ViewCompanion Premium 15.20 + Pro + x64 + Repack + Rus

Maintenance UpdateDownloads 32-bit
64-bit
News:

• Complex PDF files with a lot of vector graphic should now load and display faster.
• Switching between documents with many pages is now faster.
• Added an option for disabling hidden text in DWF files.
• Added an option for converting DWF named views to PDF bookmarks.
• DWF viewports with measurement scale is now included when converting to PDF.
• If you convert a DWF to PDF, a bookmark for each page in the DWF will be added, and the named views as child to these (if this option is enabled).
• Black theme will now be default if you run Windows 10 with dark mode activated.

Solved issues:
IssueDescription1222Gerber file caused exception error.1221A CREO file was incorrectly being identified as HPGL/2 format.1216Opening a PLT file would fail if it was open for read/write in another application.1214DWF file was loaded with wrong extents.Some GUI elements did not have proper style if Black theme was selected.Only named views for first page in a DWF was loaded.

News:

• Added "select text for copy" function. Drag a rectangle to mark all text that will be copied to clipboard.
• CTRL+left mouse button now creates a copy of a selected markup element.

Solved issues:
IssueDescription1202A PLT file wit 32-bit PNG image was converted to black only due to loss of transparency channel (PLT to PLT).1201PDF to CAD: Line cap styles and line join styles were wrong after conversion to DWF.1200PDF to CAD: Some text was not clipped correctly.1199PDF to CAD: Some 1-bit images were not rotated correctly after conversion to DWF.1198PDF to CAD: Most of the content was missing.1193PDF to PDF command line conversion with rotation had no effect.1192A parasolid x_t file was incorrectly identified as a DXF file.1191PDF to CAD: An image had wrong scale and missing transparency after conversion to DWF.1190Text search couldn't find any text in PDF file from customer.1188Added support for markup picture loaded from URL (XML).

News:

• New flat styled GUI with additional application themes, including Microsoft ® Office White, Colorful and Black. You can find pictures of all the available themes here.
• Added PDF Optimize tool.
• Added deskew by selecting a two-point line in the image file.
• You can now save reports in Excel Workbook format (XLSX) from markup list, measurement summary and measurement result dialogs.
• Added support for viewing and converting Intergraph Raster files (CIT, COT, RGB and TG4).
• Added 4 new status bar buttons with the following functions:
  • Displaying certificate information for digitally signed PDF files.
  • Toggle visibility of PDF annotations on or off.
  • Option to use mouse wheel for zoom and pan operations.
  • Option to use mouse wheel for scroll operations.
    The last two buttons will toggle the state of the other button when it's activated.

General Changes:

• Added JBIG and JPEG2000 to the list of supported PDF compression methods.
• PDF file is now always loaded as monochrome image during compare independent of other settings.
• Added Close All Except This option to the tab context menu.
• Now always use version 1.6 for converted PDF files.
• Added support for UTF8 and UTF16 Unicode text files.
• Dimensions for the active page is now displayed in the status bar.
• Removed many obsolete options from the different setting dialogs.
• Added new option for default mouse action. The option is initially set to none.

Markup Changes:

• Added a new separate multi line arrow tool. Two-point arrow type is no longer an option, but a separate tool.
• Element type name can now be turned off in markup list.
• Added lock all markup elements option (Markup tools->drop down).
• Added editing for counter elements. You can now move or delete an existing counter node.
• Added insert node for counter elements.
• Vector layer states are now stored in the markup file, if save currently displayed portion is enabled.
• Measurement Path text is now by default placed above line.
• You may now delete any markup layer, if there more than one layer defined and if the layer currently has no elements.
• Added new options to Markup XML Barcode definition: imagerotation, barcodeincludetext and barcodelabel.
• Added additional counter types: checkmark, outlined circle and cross.
• Added area height, negative measurement, ID and include volume text options to measurement area element. There is now a new markup property panel where you can set these values, in addition to category and name, while drawing.
• Added a new predefined shape element type. Currently two predefined shapes are available: Accepted and Rejected. You can configure the size of the inserted shape. You can also add these shapes using Markup XML.
• Revision cloud is now always be outlined by default, independent of current fill style.

Solved issues:
IssueDescription1180PDF to CAD (DWF): A raster image was placed outside drawing area and flipped.1179Converted CGM files had too low resolution, the resolution has been increased to 1000 DPI.1177Added support for hidden text in DWF files.1176CGM file with Group4 tiled raster image caused exception error during conversion.1174Converted DXF files now correctly sets MEASUREMENT value to metric if saved as metric.1173Splitting a PDF file using config file into two separate TIFF files with PAGESIZE set, generated wrong images.1172Changed layer states for a viewed PDF will be now be applied to saved PDF file.1170A Solidworks SLDASM file was incorrectly detected as PDF format.1167If you have a PDF file with invalid extents (larger than 14400 units) that cannot be opened correctly by Acrobat, you can now fix this file by just using save as to PDF.1166PDF to CAD (DWF): 24-bit images with soft mask transparency is now converted to 32-bit (RGBA) images.1165A PDF file caused exception error.1164CGM with text elements at wrong location.1163Adding markup to a file PDF from customer caused all markup elements to be displaced due to a transformation matrix error.1158A DWF file opened with wrong extents.1157A DWF file with Hebrew text converted to PDF as ??? due to a codepage error.1156A DWF file caused exception error in 32-bit due to excessive memory usage.1155DWF file caused exception error during loading.1154PDF to CAD - some of the text elements where not clipped correctly.1153PDF to CAD: Extent of exported file were too large due to clipping error.1152Print fit to page didn't work if displayed area or region was selected.1151PDF to DWF: 24-bit images with soft mask transparency is now converted to 32-bit (RGBA) images.1150CGM file caused exception error during loading.1149PDF to CAD: Extent of exported file were too large due to clipping error.1146Several DWF files from customer failed to open.1143A PDF file caused crash during loading.Element lock will now correctly disable all functions that change element properties.Maximum arc size for revision cloud could not be changed (markup advanced option).Inserting or Removing points from measurement element will now always update markup list.Save As Dialogs: If you enter only a file name without extension, an extension will now be added.Save compare result of multipage pdf files always used page 0 instead of the current page.Compare save result will now include any markup added to background file.Counters did sometimes become invisible at certain scale factors.Fill color was not used for hatch lines if the shape was filled using a hatch pattern.Saving an open Office file (for example Word) to PDF, generated an empty PDF file.

Added support for WPG (WordPerfect Graphics) files if LibreOffice is installed on the system.
Fixed issues:
BugDescriptionConversion from PLT to PDF could cause most or all layers to be turned off by default.

The next and previous file buttons are again available next to the file open button on the ribbon.
The PDF exporter from version 10.00 can now be used instead of the new PDF exporter. You can enable the use of the older exporter in the Tools->Options->Conversion->Advanced dialog. The option is named "Use PDF Legacy Exporter".
The legacy exporter may be faster for some files, but it doesn't support full transparency, so markup may appear different in the converted PDF compared to how it look on the screen. If you for example just want to convert TIFF files with huge extents (width or height more than 2 meters) to PDF, the legacy exporter will be faster.
Fixed issues:
BugDescription1055DWF file had missing border lines in title field.1054DWF file had missing border lines in title field.1053DWF file exported from Inventor was loaded with wrong extents.1052The auto hide option didn't work for the page list control bar.1048Some text in a plotter file was displayed as white rectangles.1045Missing drawing details after converting PDF to DWF.1037Several problems with image rotation and location after converting a PDF file to PLT.1016DWFX file failed to open if the use paper size option was enabled.984DWFX file failed to open if the use paper size option was enabled.913DWF file had some drawing details outside paper area which should be clipped.

Major update.
New features and changes:
A rewritten core engine that gives much better accuracy for both conversion and measurement.
Modified GUI that allows all panels to be visible at the same time (panels includes layers, pages, bookmarks and project).
ViewCompanion may now use LibreOffice, in addition to Microsoft Office®, to view, print and convert Office formats. LibreOffice is free software and you can read more about it here.
ViewCompanion will automatically detect if LibreOffice or MsOffice is present on the system.
You may use ViewCompanion to batch convert Office formats to PDF if you have one of the above mentioned products installed.
New PDF print engine which should work faster on most systems.
Added rounded rectangle markup element.
Markup arrow type is now drawn by selecting two points.
You may now change the size of the page thumbnails and force them all to be displayed.
Added command to toggle between stay in draw markup mode, or go directly to edit after a markup is completed.
Added command to toggle between line edit mode or move element mode.
Added new raster rotate tools for 90, 180 and 270 degrees.
Added new raster invert tool.
Added new raster mirror horizontal and vertical tool.
Raster Deskew will now keep the original page size by default.
Added Deflate and JPEG compression options to TIFF conversion.
Inserted symbols may now be rotated.
The GUI should now be completely hidden during command line conversions.
Several other minor changes and improvements.
Fixed issues:
Bug Description
1036 Missing lines in DWF files from customer due to a clipping error.
1035 Missing raster images in CGM files from customer.
1034 A color image lost transparency after conversion to DWF (from PLT).
1033 A PDF file from customer was not displayed correctly.
1030 Chinese text in a CGM file was displayed as squares.
1022 A PDF file from customer lost some of the content when zoomed in.
1021 Running cleanup on an 8-bit image sometime created black only image.
1016 Some text files were incorrectly identified as a Gerber file.
1013 A PDF file from customer failed to open.
1009 If you're printing a file with different paper sizes, and have fit to page enabled, ViewCompanion may now rotate each page to match the page layout.
1006 A PDF file from customer had clipping errors.
1004 Missing image in CGM file.
1001 A PDF converted to DWF could not be opened by Design Review.
997 A white raster in a PDF file was loaded as black only.
990 Missing user defined hatch fill type in a CGM file from customer.
989 DWF file was displayed with an inverted raster image.
987 PDF to CAD: Some of text in a PDF file was not correctly converted to DXF.
986 Two DWF files failed to open.
907 Bad accuracy for a CGM file that was converted to PDF.
890 Converting a CGM file to PDF gave low accuracy when doing measurements in Acrobat.
- The PDF merge page label setting is now remembered between sessions.
- Both export and display are now honoring Monochrome and Grayscale flags for raster image output.
- Some filenames, like for example test.doc.tif, were incorrectly identified as Office document due to the doc extension.
- The DWF exporter now supports true type output.
- The DXF exporter should now always write polyline with correct line width.
- Eraser type element was not saved if XML format was used.
- Markup element line point editing can now be undone.
- A markup freehand element may now contain more than 1024 points.
- Scanning did not work for some WIA scanners (for example Canon LiDE 120).

Maintenance update.
New Feature:
ID Description
1 It is now possible to select a markup file in the batch conversion dialog. This markup file will be applied to all converted documents. This may be useful for adding text, watermark, stamps or any other information during the conversion process.
Fixed issues:
Bug Description
982 CGM file issue: Some dashed lines were displayed as solid lines.
980 After conversion from PDF to PDF with markup data, the markup could sometimes be displayed in wrong position and rotation, if the original PDF file used page rotation.
979 DWF file issue: Some elements were not filled correctly.
978 CGM file issue: Some elliptical arcs were not displayed correctly.
975 Markup text sizes become wrong after converting to PDF if markup data loaded was loaded from a customer made XML file.
974 CGM file issue: Several lines that should not be displayed.
973 CGM file issue: Text was misplaced and had wrong scaling.
972 CGM file issue: Some shapes were missing solid black fill.
--- PDF to DXF conversion is now using color 255 for white areas instead of color 7 (items with color 7 will be displayed using black on white background in AutoCAD).

New Features:
ID Description
1 Markup picture elements may now be rotated.
Fixed issues:
Bug Description
971 Some characters appeared too bold after conversion to PDF.
970 Missing color for some images during conversion to PDF.
967 PLT file caused an exception error during loading.
964 DWFX file caused an exception error during loading.

962 Two DWF files failed to open.
960 Converting a PLT file from customer to TIFF gave distorted images.
959 A CGM file was loaded with incorrect extents.
957 Some entities in DWF file was displayed outlined, but should have been filled.
956 A DWF file caused exception error.
955 Some images in a DWF file was displayed with transparency, but should have been opaque.
951 Logfile was sometimes not created if a file failed during command line conversion.
- Exported PDF/A files was sometimes missing color indent and failed preflight check.
- PDF merge page labels now use the correct case, previously all labels was lowercase.
- For EAN13 barcodes the last digit is now automatically changed to the checksum of the 12 first digits.

Feature update.
New Features:
ID Description
1 Converting from PDF to PDF with markup and using 100% scale will now retain all the original PDF content like text, layers and more.
2 Markup notes will now be converted to Acrobat text comment during conversion to PDF.
3 Added a new command line option named ComparePDF. This command will load two files, compare them and then save the comparison result to a PDF file.
4 ViewCompanion can use the file name as page label instead of a page number when you merge PDF files to a single PDF. An option to select either label names or page numbers has been added.
5 The markup list will now only show markups that are visible. Markup elements that are placed on layers that are "off" will no longer be listed.
6 Added an option to create legacy RS-274D Gerber files instead of RS-274X (extended) files.
7 Elements with hyperlinks will be converted to web or file links in the exported PDF file.
8 Calibration now has an option to recalculate all existing markup measurements if scaling is changed.
9 If you have Microsoft Office™ installed you may now open Word, PowerPoint and Excel files directly in ViewCompanion.
10 Web, file and page links in PDF files are now supported.
11 You may now see the content of a text comment in PDF files as a tooltip.
Fixed issues:
Bug Description
954 PLT: ViewCompanion could hang forever if a corrupt PLT files was using during command line conversion. We've added extra checks to avoid this.
953 PLT: After conversion to PDF most characters got a black box around them.
952 PLT: Converting a file from customer caused transparency to be lost for most images.
947 PDF: After conversion to DXF Japanese text was displayed only as "??". ViewCompanion now convert far-east characters correctly as Unicode (\U+XXXX).
943 Converting a file with margins didn't give expected result. The converted image was always centered even if different left/right and bottom/top margins were defined.
942 DWF file from customer caused an exception error during load.
941 DWF: Some of the text had wrong rotation and alignment.
940 PLT: After conversion to DWF some images lost transparency.
937 DWF: Only 12 pages of a 50 page file was loaded.
935 DWF: Some of the drawing was outside paper and the markup was displaced.
934 DWF: Some of the text was missing due to a clipping error.
918 PDF: A white polygon was placed on top of rest of the drawing, after conversion to DXF.
- PDF reader had a memory leak that could cause the displayed file to become white only, after several redraws.
- The SVG compression option was not stored between sessions.
- Markup burn-in only worked for page one in a multipage document.
- Solid filled markup circles were exported to PDF as outlined circles.
- Added line style support to Gerber exporter.
- Export of measurement area element didn't always fill the text background.

1 You may now press the ALT key while editing a line, polyline or polygon element, to move the whole element.
2 Added an option to control if anti-aliasing should be used when a PDF file is printed. Anti-aliasing can cause thin lines to become almost invisible when printed. This new option can be found under Tools->Options->Application->Advanced. Anti-aliasing is now disabled by default.
Fixed issues:
Bug Description
932 Some circles in PDF file was not complete after conversion to DXF.
931 Text in PLT file from customer had wrong orientation.
930 After conversion of PDF file to PLT some of the images was flipped and in wrong place.
925 Almost invisible lines when printing a PDF file with thin lines. Solved by disabling anti-aliasing.
923 A PLT file from customer caused an exception error in 64-bit.
922 Some 32-bit images in a DWFX file become black when converted to TIFF.
921 Some images lost transparency when converted to PDF.
920 PDF file from customer failed to open.

Maintenance update.
New Features:
ID Description
1 Added setting for creating high resolution PDF files (enabling this will increase file size).
2 Added setting for using conversion DPI when loading GIF files.
3 Added rectangular perimeter measurement element.
4 Added an option to keep raster dpi from input file when converting from raster to raster.
5 Added DWF and HPGL/2 to list of available output formats in Save As if a PDF file is loaded.
Fixed issues:
Bug Description
917 DWF file from customer did not load at all.
914 Some text in DWF file used wrong font height.
909 CGM file from customer loaded with wrong dimensions.
906 Missing images in CGM file from customer.
905 Missing markup images in DWF file from customer.
903 Converting PDF to PLT or DWF : Some images was converted with wrong rotation.
901 Missing tolerance symbol in CGM file from customer.
897 PDF file from customer was displayed blank.
896 Gerber aperture format was not supported.
893 Converting 32-bit images to PDF was missing the alpha channel (transparency).
891 Named views were not loaded for some DWF files.
890 Poor resolution when converting Gerber files to PDF. Enable the new high resolution PDF files setting to avoid this problem.
889 Missing text in DWF file from customer (some text was replaced by empty squares).
--- Markup highlighter element was not filled when converting to PDF.
--- Markup circle element lost hatch style when converted to other formats.

Minor maintenance update.
Fixed issues:
Bug Description
883 Missing text in DWF file from customer due to a clipping error.
882 Opening Calcomp plotter files from customer could randomly cause an application crash.
881 Opening PLT file from customer caused an application crash.
879 Using ViewCompanion with two monitors could sometimes cause the second screen to appear frozen when zooming in.

Major release.
New Features:
No Description
1 Several user interface changes related to markup. While editing a markup element an editing tab will be activated to make it easy to modify all available properties. Markup elements are now organized in separate categories, like shapes, lines, measurement and so on.
2 Added functions for deleting and adding pages to a multipage document (TIFF/PDF).
3 Added line point editing for markup elements like line, polyline, polygon, area and measurement path.
4 All rectangular elements, and line, can be now drawn using two different methods:
Press left mouse button, drag mouse to opposite corner and then release button.
Press left mouse button and release it, now move to the opposite corner using the mouse and press the left button again to finish.
5 Added new markup elements: Item counter, Circle and Higlighter.
6 Added new markup elements: Measurement Line and Path.
7 Measurement text color can now be set independent of current markup draw color.
8 Added Measurement Area Summary dialog. You may now quickly summarize all measurements, or a selection of these, and export to Excel (CSV).
9 Individual transparency can now be set for all elements.
10 Markup elements can now be locked to avoid further changes.
11 New markup file naming convention available, you may now use filename.ext.vcm instead of the default filename.vcm.
12 Added a new file format: WebP Image Format. Both reading and writing of this format are supported.
13 Current measurement units can now be selected from the Statusbar.
14 Added snap to drawing geometry when measuring PDF files.
15 Added support for text search and extraction for PDF files.
16 PDF Layers are now supported.
17 Improved display quality when comparing TIFF or PDF files.
18 ViewCompanion now asks for a password if a protected PDF files is opened.
19 Several new settings have been added added, including:
Hide or show markup area measurement text.
Center text in measurement area elements.
Transparent measurement area text background.
Default transparency for markup elements.
Default stamp insertion size.
Display markup element delete confirmation dialog.
Other GUI changes includes:
The ability to merge several files into a single multipage file is now removed from the Batch conversion dialog and moved to a new Merge Files dialog.
DWF views are moved to Bookmark pane of the outlook bar.
DWF layers are moved to the new Layers pane of the outlook bar.
Pens are now displayed as layers in the Layers pane.
Added toolbar to markup list.
Markup list have new columns available. You may choose which colums to display using the Markup List Settings dialog.
20 This update is compatible with Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1 and 10 (all editions).
Bug Fixes:
Bug Description
782 Unicode text in CGM file from customer was not correctly displayed.
781 Missing line styles in CGM file from customer.
780 Missing text in CGM files from customer.
779 Converting PLT with monochrome images could in some rare cases create PDF files that failed Adobe Preflight with an invalid colortable warning.
778 Raster elements in PLT file from customer displayed using wrong color.
776 Compressed CGM files was not supported.
771 CGM files from customer failed conversion to PDF.
770 CGM files from customer caused exception error.
763 Some CGM files loaded with wrong extents.
762 French characters in PLT file from customer not displayed correctly.
758 Display of PDF file from customer took very long time to complete.
--- Undo of deleted dimension line didn't work.
--- Undo of deleted measurement area didn't work .
--- All measurement values are now properly localized - correct use of '.' or ',' for decimal numbers.
--- Hatch pattern for markup elements are now correctly drawn using fill color.
--- Dimension line arrows are now drawn outside if not enough space between extension lines.
--- Doing print preview when using classic interface could cause an application crash.