VariCAD 2011 1.10

The DWG/DXF interface contains:
• Full support of DWG formats from AutoCAD 2011 down to AutoCAD R12
• Significantly wider range of supported types of objects
• Optional methods of opening model spaces together with various paper spaces
• Clear and simple detection of possible erroneous files or problems

Among improved or rebuilt features are:
• 2D hatching, including selection or automatic detection of boundaries of hatched area and editing of existing hatches.
• Creation of contours, for instance preparation of profiles for 3D extrusion, rotation etc.
• 2D area calculations, used for obtaining the section area, outline length, moment of inertia or bending section modulus.
• Working with predefined 2D blocks.
• Working with predefined libraries of 2D symbols.
• Full support of 2D NURBS (splines, used as interpolation curves), including trimming, dividing, segment removals etc...
• 2D offsets, including support of poly-lines containing linear, circular or/and NURBS segments.
• New editing possibilities, including change of line lengths, stretching, change of circle diameters, change of fillet radii.

User interface improvements:
• Cursor coordinates optionally (by default) displayed nearby the cursor. In 2D drawing, displayed values are x y, or dx dy, together with angle and distance from previous location. In 3D module, the displayed value contains the distance if a solid is dynamically moved along its axis, or angle, if a solid is dynamically rotated around its selected axis.
• More options for 2D location inputs, especially entering values from keyboard
• During the input of 2D location, is a possibility to press TAB and very conveniently enter the fixed length, radius, angle or coordinate.
• During any input of 2D or 3D location, 2D or 3D object selection etc.., there is a possibility to use toolbars and/or right-click to invoke pop-up menus.
• Greater number of editing features is available via right-click objects.
• A lot of available features (according to a given situation) from right-click an empty location in 2D area or 3D space, especially copy & paste, undo of editing, switch of new/old views exported from 3D, editing of 2D blocks...

STEP interface:
• New options for file loading.
• Better problem analysis.

We recommend to consider the user settings - run command 'cfg', decide whether to change right-click behavior and check the behavior of cursor coordinates. The right-click behavior inside various inputs can be set to standard, to original VariCAD behavior or it can be combined. This is perhaps the most remarkable change for VariCAD users.