Release Notes to EngView 2025.1.4

Installation Files & Adobe Illustrator Compatibility

File Use It For Notes
Windows
Packaging_Suite_Setup_x64_2025.1.4 Clean setups. Upgrades from earlier major versions. Upgrades the Settings and Standards Library of installations of Version 9 and later.
Packaging_Suite_Patch_x64_2025.0.1-2025.1.4 Upgrades from version 2025.1. Does not upgrade the Settings and the Standards Library.
 
macOS
EngView Packaging Suite 2025.1.4.4807 Setup and upgrades Compatible with macOS Sequoia (macOS 15)
EVAIPlugin
Compatible With Adobe Illustrator 2025 (build 29.3.1)
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Improvements & Tasks

3D

EVP-15492 "Solid color" Is Default for Background in the 3D View Options DLG In the 3D View Options dialog box, "Solid Color" is now the default setting for a scene's background.

Diemaking

ID Functionality Description
EVP-15599 Stripping Die Components Display Parameter Expressions, Not Real Values Stripping die components display the expressions of their parameters, not the actual calculated values. This helps you see how a parameter has been calculated, whereas concete values might lack any meaning.
EVP-15612 Upper Limit to String Lengths in Component's Expressions) Related to EVP-15599. A 1.5MB limit has been introduced for the length of parameter expressions. This means that if the string is longer than 65536 bytes, a warning appears prompting you to make modifications.
EVP-13522 Quick Features Come With Values, Not With Expression Computed by unitconv() When working with Quick Features, EngView displays the values of quick features' parameters, not the underlying expressions. (Here, the unitconv() function is used.)
EVP-15571 Remove Save/Load Bridge Templates The Save Bridge Templates and Load Bridge Templates commands have been retired and are no longer on the Tools menu.

Functions & Formulas

ID Functionality Description
EVP-15600 unitconv() function Now Has a Rounding Option The unitconv() function, which automatically switches between metric systems, now has an extension for rounding its calculation results.

General UI

ID Functionality Description
EVP-15476 Default Setting for Separate Drawing Materials When creating projects from Library templates (.evr files), you can now use a different material for each individual drawing right at the start of the new project.

Library Index

ID Functionality Description
EVP-15487 Searching the Library Index by Keywords You can now search the Library Index by Keywords. There are currently 101 keywords to search by.
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Addressed Issues

Drafting

ID Functionality Description
EVP-15537 Drawn Objects Appear With Incorrect Sizes Attempts at drawing certain types of objects — lines, arcs — resulted in the objects' appearing with inaccurate sizes.
EVP-15588 Incorrect Relations Between Lines and Circles Related to EVP-15537. No line-to-circle relations were being detected when drawing lines.

3D HTML

ID Functionality Description
EVP-15592 Bad Timing in Folding Sequnece's Last Step Causes Dimensions in 3DHTML Exports to Disappear In exports to 3DHTML, some timing values in the last phase of the folding sequence cause the dimensions in the exported files to disappear. This has been fixed.
EVP-15593 Wrong Timing Prevents Backwards Animation Some timing values prevent 3D HTML animations from being played backwards. This has been fixed.

CAM

ID Functionality Description
EVP-15500 Wrong Tool Widths Cause Unwanted Lifting of Processing Tool In CAM jobs, using certain values for the tool width causes unwanted lifting of the tool in very short tool passes.
EVP-15532 Incorrect CAM Template Identification After NC Path Followed by Random Tab Change When after defining a CAM template and creating an NC toolpath, you make a random switching of a tab in the dialog and then return, the template appears as "Random".

AI Integration

ID Functionality Description
EVP-15602 Illustrator Fails to Recognize 31+ Character Style Names Adobe Illustrator fails to recognize style names longer than 31 characters.

Import/Export

ID Functionality Description
EVP-15618 Crash While Loading RGB-Coded JPEGs EngView crashes when attempting to load RGB-encoded JPEG files.
EVP-15630 Unsuccessful Export of Master Canvas Parts A crash during the export from Master Canvas drawing has been fixed.
EVP-15585 Wrong Computation of Bounding Boxes in SVG Exports Exports to SVG display bounding boxes with incorrect sizes, a behavior that takes places inconsistently and cannot be relied on. This has been fixed.

General UI

ID Functionality Description
EVP-15493 Incorrect Sizing of Materials List in Drawing Props DLG In the Drawing Properties dialog box, the drop-down list listing the available materials was incorrectly sized, displaying unreadable data as a result. This has been fixed.
EVP-15429 Resizing Icons for the Display of Parametric Components Results in Clumsy Visuals When modifying the size of the icons of parametric components (in Preferences | Synergy (Image Width, Image Height), the icons themselves start appearing with clumsy-looking widths in the preview area. This has been fixed.

Shortcuts

ID Functionality Description
EVP-15507 Failing Shortcuts in the Preferences | Shortcuts section Some keyboard shortcuts failed to function. This has been fixed. As an extension, a new column has been added to the dialog box, which displays the click-by-click sequence for executing the command. This gives additional visual aid to using the command.
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Help Updates

ID Functionality Description
EVP-15480 Expanded Options for Flipped Designs When you flip a design, you have several options to choose the right response as your situation requires.
EVP-15527 Creating compound components out of multiple single components A workflow case of how to create a compound component out of multiple idientical single components.
EVP-15488 Sheet Suggestions Listed by Applicability Suggestions for the applicable sheet now appear at the top of suggested sheets in the Sheet Properties dialog box.
EVP-15522 Convert New from Resizable Design When creating projects from Library templates (.evr files), you can now use a different material for each individual drawing right at the start of the new project.
EVP-15606 Extend unitconv() with an option for rounding The unitconv() function, which automatically switches between metric systems, now has an extension for rounding.
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New entries in settings files

Functionality Entry Group Location
Allow Multiple Materials in Drawings From .evr Files ClearMaterialInheritOnEVR=yes/no [DefaultViewSideOptions] .\AppData\Roaming\EngView\Package Designer\LocalSettings\EVPDD.evt
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