What's new in MyDraw 5.3
Oct 4, 2022
- Improved high DPI support:
- MyDraw is now per-monitor DPI-aware and will automatically switch the rendering resolution of all UI elements depending on the current monitor’s DPI.
- Import and Export Visio:
- Visio import and export improvements:
- Import and export of shape tooltips.
- Various minor bug fixes and improvements.
- AutoCAD import and export improvements:
- Import of dimension entities.
- Insert entities import improvements.
- Improved import speed and memory usage.
- Various other minor bug fixes.
- PDF Export:
- Added support for multi-page PDF export as well as export of hyperlink elements in PDF.
- Advanced Printing and Export:
- Improved printing
- Localization:
- Improved localization
- Copy Paste RTFTXTHTML:
- Improved copy/paste from RTF, TXT, and HTML sources
- Hardware Accelerated Drawing:
- Improved GPU accelerated rendering
- Thousands of new shapes:
- New family tree shapes settings
- The family tree diagram extension now provides 2 settings for family tree shapes: date format (show dates as 4-digit years or in day/month/year format) and whether to show photos or not.
New in MyDraw 5.0.1 (Feb 24, 2021)
- Thousands of new shapes.
- 300+ new libraries.
- Redesigned library browser.
- OpenGL hardware-accelerated drawing.
- Much faster startup.
- Shape hyperlinks.
- Visio import and export improvements.
- AutoCAD import and export improvements.
- Additional Windows 10 theme.
- Improved localization.
New in MyDraw 4.3.0 (Jan 31, 2020)
- AutoCAD Drawing Interchange (DXF) import:
- MyDraw can now open AutoCAD Drawings in the popular AutoCAD Drawing Interchange/Exchange format (DXF).
- New drawing templates:
- We added some new drawing templates like Timeline template.
- Visio import and export improvements:
- Improved compatibility with the latest Visio format.
- Ribbon interface and other UI improvements:
- Improved buttons on dropdown appearance and interactivity.
- UI elements spacing optimizations for small screens.
- Support for fractional font sizes from the UI.
New in MyDraw 4.1.2 (Nov 25, 2019)
- The new version comes with New Sidebar Panel and Quick Access Toolbar, Theme Color pickers, Enhanced shape shadows, Visio import and export improvements, Localization adjustments.
New in MyDraw 4.0.0 (Jul 16, 2019)
- New Sidebar Panel:
- A new Sidebar Panel (Sidebar) has been added to the MyDraw User Interface.
- The Sidebar allows you to modify the position and size of selected shapes, as well as styles of the shape's geometry and text.
- New Quick Access toolbar:
- A new Quick Access toolbar has been added to the ribbon. The buttons of the Quick Access toolbar are fully customizable, thus allowing you to have quick access to your most frequently used commands.
- Theme color pickers:
- All color pickers across the UI are updated to support a new Theme Color Picker, that allows you to choose a theme specific color. When you select a theme color, the actual color value will change when you change the drawing theme. This allows you to create drawings, the colors of which are synchronized with the current theme.
- Enhanced shape shadows:
- The shadows have been extended to support alignment and skew. The combination of these features allows you to achieve perspective shadow effects.
- Visio import and export improvements:
- The Visio import and export have been improved with the following:
- Support for shape shadow import and export.
- Export of tables as grouped shapes in Visio.
- Various bug fixes and small improvements.
- Localization improvements:
- We have improved the following aspects of the MyDraw localization support:
- UI translations.
- Localization dictionaries now include a setting for the desired font size and for the Chinese and Japanese languages a larger font is used to make them more readable.
New in MyDraw 3.9.0 (Feb 25, 2019)
- New drawing themes and shape styles, improved Visio import and WMF and EMF import, smart tables, .xls import for orgcharts;
New in MyDraw 2.1.1 (Mar 28, 2018)
- Bug fixes and stability improvements
- Improved print preview and printing
- Support for connector splitting when dropping a 2D shape on a connector
- Drawing documents now store which libraries were opened when they were last saved
- Visio export improvements
- Added German translation of the user interface
New in MyDraw 2.0.0 (Dec 13, 2017)
- MyDraw v2.0 introduces:
- New shape libraries
- New drawing templates
- Autosave (recovery)
- Multi-monitor support
- UI, stability and performance improvements
- New file formats:
- AutoCAD (DXF) export
- Visio 2003-2010 Drawings (VSD, VDX) import
- Visio 2003-2010 Stencils (VSS, VSX) import
- Visio Stencils (VSSX) import
- Enhanced Metafiles (EMF) export
New in MyDraw 2016.1.0 (Feb 13, 2017)
- New Shapes:
- Arrows
- Callout
- Countries
- EPC (Event-driven Process Chain)
- Floor Plan
- Flowcharting
- Food
- Network
- Symbols
- SDL (Specification and Description Language)
- Traffic Signs
- Weather
- Localization:
- Chinese translation of the user interface included
- Russian translation of the use interface included
- Spanish translation of the user interface included
- Bulgarian translation of the user interface included
- File Formats:
- Improved Nevron Drawing file formats - the files are now compressed and thus much smaller in size. Full backward compatibility is preserved.
- New file format - Nevron XML Drawing Template
- New file format - export to Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
- New file format - import of ESRI shapefiles (SHP files), i.e. import of map data with support for naming, labeling and filling of the imported shapes base on the data in the accompanying DBF file.
- User Interface Improvements:
- New UI themes - Mac OS X El Capitan, Nevron Dark and Nevron Light
- Search box added to the ribbon - lets you quickly search for and execute a command
- Improved library browser with included search function
- A dialog for selecting a drawing template
- Other Improvements:
- A large amount of drawing templates included
- Performance improvements