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Version 17.03
June 19, 2026
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Solved issues:

1683Fixed an issue that could cause invisible PDF comments to become visible after saving the document to a new file.
#Fixed an issue where transparent print watermarks could appear behind document content.
#PDF module: Fixed an issue where certain types of PDF file corruption could cause an endless loop during processing.
#PDF module: Fixed an exception that could occur when re-saving PDF files containing layers.
#Fixed an installer issue that could prevent the OCR module from being installed correctly, causing batch OCR processing to fail on some systems.


Version 17.01
May 12, 2026
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Solved issues:

#The selected equal color setting had no effect when comparing PDF files.
#Comparing two PDF files could cause an application error.
#Opening a password-protected PDF file and saving it as a new PDF file (with markups) could create a blank file.


Version 17.00
April 1, 2026
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  • Added Watch Folder Conversion, allowing you to monitor a folder and automatically convert files added or copied into it.
  • Added the option to apply a watermark to the active PDF document, with support for all pages or a user-defined page range.
  • Added batch support for applying watermarks to multiple files.
  • Added a new PDF Tile Page option for tiling (splitting) large-format pages into smaller pages (tiles).
  • Added a new option in Advanced Conversion Settings to set the SVG export resolution (default is 96).
  • The Defoxing filter dialog now includes an option to apply the filter to all pages.
  • The Binarization filter dialog now includes an option to apply the filter to all pages.
Changes:
  • The 64-bit version now includes the Tesseract OCR engine, eliminating the need for a separate installation.
  • The Open Next File button is now displayed as a large icon.
  • The Text Extract button has been moved to the Tools tab.
  • The Hot Folder Printing button has been renamed to Watch Folder Printing.
Solved issues:

1682Fixed an issue where text in a customer PDF file was displayed with incorrect character spacing.
1678Fixed an issue where text in a customer PDF file was displayed with incorrect character spacing.
-Fixed an issue where page selection in the Pages pane was difficult to see when dark (black) GUI mode was active.


Version 16.24
December 19, 2025
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Solved issues:

1675Adding a TIFF as an overlay to another TIFF and saving the result as a TIFF caused the overlay to be saved on a second page instead of being merged into the original page.
1674Some Thermal pads in a customer provided Gerber file had an incorrect number of gaps (5 instead of 4).


Version 16.22
November 1, 2025
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  • The default mouse wheel operation for multi-page PDF files is now zooming.
    You can change this behavior using the buttons on the status bar at the bottom of the window.
  • A new option has been added to set the initial zoom factor for multi-page PDF files.
    Available options include: Zoom 100%, Zoom Width, and Zoom All.
  • PDF conversion and security options can now be accessed directly from the Save as PDF dialog.
Solved issues:

1661Fixed an issue where only the first page of a multi-page DWFx file was displayed correctly; subsequent pages were previously blank.
1658Resolved missing polyline bulges in DXF files submitted by a customer.


Version 16.20
May 20, 2025
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News:
  • Added support for viewing and conversion of Autodesk Inventor IDW (2D) files by using Autodesk Apprentice Server.
    You can download Autodesk Apprentice Server directly from Autodesk here (64-bit only).
    After installing the Apprentice Server, ViewCompanion can automatically open and convert IDW files.
  • Now using the same Gerber importer as GerbView 11.
Solved issues:

1654Rotating a raster only PLT file and saving to a new PLT, created incorrect result.
1637Some Italian characters in a HPGL/2 file from customer were not displayed correctly.


Version 16.10
April 1, 2025
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  • Modified the compare function by adding options for toggling visibility of new, old and equal information.
  • Added support for opening AVIF files for viewing and conversion.
  • Added AVIF as new output format.
  • Added a new and improved SVG importer for annotation symbols.
Solved issue:

1644A PDF file from customer was not identified as a PDF file.


Version 16.00
February 20, 2025
Major Update 		Downloads
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News:
  • Added a new Batch Scale PDF files dialog.
    Use this tool to create scaled copies of PDF files while prevailing all content (layers, text, geometry etc).
  • Added a new Batch Rotate PDF files dialog. Use this tool to create copies of PDF files where is page is rotated 90, 180 or 270 degrees.
    You may also use this tool to force all pages to landscape or portrait mode in the output PDF file.
  • Added a new Batch OCR dialog for converting PDF, TIFF, CALS and other formats to a searchable PDF.
    This tool requires Tesseract OCR engine to be installed on the computer.
  • Added color mode selection to the Print dialog (available options include color, gray or monochrome).
  • Added JPEG-XL compression setting to control quality and lossless options for exported files.
  • Added /ocr command line parameter. Use this parameter to create a searchable PDF file from the input file.
  • Added /cpdfa command line parameter. Use this parameter to create a PDF/A compliant file from the input PDF file.
Changes:
  • Added rotate option to the Batch Conform PDF dialog.
    You can now rotate the pages in the converted PDF while it is being converted to PDF/A standard.
Solved issues:

1635Some images in a DWF file from a customer were displayed with incorrect colors.
1631CGM files from a customer were displayed with huge extents.
1629Excellon drill files were displayed incorrectly.
1572Excellon drill files with .txt extension were loaded as text files.


Updates for previous version:
Version 15