EazyDraw Changelog

What's new in EazyDraw 11.5.3

Mar 26, 2024

EazyDraw 11.5.3 corrects problems with adjusting the width of the Graphic Details Inspector, for the English localization. Other languages did not have the problem.

New in EazyDraw 11.5.2 (Feb 15, 2024)

New in EazyDraw 11.5.1 (Feb 15, 2024)

New in EazyDraw 11.5.0 (Feb 11, 2024)

Photo Drag and Drop with analysis:
This version of EazyDraw add a new feature to assist importing photos and other bitmap graphics. The Help page is complete for this new feature, Photo Drop Help Page . Use drag and drop to add a photo to an existing drawing. When the cursor enters the drawing window a new target element appears at the center of the drawing view. If the cursor remains some distance away from the target, the drag and drop proceeds in the normal fashion, the photo is accepted and is often large and resized to fit by resampling and adjusting with morph or uniform scale handles. Bring the mouse cursor close to the new target to engage then new feature and EazyDraw analyzes the image and the zoom of your current drawing view then prepares an appropriate resampled and resized image. The target has a red-X if the analysis is not complete or if the cursor is away from the target, when the red-X is not showing, lift the mouse button to accept the automatic preparation of the image. Resampling reduces, significantly, the number of pixels used for the inserted image. This helps to keep drawing sizes reasonable. For example a high resolution photo used as a small postage stamp size graphic comes in with millions of pixels, when only a few thousand is adequate.
The new drag and drop target has two adjacent gauges, on the left and right. The one on the right is used to increase of decrease the size of the imported image. Keep in mind the amount of zoom is the primary determinant of import size, higher zoom resulting in smaller final image size. Position the cursor near the size gauge and adjust up and down to tweak the image size. The target shows a minimal preview of approximately the size to expect.
The second gauge indicates the amount of down sampling for the image. EazyDraw uses an optimal (yet cpu time consuming) algorithm to resample, the algorithm decreases the pixels across and down by steps of 2. This decreases pixel count by steps of 4. The target displays the resulting size for resulting image in memory and file storage bytes.
The persistent bitmap image model used by EazyDraw is PNG. PNG is lossless and preserves full image quality. PNG is compressed requiring fewer storage bytes. This is the difference between the Memory value and the PNG values shown on the drop target. Often the incoming image is JPG. JPG compression losses image quality. The full, non-resampled, image shows as JPG and may have fewer storage bytes than the first resampled image, this is normal and EazyDraw uses the JPG representation for storage.
Other Additions and Corrections:
Enhancement of custom arrow support on both the Arrows and Dimension parameter palettes. The enhancement expands the capabilities of the Save custom named arrow action which is found at the bottom of the named arrow-shape popup menu located on the Custom tab of the Arrows parameter palette. Before the save function only applied to the shape of a custom arrow. Now the save named action applies also to standard arrow shapes and includes the adjustable parameters of standard shapes, such as angle, size, color and style. A saved named standard arrow then appears at the top of the main named arrow popup menu, and on the Dimensions popup menu. The new form standard name custom arrow appears and is managed on the Custom popup menu found on the Custom tab of the Arrow parameter palette. The use of this new feature is actually very simple and natural, easier to understand by experiment than this description, simply adjust an arrow as desired, then save it with a name.
Expands the editing area to extend beyond the active drawing area. It now extends off the page or pages of the drawing. Graphics off the drawing page can now be edited and moved, they can be moved back onto the drawing. Bezier control points that extend off the active drawing can be edited..
Fixes a problem knife cutting rectangles and other closed polygons. In some cases the knife was not detecting the close segment of the polygon.
Fixes a problem ruler markers not updating properly, they were leaving small ghost trails when moved quickly. This was introduce with Sonoma. The issue is now resolved, the rulers draw cleanly and update properly even when moved quickly.
Fixes a problem with Node edit tool and deleting vertices. For some Bezier paths, some vertices near the start of the path failed to delete. This is now fixed.
This version of EazyDraw fixes a problem with Hatches. In some cases a changed line-width of a hatch path failed to restore when saving and reopening the drawing.
This version of EazyDraw f fixes a problem with some dimensions when attached to only one graphic, such as a Diameter Dimension. When exporting Graphics only the export included a large area of the drawing, back to the origin point 0-0. This is now fixed and the export includes only the bounds of the dimension.
This version of EazyDraw has changes to the file type information registered with macOS for EazyDraw and EazyDraw drawings. This update excludes xml in the file format hierarchy. It seems that macOS starting with Sonoma allows other Apps to interfere with EazyDraw access to EazyDraw drawings using the primary EazyDraw graphic format and the text based format for EazyDraw libraries. This issue seems to prevent Apple Mail from showing EazyDraw drawing attachments, for the two text based formats. This extra system information is a very esoteric detail and its deletion should not cause any problems.
This version of EazyDraw fixes a problem inserting a vertex in a single segment cubic Bezier. A recent update of EazyDraw 11 introduced the problem.
This version of EazyDraw fixes possible problems using Combine Filet or Chamfer with zero radius to extend and add a line segment to a curved Bezier. This problem was introduced with EazyDraw version 11, it is now fixed.
This version of EazyDraw fixes a rare problem with automatic Cross Overs. Applying Cross Over to a polygon and possible other straight path Bezier graphics resulted in extra crossover jumpers at each vertex, when using Automatic for Cross Over placement. This problem is now fixed. And this version added an optimized algorithm for automatic Cross Over detection and insertion.
This version of EazyDraw adds GIF external image support for SVG import. The SVG specification defines JPG and PNG for bitmap images. Safari now supports embedded GIF images in SVG content. EazyDraw uses Safari as the gold standard for SVG parsing, and now GIF images are accepted in SVG. They are converted to PNG for future save and SVG export.
This version of EazyDraw provides a full solution to the specific multi-thread issue encountered when opening large drawings with numerous layers, when many of the layers are not visible. The 11.3.2 solution was expanded after further testing.
This version of EazyDraw fixes recently introduced problems with Filet and Chamfer commands. These two Combine commands now work properly.
This version significantly extends the SVG import handling for the PreserveAspectRatio attribute as applied to bitmap image content. These improvements follow current Safari implementation. The values of a user specified view box or definition rectangle are combined with the image pixels wide and high according to SVG specifications for PreserveAspectRatio. EazyDraw adds a Crop rectangle if necessary to provide the same content appearance and layout as Safari.
This version fixes occasionally seen problems for the multi-page preview on Page Setup panel.
This version of EazyDraw corrects a specific multi-thread issue encountered when opening large drawings with numerous layers, when many of the layers are not visible. This version corrects the multiple thread conflict crash.

New in EazyDraw 11.3.1 (Dec 19, 2023)

New in EazyDraw 11.3.0 (Dec 13, 2023)

Knife Improvements:
This version of EazyDraw improves the knife functionality. Now cutting a circle or oval creates two arc graphics. Previously the cut provided two basic Bezier paths. Two arcs are often more useful, if the Bezier construction is desired, one or both arcs may be converted to Bezier using the convert to function on the Tools main menu.
This version of EazyDraw improves behavior of the knife tool, when simultaneously cutting multiple graphics, with both vertex and slicing cuts. Previously this mixed mode situation removed vertices for all graphics. Now each graphic cuts with appropriate cutting action.
This version of EazyDraw enhances the behavior of the knife tool. Previously a cut at an intersection severed both of the intersecting graphics. Sometimes this is not desirable. Now, if one graphic is selected and the other is not selected the cut only applies to the selected graphic. If neither is selected, or both are selected, the behavior is unchanged, both graphics are severed. Several other minor quirks associated with the knife are improved.
JSON Transition:
EazyDraw 11 on Sonoma introduced a problem for saving and using saved palette layouts, toolbar layouts, advanced duplication configurations, and font character maps. EazyDraw 11.3.0 fixes the problem and changes the saved configuration format to JSON. The default format for these exported configuration files is now JSON, but the older .plist and .txt formats still load.
EazyDraw 11.3.0 provides the ability to create and use Libraries in the new JSON format.
User Library Improvements:
The system setting for Keyboard Navigation caused a problem with User Library palettes in the button mode. Under specific palette size situations, opening a User Library then switching to Button mode presented a spurious highlight (normally blue) rectangle on the palette. This is now fixed. Using Keyboard Navigation with User Library palettes not in button mode often present a highlighted button, but this is macOS behavior for this system setting.
This version of EazyDraw improves the accuracy of creating a graphic from a user library in button mode. If the library graphic used a drawing scale (1/4 inch for example) and the target drawing had a different scale the new graphic jumped position and size after the user interactive creation step. Now the new graphic is added to the destination drawing exactly as drawn, independent of the size in the library. Note: if the new graphic is needed at scaled size, and the library is in button mode: drag the button to the drawing.
This version solves a few problems with User Libraries running in the Tool-Button mode. Double click of a button failed to lock the tool palette tool for multiple use. Adding a tool button graphic to another tool button user library caused EazyDraw to hang in a recursive loop when trying to use the second tool. This recursion issue is fixed with EazyDraw 11.3.0.
This version of EazyDraw corrects a problem with the user library panel when in tool-button (icon) mode. The top row of buttons is now fully below the title bar.
This update improves the appearance of User Library palettes viewed in icon mode, also known as tool button mode. The title bar used to cover the top portion of the top row of tool buttons. Now, the buttons begin below the title bar.
Keynote Support:
EazyDraw 11.3.0 corrects problems exporting directly to Keynote. EazyDraw 11 introduced a problem with the export, the problem is now fixed.
This version of EazyDraw improves support for converting SVG graphics to Keynote Slides.
Quicklook and Spotlight:
This version of EazyDraw corrects possible problems with Quick-Look and Spotlight investigation of EazyDraw drawing files on Apple Silicon. Both Quick-Look and Spotlight are fully supported on Apple and Intel silicon and all supported versions of macOS.
Mini Palettes:
This version addresses several issues with mini-palettes. There were problems with saved and restored panel height. There were appearance issues with the topmost panel parameters covering the control button icons at the top right of the palette.
Recent versions of EazyDraw initially opened mini palettes at full height, not the correct reduced height matching the choice for active parameter settings. When first switching to their mini-mode, this was a problem on all twelve mini-palettes. This is now fixed; mini palette heights are consistent with the default and user-modified choice of active parameters for all rollup choices.
This release of EazyDraw addresses several minor details with mini-palettes across all languages.
Previously, some choices of active parameters for the topmost parameter on a mini palette obscured the Fine Scale and Rollup buttons at the top left of the palette. This release of EazyDraw fixes this problem.
Other Improvements:
This version of EazyDraw corrects a problem loading very large drawings saved on Ventura and opened on Sonoma.
EazyDraw Version 11 on Sonoma had a problem Exporting TIFF, the export extension was added as jpg. This is fixed. TIFF export sometimes estimated the file size as zero. This version fixes this problem.
This version of EazyDraw changes the behavior of grids when using grids and rulers. Together, but without linking grids to rulers. The grid remained stationary when moving the drawing origin by dragging, Cmd-dragging, or a ruler. Still, a subsequent resize of the drawing window would automatically re-adjust the grid to the new origin. Now, the grids move with the ruler as the ruler is adjusted.
This update improves the presentation of help pages. If the EazyDraw The help window is obscured behind other windows when a help question mark button is clicked, the help window moves to the front for accessible location and reference. Before, the help window would change to the proper help page but remain obscured.
This update improves the Help page presentation. If the EazyDraw Help Browser is open and the Help menu command is executed, the help window is brought to the front of all other windows. Previously, calling the help menu action with help open closed the help window. Cmd-w or the red close button overrides all and closes the help window.
Cmd single quote cycles through all open EazyDraw drawings, the EazyDraw Settings panel and the Help browser window, all of that are open. This works when using Tabs and not using Tabs. To cycle across tabbed drawings in one EazyDraw window, use the Control-Tab key as the shortcut key.
This version of EazyDraw reestablishes the Touch Bar functionality. EazyDraw supported the contextual Touch Bar functionality on MacBooks with Touch Bars made from late 2016 until early 2020’s. The highly contextual Touch Bar shortcuts are now available when using Side-Car with iPad on a compatible MacBook. Full featured touch buttons are available along the bottom border on the Side-Car iPad.

New in EazyDraw 11.1.7 (Nov 16, 2023)

New in EazyDraw 11.1.3 (Oct 30, 2023)

New in EazyDraw 11.1.1 (Oct 20, 2023)

EazyDraw Version 11 is a significant release that provides compatibility with macOS Sonoma, performance advances with Apple Silicon, and new features made possible with macOS Ventura and Sonoma. This new version introduces support for an improved drawing file format based on JSON. The JSON format is more compact but still human-readable, offering cross-platform compatibility with strict Unicode encoding. See October 6 release information found below for details.
EazyDraw release 11.1.1 fixes a bug with the reverse Bezier path command. The command incorrectly interchanged Bezier control points. The reverse path subroutines are used for welding bezier actions too. All of these now perform correctly on Sonoma.
MacOS Sonoma introduced a low level inefficiency for a specific Bezier path editing system subroutine. This caused long load times, in some cases even spinning beach ball when loading large EazyDraw of SVG drawings containing complex Bézier curves. EazyDraw 11.1.1 avoids this inefficient construction. Drawing load times are again very efficient for all EazyDraw drawing formats and SVG.
Sonoma on Intel: Opening the Help pages with the initial Sonoma release of EazyDraw, on Intel systems using a Local other than our development Local (English US) sometimes crashed. This bug is now fixed. Thanks to our initial users on Sonoma who took the time to report this, and other problems. Note that we welcome all bug and crash reports which are used to debug and improve each subsequent release of EazyDraw.
EazyDraw on Sonoma had problems with several (about half) of the builtin Patterns that are provided on the Pattern toolbar user interface menu. The problem Patterns failed to convert to alternative colors. This problem is fixed with this release.
Short Version: Extend and Trim by double clicking an end works again, experiment with modifiers to use, the menu options are simple and reliable . The initial Sonoma release had problems with Extend and Trim features which extends or trims lines, paths, and curves to exactly end at the intersection of other elements. These two menu commands now work properly again. The convenience feature, to double click a line end to extend a line end works as defined in the documentation. The extend convenience feature had a conflict with the other convenience of Option-drag to add a vertex to the end of a line. Now CMD-drag adds a vertex and extends interactively, while Option-double click extends a line, path, or curve. This configuration allows simple double click the end of a path or curve to Close the shape, while Option double click extends a path, curve (or line). For lines, since Close is not a valid option, not command modifier key is needed for extend. Summary: for lines, double click end to extend and Option double click to trim.
EPS Support: EPS support is dropped by macOS beginning with macOS version 14 (Sonoma). EazyDraw too is dropping support for import of EPS on Sonoma. This release of EazyDraw adds an error message explaining this situation. EazyDraw version 11 still supports EPS on macOS 11 through 13, ceasing support going forward beginning with macOS 14. EPS is a deprecated format that is replaced by PDF. EPS was deprecated by Adobe in 1992.
Quadratic Bezier: Quadratic Bezier support has continued testing and several improvements in this release. The Knife tool now cuts Quadratic Bézier curves correctly and populates the drawing with a pair (or more) of new Quadratic Bézier curves..

New in EazyDraw 11.1.0 (Oct 9, 2023)

EazyDraw Version 11 is a significant release that provides compatibility with macOS Sonoma, performance advances with Apple Silicon, and new features made possible with macOS Ventura and Sonoma. This new version introduces support for an improved drawing file format based on JSON. The JSON format is more compact but still human-readable, offering cross-platform compatibility with strict Unicode encoding.
Sonoma:
EazyDraw 11 runs on macOS version 11 (Big Sur) and newer. EazyDraw Version 10 runs on macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) through macOS 13 (Ventura). EazyDraw 10 nominally runs on Sonoma but is not tested on Sonoma, EazyDraw 11 is recommended for Sonoma. EazyDraw 10 accepts EazyDraw Version 10 and Version 11 license codes. EazyDraw 11 requires a version 11 license code but accepts a version 10 license code for at least 15 months after purchase (a grace period for upgrading). EazyDraw Nine month license codes are accepted by EazyDraw 10, EazyDraw 11 and EazyDraw Retro.
Quadratic Bezier:
EazyDraw has always provided a full suite of Bezier editing tools. Version 11 extends these editing tools to support second-order (quadratic) curves. The quadratic form is slightly more compact and often encountered in SVG drawings. Two new Quadratic Bezier tools are found about half way down the main tool palette, just above the two standard Bezier tools.
JSON:
EazyDraw Version 11 introduces a new drawing format that uses the open standard JSON data interchange format. JSON uses human-readable text to store and transmit data. JSON is language- independent, even though the definition references Java language. The file extension is .ezdjson.
EazyDraw JSON is UTF-8 encoded, ensuring open ecosystem compatibility across operating systems (Apple, Microsoft, and Unix) and languages supporting Emoji characters. EazyDraw JSON drawing files may be examined and edited with present-day text editors and integrated code development systems.
JSON is slightly more compact than Apple's PList format; the base format for EazyDraw Graphics format is PList. Over the next few years, beginning with 2024, the EazyDraw Graphics and Binary form will be phased out in favor of JSON. At this time of the release of EazyDraw 11, users should still use the time-proven EazyDraw Graphics format for large critical drawings.
Optimized Data Format:
EazyDraw 11 improves the performance of all 3 (Graphic, Binary, and JSON) graphic formats, compared to EazyDraw versions 10 and earlier. These improvements are designed to provide an inherent data compression with re-use of persistent drawing data. For example: if a complex bezier path is duplicated and used several times in the drawing, the path data is stored once in a data archive and re-used as a simple index for the duplicated graphics. When the drawing is opened, the complex Bezier is only instantiated once and re-used there by reducing the EazyDraw memory footprint. This same principle is applied for many constructs that have significant memory and data footprints. Bitmap images (such as PNG graphics) are saved once and re-used in the same manner. These changes are forward compatible.
Bundle Format:
EazyDraw 11 does not support the EazyDraw Bundle format. Newer technology and methods have replaced the Bundle format. If a Bundle file is encountered, use the Finder to show contents, then use EazyDraw to recover and reconstruct the drawing. Or use an older version of macOS and EazyDraw version 10 or older to recover.

New in EazyDraw 10.11.0 (Jun 20, 2023)

New in EazyDraw 10.9.2 (Jan 5, 2023)

New in EazyDraw 10.9.1 (Nov 27, 2022)

New in EazyDraw 10.9.0 (Nov 4, 2022)

New in EazyDraw 10.7.4 (Jul 26, 2022)

New in EazyDraw 10.7.3 (Mar 31, 2022)

New in EazyDraw 10.7.2 (Feb 7, 2022)

This update improves SVG support for Hue-Saturation-Brightness color specification. The HSL color interpreter now works properly and is updated to utilize wide gamut (P3) color space.
This update improves support for interpretation of Intaglio drawings. Support for Arrows now includes more shapes. A problem with interpretation of white fill in Intaglio drawings is corrected with this update. This update provides a new Help page covering the Intaglio import topic. Anyone importing Intaglio drawings is advised to study this relevant documentation.
There is a new Intaglio Help Page that provides useful tips and details for converting Intaglio vector drawings to modern supported graphic formats.
This update adds capability to the Convert To menu to convert Lines to Auto Lines. This is useful for converting Intaglio drawings. Intaglio content looses information that identifies Auto Lines (Dimensions). The Line with two arrows is recorded in the drawing, but the text and indicators concerning the dimensioning aspect are not preset. Note for Intaglio conversion, when Dimensions are missing: After conversion, select one of the problem dimension lines, use Match (found on Edit menu), select to match Arrow attribute, click Match, all dimension lines are then selected, perform Tools->Convert To->Auto Line. All dimensions are then restored with this one action. Advanced Tip: study Defaults Condensed, then set defaults for Dimensions on the Dimensions palette, then all the new Auto Lines will reflect your choice for dimension format, accuracy, appearance, and other attributes. This technique for recovering Intaglio Dimensions is explained on the new Intaglio Help page.
Added capability for Intaglio conversion. Layers are not detectable for the reversed engineered EazyDraw direct reading of an Intaglio drawing file. This version of EazyDraw introduces a patch method to record a marker for layers. Before saving the Intaglio drawing, group all graphics on each layer. If all layers have one top level group and no individual graphics, EazyDraw interprets these top level groups as layers and creates a layer for each top level group in the new EazyDraw drawing. It is still necessary to re-name the layers, but the important, often complex, layer structure is conserved in the converted EazyDraw drawing. Note: If an Intaglio drawing is exported as SVG, the layer Information is present and detectable by EazyDraw. However the exported SVG version is missing many other attributes such as Arrow heads, Grids, Scale and more.
This update corrects problems opening drawings that contain EPS images. Recent versions of EazyDraw convert EPS content to PDF content when saving. Drawings saved with EazyDraw 8 and older may still contain EPS content. Opening these older drawing with EPS content caused EazyDraw 10 to crash. This problem is now fixed.
This update improves import of PDF (Ungroup PDF) and SVG drawings. The content is analyzed for rounded rectangles, when found these are promoted to EazyDraw rounded rectangles. This is helpful when converting Intaglio drawings and other content rich in rounded rectangles.

New in EazyDraw 10.7.1 (Nov 15, 2021)

New in EazyDraw 10.7.0 (Oct 29, 2021)

EazyDraw version 10.7.0 is a significant update that provides full support for Monterey (macOS 10.12). This update has several additions and improvements for SVG import, including support for recent CSS advances and the USE SVG construct. This version no longer uses the Apple Help Book technology, which is not reliable on Monterey. This version of EazyDraw Help uses our own HTML 5 browser with an internal keyword search module. The new EazyDraw help system does not need internet access and does not require communications with Apple servers. This update provides remastered Help illustrations created at Retina resolution, with P3 color gamut, on Monterey (they are stunning).
Apple Notarized. The download disk image and binary content are code signed and Notarized with Apple Gatekeeper verification. This ensures secure delivery and installation of the free market version of EazyDraw. Note: the EazyDraw App has been Notarized in the past, beginning with macOS Monterey the disk image is also uploaded to Apple Servers, security scanned, code signed and Notarized. When you download the disk image Gate Keeper uses the Notarized ticket to confirm secure tamper free delivery of the content including the EazyDraw App and all plug-ins.
This version of EazyDraw is compiled against the newest Monterey development environment using Xcode 13. Xcode 13 ensures the best utilization of the new M1 processors and soon-to-be-released MacBook Pros.
This version fixes problems with winding rule application to Crop and Frame group graphics. Everything is working correctly again, the issues related to geometry imported via SVG with complex clipping geometry.
Major update for SVG. Several newer constructs are now supported. Revision 2 of EazyDraw mobile (for iOS and iPadOS) will support SVG import and export. This release for macOS is updated to match our current internal best SVG implementation.
EazyDraw 10.7 fixes a problem with layer color modification for grayscale png images with no alpha channel. This color metric for PNG images is now processed correctly for opacity and tint.
Recent EazyDraw versions lost the ability to paste from LaTeXiT. EazyDraw 10.8 repairs this problem; pasting from LaTeXiT works again. All the interchange support between EazyDraw and LaTeXiT via the Services menu is again working correctly. Note that the EazyDraw Help pages Services Help page provides information on the more advanced exchange actions available. Testing on Catalina and Big Sur using the most recent releases of MacTex and LaTeXiT confirmed the repairs.

New in EazyDraw 10.5.3 (Jun 24, 2021)

New in EazyDraw 10.5.2 (May 3, 2021)

New in EazyDraw 10.5.1 (Apr 28, 2021)

Web Color Picker:
This version includes a significant update of the WebColorPicker. The color picker plugin was a standalone plugin that required manual installation. The EazyDraw Application bundle now contains the plugin, no installation required. The plugin is fully updated to run native on Apple Silicon and supports color space management with support for Displaying P3 color space. The color picker should automatically appear on the system Color Picker toolbar. The manual for the color picker is updated and included in the EazyDraw App bundle, access from the EazyDraw Help menu.
Intaglio:
Improved support for Intaglio import of drawings with PDF content. Also added a feature to EazyDraw to mimic Intaglio implementation for multi-page PDF documents. A multi-page PDF found in an Intaglio drawing will display as one page in EazyDraw. EazyDraw Graphic Details inspector now has a parameter to inspect and set a select page of a multi-page PDF. PDF content from an Intaglio drawing is a complete vector representation available for print and export from EazyDraw. EazyDraw still opens a multi-page PDF as a multi-page layout; use the new parameter to change this behavior.
16-bit PNG:
16-bit image depth. There are two new parameters on the Export PNG panel, a popup for the Alpha channel and a new popup for bits per color (pixel depth). EazyDraw now supports eight and 16-bit pixel depth. Previously all PNG exports were 8 bit, premultiply alpha last. The two new popup menus provide support for several other settings and combinations. Updated Help pages document the new capability. These new parameters should allow EazyDraw to match any specific format required by video or streaming applications. And, of course, the 16-bit color depth is growing as a requirement for many workflows. These new parameters should allow EazyDraw to match any specific format required by video or streaming applications. And, of course, the 16-bit color depth is becoming a requirement for many workflows.
Text Style:
This update provides additions and corrections to the Font panel and defaults for text font and typeface. The Current and Default buttons on the Font panel now present the complete EazyDraw condensed default management for the Font panel. These buttons currently support the Command-key-slide convention to manage temporary and permanent default for text font and typeface. In addition, a new popup menu is available to address the scope for text font and typeface default, allowing a drawing and individual layers to hold a font and typeface default independent of the App wide default. All should be self-explanatory, and Help pages have complete details.
Bug fixes and improvements:
Fixed problem working with linked text box. After editing a linked text box would not show editing handles for a semi random period of time. This was only with linked text box that was actually linked to another text box. The bug was introduced recently in EazyDraw 10. All is fixed now.
Fixed several issues related to Cross-Over elements when performing Copy then Paste to other Apps as PDF?also fixed issues related to Cross-Overs nested in groups. There were situations where the cross-over was not drawn in the exported PDF. And there were situations where Cross Overs nested in groups would fail to draw in the drawing. Most of these situations involved a Cross Over right at the end of a path. All of these edge cases are now tested and working correctly.
Fixed issues with Intaglio imports containing embedded bitmap images. The images were not properly scaled and placed. This is fixed now.
This update includes significant improvements to the three logical graphic combine actions?the functions of Union, Intersection, and Difference. Previously, shared boundaries were not well defined. Now the analysis for these actions detects and logically interprets shared boundaries. The algorithm now handles complex curves, such as a doughnut shape.
Improvements for text editing when adding text that causes text content to overflow the defined text box. Previously one could still type, but the text was not displayed, and the text box did not grow, resulting in the red box warning icon when editing ended. Now the entering text view grows as typing continues. The solid color text editing background shows a tint as a visual clue that the text has exceeded the current text box size. At the end of editing, the text box grows automatically just to fit the text content. If the text content exceeded the text box (red box indicator showing), the text box does not grow at the end of text editing. Use Lock against Move (Format main menu, near the bottom) to prevent a text box from automatically changing height when adding excess text.
We have fixed the issue with Dimension (Connectors) snapping into nested pivot groups. The last version of EazyDraw fixed several problems in this situation, and there is now an additional follow-on correction. Further testing of this geometry was completed.

New in EazyDraw 10.5.0 (Mar 3, 2021)

Help Pages:
Help pages have been updated to document the recent improvements on the Preferences panel. Further work completed on the recent major update to the Help pages. Help caches may need to be cleared to properly view the new content. See the ReadMe companion file on the distribution disk: Help Viewer - Tips and Quirks. The home help page now has details on how to check that macOS has rebuilt your help book cache and is showing the new help content. Remember to try to find and remove all older versions of EazyDraw. macOS can access these, and cache your help content and indexed search terms with the out-of-date help book contained in the older app bundle. It is important to study the first / home help page to check that you have the new content.
Drawing Scale Improvements:
Major update for the Scale palette. The user interface now has two more entry / inspection menus to support measuring units when specifying the scaling ratio. For example, a map scale of 5 miles per inch may be entered a 1 inch : 5 miles instead of the direct ratio of 1.0 : 316,800.0 . The two new units entries can be the same as or independent from the drawing scale. This change is found near the top of the Scale palette. The direct ratio is still supported in an inspection field at the top of the scale palette.
Added a new feature to automatically compute the drawing scale from a known length on the the drawing. This is found on the Scale palette, main Scale popup menu, near the top of the scale palette. There is a new selection titled From Known Length. If necessary draw a construction line that matches the known length feature in your drawing (often an arial photo, or web-earth view). The known length dialogue has a text field and units popup menu for entry of the length
Added the ability to name and save a drawing scale. This is accessed from the Scale palette (near the top of the Format main menu). The Save selection is on the main Scale popup menu, near the bottom of the menu. Use is self explanatory and supported with a Remove entry. Advanced users will find the named scales in the EazyDraw Application support folder save as Text : XML : pList.
These additions allow EazyDraw to fully support Intaglio's corresponding numbered Drawing Rulers. The Intaglio drawing ruler active when the drawing was saved from Intaglio is converted to the equivalent EazyDraw drawing scale.
EazyDraw Help has been updated to document the use of the new scale features.
Colorful Icons - User Interface Theme:
This release continues, and nearly completes, the re-introduction of the colorful User interface. Thanks for all the input on this topic. The end result is looking great, color icons are back. They are all re-mastered with support for P3 colors, light and dark mode, and Retina resolution.
This release has added most of the user customizable toolbar icons and icon pull down menus. These now support all 3 user interface theme options (Color, Monochrome, and Highlight). The 3 theme options are supported live when changed on EazyDraw preferences. No need to quit and restart EazyDraw after a change, this includes a System preferences change of Accent color.
This release has added full UI theme support for User Tool palettes, including the Editing palette where User tool palettes are created and edited. In recent releases User Tool Palettes were not included when the UI theme was changed. They are now fully supported including live support of EazyDraw theme change, Light and Dark mode system change, and System Accent color. We have tried to transition your existing user tool palettes that may have been created even before macOS light and dark mode. But - if you have an old tool palette and if it is not behaving properly in this respect, you may need to delete it and re-create to get all of this technology to dynamically track user changes.
This release has added full UI theme support for the Quick Keys visual keyboard. This user element shares a great deal of code with User Tool palettes. The notes in the above paragraph apply to the Quick Keys keyboard. Bottom line, the Quick Keys keyboard now dynamically supports all aspects of user settings for UI icons.
Command Line Interface - Batch Graphic File Conversion:
This release introduces a widely requested Command Line Interface (CLI). EazyDraw will run from Terminal / Command Line, and / or a shell script. Launch from Terminal and include at a -C (C for Command line) option. EazyDraw will run with no Graphic User Interface (no GUI), no drawing windows, menus, palettes.
At this release the primary use is graphic file conversion. The command processes all files listed. The input file format is automatically determined from the content, output format is specified on the command line.
Unix Standard I/O is supported for all text based formats (EazyDraw Graphic, SVG, and DXF).
Intaglio drawing files (actually bundles) are supported as input for conversion processing.
The suite of control options provide management necessary for automatic processing of SVG input and DXF output. Options include control of SVG pixel scale, DXF drawing scale, DXF axis direction, DXF origin placement, and other practical details necessary for automatic batch processing.
Expect new capability in this area. Development is planned in the batch automatic packing and unpacking of layers. One use for this capability will be automated work flow for software development media catalogues.
This new capability is documented in the EazyDraw Help pages. You will find a new top level link to Command Line Interface, just below the master Menu reference link on the Help main page.
Intaglio Transition:
This release includes new capability to assist user transitioning from Intaglio to EazyDraw. Thanks to all the Intaglio users that have provided input and beta testing for this crash (bad word choice) project.
We have tested with Intaglio version 3.9.5. Drawings saved as to the Document file type from Intaglio version 3.9.5 should open seamlessly in EazyDraw. This is a bundle file type. The EazyDraw pList is updated to provide a backup icon for this file type. Intaglio does not need to be installed for the bundles to be identified properly displayed by the Finder. Use the normal Open command from EazyDraw to access the Intaglio drawing and open it for editing. The core format for these files is SVG, therefore the content found in EazyDraw is native graphics and text - fully editable. There is a second .intaglio file type, defined in the Intaglio pList as the Flat file type. This is a binary format, EazyDraw is NOT capable of parsing these files. An informative error message is presented if you try to open a flat binary with EazyDraw. Our tests have shown that the Flat files will open in Intaglio 3.9.5, running on macOS 10.13. A Flat format Intaglio drawing can be converted to the supported Intaglio Document (Bundle) file type using Save As in Intaglio 3.9.5. The Bundle copy of the drawing has the same extension ( .intaglio ) and macOS will grant edit privileges for this file to EazyDraw.
EazyDraw now has Intaglio icons and file information for macOS. This provides icon presentation on macOS including Big Sur on Apple Silicon even if Intaglio is not installed. This is important to identify the drawing folder as a bundle. This in turn can prevent undefined behavior in other Apps. EazyDraw App information (pList) registers EazyDraw as a Read Editor for Intaglio drawing bundles.
As noted above: EazyDraw now reads the Intaglio Ruler information and sets the EazyDraw drawing scale accordingly, scaled Intaglio drawings import with correct drawing scale.
Grid spacing, settings and color are read from the Intaglio drawing and restored in the EazyDraw drawing.
The Arrow reconstruction is not 100 percent complete, some Intaglio standard arrow shapes were not in the set of EazyDraw standard arrows, they will be added to EazyDraw soon to complete this aspect of the import.
Several graphic forms are now detected and promoted to their EazyDraw graphic construct: Rounded Rectangles, Rectangles, Polygons, are conserved. Gradients are imported and conserved. Arrows are now re-created as corresponding EazyDraw Arrows.
Fixed issues importing SVG related to special purpose font families. Problems were encountered with Intaglio imports using older non-unicode font packages. These now import properly directly from the Intaglio files.
Arrows:
Some improvements to the Arrows palette. The Standard arrows popup menu now has high quality preview icons for each standard arrow. Historically these were described by names only, the added preview images are very helpful especially on Retina display.
Standard arrows were updated with a few new shapes. Those are found added to the bottom of the Standard Arrows popup menu.
With the addition of the new Arrows, EazyDraw can map all arrows from an Intaglio drawing to a Standard EazyDraw arrow. Intaglio uses should keep in mind that EazyDraw Arrows have angle (and size) as a user accessible parameter. The angle adjustability applies to all EazyDraw standard arrows.
Morph:
Made a improvements on the Morph panel. Our support team was receiving input that Uniform scaling was not obvious on the Morph panel. This release has changes to the wording and labels for scaling. We think this will make Uniform scaling clearer as a choice. The Help pages were updated to be in fully in sync with the current Morph panel parameters and layout.
Other minor improvements and corrections:
The Transfer feature for Vector Hatch was not working. It is now fixed. Transfer allows a User Library element to function as a defined set of graphic properties. The Hatch property was being skipped and not applied to the target graphic(s) even when a Hatch was present and the Transfer parameter set included the Hatch. All is working again. This seems to have been broken since EazyDraw Version 8. Remember to report problems to our support staff.
Improved PDF ungroup to recognize rounded rectangle geometry. When detected the generic closed Bezier path is promoted to an EazyDraw rounded rectangle with corresponding corner radii.
Fixed issues importing SVG related to special purpose font families. Problems were encountered with Intaglio imports using older non-unicode font packages. These now import properly directly from the Intaglio files.
Fixed problem snapping connectors and dimensions to nested pivot graphics and free transform graphics. The snapping target points were not mapping to the correct rotated or transformed points.
Fixed problem with Graphic Details inspector when positioning the end of a line whose length and angle are pinned. The Numerical input was slightly modified on input. This is now fixed.
Improved appearance of the dash line popup menu which appears in several palettes such as the Dashes and Hatches. These are now higher quality preview images. These now have proper Big Sur UI colors in light and dark mode.

New in EazyDraw 10.3.0 (Jan 27, 2021)

This release completes a major update of the over 400 Help pages. They have all been updated to correspond with EazyDraw 10. Illustrations have been recaptured at 2x resolution (Retina resolution) with P3 colors on Big Sur. Content text has been reformatted with contemporary font face and Big Sur typesetting. This upgrade was about half complete with the introduction of EazyDraw 10 last November. It is now complete. EazyDraw Help still uses the Mac Help book technology which employs heavy handed caching. You may want (and / or may need) to remove all old EazyDraws from your system - this is always a good idea. Then remove the Apple Help caches in your home library. Then reboot after installing but not running EazyDraw 1-_ .0. It is common that the first time you access the updated Help pages you may see a message that content is not available. This a good indicator, it means the help index in the new EazyDraw bundle is being cached. Wait about one cup of coffee and try again, then you should see the new content. To test: check that you can find a new help page on the topic copy and paste drawing, on the Edit menu, near the bottom.
There is a new feature to copy and paste drawing setup parameters. The new commands are found near the bottom of the Edit main menu. These commands should be self explanatory and extend the paste special concept from graphic attributes to drawing attributes. Help pages are complete, refer to these for more information on the use of the new capability. Study this new feature on the Help page, as this will insure you new Help content has updated the macOS cache.
The EazyDraw Preferences panel has a major update. The top toolbar portion is completely redesigned. The concept of a default - set was (is) a bit cryptic, and was probably even more obscure for non-english speaking users. The new design employs more informative icons instead of wording, which should make the functionality more obvious for everyone. We think the concept of having different groups of defaults will now be discoverable with the icons and visual clues, the two new popup menus, and the indicators on the extended toolbar. Keep in mind that this is not where one changes parameter settings, and it is not where one makes a simple change to a default setting. This is for managing task specific groups of defaults. In any case it all looks much better, the last design update was over 10 years ago. The scope of the default set was missing a few parameter palettes, these are now included.
More colorful icons are complete. Reminder: choose your icon look on the EazyDraw Preferences -> UI Theme (top left icon/tool button on EazyDraw Preferences panel. EazyDraw 10 re-introduced the colorful icons for the user interface. The initial version 10 release had all the tool palettes supported for color icons. But most of the toolbar icons were still monochrome. This did not go over so well with the color icon crowd. Now we have most to the toolbar icons supporting the all 3 user interface modes (Monochrome, Highlight, and Color : or Mojave, Big Sur, Sierra) The project is about 80% complete and should be finished with the next release. We know that a cursory view of the project would be to simply put the old icons back - but it is not that simple of course. Icons now need to support light and dark mode, the old icons only had one design. In actuality a good icon needs light and dark mode for normal and 2x resolution. The EazyDraw Media Assets catalogue have 12 icon entries for each icon seen. Of course we have used EazyDraw to design, draw, and populate the project catalogue - using color managed P3 UI colors of course. As one might guess, this complexity was simplified if the icons are designed monochrome / gray scale.
Major upgrade for the Graphic Details and Layers inspector for Czech, Chinese, Italian, Norwegian and Spanish users language users. All the Graphic Details inspector panels, there are about 50 of them, have now been fully updated to Big Sur design standards. The dark mode designs have been updated. The Graphic Details and Layers inspectors are now resizable in all 12 languages supported by EazyDraw. All inspectors, tabs and panels resize and auto format for unclipped numeric inspection even if units are displayed with very high precision numeric settings.
Improved support for import of drawings from Intaglio. SVG has proven to be a good transition path from Intaglio to EazyDraw. There were a few problems, including a possible EazyDraw crash. Intaglio saves the SVG content in a folder with the extension .svg, but the folder is not actually a bundle (perhaps it was a bundle on older versions of macOS but now on Big Sur it is just a strange finder element, a folder with an extension. These caused EazyDraw to crash. That is now fixed. EazyDraw now has a file system patch to simulate bundle behavior and access the SVG content in the folder. This is working now with EazyDraw 10.2. In addition: The Intaglio SVG files degraded geometric classes to paths, loosing identity of rectangles and other geometric forms. EazyDraw now tests for these situations and promotes the groups of lines to more useful graphics such as rectangles, squares, rounded rectangles, rotated rectangles, etc. We are still working or the Intaglio import work flow. Please send in test drawings that could use improvement or have issues. We will fix them and all Intaglio transitioning users will benefit.
Fixed problem with Text when opening a drawing saved from EazyDraw 3 and opened with EazyDraw 10 on High Sierra. Some text blocks would fail to load, causing an empty text box. This is now fixed. Fail safe code has been added to retain the original text data content if problems like this are encountered in the future. This code relates to the significant, behind the scenes, effort to keep all old drawings accessible on the new versions of macOS. Apple has depreciated the unarchivers and left users with no avenue to access the old text technology, dating to 1990s and early 2000s. EazyDraw has reverse engineered the old formats to provide our users with the solutions needed. Apple has fixed the bug that caused this issue on macOS 10.14 and earlier. Best advise to users is to make certain you have an EazyDraw Graphic format copy (not the binary file format). EazyDraw Graphic format is XML based, human readable, which insures data integrity across technology and time..
Fixed Dots Per Inch input on Graphic Details inspector for German, French, Spanish.
Changed behavior for Copy and Paste - Drag and Drop of text between scaled drawings with different scale. Previously the text was scaled to match the destination drawing scale. Now transferring text is not adjusted.

New in EazyDraw 10.1.4 (Dec 17, 2020)

New in EazyDraw 10.1.3 (Dec 2, 2020)

New in EazyDraw 10.1.2 (Nov 27, 2020)

New in EazyDraw 10.1.1 (Nov 12, 2020)

!!Colorful Icons Back!! They are back, but not default: open EazyDraw preferences -> UITheme, choose Color on Icons popup menu. Highlight mode is controlled by your choice of System Accent color (on General tab -> System Preferences).
EazyDraw now has three user interface themes with support for the 2010-ish colorful icons. All 3 themes support and adapt to both light and dark mode system appearance. The third choice is the Mojave subdued monochrome look. Go to EazyDraw Preferences, select UI Theme. Near bottom of the panel the Icons popup menu provides 3 selections. Color is the older theme with colorful tool icons. A new theme, the default for Big Sur, is named Highlight. This theme tints the icons using System Preferences setting for Accent Color to highlight a selection and a compliment color as an icon tint.
Match New feature to search for graphics that match parameter attributes, such as fill color, or text font family. This is found on the Edit menu, near the bottom. Select a single graphic that has the desired trait, this graphic is the master for the match search. Match then enables. Choose desired traits to match, then execute. The search for matches encompasses all selectable graphics. Check Help pages for full documentation.
Universal Binary. The App runs native on Intel or Apple Silicon. This means native optimal performance on Apple M1 CPU. Nothing needs to be performed by the user, macOS will choose the correct binary for your system. No compromises: if your CPU is intel, if your macOS is older than Big Sur, no problem: the Universal Binary has a complete Intel version. Drawings exchange seamlessly, if you have a new M1 CPU and an older Intel system EazyDraw will run optimally on both and drawings will interchange seamlessly.
Help Pages. The EazyDraw Help pages which work with macOS Help Book Viewer have undergone a major update. While these pages are updated with each release to remain consistent with the evolution of EazyDraw, the last major update was over 10 years ago: before Retina resolution graphics and P3 colors were a thing. With EazyDraw 10 the illustrations and images have been re-mastered on Big Sur with high dynamic range (brighter P3 colors) and Retina grade (@2x) resolution. The improved appearance benefits tremendously with the amazing new clean crisp Big Sur design.
Full support for Big Sur. This version supports macOC 10.13, 10.14, 10.15 and 11.0. Support for universal binary means that EazyDraw is able to optimally support systems back to macOS 10.13. Three user interface themes means that the App will not look out-of-place across all platforms going back 5-6 years.
Many other code improvements and re-authored user interface graphics from over 6 months of top to bottom testing and coding optimization for Apple Silicon native support.

New in EazyDraw 9.7.2 (Sep 30, 2020)

Corrected problem with Menu Keys used with a user installed Library Menu. Shortcut keys applied to custom library menus were attaching to elements in adjacent library menus. Hard to explain, but fixed now. A user created library may be added to the Libraries menu and short cut keys may be assigned to user graphics using the Menu Keys feature.
Corrected problem exporting drop shadows on Mojave and Catalina. PNG, TIF, and JPG exports had the drop shadow direction flipped up vs down. PDF exports were sometimes dropping shadows. All is working properly again.
Corrected possible problem exporting raster graphics with a solid background, on Mojave, and Catalina. Occasionally these exports would have a visible one pixel colored border on an edge or two. Most noticeably exporting a white background JPG might have dark lines on a couple of edges. These arise from the anti aliasing algorithm and how the edge colors are handled mathematically. EazyDraw now overtly paints a one pixel border of the solid background color around all exported bitmap (raster) images. If content at export is Graphics Only or Selected Graphics the one pixel border is added to the graphic. If content at export is Full Drawing Area, the border is still painted but no pixels are added. Of course this is all avoided properly under user control by exporting PNG with no background; if a colored background is needed then the user should draw the background with a filled rectangle properly positioned a few pixels interior to the edges and then anti-aliasing will have room to work.
Short version: Corrected a few reported issues with SVG import. As the use of SVG is expanding we see more SVG content that is technically outside the documented specification but is interpreted by Safari. This specification drift is probably inevitable and we will continue to use Safari as our gold standard. Issues recently addressed generate warnings for proprietary attributes when analyzed and cleaned with BBEdit xml utilities. Please report any issues encountered with SVG import or export, thanks.
Corrected problem reordering parameter fields on mini palettes, using drag and drop. The parameter field was dropping to a rather random new position, when dropped. Reorder by drag and drop now works properly.
Fixed issues when opening EazyDraw Binary files saved with EazyDraw pre-version 8 with text in some non-english languages, Swedish, Spanish, and Japanese especially. These files are now opened and updated to current archive standards seamlessly.
Corrected problem when using the Scale Worksheet panel. Setting the scale via this panel could later cause a problem with the Save or Save As browsing panel. EazyDraw would hang when trying to present the Save Browse panel. This is now fixed..

New in EazyDraw 9.7.1 (Jun 18, 2020)

New in EazyDraw 9.7.0 (Apr 1, 2020)

Added new capability for editing Bezier curves and paths. Cmd and Option buttons have new vertex editing modifications. Cmd and Option will modify to insert a vertex in a Path (Path being a Bezier of straight, non curved, segments). Cmd and Option will modify to extend either end of an open Bezier path or curve. Hold down the modifier key then click on the target vertex and drag, the newly inserted vertex will drag and follow mouse movements. For end point extension Cmd extends a linear segment with control points. For end point extension Option extends a curved segment. For a path Cmd adds the vertex after the vertex, Option adds the point before the vertex. Cmd and Option drag of a non-end point vertex for a Bezier curve does not insert a vertex, the modifier keys cause adjacent control points to move with the vertex.
Fixed SVG import for SVG content that contains a single point Bezier path or line. Previously EazyDraw printed an error message and failed the conversion. Several browsers were tested and they accept the file, therefore it seems that EazyDraw should accept the drawing.
Fixed SVG export of rotated text when using outlines for text (no fonts or glyphs used for text). Rotated text was rotated twice on the export. This is now fixed.
Fixed a problem with grid color for users running on older versions of macOS (10.13). EazyDraw 9 had progressed to use Catalogue colors for the grid default colors which provides better future support for wide gamut displays. But madOS 10.13 is older and did not properly handle the new grid color . Grids sometimes would open and not be seen until the drawing was saved and re-opened on macOS 10.13. This is now all fixed. The correction still provides full support for wide gamut display colors on macOS 10.14 and 10.15.
Fixed bug with the Snap popup menu found on right side of the Attributes bar. The popup menu did not work if the Align to Grid palette had not ben opened. Now the menu always works, even if the Align to Grid palette is not open and has never been opened.
Export iconset did not properly select the content for the individual icons. The problem was introduced with recent changes to support wide gamut colors. Export iconset now works with all png supported color space selections including p3 colors.

New in EazyDraw 9.5.2 (Apr 1, 2020)

New in EazyDraw 9.5.0 (Nov 15, 2019)

New in EazyDraw 9.3.4 (Oct 25, 2019)

New in EazyDraw 9.3.3 (Jun 13, 2019)

New in EazyDraw 9.3.2 (May 9, 2019)

New in EazyDraw 9.3.1 (May 9, 2019)

New in EazyDraw 9.3.0 (Mar 14, 2019)

New in EazyDraw 9.1.0 (Nov 8, 2018)

Mojave release with support for dynamic light and dark mode user interface.
All New Look: The user interface has a major upgrade. The new look is predominately monochrome for consistent contemporary appearance in both light and dark mode.
Light and Dark Mode. Stay focused and productive under both light and dark ambient conditions. Change between light and dark modes on the fly, no need to quit and restart EazyDraw. Choose light or dark mode on System Settings, General Tab. This is a new Mojave only feature.
System settings choice for Accent Color is reflected throughout EazyDraw UI. This is a system setting on the General tab, experiment to get the best choice for your viewing environment.
Wide color gamut enhances the visual experience on compatible displays.
Support for wide gamut color, also called high dynamic range colors. Newer Macs (powerBooks, and iMacs 2016 and newer) have displays that provide P3 Colors. Older technology screens use sRGB colors. The P3 color space has a much wider color gamut than sRGB. Simple terms: colors can be brighter on a P3 screen. Actually there are two requirements to see these brighter colors, the App must support and present P3 colors and the display must be a P3 display.
For professional (or semi-pro) use, EazyDraw 9 provides fully color managed image authoring. This includes live visualization and tagged image export (PNG, JPG, TIFF, PDF, SVG). If your audience includes mobile, then P3 images are a must.
All color wells provide intelligent tool tip that clearly indicates the color space (gamut) for colors used in a drawing. The system color picker, color sliders tab, gear menu, provides interface point to select the color profile (synonym: color space, color gamut, color dynamic range).
Quick Look PNG, JPG, and TIFF preview images are now color managed and support P3 colors. The Quick Look image format is set on the Properties palette, access from File main menu in EazyDraw. The default format is PDF. The Quick Look image is included in the drawing file. Large detailed technical drawings can lead to very large PDF vector images perhaps even doubling the size of the drawing. In these cases a PNG or JPG format (or None, that is a setting too) may be the best choice. All these formats have been optimized and are fully color managed with EazyDraw 9.
EazyDraw’s color management is implemented by layer, each layer may have a defined color space. This attribute is inspected on the Layers inspector, near the bottom. EazyDraw 9 has additional selections for wide gamut RGB color spaces.
It is now possible to change the DPI (Dots Per Inch) of imported bitmap images. This feature is found on the Graphic Details inspector, Quality tab. The DPI value is shown for inspection, as it was in earlier versions of EazyDraw, now the value may be changed. The image is intelligently (triangle apodization) resampled. This is very useful when incorporating high resolution photos as small thumbnail quality images in a drawing. 72 DPI is often all that needed for presentation quality drawings. This can reduce 100 megabyte drawings to kilobyte drawings.
Export and import of bitmap (PNG, JPG, and TIFF) images has been significantly improved with EazyDraw 9. The color space information contained in the image meta data is carefully conserved and incorporated with all pixel color actions (such as the DPI re-sampling noted above). All bitmap images are color managed with color space inspection found on Graphic Details, Quality tab. The color space popup menu provides inspection and accepts user input for transitions across different color spaces.
Export palettes have new selections for 3 wide gamut color spaces: sRGB, Display P3, Adobe1998. Images are (if necessary) automatically mapped to the export selected color space and the exported image’s meta data is tagged accordingly.
EazyDraw’s color management is implemented by layer, each layer may have a defined color space. This attribute is inspected on the Layers inspector, near the bottom. Layer wide color space changes are applied to images with each pixel color being mapped to the targeted color space. And this action is undo-able.
Improved Pattern support. Major update for patterns to take advantage of wide gamut colors.
EazyDraw 9 has significantly improved tiling patterns. The toolbar convenience palettes have been upgraded to wide gamut (P3 or sRGB as appropriate for the main screen) colors. These application support files should automatically upgrade the first time EazyDraw 9 launches.
The Pattern palette now supports the wide gamut color spaces. Pixel by pixel pattern design is supported using P3 (or sRGB) colors. The end result pattern image is fully color managed (for display, and export) using the Color Space popup on the Pattern palette.
Wide gamut color management is fully integrated with CMYK authoring. Mapping of RGB to and from CMYK is reversible in most cases (where mathematically possible). Export CMYK is supported for TIFF and EPS images.
Developer Colors: Mojave has greatly expanded the super powers of developer colors. EazyDraw 9 supports these new capabilities. There is a supporting drawing included with the download disk image that demonstrates and explains how to use these.
MacOS Mojave includes a palette of dynamic system colors, referred to as Developer Colors on the system color picker, color palettes tab. This color palette provides semantic references that are dynamic and change significantly between light and dark mode system setting. In addition they may have subtle changes in vibrancy and translucency in response to Accessibility system settings. EazyDraw 9’s upgraded color management includes drawing support for developer colors.
For Example: Light and Dark mode automatically control the appearance of user interface elements such as tool palette background and button icons. Light and Dark mode does not control the colors used in a drawing, consider drawing a red stop sign - the red color should not change with light and dark mode. But if appropriate for a project, drawing colors may be defined semantically using Developer colors, a blue print technical drawing could have drawing background color (found on Page Layout palette) set to textBackgroundColor and graphic outline color (on Color and Style palette) set to textColor; then both the user interface and the drawing will respond to the light and dark mode system setting.
There is a new method (new with Mojave) to provide confirmation that the downloaded App has not been intercepted and infected with .malware. This is called a notarized app. Prior to distribution we (EazyDraw) submit the compiled App to Apple. Apple scans and cross checks the App with a through security check. Problems would be reported to developer before distribution. When the security check is successfully the App has an encrypted certificate stapled to the compilation package. Then when you install the App the encrypted information is confirmed against the actual App on your system, ensuring the installed App is secure and clean.
64 Bit. EazyDraw transitioned from 32 bit to 64 bit several years ago. Mojave is forcing depreciation of 32 bit Apps. This is not an issue for EazyDraw.
Clear Color tool has been improved. The clear color action is compliant with color management and supports wide gamut colors.
SVG, several improvements with improved CSS support for SVG imports.
Updated look for user library menus, including dynamic light and dark mode support for the menu icons. Full light and dark mode support for user library palettes, quick keys palette, and customized tool palettes. Customized palettes saved from earlier versions of EazyDraw will automatically update to the new icons and the new icons will dynamically support light and dark mode
Improved layout and refresh for drawing used in tabbed windows. The layers inspector especially had minor layout issues when switching drawing tabs. The tab mode (which is a system setting found in the Dock parameter palette) is now quite robust and very useful in some work flows.

New in EazyDraw 8.8.3 (Jul 30, 2018)

New in EazyDraw 8.8.2 (Apr 21, 2018)

New in EazyDraw 8.8.0 (Aug 31, 2017)

New in EazyDraw 8.7.0 (Aug 31, 2017)

New in EazyDraw 8.6.2 (Feb 17, 2017)

New in EazyDraw 8.6.1 (Dec 21, 2016)

New in EazyDraw 8.6.0 (Oct 19, 2016)

New in EazyDraw 8.5.0 (Oct 19, 2016)

Follow up release for macOS Sierra.
EazyDraw 8 now fully supports macOS Sierra (MacOS version 10.12).
New revision of PDF manual. The built in electronic pdf manual has a new revision. All graphics and images were updated on macOS Sierra with retina image quality. The manual has been generalized to cover all currently supported versions of EazyDraw. We now have one book for all versions. This new edition is now in print, all physical versions of purchased on the EazyDraw store now ship with this newest edition.
Corrected problem copy from, or drag from EazyDraw to FileMaker Pro on macOS Sierra for PDF format images. This capability stopped working with macOS Sierra. It is now fixed and working properly on macOS Sierra.
Corrected problem drag and drop of a Bezier path from EazyDraw to the Custom Arrow palette. And the path was flipped upside-down on the Arrow palette view, this is corrected too. This was reported as a problem on macOS Sierra, it is now working properly on Sierra.
Corrected problem exporting PDF with multiple pages as a multi-page export. This was blocked in some cases when an empty guides layer was present. This option is now selectable on the Export PDF panel.
Corrected problem saving and re-opening drawings that used pattern colors and that were saved in the new mobile friendly file format. If the drawing used multiple different pattern colors it was possible that after a save, close and reopen all the various pattern colors would become the same single pattern color. Note: this was a file writing issue, therefore a drawing previously saved will still exhibit the bug and have one pattern color. After the pattern colors are restored future save-close-open actions will work properly and conserve the multiple pattern colors. This bug applies only to the new file format, it did not happen with drawings saved in the 2001v0 format.
Corrected rare problem saving and reopening drawings that contained fonts that with specific family - font naming conventions. If there were several fonts of one font family then the naming conventions could cause EazyDraw to loose the distinction of the various fonts in the font family. In this case it was then possible (not always) that the wrong font would load after saving, closing and re-opening the drawing. All is fixed now. We do not think this was possible with Apple provided fonts, this was found with a 3rd party font family.
Corrected problem with time stamps when saving and reopening a drawing that contains time stamps with formatting that is different than the formatting for the drawing and different than the default time format. All variations of these format settings have now been tested and are working properly.
Corrected problem with date time stamps. If the time stamp applied to a time between 12 noon and 1 PM, and if the 12 hour clock format was in use then the time was marked as AM (not PM). These time marks now will read correctly, across the noon to 1 PM time span.
Corrected problem on macOS Sierra when inspecting a vector shadow that has the fold down transform active. This would crash on Sierra. This is now corrected.
Corrected problem with pattern colors, when using the newer Mobile Friendly file format. Drawings using several different patterns, after save and re-open, could have one pattern color overwrite other pattern colors.
Corrected rare possible crash when working with very large complex joined Bezier paths.
Corrected possible problem exporting PDF, multi-page drawings that have a guides layer. The export panel choice for multi-page might not enable properly in all cases. This is now fixed.
Corrected possible problem ungrouping PDF for editing. The line join style did not convert correctly in all cases. This is now faithfully transferred from the PDF to EazyDraw Color and Style setting.
Corrected a few rare but possible crashes on Sierra. It was not likely that any of these ever actually caused a crash. They are now robust and corrected.

New in EazyDraw 8.4.1 (Jul 20, 2016)

New in EazyDraw 8.4.0 (Jan 22, 2016)

New in EazyDraw 8.1.0 (Sep 30, 2015)

Major release for El Capitan - OS X 10.11. A required upgrade for all users of OS X 10.11.
Additions - new features:
Major release for OS X 10.11 (El Capitan). This version of EazyDraw supports OS X 10.9, 10.10, and 10.11 . Use El Capitan for best user experience. The user interface graphics have been further refined for full integration with El Capitans look and feel and for crisp bright appearance on 5 k displays.
New Silhouette tool. A great addition if you have a stylus and tablet - and works well with mouse or any pointing device. It is an extension of the free-hand pencil and brush tools. This tool draws a filled shape that automatically combines (adds as union) with successive applications of the tool. Documentation is found in the PDF manual, page 151 and in the Help pages. Use the Shift key modifier for a negative action, successive applied shape is subtracted from the combined shapes. For details we refer you to the PDF manual (access from the Help menu).
Attributes Bar has all new graphics with a bit more use of Color for easier recognition and access to these frequently used buttons. Fully optimized for Retina of course.
Character Builder tools available from Libraries menu. New menus on the Libraries menu. Default setup for EazyDraw now has all the creation tools present on the Libraries user menu. And a now the Character Builder library is included with the EazyDraw application binary. Access the Character Builder graphics from the Libraries menu.
New virtual printer for creating Favicons. Historically Favicon was one small 16x16 bitmap graphic installed on a web site and used by browsers as the address bar icon. Now this technology has expanded to include 10 to 20 individual icon image graphics. These are rapidly becoming expected and necessary element of the web browsing experience. Different browsers and mobile operating systems have specific graphic format specifications. We have researched these requirements and they are now conveniently available on one popup menu on Page Setup. Documentation is provided in the PDF manual page 59, this reference includes a summary of the full topic and information you will need to update your web site.
Greatly expanded the Restore All To Factory action, accessed from the EazyDraw Preferences palette. Changes to OS X have made it more difficult to clear user defaults. The old technique of removing the preferences file (com.dekorra.eazydraw8) doesnt really work any longer. Hidden folders, cached content and other issues make this approach less than full proof. Now this command button performs a complete erase of user defaults and history. Warning - this erases the license code too, so have that available for re-entry. The button will erase defaults, causing them to revert to clean install factory settings, and then push the erasure to OS X for caching. Then EazyDraw immediately quits (so you will also restart cold, after using this button).
San Francisco Font. Users of EazyDraw 8 on El Capitan will notice that the EazyDraw user interface fully incorporates this new font developed by Apple. This is especially advantageous on Retina (5k) displays. The font is perfect for clean readability of icon elements and user interface labels. -- and this web site supports San Francisco font, if you are viewing the web page on an El Capitan (or iOS 9) system this text is rendered with the new font.
The virtual printers for developers have been updated to include the latest platforms of iOS and AppleWatch. Access these from the Page Setup palette. IconSet export has been improved and is a bit more full proof.
The Convert To Filled shapes command has been expanded with added capability. Previously only a few graphics supported this capability (creating the outline path of a path). Now all Bezier graphics should respond to this conversion. Keep in mind that path-of-a-path is a two dimension constrained ribbon geometry, so kinks and sharp arcs may not have reasonable approximations to human visual expectations. But the tool will now handle many more situations than the previous implementation.
Several improvements to the Quick Keys keyboard. Now if it is left visible (as a convenient cheat-sheet) buttons darken as they are clicked on the keyboard.
New option on Export for PNG and TIFF. New option applies when exporting No Background and applying Anti-Aliasing. Before, when exporting No Background with anti-aliasing the anti-aliasing pixels were a combination of gray and transparent. In most cases this is correct. But if the graphic color is very light (bright - near white, or full white) then the bordering anti aliasing pixels were dark, a combination of gray and transparent. This if fine if the white (or light graphic) is used on a dark contrasting background (of course, this is normally the case). But if the graphic is used on a light background the gray is not correct. Now for No Background there is two options. The new option anti-aliases to full transparent white, so a light colored (or white) graphic anti-aliases with white and transparent pixels. The No (white) Background option is used for light colored graphics on light colored backgrounds. This works on Tiff and PNG.
Several new toolbar icons are available for customization of the main toolbar. These provide more efficient access to common (but less frequently used) menu actions. These are also available for addition to user tool palettes and to the Quick Keys palette. They are found on the Other popup menu, use that to add these short cuts to your tool palettes or the keyboard.
New menu command, New From Clipboard. This is found on the File main menu. This command will check the Clipboard for graphic content, if present the image is used retrieved and added to a new EazyDraw drawing.
EazyDraw is now more robust against several forms of crash-failure. This applies when opening drawings that might be corrupt or inconsistent (extensions modified manually - erroneously). In many cases now EazyDraw will recover from the fault, present an error screen and remain operational and internally consistent.
Copy Special, Path as SVG has been improved. This export is now more full proof and should properly support all Bezier graphics. This is a very efficient compact format ideal for Mobil App development. Include these compact strings in pList drawings for integration with user interface graphics on iOS or other mobile development environments.
NOTE: For those upgrading from EazyDraw 7 or another earlier version of EazyDraw: EazyDraw 8 will create a new clean Applications Support folder and a new preferences identity. Preferences and custom user tools, color palettes, dashed lines, arrows, are not automatically brought into the EazyDraw 8 environment. Save these to user defined backup files (this is of course recommended in any case) then bring them into EazyDraw 8. Or - move corresponding files from the EazyDraw 7 Applications Support folder to the EazyDraw 8 Applications Folder. All content formats are compatible, but we have decided that the best user experience is a clean start for each major version release of EazyDraw.

New in EazyDraw 7.6.0 (Jul 30, 2015)

New in EazyDraw 7.5.0 (Jul 29, 2015)

El Capitan - OS X 10.11:
Preliminary support for OS X 10.11.
Additions - new features:
We have added the Character Builder library to the EazyDraw App bundle. It is now a standard built in feature. It is found on the Library menu. If you are making use of the Library menu and have an installed configuration (a few user tools for example), then you will need to look for the Character Builder tool set on the Manage Menu -> Add Tools menu. If your Library menu is not configured (the old default - blank menu) then EazyDraw will (one time only) install all User Tools and the Character Builder on the Library menu. This is to aid users in discovering these capabilities.
Made the Restore All To Factory function more robust. It seems that OS X now caches and retains user settings for EazyDraw, even if the com.dekorra.eazydraw preferences file is removed. Now the Restore All To Factory button forces removal of all settings and performs a system sync. This should again be robust so that one can truly reset EazyDraw settings. This is sometimes needed for debugging operational problems, in these cases use the button as removing the preferences file doesn't seem to work reliably on Yosemite.
Added a feature to the QuickKeys window. This window was originally intended as only a preferences, or setup, window. But it seems that many users like to keep it open, as it show nicely where each tool is located on the keyboard. In this case it is nice to be able to see the clicked key-tool. That is now the case, the active tool (key) is indicated as darkened and if the tool is in sticky-mode that state is indicated in the normal fashion with a red border, on the QuickKeys window.
The Edit Text menu item now exits editing as well as enters text editing. In other words it is now a full toggle function. This is convenient especially when assigned to a command key shortcut.
Corrections and Improvements:
Corrected a long standing but rare nuisance bug, seen primarily with Wacom tablet. When selecting a graphic, there was a possibility for a very small (less than a Point) inadvertent move of the graphic. The small nudge would not clear with Undo. The problem was noted mostly with Wacom tablets but was seen (very rarely) with mouse input. It turns out the bug was more likely on small simple drawings, used with a fast CPU, when working quickly. The problem is now fixed. Extensive worst case testing worked flawlessly on a fast new iMac Retina with a new "Wacom Intros Pro Large".
Fixed the problem of clearing the user license code that was present in version 7.3.0b. Sorry about that, it appears to be a compiler bug from Apple, in any case it is now working properly again.
Found and fixed an inefficiency related to the Page Setup panel. This panel has a preview of the one page of the drawing. The preview was faithfully updated, which can be a problem for a complex drawing page. Normally one will not have this panel open, so the problem was not noticed (also on a reasonably powerful CPU, it would take a rather large and complex drawing to be noticeable). This is now optimized appropriately and not updated live as changes are taking place on the drawing. The preview is updated about 1 second after interaction with the drawing is complete.
Corrected AutoLine when reporting Angles. The angle value was not respecting the Direction setting of Numeric Format, as set on Graphic Details, the Angle Display tab. For example, a small angle to the right and up on the drawing was reporting as 340 degrees with direction set to Right, the correct reading as displayed on Graphic Details with Polar display would be 20 degrees. This is now all consistent and correct.
Fixed problem with Grid Rectangle graphic. The Outline setting of Color and Style should control the presence of the outline rectangle for the graphic. The grid lines are always drawn (stroked) independent of the setting, but the outline box should be under user control. This was outer rectangle, present or not present, was not working. It is now fixed.
Added safeguards against saving User Libraries at reduced precision. If there is an open drawing with reduced archive precision, then the save of a user library could have been at the lower precision. User Libraries now always save 12 decimals of precision.
Fixed a rare crash, possible when performing Flatten of layers, with a gradient that had been turned off.
Improved Copy Special -> SVG path. Previously the full archive precision setting for the drawing (as set on the Scale palette) was used. In most cases a lower precision value is desired. Now the precision setting is taken from the Graphic Details setting of precision for lengths. This provides a more convenient user control of the number of decimal places included in the SVG string representation of the selected Bezier path.
Improved the User Library Tool Menu. These menus have icons, the icons are now updated for pristine quality on Retina display. All these icons have been updated when used on the User Library Tool menu.
Fixed problem with Copy and Paste preferences, on the main EazyDraw Preferences panel (parameters found on lower right of the panel). Changes to these parameters were not being restored properly after quitting and restarting EazyDraw. They work properly again, all changes here are persistent.
Fixed problem exporting DXF, with a Dimension, when the Nothing format is in use. This did cause and exception error message. Now the call to export the nothing text skipped by the DXF generator.
Fixed problem exporting DXF, with a Dimension, when the Nothing format is in use. This did cause and exception error message. Now the call to export the nothing text skipped by the DXF generator.
Corrected Graphic Details inspector for PDF image, on the Quality tab. PDF representation does not support composition (fading and other pixel manipulations). These parameters do not apply to PDF. They should be disabled when inspecting a PDF image, they were not. This is now consistent and the parameters are disabled as they should be.
Corrected Graphic Details inspector for PDF image, on the Quality tab. The Rotation value was not being updated properly. Entries to the field were accepted, processed and displayed properly; however, the initial correct value was not displayed or updated when a new pdf image was selected for inspection.
Added a Repeat Icon to the new Repeat menu item (on Edit menu). Provides a quick visual clue to this action.

New in EazyDraw 7.4.0 (Mar 9, 2015)

New in EazyDraw 7.3.0 (Mar 9, 2015)

Added a new Repeat feature, located on the Edit menu, near the top, just below undo and redo. Repeat is supported and associated with a few (not all) menu commands. The commands included are a) ones that are not frequently used, b) actions focused on one or more graphics on the drawing, c) not normally assigned to simple menu keys, often found on nested submenus or drawing panel dialogues . After the menu command is executed once, then the Repeat menu command is associated with the specific menu action and the the menu item indicates what will be repeated. Then the command can be repeated quickly from the Edit menu, or Cmd-R (the default command key assigned to Repeat). The Repeat remains active for 5 minutes or until a succeeding menu command with repeat support replaces it. By assigning only to more rarely used commands, the repeat function can remain active and available even after several other drawing actions (a longer span than seen with undo or redo). More frequently used commands (like Flip, Copy, or Duplicate in place) are available for use with well learned/conditioned command keys.
Improved the algorithm for Brush of form Stretch Between when using Curve-Linear setting. The old method was not properly interpreting the stretch between boundaries and the result was often not a smooth curve. Much more useful now with appearance as one would expect from the Curve-Linear setting when a linear brush path is applied to a curved host path.
Improved the performance of the Shift key on Launch feature. This is used with a crash on launch situation. If the shift key is held down, loading of drawings at launch is avoided. This is important if the re-opening of a drawing is causing a crash, then a endless loop is established where every time a launch is attempted the App crashes, and there is no way to open-then close the problem drawing to allow the App to run again. This potential problem was introduced with OS X 10.8 . Apple and OS X then introduced a partial solution, using the Shift key. But for Auto-Saved and un-named (Untitled) drawings the OS X solution is not evoked. Now EazyDraw senses the Shift key, and remembers that it was "down"at launch, remembers this state for 12 seconds, then abort loading of any drawings during the first 12 seconds after launch. This provides a fail-safe, probably full-proof, backup for the Shift Key on launch solution.
Improved Double Vertices algorithm. It is now must faster and more reliable with highly complex Bezier forms.
Fixed numeric input for Spiral, on Graphic Details. The Start and End Number of Turns values were not displayed correctly. Entries were correct, but confusing of course. Now the read out values are correct. All works properly now.
More robust error recovery upon auto save. There have been issues reported with auto saving of drawings that reside in an active DropBox folder. While the problem is likely a Dropbox bug, EazyDraw will now have a better chance to recover and not crash or hang.
Change for Grid snapping behavior of Orthogonal Connectors. Previously these have snapped only the intermediate orthogonal vertices, not the active connection ends. Now all vertices snap to Grid if grid snapping is active. The actual snap point is forced to the grid, the grid snap position takes precedence over the geometric snap position on the target graphic.
Internal additions for saving of custom (OS X defined) colors. Now Named and Pattern colors are archived in the drawing file in an open public defined format. We are trying to completely remove all non-public-defined data formats in the "new" EazyDraw file format.
Changed the default fonts for Rulers and Axis Labels. Yosemite introduced new "internal" fonts which were then connected to the rulers. These do not seem to be appropriate for user access. Now, while the Ruler might be considered a User Interface element and hence defined by these internal fonts - EazyDraw instead applies the User&rsqo;s Default font for Rulers and Axis labels. This is change would be of interest only to power users. This only applies to the Factory default, and may be over ridden with normal user default settings via the Ruler Style palette.
Fixed what appears to be a very rare possible problem with Axis Labels (the text / numeric labels - not the tick marks). On some older hardware running the newer Yosemite operating system it was possible that the Axis Labels would not draw after a change to the labels (resize or re-orient). The non-drawing issue would clear itself when the drawing was saved or re-opened. This is now fully robust on Yosemite.
Corrected problem using Morph with Dimensions. Translation caused some dimensions to double translate, then undo would not work properly. This is now fixed.
Corrected problem with SVG import, relating to a specific transform notation using extra white space. Our parser has been updated to deal with these properly.
Corrected problems with Clear Color. The toolbar button was not enabling reliably. Images that originated from a high resolution Retina display would Clear Color properly, but when the drawing was saved and re-opened the image was distorted and displayed at double size. These issues are now fixed and a full pass of quality control testing of was completed on Yosemite on a dual screen Retina / Classic resolution system.
Corrected problem with Dimension from files saved with EazyDraw version 3.6 and older. When opened with EazyDraw 7 it was possible that Dimensions might be mis-placed on the drawing. This is now fixed.
Corrected problem rotating graphics on multi-layer drawings, when using Enable Actions - Show Others. Graphics on non-active layers, that were visible could be selected and rotated. This was not correct - the graphics on the visible but non-selectable layers should be seen but not altered. This now works properly.
Corrected problem with DXF import, related to dashed lines. A vendor specific dxf format was found to have incorrect dashed line specifications, this caused the dxf import to fail. EazyDraw now has a redundant pre-flight check for dashed line information which detects and corrects the problem so the import may proceed to completion.
Corrected possible, rare crash on launch. This may be related to OS X 10.10.2. It relates to Autosave of drawings that have not been saved to a particular file, the "Untitled" drawings. The potential problem is now detected and the crash avoided.
Corrected problem using Back outline (stroke) position with Pattern fill in the non-overlay mode. The outline was not drawing. This is now fixed, all possibilities of fill, overlay, gradient and stroke position draw correctly transparent bitmap pattern overlay.
Fixed problem with drawings that contain copy and pasted, or drag-and-dropped multi-page PDF content. The source pdf image data could remain saved in the drawing file even if all pages of the multi-page pdf were deleted. An orphaned data problem. This would not be a problem if any of the PDF pages were still in the drawing. And single page PDF images would not trigger the problem. Multi-page PDF opened directly also did not trigger the problem. A second related problem; copy and pasted, or drag and dropped multi page PDF, which then is fully deleted, then reintroduced to the drawing with an Undo of the last PDF delete: then when the drawing was saved and reopened the PDF content would be blank. This second issue is fixed too.
Improved behavior of Color Modification. This relates to the opacity and tint adjustment for a full layer. The fix and improvement relates to PDF images on the target layer. The recent version 7 release had a problem that the PDF image would flip vertically when color modification was applied. This issue is fixed. This problem was just recently introduced. The color-tint aspect of color modification did not work with a pdf image. This is corrected too, both opacity and tint are applied to a PDF image.
Fixed Copy and Paste and Drag and Drop problems between EazyDraw and LaTeXiT. This capability had problems that were introduced with EazyDraw 7 and OS X 10.10. This is now working again. LaTeXiT appears to not be totally complaint with OS X 10.10 requirements and the system Paste Board. So there are error messages that appear on the console, this seems to mean that LaTeXiT does not receive the actual equation data packet, but a second version of the equation information is annotated to PDF. This information does seem to reach LaTeXiT. Things seem operational again.
Corrected problem with rotated image graphics, such as imported PNG or JPG bitmap images. If the image was scaled and rotated, the on-screen adjustment handles were not positioned correctly. This is now fixed. This was introduced with EazyDraw version 7, it was not a problem in earlier versions of EazyDraw.
Fixed problem with saving large sets of Quick Keys. If nearly all keys were assigned then the Quick Keys import would not enable the file. This is now fixed, all works properly export and import of Quick Key sets.
Fixed problem with QuickKeys when assigning Knife, Rotate, or Insert tools to a QuickKey. If EazyDraw was launched without the main tool palette showing (the one with these tools). Then the corresponding QuickKeys would not work when their assigned key was clicked. They would continue to not work until the main tool palette was opened once. The main tool palette could then be closed and the QuickKeys would then work, but not until the palette was opened once. This is now fixed.
Fixed rare possible crash when quickly dragging a complex graphic from one drawing to another. If the drop on the destination drawing happened before the dragging image appears, then the crash was possible. This would probably only happen to users using a tablet, that was about the only way to be fast enough to trigger the failure. All works properly now.

New in EazyDraw 7.1.1 (Nov 4, 2014)

Code Signing update. Version 7.1.0 developer credentials were not accepted by Yosemite (version 2) GateKeeper on some machines. In early 2014 Apple changed the status for the EazyDraw development team from individual developer to corporate developer. The impact of this status change is the likely cause of the issue. EazyDraw is now code signed with version 2 corporate (DEKORRA OPTICS LLC) credentials. It should now be possible to use App Store and Verified Developers for Security and Privacy setting. We apologize for any inconvenience, internal and beta testing did not reveal the issue.
Corrected possible problems with Copy from, and Drag and Drop from EazyDraw. In many cases Text and Annotation was not included in the exported content. For example a copy from EazyDraw to Pages using PDF as the number one Copy Format (the factory default) would not include text. This is now fixed.
Corrected cosmetic problem on Layers inspector. The checkboxes on the layers table were "jumpy" and would sometimes draw large-bloomed and would jump between a normal display and the bloomed look. This was seen on some systems, mostly older machines, and was not seen on Retina displays. This would trigger when scrolling the table, especially with small scrolls as happen with a magic mouse. This seems to be a basic issue in Yosemite, related to scroll views and their animation. EazyDraw now has a patch and intercepts the drawing of these specific buttons. Now they still will jump one or two pixels on non-retina displays, as the table is scrolled, but they always draw the correct size and display a very crisp vector icon. As a side benefit they are more effulgent on the Retina than the Yosemite button icon.
Corrected problem viewing User Library elements. Very small features were sometimes not shown in the preview image.
Corrected issue with Export FAVICO, and Window Icons (ICO). The selection for Full Drawing area is now disabled as this is a non-logical selection. The sizes of the various icon formats are defined by the export specification. If the export selection was Visible Graphics, this was taken literally and all visible graphics were included. This is not correct logic if the choice for Export Content is Selected Graphics. This is now fixed, a selection for Selected Graphics is now honored. If the Export Source is One Layer then Selected Graphics would not be logical and it (along with Full Drawing Area) is disabled and not allowed. The Help pages define this rather complicated (Windows construction) logic, probably the most helpful documentation is the export panels tool-tips. So be certain to review the tool-tips. The intended method of use is Visible Graphics, with Source set to One Layer and a defined layer for each individual icon - and a bounds defining invisible rectangle to set the source graphics size. Review the example FAVICO in the Additions Pack.
It was possible to have extraneous entries in the User Tools menu. Hidden unix files, starting with "dot-period" would appear in the menu. Primarily the ".DS_Store" entry could appear, if a user made direct changes to the corresponding Application Support folder (a hidden folder). This is now blocked and these files if they should exist will not appear in the User Tools menu.
Fixed problem exporting BMP, for Just Graphics setting. This was actually drawing a different portion of the total drawing, often a blank area. This is now exporting correctly.

New in EazyDraw 7.1.0 (Oct 21, 2014)

New in EazyDraw 6.6.0 (Aug 20, 2014)

New in EazyDraw 6.5.0 (Aug 20, 2014)

This version is now operational on Yosemite (OS X 10.10 developer preview).
Robust Update.
SVG improvements
Easy Look Display Improvements.
User Library Element Display Improvements.
Robust version as result of recent broad quality control testing review.
Significant optimization and improvement for the User Library inspector preview images (the image for the selected item of a User Library palette). There were rare intermittent problems on Mountain Lion and Mavericks, the images would appear at low quality. This is corrected, images draw reliably with perfect clarity. Transformed and rotated content is now reliably indicated in the library image.
SVG export: added the new naming support for groups. See below, the new naming worked for individual graphics, but groups were missed. Now they have a ID that corresponds to the Graphic Name for the group, if present.
Improved click - hit detection for Center Dimension, Diameter Dimension and Report Dimension. These were selected with any click in the full bounding box, which is often rather large. Now they are only selected when the mouse click is near the actual dimension graphic.
In some cases a Report, Center or Diameter Dimension would not display properly immediately after opening a drawing. The dimensions would update and report the proper metrics as soon as a change was made to the drawing. But if the drawing was only viewed, the dimensions would display “NA” indefinitely - until the drawing was touched or moved or edited. Now these update and display properly after the drawing is opened. In some cases it may be one or two seconds before they update and display, this is a result of optimizations for quicker opening of all drawings.
Fixed issue with Angle Dimension, adjusting the reference handle, when the dimension was not attached to a graphic. The interactive adjustment was somewhat erratic. This is now correct with a smooth and accurate adjustment.
Further additions for SVG export, external linked images. The logic was significantly expanded. XLinks are now supported on the Easy Look inspector. Both the graphic name and the xLink (Property 2) on Easy Look are examined on export when Embedded images is not checked (when using external linked bitmap images). Upon SVG import an external link image is preserved, the xLink file path is saved with the EazyDraw content, and may be inspected/changed with Easy Look inspector. A new Overwrite control is found the Export SVG panel, uncheck this to avoid overwriting external images. If the name - xLink information indicates an image file, and there is no existing image file then a new image file is saved. The Overwrite checkbox only manages overwriting existing image files. If a graphic has a name and no xLink, then the image file is placed in the same directory as the svg export and the image file is given named from the graphic name. If an xLink is provided, the graphic name is not used. The user is responsible for providing properly constructed xLinks to existing directories. If Graphic Names are used, the user is responsible for name uniqueness, in the event of duplicate names the overwrite setting applies. Documentation is not complete for this new capability at the time of this beta release.
Corrected SVG export, external linked images. In the case where no name or xLink is provided EazyDraw automatically generates unique image names. Previously an image file was created for each use in the EazyDraw drawing. This was not optimal when one image was used several times. Now linked images are checked for repeated usage. One external image file is created for each unique image. An image that is repeated in the drawing will have only one external linked file.
Added feature to SVG export to support exporting a Graphic Name into the SVG ID field. If DOM ID’s is set to Yes on the SVG export panel, then each graphic is exported with a unique ID, the name of a graphic is ignored. If DOM ID’s is set to NO on the SVG export panel and if a graphic has a name assigned then the graphic name is exported in the SVG ID field. The name of the graphic is inspected and set on the Easy Look table.
Corrected problem with SVG import, with the “use” element. In some cases where multiple colors were applied and inherited to the same element, there could be mistakes in the applied color. This was introduced with EazyDraw version 6 on Mavericks. This is now working correctly again.
Fixed issue with Angle Dimension, for angles greater than 90 degrees with Dimension Format set to Dimension. The text read-out box had the arc indicator pass through it. Appearance is better when the indicator arc is broken and does not interfere with the text. This now corrected for the improved appearance.
Corrected minor problem with 4 of the standard arrows. The Bar and Diode shapes. The length of the bar was reversed and became smaller as the arrow included angle was increased. The appearance was fine for the average arrow angle but adjusted in a reverse fashion with a wider arrow drawn with an more narrow bar length. This is now correct.
Corrected Box Arrow. The size of the box was dependent on the arrow included angle and the Relief value was not set correctly. This is now correct. In some cases there may be a small but noticeable change in existing drawings that use the box arrow shape. However the problem is significant enough to warrant this correction.
Corrected problem with Dash menu on dashes palette. if EazyDraw was launched with the Dashes palettes closed, then if a dash pattern was set from the dash popup menu in the Attributes bare, then if the Dashes palette was opened the dash menu on the palette would be blank. This is now fixed.
Optimized moving very large images (including PDF) with Graphic Details inspector open. This combination was slow and sluggish for large images. EazyDraw is now more responsive in this situation.
Fixed bug with Quick Keys palette configuration. In some cases it was not possible to drag the actions tools at the top of the generic tools palette (knife, rotate, …) to the QuickKeys palette. This is fixed, now these tools may be added at any time with drag and drop.
Fixed possible problem using the underline button on the Attributes Bar. In some cases it would not properly turn off an underline state. This was only on the Attributes bar button, the menu commands did not have the problem. All works properly now.
Added capability for DXF to import datum points. They have no size so technically they are not supported in EazyDraw. DXF data input now accepts these POINTS and adds them to the drawing as small circles (2 Points diameter).
Added capability for DXF to import layers with duplicate names. Previously a DXF file with 2 layers with the same name would cause EazyDraw to hang. It is not clear if this is an allowed configuration for a DXF file. Now EazyDraw checks for duplicate layer names, if found the names are modified (with —number) to be unique. These files now read properly into EazyDraw.
Fixed problem with Layer Color Modification, when the layer contained a non-pdf image and when this image had resolution other than 72 Dots Per Inch. The image would scale to 72 DPI, and thus display larger or smaller when Color Modification was in use. This is now fixed. The image appears the same size, with only the color modification change.
Added the capability to change only one component of Hue, Saturation, or Brightness Color for a color change applied to several graphics. This now behaves the same as RGB or CMYK, where one component change will apply over several graphics, changing only the one color component in each target color and not making all the target colors the same. This is not a perfect solution. The HSB system color picker is not consistent with respect to its conversions between RGB and HSB. For example a HSB might be changed and set, but when you click off then back on a target graphic the HSB values will display differently. Other HSB Color Picker plug-ins were tested, none provided a proper solution, each seems to have a different class of mapping inconsistencies. A robust HSB color Picker is now on our to-do-list.
Added Tool-Tip support for the Quick Keys palette. This was intended for setup only so Tool-Tip was not provided. But it seems many users keep the palette open as a ready cheat sheet, hence the need for this addition. Any tool installed as a quick key now has its Tool-Tip available on the Quick Keys palette.
Corrected a performance for the new version 6 file format for drawings that contain multiple copies of bitmap images. Multiple copies of the image were included in the saved file. Only one copy of the image is needed. This is now corrected, providing potentially smaller saved file size.
Significant optimization and improvement for the Easy Look inspector preview image (the image for the selected items in the Easy Look table). There were intermittent problems on Mountain Lion and Mavericks, the images would often fail to draw. This is corrected, images draw reliably with better clarity. The background for the image was a solid off-gray, the background now reflects the background setting for the drawing (from Page Layout). This includes the Checker-Board setting. Checker-Board is especially useful for Easy Look preview, properly reflecting transparency as individual and group graphic elements are inspected.
Corrected random problem on Text Graphic Details inspector for Characters. In some cases, after a new piece of text was entered, the three character popup menus would not refresh and did not show the character information. This is now fixed.
Corrected about 10 grammar errors with use of “it’s” instead of “its” in the PDF manual. A full search check and correct of this proper grammar form was completed for both the PDF manual and the Help pages.
Corrected rare possible problems associated with spurious lines of nearly infinite length (greater than 10**32). If these made their way into a drawing there could be trouble with Select All and drag select. These are now handled gracefully by EazyDraw.
Corrected problem with Export PDF, Full Drawing Area, White Background, when Page Layout had a non-white background specified for the drawing. The non-white background was printed in error. Now the proper White Background is printed for this combination of settings.
Fixed problem with the Rectangle Spoke graphic. This is allowed to have a rounded corner. The corner radius parameter was not saved properly. When a drawing was re-opened this radius returned to zero. This is now fixed, the radius is saved and restored properly now.
Corrected problem with Spiral, the control handles for the Spiral. They were not drawn at the correct locations on the Spiral. This was not a problem until interactive distortion of the spiral, such as flatten of the spiral. This was introduce with EazyDraw version 6, not present in the older versions. This is correct now.
Corrected problem with Spiral, numeric entry of the Flatten Axis Angle parameter on Graphic Details inspector. The entry was not properly read as an angle. This is now correct.
Corrected problem with the Notch Circle on Technical tool palette. A small problem with two of the interactive on screen adjuster handles. The ones adjusting the width of the notch were somewhat jumpy and slightly inconsistent. They now are smooth and precisely responsive.
Corrected problem with on screen adjusting handle for Corner graphics and Exponent Math graphics. The blue adjusting handle response was inconsistent. It is now smooth and precisely responsive.
Corrected problem with Double Flat Circle, in some cases the drawing geometry was incorrect. All is correct now. This was introduced with EazyDraw version 6.
Corrected very rare problem mapping color space. This happens when the color space is changed for a layer (on Layers inspector) or exporting to EPS or TIFF. It is possible to import, or perhaps to copy, a color form that would not convert. The color conversion now performs a preliminary test of each color before conversion, thereby avoiding this problem.
Corrected problem snapping to an invisible line (a line with no stroke) that was exactly horizontal or vertical. The infinitely thin aspect prevented proper snap testing. This now snaps properly.
Corrected rare problem with Copy operation. If a graphic contained text but if that contained text was empty and actually did not have any text characters, then the copy operation would fail to place any content on the system Clipboard. EazyDraw has blocks to prevent a drawing from having empty text boxes, unless they are linked to a chain of text boxes that has non-zero text content. One user somehow created a drawing with this situation, so now EazyDraw has internal protection against this situation.
Corrected problem with Annotation. When creating a new annotation text the full new text might not display (it was cut-off). The problem would self correct at a later time. This is now fixed. This was introduced with EazyDraw version 6 and Mavericks.
Corrected the Percent text input on the Page Setup palette. The Fine Scale for the palette did not have a setting for Percent Precision, and this prevented changing the display precision for the Percent field. The input for the field was always rounded to even percentage. All is fixed now, any typed value is accepted exactly as typed and the display respects the Fine Scale Percentage Precision setting for the palette.
Improved the direction of arrows for curved paths that have very sharp curvature at the end of the path. The problem was noticed with Sine wave shapes (from the Math palette) that ended exactly at a peak or valley of the waveform. For larger values of N (the number of Bezier segments per cycle of the waveform, as defined on Graphic Details) the interval of the ending Bezier segment would be very small and the tangent was not computed to a high enough degree of accuracy. The accuracy is now improved.
Fixed issue when using double click to extend an angle constrained line to the intersection with another graphic. The line end could possibly snap to vertex, thereby ignoring the angle constraint. This is now handled correctly, the line extends to the intersection and properly ignores the possible vertex snap giving priority to the angle constraint.
Fixed the S break cross over jumper. The “s” was not drawn correctly. This was introduced with EazyDraw version 6. The S jumper now has a proper “s” shape.
Fixed a few problems with deleting colors from a gradient that had more than 2 colors. In a few situations the minus-color button on the Gradient Fill palette would fail to delete the intermediate color. This now works properly again.
Improved the accuracy of the definition of the extreme color limits for gradients. The colors at the very corners of a graphic, when the gradient is drawn at a non-orthogonal angle, were sometimes not fully saturated with the defined start and end colors. This was a minor, not often noticeable, adjustment. But now it is precise.
Corrected problem with Tab leaders that used Dashed lines. The dashed tab leaders were not drawn in most cases. This is now fixed, and they draw correctly. The problem was introduced with EazyDraw version 6.
Corrected problem on Advanced Duplicate, Polar Duplicate. The Spin option rotated the set of new duplicate graphics in the wrong direction. This has been reversed. This was a problem introduced with EazyDraw version 6.

New in EazyDraw 6.4.1 (Mar 17, 2014)

New in EazyDraw 6.3.1 (Mar 17, 2014)

Minor Update for Free Market Release 6 Corrections and Enhancements. Several advances for SVG import support including more integrated CSS capability. Improved Font Mapping for SVG import, covering embedded fonts and OS X font translations.
Corrected issue that evolved on Mavericks. A new feature on Mavericks called Responsive Scrolling can cause large drawing overhead for drawing applications such as EazyDraw. This new feature may be helpful for simplistic applications that employ inefficient drawing algorithms. For EazyDraw the problem was only apparent for lager complex drawings, a certain level of drawing activity would trigger large drawing overhead for this new feature and cause EazyDraw to be slow and unresponsive. This seemed to be rather random, some users and certain situations would trigger the sluggishness and response issues. One drawing was observed to clear with no setting changes, then a simple reboot brought the problem back. We have this new feature completely patched out now. Performance is again now the same as it was on earlier versions of OS X. The problem was only present on Mavericks, it was present on both Retina and legacy resolution screens. No improvements for scrolling were observed for EazyDraw so we will leave this feature patched out for the foreseeable future.
Fixed an issue with accessing EazyDraw Help. Some users were experiencing problems accessing EazyDraw Help files on Mavericks with EazyDraw version 6.
Added new features related to deleting vertices (nodes) for Bezier paths. Previously there were two algorithms. The primary algorithm attempts to remove the node and still approximate the original path, by computing best match control points that follow the original path as closely as possible. This is the algorithm used by the knife, it did not change. The second method simply removed a node and associated control points, these are the two control points "ahead" of the node. The newly added method removes the designated node and control points on either side (if present) of the node. The new method is available on the Graphic Details inspector, the Bezier path needs to be in the normal (non-continuous) mode. The contextual menu (obtained by a Control-Click on or very near a node, when the path is selected) now presents all 3 methods for convenient short-cut access.
Fixed problem using comma as decimal separator, for regions such as Italy and Germany. Several fields on parameter palettes and a few on the Graphic Details inspector were not displaying and accepting this alternate decimal delimiter. This is a new issue with Mavericks. All numeric input and display fields have now been tested and confirmed for correct operation using both decimal and comma as the decimal delimiter.
Fixed possible problem with default settings for paragraph alignment and the text flow-around setting. Portions of the logic for setting and using the default setting for these parameters was faulty. All is now correct. The Paragraph Form parameter palette now defines and manages these values and their default settings in the normal fashion using the Current and Default buttons. The palette was upgraded to show Flow Around setting on the Alignment popup menu with the flow-around icon as an added visual clue in the popup menu. If you have experienced trouble with the default setting for Flow Around: after installing the upgrade go to the Paragraph palette, hold down command key, move mouse over the Default button, when you see the button change to Factory, click the button, this will clear out the troublesome setting. If the default for Text was set to Flow-Around, then SVG and DXF import and PDF ungroup could have poor results importing text, this potential problem is now handled properly.
Corrected problem with Zoom Calibrate and the new Zoom Interactive tool when used on a custom User Tools palette. These two tools (only these two), which were recently added to the Zoom Tools palette, would not work from a custom tools palette. They now work properly on a User Tools palette. The Zoom tools were not enabling properly, on a User Tools palette, immediately after launch and immediately after switching from another App back to EazyDraw. They now properly enable.
Fixed problem with the Angle Dimension control knob for clockwise and counter clockwise setting. This was broken with EazyDraw 6, it is now fixed and again works properly.
Fixed problem using trackpad gestures to rotate a fixed angle graphic (such as a rectangle or oval). EazyDraw would perform the necessary conversion to a rotatable graphic but then would repeatedly make the default bell sound. The rotation would proceed with the next gesture. Now all proceeds smoothly with no annoying bell sounds.
Fixed the Dash 7 Toolbar button (found on the Customize sheet for the main drawing window toolbar). This button provides the Short Dash Pattern. The button was not working, problem introduced with EazyDraw version 6. The problem is fixed, the button works again.
Fixed problem dragging pattern colors onto the EazyDraw Pattern palette's working area. This was actually always unreliable, but became more so on Mavericks. The problem is now fixed.
Corrected problem reducing the width of a text box. If the first line of the text was a "white space" (a newline for example) it was not possible to interactively reduce the width of the text box. This is fixed now.
Corrected problem with the new Brush tool (the one next to the Pencil tool on the main tool palette). If the tool was used to draw a new curve on an empty drawing and if the next user action was an Undo, EazyDraw would crash. This is now fixed.
Corrected problem rotating groups that contained an Arc or Pie shape. The problem was introduce with version 6.
Removed the window shade control from the Brushes panel. This panel supports full interactive resizing and should not have the window shade control. This control icon was visible and active, clicking on it caused the size of the panel to become corrupt. The corrupt state would require a quit and restart of EazyDraw. Don't experiment before updating. The update of EazyDraw should be done with the panel at full size (window shade not active).
Updated and improved the tool tips on the Font Map panel. The English and other translations had many of the tool tips in Spanish. All localizations are now correct and the tool tips reflect the recent improvements and additions for Font mapping and character mapping support.
Added capability for mapping and import embedded glyph font sets in SVG drawings. There is now support for multiple font / glyph tables for fonts with the same names but different font face styles or weights. For example two embedded fonts one normal and one bold will now import correctly for both embedded and font mapped interpretation.
Added a factory Hatch for Concrete. The new hatch will appear for new users (new installations). This will not appear in the menu on the Hatch panel for users that are updating. The named Hatches file in the Applications Support folder needs to be removed for this to rebuild at this time. Caution, removing the file will erase any user built and named hatches.
Corrected issues relating to a few of the Stellate graphics. These issues were introduced with EazyDraw version 6 and Mavericks. Two stellates were not drawn correctly, a few had problems with interactive adjustments. All stellates have been fully tested and are now working correctly with EazyDraw version 6.
Corrected issues with Label and tick mark text. Interactive adjustment of the tick mark length was not tracking properly. This was introduced with EazyDraw 6.
Corrected Label Text to properly utilize the correct decimal delimiter for international regions. Label text was always using a decimal point. Now the Region setting in System Preferences properly determines the decimal delimiter. This was a new problem with Mavericks. It now works correctly on both Mountain Lion and Mavericks.
Fixed possible crash. Related to use of Tape Tool, closing an un-edited drawing, then continuing work on another drawing. Problem not present on OS X 10.8, but found to be present on OS X 10.9, versions 10.9.1 and 10.9.2. Situation is now stable and correct for all versions of OS X.
Improved logic relating to including and excluding Report Dimensions when forming a group. Applies to Report Dimensions, Center Dimension, and Diameter Dimensions. These were forced to be excluded from groups in some situations. All is correct now.
Several improvements for SVG import relating to text spans and white space handling with text spans.
Embedded fonts, corrected problem interpreting embedded fonts for longer strings.
Fixed several minor issues with font mapping. The Font Maps panel is now more user friendly. If an import is performed with the Font Map panel open, after the import a drop down sheet appears with information about fonts and embedded glyphs found in the SVG drawing. The drop down sheet will indicate how each was handled. In many cases where an SVG is coming from a non-Mac system it is advisable to perform a trial import, review the information, set font mapping accordingly then import again.
Added ability to define a preference for use of embedded fonts. The Font Map panel now has that parameter always enabled, if no specific font is named the checkbox applies to a persistent (across quit and relaunch of EazyDraw) preference to use embedded fonts if they are included in a SVG file. Not all SVG files have embedded fonts. Use of embedded fonts more faithfully reproduce the exact text, but the text is imported as Bezier paths and is not editable as text. The factory default is to attempt to locate an installed system font and avoid use of embedded fonts.
Fixed an issue importing SVG Markers (called Arrows in EazyDraw). The default setting for Relief or Offset was applied. This behavior was not correct, the import must always use the Offset choice. The setting may be changed after the import but SVG definitions follow the Offset method not Relief. Arrows now import correctly.
Fixed issues related to importing SVG dashed lines. Certain style arrangements would cause EazyDraw to fail to apply the line dashing. All is correct now.
Correct issues related to importing SVG ellipse arcs. A bug was introduced with EazyDraw 6 and clockwise vs counter clockwise was reversed in some cases. All is fixed now.
Fixed problem ungrouping PDF. Rare configuration of the PDF content could cause some text to render as white text on white background, instead of black text. This is parsing error is now fixed.

New in EazyDraw 6.3.0 (Dec 18, 2013)

Added visual feedback when interactively editing graphics with Uniform Scale. A dashed line is shown indicating the allowed adjusting corner positions. This works with a Uniform Scale interactive graphic and the line appears when the Cmd key is used to constrain a rectangle-bounds resize action.
Added full support for LaTexIt. Support for LatTeXIt developed several issues after LinkBack support was dropped with EazyDraw 5. Several corrections and additions are now included in the EazyDraw source code to provide bi-directional support for typesetting equations with LaTeXIt, this is now accomplished in a robust fashion consistent with Mac security requirements and independent of third party code (LinkBack). EazyDraw now internally maintains two copies (one native to EazyDraw and one native to LaTeXIt) of the LaTeX markup source text. This insures that an included equation will have the associated source code and will be editable in the future on future platforms and versions of OS X. Equations may be Copied and Pasted or Dragged and Dropped between (both directions) EazyDraw and LaTeXIt. The Services provided by LaTeXit on the Apple (via EazyDraw) Services menu are now supported. With the Services menu a typeset PDF equation may be reverted to source LaTeX markup text and LaTeX markup text may be compelled to typeset PDF in-situ with the Services menu commands. Services in both directions are allowed for equations that originate in LaTeXIt (or any other LaTeX App) or from Text on an EazyDraw drawing. Testing completed with LaTeXit version 2.5.4.
Additions to the Node Edit tool. The tool now works fully with Groups. The capability was expanded to provide node editing for graphics in groups. Group Edit needs to be set to the Free state (for both the individual target Group and the Drawing). This capability is useful for intricate group size and shape editing. Specifically one editing node may be assigned for overall size of the group and other nodes for specific group graphic changes, which all interact in unison. These additions apply for Groups and Interaction Levels.
Corrected behavior when resizing a group, when interactively decreasing the width or height to a very minimum and negative values. The Group would jitter and make small jumps at the near zero and negative heights. The jitter and jump behavior is fixed and the group will smoothly decrease to the minimum allowed height or width, if the interactive motion continues to the negative height or width the group flips and smoothly adjusts to increasing width or height.
Added capability to SVG export. It is now possible to select the content for export, before the only choice was Full Drawing Area. It is now possible to select Graphics Only or Selected Graphics Only.
Group Edit for a drawing was not being saved and restored when opening the drawing. The setting for new drawings and the setting for individual groups was saved and restored properly, but the Group Edit in effect for a drawing was set at the default for new drawings when opening the drawing.
Added a toolbar button for Numerate. It is found on the Customize table for the main drawing window toolbar. Numerate was also added as a Quick Keys option, access from the Add -> Other QuickKeys popup menu.
Corrected issue using the iconset feature for App Development setting for Page Setup. When the iconset template was first created the reference names for each icon did not show. The names returned after a save and re-open of the drawing. Now they appear properly when the template is first created.
Improved vertex cloaking. Now groups with nested graphics will cloak or present uncloaked vertices respecting the settings of each group graphic. The cloaked state is defined by the settings for cloaking before forming the group. Nesting applies.
Improved interactive resize of images (TIFF, PNG, PDF, ...). This now supports the Command key to constrain to uniform scaling. Images now accept Pin Center. And Pin Center responds to the Control key to temporarily toggle the Pin Center on or off.
Changed behavior when for insertion of a PDF image. When a PDF is opened with EazyDraw the page size, orientation and number of pages for the drawing is automatically set to match the PDF page specification. When a PDF image is inserted into an existing drawing with Copy and Paste or Drag and Drop the drawing's Page Setup (size, orientation, margins, ...) should remain as set (they should not take on the page settings of the PDF). EazyDraw was changing the page size on PDF insert, this is now changed back to the intended behavior. Summary: use Open to pick up the PDF page settings. Insert to keep the drawing's fixed page settings.
Fixed problem with the new Node Edit tool, selecting nodes on a rotated text box. These were set and shown incorrectly at the non-rotated positions. All works properly now.
Fixed problem interactively adjusting the stretch controls for a Text Box. The adjustments were not smooth and could distort the text layout. The problem was introduced with EazyDraw version 6. It was more likely to happen when adjusting smaller rotated text. All is correct again.
Corrected possible problem selecting graphics that were near a Text Bubble graphic. The Text Bubble was interfering with a favored selection over other graphics in the area of the text bubble pointer. Selection is now as expected, respecting clicks close to the text bubble outline but not responding to the full bounding box of the Text Bubble. This applied to all 4 forms of text bubbles.
Corrected issue relating to Dimensions, when performing an export of Graphics only. In rare cases, such as a dimension with Form set to Nothing and no connections (measuring nothing as well). The exported drawing would cover a large area including the graphics and the drawing origin. This problem could also cause CPU loading for large complex drawings that contained a Dimension graphic in this state.
Corrected several issues on the Advanced Duplicate function, Polar duplicate. The angle values were not properly synced to the angle format as assigned on Graphic Details. This made things rather confusing. This was introduced with EazyDraw 6. All is corrected and fully tested now.
Corrected rare problem with Dimension, related to rounding. For drawings to scale, with large number (> 10) of inches, with Dimension precision set to one decimal point, with format set to Feet and Inches. In some cases the display value of the Dimension, on the drawing, would show an extra 0.1 inches. This is now fixed.
Corrected problem with the new Node editing tool. In many cases Undo commands were not recorded. They are now recorded properly and are available in the Edit Undo menu selection.
Made an addition to the Fit Text Box command. The original behavior is not changed, the new capability applies when nothing is selected. If nothing on the drawing is selected (no selected text or any other graphic) then the command recursively analyzes all text on the drawing looking for any text that does not fit. For all text that does not fit, first the text box width is increased 75%, if this allows the text to fit, the exact fit new width is used for the text box. If text still does not fit the width is restored to the original and the height is increased as necessary to allow the text to fit.
Fixed issue introduced with version 6. If the temporary default for Arrows was set to apply arrows, then a new drawing would have arrows added to all graphics that did not have arrows when the drawing was saved. This is now fixed.
Corrected problem adding graphics from a User Library to a drawing. The issue related to certain interaction settings. The graphic would fail to appear in the drawing. This was introduced with EazyDraw 6. Problem is now fixed.
Corrected another issue related to making copies of graphics with active "pin" states. Version 6.1.0f corrected the issue with Duplicate of a graphic. The problem was present with Copy and Paste, and with drag and drop of a layer that contained pinned graphics. All of these issues are now responding correctly and conserving the pinned state.
Corrected a problem opening drawings with Arrows that were saved with an early version of EazyDraw 5. The Arrow information was not saved correctly, the drawing would open in EazyDraw 5 but the corresponding Arrow information was lost. EazyDraw 6 would crash when opening the problem drawing. Now EazyDraw 6 does not crash and handles the drawing problem in a stable fashion.
Corrected problem, new to version 6, with Dimensions using the Box format and angles between 90 and 180 degrees. These would sometimes fail to show the dimension text on the drawing when the drawing was opened or when the target graphic was resized. This is now fixed, the text loads and displays properly in all situations.
The asterisk was not showing on the Current button on the Page Layout palette. This happens when the Cmd key is held down to make the default setting permanent. This is now fixed.
Corrected efficiency issue (rare) with linked text. If the linked text boxes were using the flow-around text justification then an inefficient recurring loop could establish. The recursion was throttled so the responsiveness of the program did not diminish but CPU resources were wasted. This is now fixed.
Fixed a problem duplicating graphics with Pin attributes, for example a line with the Center Pinned. When duplicated the Pin attribute was not replicated. This is now fixed. The issue was introduced with EazyDraw 6.
Fixed potential problem with export PNG and TIFF images with white or colored background with DPI greater than 72 and not an even interval of 72 (not 144, or 288). Then it was possible to get a narrow faint bar of gray at the right or bottom edge of the image. This is fixed, no more gray lines at the edges.
Fixed problem changing Color Space using the popup menu on the Layers inspector, for languages other than English. The problem was only for the Paper layer (Paper being in the non-english language).
Added a new parameter on Gradient Fill panel, on the Transition tab. The new parameter provides user control of the Color Space for the gradient. Previously this was "semi-automatic", if a CMYK color was added it may have been converted to RGB, or the gradient may have been converted to CMYK depending on the color space of other colors in the Gradient. This logic was fine in many cases but it is really necessary in some cases that we have the ability to simply set the color space. The "automatic" logic is still used, for example it is possible to have one Gray color and other RGB or CMYK colors in the gradient. But now we have the ability to simply specify the color space and cause all colors in the gradient to map to the desired color space.
Corrected issues setting individual parameters of Vector Hatches and Gradient Fill in groups (and nested) groups of graphics. Some parameter changes would clear any Hatch or Gradient Fill in the group. This now works properly. The issue was introduced with new technology in EazyDraw version 6.
Corrected an issue related to the new Quick Keys palette. Executing a Menu Command key for a menu function that was disabled would be interpreted as a Quick Key (if an action was assigned to the corresponding key). Now the action is ignored as it should be.
Corrected an issue related to Gradient Fill applied to a Join or Weld Group. Some changes to the gradient would result in loss of the gradient, it would revert to Gradient set to None.
Corrected performance issue related to text entry for larger text boxes (several paragraphs) with very large multi-layer drawings. Rapid typing would tend to lag input somewhat. This is now corrected, even the fastest typing entry should be instantaneous even on a machine of limited cpu capacity.
Changed wording on About EazyDraw for users that have not upgraded to an EazyDraw 6 license and are using an EazyDraw 5 license. The wording now indicates clearly that EazyDraw is fully operational.
Corrected occasional problem with the new export layers configuration popup menu. If the window was made very large on the screen, the popup menu (near the top of the Layers drawer) would disappear behind the Layers Table.
Corrected color reversal for Contour - gradient fill. EazyDraw version 6 released with a reversed interpretation of the color sequence, relative to earlier versions of EazyDraw. This is now corrected and colors are drawn in the proper order for the gradient, Contour Minus gradient will look the same in EazyDraw 6 as EazyDraw 5 and earlier. This related to EazyDraw 6 actual code, the problem did not depend on the version 6 file format.
Corrected problem with User Tool palettes re-opening on restart. They were not opening on Mountain Lion. This is now fixed, all tool palettes including User Tool palettes, built-in tool palettes, and User Library tool palettes re-open on launch if they were open on quit.
Corrected problem with loss of Menu Keys settings. This could happen when using a User Library custom tool palette. The conflict is now corrected.
Corrected problem editing and change some parameters on the Hatch parameter palette. Some parameter changes would cause the hatch to clear.
Cleaned up issues related to the use of the User Keys editing palette. A "return" was required to ensure a name change was recored, now when the panel closes if the name is in editing state the edited value is retrieved and the name is changed. If the window is closed, this previously indicated "cancel", now there is a warning dialog with request for clarification. It was possible to open the Edit panel and then re-open the corresponding user tool palette this opened the possibility for conflicts. Now the appropriate items in the User Tools menus are disabled during editing to avoid conflict states. Now at the completion of editing a tool palette, if the tool palette was open at the start of editing it is re-opened.
Fixed a performance issue, related to locking or unlocking large numbers of graphics, with the Graphic Details inspector visible. This now happens instantaneously as it should.
Corrected possible problems with Graphic Details reporting the new content metric (near the bottom: length, area, word count, or number of characters), This was confusing length and character count for groups that contained both text and Bezier paths. The report is now consistent. The first graphic of the group (by painting order) determines which metric is reported (a text metric, or a geometry metric such as area) then the proper total for the full group is reported.
Fixed a very rare typesetting problem. The issue would arise for multi-paragraph text, with short last lines in a paragraph, and extra paragraph line spacing between paragraphs, and Flow-Around graphics in use and a flow around graphic near the left edge of the text box. The one line defined above would not respect the Flow-Around graphic, the line would start in the normal position. All is corrected now, all lines of the paragraph flow away from an interfering graphic on the left.
Cleaned up the Font tab for the Graphic Details Text inspector. Near the top of the display for the number of selected characters was formatted with two decimal points, the fraction display has been fixed, the formatting is now for integer. The position and text justification were not proper, this is now cleaned up for improved readability and appearance.
Cleaned up formatting for Graphic Details Image inspector. A text label was clipped and the inspection view not centered. This is corrected now for clarity and appearance.
Several menus are constructed and custom menu keys are added to the menus soon after launch completion. It was possible to launch and immediately open a menu, before the menu was synchronized and the user menu key shortcuts were overloaded. The issue was that while the menus were open EazyDraw did not have access to the menus to correct the situation and properly prepare the menus. There is now a blocking interrupt called to prepare the menus ahead of schedule if needed, so menus are now always synchronized and prepared before a first opening.
Corrected a svg parsing issue related to CSS font-face attributes. Corrected svg parsing issue related to shifted viewBox. These were encountered with SVG generated by OmniGraffle.
Corrected SVG import bug, related to Bezier paths that were curved but only had two vertices and the SVG coding used a specific construct. This somewhat rare combination is now parsed correctly. The actual EazyDraw drawing would appear correct, the problem only surfaced if an immediate export to KeyNote was used.
Corrected problem with Dimensions, related to change for the temporary default of dimensions, for the Color and Style of the dimension box. Parameters such as Outline and Color would not set for the temporary default (changes made when no Dimension was selected). These all now work correctly, this problem was introduced with EazyDraw 6.
Corrected problem exporting EPS with active Dimensions and potential Color Space modifications.
Improved appearance of Graphic Details inspector and Layers inspector when not using Attributes Bar. Corrected issue related to showing and hiding Rulers when the Attributes Bar not visible. There were slight appearance issues near the top of the inspectors panels, especially for small drawing window sizes.
Further corrections for the appearance of the new Layers Configuration popup at the top of the layers inspector. There have been troubles in EazyDraw 6 with this new menu moving and / or being positioned incorrectly. An earlier public beta for 6.1.0 made improvements but there were still errors for very small drawing window sizes. All is now correct, and the inspector now has improved appearance when the inspector width is increased or decreased.
More work on the DXF issue related to DXF drawings with INSERT objects that populate more than one layer, when the ENTITY layer is not the same as the defined INSERT layer. Corrected issue with DXF import, related to DXF files that have layers but do not have a layer defining section. It is not clear if this is a proper DXF construct but EazyDraw now handles this situation. Now if an entity is encountered that belongs to a layer that does not exist, EazyDraw creates the layer even if it was not defined. Corrected two bugs in DXF export, relating to Ovals filled with solid color.
Made several corrections to the Czech localization. We owe a thanks to Zdenek Podráský for taking the time to send in corrections and suggestions.
Corrected issue with auto numerate. The Annotation option was not adding new numbering annotations. If annotations were present on the graphics then auto numerate worked, but not for a new graphic with no Annotation present. This is now fixed.
The Area or Length readouts on Graphic Details inspector was not updating during interactive editing of graphics. The live reporting has been reactivated. This stopped working with EazyDraw 6. All is correct again now.

New in EazyDraw 5.6.1 (Oct 10, 2013)

New in EazyDraw 5.6.0 (Aug 2, 2013)

New in EazyDraw 5.4.1 (Apr 3, 2013)

New in EazyDraw 5.4.0 (Dec 19, 2012)

New in EazyDraw 5.3.0 (Nov 26, 2012)

Added localization for Brazilian Portuguese language support.
Retina Support (Users):
EazyDraw is now optimized to take full advantage of the high resolution Retina display. All user interface graphics (tool palettes, toolbar icons, cursors, icons, and images) are now provided with the improved quality dual image representation. The dual images allow optimal display on both traditional and the new Retina screens. The use of the improved images is automatic, there is no parameter setting required. The proper image for a display screen is selected automatically by EazyDraw. This is true even for multi-screen arrangements, as a drawing window or parameter palette is moved from one screen to another the images are swapped and updated on the fly if appropriate. In most cases you can notice the image change when you slide a palette or drawing window from an older screen to a Retina, the new images are brighter and lighter in color for improved appearance with the higher pixel density. FYI (perhaps a warning): once you try a Retina you will no longer want to work on an old clunkier.
Retina Support - IconSet Export (App Developers):
Added support for Apple Development for High Resolution (Retina) graphics. Apps for the iPhone, iPad and now Mac OS all require new icon source graphics with multiple images. The multiple images are packaged in an iconSet folder. The folder must contain two full sets of icon images, one set at 72 Dots Per Inch (DPI) and the other at 144 DPI. This can be a tedious job to properly assemble this full set of PNG images. EazyDraw now provides a one-click export mechanism to export the full set of images, all properly named and composed with the proper image size and resolution. This is found on the PNG export panel, a new option called "iconset" is found at the bottom of the export content popup menu. The iconset menu allows the selection of one layer that will specify the bounding rectangle and name for each exported png image. For convenience, on the Page Setup menu, with App Developer selected as the electronic printer, there is a "page" option for iconset. This selection will add an iconset layer to the drawing, with bounding boxes of the appropriate size for each image required for an Apple Specified Iconset. When exporting a iconset the Apple defined convention that specifies the character sequence "@2x" indicates a high resolution image (144 dpi) is used to trigger the required resolution doubling. If this note is cryptic then study the Apple Developer documentation for high resolution user interface design and all should be clear. Brief documentation is found on the PNG export help page.
Trim and Extend:
New commands on Tools main menu, Combine submenu. These will trim or extend the start or end of a line, path or curve. The end is extended to the intersect point of another graphic. Trimming shortens the end to the exact intersection of a another graphic. Double Click on the start or end point (when selected) is the convenience short cut for these actions. Use the Command or Option command key modifiers to indicate Extend or Trim. A simple double click of the end of a line will extend the line, for a path or curve the Command Key is needed because Double Click in that case indicates "Close the Path". Documentation is complete, consult the Help pages for a full description .
Smaller File Size:
Smaller File Size: New parameter on EazyDraw Preferences. Set "File, Reverse Compatible" to "NO" to significantly reduce drawing file size.
Smaller File Size Details: Major changes were made for the native EazyDraw file formats. The new Mountain Lion (began with Lion) technology increases file input and output activity a significant amount. This related to Auto Save, crash recovery and iCloud. This means that saving and opening a drawing needs to fast and efficient. EazyDraw version 5 provided several new efficiencies making better use of multiple processors and simultaneous loading of drawing information with priority on exact file information needed to present the drawing window. This release provides further input output efficiency with a significant reduction in file size. EazyDraw design criteria from the original release in 2001 has emphasized forward and reverse compatibility, indeed the first version of EazyDraw could read a current drawing and the current version of EazyDraw can seamlessly open a drawing saved by EazyDraw version zero. And the EazyDraw graphic format is text based and fully human readable. This release breaks from the reverse compatibility constraint in order to allow for smaller files sizes. There is a new parameter on the Preferences Palette, it is titled "File, Reverse Compatible". If the setting is "2001 V0" drawings are saved in the original format and are readable by all older versions of EazyDraw. If the setting is "NO", that means the drawing is saved with the new format and cannot be read by earlier versions of EazyDraw. The setting of "NO" will result in smaller file size by 50% to 90%. The EazyDraw Graphic format is still human readable, Bezier paths use SVG text based formatting so they are still readable but much more compact. EazyDraw Binary is still readable with the Property List editor. And the format is still fully self documenting, albeit a bit more complex with a re-use store of properly dictionaries.
Smaller File Size Summary: Default setting is still set to the "2001 V0" setting. Users involved with critical work should avoid the new format for a few months. New users that will not be sharing drawings may want to gain efficiency with the new "NO" choice for reverse compatibility. Users with large complex drawings will benefit by changing to the new format. In any situation it is usually advised to save archive files at the completion of a project in the most verbose format, that would be the "2001 V0" setting.
Improvements to the native storage format for Text and Bitmap Images. Now text is saved as a human readable string in the EazyDraw graphic text file, and the binary equivalent Property List. All aspects of the rich text formatting are now human readable XML tagged content, this includes text style, paragraph formatting, tabs, and all other text attributes. These now human readable, and self documenting while providing smaller size and improved read write speed. Bitmap images are now (when Reverse Compatible is set to "No") saved as PNG - base64 format. This is not exactly human readable but the format is completely defined in the Open community. This provides a smaller size and a public / open representation of the images. When these changes were applied to the full 350 page EazyDraw manual, the saved file size was reduced from 90 Megabytes to 18 Megabytes. Now for many drawings the saved file size and corresponding read/write time improves by a factor of 10 - all with improved open access.
Graphic Details Revamp:
Revamp of a Graphic Details fields. Bezier and Continuous Bezier Graphic Detail reports now provide more detail, more information and better accuracy (on 64 bit machines). The import of SVG and DXF content often leads to various degenerate Bezier path constructions. The graphic details report now detects and indicates all possible Bezier segment constructions. Documentation is not complete, but the new capability is robust and has been extensively tested. The new information is largely self documenting.
Graphic Details reporting for enclosed Area has been extended. The text field with associated label/button is found near the bottom of the Graphic Details. It now reports Area, Length, Bytes, Character Count, or Word Count. The metric(s) reported are contextual and reflect the properties of the selected graphic or graphics. If multiple graphics are selected, then total sum for the metric is reported. The associated label is also a button - each click will cycle through all applicable metrics for the current selection. Documentation is not complete, but all is tested and robust.
Graphic Details reporting for Arcs has been enhance. Now Arc Length, Chord Length, Median Angle, Start Angle and End Angle may be reported. Use the new popup menu to select the desired parameter. The value is reported and new numeric input is accepted (for example you may now set the arc-length, or chord (Secant) of the arc directly.
Corrected issues on Graphic Details for Polygons. The last segment (the close segment) of a polygon would not correctly accept new numerical values. When entering values the focus segment would jump and the value entered assigned to the wrong segment. All is correct now.
Improved Accuracy for Circles and Ellipses:
The introduction of 64 bit computing increased the defining precision for all EazyDraw graphics. It was found that the normal OS X treatment of Circles and Ellipses results in display approximations that no longer match the inherent accuracy of the geometry. EazyDraw now provides more accurate screen and print drawing for Arcs, Circles and Ellipses. The exact drawn paths are now drawn accurate to the 64 bit precision. These "errors" were of course quite small, on the order of a fraction of a typical line width. However, there are situations where they can impact geometric constructions.
Improvements for Export and Import:
Improved DXF import with several minor corrections. Improved the error handling of corrupt dxf drawings. Several classes of corruption that would previously cause a crash now properly terminate the import and present an error message. The new error messages report the line number for the problem text, this allows the user to easily investigate and correct the problem with a text editor.
Improved DXF import with added support for different text encodings. DXF is inherently defined as and ASCII encoded text file. However, comments and text that are part of the drawing must use other encodings for non-english/latin languages. There is a semi-defined DXF header variable that in some cases indicates an extra-encoding, the variable has a Windows CodePage value. EazyDraw now checks for this header parameter and will use Windows 1252 CodePage (primarily for German language) or Windows 932 CodePage (for Japanese language) depending on the value found.
Several improvements for SVG import.
Corrected and improved PDF ungroup. In some cases filled shapes would present the shape covered with a rectangle swatch of color, the fill is now properly inserted in the color. Tiling of embedded images is improved. Ungrouping large embedded images is now much faster. an example 20 mega pixel image was taking several minutes, it now converts in a few seconds.
Corrected issues with EPS images. The EazyDraw version 5 release introduced an issue of the EPS image being flipped when inserted in a drawing. Then Ungroup EPS would shift the image in the y-direction. All is again correct, EPS images do not invert and ungroup in place with no flip or shift.
Other Corrections and Improvements:
Return, Enter and Escape now clears and deselects any selected graphics. This behavior is now similar to Canvas and AutoCad, which will aid those users migrating to EazyDraw from these and other applications.
Improved DXF import with added support for different text encodings. DXF is inherently defined as and ASCII encoded text file. However, comments and text that are part of the drawing must use other encodings for non-english/latin languages. There is a semi-defined DXF header variable that in some cases indicates an extra-encoding, the variable has a Windows CodePage value. EazyDraw now checks for this header parameter and will use Windows 1252 CodePage (primarily for German language) or Windows 932 CodePage (for Japanese language) depending on the value found.
Several improvements for SVG import.
This version has a full set of patches to correct the Mountain Lion pattern color hang issue. The patches include all uses of Patters for fill, including Patter Colors that are derived from not-EazyDraw pattern that may be present on the system color picker. The patches include display and printing, as it has been determined the Mountain Lion bug extends to PDF printing as well as display on screens. The issue was introduced with Mountain Lion. Mountain Lion has a somewhat rare but severe bug displaying or printing pattern fill colors. In certain situations Mountain Lion will hang host application while the operating system is drawing the pattern fill.
All language localizations have design and layout improvements. Popup menus and and label fields on Graphic Details have been reviewed for each language, with touchup for size, position, and design / layout to properly present information and content for each supported language.
The Align To Grid indicators on the Align To Grid panel were being drawn slightly low. This problem was introduced with EazyDraw 5. Problem fixed, they draw properly again.
Removed Image Composition parameters for Gradient Fill. The image composition operations are no longer useful or meaningful on todays displays and images. The operations also do not render well on the new high resolution Retina display. So the parameters were removed. The full capability is still available if the graphic with the gradient is converted to an image (Tools -> Convert To submenu).

New in EazyDraw 5.2.3 (Oct 8, 2012)

New in EazyDraw 5.1.2 (Aug 20, 2012)

Corrected a major problem for Mountain Lion users. Mountain Lion has a somewhat rare but severe bug displaying pattern fill colors. In certain situations Mountain Lion will hang EazyDraw while the operating system is displaying the pattern fill. If the hang occurs it may keep EazyDraw from launching, opening a drawing, or printing (depending on when this random issue triggers). This version of EazyDraw has replaced all Pattern Drawing algorithms with internal code to avoid the new system problem. It would be advised to avoid using Pattern Colors as a color choice (from the system color picker), this should be avoided in EazyDraw and other Apps on Mountain Lion. It is not necessary to use these colors with EazyDraw - apply the Pattern fill from the Pattern palette instead of applying the pattern color from the system color picker. Patterns now display in an improved fashion, they no longer are pinned to to the bottom left of the drawing window, now patterns are synced to the actual graphic. The Pattern panel has two new parameters that provide a means to tweak the display start of the pattern tiling (phase). The improvement insures that the pattern seen on a display will be the same in all respects when printed. Patterns now zoom in a normal fashion for detailed inspection, keep in mind patterns are pixel based and should be viewed at zoom 100 percent to see actual presentation or printed appearance.
Added localization for Czech language support.
Menu Keys menu command was not enabled in German, French, and Japanese. This was a recently introduced issue. It is now enabled and working properly.
Further changes for the new issue on Mountain Lion relating to improper placement of windows when launching EazyDraw. This seems to be rare, on some systems. The issue corrected with 5.1.1 was reported to extend to parameter palettes. This version has a correction for all parameter palettes. At EazyDraw launch all parameter palettes should now properly restore to their previous locations on the desktop.
Added default cmd - comma for keyboard short cut access to Preferences.
Corrected a problem exporting DXF with multiple dashed lines. This situation now exports properly.
Corrected the localization for French. The Arrows palette was in Spanish, it is now correct. A few menu items were shown in English, they are now shown properly in French.
Corrected a hang situation when creating a Guides layer by dragging from a ruler onto the drawing. This issue was intro ducted with version 5.1.0, (not present in version 4 or any of the retro versions). This now working again.

New in EazyDraw 5.1.1 (Aug 6, 2012)

New in EazyDraw 5.1.0 (Jul 30, 2012)

Chinese, Dutch Netherlands, Italian, and Norwegian:
Initial release with localization for 4 new languages. This localization presents the full user interface now in 9 native languages (Chinese Simplified, Dutch, English, French, Italian, Japanese, German, Norwegian, and Spanish).
Full update for Open and Save Operations:
The user interface for opening and saving drawings has been redesigned to conform with the latest conventions for Mountain Lion. The unpopular aspects of changes in this area for Lion have been re-worked for a clean new productive design. Save As is again supported, although changes are automatically written to the original, together with a new Move To mechanism. These improvements require the upgrade to Mountain Lion, which is advised for the best EazyDraw user experience.
The file Input-Output was completely rewritten to take better advantage of multiple processors that are now common on all Macs. Several threads are spawned to load the data, create the graphics and generate the display window in a simultaneous fashion. The full advantage of this OS X technology is seen when opening very large multi-layer drawings, EazyDraw assigns individual CPU's the task of reading and preparing individual layers while the main thread creates the drawing window.
There is now one simple standard system Open panel, for all graphic types understood by EazyDraw. You no longer need to set a particular file type. Drawings and User Libraries all open with the same panel. This approach give users access to the improvements provided by Mountain Lion, CoverFlow and QuickLook are both integrated with the system open panel.
Export is now a normal system save operation. Choose the Export format directly from the new submenu on the File main menu.
New Dual Representation TIFF export:
For Mac, iPhone and iPad Developers. Export TIF now supports the new High Resolution user interface graphic and icon standards for Retina Display.
SVG export for Vector Hatches:
Added support for SVG export of Vector Hatches. This is now fully operational and tested.
DXF Export - major additions:
Work has continued on DXF export. The export is now more robust with several bug fixes and improvements. More of your EazyDraw graphics are now converted to native DXF AutoCad geometry (EazyDraw does not use straight line segmentation to generate the DXF drawing). This will provide better work flow for CAD and CNC utilization.
Bug Fixes:
Added the capability to interpret and import Postscript Axial and Radial Shadings when ungrouping EPS and PDF. These Shadings are sometimes the mechanism for rendering of Gradients (Linear and Spot gradients in EazyDraw terminology) in PDF and EPS. This is seems to be contained in PDF from more recent applications such as Adobe Illustrator CS5 and CS6 and recent versions of Excell. EazyDraw now interprets these and generates a corresponding EazyDraw Gradient Fill. Rendering, display, printing and export are fully operational, full editing of this gradient form with the Gradient Palette is not complete. This form is currently supported with an EazyDraw vector gradient. A new gradient form will be incorporated soon to provide full editing of gradients with 100's and 1000's of color shades.
Corrected two problems with DXF export. The two issuers related to exporting drawings with text that use non-Mac carriage returns for hard line breaks in text, and Bezier paths that are not closed-contain only one segment-but do have a fill color.
Added capability to SVG import for detecting the presence of layers and generating EazyDraw layers for appropriate top level groups. Added support for embedded Base64 encoded images. Corrected text placement and transform situations.
Solved problem with SVG import related to Text with inherited Anchor property. This introduced a parsing error, and this particular error would possibly trigger a crash in the error message dialog. Both errors are now corrected. This was introduced recently.
Corrected issue with connectors when used in groups. The issue related to nodes with more than one connector and a normal graphic attach point. If the two connectors connected to each other instead of both connectors attaching to the third (non-connector) graphic attach point. Then when grouped and a subsequent move of the group, the two connector ends would behave erratically, sometimes pinning to their position on the drawing and some times attaching to and moving with the group. Now when a connector attaches to a node with another connector and a non-connector graphic, the non-connector graphic is favored and will be the attach target. This will correct the problem. Groups created before this fix may still have the problem (about a 50-50 chance), to correct the issue ungroup and re-attach the connectors.
Corrected issue with SVG import. The issue related to proper interpretation of super-scripts, sub-scripts and text base line offsets. These were not always parsed and processed correctly. Now all these situations are properly imported.
Corrected issues with DXF import, relating to the TEXT objects. Most DXF drawings have MTEXT, and there were several updates needed for EazyDraw's interpretation of TEXT objects. TEXT objects are now imported, positioned and sized with good accuracy.
Corrected issue with DXF export of Corner graphics. If the corner was fully circular-elliptical and if the width and height were equal, then the corner might have been exported flipped. All is correct now for all orientations and geometry of Corner graphics.
Corrected problem with Tick mark graphics. Tick marks with larger tick lengths would not select for on-screen editing, interactive changes would be difficult or in many cases impossible. That is now fully operational again. This problem was introduced recently in version 4.
Added support for DXF export of graphics with Arrows. These are now exported with color and style as well as size for all forms of arrows including custom, along and transformed.
Corrected problem with numeric entry on Graphic Details, when using full non-abbreviated units. An entry with both feet and inches, fully spelled out, would have problems. The issue related to the use of the plurals in the entry string. Everything is correct now and the corrections make these mixed entry strings more robust so it is possible that other word combinations in English or other languages may have been corrected as well.
Corrected problem with the popup menu for straight walls on Graphic Details. The menu for wall direction was not loaded and not operational. All is correct again. This issue was introduced with a recent release.
Corrected problem with PDF ungroup. If the PDF contained a series of images, all with the same cropping path, then only the first image was recovered. Problem is corrected now all the images are combined into one EazyDraw Crop graphic, providing the proper appearance and more convenient graphic arrangement.
Corrected issue with SVG import, when using 72 per inch pixel size with SVG files that mixed implied and explicit pixel lengths (this from Canvas generated SVG with certain non-default settings for the export). The problem related to the newly introduced option for pixel size of 72 per inch or 90 per inch. In cases where the explicit units of "px" are used in the drawing, EazyDraw interpreted these at 90 per inch in all cases. This appears to be incorrect or at least inconsistent with most other viewers of SVG. So now EazyDraw also applies your choice for 72 or 90 to explicit as will as implicit pixel dimensions.
Correct issue with DXF import of an associative dimension with no Font information. The default font used was very small (less than on point). This is now correct, the current EazyDraw default font size is used.
Corrected possible crash after exporting as DXF if the drawing contained a dashed line. All is correct now. It was a rare crash but chance would increase for drawings containing numerous dashed lines.
Corrected problem exporting DXF with colored text, if the full string was the same non white or black color, the color attribute did not get exported.
Corrected problem on Dash palette. When adding a new dash sequence interactively on the palette, using the right-most interactive dash tab. The new dash sequence was correctly added but the display on the Dash palette did not draw the new dash until completion, so the interaction was not - live. Now it is correct, you can view your new dash sequence and position it interactive with a single interactive drag action.
Corrected issue with Graphic Details entering vertices and control point values for normal Bezier curve. Paths and Continuous Beziers did not have the problem. All is correct again. This problem seems to have enter at version 4.1 and 4.2.
Corrected a problem on copy from EazyDraw to another App, when the copied graphics contained an Cross Over and the Cross Over was in Automatic mode. The automatic Cross Overs would be missing in the pasted graphic when pasted as PDF, or a Bitmap Graphic. Now the Cross Over marks (or jumpers) will be present, with respect to all other graphics in the Copy and Paste operation. For example if the Cross Over was jumping another path, but that path is not included in the Copy, then there will not be a jumper; but if the other line is included then the jumper will be in the pasted image.
Corrected a possible hang when ungrouping PDF with Auto Combine text enabled. There have been a few corrections for this situation, this fix looks promising - it was probably the root cause. So Auto Combine text should be more reliable now. It still can increase the conversion time quite significantly especially when used for situations where there is no individual text glyphs to auto-combine, the algorithms will naturally take a long time to keep checking for something that is not there.
Corrected issue with Dimensions, when using the Nothing setting and there is no additional text string. The Dimension would draw an extra box at the top left of the drawing. And an export of Just Graphics would expand to include the extra box. This is now handled correctly.

New in EazyDraw 4.4.0 (May 3, 2012)

New in EazyDraw 4.3.0 (May 1, 2012)

Vector Hatches:
Vector Hatches. There is a new palette, accessible from Tools main menu, for management of Vector Hatches. These are similar to Pattern colors but where Pattern Colors are based on bitmap images, vector Hatches are drawn as vectors. The hatches are based on Dashed lines, which you can sequence at user controlled offset intervals. The Hatches follow exactly the definitions used with AutoCad and other CAD drawing applications. This means that if you have access to a Hatch definition for AutoCad or Solid Works, you can use that information to define a Hatch for EazyDraw. Several ISO, ANSI, and other standard Hatches are automatically built and installed by EazyDraw, access these from the Named Hatches popup menu. When importing DXF you can now choose to have the DXF (AutoCad) hatches imported as Patterns (bitmap) or Hatches (vector) - normally you will choose vector.
The video tutorial on Vector Hatches is available, it is included with the current Addition Pack video tutorials.
DXF:
DXF Export is now available. This is a new feature with this release. Access from the normal export panel, File main menu. The export supports layers. The export supports the current AutoCad DXF standard, "AutoCad LT 2010", all older formats back to R12/LT2 are supported, use the version popup menu to select. If you are not certain about the version choose the newest LT 2010. Gold Standard for testing this implementation was AutoCad LT 2011 running on Windows 7.
Significant improvements to DXF import. This version provides full support and accurate import results for the latest AutoCad DXF version -AutoCad LT 2010-. There is full documentation on the new DXF review panel. This panel allows you to set an appropriate drawing scale and printer/paper arrangement for the incoming DXF drawing. The preview shows the areas of DXF content and the outline of the drawing paper at a chosen scale. It is important to understand and make good use of this panel when importing DXF drawings. It is infinitely easier to adjust the scale and drawing area here compared to using Morph after the content is inserted in the EazyDraw drawing. Documentation for this process is found in the Help pages. Gold Standard for testing this implementation is AutoCad LT 2011 running on Windows 7.
Font Mapping:
Font Mapping is fully implemented now. There is a new palette on the Text -> Font submenu. A new option for mapping, on import only, the older style Symbol Font (not Apple's unicode Symbol font, but the older non-unicode symbol font from the 1980's and 1990's) characters to correct unicode codes. This is needed for Canvas X import of SVG and ungrouping of PDF made by Canvas. This is primarily for Canvas users, but the issue may be seen in pdf files made in the early days of OS 9 or from Windows.
The Font Map table will record and show missing fonts after import conversions. Then you may easily add a substitute font from those available on the system and repeat the import.
Font Mapping will be useful for DXF export and import. This is rather important as DXF drawings often have fonts not normally found on a Mac System. This works for both import and export, often important when exporting drawings as DXF for users on other platforms. The best strategy is to request a DXF from the other platform, perform the import, assign the Mac substitute fonts, then copy the font map table (using the utilities popup lower left of the Font palette) and paste it to the DXF export font map table.
There is a Factory provided font map designed to be used by Canvas users importing drawings that use Symbol font (normally for Greek characters used in mathematical expressions). Canvas users should select this prepared font map using the utility popup menu, lower left on the Font palette.
Drag Select With Default Arrow Tool:
Enhanced options for the drag select behavior of the default (Arrow) tool. Previously drag select would select any graphic that was touched. The only way to get the drag-select-enclosed behavior was to use the special tool on the Selection Tools palette. Many users from Canvas are accustomed to the drag-select-enclosed behavior. Now there is an option on the View -> Select submenu for these two choices, Drag Touch and Drag Enclose. ALSO: The behavior of the Option key for default drag behavior was changed, previously this triggered Pan action instead of drag select; but Pan is available with the more conventional modifier of Space-Bar drag, so this behavior is not really needed on the Option key. Now the Option key, during a drag-select action (for the default Arrow tool) will temporarily change to the other drag-select behavior. This provides efficient access to both (touch and enclose) behaviors.
Arrows:
Major additions and improvements to Arrows. There is a new setting that provides two methods for defining the exact reference position for an Arrow. The new method provides a setting for "Relief" for drawing the arrow. With the new setting the tip of the arrow is placed exactly at the end of the defining host line, path, or curve. The host graphic ending section is then relieved from the arrow to end precisely at the base of the arrow. This provides improved placement accuracy and a clean appearance. Full documentation is complete in the Help pages, use search phrase "arrow relief".
Three new arrow shapes are provided, Bulls-Eye, Pie, and Open Pie.
Hybrid Path:
Added a new conversion command called Hybrid Path. This is similar to Convert To -> Bezier, but if a path has segments that are essentially linear, control points are not added or removed if necessary. For example a Rounded rectangle when converted to Bezier will have two control points on each segment including the straight segments on the 4 sides, but with Convert To -> Hybrid Path there will only be control points on the corners. This combined with Convert To -> Continuous Bezier allows full management of editing modes for Bezier paths. The short-cut key is Control-H (think of it as control-Handles, or control-Hybrid). So Cmd-B, Cmd-Shift-B, and now Control-H allow quick switching as you edit the details of a path.
Added intelligence to the Bezier Weld command. Now if a welded Bezier result does not contain a curved segment the result provided is a Path of straight segments, not a Bezier curve. For example, if all element of a weld action are lines, the result will be a path not a Bezier. This is the logically correct behavior, it saves the added step of then converting the result from Bezier to Path.
Copy Special and Path as Excel Data to Clip Board:
Update to the Copy Special menu. The actions for copy special of Style, Gradient and similar attributes were removed. Any Copy of a graphic will load these attributes on the system clipboard, so there is no need for a copy special of these attributes. The menu is now populated with actions relating to placing paths and curve on the clipboard as text. There are now 4 text formats supported and 3 options for separators. The Comma, Tab, and Space options can be combined, each one that is checked is included as characters separating values. Each vertex including control points if present are on one line of text. The Table option is a comma separated format that will paste into Excel or numbers. The Text option is a simple table of vertices and controls points as numbers. Interpolation outputs only points on the curve, so no control points. SVG formats the Bezier information in accordance with accepted SVG path formatting. The values are in drawing units, formatting follows exactly the numeric display settings for the Graphic Details drawer. Consult the Help pages for full documentation.
SVG:
Numerous minor bug fixes for SVG import and export. Corrected problem with SVG import related to rotated rectangles. The width and height of the rotated rectangle could have a size error. This is now correct. Corrected SVG parsing issue with very long poly-line curves. it was possible that a zero-glitch would be inserted. Situation parsed correctly now SVG import correction relating to rectangles in drawings with flipped y-axis (negative y-axis direction).
Many other SVG import corrections with a focus on SVG generated by Canvas X. SVG is now the recommended method for Canvas X users (Mac or PC) to bring their work into EazyDraw.
PDF and EPS:
Several significant improvements to PDF ungrouping. More precise text placement. More color spaces handled. More unicode Font encodings handled. Improved handling of Japanese and Hebrew fonts and text encodings. Improved handling of PDF generated by Canvas, both recent and classic versions of Canvas.
Improved PDF ungroup to include Text Rendering Mode. Most significantly invisible text is now ignored. Now Outline and Stroked text are properly added to the EazyDraw drawing.
Corrected problem with colors on PDF ungroup. Related primarily to PDF drawings from Canvas. In some cases RGB colors that had full saturation of a component were incorrectly interpreted resulting incorrect colors. All is correct now.
EPS import correction relating to drawings with tiled images.
Corrected problem using Color Modification (on Layers Drawer) with PDF image. The image would flip upside-down when first imported. The issue would not present if the drawing was saved then reopened. All is now correct.
Corrected rare problem forming a new group. If the group contained more than one Free Transform graphic, and an Image that had been recently moved, then the new group might possibly position the image (or images) incorrectly. All is now correct. This problem has been present for approximately 24 months in late version 3 and all of version 4.
Corrected possible PDF ungroup issues with content containing series of cropped images, in rare cases only the first image would be imported and accepted. Issue is now correct.
Center Out Creation:
Upgraded the utility of the old "Circles-and-Squares" preference setting. This changes the creation action from a box (or bounds) create sequence to a center-out create sequence. With center-out action the initial mouse click defines the center of the new graphic, the drag action then extends the graphic in both directions from the center. This setting now defines the behavior for all rectangle graphics and lines as well as circles and squares. The Option key will create with the "opposite" (the other choice for this preference setting) behavior. Option key action works for all applicable graphic forms.
Tool Tip Delay:
Tool Tip Delay added, this is a new parameter found on EazyDraw preferences. You can use this to increase the time for a tool-tip to popup. It is useful if you are new to EazyDraw and desire them to be faster, or if you are experienced and do not want them distracting as you work. We used the parameter to suppress them while making the EazyDraw video tutorials.
Text Numeric Alignment:
Added settings for text number alignment (left, center, right) for numeric display in the Graphic Details panel and other palette inputs that work in drawing units. This setting is found on a new submenu to the Form popup for Lengths, Percents, and Angles on the the Graphic Details panel.
Lion Fixes:
Lion Only: Improved behaviors when importing SVG and DXF and quitting EazyDraw before saving the drawings as an EazyDraw native drawing. This situation is now handled properly.
Lion Only: Corrected possible crash when duplicating drawings using the Revert to original option. A rare crash but quite possible.
Manual Update:
Corrected page number for the manual. The "Logical" page number was not set, this caused the table of contents pages (i, ii, iii, iv, …) to interfere with the "Go To Page" numbering, with a 17 page offset. Now, so long as you have Preview's preferences set to "use logical page numbers" the "Go To Page" numbering will agree with the page numbers in the index, table of contents, and the number showing at the bottom of the pages.
Bug Fixes:
Corrected problem on Graphic Details for wall - lines, free form single segment straight walls. The numeric entry on Graphic Details was not
Corrected problem Advanced Duplicate, Linear Array. Certain combinations for X offset then y offset would fail to accept the y offset value. All is correct now.
Corrected issue with Space Edges (Format -> Align and Size -> Distribute -> Space Edges). The units for the spacing were always being read as Points rather than the units of the drawing. The bug was fixed and the Distribute Panel was updated to provide more room for the x and y entries and the drawing units are always displayed for added clarity. All works correctly now.
Made adjustments to the Contextual menu. The Send items were moved up to near the top of the menu, they were getting left off when the contextual click would happen near several colors, so their priority is now higher than it was. Added items on the context menu (when appropriate) for Pin Center, Pin Angle, and Pin Length for lines and similar graphics.
Numerous corrections and "clean up" of all Tool Tips for all palettes and user interface elements.
INTERESTING: Dashed Line Bug. We found a core bug in Apple's graphic display technology. Certain (very specific) combinations of line angle and dash patterns will cause a line to fail to draw completely. This was demonstrated on two different drawing programs on Snow Leopard and Lion. The bug has been reported to Apple (no response) and EazyDraw has been patched to avoid the situation.
Optimized the text font convenience menus on the Attributes bar and in the Graphic Details area. There have been reports of slow text editing, mostly from Japanese users. This related to systems with large numbers of installed fonts. The font menus are now fully cached and EazyDraw only updates them when the OS X system notifies that fonts have changed, such as a new font family installed, or a font removed, or changes to font favorites. Text editing and typing should be instantaneous even with Graphic Details inspection active and Attributes bar in use.
Corrected a problem with the stepper control on Graphic Details for Bezier curves, values for the inspecting index could be entered but the stepper would not advance the index. This is now working properly again.
Corrected bug in Distribute Edges panel. The numeric values were inconsistent (appeared random). The proper units (the drawing units) were not interpreted on input. All is now correct and the panel was enhanced to always show drawing units (for clarity and confirmation) and to allow setting of text field width in accordance with numeric display settings from Graphic Details.
Corrected possible problem with Graphic Details display of values. It was possible to set a very wide display width, then resize to a smaller Graphic Details view width and then cut off the display values. Now this mis-match in settings is detected, and adjusted insuring that display values are always shown.
Corrected bug is selection logic for Groups. Previously if a group contained at least one graphic with Fill, the whole area of the group would respond to a click for select. That behavior was incorrect, clicking in an open region with no graphic content should not select the group. All is correct now. A few other tweaks were applied to selection logic and several speed optimizations were added for the selecting logic.
Corrected rare case of "white dots" that could appear on an RGB image when converted to CMYK. This would only happen with larger images
Corrected problem with Page number text stamps (Page Number of Number) and (Page Number) not updating when moved to a different page. Previously these text stamps would not update if nested in a group. They would work properly as independent graphics. They now work as expected and any movement will cause an immediate update - even during the move process.
Center Marks were not drawn or managed for graphics nested in a group. They now draw properly even when the graphic is in a group. You can now set or clear all the center marks for a group from Graphic Details.
Corrected issue with failure to select and manipulate the gradient control handle. This could happen in certain situations for paths that had a graphic but were not fully closed.
Flow around text has been improved to interact even when embedded in nested groups and to interact across layers. Now graphics that trigger flow around do not need to be on the same layer as the text. Overlapping graphics on all ON layers above the Flow-Around Text now cause text reflow. So it is possible that graphics that are not visible can impact text typesetting, while this could be confusing it is the correct logic, so caution is advised.
Corrected rare possible crash opening a library with math functions Absolute Sine and Absolute Sine Cubed. And possible problems with these functions for Periods less than 0.5 with certain non-zero phase settings. All is correct now.
Corrected possible problem with Ungroup PDF, when using AutoCombine Text. In some cases the conversion would abort and not complete, EazyDraw would not crash but the conversion would fail. This is now corrected. A note on AutoCombine Text, one use for this setting are PDF Drawings authored by Canvas where the Canvas setting "exact text placement" is used.
Corrected problem entering numeric values for certain wall line graphics. The position, length and angle values would display properly but entries were not accepted. All is correct now.
Corrected issue with Advanced Duplicate, for Polar and Linear duplication that used rotation. In a few cases the rotated graphics would present their rotation but could revert to their pre-rotation state with future editing actions, and copies to the clipboard would receive a non- or partial- rotated version of the graphic. All is correct now.
Rare bug on Advanced Duplicate, Linear Array. Entering an x offset value and immediately entering the same value for y offset would fail to read the y entry. All is correct now.

New in EazyDraw 4.2.2 (Dec 17, 2011)

New in EazyDraw 4.2.1 (Oct 26, 2011)

New in EazyDraw 4.1.1 (Oct 17, 2011)

New in EazyDraw 4.1.0 (Jul 21, 2011)

EazyDraw Version 4 - EazyDraw Version 4 now available in 5 languages : English, French, Japanese, German, and Spanish. Full support for Mac OS X 10.7 ( Lion ). EazyDraw 4.1.0 runs on OS X 10.6.0 and newer. See support page for solutions for older versions of OS X and the PowerPC.
64 Bit Computing - EazyDraw 4 supports native 64 bit (12-14 deciamal places) computing. This translates provides enhanced computing speed on Intel processors. The improved accuracy of 12 decimals points of floating point precision (compared to 6 decimal places for 32 bit computing) means all small details of a drawing are faithfully preserved as you are working and when the drawing is saved to disk.
Lion's Full Screen Mode - A new Full Screen mode is available when EazyDraw used with Lion (OS X 10.7). This is a new feature of the operating system which EazyDraw integrates with the powerful multi-screen presentation makes EazyDraw so powerful for many drawing projects. Use the mode that best suites the project at hand, and quickly switch modes with a single mouse click.
Lion's New "Versions" - EazyDraw 4 is fully integerated with the powerful new "Save a Version" technology. Recover lost content or earlier designs with the new "Time Machine" interface that presents the previously saved versions of your drawing. Quickly see the actual drawings as they were saved from a stack of all revisions.
Multi-Thread - EazyDraw 4 supports OS X's multi-thread computing to take advantage of systems with multiple CPU's. A new file format, EazyDraw Bundle, is introduced for large multi-layer drawings. Each layer of the drawing is saved as an independent file in a OS X Bundle (special folder). This provides parallel utilization of multiple cpus when reading and writing.
Ready to Run - Documentation is fully complete. The 350 page PDF manual is now part of the applications internal resources so it is available for instant access from the Help menu. Help pages are updated to reflect all new features including the new user interface techniques found in Lion - use EazyDraw to get quickly up to speed on Lion.

New in EazyDraw 3.7.5 (Jul 19, 2011)

New in EazyDraw 3.7.4 (Jun 16, 2011)

New in EazyDraw 3.7.3 (Jun 8, 2011)

New in EazyDraw 3.7.2 (Mar 22, 2011)

New in EazyDraw 3.6.1 (Feb 22, 2011)

Enhanced and made corrections for Kerning functions. The Kerning settings in the Graphic Details drawer now have full professional capability, one may kern across different font and attribute runs, adjust single character kerning all with reliable detailed undo and redo. Previously the numeric Kerning setting applied primarily to full text boxes and uniform text runs. One should now be able to accomplish any kerning action.
Corrections to the SVG import, support for non-comma separated point lists was added.
Improved EPS and PDF ungrouping. Several additional text constructs are now properly supported including kerning specifications.
Improvements for DXF import.
Added support for dimensions for suppression of leading zero for Fraction form. The Leading Zero checkbox on the Dimension Palette (Datum Tab) controlled inclusion of the leading zero for decimal dimensions. It was not controlling a leading zero when fractions (rather than decimal format) was in use. Now it controls both as one would expect.
The menu commands "Make Same Width" and "Make Same Height" were not keying off the correct graphic. The "master" graphic should be the first one selected. This is now corrected.
Made several improvements and corrections for the Numeric Entry feature. If, during the creation of a graphic, the letters (o,d, x,y, a, or L) are typed: the Numeric Input pops-up to accept numeric values for (over, down, x-across,y-down, angle or length). The inputs were mostly "raw" and would not work for scaled drawings. Now the inputs (and values shown) are all interpreted and presented correctly according to the drawing's scale and the settings on the Graphic Details drawer for numeric display. For example if you have angles set to Radians - the the "a" numeric input will be Radians rather than Degrees.
Changed response of text graphics that are copied and pasted between drawings with different x or y axis directions. The copy and paste now does not flip the text, this would normally be the intended behavior.
Corrected issues with grouping for groups that involved connectors. In some cases connectors were sent to the back or the front of the group. Now the appearance of connectors is precisely maintained when groups are formed. Connectors that attached to elements involved in a grouping operation were sometimes disconnected. Now all connections are consistently applied to the new group.
Fixed a few issues with editing text that contains Overlines. All editing situations now follow standard text editing conventions for insertions and deletions adjacent and across ranges that include Overlines.
Corrected issue related to graphics created by welding. The new resulting welded graphic would accept a Connector but the Connector (or Dimension) would not remain attached and follow movements of the new graphic. This would correct itself upon save and reopen of a drawing so it was in this sense temporary. All is correct now.
Corrected possible crash when applying Factory default to the Page Setup palette.
Cutting all the way through a rotated oval would sometimes result in 3 resulting paths rather than 2 as one would expect. This is fixed now and works as one would expect.

New in EazyDraw 3.6.0 (Jan 14, 2011)

Improved the SVG import to include support for SVG symbols. Corrected a small group of rare parsing bugs.
Added support for PDF and EPS ungroup of images that incorporate use of indexed color space. This is the older technology color table usage where and image is drawn using 2, 4, 8, ... up to 256 colors. This is needed for importing and ungrouping eps images from MathLab. Improved PDF ungroup for text encoded with 2 byte Unicode schemes. Test case involved Gentium font with ancient Greek glyphs.
Axis Labels (Technical Tools - bottom row) now support Center and Right Justify. This was requested by several users and overlooked for last release. All works now without any hacks the printf format or splitting label runs.
Corrected an accuracy problem when entering values in the Graphic Details drawer, when the values contained a fraction computation. These computations were rounded to the nearest Point and fractions of a Point values were lost. Accuracy is now maintained at the full 32 bit floating point computation limits.
Expanded the capability for using Function keys as keyboard short-cuts. Previously the Function Key (F1, F2, ...) could be used but a modifier key (Cmd key for example) was required. Now Function keys are accepted with no modifier key. In other words: a function key such as F1 may be assigned as a shortcut for any menu command. Note that one must type the letter "F" then a number "1, 2, ... , 11, 12, ...) into the Menu Keys field to assign a function key - it is not possible to type the actual function Key as these keys are blocked to the text field on the Menu Keys palette.
Added an inspect / entry field for Diameter of circles to Graphic Details drawer.
Corrected issue the Grid Reference point for graphics when the graphic is flipped. Previously the Grid Reference point would remain constant and not change with the graphic orientation. Normally it is desired that the grid reference point remain constant with respect to the graphic hence the grid reference point should reflect the orientation change. This is now the behavior. For example if a graphic had an arrow with a tip at the right center of the graphic and if this point is chosen as the grid reference point, now if that graphic is rotated 90 degrees and the arrow tip is now at the top center - the grid reference point is also changed to top center.
Corrected issues with the Library main menu, library names were not being updated when saved with a new name. It is now refreshed properly.
Corrected issue with maintenance of the Grid Reference point for graphics installed to a User Library. When using the library graphic the Grid Reference position would revert to default if the interaction level of the destination graphic was different than the original graphic. Grid Reference is now faithfully maintained for Library graphics. The error was at the time of use, so it is not necessary to rebuild libraries - the Grid Reference information was installed in the user library correctly.
Improved interactive resizing of Text Boxes. The minimum size is now computed with respect for the font size. Minimum size will now exactly fit one row or one column of characters. Before is was a constant small value and the text box could reduce to less than a character. Also in some cases the text box would inadvertently grow when resizing to a negative rectangle size - this is now fixed.
Changed the behavior of Free Transform and Pivot interactive graphic when added to a Group. Now these special case interactive elements are "applied" before the graphic is placed in the group. Often a Free Transform or a Pivot would have problems when nested in a series of groups, this approach will convert these back to normal graphics for more reliable behavior for modifications to the host group.
Corrected the Wall Specification palette, when interactively changing the wall thickness and other wall parameters the palette was not updating. Now it updates live as changes are made.
Corrected issues with conversions of Pivot graphics. In some cases the conversion would revert to the un-rotated state of the core graphic.
Corrected issues with conversions of Pivot graphics. In some cases the conversion would revert to the un-rotated state of the core graphic.
Corrected problem for groups that include dimensions. It was possible that filled graphics would draw over the dimensions.
Corrected issues with conversions of Pivot graphics. In some cases the conversion would revert to the un-rotated state of the core graphic.
Added the ability to export individual graphics as individual image files. This is supported for PNG, TIF, JPG, GIF and CSV. Then new option is found for the Export Contents (middle) popup menu on the Export panel. Selected graphics are exported, each to an individual image file. The file name from the export panel is used as a base, an underscore followed by an incrementing number.
Fixed bug with user libraries. When closing a library with a partially edited element name, a crash was possible. This is now fixed.
Fixed bug with Walls, if new defaults were set from a wall that was auto-mated to another wall, then newly drawn walls could have a bad end shape that extended up to the drawing origin. This is now corrected and the situation is prevented.
Fixed bug with the Center Mark checkbox on Graphic Details drawer. This was introduced at final stage of the 3.5.0 release. It was possible to turn Center Mark on, but not off. This is now fixed.

New in EazyDraw 3.5.0 (Aug 24, 2010)

Abstract Fill:
New menu command for Abstract Fill ("Bucket" Fill - or Flood Fill) is available - this is found on the Tools main menu, Combine submenu. This action will analyze an area of a drawing that is bounded by various graphic paths and curves then form a new shape conforming exactly to the interior region, fill that shape with the current default color, and add the shape to the drawing behind all other graphics on the current Active layer. This is a vector counterpart to the Paint-Bucket tool commonly found in Painting applications. The algorithms are fully vector and hence more complex than a simple pixel color-flood.
The algorithms are heuristic and recursive, they focus and act only on the portion of the drawing that is visible in the drawing window (the display screen) - not the full drawing. The algorithms may perform differently at different zoom amounts, for best results zoom in and roughly center the region of interest before executing the command. There is a customizable toolbar button (a paint-bucket icon) available on the main tools-Customize palette, the tool is not installed on the default toolbar.
Documentation is complete, use search phrase "Abstract Fill" to learn more on the use of this new feature. The command uses multi-threading on OS X 10.5 Intel and newer, on older machines and 10.4 the full analysis does not begin until the final mouse click and processing may take several seconds - all should be instantaneous on new systems with multi-core Intel processorss.
Extended Cursors:
New capability for extended live cursors. This is accessed from the Graphic Details drawer, when nothing is selected. A new popup menu is present that allows selection for the new extended cursors, a full screen cursor, half screen (to ruler) and ruler edge. The Nothing selection turns extended cursors off. There is a new setup panel accessed from the main Preferences window. There are several options including a new live cursor read-out option that may be used in conjunction with the extended cursors. Documentation is complete, use search phrase "extended cursor" to access the documentation.
Snap Tangent:
Added a new feature to automatically snap a line (or any straight path segment) to the Tangent (or Perpendicular) of a curved segment. For example, this allows one to easily draw a line from a defined point to the tangent point on a circle. The "t" and "p" keys provide a convenient shortcut - note this is just the keys alone, no command key modifier. Simply hold down the "t" key while adjusting one end of a line, if your line approaches the solution point for the tangent of a curved segment the line will snap to the solution. Use "p" to get a perpendicular solution.
This is a "one-shot" snap, different than a normal vertex snap. This is because a tangent solution can be "broad" and perhaps not readily discernible, so the one-shot snap has a better and more distinctive feel. The "one-shot" behavior allows the length of the snapped-line to continue with adjusting, hence one step allows the snapping of the line and setting of the desired length. Documentation is complete - use key phrase "snap tangent" for full details on the new feature.
New capability for extended live cursors. This is accessed from the Graphic Details drawer, when nothing is selected. A new popup menu is present that allows selection for the new extended cursors, a full screen cursor, half screen (to ruler) and ruler edge. The Nothing selection turns extended cursors off. There is a new setup panel accessed from the main Preferences window. There are several options including a new live cursor read-out option that may be used in conjunction with the extended cursors. Documentation is complete, use search phrase "extended cursor" to access the documentation.
Added capability to snap a vertex "on" a line or path. To explain with an example: this allows one to extend a line to exactly meet another line, anywhere along the line - no just at the ends and midpoints. The works with any line, path or curve, both as a target and as the editing graphic. There is no new user interface setting, the new capability is "on" when vertex snapping is enabled. This means there are now 3 kinds of snap for a vertex snap: a vertex or midpoint, an intersection, and now along a path. The 3 kinds of snap are indicated by color, the momentary snap colors are: green for a vertex or midpoint, red for an intersection, and yellow for "on" a path. For lines (as the editing graphic) this works with Pinned Angle and with Shift key angle constraints.
Filled Shapes:
Added a new Convert capability - convert to Filled Shape(s). This new command is found on Tools main menu, Convert submenu. This conversion will convert a graphic that has an outline (stroke) to an equivalent constructed with only fill and now outline. For example a dashed line would be converted to a series of rectangles. A circle with a fill and stroke color is converted to two circles, one larger than the other, both having no outline/only-fill, the larger one has the color of the original outline and the smaller one has the color of the original fill. This technique will work with solid fill color, gradient fill, and pattern fill. It works with most graphics including Bezier paths, curves and smooth curves. It does work with dashes on straight lines but no other dashed-graphics.
Improvements and Corrections:
Expanded the capabilities for Gradients. Bitmap gradients are now supported. There are 4 new gradients available on the Gradient Fill panel, Effect popup menu - they are at the bottom. Previously all EazyDraw gradients were drawn with vectors, this implementation technique has many advantages but in some cases a traditional bitmap gradient can have advantages. The bitmap implementation will often have better behavior for gradients that use transparency with colors. Vector gradients will often have banding when working with transparency. One caution: transparency is not supported with bitmap gradients when printing to PDF - transparency is supported for vector gradients when printing to PDF. The primary use for the bitmap gradients is for the design of PNG and TIFF icons such as those used for iPhone and iPad user interface elements.
On-screen adjust for Gradients is now available. This is an option found on the Gradient Fill panel, the new default "factory" setting is for the "on" state. Gradients that have a direction and/or position will show an new adjuster handle when the hosting graphic is selected.
Added a new export format, CSV (comma separated values). This is a simple text format compatible with spread sheet and database applications or for use with any text editor. The values in the table are Bezier vertices and control points for all line art found in the drawing. Text and images are not included in the export. The vertices and control points of each graphic are presented on one line in the export destination text file. Documentation is complete, use search phrase CSV to learn more.
Made several improvements to Export for the TIFF, PNG and the other bitmap. PNG now has support for gray scale colors. TIFF export for CMYK was optimized and is about 70 times faster now (a text export that took 1 minute 10 seconds before now completes in less than 2 seconds). All bitmap exports may now be larger in size, previously most systems would fail at around 100 meg for export image size, now most systems should be able to create 1 gigabyte images without crash and rather quickly as well. TIFF export now supports more color space options including alpha (opacity) masks.
New options available on the Layers drawer. It is now possible to Lock a layer, this is a lock against move and delete. This is set with a new check box column on the layers table list. There is a new option to show the active layer above all other layers. Copy and Paste to and from the layers drawer has been expanded to accept graphics dropped on a layer and allows more fluid copy and paste between layers - previously one often needed to explicitly click back on the drawing or the layers drawer for different paste actions.
This version has improvements to the color accuracy for TIFF, PNG and the other bitmap exports. Recent versions of EazyDraw would have small changes to some colors (out of gamut colors), when the bitmap was generated. Now the RGB and CMYK components are faithfully passed to and saved in the export bitmap. This allows matching of colors for web graphics; for example, saving a web graphic with a particular rgb component set will now match the web page exactly when the same rgb components are specified as a CSS background color. These issues relate primarily to the operating system, ColorSync technology, and ICC profiles. There are basic problems in this area for OS X versions 10.4 and 10.5. The small color variations will still be present for EazyDraw users on 10.4 and 10.5 - there is no solution possible. EazyDraw users on Snow Leopard (OS X version 10.6) do now have precise calibrated color bitmap exports for TIFF, PNG, BMP, GIF (note that JPG's compression algorithms can be expected to introduce slight color shifts). Test have been conducted on all the current popular web browsers to verify that background colors of EazyDraw export graphics do match exactly with CSS hex color specifications on all browsers (but only when using EazyDraw on Snow Leopard). A test pattern is found at the bottom of this web site's Web Graphics page, follow the link and go to the bottom of the page to view the tests in your browser. When checking colors with the Color Picker spy glass or the utilities application Digital Color Meter: ICC corrected colors are reported for the EazyDraw drawing window but uncorrected Calibrated colors are measured for exported bitmap images viewed in Preview this discrepancy is unavoidable at this time, options to this behavior will need to await further operating systems advances.
Expanded the Select Special submenu (Edit main menu) to include selecting graphics with Patterns, Gradients, Arrows, and Dashes.
Documentation was added for the Services menu. Details on the use of EazyDraw with the LaTeX utility LaTeXiT were added. If the core TeX utilities and LaTeXiT are installed, the services menu allows one to enter LaTeX mark-up plain text in an EazyDraw Text Box and convert the mark-up to fully typeset pdf vector content (a mathematics expression or equation). The implementation uses LinkBack technology to exchange the content with the LaTeX utilities, thus one may edit the source markup by double clicking on the typeset pdf content.
Improved the Vertex Insert tool. It now will do multiple inserts with a single invocation. The key point is to allow detection of intersections and insert two vertices exactly at the intersection of two graphics. Another advantage is that a series of vertices can be added on an exact straight line. The documentation has been updated to reflect the new capability, use search phrase "insert tool". The new behavior is obvious from the indicators. The command key modifiers work in the same fashion as defined for the knife tool, these are useful for inhibiting the intersection detection.
Improved the PDF and EPS ungroup. A new parameter is found on the Images submenu of the Format main menu. This menu controlled setting is named: "Auto Combine Text". When ungrouping PDF (and EPS) images, EazyDraw applies algorithms to attempt to reconstruct the higher level ordering of text characters. The PDF format does not actually define things like a text block or paragraph (nor even a word or line of text). In many cases the combined text generated by EazyDraw will be convenient for editing but the typesetting will not be faithful to the placement of the characters on the PDF page. Turn this option off to get an ungrouping that favors precise placement of text characters over automatic assembly of paragraphs and text boxes.
Fixed problem on Advanced Duplicate / Linear Duplicate - when using a scale with non-default axis direction. The sign of the offsets could sometimes change each time the linear duplicate was used. This is now fixed.
Corrected several issues with the special Select Tools palette. Several of the options had various problems, the select back first cursor was not changing as it should and the settings for the radio buttons at the bottom of the palette were not always respected for selecting behavior. All the special select functions have been extensively tested and are quite robust.
Improved and corrected a few things with Graphic Details display of Bezier control points. Previously a closed Bezier would show too many vertices or segments, now the display computes these correctly as they appear on the drawing. Now when a Bezier control is simply clicked the focused segment is changed to the appropriate clicked segment, previously the control point would need to be moved in order to change the displayed focused segment. Continuous Bezier Graphic Details now shows values in yellow that are not actually "smooth" at the vertex, implying that any change here will adjust both vertex controls to satisfy the smooth continuous constraint. Leading and Trailing control designations for the Continuous Bezier details display were logically reversed, these were switched.
Fixed problem with refresh of Morph panel. If the panel was over the drawing area (not in Graphic Details drawer area) and to the right of the actual working drawing area (window was wider than the drawing area), updates were not correct and old static images of the panel could appear after a scroll.
Fixed further issues using a Dimension with Form set to Nothing. If Nothing was in use and no additional text was used (nothing and nothing) the bounding area of the dimension would erroneously include the drawing origin. This is now corrected.
Fixed problem using morph on multiple graphics, especially likely when morphing several (10's or more) graphics. The morph would be correct on the first graphic but could have problems on others.
Fixed problem on Graphic Details reporting the position - when using a scale with offset origin and when the selection included multiple graphics. The location is now reported correctly.
Corrected a bug in the SVG interpreter - a very specific issue relating to paths whose value string ended with a single number and no decimal point. This occurrence is now fixed and should have been quite rare.
Corrected problem with Free Transform graphics contained in a Group (in particular in a Uniform Interaction special group). If the outer group was scaled in size (such as a change in size with the Uniform Interaction graphic) then subsequent moves of the outer group would have problems - the embedded Free Transform graphic would move more than it should ("scooting" out of the enclosing group). This is now fixed.
Corrected rare problem using connector with cloaked vertices. This could cause an unexpectedly quit. This combination is not typical for a connector or dimension. The situation is now stable, will not crash and will default back to a reasonable behavior.
Corrected problem flipping arc graphics by 90 degrees. The flip was in the wrong direction. The bug was introduced with version 3.3 when Arc flips and rotations were improved. The problem was not particularly noticeable unless the arc was included in a group and the group flipped. All is fixed now.
Corrected problem with the Line Weight toolbar buttons and Line Weight toolbar menu button. The "thicker" and "thinner" line weight actions were reversed with respect to the icon indicators. Those are now switched and will work as expected.
Corrected problem changing a dimension from the special form: "nothing", when there is no additional text. Then switching back to a normal form, such as Decimal, the dimension value would not appear. This sequence of events now works properly.
Corrected Advanced Duplicate - when using "inverted" axis directions. The duplication values (+ and -) were offsetting the new graphics in the wrong direction. Now the axis direction is reflected properly in the duplicate's offset.
Decreased the minimum allowed distance between tab stops from 0.2 inches to 0.08 inches.
Corrected several typing errors and a few broken links in the EazyDraw Help pages.
Corrected updating of check-marks on the Font Panel and Colors menu items on the Font submenu (Text main menu). This were often "out-of-sync" with the actual open state of these panels. Now their check-marks reliably reflect the open / closed state of the respective panels.
Corrected problems with Option-Drag duplicate of various (but not all) kinds of graphics. After the Option-Drag the new copy could have trouble updating on the screen. This was introduced at 3.4.1, all corrected now.
Corrected possible problem reading multi-page PDF. If your setting for page numbering was "across-first" then the multiple pages were added "across" which is not correct for a multi-page pdf. Then only the first page of the multi-page PDF was shown. All is fixed now, numbering is changed to "down first" for the multi-page PDF.
Corrected a possible problem with Annotations, in particular rotated annotations. If several were in use, in close proximity to one another it was possible that CPU usage by EazyDraw would climb dramatically for a few seconds. For larger drawings on older CPUs this spike could cause a lock-up of EazyDraw. All is corrected now. And CPU usage in these situations is now cleared back to normal amounts for this situation.
Corrected problem with the refresh and updating of the Easy-Look panel. The problem related to inspecting of multiple drawings and use of the drawing selection popup menu on the Easy-Look panel. The root cause of the problem likely starts with drawings that were made by a copy of a full drawing or "Save As". The panel then would not update properly when switching between the to copies - even after changes were made to the drawings. In other cases of normal random stack of drawings all would probably work fine. All cases now update correctly. The bug was present since the introduction of the Easy-Look capability.

New in EazyDraw 3.4.1 (Apr 20, 2010)

Added new virtual paper sizes for iPad development support. On Page Setup when using the Buttons and Icons virtual printer, new sizes for iPad launch screen in both landscape and portrait orientations. There are now virtual paper sizes for required graphic elements for iPhone and iPad development: main icon, iTunes store icon, small (settings and search) icon, iPhone and iPad launch screens - both orientations. These are all accessed from the Page Setup panel, choose Buttons and Icons for the virtual printer then select from the Paper popup menu.
Corrected a bug with Copy and Paste. The problem appeared with EazyDraw version 3.4.0. In some cases of Copy-and-Paste ( on the same drawing) and Duplicate With Offset, a Group graphic would have an incorrect bounding box indicator and perhaps misplaced graphic locations. This somewhat rare but a serious problem, making 3.4.0a a recommended upgrade. There will likely be a follow-on version 3.4.1 soon to address this issue.
Added capability to snap a vertex "on" a line or path. To explain with an example: this allows one to extend a line to exactly meet another line, anywhere along the line - not just at the ends and midpoints. This works with any line, path or curve, both as a target and as the editing graphic. There is no new user interface setting, the new capability is "on" when vertex snapping is enabled. This means there are now 3 kinds of snap for a vertex snap: a vertex or midpoint, an intersection, and now along a path. The 3 kinds of snap now are indicated by color, the momentary snap colors are: green for a vertex or midpoint, red for an intersection, and yellow for "on" a path. For lines (as the editing graphic) this works with Pinned Angle and with Shift key angle constraints. This means that by pinning the angle (one click on Attributes bar) a line may easily be extended to meet another line.
Added a control checkbox for showing the leading zero of a Dimension. In the case of a fraction value less than one it is sometimes desirable to not show the leading zero (save drawing space). This is now possible using a new checkbox found on the Dimensions palette, Datum tab. The checkbox should be self explanatory. Documentation is complete use search phrase Dimension to learn more.
Corrected proper save and open for the setting on Page Layout of "Number Across First". This parameter would not always save and restore properly with the close and re-open of a drawing. All is correct now.

New in EazyDraw 3.4 (Apr 1, 2010)

Added new custom Arrows for drawing Entity-Relationship diagrams. These new arrowheads conform to the conventions for "crows-foot" notation of one-to-many, one-to-zero-or-one, etc relationships. A new user library with simple tool buttons for all possible relationship connectors is available - contact EazyDraw support if this is of intreats, it will be included in the next release of the Additions Pack, it is now available on CD and Boxed versions of EazyDraw. The new arrowheads are accessed from the Arrows palette, Custom Tab, the Name popup menu. These are installed automatically for new users. Existing users (those who have ran EazyDraw and accessed the Custom Arrow Tab) will need to remove the Arrows.plist file from the EazyDraw Applications Support folder ( ~home -> Libraries -> Applications Support -> EazyDraw ). One must quit EazyDraw then remove the Arrows.plist folder, then restart EazyDraw; the Arrows.plist file will be re-created by EazyDraw with the new custom arrowheads. If you have custom arrow heads - then keep the Arrows.plist file and move your custom arrows into the new file (contact EazyDraw support if you need help with this).
The Additions Pack has been expanded again. The main new component is a full compliment of Venn Diagram templates and symbol tools. Venn Diagrams depict the similarities and differences of groups of 2 or more entities or conceptual classifications. The templates provided cover many arrangements for 2 to 5 concepts including the traditional constructs with circles and tubes as well as other creative arrangements including the interesting Edwards Construction and Symmetric designs. If you have purchased the Additions Pack in the last year email for new link and password - no charge.
Added capability for Line-Over for Text. This will add a "Bar" over characters or a range of characters, the "Bar" is the common mathematical notation for the Average of a variable. The Text -> Style submenu has the menu command for this attribute and it is found on the Attributes bar with a - "Oh with line over" icon (note the use of the attribute must be verbally described in this Text Edit file because Apple's standard text technology does not support this text attribute).
Improved AppleWorks drawing import. Corrected issues relating to strings with embedded graphics. These graphics caused the import to crash, now the import does not crash. The embedded graphics are not imported as EazyDraw does not support strings with inserted graphics.
Corrected issues with inserted JPG images that contain meta-data size transformations. These had trouble when rotated and cropped, the problem related to opening a saved drawing. Now Rotate and cropping of these graphics works properly, saves properly and reopens properly.
Significant improvements for PDF ungroup. Improvements were in the area of reconstructing and formatting text content. Several new text encoding constructs are now understood by EazyDraw. In general the improvements relate to pdf's created on Windows and Windows Vista.
Improved performance when typing and entering text. Some users with large numbers of fonts and a slower or loaded processor would experience performance degradation when typing quickly. The issue related to updating the font menu on the Attributes bar. This process is now optimized and rapid typing now introduces negligible load on CPU computations.
Corrected problem resizing different forms of rectangles using the Shift and Control keys. These now work to constrain the aspect ratio (CMD key) or constrain to equal height and width - square shape with the Shift key.
Improved behavior for creating polygons. There are several modes for creating polygons, to accommodate users from users familiar with other older drawing applications. The problem happened when the polygon was completed with an extra double click at the originating first point of the polygon. Of course we don't need to do that as it is a tedious extraneous step. EazyDraw would mistakenly take this as an error and the polygon would disappear. Now this method works correctly if used.
Several performance optimizations for User Libraries were dropped in favor of improved image quality. These optimizations involved cached images of library elements. Recent years improvements of hardware, OS X core technology and EazyDraw graphic display performance allow this improvement.
Corrected problem with Text Bubbles, the radius rectangle version. If the radius was changed from default, and the drawing closed and re-opened the changed radius was lost. This is now fixed. There were undo-redo situations where the text bubble pointer would not properly undo an interactive change - all works now.
Corrected problem with Move Image setting (main Preferences panel). The selection Live Graphic was not persistent across a quit and restart of EazyDraw. Also dragging from the drawing to another drawing or library did not work when Move Image - Live Graphic was in use. Both of these issues are corrected now.
Corrected problem exporting PDF with White Background. The popup menu would show a blank entry and the exported pdf would still have a clear (nothing) background. Now the White Background setting is respected with a PDF export.
Corrected problem printing with x or y mirror. The mirroring option inherited problems with recent (beta) changes. This is now operational again.
Corrected problem adding libraries in the icon-button mode to the menu system. This would cause a crash of EazyDraw - all is corrected now.
Fixed problem entering negative angles, on Graphic Details drawer, for Lines and Paths, when using Y-axis plus down. This combination now works properly.
Corrected problems related to flipping radius rectangles by 90 degrees. There was a problem with the 90 degree CCW flip, if in a group the flip would distort after the file was saved and re-opened. All is correct now.
Corrected problems with Graphic Details entries for Text Graphics when using Comma as decimal delimiter for Region settings such as Germany. Some of the numeric entries and sliders were not working, causing very large values upon entry. Also many of the text fields did not respect the system settings and displayed numerical values with the period as the decimal delimiter. All is correct now.
Corrected anomalies with Send command, when multiple graphics were selected for a single Send To Back. The drawing order of the selected graphics was reversed by the send. Corrected problems related to Send to Front with graphics containing inserted text. Corrected problems sending graphics forward or back over a graphic with inserted text. And corrected some issues of the above cases that would not undo or redo-of-undo correctly. All seems to be working properly now.
Corrected problem with move of a shadow applied to a Uniform Scale graphic of an image. The shadow would remain fixed on the drawing. All is correct now.
Corrected a small extraneous white border that was added to images in groups with a bitmap shadow applied to the group. This was only noticeable in the above situation when the edge of the image or photo was not white.
Corrected issue with a Free Transform of an image in a Uniform Scale interactive state with a Flip (90 deg. cw etc) applied. A subsequent move of the graphic did not execute properly (the graphic moved in a wrong, unflipped direction). This situation is now handled correctly.
Corrected problem with the reported size of a group that contained a rotated text box positioned near one edge of the group. The rotation was not applied to the size and position calculation. All is fixed.
Corrected problem converting Flow-Around Text to Bezier paths. This would only work right after a resize of the text box, most of the time the Flow-Around layout was not respected on the converted glyphs. All is corrected now, the converted text should be positioned exactly glyph for glyph as the flowed-typeset text.
Corrected a few esoteric cases for the newly optimized Annotation text, relating to shadows on the annotation and colored annotation text.
Corrected a few issues with converting Annotation to Bezier paths, when the text style for the annotation used outlines or colored fill.
Fixed problem converting Annotation to Bezier paths on PowerPC running OS X version 10.5 (Leopard). This problem was present on the last release (EazyDraw 3.3.0). It now seems corrected as tested on a PowerPC mac-mini running OS X 10.5.8. Please report any problems in this area as our available PowerPC hardware is limited and the root cause of this issue is still somewhat in doubt.
This version included performance improvements for drawings with heavy usage of Annotation Text. The responsiveness of EazyDraw is now significantly improved when working with Annotation Text. Beta testers should keep an eye on the drawing of Annotation Text, as with all optimizations there is the possibility of missed refreshes of the drawing or misplaced graphics, thanks.
Corrected problem setting default font from the main system font panel. The "Set Current as Default" operation was setting color and other text attributes (bold, italic, ...) but not the actual font family and font point size. All is correct now.
Fixed a conflict in the menu short-cut keys for Ungroup Graphics. There was a duplication of the key selection on the Format->Images submenu. The caused problems for some (but not all users?) - now corrected.

New in EazyDraw 3.3.0 (Oct 22, 2009)

This version has had extensive testing, performance improvements, and bug fixes on Snow Leopard. EazyDraw 3.3 is a highly recommended update for Tiger, Leopard, and Snow Leopard users. It runs native on Intel and PowerPC processors.
Expanded and improved Additions Pack. Larger Network Diagraming library.
Text Bubbles, or Text Call-Outs. 4 new tools on the Technical Tools palette. A combination graphic with all the properties of a normal text block plus the Bezier properties of the enclosing "bubble" graphic.
New direct ungroup of EPS for editing. Found on the Images submenu, Format main menu.
Improved PDF export with new capability to export layers as pages with optional master page.
Compatibility Notes:
Even though Snow Leopard only runs on Intel processors, this version of EazyDraw provides a Universal Binary and runs on both Intel and PowerPC processors. Non-Snow Leopard users will still want to upgrade to 3.3 as there are useful new features provided by this version of EazyDraw. Also the application is much more robust and efficient owing to advances in the tools provided by Apple for our Snow Leopard development systems.
Unfortunately EazyDraw versions 3.0 and earlier (including version 2.7.0) have unforeseen compatibility issues with some of the technological advances provided by Snow Leopard. These versions are not reliable and often do not launch on Snow Leopard. These versions do continue to operate on the older versions of OS X for which they were designed.
The May 2009 release of EazyDraw, version 3.1.0, is compatible with Snow Leopard. But it is advised to upgrade to version 3.3 for robust operation on Snow Leopard. This is a free upgrade for EazyDraw version 3.x users. It is a $35 ($55 for Boxed version with new manual) upgrade for purchasers of EazyDraw version 2.x and older. It is allowed to use a version 2 license with EazyDraw versions 3.x for a grace period extending to March 2010 at no charge.
EazyDraw version 3.x requires a versin 3 license code. Version 1.0 licenses will not work with version 3.x. Version 2.0 licenses will fully enable EazyDraw Version 3.3 for a grace period extending to March 2010. Version 2.0 licenses naturally continue to work fully with Versions 2.x of EazyDraw. Those not interested in the purchase of an upgrade to Version 3.0 may want to continue to use EazyDraw version 2.7.0 available from the Support web page. Special upgrade pricing for Version 2 purchasers is found on the EazyDraw web site, the online store section near the bottom of the page.
Text Bubbles or "Call-Outs":
Added 4 new tools on Technical tool palette. The new tools are text bubbles that can be used as call-outs on technical drawings, enhanced sticky-notes, or speech balloons as in cartoon drawings. They have all the properties associated with a normal text box with the added decoration of the bubble Bezier graphic. Creating text bubbles is just like creating a normal text box.
On screen interactive handles are provided to position and shape the pointer tip for the text bubble. There is a new panel on the EazyDraw preferences toolbar, this panel is used to set the default attributes for new text bubble graphics. There are a few parameters provided on the panel for convenience but there are many other parameters such as a color gradient or pattern that may be used with these graphics. To manage defaults for other properties simply draw a text bubble and design it as desired then drag and drop it on the Text Bubble preferences panel.
Documentation is complete for these new tools enter search phrase "text bubble" to learn more.
Ungroup EPS and added PDF capability:
Direct "ungroup" EPS images. Similar to the "ungroup" PDF (and PICT), this action recovers all line art and reconstructs text as editable text blocks where possible. EPS images are converted into native EazyDraw vector content. This new capability is accessed from the Format main menu, images submenu.
Improved the PDF export capability. Now PDF export (accessed from Export on File main menu) supports multi-page formatting and mirroring. The multi-page formatting capability includes an option to export each Layer of a multilayer drawing as a PDF page. The Layers as Pages allows one layer to act as a Master layer and print on each of the pdf pages. The documentation is complete, use search phrase "export pdf" or click the Help button on the PDF export panel. Previously all pdf exports printed as one single large page, the Print then "Save As PDF" sequence was needed to get a multi-page pdf. Mirroring is used when printing to an appliqué used in "reverse" such as a t-shirt artwork project would require.
Improved the PDF (and new EPS) import for editing conversion (ungrouping). The improvement relates to recovering and restoring proper font and formatting for Text. The ungroup action now understands several additional "CMap" formats which will result higher percentage of successful conversions.
Improvements and Bug Fixes:
A new contextual attributes toolbar for Dimension graphics is now available. The primary focus for these contextual tools is the text formatting for the dimension's numeric values with prefix and suffix text. Operations like Bold, Underline, Kerning and typeface changes are now conveniently available with single click access.
Added the ability to insert Soft Returns in text. This is a Shift-Return which will insert a line break but not a paragraph break. There is a reference menu command now found on Text main menu, Typing Aids submenu. But normal use will be via keyboard entry of Shift-Return. Note this is a new combination of accepted keyboard entry and not a menu key shortcut. The Shift-Return menu key shortcut is blocked by the operating system. Net result is that all should now work as expected with text focused applications. Documentation is complete for the new feature, to learn more follow Help menu links to the Typing Aids submenu.
Added the capability to interactively adjust the position of Annotation Text. Previously the position of an Annotation along a path was set with the Position parameter (numeric and slider input) found on the Annotation panel. This worked fine but the adjustment sometime was too coarse forcing use of the numeric input. Now there is an additional interactive adjustment handle provided, when selected, for graphics with annotation. simply slide this control handle along the graphic's path to position the Annotation. The normal parameter inputs are still available on the Annotation panel. Documentation is complete, use search phrase "annotation" to study the full specification for this new capability.
Added the capability to provide a center dashed line for the Walls, Roads, and Ribbons tools which are found on the Technical tool palette. Now the Dashes palette will apply the dash pattern to a central path that is drawn along the center line of the Wall graphic. This is useful for drawing roads, different dash patterns may be used to signify different types of roadways. The addition dashed line path will have the same characteristics (color and width) as the main outline path of the graphic. If more capability is needed to apply a different color or pattern, use the Arrow Along capability which now works with Walls, Ribbons, and Road - see release note on this addition below.
Added the capability to apply Along Arrow designs to Walls, Ribbons, and Roads. This capability is managed on the Arrows Palette, Custom Tab. These functions allow the ability to apply decorations along a path as a sequence of graphics attached to the main path. Some applications refer to these as "Brushes", an older term from '90s, in EazyDraw these are all fully vector graphics (as opposed to bitmap images) so they are managed as generalized "Arrow Heads." This capability is well documented in the PDF manual, the Help documentation, and a few tutorials specifically dealing with the topic. The addition is that these are now supported for Walls, RIbbons, and Roads. This is a rather powerful technique useful when drawing detailed visually rich maps. The Along-Arrow graphics may be used with solid fill, gradient fills, and now dashed lines to provide highly illustrative schematic representations of road ways (or rivers, hiking trails, rail-roads, .) for maps. There is a new tutorial (Roads_And_Maps) that covers this new somewhat advanced capability - the tutorial can provide useful "cook-book" instructions for those not experienced in the Arrows-Along capability.
Improved and expanded the Fillet and Chamfer operations. They now are more intelligent in forming a complex shape from a group of individual lines and paths. Before it was normally necessary to build the shape by selecting only two elements at a time and building the shape with a series of Fillet commands. Now one may simply select all the individual elements and execute the command a single time. The automatic logic now analyzes the relative positions of the elements, decides which should be the start and ending element, then orders them automatically with start-to-end ordering based on relative nearness of end points. Finally the logic analyzes if a new closed path graphic is indicated and automatically closes the graphic with a rounded (or chamfered) closing curve. The new automatic intelligence applies to Welded Bezier and Welded Group actions as well.
A new "center mark" capability. This will draw a traditional center-mark/cross-hair graphic at the logical center of graphics that have a defined center point (such as arcs, circles, ovals, etc ). There is a checkbox on the Graphic Details drawer and a menu command on the Guides submenu (Format main menu). When the new center mark is showing the associated graphic has a full snap vertex at the center mark allowing vertex snapping and attach for connectors and dimensions. When showing the center mark will print - it is a normal part of the drawing. Documentation is complete, search phrase "center mark". .
Improved the cursor control for the zoom feature with the short-cut keys "i" and "o". Previously the cursor was positioned at the "point of interest" and the "i" key was hit, but then for the next zoom in it was often necessary to move the cursor to the center of the screen. Now if you hit the "i" key a second time (or multiple times) within a few seconds, and the cursor has not move much, the next and subsequent "i" key hits will zoom in on the same new center defined by the cursor when the initial "i" key was hit. The same behavior is works with the "o" (for zoom out) key. This logic is of course much harder to put in words than it is to use; the easiest way to see the improvement is to do a few practice zooms with "i" and "o" by clicking the key a few times quickly. The sensing time interval is about 5 seconds so there is time to view the new zoom and decide the next action before the repeat state automatically clears.
Corrected problem with copy and paste and drag and drop of graphics between EazyDraw drawings of different scale. Graphics should paste with their proper "project" dimensions respecting the different scales. This worked in EazyDraw 3.1 but was broken with version 3.2, it is now working properly again.
This version has several enhancements to the ClarisDraw import. Full support for embedded EPS vector images is now working. Several cases for this construct are now supported with EPS version 1 and 2 inserts both with and without preview data (EazyDraw only displays the vector image - not the preview from the the EPS header). And issues related to drawings created with the Japanese version of ClarisDraw have been resolved, these related to Japanese fonts that were working properly before the Snow Leopard transition - all are back working correctly now.
This version has several enhancements to the AppleWorks import. Additional embedded graphic types are handled. Added support for additional clip-art pasted graphic formats for the AppleWorks Import.
Added the Send (Front - Ft, Forward - wf, Backward - bw, and Back - Bk) buttons to the Attributes bar (which is turned on and off with menu command near bottom of View main menu) for Text graphics. This has been requested by many, sorry it was not done that way in the first place, thanks to all for the input.
Added 3 new toolbar buttons for the viewing control of Charting, Stellate, and Math tool palettes. These were "missing" on the available tools for customizing the main window toolbar. They are now available for addition to the toolbar - use the Customize button or selection at the bottom of View main menu to add them to your toolbar.
Added the capability to have both a major and minor arc for the Flat Circle graphic, the one found near the bottom of the Technical Tools palette. The selection for the new option is found on the Graphic Details drawer, a new check box is found there. When creating, hold down the CMD key to switch between Major and Minor Arc choice. This only applies to the Flat Circle, not the Key or other Cut Circle tools.
Added several new error messages for Save and Save As, these will provide more detailed information should there be an error when saving data.
Fixed the cut circle tools when used in a user custom library tool palette. These tools were not working in the the mode that is driven from custom user menu, the kind installed on the Library main menu. Now these create proper default tool graphics which means they now work properly when assigned to a key board shortcut. The new text bubble tools also are now debugged and work properly for this use.
Fixed problem selecting a new Pattern list on the Patterns panel - when there is no graphic selected on the drawing. The list would not change to the new selection, unless a graphic was selected. Now it works properly and a new list and selection will work both with and without a graphic selected on the drawing.
Fixed problems with small circles. There was a mode where they could collapse to zero radius when moving when a drawing was zoomed out far enough to make the circle about the same size as the adjusting handles. Another problem was that undo would not correct this and undo would not work properly if the small circle was re-sized. Now all works for even the smallest of display circle size.
Further testing of the public beta on OS X version 10.4, zoom with "i" and "o" now work again on 10.4; the new export pdf capability is now operational on 10.4. Both of these had problems on the recent public beta versions.
Fixed live resize of complex graphics, such as group graphics that contain a large number of graphics. The graphic was shown at the original size during the interactive editing of the size of the graphic (adjusting with the resize handles). The problem was introduced at Snow Leopard change-over. Correct now, original fast-responsive resizing is working well as in previous versions.
Fixed problem when typing a prefix to an automatic dimension. In some cases the measurement number string would overwrite the prefix. This is back working correctly now.
A slight change was made to the dragging behavior. The change applies when a floating palette is positioned right over the active drawing area. If the floating palette has working area that can accept a drop of the moving graphic the drag and drop sequence is initiated. This rather specific set of events has given problems to some users when trying to drag an EazyDraw shape to the Custom Arrow shape area on the Arrow Palette. Previously one needed to drag the graphic off the drawing window then to the floating palette, this would be a problem sometimes on smaller screen systems where the palette was likely to be over the drawing area. This is somewhat non-standard Mac behavior but should not present a problem.
Fixed ClarisDraw import for Japanese text from the Japanese version of ClarisDraw. This worked properly before Jan 2009, an error was introduced correcting import of Japanese text from AppleWorks. Now all should be working.
Fixed Edit for text that is contained in another graphic. The Edit menu command on Text menu did not properly enter text editing mode when the selected text was contained in another graphic.
Corrected problem with Walls, they could not be re-sized by clicking and dragging the end point handles.
Corrected problem with Ribbons, they were very slow and sluggish to edit - all back to normal.
Corrected problem with Text used in a graphic added to a user library, the Text was flipped up-side-down. This is now back to normal. This bug also flipped text graphics converted to Images.
Corrected problem with Classic PICT graphics, pasted into EazyDraw. In some cases, depending on the application that created the PICT, the image was shifted in the bounding rectangle - all back to normal.

New in EazyDraw 3.2.0 (Aug 31, 2009)

The initial Snow Leopard release for EazyDraw. Snow Leopard is OS X version 10.6. This version of EazyDraw is optimized for OS X version 10.6 and newer with compatibility back to OS X version 10.4.3.
Easy-Look: This release introduces a new drawing inspector Easy-Look. Easy-Look presents the hierarchal organization of a drawing's layers, groups and graphics with sub-group investigation capability..
Pivot Interaction level. This is found on the Format main menu, Interaction submenu. This graphic form provides convenient rotation of a graphic about a user defined pivot point.
Compatibility Notes:
Even though Snow Leopard only runs on Intel processors, this version of EazyDraw provides a Universal Binary and runs on both Intel and PowerPC processors. Non-Snow Leopard users will still want to upgrade to 3.2 as there are useful new features provided by this version of EazyDraw. Also the application is much more robust and efficient owing to advances in the tools provided by Apple for our Snow Leopard development systems.
Unfortunately EazyDraw versions 3.0 and earlier (including version 2.7.0) have unforeseen compatibility issues with some of the technological advances provided by Snow Leopard. These versions are not reliable and often do not launch on Snow Leopard. These versions do continue to operate on the older versions of OS X for which they were designed.
The May 2009 release of EazyDraw, version 3.1.0, is compatible with Snow Leopard. But it is advised to upgrade to version 3.2 for robust operation on Snow Leopard. This is a free upgrade for EazyDraw version 3.x users. It is a $35 ($55 for Boxed version with new manual) upgrade for purchasers of EazyDraw version 2.x and older. It is allowed to use a version 2 license with EazyDraw versions 3.1 and 3.2 for a grace period extending to March 2010 at no charge.
EazyDraw version 3.x requires a versin 3 license code. Version 1.0 licenses will not work with version 3.x. Version 2.0 licenses will fully enable EazyDraw Version 3.2 for a grace period extending to March 2010. Version 2.0 licenses naturally continue to work fully with Versions 2.x of EazyDraw. Those not interested in the purchase of an upgrade to Version 3.0 may want to continue to use EazyDraw version 2.7.0 available from the Support web page. Special upgrade pricing for Version 2 purchasers is found on the EazyDraw web site, the online store section near the bottom of the page.
New Easy-Look Inspector, a generalize "group" inspector:
This release introduces a new drawing inspector which we have named "Easy-Look". Easy-Look presents the hierarchal organization of a drawing's layers, groups and graphics with sub-group investigation capability. It is accessed from the top of the Format main menu. This new inspector presents an outline view of the drawing; using disclosure triangles to reveal graphics on each layer with Group graphics presented as a nested organization property. Documentation is complete, use search phrase "easy look". Multiple selections are possible in the outline view. Click and hold on a graphic in the top view to "radar" the graphic on the drawing. The "gear" menu is used for copy and paste to the system paste-board and basic ancillary grouping actions.
Beta users have noted that one of the most useful capabilities is the use of this panel as a "super" selection tool. The rules of selection are as on any outline view on OS X; Cmd Shift click to add selections etc. The Gear menu allows the selections on the outline view to transfer to the drawing and a drawing selection set to transfer to the outline table for additional selection actions. A quick read of the Help documentation is advised to get the most out of this new feature. .
New Pivot Interaction Level:
New this release: Pivot Interaction level. This is found on the Format main menu, Interaction submenu. This graphic form provides convenient rotation of a graphic about a user defined pivot point. The pivot point is set interactively or via the Graphic details drawer. An interesting capability is the ability to "nest" individual Pivot graphics. If a Pivot graphic is grouped with other graphics and the outer group is changed to Pivot interaction level, the nested Pivot graphic is show with interactive adjusting handles (when selected). This approach provides convenient modification of complex drawing that might contain naturally articulating components.
A tutorial is provided on the download that illustrates this capability by example using a human body schematic. Documentation is complete, use search phrase "pivot" to learn more.
Improved Annotate Text Typesetting:
Spacing and orientation of the text was often uneven especially on sharp or pinched paths and curves. This is has been improved significantly. The regressive curve analysis routines have been optimized to provide added computations for the improved positioning and orientation algorithms with no degradation of responsiveness. Drawings with annotations will have some changes when viewed with this new version of EazyDraw, some tweaks may be necessary but in nearly all cases the only change should be improved appearance. The optimizations will actually improve performance in several area which may be noticeable when working with drawings with large numbers of curves on older slower CPUs.
Improvements and Bug Fixes
Added 3 new shapes for Cross Overs. These are "Line Break" indicators, with variations on the rotated Z shape to indicate a longer line than is drawn. They are found on the Cross Over palette.
Improved error messages when problems are encountered with saving a drawing to the disc drive. Previously there were situations where no or perhaps the delayed fail-safe error message would present. Now we have nearly every issue properly reporting with a OS X provided message concerning the cause of the problem.
Corrected problem of possible interaction of text color of annotation with the host graphic (or possibly other color attributes). If the Color and Style palette was open and one of the Color Wells active, then editing and or changing the color of an associated annotation would change the Fill or Stroke color of the main graphic as well as the color of the annotation text. This is now.
Corrected an annoyance that would cause the grid snapping to sometime revert to off. The situation related to editing an existing text box and oddly enough related to the number of times the letter "g" was typed in the session. All fixed now, so one should not see grid snapping randomly reverting to "off".
Made a change to allow the Layers Drawer's table of layers to have a larger height. Before the height was limited to provide esthetic balance for the typical drawer and window size. But the limit reduced the number of allowable layers that could be visible at a time, for users with large screens. Now you can grow the layer table height by making the drawing window have a larger height on larger and higher resolution monitors where this is possible.
Fixed export of rotated text annotations to JPG and other bitmaps. Last public release these became "fuzzy" with a sometimes noticeable degradation of quality. Recent public beta versions had worse trouble with the annotation not showing at all. All is fixed now and quality is restored to the proper level as provided prior to version 3.0.
Fixed problem with opening and closing the Preferences panel. When Preferences panel opens, all open parameter panels close, when the Preferences panel closes the previously opened parameter panels were supposed to re-open. Problem was that these open states did not restore properly, typically several other panels would open unexpectedly. Now this is back to normal. Problem was introduced recently.
Fixed a potential crash / unexpectedly quit situation when using the Orthogonal-Radius path tool as accessed from a user library custom menu, or from a library in the drag-n-drop mode. The problem is now corrected. The situation was isolated to this particular method of accessing the tool, normal access from the Technical Tool palette did not have the problem.
Changed the behavior of Flip for group graphics. Previously if the group graphics were symmetric upon flip, the flip of the group was disabled - for example a group containing a square and a circle. Now Flip is enabled for the group and flipping proceeds as.
Fixed several issues with dimensions, especially when dimensions are embedded in groups. There were cases where snap points would jump unexpectedly and the dimension text would move position, and duplicating a dimension would create a new dimension with larger default set-back. All of these are corrected now. Extensive testing was completed on grouping, ungrouping, moving and snapping complex groups containing dimensions. All seems in good order at this point.
Improved error detection and messaging when saving data to disk. Situations where a save might fail without any warning or a vague poorly worded error message have been addressed. Saves to disk should be more reliable and error messages more specific as to cause in the case of failure.
Improved several issues related to closed paths and curves. In many situations an extra handle would be present at the closing vertex and this would need to be cut or edited if changes were needed to the shape at that point. Now closing a graphic avoids the extra handle. Joined closed paths now have proper handles and editing at the closing positions. Closed Continuous Bezier curves now edit properly with continuous constraints at the closing vertex handle.
FIxed dimension formatting for reported lengths when using feet and inches. There were cases where values would report as 5' 12" rather than 6'. These are now corrected.
Fixed non-standard file saves when compression is in use. Exports of PDF and other formats would be compressed but the .gz extension was not added when the Save-As setting for the normal EazyDraw file type was compressed. This now works properly.
Corrected possible "unexpectedly quit" situation. The problem related to changing a drawing's scale after deleting an autoline of automatic dimension graphic. There was a coding bug in this situation, in most situations the bug would not cause a fault so this was a rare crash. All corrected now.
Corrected problem with Undo of forming a welded group. In many cases one graphic of the welded group would become corrupt after the undo. Resizing the corrupt graphic would fix the corruption. Now all is fixed, Undo and Redo of the Undo work properly.
Corrected problems with fill color for welded groups. There were situations where the welded group graphic would not apply color to the full enclosed area of a welded group graphic. All is correct now.
Corrected problem applying the new Instant Alpha command to gray scale images. This situation was not handled with the new Clear Color command. It is now handled properly. Gray scale images are automatically converted to RGBA images then the clear color process proceeds in the normal fashion.
Improved the method for inspecting and setting the thickness (width) of walls. The Walls parameter palette (found on Tools main menu) has a parameter for Wall Thickness. Like most parameters it was defined in terms of the Palette's Fine Scale (inches, mm, or points), and the value was an unscaled value much like the thickness of a line. For Walls this is not the best choice of units and numeric format, at least for architectural use. In this representative situation the thickness of the walls would be defined in scaled project units. For example a wall constructed of 2x4's would have a logical nominal thickness of 4 inches, in the scale of the drawing. This is now changed, settings for numerical format and precision are derived from the drawing's main setting for Graphic Details. Documentation is complete, use search phrase "wall thickness" to study the details and background discussions.
Corrected an issue with adjusting the thickness of "long" walls. If a wall was very long the interactive thickness adjuster was "slow", requiring long drag motion to get a small change in thickness. This now works properly.
Further work on commas in use as decimal delimiter. Changed the display height on several parameter palettes to provide room to see the full comma. Some of the numeric fields were slightly short and the comma was cut off and appeared as a period.
Further work on exporting graphics with live dimensions via Copy and Paste. Corrections were not complete as problems persisted with graphics embedded in groups and values were not exported for report dimensions that called out specific positions on a drawing. The "positions" issue relates to the fact that a Copy and Paste of a selected group of graphics will have not have a defined drawing origin. The export now maintains these callouts as they were on the originating drawing.
Fixed problem with Scale popup menu (found on Scale palette). It was showing blank when non-standard scales were in use and the selection for the scale worksheet was missing. This bug was introduced late in the 3.1.0 revision cycle. It is now fixed.
Added a warning panel when printing or exporting a drawing with miss-spelled words highlighted. Previously the drawing would simply print or export, the faint red highlights appear on the output. Now a warning message is presented with 3 options: print with highlights, clear highlights and print, or cancel - presenting an opportunity to correct the spellings.
Fixed problem flipping and transforming connectors and orthogonal connectors embedded in groups or nested groups. These would not always transform correctly and would remain connected to incorrect positions rather than releasing and re-connecting to the proper flipped location of target graphics.
Fixed problem on Graphic Details drawer when viewing size of a PICT image graphic. Graphic Details was reporting "zero width" now the proper width is reported.
Corrected problems using localized conventions for regions that use comma "," as the decimal delimiter (and period ".") as a numeric marker for thousand interval marking - for example Deutchland. The values on the the Guides palette were not showing correctly and they were not accepting input correctly, values would be multiplied by 100. This problem had the potential to occur for certain formats of entry on the Graphic Details drawer. All is correct now values are displayed with the comma as the decimal delimiter and entries with or without commas are accepted correctly now.
Fixed Align issues with rotated text: align left, align right, ... . The alignment was based erroneously on the unrotated text box. Now the proper rotated text box is used for all the Align and Distribute functions for proper results.
Corrected problems with nested group graphics containing interconnected connectors. Problems found were with flipping, copy and paste on the same drawing and moving the group with snapping enabled. There were various issues with connectors jumping to incorrect positions. Extensive testing of nested groups with embedded connectors under actions of copy and paste, duplicate, transform, flip, and move, all seems to be working properly.
Corrected problem adding an outline (stroke) to an image, the outline was offset down and to the right by 1 or two pixels. This was introduced with version 3.1 and the Clear Color tool. It is now corrected and back to proper operation.
Fixed issue with Dimensions and use of Hide Dimensions for specific layers. There were a few specific kinds of Dimensions that did not "hide" properly when exporting the drawing. This is now fixed. The issue did not apply to normal printing of a drawing, only the export of drawings. All correct now.
Corrected problem rotating and flipping PICT image graphics. They were rotating in the reverse direction and sometimes moving off the drawing with the bounds becoming separated from actual image. This correction may correct other issues with PICT graphics as well. Rotating and flipping are working properly now for all forms of images.
Corrected a few problems with Dimensions that have their form set to "Nothing", this is the "user comment only" dimension form selection; where the automatic length or other report values are not shown. The issues related to having a "Nothing" dimension with no text entered which could result in an incorrect save and re-open situation that would then lock out text entry. Several variations of "Nothing" dimensions were tested and all work as expected now.

New in EazyDraw 3.1.0 (May 4, 2009)

New in EazyDraw 3.0.0 (Jan 6, 2009)

New in EazyDraw 2.7.0 (Sep 25, 2008)

Text Flow - It is now possible to have text flow around other graphics. This is enabled with a menu command now found on the Paragraph submenu of the Text main menu. When enabled, text is typeset around graphics that are to the front of the text (as in the Send Menu). Graphics behind the text do not impact typesetting. The flowing typesetting is live and will respond as either the text or the other graphics are moved or re-shaped. The text flow respects the filled state of graphics, if the graphic is not filled (solid color, gradient, or pattern) text will flow around the outline path of the graphic but not the "interior" of the graphic.
Text Links - Linking of text boxes is now supported. This is enabled with the Text Link menu command found on the Text main menu (3/4 of the way down). When enabled a selected text box has two new handles, light green with small arrows. These link handles are used to link one text box to another. Click and drag from one of the link handles to draw out a link path, connect the link path to another text box to create the text link. When linked text is typeset sequentially into all linked text boxes. As text is edited, or a text box is resized, the text content is re-typeset in the sequence of text boxes. Documentation is complete for this, use search phrase "text links" to study the full documentation. The text link is shown by a pseudo orthogonal connector, you cannot select this connector directly but if a linked text box is selected then the link path appears and may then be selected in the normal fashion. Use this sequence to select a text link for deletion, this is how a text link is removed.
Rotated Text - A new rotation handle is now provided for Text Boxes. The rotation handle is the same color an appearance as the rotation handle for rotated rectangles and rotated ovals. Now one may rotate text with a click and drag of this handle, without reverting to use of the rotation tool. It works in the normal fashion, the shift key may be used as a modifier to lock the rotation angle at even degree increments. Editing of rotated text is now easier, simply double click on the rotated text box and an edit block (unrotated) is presented directly on the drawing. All of the other ways of rotating text are still available (such as converting to an Annotation), but now they will need to be executed explicitly.
Tabs With Leaders - A new full capability Tabs palette is now available. It is accessed from the Text Main menu, Paragraph submenu. Help documentation is complete, search phase: "tabs". Tab position, spacing, and alignment are all now available for user specification. Full capability Leader specification is provided including; solid dashed and dotted leader lines, arrows for leader lines, user shift specification, leader line weight (thickness), color, and alternating colors. Note that this rather detailed parameter palette requires a corresponding larger screen size. But it is designed for convenient use with Window Shade shortening, and/or the mini-palette form. If you are not familiar with the Window Shade or Mini-Form parameter palette features this would be a good candidate for learning the capability.
Text Insert - Inserted text now is typeset to follow the exact contour outline of the containing graphic. Previously the text was simply typeset in an interior rectangle. Now inserted text conforms to the shape of the host graphic. Centered Text is still typeset in a simple rectangle, which is centered at the geometric center of the graphic. The new "flow" behavior is not used for Centered Text, only Inserted Text.
Grammar and Expanded Spell Check - Improved Spell Checking, with Grammar support. The Spell check palette has several additions to provide a word count and indicators for checked and misspelling counts. New elements are provided more user control over a spell check session. Access is now provided to clean "learned" words from a dictionary. Grammar checking is only available on Leopard, not supported for Tiger (OS X version 10.4.x). The new capability is fully documented in the Help content, search phrase "spell check".
CMYK Support - CMYK color model conversion, managed with the popup found at the bottom of the Layers drawer, has been improved to properly work with images and text. The whole process of color space conversion is now more robust and should perform at a robust professional level. You can now precisely inspect a color by pausing the cursor over any color well, a tool tip popup will indicate the color space for the color and the numerical amount of each component. A color space conversion now operates on all text, it applies properly to the text and all text marks such as tab leaders, strike through, underline, and text drop shadow.
CMD drag of a ruler now simply resets the origin. Graphics remain in place.
Fixed long time nuisance with converting text to Bezier outlines. Ligatures would cause an extra faint rectangle to be added to the text. Corrected.
Optimized converting large bitmap images from RGB to CMYK color space This is now three to nine times faster.
Improved rendering of gradients. improvements include better screen drawing of small and intricate gradients such as those applied to text glyphs. Added full support for gradient transparency for printing and pdf output.
Improved data entry in Graphic Details drawer, when using fractions and fractions with feet and inches. Previously in some rare cases entry of a numeric value would pop back to the previous value, preventing changed. Previously decimal notation was required for feet and inches input. Now decimal or fractions may be used when entering as feet and inches.
Further improvements for ungrouping PDF content. Recent work has been ungrouping of PDF from FreeHand. Text from FreeHand pdf now formats better and corrections were made to avoid dropping of text from these documents.
Corrected export of bitmap formats, when anti-aliasing is not in use. Normally a border of 2 pixels is provided for anti-aliasing to apply to the edge of the exported graphic. When anti-aliasing is not in use this border was still applied, now it is not. Turning off anti-aliasing now works to export the exact size in pixels.
Several corrections to text editing, especially with respect to undo and redo of undo's. Now selected ranges and insertion points are restored to exact conditions when undo or undo-redo actions are performed. One annoyance was that when editing text and deleting text so that the text box shrinks in height, then a left-over gray background area would remain below the text now smaller text box. This situation is now corrected.
Corrected problem with default Time Stamp format. The default format had the month twice and not month, day. Corrected. Upgrading users may need to use the Time Stamp Format panel, correct the format and save as a new default to clear the problem. New installations will not see the problem. Removing EazyDraw preferences file will rebuild the preference in the correct format, but all other persistent defaults will be cleared by this approach.
Improved Guideline Snapping for squares. The snapping would show on the drawing, but the size of the square would not always adjust properly to the guideline snap position. Now all works properly when creating and editing squares.
Corrected minor problems with Find and Replace. Fully tested again, on Leopard.
Corrected problem forming a group, that contained a group which contained graphics with inserted text. The painting order (front to back ordering) of the graphic with inserted text could jump to a different painting order position and possible obscure other graphics of the newly formed group. All is correct now.
Added support for Space-Bar panning. If the space bar is held down, the cursor changes to the Hand cursor and mouse down and drag actions will pan the drawing, as in scrolling. Panning is allowed even if graphics are currently selected. Panning sequences are allowed, lift the mouse - move over, click down again and pan further in a given direction. The panning mode persists until the space bar is lifted. This action does not work id a Text box is in editing mode, or key board focus is in text entry mode on a palette or the Graphic Details drawer.
Upgraded the Underline capability. The Underline menu found on the Text Style submenu has been expanded with different styles and underline patterns. The menu on the Graphic Details drawer was upgraded as well. A Strike submenu was added to the Text Style submenu.
Added the ability to "pan" a drawing by holding down Option key while doing a click and drag operation. Pan operation is performed in place of drag-select when the Option Key is used.
Changed the behavior of the Graphic Details drawer during creating of a graphic. Earlier versions updated the drawer as the graphic was initially drawn - at creation step. Version 2.6.0 had this behavior optimized out, no longer showing the details of the graphic as it is initially drawn. Users have requested to return to the older behavior, now again the the Graphic Details drawer is "live" as a graphic is created.
Corrected problem exporting FAVICON files. Exports on Intel processors did not work, the exported file had a corrupt header. Exports on PowerPC's worked, the problem on happened on Intel processors. Now all is fixed, the standard FAVICON settings for the ICO export now produce valid FAVICON.ICO files.

New in EazyDraw 2.6.0 (Apr 9, 2008)

Cross-Overs - New Cross-Over palette is found on the Tools main menu. This feature provides a method to indicat the state of two crossing lines or paths. The indicators are used to show schematically whether or not the crossing paths are physically connected. The easiest way to think of the concept is that of a "jumper" that would indicate one path "jumping-over" another and not making a connection. Several indicator shapes are provided: jumper, bridge, gap, and other. There are also indicators such as a "dot" that can be used to indicate the opposite state, that of a physical connection.
Boolean Combine - A boolean Combine submenu is provided for forming a new graphic from two graphics source graphics. The Union, Difference and Intersection operations are found on this new submenu about 2/3rds the way down on the Tools main menu. These are compound operations that cut two overlapping closed graphics then recombine the sub-paths according to defined logical rules. Documentation is complete, use search phrase "combine" for detailed definitions of these operations.
Free Hand (Pencil) Tool - Added a new Freehand pencil path tool to the main tool palette. The new tool provides simple freehand drawing, the path placed on paper will follow the cursor with minimal smoothing. With this tool one does not need to lift and click the mouse to drop vertices, as is the case with the other Bezier path tools. The fitting of the mouse trail to the created path is sensitive to the degree of zoom of the drawing. Therefore if a more detailed (jagged) path is needed, zoom in. If a path is too jagged, zoom out. After completion the Smooth or Round commands found on the Tools -> Transform menu may be used to improve the continuity of the path, if necessary. The new Pencil tool takes the place of the radius - orthogonal path tool, the orthogonal path tools are still available on the Technical tool palette (near top).
Tangents and Normals - Added a new capability to draw tangents and normals (perpendicular) to a curve. For straight paths this was done using the guides capability but it wasn't possible to get a precise automatic line oriented with respect to a curved path. Use the Tape Measure tool to access the new capability. When ever the tape measure cursor is indicating the slope of a curve at a given point (the light green cursor read-out) simply typing "t" or "n" will add a tangent or normal line to the drawing. The line added has the center and angle pinned so resizing will not loose the precise orientation. It is recommended to review the EazyDraw.
Pin and Lock - Newly expanded Lock capability, now referred to as Pin and Lock actions. There are two new submenus at the bottom of the Format main menu with new individual selections for locking a graphic. The lock menu now allows a graphic to be locked independently against moving and deleting. The new Pin submenu allows the fixing of the center, length, or angle of a graphic.
Parallelograms - Added 4 new charting tools. Three new forms of parallelograms were added. We were missing two geometries of the orthogonal parallelogram form, two more of these were added, now all forms of this shape are possible. A free form parallelogram tool was added, it easily creates any possible parallelogram. A new "Bow Tie" shape was added to fill out the row of 4 tools. They behave and draw in the normal fashion, no new documentation needed. Full support on the Graphic Details Drawer is complete.
Spokes - Added 3 new stellate tools for drawing spokes. There are 3 forms, a simple straight spoke, a Bezier shaped spoke, and a rounded rectangle spoke. They are found at the bottom of the Stellate palette. They behave and draw just like other stellates.
Ungroup PDF - For Import from Canvas X - Made several improvements to the PDF ungroup. These focused on ungrouping pdf file generated from the Deneba Canvas application. The pdf ungroup now detects use of tile-pattern-fills in the pdf translates these to EazyDraw patterns. The text generation from Canvas is rather non-standard with individual character placement, this situation is now handled and the text streams are recombined into EazyDraw text boxes and positioned with normal typesetting attributes. This means that more text from these files is imported, sized, and positioned correctly. The import is somewhat slow due to this construction. Optimization will be added in the future after we have have more feedback and testing on the basic ungrouping correctness and accuracy.
Improved Knife, when cutting cyclical math curves, specifically all variations of sine waves and the triangle wave form. Before the knife tool would cut the cyclical math curve correctly but the resulting two or more curves were reduced to Bezier curves, loosing their cyclical control functionality. Now a cut sine wave will result in two new sine waves. The period and phase of each new cyclical function is adjusted to exactly match the original wave form. This improved functionality does not apply to the discontinuous cyclical wave forms, square wave, pulse and saw-tooth; these still drop back to Bezier paths when cut. If one of the resulting cut wave forms would have less than 1/2 of a cycle, the waveform is still reduced to a Bezier curve.
Changed behavior of superscript and subscript commands (both from Text menu and Attributes bar). Previously these commands only changed the baseline of the target text range. Now the commands change the baseline and decrease the font size by 2 points. The inverse command (No(rmal) on the attributes bar and "use default" on the text menu) returns the baseline and adds 2 points of font size. The independent raise or lower baseline commands behave as they did before.
Corrected inconsistency with the Knife tool when cutting a simple line. It was possible to drop the vertex of a line with the knife, the result would be a line with only one point. This inconsistency is now corrected, it is not possible to drop-cut either of a line's two vertices or end points.
Corrected problems adjusting the size of some Free Transform interactive graphics, that contained rectangles or charting shapes nested in group graphics. These now all scale properly.
Corrected possible scaling problems with the new Cut Circle graphics that were introduced with version 2.5.0. Previously they would scale properly in a group, but if the containing group was removed by an Ungroup the Cut-Circle graphic's resize handles would be misplaced. All is correct now. Cut Circles are the graphics found on the Technical Tool palette, second row from the bottom.
Corrected problem introduced with EazyDraw version 2.5.2, version 2.5.0 and earlier did not have the problem. It was a rare problem causing EazyDraw to launch incorrectly. It could only happen to users that were upgrading from an earlier version of EazyDraw. The trigger of the bug was custom (or inadvertent) additions to the colors found in the "eazydraw.clr" color list (in Colors folder found in the home Library folder). If fewer than 8 custom colors were added, the problem would occur upon launch. - very rare situation. All fixed.
Corrected problem importing MacDrawPro and ClarisDraw drawings with bitmap images (JPG, TIF) on Intel machines. Some bitmaps that would import correctly on PowerPC processors were not interpreted correctly on Intel CPUs (byte swap issue for those who understand what that means). All corrected now.
Corrected problem exporting TIF images. It was possible to have a dark line at the top of the image. The line was only a present when using a white background, transparent backgrounds were drawn correctly. The problem was introduced with version 2.5.0, and the dual-rep TIFF capability. It is corrected now.
Corrected problem importing MacDrawPro and ClarisDraw drawings with custom colored patterns. The patterns would import correctly but after saving the EazyDraw file and re-opening the Patterns would return to the default black and white pattern. This is now corrected.
Corrected problem rotating text with a filled text box, filled with solid color, pattern, or gradient. In this situation the rotation would not restore after a save and re-open of the file. This is now corrected. Another aspect of the problem was that text would be inverted (up side down) while rotating, this is now corrected as well.
Corrected issue importing ClarisDraw files related to long text fields. A new format variation was encountered and included in the text interpretation. This may help some users that were having trouble getting all their text to import.
Improved the Ungroup PDF for older versions of PDF that are commonly generated on Windows machines. Text size was not translating properly, one would see a corrupt text box with reported font size of 1.0 - this situation is now handled with the pdf conversion.
Corrected arrow at the end of a rounded or radius connector. The end arrow was not pointed in the correct direction. It now behave correctly. This only happened with the one particular form of a orthogonal connector that was drawn the had it's corner shape changed via the Connector palette.
Corrected problems rotating some graphics 90 degrees clockwise and 90 degrees counter clockwise with the flipping menu commands or attribute bar buttons. Text was not flipping the actual text, only the text box. Other graphics were being changed to raw Bezier paths unnecessarily, for example a rectangle was not maintained as a rectangle with the flip action. All is correct now.
Corrected problem changing the text color from the toolbar button. If the text had multiple styles of typeface, a subscript for example, the color would only change up to the point of typeface change. Corrected now.
Corrected possible problems exporting to Keynote drawings that were imported from a Classic drawing application such as MacDraw, or ClarisDraw. In the old classic environment it was possible to "color" a line with a pattern color. This is not acceptable to Keynote and while EazyDraw would handle the situation, upon export to Keynote a block was encountered that would prevent the file save. All is fixed.
Corrected problem saving the color of a Grid Graphic, the ones found on the bottom of the Technical Tool palette. The color would revert to black, or default unless an outline was showing for the grid. Now the color saves and restores correctly.
Optimized the internal code for opening a new drawing. Opening a drawing or creating a new drawing was beginning to take a noticeable amount of time, especially on PowerPC processors or any processor on Tiger. The drawing initialization code was optimized, now there is no noticeable time to open a blank drawing. Opening larger drawings will still require a time in proportion to the size and complexity of the drawing.
Removed the support for creating and updating file icon previews in the main file open dialog. This was an older feature of relevance on Jaguar and Panther and no longer needed. The QuickLook technology in Leopard has superseded the older file icon technology that was used for these previews. On Tiger and Leopard support for the old feature would unnecessarily "touch" files while browsing the Open dialog, thereby changing the File-Modified dates - an undesired consequence. Removing the feature all together corrects the issue.

New in EazyDraw 2.5.2 (Feb 15, 2008)

Improved reliability on Leopard and Tiger.
Customizable Toolbar improvements, Ability to convert a Blend to component paths, Improved MacDrawPro Import, Improved ClarisDraw Libraries Import, Fixed possible customizing toolbar lock-up.
Corrected a possible "unexpectedly quit" that could occur when applying a transfer property (shadow, or gradient for example) from a library. These are the property library elements that are placed in a user library using the small LL icon found on parameter palettes. The unexpectedly quit would happen when applying the property from the library to a graphic in a drawing. All is corrected now, the Library property transfers all work as documented now.
Improved the Keynote export. Support for arrows has been added. Corrected possible position errors for lines when exporting just graphics rather than full drawing area, now lines are precisely positioned in all situations.
Fixed a problem on Dash panel, the default list of defined named dashes was not provided. Now the menu has 8 named dash patterns properly listed and available for use.
Fixed pasting images into MS Word and other older technology applications that prefer the Classic PICT data format. Images often would paste up-side-down. A vertical flip was added, this should correct the issue, if unwanted flips are noted please report the problem.
Changed behavior of including an anti-aliasing border when exporting bitmaps. If anti-aliasing is on and you select to just export graphics, or selected graphics, a 2 pixel border is included to allow anti-aliasing of outside edges of the graphics. This is not desirable in some cases such as creating a background image for a web site where the image may be tiled, as an undesired white border will be present on each tiled image. The border is not included if you export "Full Drawing Area" and now it is also eliminated if anti-aliasing is turned off. Previously the border was still included when exporting just graphics without anti-aliasing, this was logically inconsistent.
Corrected rare annoyance associated with the pattern and gradient toolbar tools. The problem was that the use of one of these tools could inadvertently change the temporary default for a pattern or gradient, then new graphics would have a gradient or pattern. Then it would be necessary to open the Gradient panel and turn off gradient so that new graphics would draw without the gradient, (or pattern). This was rare but annoying. All is fixed now. The toolbar tools can be used freely without worry of this happening.
Corrected problem on EazyDraw Preferences, restore all to Factory would not close the pull down panel. This is fixed now.
Corrected problem with the new modified circle graphic, it was possible to set the minor radius larger than the radius on the Graphic Details drawer. This could then prevent the file from opening. This is corrected, and files saved with this error are now senses and corrected so that they are opened properly and the inconsistency is corrected.
Corrected possible problem using independent scales for different layers. If the scale panel was not open the grid could draw incorrectly when linked to rulers. All corrected now.