MiniCAD 7.0.1 Fix List

New Features/Additions for 7.0.1

Resolved Issues

The following issues are resolved by MiniCAD 7.0.1. Issues are organized by the prerelease beta which initially addressed the problem.

MiniCAD 7.0.1b2

Smart Points : Help text for datum
In a rendered view with QD3D and LightWorks SuperLite renderer, only objects that are drawn clockwise are recognised by the renderer.
Smart Points dialog key shortcuts revised.
Edge Snaps dialog key shortcuts revised.
Purge Unused Objects - no help text.
Eyedropper does not pick up (or maybe it is put down) arrowhead attributes
Import DXF/DWG sometimes adds vertices to 3d polygons/2d polylines.
Intersect contraint produced long pause when intersecting a spline and an arc.
The vector fills of symbols used their own origin as the hatch origin.
Object info palette has too much gray space between the controls when using small fonts.
Invalid functions in a worksheet would crash under Windows.
Clicking on the polar button of the shape pane segment control modifies the object.
Roofs with holes leak memory during rendering.
New dialog indicates why we don't launch on MC68000 processors.

MiniCAD 7.0.1b3

When changing Units in the test file from Inches to mm to Meters, objects in the drawing become corrupted.
WallFramer does not always handle rotated symbols correctly.
WallFramer sometimes misplaces generated studs when processing a peaked wall with no caps.

MiniCAD 7.0.1b4

In a saved view, 3d elements of the view are always saved and restored.
Application failure with "Unidentified error" immediately following installation under System 7.5.0
Added option to the save sheets dialog to not save the active layer.
Record formats cannot be attached via Resources palette attach dialog.
Rendering using the interactive rendering option produces a C++ runtime error crash
Prev/next view did not work when multiple documents were opened and closed.
Plate stock linear amount was incorrect on Wall Framer Takeoff worksheet.
Inches would not be displayed on Wall Framer Takeoff sheet for feet and inches.
Linear amount frame total was not correct on Wall Framer Wall Info sheet.
Surface area model summary was not correct on Wall Framer Wall Info sheet.
WallFramer does not always handle rotated symbols correctly.
WallFramer sometimes misplaces generated studs when processing a peaked wall with no caps.
WallFramer would sometimes hang when no processable walls were present.
"Fit To Objects" button in view bar did not work in foreign language versions.
Reverse Translate from 7 to 6 broken for most worksheets.
MiniPascal custom dialogs require two buttons minimum to function properly; otherwise they generate a crash.
Polyface meshes in DXF and DWG were not translated correctly.
Initial view in the view stack was not saved properly.
Rotated or scaled hatches do not import correctly when the "try to center drawing" option is selected.

MiniCAD 7.0.1

The PC updater fixes the problem with tools disappearing from Internet Explorer 4.
MiniPascal/Text Import:light source is read as a 3D locus.
GetLightInfo/SetLightInfo do not return or set data.
Under certain conditions rendering objects using QuickDraw 3D MiniCAD crashes.
After clicking OK to a print dialog (printing a 3D linked layer in Final Hidden Line), the render again dialog comes up unnecessarily.
Arcs with large radiuses aren't printed depending on the ratio of the scale and printer resolution.
Reducing the scale of drawings containing large arcs either destroys the drawing or causes MiniCAD to crash after a few more operations.
DXF/DWG imports sometimes had polylines with incorrect points at the origin or a random location.
Rendering in QuickDraw3D produces a totally black screen.
Align Objects OK button is nonfunctional undr Mac OS 8
Lights interfere with document with Use Layer Colors turned on.
Drawing Size dialog sometimes adds extra blank pages for printing when the units are metric.

Revised: 27 October 97