Version 7.0g 2025-02-27

  1. Fittings now appear correctly in reports again.
  2. Updates the supplied Festo product catalog extract and the symbol library.
  3. The link between contacts and relay coils could be lost in rare cases.
  4. When adding a new page via the project tree, the page appears under the active node.
  5. The American electrical symbols are available again in this version.

Version 7.0f 2025-02-12

  1. Fixes an error when sending large parts lists to the Festo online store.
  2. Fixes an error when reconfiguring valve terminals.
  3. Fixes an error when importing product databases.
  4. Improves the symbol search in the component library.
  5. The common line properties were sometimes not applied correctly.
  6. When inserting symbols, text components were sometimes placed outside the drawing area.
  7. The “Item appears in parts list” property was not always handled correctly when deleting secondary objects.
  8. Fixed an error when managing wires and cables.
  9. Electrical symbols were sometimes not correctly assigned to the global object.
  10. Improves the display of line designations after distributing valve terminals.
  11. Corrects the assignment of order codes when inserting valve terminals with pneumatic and electrical parts.
  12. Improves the scaling and rotation of macro-objects via the properties dialog.
  13. The specified page language now also applies to the catalog properties of global objects.
  14. Improves the positioning of cable wires.
  15. Improves the sort order when renumbering components.
  16. Prevents the designation from being moved when editing lines using the properties dialog.
  17. An error when resizing dialog boxes has been fixed.
  18. Text objects can now be assigned a background color.
  19. The list of drawing layers now always shows their designation.
  20. All properties of symbols from user libraries are now retained.
  21. FluidDraw now reacts immediately after closing the options dialog. Previously, there was a short pause during which the program could not be operated.
  22. There is a new option to automatically designate linked interruptions in a consistent manner.
  23. An error when editing text IDs within user attributes has been fixed.
  24. Activating a page in the project tree sometimes opened an identically named page of another currently opened project.
  25. When duplicating projects, references to global objects were sometimes not set correctly.
  26. FluidDraw could behave incorrectly if the Windows directory for temporary files contained too many files. This is now handled correctly and a message is displayed if necessary.
  27. Fittings and components that are screwed in can optionally be skipped when the reference designation is created, so that the line designation directly references the parent symbol.
  28. The setting for displaying the common inherited parts of global objects did not affect sub-symbols.
  29. During installation, any previously installed version of the CodeMeter license drivers is detected more reliably.

Version 7.0e 2024-09-30

  1. Contains electrical symbols for the US market.
  2. The digital signature of the automatic updates is checked before execution to prevent manipulation of the download.
  3. The “AdditionalSearchkey.txt” file from QuickSearch is also used by FluidDraw for custom part numbers.
  4. Prevents an implausible request when renaming interruptions.
  5. Some symbols in the component library were not translated correctly.
  6. Single-pole potentials are now saved correctly.
  7. After renumbering the fixed position numbers, they are automatically displayed if the option is activated in the project.
  8. The “Related Symbols” menu item in the context menu was sometimes inactive even though related objects were available.
  9. The automatic display of attributes after the insertion of connection terminators now works.
  10. After changing inherited project attributes from within the page dialog, the changed attribute values were not always updated immediately.
  11. Updates the supplied Festo product catalog extract and the symbol library.
  12. The pre-selected symbol types are now also considered when inserting an identcode.
  13. The list of parts inserted was not summarized correctly when inserting parts with customer part numbers.

Version 7.0d 2024-07-05

  1. Contains various adaptations for the US market.
  2. The web addresses of the online services have been updated.
  3. There is an additional connection termination directly at the connections, which represents a simple compressed air supply.
  4. The automatic designation of lines based on the connected components now takes into account the direction of the connection.
  5. Updates the supplied Festo product catalog extract and the symbol library.
  6. Fixes an error when copying the drawing layers from the global settings.
  7. Fixes a rare error when opening the project properties via the context menu in the project tree.
  8. Improves the position of the designations of lines and interruptions/potentials.
  9. A preselection can be made in the options as to which symbol types should be inserted by default.
  10. Improves the display of the cumulative parts list.
  11. Improves the insertion of parts lists from Festo QuickSearch.
  12. The CSV export of parts lists is now done by default without quotation marks.
  13. Fixes an error when pasting rotated objects from the clipboard.
  14. Contains various optimizations for editing large projects.
  15. When changing the properties of a text link, the dialog was sometimes not updated correctly.
  16. Improves the renumbering of all project designations.
  17. Selecting a secondary object did not always work when catalog data was assigned.
  18. Removes a possible inappropriate description when inserting configurable symbols.
  19. Fixes a rare error when setting the font size.
  20. The position of the cross-reference was sometimes not displayed correctly.
  21. Improves the transfer of a parts list to the Festo shopping cart.
  22. Improves the renumbering of pages within a project.
  23. In rare cases, the contact images were not displayed correctly.
  24. Inserting cross-references sometimes did not work.

Version 7.0c 2024-02-27

  1. Prevents occasional freezing due to incorrect object references.
  2. Fixes an error when placing valve terminals after reconfiguring.
  3. When saving a symbol in a user library, any associated global object is retained.
  4. The display of the T-distributor has been adapted to the current standard.
  5. When splitting a valve terminal, connected components were sometimes not handled correctly.
  6. Sometimes no global object was created when inserting a valve terminal.
  7. Improves the zoom function with the mouse wheel while holding down the Ctrl key.
  8. The catalog dialog now remembers the last database used.
  9. Fixes a bug when scaling multiple selected texts.
  10. Corrects the dialog of the geometry properties of simple lines.
  11. User-defined attributes were sometimes lost when changing the properties of multiple selected lines.
  12. Updates the supplied Festo product catalog extract and the symbol library.
  13. Reports now have a quick access menu.
  14. Selected objects in the circuit diagram are highlighted in the reports and vice versa.
  15. Symbols of the identcode resolution can now also be selected when inserting from the Festo catalog.
  16. Improved data adoption when inserting from QuickSearch.
  17. The Chinese manual has been revised and can be called up directly from FluidDraw.
  18. Improves the positioning of the line designations.
  19. Catalog and user attributes with the same name are combined in reports.
  20. FluidDraw uses the standard dialog for file selection and supports the system-wide file preview for FluidDraw projects.
  21. Improved renumbering of symbols and T-distributors.
  22. The column configuration of the insert dialog is kept even after restarting the program.
  23. Fixes a bug when changing the page properties.
  24. Improves the DXF import.
  25. In rare cases, no corresponding unplaced objects were created.
  26. The automatic saving of open files at a certain interval can be set in the options.
  27. When creating a template copy, the file name is used as the description of the new template.

Version 7.0b 2023-09-22

  1. The number of designation letters is now also taken into account for lines, cables and symbol groups.
  2. Fixes a display error when searching for attribute links.
  3. The cursor position is taken into account when inserting attribute links.
  4. Fixes an error when automatically connecting components.
  5. Prevents duplication of prefixes in designations.
  6. The T-distributor is reduced to standard size.
  7. The catalog attributes of lines are now translated correctly when changing the language.
  8. The creation of components containing certain special characters now succeeds.
  9. Fixes a bug in the designation of sub-objects.
  10. Some descriptions in the component library were not displayed correctly.
  11. Connection lines are labeled according to designation rules.
  12. Fixes an error that occurred when renumbering lines.
  13. Duplicate line designations are now recognized.
  14. Improves the insertion of parts lists from QuickSearch.
  15. The actual components are now highlighted more clearly when renumbering.
  16. Improves the position of line attributes.
  17. Allows part number assignment for multiple selected T-distributors.
  18. When inserting a valve terminal from the catalog, it can now be configured directly.
  19. The prefix of installation, circuit and location can optionally be displayed in the title block and in the attribute links.
  20. Updates the supplied Festo product catalog extract and the symbol library.

Version 7.0a 2023-07-12

  1. Customizing connection designations via the common properties dialog did not work.
  2. Inserting elementary symbols did not always work in version 7.
  3. The option “invisible objects appear in parts list” is now correctly interpreted in the reports.
  4. The reference designations could not be assigned in the “Festo” library, which is now separate since version 7.

Version 7.0 2023-06-26

First, official release of FluidDraw 7.