RealCADD Changelog

What's new in RealCADD 5.30

Jul 7, 2023
  • Hatches and textures associated with objects
  • Added option to enable or disable object highlighting
  • Some improvements and bug fixes

New in RealCADD 5.22 (Feb 27, 2023)

  • Some improvements and bug fixes
  • Added action "Put on the layer"

New in RealCADD 5.21 (Feb 27, 2023)

  • Some bug fixes

New in RealCADD 5.20 (Sep 7, 2022)

  • Added some keyboard commands
  • Added « Transformations » in menu « Text » with UPPERCASE, lowercase and Title commands
  • From the "Library" window you can rename files and layers and delete layers
  • Added a command centered H + V
  • Add transparency to layers
  • Modification of the layer color management: not definitive, applied only if checked, otherwise back to the initial color of the objects, same for transparency
  • Layer pallet modified accordingly (addition of transparency field) and call color choice directly from the list
  • DXF reading optimization
  • Some bug fixes

New in RealCADD 4.80 (Mar 20, 2018)

  • New option in Paste Special to place objects in relation to the drawing,
  • New option for selection rectangle (Arrow Tool) to allow selection "In" or "In / Cut"
  • Added a menu "Config. layers", accessible also in the contextual menu (right click) of the drawing, to reach more quickly the configurations of layers, (if you do not use them, look at this very interesting possibility ...)
  • The attraction "Perpendicular" can now be used in 2 stages with the Line tool: choice of the reference object then possible choice of another point of attachment to start the perpendicular line which, thus, can not not have its point of origin on the reference object
  • Possibility to switch the editing of circles and ellipses from the "enclosing rectangle" mode to the "center and radius (s)" mode,
  • When creating a line, directly edit the length by starting to type a number or = + - * /., ()
  • Optimization for Retina or high resolution screens,
  • Other various optimizations,

New in RealCADD 4.70 (Apr 26, 2017)

  • Objects on which there is an attraction are highlighted
  • Attraction on Surface now works on all objects
  • The kind of attraction is displayed with a label
  • The Edit pallet has been modified to navigate between selected objects
  • And to remove a point(s) of selected polygon and spline
  • The Tools pallet can be opened always (not only when the cursor is above it)
  • When the selected tool has options, you can also display them by hitting the key "space"

New in RealCADD 4.62 (Nov 21, 2016)

  • Some bugs fixed.

New in RealCADD 4.61 (Jul 30, 2016)

  • Bug with Library fixed.

New in RealCADD 4.60 (Jul 30, 2016)

  • For OS X, a Cocoa version is available
  • The text of the quotations can be placed above, center or below
  • The attraction "Tangent" now allows you to create lines tangent with the circle of beginning AND with the arrival circle
  • The "Zoom" menu at the bottom left of the window now allows you to set a specific zoom value
  • The zoom value is indicated even if it is other than a pre-defined value
  • The key "Esc" selects the Arrow tool and the key "A" the Text tool
  • Ability to choose the number of files of the menu "Open Recent" and clear it
  • New commands "Send Backward" and "Send Forward" in addition to "Send to Back" and "Send to Front"
  • Some optimizations
  • And some bugs fixed

New in RealCADD 4.50 (Sep 28, 2015)

  • New tool "Parallel"
  • Palette Tools modified
  • Possibility of reversing the y-axis (in preferences)
  • "Command line" more powerful and user-friendly
  • Calculation of polygons center with verification that no side intersects another (if not false result)
  • Double click to access the tools options
  • Ability to hide the bottom of the Layers palette
  • Ability to choose the default text sizes
  • Added an icon (bottom right) to hide / show the page size
  • Some bugs fixed

New in RealCADD 4.40 (Dec 5, 2014)

  • Isometric grid (as iPocket Draw)
  • If isometric grid, automatically constrained angles at 0, 30, 90, 150 degrees;
  • New optional paste with scaling pasted objects to the scale of the layer;
  • If alignment with a locked object in the selection, it serves as a basis of alignment;
  • Command = calls "Zoom +";
  • Option for the line thickness is not affected by the zoom;
  • Fix on splines;
  • Preferences B, I, U and justification of texts saved;
  • Preferences of grid saved in files and by default;
  • The line's thickness of hatches and textures is saved;

New in RealCADD 4.30 (Jun 28, 2013)

  • Closed splines drawn continuously;
  • Opacity on lines and backs;
  • Increase the number of preset textures and hatches;
  • Hatches and textures possible on selections with discontinuities and different types of objects;
  • Large cursor drawn when changing or moving objects;
  • Clicked point at the beginning of a shift or change stored for alignment;
  • Modification of computing of parallels on rounded rectangles : modification of radius
  • When choosing a hatch or a texture, a double-click in the table of predefined hatch or textures allows to choose directly

New in RealCADD 4.20 (Feb 15, 2012)

  • Ability to delete objects of size zero or infinite when files are opened by pressing Option;
  • Handles to resize groups of objects;
  • Height adjustable handles;
  • Addition of divisions in the grid;
  • Ability to change lines retaining their angle by pressing Option;
  • Added option to the tool extension and break lines to apply only the first selected row;
  • Improvement of the Window menu;
  • Improved reading of DXF and DWG files;
  • Improvement of the tool "Rectangle of selection" if many objects;
  • Bugfix;

New in RealCADD 4.10 (Jul 22, 2011)

  • Compatibility DWG 2010;
  • Option to import Object Space and/or Paper Space of DWG and DXF;
  • Option for auto--retractable pallets or not (in Preferences);
  • Option on Pen tool to vectorize or not;
  • Change when a file is saved : the old version is moved into the trash instead of being deleted;
  • Some little enhancements and corrections.

New in RealCADD 4.08 (Jul 20, 2009)

  • Some bugs fixed;
  • Groups are now hierarchic;
  • The tool of quotation of the angles works now on arcs;
  • Some little enhancements;

New in RealCADD 4.07 (Dec 22, 2008)

  • Some bugs fixed of which that when print with Mac OS 10.5.
  • Ability to resize the radius of arcs with cursor.
  • Ability to rotate an object with a new tool of "Rotation".
  • In the dialog "Drawing size", new option "At best with margin", veru useful when opening DWG or DXF files.
  • New option to delete layers without object when opening DWG or DXF files.
  • The preferences of Snap are now saved when you quit RealCADD.

New in RealCADD 4.06 (Apr 24, 2008)

  • new contextual menu (right clic) of tools when no object selected, in addition of the contextual menu "Action" when objects selected. The tools displayed in this menu are chosen in the preferences
  • possibility of validating the data entered in the pallet "Edit" during the creation of an object, so a polygon can be created only with the keyboard segment after segment. It is better to be in "Clic-clic" drawing mode
  • possibility to edit a string by a double clic with the tool Arrow
  • in "Select special", select of "nul" strings, i.e. empty or only with spaces
  • new short cut key for "Send backward" & "Put in front of"
  • with the keys Alt (or Option) and Arrow (up or down), you can change the active layer's layout
  • possibility to use the key "Escap" to stop the creation of object
  • some little bugs fixed
  • some other little enhancements