A general update recommended for all users.
Release Notes, version 1.1.2
What’s New?
- A symbol master can now have an initial scaling value assigned which is applied to each symbol instance initially. The Create/Edit Symbol dialog adds an interface to set this. When a symbol is stamped, this value multiplied by the document prescale value is used to set the initial scale value of the symbol. Defaults to 1.0 so there is no difference by default.
- Dragging a symbol from the library manager or palette directly to a mapping layer is now supported.
- Block labels (on symbols and shapes) now support direct arbitrary rotation.
- Labels attached to shapes are preserved when these are converted to symbols. Symbols created get a copy of the same labels. Symbol preview image now includes any such labels.
- Label leader lines are now calculated more intelligently so that user-positioned labels get a sensibly positioned leader line and the same positioning calculation is performed in all label placement modes. This may give very slightly different leader positions for existing maps but should generally be better.
- New menu command will equally space a track's adornment's between the current end points for 3 or more adornments.
- Added preference for toggling whether tools record styles individually or just the last one used for all tools. For this new preference, text tool ignores the current style, though text can accept a style if applied deliberately.
- You can directly remove a style from text objects (Edit > Style > Remove Style) which is necessary when styles are not attached per tool but globally for all tools.
- Object creation tools now show the 'pick up' dropper when the command key is held, so that this functionality is made plain (it has always been there but the cursor didn't change to show it). Also, the Style & Symbols palette responds to any picked up style by selecting the style if possible. This works in either mode, tools having individual styles or a single common style.
- Zoom out tool will now zoom in on an option-click, like the zoom in tool. i.e. +option flips the sense of both tools.
- Option-scrollwheel zooming now can zoom to the mouse location rather than the current centre of the view. This can be turned off in Preferences for previous behaviour.
- Editing of text without ungrouping is now supported.
- Native roundrect shapes with direct setting of corner radius. Old-type roundrects are automatically converted. Object Inspector feature panel for roundrects no longer displayed for round-ended rects.
- Ortelius is now able to open Artboard files (but not vice versa, as Artboard supports only a subset of Ortelius objects).
- Gradient editor enhanced to use custom interface to give finer control over radial type gradients as well as enhanced interface for linear gradients.
Bug Fixes
- Changes to label geometry or content now correctly update the host object's geometry if needed. This fixes a minor drawing issue when using the BSP storage option.
- Labels are now drawn as necessary when a symbol is being added/dragged to a layer or track.
- When a symbol is dragged on then off a track while being placed by the symbol tool, its angle is now correctly reset.
- When a symbol collection is imported, but the 'Symbol Libraries' folder doesn't exist, it now creates the folder rather than fail without explanation. If it fails for some other reason, such as a permissions error, a more informative alert is now displayed instead of simply beeping.
- Labelled symbols on paths are no longer clipped incorrectly in some circumstances.
- Resolved some conflicting tool keyboard equivalents. [m] is ruler tool, [h] is pan(hand) tool, [u] is cut path tool and polygonal track has no equivalent.
- Category names containing a period (.) can now be selected and displayed in the Styles & Symbols palette.
- Length displayed by ruler tool now correctly honours the 'largest available units' setting.
- Exporting small collections no longer leaves the app hanging with a busy progress indicator.
- Zooming to a specific percentage in the drop down menu now maintains the view's current centre point.
- Setting a dimension arrow stroke to angle, radius or diameter picks up those properties from the underlying object if it supports them. This generally works best with Arcs.
- Cancelling a change to Graph Paper colours when setting each individually now restores the previous settings correctly.
Other Changes
- Cookie Cutter now always creates new paths for affected objects, so all object types may be cut (wedges, regular polys and round rects were not always correctly cut).
- Ruler markers are now updated by guides, and hidden/updated on active layer switch. This makes it easier to precisely position a guide.
- The checkbox for 'Copy Styles' when creating a new symbol was eliminated as confusing to users and not functioning correctly. All styles are always copied when creating a new symbol (as before).
- After editing a track label's text, the label is automatically sized to fit the text. Note that labels do not automatically fit if a referenced attribute is changed that affects text length however.
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