Able Graphic Manager - History log

Able Graphic Manager 2.4

May, 10, 2004

+ "3DLINE" entities have been added.
+ "VIEWPORT" entities have been added.
+ The command line parameter (/printer="PrinterName") has been added. 
    It is used for a choice of the printer. For example: /printer="HP LaserJet 4p"
+ Watermark drawing has been added. See Tools->Options->Common->WaterMark.
+ The choice of a background color was added. 
   See Tools->Options->Common->Background Color.
+ Batch conversion and print on demo-mode have been added.
+ Choice of scale at printing has been added.
+ Change of lineweight has been added.
+ Opportunity to insert a caption when printing an image has been added.
+ "Add folders ..." button in "Batch Process" dialog window has been added.
    It allows to add a folder(s) with files, including subfolders.
+ The opportunity to take lineweight from a file has been added.
+ "Split on a part" parameter in Print dialog window has been added. 
    It allow to split drawing on a part if drawing has more size than printer paper size.
* Display of objects in the frozen layers.
* Width of a PolyLines and LwPolyLines.
* Display of a invisible objects.

Able Graphic Manager 2.3

10/26/2003

+  Converting to WMF and EMF formats has been added.
+  "LEADER" entities have been added.
+  "ATTRIB" entities have been added.
+  Support of the Unicode (multilingual) text has been added. 
+  Item "Use Actual Size" for raster formats (non dxf) has been added. 
    See Tools->Options->Common->Size.
+  Support for JPEG2000: JP2, J2K and JPC code stream formats (JPEG-2000 Part-1 standard, 
    ISO/IEC 15444-1).
+  The command line parameter (/notbar) has been added.
    Use it if not want to display the application in the task bar.
+  The command line parameter (/rot=angle) has been added. 
    Use it for images rotation.
+  Viewing, converting and printing multipage TIFF files. 
    Including a batch mode and work from a command line.
+  The command line parameter (/prn_pn=pagenumber) has been added. 
    Establishes page number for print in the multipage document.
+  The command line parameter (/printer="PrinterName") has been added. 
    It is used for a choice of the printer. For example: /printer="HP LaserJet 4p"
+  Changed parameter that will allow to name the output file on single conversions
    from a command line (/sa=jpg or /sa=proba.jpg).
+  "Selected mode" has been added. For Copy and Crop function.
*  The error at showing splines is corrected.

Able Graphic Manager 2.2

07/15/2003

+  "SPLINE" entities have been added.
+  "POINT" entities have been added.
+  Image processing has been added (Equalize, Contrast, RGB, HSV, HSL, FFT,
    convert to 24 bit, gray and B&W).
+  Effects have been added (Negative, bump map, lens, wave, morph, user filters).
+  Rotate and Flip have been added.

Able Graphic Manager 2.1

05/01/2003

+  Display of the DIMENSION.
+  "Entities Manager" - display management of entities.
*  Rotated scaled circle.
*  Display of diameter, degree and plus - minus symbols.
*  Justification of a MultiLineText.
*  Rotated MultiLineText.

Able Graphic Manager 2.0

02/18/2003

*  Work from a command line has been expanded.
+  The selection of files using a mask (*.*) has been added.
+  The choice of a directory for saving of files has been added.
*  Printing quality of DXF-files have been improved.
+  Image acquisition from TWAIN scanners with full control of the scanner capabilities
    has been added.
+  Support of localization tools for different languages has been added

Able Graphic Manager 1.9

11/15/2002

+  "Ellipse" entities have been added (DXF-files).
+  "Elliptic arc" entities have been added (DXF-files).
+  Batch printing has been added
+  Printing via command line has been added
+  Enhanced command line parameters for PCX and JPG files have been added
+  Setting of color parameter for command line has been added

Able Graphic Manager 1.8

09/10/2002

+  The advanced print options has been added.
+  The opportunity of work in a command line mode has been added.

Able Graphic Manager 1.7.1

07/30/2002

*  Work with files of the big sizes has been improved.

Able Graphic Manager 1.7

06/15/2002

+  Added "Solid" entities (DXF-files).
+  Added "Trace" entities (DXF-files).
+  Added "MultiLine Text" entities (DXF-files).
+  Added "Solid Hatch" entities (DXF-files).
*  The transformation algorithm of the image has been improved at resizing and printing out.
*  Display of fit-justified text has been corrected (DXF-files).
*  Program "Able DXF manager" has been renamed into "Able Graphic Manager".

Able DXF manager 1.6

05/15/2002

+  New input formats (JPG, TIF, PCX, PNG, BMP, TGA, WMF, EMF. PXM, PPM, PGM, PBM...).

Able DXF manager 1.5

04/14/2002

+  Now you can choose any image resolution at saving to a file.
+  Zoom filter (7 items).
+  Extents selection (4 items).
+  The operation with mirror blocks concerning a X-axis.
+  The operation with rotated blocks.

Able DXF manager 1.4

03/10/2002

+  Batch processing has been added.
*  The operations with the scaled blocks have been improved.
*  The operation with mirror blocks concerning a Y-axis has been improved.

Able DXF manager 1.3

02/08/2002 

*  The calculation of drawing sizes has been modified
    (now there is a possibility of view DXF files created not in AutoCAD, and in other programs).
*  The operation with multiple inserted blocks has been improved.
+  New modes of sizes set in "Options" dialog box.
+  3Dface entities are supported now.
+  Associating with *.dxf files.

Able DXF manager 1.2

12/15/2001

*  The mistake "is not a valid floating point value" has been corrected 
    (both separators "." and "," are supported now).
+  Progress bar of file opening is displayed. 
+  Hatch and lwpolylines are supported.

Able DXF manager 1.1

11/02/2001

Polylines are supported.

Able DXF manager 1.0

09/20/2001

First version.