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Version 15.51
October 10, 2024
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News:
  • Added support for opening JPEG XL files for viewing and conversion.
  • Added JPEG XL as new output format.
Solved issues:

1621Some text elements were incorrectly included after converting from PDF to DWF.
#Creating a searchable PDF from a raster file (e.g. CALS) could sometimes result in a PDF with wrong page size.


Version 15.50
September 2, 2024
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News:
  • Added an option to disable the internal File Explorer (Settings->Advanced->User Interface). The default setting is off.
  • Added an option for selecting the PDF/A conformance level to use when PDF/A is enabled for output PDF files. Available settings:
    • PDF/A-2b
    • PDF/A-3b
    • PDF/A-2u
    • PDF/A-3u
    • PDF/A-4
    • PDF/A-4e
  • A setting for selecting PDF/A conformance level was added to the conversion ini file (PDFALEVEL).
Solved issues:

1620No longer opens XPS files as a ZIP archive. These files will now be tried loaded using the DWFX reader.
1619Excellon G84 command (Canned Circle) was not supported.
1618Markups were still being loaded in an added compare DWF/DWFX file even if the "Load Markup Created by Design Review" option was disabled.
1617A DWF file was loaded with invalid dimension.
1616Missing line style in DWF file from customer.
1615Some polygons that were the outside paper area in a DWF file were not clipped.
1612An image in a DWF file had wrong colors and was lost after conversion to PDF.
1611Missing line styles in DWF file from customer.
1609After conversion from PDF to CAD (DWF) some extra unwanted content was included.


Version 15.40
August 1, 2024
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News:
  • Microsoft Vista is no longer supported.
  • Added support for viewing and converting PSD (Adobe Photoshop) file format.
  • ViewMode (color,gray,mono) now also works while viewing and converting PDF files.
  • Added PDF/A-4e as option to PDF conform functions.
  • If the original file and the compared file have the same layer structure, the toggle layer visibility option will now affect both files.
  • Added two high quality scaling options for 24 and 32 images in the Resize dialog: AVIR and Lanczos.
Solved issues:

1608The Load markup created by Autodesk Design Review setting had no effect for DWFX files.
1607Design Review markups were displaced in DWFX files from customer.
1601Compare of two DWF files from a customer gave incorrect result for some text elements. Even if these elements were equal in both files, they were highlighted as new.


Version 15.30
June 14, 2024
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News:
  • Added support for opening password protected DWF and DWFX files.
  • Added support for hyperlinks in DWF and DWFX files.
    All hyperlinks from the source document will be added to exported PDF files.
Solved issues:

1600 Excellon drill files from a customer were not displayed correctly.
1596A CGM file from a customer was not displayed correctly.
1593DWF and DWFX hyperlinks were not supported.
1592Transparent markup images lost transparency after conversion to DWF.
1588Password protected DWF and DWFX files could not be opened.
1586A DWF file from a customer failed to open.
1585Some filled elements in a DWFX file were missing transparency.
1569Some of the text elements in a DWF file from customer were too narrow.
-Mouseover tooltip for page related links were missing.


Version 15.20
March 7, 2024
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News:
  • Added an option to enable creation of progressive JPEG files.
  • Added "Convert to PDF Raster" option to the Shell Extension context menu.
  • Added JPEGPROGRESSIVE setting to conversion configuration file to enable creation of progressive JPEG files.
Solved issues:

1584 Line merge mode was lost after converting a HPGL/2 file from customer to PDF.
1582Converting a PDF to DWF caused an exception error.
1581Some of the images in a PDF file from customer were displayed with wrong background color.
1579PDF property settings didn't have any effect if PDFRASTER export format was used.
157832-bit HEIC images was loaded as 24-bit which caused transparency (alpha channel) to be lost.
1573Missing images in CGM files from customer.


Version 15.10
January 10, 2024
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News:
  • Added an option to set compression level for exported PNG files.
  • Added PNGCOMPRESSION setting to conversion configuration file.
  • Added JPEGQUALITY setting to conversion configuration file.
Solved issues:

1571 It was not possible to realign compared files after alignment was already done.
Pressing alignment will now reset any previous offsets before the user can select new points.
1570 Saving comparison to PDF could cause an exception error if the color selected for equal content was different than black.


Version 15.01
December 21, 2023
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News:
  • Added an option to set line style pattern length for exported HPGL/2 files.
  • Added PDF/A-4 target option to the PDF conform functions.
Solved issues:

1567 A PDF file from a customer failed to open.
1564An Excellon drill file from customer was not displayed correctly.
1563Some lines had incorrect line pattern after conversion from PDF2CAD to HPGL/2.
1561Some of the text elements were not placed correctly in a DWF file from customer.
#Converting any 24-bit image file to a 32-bit PNG/BMP/WEBP/TIFF/HEIC file did create a blank image only.
#PDF merge will now keep the original file name, if pre conversion to PDF is required (for example from DWF to PDF).


Version 15.00
September 20, 2023
Major Update 		Downloads
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News:
  • ViewCompanion has been rebuilt using latest available development tools for full compatibility with the latest Windows versions.
  • Windows XP are no longer a supported platform.
  • Internal file explorer is now again available.
  • Added new sketch mode display option. This option can be useful if you're measuring geometry with wide lines.
  • Added a new option for setting a new serial number. This option can be found under the Settings tab.
  • Markup measure is now a separate panel with distance, area and counter options.
  • Added a new option to control if page rotation for DWF files should be applied (enabled by default).
  • Several other minor changes and improvements.
Solved issues:
1557Missing image in CGM file from customer.
1555Cropping a PDF page which was rotated 270 degrees left only a blank page.
1550A DWF file from a customer caused floating point exception error during loading.
1549DWF file loaded with wrong page rotation.
1547One of the pages in a DWF file was loaded with wrong extents.
1544PDF2DWF: Two images had wrong color after conversion to DWF.
1543Some Freehand text annotations in a PDF file were displayed using wrong characters.
1539Excellon files from customer loaded with wrong extents.
1538Missing markup text in a DWF file due to a clipping error.
1537Some of the markup text in a DWFX file were incorrectly rotated.
1536Some of the markup text in a DWFX file were missing due to a draw order error.
1535Some CGM files were not displayed correctly.
1534Missing points (polymarker element) in DWF file from customer.
1533Some CGM files were not displayed correctly and could cause a crash.
1530Raster images were missing in a CGM file from customer.
Updates for previous version:
Version 14