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Printed in the UK Issue date: 11/05/21 iss 4 Pulsonix 20 Miller Court Severn Drive Tewkesbury Glos GL20 8DN United Kingdom Support Phone +44 (0)1684 296 570 Sales Phone +44 (0)1684 296 551 Email [email protected] Web www.pulsonix.com Contents 3 Contents CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................ 3 VERSION 11.0 UPDATE SUPPLEMENT ...................................................................................... 7 Installing the New Version of Pulsonix...................................................................................................7 Licensing ..............................................................................................................................................7 Version 11.0 Update Notes ....................................................................................................................7 Installation ............................................................................................................................................7 NEW IN VERSION 11.0 ............................................................................................................ 8 Report Maker – List of Files ..................................................................................................................8 Part Edit – Force Display of user attributes .............................................................................................8 3D View Settings (STEP) Change ..........................................................................................................8 Customize – Fixed Icons ........................................................................................................................8 New Direct-X Graphics Engine ..............................................................................................................9 International Language and Extended Character Support.........................................................................9 Inspector Bar (Dynamic Properties)......................................................................................................10 Changes to Document Properties Dialog...............................................................................................12 Vertical Text Alignment for Multi-line Text .........................................................................................12 Option for Track & Vias styles defined in SCM to be Translated to PCB ...............................................13 Options Dialog Changes ......................................................................................................................16 Option for Spacing Rule Grids .......................................................................................................16 Thread Count Definition ................................................................................................................17 New Options page for Pan & Zoom functionality ............................................................................17 New Auto-Pan feature....................................................................................................................18 Probe Synchronised Design option added to Cross-Probe ................................................................18 Removal of Fast Locate Option ......................................................................................................19 Edit Track Option for using Layer Bias ..........................................................................................19 Optimise On Clear Template Option...............................................................................................20 Clear All Templates – Optimise now Multi-thread ..........................................................................20 Optimise Settings for Large Nets ....................................................................................................20 Large Net Warning on Optimise All Nets .......................................................................................21 Optimise All Nets Multi-Threading ......................................................................................................21 Net Optimise for Pad Centres within a Shape ..................................................................................22 Dynamic Align of items .......................................................................................................................23 Select from popup list ..........................................................................................................................24 Part Editor - Dynamic Attributes for Part Description field ...................................................................24 Save Items to Library dialog changes ...................................................................................................25 Save Missing Component Items to Library ...........................................................................................25 Part Wizard changes ............................................................................................................................26 Add Selected Footprint/Symbol......................................................................................................26 Pin Type cell new option to Apply to Undefined .............................................................................27 Vault Library Export to Specific Folder ................................................................................................27 Attribute Properties – View Name and Value for Protected status..........................................................27 Group Names Displayed in Component Bin .........................................................................................28 Toggle Bin Sort Order in Component Bin.............................................................................................29 Double-Click selection in Selection Mask Bar ......................................................................................29 Override Readable Orientation of Text .................................................................................................30 Split Net Highlights .............................................................................................................................30 Shape Information/Editing Bar .............................................................................................................30 4 Contents Scale Option ........................................................................................................................................33 Change Part - Same Footprint check box ..............................................................................................34 Find Bar Changes ................................................................................................................................34 Multi-Select in Find Bar.................................................................................................................34 Enhanced Selection ........................................................................................................................35 Fetch Component from Find Bar ....................................................................................................35 Dimming All Non-found Items in Colour .......................................................................................36 Search for Non-Connecting Copper ................................................................................................37 Close Other