PlansPlus Version Change Log

• 1.0.0, 17 Mar 2004 - Original Release.
• 1.0.1, 24 Mar 2004 - Add special handling for 16 bit GDI platforms.
• 1.0.2, 4 Apr 2004 - Fix resource and memory leakage problems, several minor errors.
• 1.1.0, 2 May 2004
  
  • Improved Export interface.
  • Add ability to scope and size exports.
  • Added PNG export capability.
  • Punch!-style GUI access to plans.
  • Add access to scroll increments.
  • Fix error in foot rounding.
  • Fix error in wall attachment auto-dimensions.
  • Added text buttons for zoom, move and pointer cursor ops
  • Added the dimension multiplier and metric module rounding
  • Added ability to properly dimension wall joinings
• 1.1.1, 5 May 2004 - Fixed error in bmp handling.
• 1.2.0, 31 May 2004
  • Fix error in allowing autofloor to cover other items.
  • Fix error in bookroofs that are turned inside-out.
  • Fix error in text rotation.
• 2.0.0, 20 Jun 2004 - name changed to PlansPlus, measurement software moved to Dimensions in Detail.
• 2.0.1, 20 Jul 2004 - Added GeoDome MicroTool support; fix cursor-mode support.
• 2.0.2, 1 Aug 2004 - 201 release to Punch! for sale as PlansPlus.
• 2.0.3, 10 Aug 2004 - Library maintenance revision.
• 2.0.4, 20 Aug 2004 - added exterior arrow drawing style for small dimensions, correct a system .dll file problem.
• 2.0.5, 10 Oct 2004 - fixed error in font import.
• 2.0.6, 11 Oct 2004 - fixed error in running without Dimensions in Detail loaded, causing zero dimensions. The metric choice in non-DD use was also ignored.
• 2.0.7, 17 Oct 2004 - handle old dimension object "102", found in Pro (4.0x?) plans, and error in handling repeated roof vectors (an old error in Pro).
• 2.1.0, 26 Nov 2004 - compatible with AS4000 pxf 7500. Add suffixes on unsuffixed exports.
• 2.1.1, 12 Dec 2004 - Add object features, such as color, fill, callout status, dimension offset and object naming. Implement an object and point selection mechanism; clean up old misunderstanding in cabinet code.
• 2.1.2, 24 Dec 2004 - Fixed error in handling fireplace object fixed.
• 2.1.3, 3 Jan 2005 - Support for Curved to Fit. Errors in path, property line drawing, in lasso selection.
• 2.1.4, 6 Jan 2005 - Add support fot ctf help file display.
• 2.1.5, 15 Jan 2005 - Several small drawing errors: freeroofs, attachment cacheing, color setting, free wall mitering, w2wdim center vs surface.
• 2.1.6, 11 Feb 2005 - Fix for dreaded Error 2 in W9x applied.
• 2.2.0, 14 Feb 2005 - Upgrade to full version 8 compatibility.
• 2.2.1, 23 Feb 2005 - Add support for the ability to change edge length in Dimensions in Detail, error in DeckSteps.
• 2.2.2, 26 Mar 2005 - add embedment disable, color adjust on walls, autofloor first, hip roof fixed, text placement, shapes sizing. Fixed error in right mouse click selection, in edge selection, and one in data reset.
• 2.2.3, 27 Mar 2005 - Fix errors in total reset, blackbox import for both PlansPlus and PlnatTracks. Printing text sizing error fixed.
• 2.2.4, 3 Apr 2005 - Extended scale selections, error in sensing presence of non-ASCII (Cyrillic, if you must know) characters.
• 2.2.5, 4 Apr 2005 - Bug in plant rendition, error in decksteps, default plant color not carried through, deck callouts covered by fill.
• 2.2.6, 7 Apr 2005 - Added full-drawing set functions for center/surface dimensions, object level autodim and callout settings. Fixed a couple of bugs in visible floors, plan color setting, fixing the interior color, printing text and lines and placing a 5 degree limit on embedment attempts.
• 2.2.7, 27 Apr 2005 - Externalize the walls after changing the center/surface, autodims and callouts, so that Punch! gets them too.
• 2.2.8, 4 May 2005 - Change in PlansPlus/MicroTool interface.
• 2.2.9, 9 May 2005 - importation of .ptm files error.
• 2.2.10, 12 May 2005 - Fix error in selection of 2 point objects, fix door/window color.
• 2.2.11, 2 Jun 2005 - Fix error in spline handles disappearing.
• 2.3.0, 10 Jul 2005 - Add interface for the upcoming Metes and Bounds MicroTool; add user text font setting.
• 2.3.1, 17 Jul 2005 - Fix library errors introduced in 2.3.0, enhance plant selection, add text for stairs and fills.
• 2.3.2, 12 Aug 2005 - Fix bug in determining hit objects, and bug in foundation footer, reverse sense of checks on special
• 2.3.3, 14 Aug 2005 - Add ability to color and fill individual walls.
• 2.3.4, 17 Aug 2005 - detect and ignore data error in stairs; fix door angle = 0 problem.
• 2.3.5, 18 Aug 2005 - fix embeddment parallel check near the grid axes, fix solid circles in dimension arrowhead.
• 2.3.6, 20 Sep 2005 - Fix problem when text font name is empty. Library updates to improve object copying.
• 2.3.7, 17 Oct 2005 - Fix problem in selecting a whole object, a miscolored second attachment, and ignoring floors not shown through.
• 2.3.8, 1 Dec 2005 - Add all-black print option to print dialog. [Need a new print box image for this.]
• 2.4.0, 22 Dec 2005 - Fix Set Zoom dialog; add roof display modes; add version 10.0 compatibility.
• 2.4.1, 30 Dec 2005 - Fix compatibility with GeoDome 1.2.0.
• 2.4.2, 18 Jan 2006 - Add line thickness parameter on printout; fix error in v10 trim handling.
• 2.4.3, 31 Jan 2006 - Error in import library: export and cabinet drop.
• 2.4.4, 5 Feb 2006 - Error in line drawing, and in returning objects to Pu8nch!, and import library error in importing custom windows.
• 2.4.5, 19 Feb 2006 - Drawing error in PlantTracks required a change, fix some object's visibility in foundation/landscape
• 2.4.6, 8 Mar 2006 - Add roof slope arrow setting feature, fix error in PNG generation. Fix Punch!'s showthrough floors kludge.
• 2.4.7, 10 Mar 2006 - Fixed error in print registration marks placement.
• 2.4.8, 21 May 2006 - Several library updates, fixed a few items not showing up in plans (deckstairs, sectional markers). Fixed a bug that was not displaying special object settings after the first handle. Added roof elevation reference, wall thickness setting.
• 2.4.9, 28 May 2006 - Some more library updates, Fixed a problem in handling custom finished doors.
• 2.5.0, 8 Jun 2006 - Error sometimes aborts PlansPlus fixed; fix error in coloring inactive callouts; fix error in improper translation of Punch! precision setup.
• 2.6.0, 4 Aug 2006 - numerous cleanups, here and in the library.
• 2.6.1, 17 Aug 2006 - Pool objects handled incorrectly; caused crash.
• 2.6.2, 30 Aug 2006 - Error fixed in planset import.
• 2.6.3, 14 Sep 2006 - Enhance print dialog; add region command to display print region; fix stairs overdraw error; add Continue item to selection context menu.
• 2.6.4, 10 Oct 2006 - A library change made here which keeps multiple copies of added objects from appearing.
• 3.0.0, 3 Jan 2007 - Syncing up Plansplus with its Microtool plugins; allowing for archive consolidation.
• 3.0.1, 17 Feb 2007 - adding Punch! version 9 as valid; it was used in UK releases.
• 3.0.2, 20 Feb 2007 - ignore center points in splined shapes, fix that cheeky v9.0.
• 3.0.3, 11 Mar 2007 - was not sending wall autodim center, autodim on/off, callout on/off back to Punch!. Fixed.
• 3.0.4, 4 May 2007 - final fix for v9.0 (I hope).
• 3.0.5, 7 July 2007 - library upgrade to fix custom attachments.
• 3.0.6, 16 Sep 2007 - Error causing crash with custom plants fixed.
• 3.1.0, 3 Nov 2007 - Version 12 compatibility, ceilings added.
• 3.1.1, 27 Feb 2008 - Add option to stop spamming dialogs when lots of parts are missing from the plan.
• 3.1.2, 16 Jun 2008 - Fixed: Error in roof hole output can cause corrupted PXF output file.

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