JewelCAD Release Notes
JewelCAD 5.1 (update 13) Release Notes
JewelCAD 5.1 (update 12) Release Notes
JewelCAD 5.1 (update 11) Release Notes
JewelCAD 5.1 (update 10) Release Notes
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Updated protection hardware lock drivers for Windows
Vista
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Misc - Text - Can generate text
correctly for characters that are different
from the Windows system language (e.g. Chinese characters in English
Windows)
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Misc - Cutting into Slices - Improve
surface finish for rapid prototyping
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Misc - STL Output - Users
can now define the resolutions for STL output
JewelCAD 5.1 (update 9) Release Notes
JewelCAD 5.1 (update 8) Release Notes
JewelCAD 5.1 (update 7) Release Notes
JewelCAD 5.1 (update 6) Release Notes
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File - Export/Print 3D to - A new submenu
is added to the File menu. The submenu includes commands Cimagrahi,
DeskProto and OBJET Studio. If those softwares are installed on the
computer, those commands will appear on the submenu. Those commands
are to export jewelcad design to other softwares
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Misc - Jewel - This command has
been modified. When the round jewel is selected from the Jewel
dialog box, a Round Diamond Size dialog box will appear on the screen instead
of creating the jewel immediately. The user can then set the
diameter of the round jewel. It can be in mm or in carat.
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Misc- Cutting into Slices - A new RP machine
option "OBJET Eden system" is added to Cutting into slices dialog box.
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Misc - Ring Size - A new command is added.
This command is to create a circle at a particular ring size. Once a
ring size code is selected from the Ring Size dialog box, the Circle dialog box
will appear on the screen. The diameter/radius parameter of the Circle
dialog box will be set to the value according to the ring size code selected.
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Bugs Fixed - Fixed bugs on fast shading mode
JewelCAD 5.1 (update 5) Release Notes
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Curve - Restore removed curves - A
new command is added to the Curve Menu. This command restores curves that
are removed during surface making commands such as Surface-Extend, Vertical
Revolve, Horizontal Revolve, etc. In previous version, those curves
are removed to object layer number 20. In this version, those curves are
placed to an invisible layer and can be restored back to screen by this
command.
JewelCAD 5.1 (update 4) Release Notes
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File - Save Views - The image
file for saving the views can now be in BMP or JPG file format.
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File - DeskProto - A command to launch the
DeskProto software from JewelCAD is added.
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Misc - Render to file - The image
file to record the rendering can now be in BMP or JPG file format.
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Misc - Estimate - Weight - The dialog box has
the default specific gravity values changed.
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Bug Fixed
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The File -Save Views command can now save multiple views
correctly.
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Bugs on Help - JewelCAD web page and user registration commands
are fixed.
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The display problems on some graphics cards are fixed.
JewelCAD 5.1 (update 3) Release Notes
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Surface - Curves after the
creation of extend, revolve, loft, pipe and rail surfaces are now put
into object layer number 20. The object layer is by default
hidden. On changing the object layer to visible (Edit > Object
Layer command), those curves will be revealed.
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Misc - Counting Round Jewel - Round
jewels are now counted with respected to their diameter as well as the material
assigned.
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Bug Fixed - Miscellaneous bugs are fixed.
JewelCAD 5.1 (update 2) Release Notes
JewelCAD 5.1 (update 1) Release Notes
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View - Improved the redraw speed of objects of many CVs.
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View
- Further reducing the display quality of facet objects for Quick Wire
Frame mode to improve viewing efficiency.
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Deform - Working efficiency is improved for
Normal Wire Frame mode especially for facet objects
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Help - JewelCAD User Registration - A command is
added to allow users to register their informations through Internet.
JewelCAD 5.1 Release Notes
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File - Open - Fixed bugs opening files with
saved hidden jewels. In previous version, jewels hidden by the Edit -
Hide Jewel command and saved in a file cannot be shown again by the Edit - Show
Jewel command when the saved file is open.
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File - Cimagraphi - Added functions for
importing and exporting files to and from Cimagraphi software. The
Cimagraphi menu commands only appear on the File menu for those
computers with Cimagraphi software installed.
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View - Curves and T-Lines can now be displayed
in shading in color mode and rendering mode.
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Deform - For move, size, flip, roll and other
deforming commands, when objects are being deforming in wire frame mode, you
will see two copies of the objects: one for objects at the initial state and
one for objects at the deformed state.
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Boolean - Fixed bugs for making boolean objects
by subtracting objects from jewels.
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Help - Can now use F1 hotkey to open the
JewelCAD help file
JewelCAD 5.0 (update 3) Release Notes
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File - Import - Fixed problems for importing dxf
and stl files
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View - Improved speed of shading and rendering
facet objects
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Copy - Cut&Paste - The Cut&Paste copying
effect for fast shading mode is now same as wire frame modes
JewelCAD 5.0 (update 2) Release Notes
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File - Fixed bugs in openning files from
JewelCAD v4.2
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Edit - Create Material - Fixed bugs in
generating material image
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View - Fixed screen refreshing problem
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Pick CV - Fixed bugs in picking CVs
JewelCAD 5.0 (update 1) Release Notes
New Functions
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File - Export - Export JCV file for JewelCAD viewer
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Curve - Curve In Between - Create a curve midway between two
curves of same number of CVs.
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Curve - Curve Length - Estimate length of a curve
Modified functions
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File - Import - For objects imported from dxf or
stl files, the material texture mapping are now set to planar at XY plane. This
is to improve the application of jewel textures on those objects.
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View - Background - The background image is now
kept during interactions in transforming and deforming functions. In previous
version the background image were temporarily hidden.
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View - Grid Setting - All views use the same
grid setting
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View - Rendering - Does not clear screen before
rendering
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View - Multiple view functions, i.e.
Front/Right, Front/Top, Front/Right/Top/3D, Back/Left/Bottom/3D now display all
views in same displaying mode. The front, right, top, back, left, bottom will
also be matched in position and zooming scale.
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Pick - Pick - The number of picked objects is
now shown on the status bar.
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Copy - Cut&Paste - Does not redraw entire
screen when cut&paste in rendering mode. Only redraw the affected portion.
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Curve - Curve drawing functions now have no
limit in adding CV numbers. In previous version, the limit is 256 CVs.
Bug Fixed
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File - Import / Export - Fixed bugs in import
and exporting dxf files.
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View - Fixed screen refreshing problem in
Windows 2000 and Windows XP
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View - Background - Fixed bugs of using
background image with lock to view option
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View - Zoom All - Zoom all command now excludes
objects of hidden layers
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Curve - Adjust - Extend - Crashing bug when
selecting this command.
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Curve - Adjust - Revolve Crashing bug when
selecting this command.
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Curve - Offset Curve - The offsetting distance
accuracy has been improved
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Surface - Offset Surface - Fixed bug of not
creating both inside/outside offset surface
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Misc - Counting Round Jewel - Sometimes the
function does not work.
JewelCAD 5.0 Release Notes
New feature
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View
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Back view, Left view and Bottom view
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New four-view option for Back, Left, Bottom and 3D views
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All views can now be minimized, maximized, resized or closed
individually
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Mouse driven view panning, zooming, flipping and rolling actions
(pressing down Tab key)
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Fast shading mode now displays objects according to their picked
or unpicked color instead of its material
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Better working interactivity in fast shading mode for pick,
cut&paste, move, size, flip, roll, bend, taper, ....
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Edit - Object Layer - Objects can be separated
in different layers. Each layer can be edit, show or hide individally.
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Misc - Estimate - Center of Gravity - To
estimate the center of gravity of objects
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Misc - Count Round Jewel - To list the inventory
of round jewels
Modified functions
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File - Configuration - Hotkeys - Hotkey loading
and saving functions are added to the Hotkeys dialog box.
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Extend Dialog Box - Include two modes: i)
horizontal, vertical, in/out, and ii) length, angle1, angle2 Getting parameters
interactively when the extend dialog box still on the screen
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Revolve Dialog Box - Getting parameters
interactively when the revolve dialog box still on the screen
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Transform Dialog Box - Has changed to make
transformation combinations easier
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Surface - Loft - A dialog box appears
during loft surface creation to allow the loft surface to be changed during the
creation.
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Surface - Rail - 4 rails option is added
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Misc - Rendering to File - Dialog box is changed
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Misc - Cutting into Slices - Dialog box is
changed
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Misc - Show Slices - Dialog box is changed
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Misc - NC Program - NC format selection is added
to the NC Programming dialog box
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Misc - Estimate - Volume estimation and mass
estimation are separated into two commands
Miscellaneous
Bug Fixed