February 29th, 2012Ability to remove an object from a selection:
· If several objects have been selected and you need to remove an object from the selection, click it while holding keys Ctrl and Shift. In this mode the mouse movements are blocked to avoid any unwanted moving of the selected objects.
February 23rd, 2012· Size of fields in a reference grid is adjustable.
· Export to DXF data format has been modified - texts in the converted drawing are smaller.
January 27th, 2012· If you plan to create a symbol that is similar to some other symbol that already exists in the library, it is advisable to create it as a copy and sketch in the parts that are different. This will ensure the symbols in the library will keep their consistency in terms of dimensions, outlet locations, etc.
· In the symbols palette, right-click on the symbol used as a pattern to open a menu containing two commands. The first one is "Open symbol"; the second one is "Create similar symbol".
· A dialogue box appears upon selecting the second command. Enter the new symbol title. If the symbol is supposed to be in a different group, press the "Change" button and select the target group.
· When confirmed using the OK button, the process of creating the new symbol is completed. All that is left to be done is making the changes that distinguish the new symbol from the original (sample) and saving the symbol.
January 27th, 2012· The new version features an improvement that is particularly useful for schools and multi-licence environments.
· Previously, when an administrator installed ProfiCAD and another user (a student) then logged in, they had to set up the path to the symbols library themselves (in File - Options - Paths).
· This version presets the path to the symbols library for all users and thus eliminates the problem.
November 18th, 2011Text alignment:
· It is possible to set the text alignment mode using the new icons on the toolbar.
List of wires - Export:
· The list of wires can be copied to the Windows clipboard using a new "Copy to Clipboard" button and then pasted for example into MS Excel using the Ctrl+V shortcut.
Print Symbols:
· In the paid version it is possible to print the symbols from your library using the menu command "File - Print Symbols". A dialog window appears where you can select the group(s) of symbols you want to print. You can also specify the density of the symbols, i. e. how many symbols should printed side by side.
· The program shows how many symbols have been selected and how many sheets of paper will be needed. Start printing (or print preview) using the usual icons on the toolbar or use the Ctrl+P shortcut.
New Symbols:
· A few symbols have been added to the library. You can download the symbols separately or download the whole library here.
August 29th, 2011Reference Grid:
· This version brings a reference grid for better orientation in large drawings (File - Options - Document - Reference Grid). You can specify along which edges the grid will be displayed. It is also possible to enable centering marks.
· The area (sector) where the mouse pointer is located is shown in the status bar. It is also displayed in the list of wires for the ends of each wire.
· The reference grid is available in the paid version of ProfiCAD only.
Symbols Library:
· The library of symbols is updated continuously. Recently a set of ANSI (Y32.2) symbols was added.
July 15th, 2011· Fix - name of a wire can be entered in the "Properties" panel.
June 27th, 2011Ability to draw striped wires:
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The procedure
· select a line type
· select the first color
· select the second color
· enable the second color
New line type:
· For the purposes of the striped wires, a new line type called "dash space evenly" was created. It has equally long segments of both colors. You can download the file with this new line type here.
· Save the file to the proficad library into the _LINES directory (it should replace the original "lines.lin" file). You can determine the location of the proficad library in program settings (F12), "paths".
New Symbols:
· The transistors in the library have been supplemented and modified to comply with the norm EN60617.
March 21st, 2011· Ability to change the size of a symbol in a drawing
· A symbol can be resized by dragging its handles with your mouse. Handles in the corners resize the symbol while maintaining the width / height ratio. The other handles resize the symbol only in the appropriate direction.
· The size of a symbol can also be changed in the Properties panel, by entering values of the "scale" property for X and Y axis.
· It is possible to set the initial scale of the newly inserted symbols to the drawing. This option can be entered in the program settings (F12) - Paths - field "initial scale of the symbols" and it is available only in the paid version.
· scale symbol. The ability to change the thickness of symbols and wires
· If you increase the size of a symbol and you will feel that their lines are too thin, you can set a ratio by which the thickness of the lines and wires is multiplied.
· For example, if you specify the ratio 1.5, the line thickness will change from 0.2 mm to 0.3 mm (1.5 x 0.2 = 0.3). This setting can be entered in the program settings (F12) - Paths - field "Symbols and wires line thickness ratio and it is available only in the paid version. Initial scale ratio.The grid below the current layer
· So far the grid had been rendered below the lowest layer.
· Now the grid is rendered below the current layer, so it is visible even if there is an image (e. g. with a building floor plan) in the lower layer.
· Display of angles and lengths of lines
· When a line is being drawn, the length and angle of the last segment is displayed in the status bar. The "Properties" panel displays lengths and angles of all line segments.
March 21st, 2011· minor fixes
March 21st, 2011· optimization
· Performance optimization.
· website relocation
· To improve our service, the website gallery.proficad.com has been relocated to U.S. West Coast. The gallery.proficad.eu website stays in Europe. For optimal performance please use the website nearer to you.
· U.S.: gallery.proficad.com
· E.U.: gallery.proficad.eu
· Both (identical) websites provide these services: information about symbols for electrical diagrams (schematics) and free online DXF and DWG viewer.
January 3rd, 2011· ability to resize (scale) a symbol in the symbols editor (paid version only)
· In the symbols editor, is it possible to change the size of a symbol using the menu command Object - Resize a Symbol. A dialog box appears where you can set a new size using the slider.
· This feature is intended for the case when you have created a symbol and later realized that it should have a different size.
· ability to flip graphical objects
· It is possible to flip lines, bezier curves and polygons using the Object - Flip Horizontal and Object - Flip Vertical commands.
· new drawings with a title block
· A title block is automatically inserted into new drawings. You can switch off this feature in program settings (F12) - Others - at the bottom of the dialog window.
October 16th, 2010· Now it is possible to open a document by double-clicking from the Windows Explorer.
October 3rd, 2010· it is now possible to change the order of the layers - two buttons were added to the Layers panel.
October 3rd, 2010· it is now possible to download all electrical symbols in one file
· minor fixes
· help file was updated
October 3rd, 2010· minor fixes
August 19th, 2010· Symbols can contain images.
· Images can be transferred from Windows Explorer (Ctrl+C) to the drawing (Ctrl+V). It is also possible to drag images from Windows Explorer into the ProfiCAD drawing.
· Texts can be inserted from the Windows clipboard into the drawing (Ctrl+V).
· There is a new shortcut key F12 for program settings (options).
· Adding support for Chinese and Japanese. Switch the language in program options (F12) - "Others" and restart ProfiCAD.
July 7th, 2010Symbol palette:
· The main improvement of version 6 is the symbol palette. It was designed to enable inserting a symbol into the schematic with a single mouse click. The symbol palette will appear when you hover over the symbol panel with your mouse.
The symbol palette can appear unintentionally. In this case, we can get rid of it in one of the following ways:
· move the mouse cursor above the palette
· press the Esc button
· left-click the white area between symbols
· press the cross in the top right corner
· The symbol palette is functional under the Windows XP system, however, the symbols are not arranged according to subgroups. Windows Vista or Windows 7 is the recommended system.
Library:
· Location of the library of the symbols has been changed. It is no longer in "c:\program files\proficad\proficad library", because in Windows Vista and higher standard users do not have permissions to write in that folder. The library is installed in the "Documents" folder. You can of course move it to whatever folder is convenient for you.
· Because of the new graphical symbols' palette it may be convenient to rearrange the symbols so that no group is too small or too large and the palette area is used optimally.
Layers:
· The previous version of the program had limited layer support. A drawing could only have two layers. Now, a drawing can have an unlimited amount of layers. The new "Layers" panel is used for switching through layers. Select the active layer (currently used in the drawing) from the list. The button containing the plus symbol is used to add a layer. The button containing a red cross is used to delete a layer.
· Layers can have arbitrary names according to what objects it will hold, for example: walls, wiring, security alarm systems, ethernet, heating, furniture etc. The default names of layers for newly created drawings (-1 = background, 0 = normal) come from traditional AutoCAD system layer identification and can be renamed arbitrarily. Layer visibility can be switched on and off.
Explorer panel:
· only displays objects which are available in the active layer. Two buttons were added which enable changing the order of objects within the drawing.
Compatibility:
· ProfiCAD version 6 can open documents from previous versions 3, 4 and 5. The documents created under version 6 cannot be opened in previous versions. We recommend backing up your drawings and symbols prior to installing version 6.
· It is possible to run both version 5 and 6 (for evaluating purposes) by installing version 6 in a different folder, for example "c:\program files\proficad 6".
February 12th, 2010· Updated DWG import component.
· New command "Insert - AutoCAD Document" allows you to embed a document of type DXF or DWG in the background of your drawings and draw the electrical wiring over it.
· AutoCAD Viewer
December 20th, 2009· new dialog window for document dimensions setup
September 25th, 2009· Adding French, German, Hungarian, Italian and Portuguese. You can switch the language in File - Options - Others.
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