ViewCompanion Pro Updates

The latest update will always include all previous fixes and improvements

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Version 16.24
December 19, 2025
Maintenance Update 		Downloads
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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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News:
  • 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
Maintenance Update 		Downloads
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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).
  • 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
Maintenance Update 		Downloads
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News:
  • 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 SVG importer for annotation symbols.
Solved issues:

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 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.
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