September 25th, 2009 — 4:33pm
Version 0.6.1 has been released. This is a maintenance release that fixes a major bug preventing saved diagrams from being re-opened on Windows. Sorry to anyone bit by this, I’ve rebuilt my Windows environment and will be more diligent about testing. I’ve also fixed a bug where the ‘Render Header’ and ‘Render Footer’ checkboxes were not being honored when exporting to PDF or JPEG, and updated the ‘Change Units’ functionality to preserve the view scaling. There will likely be at least one more maintenance release before 0.7 comes out.
Special thanks to Anders for the feedback. As always, comments, criticism, and questions appreciated.
Changelog:
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September 25th, 2009 — 12:31pm
I’ve created a mailing list for people interested in receiving emails when new versions of PSICAT are released. This will be a low volume (1-2 emails a month) list just for announcing new versions.
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September 15th, 2009 — 4:18pm
Version 0.6 has been released. It includes a working Image Import option as well as significant improvements in performance and the legacy import option. Looking forward, I’m planning at least one maintenance release with improved documentation and videos. Work has also begun on a diagram editor which will allow you to create and customize your diagrams.
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September 7th, 2009 — 9:46pm
I’ve been making steady progress on the 0.6 release. The focus of this release is to really polish the UI and improve the user experience. To that end, I’ve revamped the tooltips that are shown when you mouse over an object:
It shows you the depth/height where the mouse is at as well as some info about the object the mouse is over. The description of the object will also show up if it is set. The other new feature will be an option to import images into your diagrams. This should allow people to start playing around with the better image handling support.
I’ve also been focusing a lot of performance improvements as well. The new version of PSICAT feels pretty snappy for small projects but can get very sluggish to unusable with large projects like the 1285 meters of detailed description in the ANDRILL MIS hole. I checked in a few changes today that speed things up dramatically. Rendering in 0.6 should be at least as fast as the original version of PSICAT for large projects (and possibly faster).
I’m shooting for a release this week, so check back. Thanks to all that have been providing feedback. Keep it coming!
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