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ViewMate Changelog

What's new in ViewMate 11.12.34

Oct 26, 2017
  • Import Gerber A warning has been added when generating data for a D Code the shape of which is undefined. Most useful for exended Gerber import, when the header does not define all the D Code shapes.

New in ViewMate 11.6.26 (Sep 20, 2014)

  • Bugs fixed:
  • ODB Import of Metric Panels
  • Some ODB panels that contained metric data were imported incorrectly.

New in ViewMate 11.6.18 (Sep 20, 2014)

  • Instant Board Quote:
  • When sufficient information is available in the loaded data, a tentative quote for the price of one board is dis- played in the quote button of the "Check My Design" toolbar. If that button is pressed a more accurate quote can be obtained instantly

New in ViewMate 11.6.0 (Sep 20, 2014)

  • Easier access to endpoint alignment option:
  • When aligning or selecting traces and polygons there is an options to move the cursor to the endpoint only. Since this is a frequently needed operation, a new button has been added to Selection Toolbar and a new entry in the context menu (mouse right-click).
  • New button to pan up:
  • A new button has been added in the "Screen" toolbar to supplement the "Next Screen" button. The new button is "Next Screen Up" and it will step in the Y direction, rather than in the X.

New in ViewMate 11.4.42 (Sep 20, 2014)

  • New Layer Type:
  • New layer type for stencil layers have been added: STU (Stencil Upper) and STL (Stencil Lower).
  • Bugs fixed:
  • Incorrect results during polygon computations

New in ViewMate 11.4.29 (Sep 20, 2014)

  • Option for Transcoding Report:
  • During import (Gerber and others) D Code numbers may need to be transcoded to preserve the specified shape of the D Code. During transcoding a report file is generated. This added option has three choices (available under "File/Import").
  • One can
  • disable report to file ("None")
  • generate a file called "Transcode Report.txt" in the same folder where the imported file is ("To Import Folder"
  • use the file that was picked previously with "File/Report/Set Name" ("In Report File").
  • Easier Format Guessing:
  • The dialog that is shown when one does "File/Import/Guess" (F4) now includes the board size limits to allow for changing them and trying to guess again. Previously one could only set the board size limits on which the guess was based in the "File/Import/Directory/Options" dialog.
  • Turn Off Full Path in Print Header:
  • A new option has been added to the print options called "Full path". If unchecked, only the filename part of job names or layer names will be printed in the header.

New in ViewMate 11.4.15 (Sep 20, 2014)

  • NEW FEATURES:
  • ODB++ V7.0 Support:
  • Rotation of pads ( by arbitrary angles) in ODB++ files (introduced in V7.0 of ODB++) is now supported.
  • New Option for Aligning Layers:
  • "Edit/Move Layers XY Position/Align Visible Layers" (Ctrl+Q) now has a new option tab for allowing the user to select which layers will be moved and which will be left standing during the alignment.
  • There are 3 possibilities
  • "Auto" will work as this command worked before. The software will determine which layers to move and which to keep in place.
  • "Lowest layer..." will keep in place the lowest layer number among the visible layers.
  • "Current layer" will keep in the place the current layer
  • BUGS FIXED:
  • Import DPF:
  • Certain files with scaled apertures were imported incorrectly.

New in ViewMate 11.4.6 (May 28, 2012)

  • Open .bin file by double clicking:
  • A new command has been added to associate or dissasociate the .bin file extension with ViewMate. It is "Setup/Advanced/Register for .bin files". When checked, one can double-click on a .bin file in Windows Explorer to cause it to open.
  • Layer Info for Printing:
  • "File/Print" has a new option for adding a line with layer info (layer name, type, etc): "Add layer info line".

New in ViewMate 11.2.78 (May 28, 2012)

  • Picking D Code for Inserting Elements:
  • A new user selection has been added to allow picking a specific D Code for inserting elements (pads, traces etc.). Previously newly inserted elements were using the current D Code (from the Current Element toolbar). That is
  • still the default, but the user can now pick a specific D Code for inserting elements. This is useful when during insert operations the current D Code can change (due to aligning or selection) but the user wants to insert using a specified D Code. The command to pick this option is under "Insert/Using D Code". This is similar to the existing "Insert/Into Layers".
  • Screen Toolbar Split in Two:
  • The Screen toolbar has been split into two toolbars, now called Position and Screen. This is to allow users the choice to turn off one or the other independently. The Position toolbar contains the units, X and Y coordinates and zoom, which are the items more frequently used. Users who don't need the other buttons can now turn the Screen toolbar off and have more room on the screen.
  • Gerber Coordinates with Decimal Point
  • "File/Import/Directory" has been improved to recognize Gerber files with coordinates with decimal point notation. This is not standard Gerber, but such files do exists.
  • New Option for Gerber Import:
  • The new option is in the "File Interpreation" tab of the options dialog and controls the handling of Gerber blocks without a D command following a tool change (D Code change).

New in ViewMate 11.2.74 (May 28, 2012)

  • Trim Traces Improvement;
  • "Edit /Trim Selected Traces" now has an additional parameter for clipping. It is a percentage number that allows a
  • user the set the maximum percent of a trace that will be clipped. A maximum length of the clip parameter existed
  • before and it is still present. Only if both are satisfied will a trace be clipped.

New in ViewMate 11.2.71 (May 28, 2012)

  • Check For Updates;
  • "Help/Check For Updates" will now open in a web browser instead of a child dialog of the application. This allows the application to be closed while the update is being done.
  • Import Directory Improvements:
  • Better guess for format of drill files.

New in ViewMate 11.2.58 (May 28, 2012)

  • New Parameter for Timming Traces;
  • A new parameter has been introduced for clipping selected traces. This specifies a maximum length. If the clipped portion would exceed this length the trace is not clipped
  • Support for Gerber Extended "LN" Directive;
  • A new option has been added for importing Gerber Extended data
  • When the "LN" option is checked, the string that appears in the "LN" directive (Layer Name) in Gerber Extended files will set the name of the layer in the CAM software.

New in ViewMate 11.2.56 (May 28, 2012)

  • Smart DFM Improvements
  • The algorithms used to check for violations have been improved.

New in ViewMate 11.2.43 (May 28, 2012)

  • Printing on White Background:
  • The "Screen colors on white" has been improved to print the exact colors visible on the screen. The "Use Rastermethod when printing" checkmark must be checked for this to work. This is useful when one wants the printed
  • image to have the same colors as the screen but one wants to save ink and not print the black background.
  • Polygons Filter Shortcut:
  • A new shortcut has been added for using polygons as the selection filter: "Ctrl+Shift+Y". This applies to the filter
  • box in the Selection Toolbar.
  • New Selection Filters:
  • The filter combobox that appears in the Selection Toolbar (and other dialogs) now has several new added items:
  • "Plated Holes", "Non-plated Holes" and "Via Holes". This restricts selection and operations that work on active
  • elements to just pads of type "N" and mapped to holes of the specified type.
  • D Code Layer Usage Report:
  • "File/Report/Generate" will now also show on what layers each D Codes is used.

New in ViewMate 11.2.31 (May 28, 2012)

  • Turn On and Off a Range of Layers (Visibility):
  • A new way of changing the visibility of a range of layers has been added to the layers toolbar. To turn ON a range
  • of layers click on the first and Shift+double-click on the last in the range. Similarly to turn OFF a range of layers
  • click on the first and Ctrl+double-click on the last.
  • Stretch Traces Orthogonally:
  • A new option has been added to allow only orthogonal (horizontal, vertical or at 45 degrees) stretch of straight
  • traces: "Edit/Orthogonal Stretch Only".
  • Paint and Scratch Optimize for Layer:
  • A command has been added to the right-click menu in the layers toolbar: "Paint and Scratch/Optimize". This will
  • attempt to minimize the number of paint to scratch transitions on a layer by merging groups that do not interfere
  • and adding scratch polygons as holes to containing paint polygons.
  • Guessing Layer Types:
  • A command has been added to the right-click menu in the Layers Setup (F10) dialog: "Guess layer types from
  • name". It will attempt to determine the type of a layer ("CPU", "CPL" etc.) from the layer name and extension using
  • CAD software standard naming conventions.