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- MicroCAD 1.1 - Summary of Changes in Version 1.1 (January 1992)
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- The following is a supplement to the standard program instructions.
- For full instructions, refer to MICROCAD.DOC.
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- Mouse Driver Support
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- Version 1.1 includes changes to compensate for differences between
- mouse driver versions. It has been tested to operate in a consistent
- manner with Microsoft versions 6.14, 6.25, 7.00 and 7.04, and Logitech
- versions 5.01 and 6.00.
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- Object Statistics
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- Version 1.1 features a dynamic display of the cursor position and
- current object dimensions and statistics. This allows objects to be
- accurately placed, and drawn or re-sized to exact scale. For
- details, refer to instruction 3.22.
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- Isometric Projection
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- Version 1.1 introduces an isometric projection feature. Refer to
- instruction 4.13. Also, object rotations are now permitted in
- orthographic (and isometric) modes, in addition to perspective mode.
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- Miscellaneous Changes
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- Changes the circle/ellipse re-size to use a fixed center point.
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- Changes the diagram tilt (pitch) and diagram spin (yaw) icons to
- respond in a clockwise direction. This change does not impact the
- orientation of existing diagrams.
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- Corrects the handling of diagram overflow conditions.
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- Returns to DOS in the original video mode instead of 80-column text
- mode.
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- Improvements to the print drivers: Sets the device driver to binary
- mode. Changes the printer error handling. Corrects the PaintJet
- high-density encoding.
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- Minor changes and clarifications to the file format description.
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