawing with hardware accelleration |
LinkCAD 4.0.7 build 3317 · 2000-12-21
| Fix | License transfer bug |
| Fix | Exit on startup bug |
LinkCAD 4.0.4 build 3301 · 2000-12-11
| Enhancement | Support for DXF "REGIONS" |
| Enhancement | Simplified error messages in DXF import |
| Fix | Repaired, non-convex polygons would not display correctly |
| Fix | Mirroring problem for ARCs when extruded in z = -1 direction (!) |
| Fix | Changed default "BYLAYER" option |
| Fix | Error in menu command |
LinkCAD 3.1.6 build 3384 · 2000-09-29
| Fix | Fixed bulp selection bug |
LinkCAD 3.1.5 build 3266 · 2000-09-19
| Enhancement | Added LinkCAD View |
LinkCAD 3.1.0 build 3169 · 2000-07-31
| Fix | Fixed bug in CIF import (re-initialize) |
| Fix | Improved progress display in batch dialog |
| Fix | Fixed splash screen bug |
LinkCAD 3.1.0 build 3137 · 2000-07-26
| Fix | Fixed crash in batch processing. |
LinkCAD 3.1.0 build 3076 · 2000-07-21
| Fix | Fixed typo on registration |
LinkCAD 3.1.0 build 3063 · 2000-07-20
LinkCAD 3.1.0 build 2557 · 2000-05-16
| Enhancement | LinkCAD is now also available for Sun Solaris (2-5, 2-6, 7 and 8) and for Linux |
| Enhancement | Added batch processing |
| Enhancement | Option to split large GDSII and CIF polygons / wires |
| Enhancement | Added custom units for all import / export dialogs |
| Enhancement | Much faster polygon repairing |
| Enhancement | Added cancel button |
| Enhancement | Improved layer name & number validation |
| Fix | Fixed precision problems in GDSII input / output |
| Fix | Fixed TLC import / export |
| Fix | Various small changes and bug fixes- |
LinkCAD 3.0.1 build 1637 · 2000-03-13
| Fix | Improved stability when reading invalid GDSII files |
| Fix | Modified setup to resolve compatablity issues with Windows 95 |
LinkCAD 3.0.1 build 1627 · 2000-03-11
| Enhancement | Improved WebUpdate |
| Enhancement | Improved setup |
| Fix | Fixed integer overflow bug in DXF output |
LinkCAD 3.0.1 build 1614 · 2000-03-10
| Enhancement | Added cell name validation |
| Enhancement | Improved WebUpdate |
LinkCAD 3.0.1 build 1596 · 2000-03-09
| Enhancement | Improved text handling |
| Fix | Fixed Gerber polygon output |
| Fix | Fixed an installation problem preventing online-help from being displayed |
| comment | LinkCAD 3-0-1 requires new registration keys |