February 7th, 2012· [New] The background picture scale is now limited to 30 miles instead of 20 miles if the Enable Large Scale preference is checked.
· [New] Can now export and import all layer call lists instead of just the current layer.
· [New] Floating call lists can now be double columned.
· [New] Floating call lists can now show the call number.
· [Fix] Layer caption fonts will now return to their saved settings if the layer caption forms cancel button is pressed.
· [Fix] Layer line colors will now return to their saved color if the layer line forms cancel button is pressed.
November 9th, 2011· [Fix] If a saved font cannot be found, the font will now default to Arial.
· [Fix] Fixed several places when entering a curve that the chord length could exceed the diameter of the circle being described.
· [Fix] The proper layer will be reselected when renaming a layer while using tabs.
· [Fix] Exporting to KML no longer includes "view view" as part of the file name.
· [Chg] Removed "System" font as an option because it doesn't work properly with GDI+
· [Chg] "System" fonts are now changed to Arial.
· [Chg] Updated Tutorial #3 to show using x,y waypoints to avoid overlapping line calls.
October 6th, 2011· [New] Title Block Style 3 now offers several text hi-lighting options.
· [New] KML export can now do filled polygons.
· [Fix] The Background color preference now works again.
· [Fix] Title Block Style 3 now does a better job of filling the block with calls before adding more call rows.
· [Fix] Improved MSR Maps error handling.
· [Fix][OSX] Fixed an occasional issue with font spacing on the floating call lists.
· [Fix] When exporting all layers as KML, the export waypoints checkbox is no longer ignored.
September 20th, 2011· [New] Added sq. km. to the area options on the view settings form.
· [New] Can now set the scale of the background image from a World File.
· [New] Added a UTM to Lat/Long Calculator.
· [New] Title Block Style 3 now includes the closing ratio.
· [New] POB Lat/Long values can now be set via UTM data and World Files.
· [Chg] If a plot fully closes the closing error ratio now returns "-/-".
· [Chg] The closing error calculator now longer shows the "less than an inch" message.
February 23rd, 2011· [New] The Section Finder can now save a picture of the screen when viewing all sections.
· [New][Pro] The Section Finder can now calculate the plotted area of a section.
· [New][Pro] The Section Finder can now calculate the plotted area of all of the visible sections.
· [New][Pro] The Section Finder can now show the plotted area on the section drawing.
· [New] The Section Finder can now print.
· [New] The Section Finder's screen is now 30% larger.
· [New][Pro] Added N/S/E/W Quarter Corners to the Data Entry Form's Corner tab.
· [New] The Show Current Layer's Description can now export the description as a text file.
· [Fix] The Show Current Layer's Description window can now handle descriptions that would have been longer than the screen size.
· [Chg][Pro] When setting the background picture from the Section Finder, the background image will now set to scaled on the Pro version.
· [Chg] Renamed the Copy Layer Description as Text menu to Show Current Layer's Description and moved it to the Calculate menu.
September 16th, 2010· [New] Most printing options now produce higher quality printouts.
· [New] Added a Printer Centric view.
· [New] The Screen Centric view now has a Print Preview screen.
· [New] The Title Block can now use the % placeholders.
· [New] Added several additional North Arrow styles.
· [Fix] Improved the routine used for drawing in-line line captions.
· [Fix] The Style 2 Title Block caption is now filled in when the title block form opens.
· [Fix] Will now show a page setup dialog if no page-setup information is available when the Show Printer Watermark menu is checked.
· [Fix] Floating text blocks no longer draw a double thick border when the drawing's border is checked.
· [Fix] Saved files will once again return to the layer being used when saved.
November 20th, 2009· [Fix] Improved the precision of plots with curves.
· [Fix] DMS curves that contain a leading 0 for the degree, such as "09" now work correctly.
· [Fix] Fixed a crash that could occur if the font name for a list/label/etc. in the saved file was blank.
· [Fix] Fixed an error opening a file sent via the iPhone that contained an Auto-Close call.
July 29th, 2009· [New] Added the ability to open files sent by the iPhone version of Metes and Bounds.
· [New] The scale tape can now be set to any of the other units of measurement instead of just feet.
· [New] Floating Text Blocks can now be configured to show the border or not.
· [New] The Floating Call List font is now configurable.
· [Fix] Curve labels will no longer show/hide based on the scale of the drawing.
· [Fix] Line length labels will now show the proper length when the drawing contains curves.
· [Chg] The splash screen will now show "Expired Basic" or "Expired Pro" instead of just "Expired" when using a newer version with an expired serial number.
June 1st, 2009· Fixed an error when opening a file that contianed an empty label.
· Fixed a crash that could occur when the cancel button was pressed on the floating text form.
March 3rd, 2009· Added the ability to use a ? for a missing call.
· Added the ability to add floating text blocks to the drawing.
· Added a new drawing wizard.
· Added the ability to rotate the layer name and layer area captions.
· The measurement tool now shows the call of the measurement line and a new call can be created from this line.
· Added the ability to import KML files.
· When adding calls via the main forms call box, appending a "v" for varas or "m" for meters to the call length is now supported in most cases.
February 19th, 2009· Added the ability to use a ? for a missing call.
· Added the ability to add floating text blocks to the drawing.
· Added a new drawing wizard.
· Added the ability to rotate the layer name and layer area captions.
· The measurement tool now shows the call of the measurement line and a new call can be created from this line.
· Added the ability to import KML files.
· When adding calls via the main forms call box, appending a "v" for varas or "m" for meters to the call length is now supported in most cases.
August 19th, 2008· The floating call list can now be drawn in the same color as the layer's fill color and show the layer’s name.
· EndPoints can now show just the internal angle and can including "sweeping arcs". Endpoint data now has its own floating list.
· Added the ability to rotate the KML output.
· Improved Split Plot tool. Includes functions such as: Entering in values like "split at the 500ft mark" or "project line at this bearing".
· Added a tool for reducing a layer's closure gap by adjusting line lengths.
· Added a Bounded Line tab to the Data Entry form. This allow you to add a line of unknown length that is bounded by a layer.
· Added a tool for finding the lengths of 2 lines that will close a plot when given two bearings, but no lengths.
· Added a calculator for finding the area of a layer, minus a set of sub-layers.
· Added a popup menu for converting a - angle call to a bearing calls and vis-versa.
· Added the ability for a layers options to be applied to all other layers.
· Lines can now be drawn in styles other than just dashed.
June 18th, 2008· Fixed a crash that would occur when creating x,y points from endpoint showing the lat/long and the plot contained curves.
· Now saves the X,Y Points visible flag in the saved file.
· Will now properly reload text that contains characters such as the degree symbol.
· Added a PopupArrow to the scale setting that shows a scale menu.
· 'Picture Full' now takes into account the floating call list placement and background image scaling.
· Fixed a crash bug when showing endpoint lat/long and the plot contains a curve.
· Endpoint text is no longer effected by other text's fonts.
· Floating Call List text is no longer effected by other text's fonts.
· Can now accept lat/long in the form of DD:MM:SS.SS.
· Now uses a new format for showing the icon/version/etc on a blank drawing.
· The GPX file exporter is now compatible with Garmin's Mapsource software.
· The Segment Lines feature will now copy the x,y and POB lat/long and x,y offset settings.
· Many layer level menus are now properly enabled when multiple layers are being used and the first layer has no calls.
· Invisible drawing labels will no longer show up in the status bar when the cursor moves over them.
· Floating Call Lists will now be drawn with the top Z order - as intended.
May 8th, 2008· Added a toolbar to the top of the main form.
· Added a menu that contains all of the same options as the toolbar.
· Lines can now be set to dashed.
· Background pictures can now be set to any custom scale. And can now be set to draw the top-left, top-right, bottom-left, bottom-right corner at the center of the screen
· The X,Y to Layer form can now choose which unit of measurement the X,Y points are in. It can also import a list of X,Y coordinates from a text file.
· Added the ability to right-click on a call to toggle its visibility.
· Added the ability to see, and change, all POB X,Y values at once.
· Added a watermark for showing what will fit on a single sheet of paper.
· Added the ability to show the area in the center of each layer.
· Added the ability to choose to show calls and lengths in-line on a layer by layer bases.
· Added a status bar to the bottom of the main screen.
· Added Tutorial #5 – Working with Sections. X,Y Coordinates can now be exported as any unit of measurement and with decimals or rounded to nearest unit.
· The Windows menu now shows all open windows. Choosing one switches to that window.
March 25th, 2008· Added a button to the layer's caption form making it easier to add a label to the layer. This feature rides on the X,Y waypoint function.
· Exporting All layers to DXF will now properly use the origin x,y settings as long as the drawings origin is not set to auto-center.
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