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ARES Touch Release Notes (iOS)
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Written by Thomas Haase
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Version: 24.1.0 (2530)
Release date: October 24h, 2024
App Store: ARES Touch: DWG Viewer & CAD

Enhancements:

  • Save - File name and file format

    Save your files to different drawing formats and versions ( DWG, DXF, DWT ). The new dialog is available for Save and Save as.


  • Export - Font management

    There is now a collapsible tab "Font Management" in the Export dialog. To manage TrueType fonts from the drawings, in Font management, specify the options:

    - Embed True Type fonts used in the drawing:

    Captures True Type fonts used in the drawing's annotations and includes them in the PDF file. When viewing the PDF file, the fonts are read directly from the PDF file and the PDF viewer should not substitute them. This option increases the PDF file size.

    Exceptions:

    Fonts that are not TrueType fonts

    Vertical Asian fonts

    - Optimized:
    Specifies whether to use True Type font-related optimization when creating the PDF file. This may influence the output performance, but reduces the file size.


    - Convert all True Type texts used in the drawing:
    Lets you convert all text to geometry during the export to PDF file when you cannot include your TrueType fonts in the PDF file. The text in the PDF file is identical to the text on the drawing.

    - SHX text as geometry:
    Lets you convert SHX fonts to geometry. Thus, annotations that use SHX fonts are represented using geometric entities, such as lines and arcs. Otherwise, the SHX-based annotations appear as text lines in the PDF file using a corresponding or similar TrueType font, which lets you select annotations in the PDF file as text objects.

    The shape fonts are always printed as geometry regardless of the selection made.

    Stay tuned for new features in upcoming releases!

Fixes:

  • File browser: Wrong icon is displayed for externally referenced and uploaded images. (R-7727)

Further fixes and improvements: R-7335, R-7514, R-7594, R-7685, R-7687, R-7692, R-7773, R-7802

Version: 24.0.2 (2369)
Release date: September 17th, 2024
App Store: ARES Touch: DWG Viewer & CAD

Enhancements:

  • Explode Text:

    Use the ExplodeText command to convert annotations into PolyLines, which represent the text outline. You can start the feature by entering the command name EXPLODETEXT in the run command list or you can find it in the sub menu "Tools".
    This feature is available to all subscribers.

    Stay tuned for new features in upcoming releases!

Fixes:

  • OneDrive: Accessing folders that contain certain files cause hanging or a crash. (R-7798)

  • OneDrive: No preview displayed for offline available drawings. (R-7800)

Further fixes and improvements.

Version: 24.0.1 (2356)
Release date: July 10th, 2024
App Store: ARES Touch: DWG Viewer & CAD

Enhancements:

  • Subscription payment process has a new design

Fixes:

  • CLOUDFIELD: Dialog shows no preview available when the command is used after an hour in the same document session. (R-7670)

  • ARES Kudo: Dialog for taking over editing sessions is cropped for small screen devices. (R-7685)

  • File browser: Externally referenced and uploaded images have wrong file icon.(R-7727)

    Further fixes and improvements: R-7418


Version: 24.0.0 (2350)
Release date: April 22th, 2024
App Store: ARES Touch: DWG Viewer & CAD


Enhancements:

  • Quick CAD editing on selection:

    Welcome our new feature to use your finger to directly modify the selection set.

    The feature starts with a swipe gesture and finishes when you release your finger.

    You can:

    - Move the selection set with swiping your finger within the selection zone

    - Scale the selection set with swiping your finger close to a corner point ( 4 directions )

    - Rotate the selection set with swiping your finger in an arcuate gesture close to the point with the curved arrow

    If you prefer grip editing please open general settings, and turn off "Quick entity editing with swipe gestures" from category "Grip Editing".

    If you need more precise results, subscribe and specify custom base point and displacement for MOVE, SCALE, ROTATE.

  • ARES Trinity: Cloud fields & QR codes

    Users can now combine ready-to-use QR codes and the new CLOUDFIELD command to easily insert inside your drawings links to specific versions of your drawing in the cloud. You may, for example, add a link to view online the latest version of a printed drawing, to ensure your contacts don‘t miss any updates. Alternatively, it could be a link to download the file as it was when it was printed.

    Info: Explore all benefits of our Trinity concept that combines the strengths of desktop computers, mobile devices and cloud computing into a unique CAD ecosystem.

  • User interface: Colored Icons in Dark UI Style

    Some users felt that our monochromatic dark-style interface could use a touch more pizazz, and we agreed.

Fixes:

  • ARES Kudo: Drawing modifications done on another platform are not reflected in ARES Touch. (R-7597)

  • ARES Kudo: Kudo editing session: Button and text is cropped in certain languages ( e.g. German ). (R-7655)

  • ARES Kudo: Kudo offline cache cannot be accessed anymore in certain situations. (R-7678)

  • ARES Kudo: XREFs with absolute path are not downloaded from the cloud automatically. (R-7689)

  • User interface: Icons in properties, layer list and sheets manager are blurry on devices with high resolution. (R-7612)

  • Graphics: 2D and 3D polylines with higher coordinates show grip points at the wrong position. (R-7608)

  • Graphics: Rendering issues of hatches, circles and arcs loaded as externally referenced file. (R-7636)

  • Trinity Block Library: Inserting certain blocks doesn't work and showing a toast with <<Error>>. (R-7651)

  • ARES Trinity: Taking over editing session: Client cannot open a new editor session. (R-7653)

  • System: Copyrights updated. (R-7659)

    Further fixes and improvements: R-7659 , R-7660 , R-7662


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