HighDesign R8.2 Release Notes

Version: 2024.2
Status: beta testing

New features, changes & improvements

  1. New Zone tool with automatic numbering, data label, color presets, and schedule support.
  2. Added Spanish and Portuguese translations.
  3. New, faster Help & Documentation website.
  4. New Help window with integrated access to the Help & Documentation website
  5. Fixed internal error in the creation of a new style
  6. Fixed internal error in the creation of the preview of images.
  7. DXF/DWG Export: adjusted resolution of text size.
  8. DXF/DWG Export: table cells with multi-line content are now exported correctly.
  9. DXF/DWG Export: added popup notification after a successful export.
  10. Walls: improved connections between basic and composite walls.
  11. Walls: added new Join option to disable connections to walls on different layers.
  12. Doors and windows are now better integrated into their host wall.
  13. PDF Export: improved support for texts and labels on Windows.
  14. PDF Export: on Windows, fixed situation that caused viewports to be ignored.
  15. PDF Export: on Windows, fixed rendering of gradients.
  16. Layouts sheets: the frame border is now always rendered as a continuous line.
  17. Fills menu: the global “Opacity” slider is now named “Fill Opacity” to better differentiate it from color opacity.
  18. Title Block panel: the OK button is now always enabled.
  19. Fixed bug that caused the Viewport tool to stick after editing a viewport.
  20. The Project Browser now shows the scrollbar after loading a project.
  21. Font menus are now of the correct width on Windows.
  22. Fixed the width of Window and Door family menus on high-resolution displays.
  23. Windows: fixed bug that caused long menus to not show the scrollbar on high-resolution displays.
  24. Groups: improved support for grouped walls and openings.
  25. Fixed Undo/Redo Group command applied to groups with walls.
  26. Fixed Undo/Redo Ungroup.
  27. Tables: the number of rows did not update correctly.
  28. Fixed occasional internal error caused by the project previews in the Home window.