New in Release 6.2?

 

New functions

The following functions were added to Imagenation for Windows in Release 6.2. They are not yet available in Imagenation for UNIX.

· IN_Autospin starts or stops Autospin in the specified document window (3D documents only)

· IN_DeleteVectorObject removes a specified vector object from a specified layer on the active page

· IN_GetFormatInputScaleFactor returns the input Scale Factor for the format specified

· IN_GetFormatInputScaleToFit returns how files of the specified format are scaled when loaded into memory

· IN_GetLayerProperties returns information about the properties of the specified layer

· IN_IsMeasurementWindowVisible requests whether the Measurements window is displayed

· IN_PerspectiveView sets whether Perspective Projection is enabled in the specified document window (3D documents only)

· IN_SetAutospinAngle sets the angle and speed of Autospin rotation (3D documents only)

· IN_SetDisplayStyle defines how a 3D image is displayed (3D documents only)

· IN_SetFormatInputScaleFactor defines the default settings for the input Scale Factor when loading AutoCAD files

· IN_SetFormatInputScaleToFit defines the default settings for the input Scale To Fit when loading AutoCAD files

· IN_SetServerTransportWindow sets the Imagenation frame window handle

· IN_SetStepRotateAngle defines how much the 3D image is rotated along the X, Y, or Z axis (3D documents only)

· IN_SetTransportMechanism changes the transport mechanism for communication between the client application and the server

· IN_SetView3dMode switches the document display between 2D Projection and 3D Model modes (3D documents only)

· IN_SetViewAction selects either Free Rotate, Pan, or Zoom to display a specific part or view of a 3D image (3D documents only)

· IN_SetViewPosition displays a 3D image according to one of several predefined 3D views (3D documents only)

· IN_ShowBoundingBox displays a 3D image in a transparent container to indicate the extents of the image (3D documents only)

· IN_ShowCrossSectionWindow sets whether the Cross-Section window is displayed (3D documents only)

· IN_ShowMeasurementWindow sets whether the Measurements window is displayed

· IN_StepRotate rotates the 3D image either clockwise or counter-clockwise around the X, Y, or Z axis (3D documents only)

· IN_UpdateThumbnailWin refreshes the Thumbnails window

 

Several of these new functions support the display of certain 3D file formats in Imagenation. For more information, see:

· 3D Documents

· Rotating 3D images

Note that 3D file formats cannot be displayed in Imagenation for UNIX.

 

Also, several of these new functions support the scaling of CAD images. For more information, see:

· Scaling CAD documents

 

File Formats

The ability to recognize, but not display, the following file formats were added to Imagenation for Windows in Release 6.2.

· CORELPRESENT7: Corel Presentations 7 (543)

· CORELPRESENT8: Corel Presentations 8 (544)

· ILLUSTRATOR7: Adobe Illustrator 7 (545)

· WPERFECT7: WordPerfect 7 (707)

· WPERFECT8: WordPerfect 8 (708)

· QUATTROPRO7: QuattroPro 7 (709)

· QUATTROPRO8: QuattroPro 8 (710)

· HTML: HyperText Markup Language (711)

For more information, see File Formats.