Square-to-Round Development History {not checked yet} first created 04/12/05 - last modified 18/12/05 Page Author: Ty Harness
History
  • Development started Dec 2004
  • Implemented square to round pattern development into TyCAD May 2005.
  • Serious Development started October 2005
  • 30/10/2005: Alpha development completed
  • 1/12/2005: Beta Version 1 released for testing.
  • 8/12/2005: Beta Version 2 released for testing.
  • 12/12/2003: Beta Version 3 released for testing.
  • 18/12/2005: First release: STOR Version 1.0
  • 30/01/2005: Patch: STOR Version 1.01
  • 30/01/2005: Full release: STOR Version 1.02
    Version 1.x

    I invite all version 1 users (limited or full) to send in bugs reports and problems and any full commercial users will get the Version 2 for free. Of course, I hope version 1 is stable. I always like to make Version 2 more stable and respond to user issues rather than to try and sell V2 with more flashier features. i.e. an full inspection of the foundations before additional work is carried out on top.


    Version 1.02

    Support for the tyface format Snap Measuring and Imperial units.

    fileformat modified to allow for units.

    You can now set the User Interface into metric [mm] or imperial [in] and any subsequent scaled printout will be in your preferred choice of units without the need for manual conversion. The choice of units is stored in an ini file when you start the application it will drive up in your favored units. The tystor file format has changed and now contains units information. Say you send your tystor file to another company then when they open the file the correct units will be associated with the file. Release 1.02 will open the older file format but will remain in the default units system you have chosen.

    Version 1.01

    Quick Patch to solve DXF bugs released to all full version users.
    Beta 3 development and improvement

    Windows 98 picked up trailing back slash problem when trying to open Help file - FIXED.

    Still got the cursor position capture problem - although accurate capture when maximized to the desktop - Fixed Function to capture screen with cursor fails in Windows NT4 - Go to view and disable cursor capture in NT. - Work around.

    Added the version and code lock functions - new splash screen and application icon.
    Beta 2 development and improvement

    bug - If no printer is installed in windows - application crashes. Error handler added with graceful exit code.

    bug - When forcing fixed scale drawing shot to left bottom corner of screen. Fixed now to move to centre of extents.

    bug - zoom extents not fully extending beyond drawing elements. - Improved.

    bug - Snapshot OK in Windows Classic Theme but XP themes and custom themes cause some misalignment error. Proper caption height and menu height obtained.

    bug- Cursor position not correctly drawn on snap shot - similar to above misalignment.

    bug - canvas not clearing/refreshing until mouse over canvas called after invalid entry is used in the properties. Confusing to user if they leave a property field blank. - corrected.

    Centre of Extents function added to move drawing elements to centre of canvas without zooming extents at the same time.

    Text labeling of plan and pattern to be consistent with lists.

    2 additional layers created allowing user to turn off plan and pattern text independently.

    Ability for the user to define the pen colour.

    More advanced calculations:
    Circumference of circle/length of pattern curve
    Perimeter of square

    New Splash screen and Icon and help file added
    Testing

    Tested OS: Windows XP Home and Windows XP Professional , Windows Millennium, Windows 98SE, Windows NT4 SP6a, Windows 2000 Professional

    Hardware:
    Toshiba satellite 64MB 4070CDT Windows NT4 SP6a
    Toshiba satellite 64MB 4070CDT Windows 98SE
    Acer TravelMate Celeron CPU / 192MB RAM - Windows Millennium.
    Acer TravelMate Celeron CPU / 192MB RAM - Windows 2000 Professional
    Duron 1300, ECS Elite Mobo 500MB Ram - Windows XP Home SP2
    Semperon2600, GigaByte Mobo 1000MB Ram - Windows XP Home SP2
    Pentium4 3200, 512MB Ram - Windows XP Home SP2
    Athlon64Bit 3000, 1000MB Ram - Windows XP Home SP2


    Printers :
    Samsung ML1510 USB (A4 Laser ) - OK and accurate.
    Encad NovaJetII Network (A0 inkjet) - OK and accurate.
    Lexmark X74 (A4 inkjet) - OK and accurate.


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