What's New
2024-05-06 V3.5.35.0: Patch "c) UI: Minor tweaks" improved.
2024-04-16 V3.5.34.1: Added patch: "j) 'Jump to Node' at Net tab".
2024-04-05 V3.5.33.0: Added patches: "?) UI: Show pin count of selected Net" and "@) UI: Don't set [modified] flag on switch of sheet".
2024-01-05 V3.5.32.0: Added patch: "5) UI: Fix sheet list sorting of Page Setup dialog".
2023-06-30 V3.5.31.0: Added patch: "3) Fix crash kinda 'Main Frame is NULL'".
2023-06-28 V3.5.30.0: Patch: "u) Enable Undo/Redo after Save" bug fixed. Patch "c) UI: Minor tweaks" improved. Support e-mail changed.
2023-03-23 V3.5.29.0: Added patch: "4) Fix bug with Print Dialog settings". Added command line switch "/start" to auto-start patch procedure.
2023-01-21 V3.5.28.0: Improved patches: "A) UI: Open files within current instance" and "6) UI: Fix .manifest files issue with Vista OS and newer".
2023-01-07 V3.5.27.0: Improved patches: "8) UI: Fix handler of mouse wheel" and "c) UI: Minor tweaks".
2023-01-05 V3.5.26.5: Added patch: "8) UI: Fix handler of mouse wheel".
2022-12-25 V3.5.25.1: Improved patch: "g) Dimension designators": partial Russian GOST support.
2022-12-16 V3.5.24.0: Added patch: "g) Dimension designators".
2022-09-14 V3.5.23.0: Added patch: "s) CMP: sort Source Browser".
2022-06-25 V3.5.22.1: The ellipsis char '…' of Quality.chr font has been widened.
2022-05-20 V3.5.22.0: Patch "W) Deploy Cyrillic win1251 converted stroke fonts" improved - Lcom.chr font upgraded to Cyrillic.
2022-04-28 V3.5.21.0: Patch "c) UI: Minor tweaks" improved.
2022-04-25 V3.5.20.0: Patch: "L) Draw last pixel of lines" improved. Patched code refactoring and optimization.
2022-04-06 V3.5.19.0: Patch: "a) Align Ref Point to Workplace center" improved.
2022-03-27 V3.5.18.0: Added patch: "a) Align Ref Point to Workplace center".
2022-03-02 V3.5.17.1: Patch "w) Compatibility with UAC" improved.
2022-02-19 V3.5.17.0: Patch "e) PatEd: enable Mask/Plane" bug fixed. Patch "c) UI: Minor tweaks" improved.
2022-02-14 V3.5.15.1: Added patch: "2) Append patch set version to PCAD version".
2022-02-13 V3.5.14.0: Improved algorithm of resources updating. Patch "c) UI: Minor tweaks" improved.
2022-02-10 V3.5.13.0: Added patch: "n) {Filename} field without extension".
2022-01-22 V3.5.12.1: Dialog "Tools\Update Paths in .INI files of PCAD" added.
2022-01-16 V3.5.11.2: Patch "V) Allow to edit (Default) pad/via style" bug fixed.
2022-01-15 V3.5.11.0: Added patches: "k) Draw small radius arcs", and "L) Draw last pixel of lines". Improved patch "0) PCAD-2006 SP2 integrity check".
2021-12-31 V3.5.10.0: Added patch: "t) Release wait loop time slice".
2021-12-16 V3.5.9.1: Patches "c) UI: Minor tweaks", "N) Net name default suffix length in SCH", "O) Remove Obsolete files", "w) Compatibility with UAC" improved.
2021-10-21 V3.5.8.0: Added patch: "f) Disable fading animation of workplace ToolTip (Hint)". Improved patch "z) Macros procedures error handler". Removed ' encodings from .chm files for compatibility with WinXP (Internet Explorer 8).
2021-10-19 V3.5.7.1: Added patches: "V) Allow to edit (Default) pad/via style", and "v) Allow to edit (Default) text style". Fixed bug introduced in V3.5.3.0 with copying file timestamp without content.
2021-10-08 V3.5.6.0: Patches "c) UI: Minor tweaks" and "l) Show Length of selected Net in PCB" improved.
2021-09-20 V3.5.5.0: Patch "z) Macros procedures error handler" improved.
2021-09-04 V3.5.4.0: Added patch: "u) Enable Undo/Redo after Save". Improved patch "0) PCAD-2006 SP2 integrity check" to skip new files.
2021-08-12 V3.5.3.0: Sharing Violation dialog added to handle sharing errors during file operations.
2021-07-31 V3.5.2.2: Patches "I) Replace colon separator in {RefDes} attribute of symbols" and "X) Fix incompatibility with tilde after Russian character" improved. Improved GUI and help topics of this utility.
2021-07-25 V3.5.1.1: Patch "C) UI: Adjust width of columns at Layer tab" superseded by option "3. Increase size of table at Layer tab" of "c) UI: Minor tweaks" patch. Improved help topics of this utility.
2021-07-23 V3.5.0.3: Added ability to copy only part of text from the log. Improved help topics of this utility.
2021-07-22 V3.5.0.1: Patch "O) Remove Obsolete files" made standalone. Patch "C) UI: Adjust width of columns at Layer tab" can be applied to Relay, and slightly optimized. Patch "Y) Russian chars in edit controls" improved. "Touch .exe files date" option removed and forced. Stricter check of sequences. Roboex32.DLL removed from list of files to be patched. Improved help topics of this utility.
2021-07-10 V3.4.3.2: Increased warning about mandatory Service Pack 2 for PCAD-2006. Messages clarified.
2021-07-08 V3.4.3.0: Improved patch: "h) Deploy help files in .CHM format" and help topics of patch.
2021-07-06 V3.4.2.1: Improved patches: "h) Deploy help files in .CHM format" and "w) Compatibility with UAC".
2021-07-01 V3.4.1.0: Added patch: "h) Deploy help files in .CHM format".
2021-04-02 V3.4.0.0: Written Help in .chm format. Newly added files will be deleted upon patch revert.
2020-11-21 V3.3.9.4: BGI font viewer; Quality.chr, PCAD46.chr, and Basic.chr fonts; and "w) Compatibility with UAC" patch has been improved.
2020-11-12 V3.3.8.0: Added patch: "J) Force graphics Double-Buffered mode". Patch "H) Text rotation to 180° in SCH" improved.
2020-10-29 V3.3.3.0: Added patches: "o) Designate Pads/Vias on plane layers", and "m) Default swell of masks".
2020-10-12 V3.3.0.0: Added patches: "w) Compatibility with UAC", and "p) Advanced drawing of Pads". Patch "K) Fix InterPlace save of settings" improved.
2020-09-22 V3.2.9.0: Added patch "d) UI: Disable splash screen".
2020-09-21 V3.2.8.0: Improved patch "M) Change millimeter precision".
2020-08-18 V3.2.7.1: Popup menu has been added into "List of Patches" and "Affected files" lists.
2020-08-08 V3.2.7.0: Added patch "l) Show Length of selected Net in PCB".
2020-04-06 V3.2.5.0: Language resource file version check has been added.
2020-03-18 V3.2.4.1: Bitmap to EMF converter has been improved: options of EMF scale and quality.
2020-02-28 V3.2.3.1: A simple (based on GDI API) Bitmap to EMF converter has been added.
2020-02-27 V3.2.3.0: Net name default suffix length in SCH and Allow PCB to load bitmaps wrapped into EMF patches has been added.
2020-02-23 V3.2.2.0: MillimeterPrecision patch has been improved: nowadays it adds additional item "mm prec" into Options dialog.
2019-10-06 V3.2.1.0: Still Alpha-version of "z) Macros procedures error handler". Patch "U) Gerber: Fix bug with unoptimized BGI fonts" has been improved: BGI fonts optimization at load-time. Patch "T) Gerber: Fix bug with tildes" has been improved: fixed multi-line text with tildes.
2019-09-07 V3.1.0.0: Alpha-version of "z) Macros procedures error handler" patch added (don't apply this patch on PCAD installed in "Program Files"!). Deleting ability of .manifest files removed.
2019-08-22 V3.0.4.1: Improved loading speed of BGI-font viewer. Considering UAC VirtualStore while updating MillimeterPrecision.
2019-08-17 V3.0.4.0: ViSt.chr BGI-font added. BGI-font viewer added. Minor UI improvements: icon and font. Controls auto-arrangement.
2019-07-26 V3.0.3.2: Saving config.ini fixed. Minor translation improvements.
2019-07-26 V3.0.3.1: Installer created. GUI engine reworked.
2019-07-23 V3.0.3.0: Russian translation has been added. Patch IDs changed into letters.
2019-07-19 V3.0.1.0: MillimeterPrecision patch has been added.
2019-07-14 V3.0.0.0 Program has been published.