TouchDraw Changelog

What's new in TouchDraw 1.11.9

Jan 4, 2017
  • Fixed issues on macOS Sierra.

New in TouchDraw 1.11.8 (Sep 14, 2016)

  • Fixed issue scaling rotated shapes.
  • Fixed issue with SVG shadows.
  • Fixed issue snapping to the endpoints of rotated paths.
  • Fixed issue snapping to vertices of rotated shapes.
  • Fixed issue with leading spaces in SVG text elements.
  • Fixed issue inserting PDF's (converted to a bitmap) into a drawing.
  • Improved EMF importing.
  • Changed the keyboard shortcut for rotate right and rotate left to not conflict with text editing shortcuts.
  • Fixed issue where DMinY variable was mapped to DMinX.

New in TouchDraw 1.11.5 (Nov 5, 2015)

  • Fixed minor issues when running on El Capitan.

New in TouchDraw 1.11.4 (Oct 16, 2015)

  • Fixed an issue aligning rotated shapes.
  • Fixed an issue drawing the rulers.
  • Fixed minor issues when running on El Capitan.

New in TouchDraw 1.11.3 (Jun 26, 2015)

  • Fixed a copy and paste issue.
  • Fixed an auto-save issue that some users were encountering.

New in TouchDraw 1.11.2 (Jun 16, 2015)

  • Fixed an issue import SVG arcs.

New in TouchDraw 1.11.1 (Jun 5, 2015)

  • Fixed an issue hiding the sidebar.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented auto-save from working with newly created documents.

New in TouchDraw 1.11 (May 30, 2015)

  • New Features:
  • Added a new command to reset the point of origin.
  • Added unit conversion support to the text entry fields.
  • Enhancements:
  • Updated the icons used in the drawing toolbar.
  • Improved the look of the format bar on Yosemite.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed issue that prevented gradient handles from displaying on open paths.
  • Fixed an issue printing content in the negative space.

New in TouchDraw 1.7.1 (Aug 16, 2013)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Fixed an issue importing Visio drawings with locked layers.
  • Fixed an issue with exporting to Visio with some embedded images.
  • Fixed an issue exporting some radial gradients to Visio drawings.

New in TouchDraw 1.7 (Aug 9, 2013)

  • New Features:
  • Added support for marking a layer as a background layer.
  • Usability Enhancements:
  • Added the "Style as Dimension Line" action to the contextual menu.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue including the grid in an exported image that has an added border.
  • Fixed an issue importing text in WMF files where a font had not been specified in the file.
  • Fixed an issue with the EPS export panel.
  • Fixed an issue with VDX exports that prevented them from being opened in Visio 2013.
  • Fixed an selection issue where certain lines could get inadvertently selected.
  • Fixed a regression with the select area tool when scrolling the view.
  • Fixed an issue configuring the font styles popup when the requested font isn't installed on the computer.
  • Fixed an issue where the "Move to Layer" menu wouldn't populate for some users.

New in TouchDraw 1.6.2 (Jul 5, 2013)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed a spelling issue in the preferences panel.
  • Fixed an issue with the SVG importer importing line elements.
  • Fixed an issue importing VDX files with invalid or missing namespace elements.
  • Fixed an issue importing VDX files exported from LucidChart.
  • Fixed an issue where memory was leaking when loading libraries at startup.
  • Fixed an issue importing and exporting libraries on OSX 10.7 (Lion).

New in TouchDraw 1.6.1 (Jun 4, 2013)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue with selection related to lines with very large stroke sizes.
  • Fixed an issue showing the popup views (such as the text editor) in some conditions.

New in TouchDraw 1.6 (May 25, 2013)

  • New Features:
  • Added support for (optionally) including Inkscape attributes when exporting a drawing to SVG.
  • Usability Enhancements:
  • Improved the loading time of drawings from 2 to 5 times (depending on drawing size and contents).
  • Improved the handling of zoom in and zoom out keyboard shortcuts when used in combination with trackpad or mouse zooming.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue where selecting a zoom level would not zoom in on the center of the drawing.

New in TouchDraw 1.5.2 (Apr 13, 2013)

  • New Features:
  • Added a new action to pack a series of selected shapes together in a rectangle.
  • Usability Enhancements:
  • Miscellaneous performance improvements.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue dropping PDF documents into the drawing canvas.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented PDF's from exporting at 100% when wider/higher than 14 inches.

New in TouchDraw 1.5.1 (Apr 4, 2013)

  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue with rendering rounded connector lines in some instances.
  • Fixed an issue where the flipped images wouldn't be flipped after reloading a drawing.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause an error when exporting each layer individually.
  • Fixed a regression that prevented printing from working.

New in TouchDraw 1.5 (Mar 29, 2013)

  • New Features:
  • Added the ability to snap to shape vertexes and center points.
  • Added the ability to scale line decorations (arrowheads) independently of the stroke size.
  • Added a new line decoration that draws a circle centered around the endpoint.
  • Added support for rounded corners in the orthogonal and elbow connection lines.
  • Added the ability to round fractional variables (FLength, FHeight, etc...)
  • Usability Enhancements:
  • Added "Undo" and "Redo" to the list of buttons that can be added to the toolbar.
  • Made it easier to select lines by increasing the area around a line that can be clicked.
  • Updated the fill panel so that fill settings are disabled for selected text figures.
  • Added a preferences option to disable the popover animations.
  • Added a new keyboard shortcut (shift-enter) to close the text editor.
  • Added a new keyboard shortcut (enter) to open the text editor for the selected shape.
  • Improved the responsiveness of the text editor.
  • Added support for using the spacebar to quickly pan the drawing.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Using the add layer command in the contextual menu will now prompt for layer name if you have that option enabled.
  • Fixed an issue importing some Visio shapes with nested text fields.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause unexpected errors when opening partially importing Visio drawings.
  • Fixed an issue where the line cap and line join weren't being set to a newly configured default value.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause an error when exporting a drawing to an image.
  • Fixed an issue with the SVG importer importing scaled text and strokes.
  • Improved the forgiveness of the Visio importer to handle malformed Visio files (created in applications other than Visio).
  • Fixed an issue that could cause an error separating an incomplete path.
  • Fixed an issue with the Visio importer calculating the location of text nested in a Visio stencil.
  • Fixed an issue renaming stencils where the library cache would get mixed up.
  • Fixed an issue exporting only the selected figures where the {Layer} variable wouldn't expand correctly.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause pasted shapes to be positioned incorrectly.
  • Fixed an issue duplicating selections that contain connection lines.
  • Fixed an issue with the SVG importer importing rotated nested shapes.

New in TouchDraw 1.4 (Dec 21, 2012)

  • New Features:
  • Added the ability to export each layer individually (using the layer name as the resulting image name).
  • Added the ability to encode embedded images in Visio (VDX) files using JPEG instead of Bitmap to reduce file size.
  • Added options to show, hide, lock and unlock all layers in one action.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue rendering imported SVG files that had invalid gradient definitions in them.
  • Fixed a potential issue scrolling the drawing canvas with a selection rectangle.
  • Fixed an issue importing SVG files with hyperlink elements.
  • Fixed a regression doing boolean operations on shapes.
  • Fixed a regression where the stencil previews weren't being vertically centered.
  • Fixed an issue where the fill style wouldn't always be applied to newly created closed paths.
  • Fixed an issue where embedded images exported to VDX would be vertically flipped in some cases.
  • Fixed an issue adding stencils when the list was filtered.

New in TouchDraw 1.3 (Nov 28, 2012)

  • Usability Enhancements:
  • Improved the warning messages when users try to save files where they do not have the required permissions.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue loading the stencils when opening a new window when the default library is not "Shapes".
  • Fixed an issue with the SVG importer related to inherited styles.
  • Fixed an issue where the zoom to origin wasn't resetting the zoom levels popup menu value.
  • Fixed an issue activating the color wells.
  • Fixed an issue opening documents with unexpected file names.
  • Fixed an issue pasting an image into the drawing under certain conditions.
  • Added some missing error message translations/descriptions.
  • Fixed an issue where some expected errors would be reported as unexpected errors.
  • Fixed a regression is applying rotation on nested objects.
  • Fixed an issue with the SVG importer where it would import empty groups.
  • Fixed an issue where arrowheads weren't being pasted when using the "Paste Style" command.
  • Fixed an issue calculating the scale of imported Visio diagrams using the metric scale.

New in TouchDraw 1.2 (Oct 25, 2012)

  • New Features:
  • Add a new preferences panel to configure the default grid and snapping settings for new drawings.
  • Add new option toolbar buttons to increment or decrement the font size.
  • Added a star shape tool.
  • Added support for autoscrolling the drawing view when dragging near the edges.
  • Added the ability to (optionally) ask for the name when adding a new layer.
  • Added the ability to view the page (printing) bounds in the drawing canvas.
  • Added the ability to zoom to into the area highlighted by the selection rectangle by holding down the command and option keys at the same time.
  • Added a new tool to zoom into the area defined by the selection rectangle.
  • Added a "Move to Layer" command to the contextual menu.
  • Usability Enhancements:
  • Added the ability to specify a border size for exported PDFs.
  • Added the ability to specify a border size for exported SVG drawings.
  • Added the ability to export SVG drawings with no background color (when the background color of the drawing is fully transparent).
  • Added a confirmation dialog when you try to delete a stencil using the delete key.
  • The grid visibility is now a drawing level setting, not an application level settings.
  • Added the ability to disable curve smoothing with the freehand tool by holding down the option key.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Added support for exporting radial gradients to Visio.
  • Fixed an issue that could cause an error editing numerical values.
  • Added some missing arrow head mappings in both the Visio importer and exporter.
  • Fixed a issue using the sidebar to edit the page margins.
  • Fixed an issue where the grid wasn't being exported into PDFs when that option was enabled.
  • Fixed a floating point precision error calculating where a line intersects a curve.
  • Fixed a potential error showing colors in the color wells for items without a color specified.

New in TouchDraw 1.1 (Oct 2, 2012)

  • New Features:
  • Added the ability to do an "option drag" to create a duplicate of the selected objects.
  • Added the ability to do a "command drag" when dragging a figure to ignore the grid while moving it.
  • Added the ability to do a "option drag" when dragging a handle to resizing while keeping the center constant.
  • Added the ability to do a "option shift drag" when dragging a handle to resizing proportionally while keeping the center constant.
  • Usability Enhancements:
  • Added the ability to right click on the drawing toolbar to bring up the popup toolbar.
  • Added the alignment actions to the toolbar by default.
  • Performance improvements selecting complex paths.
  • Added support for using the other delete key on extended keyboards to delete shapes from the drawing canvas.
  • Changed the way default attributes values are configured so that changing the value of a selected object doesn't change the default.
  • Enhanced the clipboard calculation of offsets when using cut and paste.
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Fixed an issue that could cause a crash if there was an unexpected error exporting a drawing.
  • Fixed an issue using the selection rectangle with rotated shapes.
  • Fixed an issue where exported bitmaps were translated 1 pixel over and 1 pixel down.
  • Fixed an issue with the layout of the popup toolbars on Mountain Lion (specifically 10.8.1).
  • Fixed an issue with printing using zoom to fit where some drawings weren't being fit into the page.
  • Fixed an issue renaming newly created libraries and importing libraries after creating a new library.
  • Removed a feature from the pan and zoom tool where it would zoom in on a single click and zoom out on a double click.
  • Fixed an issue reloading the print units.
  • Fixed an issue where you couldn't tab between text fields on certain sidepanel views.