diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..acbd62e2 --- /dev/null +++ b/CHANGELOG.md @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +Changelog +========= + +2.1 +--- + +New sketch features: + * Lathe groups create circle and face entities. + * New toolbar button for creating lathe groups. + * Chord tolerance is separated into two: display chord tolerance (specified + in percents, relative to model bounding box), and export chord tolerance + (specified in millimeters as absolute value). + * Bezier spline points can be added and removed after the spline is created. + * When an unconstrained extrusion is switched between "union" and + "difference", its normal is flipped. + * Groups can be added in the middle of the stack. Note that this results + in files incompatible with version 2.0. + * Active group can be removed. + * Removing an imported group does not cause all subsequent groups to also + be removed. + * When a new group with a solid is created, the color is taken from + a previous group with a solid, if any. + * Entities in a newly active group do not become visible. + * When entities are selected, "Zoom to fit" zooms to fit only these + entities and not the entire sketch. + * Zero-length edges are reported with a "zero-length error", not + "points not all coplanar". + +New constraint features: + * Height of the font used for drawing constraint labels can be changed. + * New constraint, length difference, placed with J. + (Patch by Peter Ruevski) + * Horizontal/vertical constraints are automatically added if a line segment + is close enough to being horizontal/vertical. This can be disabled by + holding Ctrl. + * Reference dimensions and angles can be placed with Shift+D and Shift+N. + * Copying and pasting entities duplicates any constraints that only involve + entities in the clipboard, as well as selected comments. + * Diameter constraints can be shown as radius. + * The "pi" identifier can be used in expressions. + * Constraint labels can be snapped to grid. + * Integer angles are displayed without trailing zeroes. + * Angle constraints have proper reference lines and arrowheads. + * Extension lines are drawn for point-line distance constraints. + +New solver features: + * Sketches with redundant and unsolvable constraints are distinguished. + * New group setting, "allow redundant constraints". Note that it makes + the solver less stable. + +New rendering and styling features: + * New line style parameter: stippling, based on ISO 128. + * Outlines of solids can be drawn in a particular style (by default, thick + lines) controlled by the "Show outline of solid model" button. + * Occluded edges can be drawn in a particular style (by default, stippled + with short dashes) controlled by the "Show hidden lines" button. + * Solids can be made transparent. + +New export/import features: + * The old "import" command (for .slvs files) is renamed to "link". + * If a linked .slvs file is not found, first the relative path recorded + in the .slvs file is checked and then the absolute path; this is + an inversion of the previously used order. If it is still not found, + a dialog appears offering to locate it. + * DXF and DWG files can be imported, with point-coincident, horizontal and + vertical constraints automatically inferred from geometry, and distance + and angle constraints created when a dimension placed against geometry + exists. + * Triangle mesh can be exported for viewing in the browser through WebGL. + * Export dialogs remember the last file format used, and preselect it. + * Exported DXF files have exact circles, arcs and splines instead of + a piecewise linear approximation (unless hidden line removal was needed). + * Exported DXF files preserve color and line thickness. + * In exported DXF files, constraints are represented as DXF dimensions, + instead of piecewise linear geometry. + * When exporting 2d views, overlapping lines are removed. + +Other new features: + * Native Linux (GTK 2 and GTK 3) and Mac OS X ports. + * Automatically save and then restore sketches if SolveSpace crashes. + (Patch by Marc Britten) + * Unicode is supported everywhere (filenames, group names, TTF text, + comments), although RTL scripts and scripts making heavy use of ligatures + are not rendered correctly. + * The vector font is grid-fitted when rendered on screen to make it easier + to read regardless of its size. + +2.0 +--- + +Initial public release.