What's new in Shadows 5.1 Build 9857
Dec 29, 2023
- 28/12/2023 : Added realistic shadows in 3D view, directly generated by OpenGL (9857)
- 28/12/2023 : Added 5 new realistic styles in 3D view of sundials (9857)
- 28/12/2023 : Added a new star map in horizontal coordinates (9857)
- 28/12/2023 : Added constellation and star names in the star maps (9857)
- 28/12/2023 : Updated English and French translations, user interface and user manual in v5.1 (by the author) (9857)
- 28/12/2023 : Updated Spanish translations, user interface and user manual in v5.1 (thanks to Vicente J. Fernández Gallego) (9857)
- 28/12/2023 : Updated Italian translations, user interface and user manual in v5.1 (thanks to Luigi Ghia) (9857)
- 28/12/2023 : Updated German translations, user interface (thanks to Hermann Dellwing) (9857)
- 28/12/2023 : New links to video tutorials (9857)
- 28/12/2023 : New information in the Technical data sheet (9857)
- 28/12/2023 : Added information about Easter date in the Ephemeris (9857)
- 28/12/2023 : Styles are automatically truncated when point B is outside the frame (9857)
- 28/12/2023 : Improved rendering of specular light (9857)
- 28/12/2023 : Added an import in the database dialog (in addition to the loading of a database) (9857)
- 28/12/2023 : Added information about the maintenance plan (9857)
- 28/12/2023 : Added 160 new locations in the database, 6317 in total (9857)
- 28/12/2023 : New validity check on the license association (9857)
- 28/12/2023 : Support of Windows 11 23H2 (9857)
New in Shadows 5.1 Beta 7 (Nov 11, 2023)
- Added realistic shadows in 3D view, directly generated by OpenGL
- Added 4 new realistic styles in 3D view of sundials
- Improved rendering of specular light
- Added a new star map, in horizontal coordinates
- Added constellation and star names in the star maps
- New links to video tutorials in the help menu
- New information in the Technical data sheet
- Added information about Easter date in the Ephemeris
- Styles are automatically truncated when point B is outside the frame
- Added an import button in the database dialog (in addition to the load button)
- Added informations on the maintenance plan
- Added 160 new locations in the database (6317 in total)
- Support of Windows 11 23H2
New in Shadows 5.0 Build 9264 (Jul 15, 2022)
- Added a list of feature for each Shadows level (9264)
- Improved the light control in the 3D view (9264)
New in Shadows 4.5 Build 8589 (Jul 8, 2020)
- 19/06/2020: New display options in the graphs of the equation of time (8570)
- 19/06/2020: Automatic download of the user manual, if available, when changing of language (8570)
- 19/06/2020: Translation of the updated user manual in German, thanks to Hermann Dellwing (8570)
- 19/06/2020: Translation of the updated user manual in Spanish, thanks to Vicente Javier Fernández Gallego (8570)
New in Shadows 4.5 Build 8556 (Jun 5, 2020)
- 05/06/2020: New mode to animate the rotation of the rete of a planispheric astrolabe (8556)
- 05/06/2020: A planispheric astrolabe can now be create for a given location (8556)
- 05/06/2020: Easier switch between upper and lower face of an equatorial sundial (8556)
- 05/06/2020: New option to show/hide the content of an image frame (8556)
- 05/06/2020: The evaluation of Shadows Pro is now extended from 7 to 30 days (8556)
- 05/06/2020: Updated user manual with augmented sections, in English and French (8556)
- 05/06/2020: Translation of the updated user manual in Italian, thanks to Luigi Ghia (8556)
- 05/06/2020: Completed the Portuguese translation, thanks to Ana Correia (8556)
- 05/06/2020: Corrections in the Arabic translation, thanks to Hussein Morsy (8556)
New in Shadows 4.4 Build 8264 (Aug 19, 2019)
- Selection of background colors between declination arcs (8264)
- New buttons to navigate to next/previous lunar month in the Lunar ephemeris (8264)
- Selection of scale and axis colors in graphs of the equation of time (8264)
- Updated user manual in English and French (8264)
New in Shadows 4.2 Build 7956 (Oct 15, 2018)
- Sundial background can be colored with a different color outside the solstice arcs (7923)
- Text frames can now be rotated (7923)
- Ability to set the sundial anchor in % or mm independently in X and Y (7923)
- Selection of the color of declination arcs of particular date (7923)
- Drawing of noon line for other cities (7923)
- Change in reclination angle can now exceed +/-90° (7923)
- Display of the sun position on astrolabe rete (7923)
- New preference to display either 0 or 24 on hour labels (7923)
- Longitude correction and equation of time can now be enabled for shepherd's sundials (7923)
- Selection of the color of the sundial frame border (7923)
- Improved and augmented user manual in English and French (7923)
New in Shadows 4.2 Build 7929 Beta 6 (Sep 18, 2018)
- Sundial background can be colored with a different color outside the solstice arcs (7923)
- Text frames can now be rotated (7923)
- Ability to set the sundial anchor in % or mm independently in X and Y (7923)
- Selection of the color of declination arcs of particular date (7923)
- Drawing of noon line for other cities (7923)
- Change in reclination angle can now exceed +/-90° (7923)
- Display of the sun position on astrolabe rete (7923)
- New preference to display either 0 or 24 on hour labels (7923)
- Longitude correction and equation of time can now be enabled for shepherd's sundials (7923)
- Selection of the color of the sundial frame border (7923)
- Improved and augmented user manual in English and French (7923)
New in Shadows 4.2 Build 7923 Beta 5 (Sep 11, 2018)
- Sundial background can be colored with a different color outside the solstice arcs
- Text frames can now be rotated
- Ability to set the sundial anchor in % or mm independently in X and Y
- Selection of the color of declination arcs of particular date
- Drawing of noon line for other cities
- Change in reclination angle can now exceed +/-90°
- Display of the sun position on astrolabe rete
- New preference to display either 0 or 24 on hour labels
- Longitude correction and equation of time can now be enabled for shepherd's sundials
- Selection of the color of the sundial frame border
- Improved and augmented user manual in English and French
New in Shadows 4.1 Build 7375 (Apr 3, 2017)
- 359 new mottoes added in Italian, Latin, French and German - thanks to Claudio Abächerli
- New user manual in Brazilian Portuguese - thanks to Juarez Silveira Sant'Anna
- Possibility to draw a border on an analemmatic sundial
New in Shadows 4.1 Build 7316 (Mar 13, 2017)
- New lunar ephemeris
- Larger icons available
- Improved configuration of sundial frame and layout
- Option to extend hour lines to a circle around point B
- Display of analemma ellipse foci
New in Shadows 4.1 Build 7262 (Nov 24, 2016)
- Display of analemma ellipse foci
- New lunar ephemeris
- Larger icons available
- Improved configuration of sundial frame and layout
- Option to extend hour lines to a circle around point B
- Display of analemma ellipse foci
New in Shadows 4.1 Build 7059 (Nov 24, 2016)
- 1150 new locations (490 in USA, 300 in Brasil, 135 in Canada, ...)
New in Shadows 4.0 Build 6939 (Nov 24, 2016)
- The color of lines can be changed for Italian, Babylonian and Unequals hours
New in Shadows 4.0 Build 6816 (Sep 1, 2015)
New in Shadows 4.0 Build 6753 (Jun 30, 2015)
- New user manual in Spanish
- Fix in the direction rose when changing the character font
New in Shadows 4.0 Build 6668 (Jun 30, 2015)
- Improved drawing of the planispheric and universal astrolabes
New in Shadows 4.0 Build 6639 (Jun 30, 2015)
- Improved drawing of the mariner's astrolabe
- Improved drawing of the style schematics
New in Shadows 4.0 Build 6597 Beta 21 (Jan 25, 2015)
- New translation in Catalan
New in Shadows 4.0 Build 6353 Beta 12 (Jun 9, 2014)
- New Spider sundial
- Casted shadow of a circular eyepiece
- New Starfinder map
- Hexagonal plate on sundials
- DXF export is done with layers
- Export of coordinates of Italian and Babylonian hours to Excel
- Export of coordinates of Azimuth and Altitude lines to Excel
- Quick switch of page orientation between Portrait and Landscape
- Scales text on astrolabes is now exported in DXF
- Italian hours can be counted from the last sunset or to the next
- Enhanced Direction rose
- Text frames can have opaque background
- Toolbar icons have been redesigned
- Toolbar icons are available in two sizes: 32x32 and 48x48
- Improved color selection
- Automatic reload of the last sundial
- New dialog for sundial properties
- Improved drawings with GDI+
- Line thickness are now specified in millimeters
- Selection of the copy-paste resolution
- Improved document zoom
- Compatible with Windows 8.1
- New translation in Arabic
New in Shadows 3.5 Build 5836 (Dec 24, 2012)
- Fix of the DXF export for AutoCAD 2005 and later
- Fix of azimuth lines on the Solar Graph
New in Shadows 3.5 Build 5792 (Dec 24, 2012)
- Fix of the AVI video export
- Fix on changing gnomon height in the Tangent Network, on laptops
- Brazilian translation updated, thanks to Juarez Silveira Sant'Anna
New in Shadows 3.5 Build 5743 (Dec 24, 2012)
- Fix of the latitude on a saved planisheric astrolabe
- Export in DXF of the solar graph and curves of the Equation of time
New in Shadows 3.5 Build 5713 (Sep 3, 2012)
- Validation of the compatibility with Windows 8
New in Shadows 3.5 Build 5706 (Aug 17, 2012)
- New type of sundial: polar sundial around the polar axis (5706)
- New option to draw analemma curves with points only (5706)
- 700 new places in the location database, in Switzerland (+178), Portugal (+131), USA (+75), Brazil (+36), Australia (+34), Belgium (+31), Chile (+17), Venezuela (+16), Austria (+16), Morocco (+15) and 15 new countries (5706)
- Fix of the solar graph for southern hemisphere (5706)
- Fix of hour lines at the edge of the plate (5706)
- Fix of the horizontal (and vertical H-V) bifilar sundial in southern hemisphere (5706)
- Fix of sunset/sunrise hours above polar circle (5706)
- Fix of declination arcs for a sundial above the polar circle (5706)
- Fix of hour lines on an equatorial if hours span is limited (5706)
- Fix of spurious lines on half analemma curves (5706)
- Fix of pointer displacement from keyboard on an universal astrolabe (5706)
- Fix of URL copy-paste from Google Maps (5706)
- Update of file name to avoid overwritting previous sundial file after creation of a new one (5706)
New in Shadows 3.4 Build 5409 (Oct 26, 2011)
- Fix of the shadow view when daylight savings in ON
- Fix of the Lines numbering dialog
- Fix of italian and babylonian hour when hour limits are fixed
- Fix of declination arcs when longitude correction is ON
New in Shadows 3.4 Build 5370 (Sep 15, 2011)
- New Home page screen based on icons that access directly to the main features
- Sundial table can be oval or octogonal in addition to rectangular
- The mariner's astrolabe is now available from Shadows Expert
- Tables of coordinates are now directly open in Excel or Notepad
- Coordinate export is now available from the free level of Shadows
- The table of daily values of the equation of time is now exported to Excel
- New configuration dialog for hour lines numbers
- Hour lines can be drawn for every minute
- Improved graph of duration of days
- Smoother drawing of the equation of time and of diurnal arcs
- Export of the coordinates of anniversary arcs
- Custom locations added by users in previous versions are now recovered automatically
- Fix of the drawing of the equatorial ruler
New in Shadows 3.3 Build 5287 (Sep 5, 2011)
- Correction of the DST in the Instant Ephemeris
- Correction of hour lines extension
New in Shadows 3.3 Build 5232 (Sep 5, 2011)
- Correction of spurious lines in vertical highly declining sundials
- Correction of the keyword search in the online help, under Windows 7
- Removal of a spurious image in the welcome dlg, under Windows 7
- Correction of the displayed value of point B* in the schematics of the style
New in Shadows 3.3 Build 5185 (Sep 5, 2011)
- Correction of the ephemeris generator under Windows 7
New in Shadows 3.3 build 5120 (Feb 7, 2011)
- New mariner's astrolabe (5105)
- Improved drawing of the back of an astrolabe (5105)
- Drawing of the noon line of the reference time zone (5105)
- Drawing of the analemma curve shifted for the reference time zone (5105)
- Selection of the analemma curve color (5105)
- Ephemeris updated in real time are now available in freeware version (5105)
- Correction of an error when loading a sundial file; regression introduced in 5105 (5120)
- Correction of the DXF export of universal astrolabes (5120)
- Correction of the database list display (5105)
- Correction of the DXF export of planispheric astrolabes (5105)
New in Shadows 3.3 build 5105 (Dec 29, 2010)
- New mariner's astrolabe
- Improved drawing of the back of an astrolabe
- Drawing of the noon line of the reference time zone
- Drawing of the analemma curve shifted for the reference time zone
- Selection of the analemma curve color
- Ephemeris updated in real time are now available in freeware version
- Correction of the database list display
- Correction of the DXF export of astrolabes
New in Shadows 3.2.2 build 5062 (Dec 13, 2010)
- New rotation mode on the astrolabe rete (5058)
- Improvement of the loading of GeoNet files (5043)
- New full screen mode by F11 (5043)
- New trial version for 30 days (on request) (5043)
- Improvement of the detection of a new version with a list of fixes and new features (4962)
- Configuration of the limit hours of the sundial (4962)
- Correction of star pointers on an astrolabe for southern hemisphere (5062)
- Correction of the 24h format on the astrolabe limb (5062)
- Correction of a shift in the star map on a planispheric astrolabe (bug introduced in build 5048) (5058)
- Correction of the recovery of licenses installed with old versions (5048)
- Correction of a crash on some Windows XP versions not supporting SSE2 (5048)
- Correction of the display of the style shadow on a shepherd's dial (5043)
- Correction of the sub-style line on an inclined-reclining sundial in southern hemisphere (4962)
- Correction of an incorrect offset in the table of hour line, when longitude correction is active (4962)
New in Shadows 3.2.1 build 4865 (Dec 13, 2010)
- Cover images added in the French bibliography (4865)
- New option to switch North-South pole in the Direction rose (4865)
- Correction of the shadow casted by a roof (4865)
- Correction of the date line on an analemmatic (4865)
- Correction of an error message when loading a sundial (4879)
New in Shadows 3.2.0 build 4844 (Dec 13, 2010)
- New view: Direction rose (4805)
- Rewritten Wizards for the creation of sundials and astrolabes (4805)
- New sundial type: on the external surface of a vertical cylinder (4805)
- Simplified selection of the sundial's dimension (4805)
- Support of the longitude correction on an analemmatic sundial (4805)
- Drawing of sights on the alidade of planispheric astrolabes (4805)
- New icon to configure the solar panel graph (4805)
- Resolution of the shadow animation is now 1 minute instead of 5 min (4805)
- New dialog to register the freeware version (4805)
- Export of numerals in DXF (4805)
- New duplication options for image frames (4820)
- Ability to move frames using keyboard arrows (4820)
- Improvement of the grid drawn on the page (4805)
- Correction of the style anchor in distance from upper left corner (4805)
- Correction of analemma curves on a cylindrical sundial (4805)
- Correction of the y coordinate sign in the table of hour points on an analemmatic sundial (4805)
- Correction of the free try period of Shadows Pro (4805)
- Correction of the frame anchor management (4820)
- Correction of the loading of lower side of equatorial sundials (4820)
- Correction of the min hight indication for the style of analemmatic sundials (4820)
- Correction of the Graph of efficiency of a Solar Panel (4844)
New in Shadows 3.1.1 build 4638 (Dec 13, 2010)
- Selection of colours on astrolabes (4610)
- Correction of the equatorial sundial in southern hemisphere (4610)
- Correction of the edition of colours (4610)
- Correction of the edition of line thickness (4638)
- Correction of importation of locations from Google Earth (4624)
New in Shadows 3.1.0 build 4581 (Dec 13, 2010)
- New type of astrolabe: Universal astrolabe (4525)
- Drawing of the astrolabe's throne (4525)
- Precession taken into account on astrolabes (4581)
- Translation of the user interface into Greek, by Vangelis Skarmoutsos (4525)
- Translation of Help files into German, by Karl-Peter Emmelmann (4525)
- Drawing of unequal hours, italic and babylonic hours on the planispheric astrolabe (4525)
- New high resolution copy-paste (4525)
- Improved schematic of the style for a sundial (4525)
- Correction of UT in the instant ephemeris (4525)
New in Shadows 3.0.2 build 4337 (Dec 13, 2010)
- Separation of the creation of sundials and astrolabes. (4377)
- Modification of the start-up dialog. (4377)
- New example sundials and astrolabes. (4377)
- Improved installation of the license by copy-paste of the code. (4377)
- Correction of the DXF export of the flatten down style. (4377)
- Correction of the change in the location of an astrolabe. (4377)
New in Shadows 3.0.1 build 4331 (Dec 13, 2010)
- Update of the Polish translation (by Maciej Michalski). (4331)
- Update of the Russian translation (by Alexei Kroutjakov).
- DXF Export of astrolabe drawings. (4189)
- Correction of a crash when moving up or down a point in the horizon mask. (4331)
- Correction of the hour of meridian crossing in the ephemeris table. (4331)
- Correction of the printing of the back of an astrolabe. (4248)
- Correction of the shadow drawn on a horizontal analemmatic. (4219)
- Correction of the date line on an analemmatic (when scaled in date). (4219)
- Correction of hour labels on an analemmatic. (4219)
- Correction of a crash when drawing the upper side of an equatorial sundial. (4219)
- Correction of a crash when drawing a declining vertical dial made in southern hemisphere. (4219)
- Correction of the Qibla azimut, for some latitudes. (4219)
- Correction of values in the Equinoxial table that where in cm instead of mm. (4219)
- Improvement of the detection of a corrupted license file. (4219)
- Correction of a crash on the animation of the shadow, under Windows Vista. (4219)
- Correction of a spurious line when drawing an anniversary line. (4219)
- Correction of hours in the table of declination arcs, if longitude correction is active. (4219)
- Correction of the sub-style angle given in the Technical datasheet, for East and West vertical dials. (4219)
- Correction of a shift in zodiacal signs on a sheppherd's dial. (4219)
- Improvement of DXF export on sundials. (4189)
- Correction of a spurious line in the drawing of an anniversary arc. (4196)
- Correction of the sub-style angle of vertical East or West sundial, in the Technical Datasheet. (4196)
- Correction of the time displayed in the coordinate table of declination lines, when using the longitude correction. (4196)
New in Shadows 3.0.0 build 4168 (Dec 13, 2010)
- New option in the selection of drawing types on a sundial
- Improvement of the resolution when copying or exporting in EMF format
- Correction of a graphical bug in the drawing of the astrolabe's rete. (4167)
- Correction of values divided by 10 in the table of hour points on an analemmatic sundial.(4162)
- Correction of values divided by 10 in the table of analemma curves. (4162)
- Correction of the selection of font size. (4162)
- Correction of spurious lines in the analemma curves. (4162)
- Correction of the drawing of solstices when drawing date or declination arcs. (4162)
- Update of the Polish translation. (4162)
New in Shadows 3.0.0 build 4148 (Dec 13, 2010)
- New user interface: reorganized menus, icons in menus, new toolbars.
- Improved dialog boxes.
- New Preferences dialog box.
- Creation and animation of planispheric astrolabes.
- Drawing of temporary and sidereal hours on sundials.
- Interface with Google Maps to load a location.
- Importation of GeoNet location files.
- Multiple drawings at the same time on a sundial.
- Numbering of lines with font selection.
- Polar Solar graph.
- Graph of sunset and sunrise hours (with twilights).
- Graph of visibility of a meridian dial.
- Determination of a sundial's parameters from a photo.
- Exportation of the shadow's animation in a video file (AVI).
- Animation of the sundial in latitude, and exportation in AVI file.
- Animation of the sundial in orientation, and exportation in AVI file.
- Display of rulers around the view.
- Display and printing of a helper grid.
- Ephemeris: calculation of the date of Easter, and the Qibla.
- Replacement of the random draw by a try period during 2 hours every 7 days.