Release Notes to EngView 2025.1.6

Installation Files & Adobe Illustrator Compatibility

File Use It For Notes
Windows
Packaging_Suite_Setup_x64_2025.1.6 Clean setups or upgrades from earlier major versions. Upgrades the Settings and Standards Library of installations of Version 9 and later.
Packaging_Suite_Patch_x64_2025.0.1-2025.1.6 Upgrades from version 2025.1. Does not upgrade the Settings and Standards Library.
macOS
EngView Packaging Suite 2025.1.6.4815.dmg Setup and upgrades Compatible with macOS Sequoia (macOS 15)
EVAIPlugin
Compatible With Adobe Illustrator 2025 (build 29.4)
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New Features & Improvements

Drafting

ID Functionality Description
EVP-15723 Global Settings for Precise Relations Detection Two new UI controls have been added to the Tools | Preferences | Relations tab: For (1) setting a precsion value for the distance of setting a relation and (2) how close the mouse pointer should be to an object for EngView to engage the auto-snap functionality.

General UI

ID Functionality Description
EVP-15725 UI Created for Layout Settings Properties Related to EVP-15679. Layout-related properties that used to be hidden in system files have now been given their own UI controls. These include parts array mode, initail part orientation, G-cut inspection, place parts 1up order. Preferences window -- Done because we whanted to put the parameters from FDC-related INI files in the UI. The current UI is VERY ugly and will be reworked in the next version.

CAM

ID Functionality Description
EVP-15753 Updated ZUND Driver Additional properties have been added to the ZUND driver. For (1) the cutting mode and (2) the registration type.

Layout

ID Functionality Description
EVP-15724 Greater Control of 1ups List in Insert Parts Mode Related to EVP-15679. When choosing parts to insert into a layout, the dropdown menu in the contxtual edit bar now lists the available parts in a user-friendly order.
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Usability

ID Functionality Description
EVP-15739 EVD File Version Warning A user-friendly warning message appears when an .evd file was created with an earlier version of the software.
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Integration

ID Functionality Description
EVP-15679 FDC/ MCC Label Related to EVP-15724. New options in connection to the placement of parts in the Layout mode have been introduced in the Tools | Preferences property sheet (Layout mode).
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Addressed Issues

Layout

ID Functionality Description
EVP-15705 Drawing Properties Dialog Ignores Resize After resizing, the Drawing Properties dialog box failed to stick to the resize.
EVP-15706 Crash with Tables View On EngView crashed when in a layout drawing the tables view was opened and the contents of the underlying 1up drawing was deleted. This has been fixed.
EVP-15742 Parts Statistics Tables View Lost on Drawing Change In a layout drawing with active Parts Statistics table view tab, EngView failed to return to the tab when the active work drawing was changed and then re-opened.

CAM

ID Functionality Description
EVP-15707 Toolpath Failure Toolpath failed if custom objects in the CutCrease style had the Allow Longer Ends functionality turned on. This has been fixed.

UI

ID Functionality Description
EVP-15669 Incorect Display of Print & Preview Icons on Big Theme The icons on the Print and Preview buttons were displayed out of proportion on program's Big Theme. This has been fixed.

macOS Edition

ID Functionality Description
EVP-15735 Printing Circles The macOS edition was unable to print out circles. This has been fixed.
EVP-15731 No Printing Under Sonoma, Sequoia Printing was not possible under the macOS versions Sonoma and Sequoia.
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