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Visual Controls 1.13.0.255 (10/3/2024)

New Features

Various features to support DC2DC designs
Support for NPS 80 DALI
Users can set color options for wall stations in the schedule menu
New Visual Controls app icon to match other Visual icons
Options to Send Request or Grant Temporary Access when uploading projects

Fixes

Refactored layer manager and communication between layer manager and global layers
Installed device serial displayed incorrectly
Miscellaneous other fixes

Visual Controls 1.12.0.156 (5/30/2024)

Fixes

ARP Preferred Mounting
Zoom Window command does not end with new Zoom command
Export Agile CSV
Bug with setting fixture width and height
Remove rule preventing mp20s from being connected
Product with no connection rules causes upload issue
Null ref when importing a VC file
Zip validation doesn't reset when changing country
Compare file csv output is 'horizontal' instead of in columns

Visual Controls 1.12.0.155 (5/8/2024)

New Features

Upload feature for Visual Installer
Site Notes for viewing notes added via Visual Installer
Conflict resolution when syncing projects with the cloud
Modulus support
Grouping, which allows for the creation of device typicals and more
Customize home ribbon
Add multiple sensors to a luminaire
Power plan support
New wire edit
Local product cache for offline work
Revamped panel schedules
Auto-panel creation via zones

Fixes

Various panel schedule issues
PDFs can’t be imported to design pages
Miscellaneous other fixes

Compatibility

Using certain features of 1.12 will generate files that do not work or do not work well with earlier versions of VC.
Symbol groups: Groups will open in 1.10 but it will lose its internal products. You can use ungroup to revert to normal products if you need to share your file with 1.10.
Sensor points: Luminaires with multiple sensors or edited products with sensors may cause issues. Version 1.10.0.171+ of 1.10 has special logic to allow 1.10 to open files with sensor points more gracefully.
Panel Schedules: 1.12 panel schedules will not exist in earlier versions
Products using modulus wires

Visual Controls 1.10.0.171 (10/16/2023)

Introduction
User Guide

New Features

New sensor details

Fixes

Unchecked notes still appear in BOM
Revision clouds turn back to red
Several fixes for layers
Miscellaneous other fixes

Visual Controls 1.10.0.163 (5/3/2023)

Introduction
User Guide
Fixes

Fix issue with spline control points flipping
Export Print Page to CAD Bugs
NECYA not connecting to LAN
Text notes on print pages not saving
Add nPP PCD details
Add rPP PCD details
Fix issue with pre-terminated CAT5 lengths
Fix issue with saving luminaire color in luminaire editor
Selected spec sheet doesn't update when doing update info
Users are sometimes unable to connect cat5 in 1.10
Crashing when opening design page
Display crash when pasting items in same location
Update startup docs and installation documents
Update Templates message when first opening 1.10
Generate backbone print pages for network all command
F9 stops working sometimes
Trouble deleting favorites
Jump Feature not working properly
Product Refresh Resolution window needs to be adjustable
Fix join to wire issue during copy
Measure Area reports incorrect total if you right click
Long catalogs mess up column sizing
Fixture lens reverting after closing and saving file
Network View Modifier Gets Messed Up
Selected spec sheet doesn't update when doing update info
Users are sometimes unable to connect cat5 in 1.10

Visual Controls 1.10.0.156 (1/26/2023)

Introduction
User Guide

COMPATIBILITY NOTICE!
Files saved in 1.10 may not be able to be opened by earlier versions if...

They have jump connections
The have cross connections
They have keynotes
SOO will not open in earlier versions

New Features

Keynotes - Place note callouts that are easy to re use
Jump Connections - Jump between products on the same drawing
Product Swap - Automates aspects of changing between nLight wired and Air
New OpenGL Engine - Faster / smoother display
Live preview of match tolerance in image autoplace
Drawing viewport layers now default to sync with drawing layers instead of being a 'snap shot' of layers
Update info call in schedule will now help you find updated part numbers if a match cannot be found. Eg when nomenclature is added or changed.
Re Label Network - Automatically reassign tags to networks devices
Changed Phase UX - Select phase during draw step of command
Existing products - Phases can be marked existing to remove existing products from BOM
Product Search - prefer first word match, eg NCM products before NCMB
Spares can be set as a percentage

Visual Controls 1.9.1.95 (8/1/2022)

Introduction
User Guide

Changes:

Updated details
Improve FCS risers
Revive match background option for symbol fill
Fix possible bug with undo and copy paste to join to wire

Visual Controls 1.9.1.93 (5/24/2022)

Introduction
User Guide

Features:

SOO Improvements to Table, Legend, & Config Summary
Improvements to print page templating
Difference tracking between files
Retain Schedule Column Settings Between Sessions
Users can Select Colors for Bridges in Network View
Phase Display Mode on viewports
Autofill SOO by selecting a code
Pathway product import from System Assembly Tool
Additional Riser Settings
rEM SENS Audits
Bug fixes

Visual Controls 1.9.0.111 (1/26/2022)

Introduction
User Guide

Fixes:

Exception after viewing series information in product selection window

Visual Controls 1.9.0.110 (1/10/2022)

Introduction
User Guide

Fixes:

Npod key audit bug
copy pasting an image leads to broken images reference
Senor pattern rings for black luminiares not clipping
bad risers when cat5 nLight not included
Automatically clean up bad phases within a file

Visual Controls 1.9.0.108 (12/14/2021)

Introduction
User Guide

Fixes:

Crash on print page open
Creating risers hard crash
Allow for new riser splitting type for really tall riser
Adjust spare port count on NECY risers
Submittal cover page saying ABC Project #

Visual Controls 1.9.0.105 (11/15/2021)

Introduction
User Guide

Features:

Added Embedded Solutions in Luminaire Builder
Improved Product Selection UI
Smart Room 2.0
Risers 2.0
Audit Tooltips Updated w/ Quick Fix Options
Added Copy & paste Between Projects
Place a product on a wire to auto join it to run
Added Support Rooms within Rooms
Additional Luminaire Form Factors for Theatrical
New Wire Type for Reloc DC C2

Visual Controls 1.8.1.65 (8/3/2021)

Introduction
User Guide

Fixes:

Issues with PDF import
Date issues
Asynchronous task exception / crashes
Luminaire dialog combo bax allowed text incorrectly

Visual Controls 1.8.1.58 (4/28/2021)

Introduction
User Guide

Features:

Room Summary
Search Fuzziness
Auto Network improvements
Users can hide / unhide audits
Reduced Connect Commands to Smart Connect
Edit Bridge Ports
Export by Phase(s)
Schedule Category Edit in Dropdown
RF Audits
Favorites Editor
Change Sensor Location on Luminaires
Edit SOO Narratives
Different Import Scales
Polyline Sensor Clipping
Audit Display Mode
Users can edit color column in soo
Improved print preview
Display performance improvement
New network port schedule in submittal

Visual Controls 1.8.0.63 (4/28/2021)

Introduction
User Guide

Features:

Added RF Emulator w/ Autonomous Bridge Functionality
Improvements to Support Field Services
- Services Added to Schedule
- Startup Calculator
- Additional Documentation Added to Submittal
Updates to Configuration Files Will No Longer Require a New Install
Custom Legend Images
Custom Images in Legends & Reference Column in Schedule
Barcode Template Improved Sorting
Air Device ID Similar to Wired
SPOOL Wire Length & Calculations
New Notes & Details UI
New Settings UI
nLight Air View Added to Viewports in Print Pages
Cables Added to Phases
Phases in Output
New settings for Auto Risers: You Can Now Generate Risers at a Smaller Scale or Expand Luminaires
Added Branding to Submittal
Smart Room Code Updates
New Mirror Command
New Ability to Sort/Group Project Products Sidebar, eg Sort by Catalog
International Numbering
Metric Units & New Pages Sizes to Support
Space Bar Flips Wire in Wire Edit Command
Added Ability to Delete Multiple Designs at Once

Visual Controls 1.7.0.26 (2/19/2021)

Introduction
User Guide

Bug Fixes:

Fixed: Favorites Import Issue
Fixed: Excel Export Issue

Visual Controls 1.7.0.25 (1/11/2021)

Introduction
User Guide

Bug Fixes:

Fixed: Favorites Import Issue

Visual Controls 1.7.0.24 (12/07/2020)

Introduction
User Guide

Associated work items:

Users Can Create "Corrections" in the Audit Window
Users can indicate spare qty in a new column in the schedule
Users can Add (or Remove) Points to an Existing Polygon, Room, or Zone
Users Can Override Smart Connect Wire Type
Users Can Edit Shared Properties of Multiple Selections
Added Favorites List Editor Interface
Added Support for new products: Atrius Enabled, JOT, & Modulus
Added Network Device Counts to the Properties Bar
Added Tag Wipeouts
Added Device Count to NECY Details
Added Riser Page Legend / TOC For Easier Navigation of Submittal Packet
Added Search to Project Explorer
Added Estimate Lengths of Wire Types other than Cat5
Added Ability to disconnect a room
Redesigned Switch Legs
Updated Export UI
Updated Autosave & Recovery with New OptionsImproved Notes in Submittal
Update text & order of Display panel tree
Update nLight Air Update Parking Garage Range to 100'
Update RF buttons/legend
Updated Schedule ribbons
Combined Autoplace by entity and by image into one cmd
Improve sorting of autogenerated air risers
Minor improvements to ID sorting, automatic IDs, and cleanup routines
Add new favorites group as subgroup of selected node
investigate if scene clear in print designer is causing null refs during print commands like what was happening in layout on display change

Bug Fixes:

Fixed: Highlight and selection do not always line up
Fixed: Connection Rules don't Copy when copying a product
Fixed: product search doesn't match theme
Fixed: Changing theme on initial Start backstage throws exception
Fixed: Products tab disappears on theme change.
Fixed: Dropdown menus in dark mode not showing values until highlighted
Fixed: BOM sorting
Fixed: Issue with printing Design Page
Fixed: trying to set all the room materials while in rf view leads to an app crash
Fixed: Room not stopping all sensor patterns
Fixed: remove line breaks from labels in agile xml
Fixed: Zone tags very offset
Fixed: Error when adding rooms to Air Network
Fixed: Clicking circles is difficult and often chooses the background
Fixed: Moving symbols via dragging does not work when zoomed far in
Fixed: error when opening files after updating VC to 1.6.2.53
Fixed: Submittal Project Notes not saving
Fixed: Room names not showing up for bridge risers
Fixed: room layer bug
Fixed: cross connect bug for connecting devices
Fixed: cross connect labels
Fixed: comments
Fixed: double open when opening blank project
Fixed: unable to open file, stack overflow exception in riser count generation
Fixed: null ref in product property
Fixed: error opening submittal
Fixed: exception during erase
Fixed: null ref in add luminaire form
Fixed: Changing homerun layer or pages changes what NECY a devices is connected to
Fixed: Changing Wire Length Multiplier does not stick
Fixed: Cross Design - Copied Design is not connecting nECY devices
Fixed: Open - Error happens when opening file

Visual Controls 1.6.2.59 (09/09/2020)

Introduction
User Guide

Associated work items:

Users May Group by Phase
Improved / Filtered Product Selection
New Command: Automatically Network All
Global Layers
New PDF Import Window Makes Page Selection Easier
PDF Import Packet Append Option
Fly-out Windows for SOO, Panel Schedule, etc
Connection Rules Window Improvements
export barcode template data to csv
Updates to Import / Export SOO with Methodik from Feedback
Create Smart Room Configuration
Smart Room Improvements
Reduce File Size Improvements
BOM Creation for Zones on Multiple Designs
Go To Riser Page Quickly from Design
Automatically add details based on products in project
Modulus Enabled + Jumper Cable Support
Wincove Jumper Connection Support
Add JOT Support
Add Details files
Add side by side snap to ctrl c ctrl v of a single product
Add Toggle for Side-to-Side Snapping
Use standard icon for remove template
Change view manager order
Delete Template Button Location Change
Change bus power provided for NEF’s
nECY Audit Change
Ability to change multiple widths and text size of notes at the same times
Ability to remove Cutsheet from Product in Schedule
Folders for Favorites
Remember Tab Positions
Rename "Custom Note" to "Custom Detail"
SOO Notes Print below SOO Table w/ Note ID to reference from table
When changing the notes text size the width of container should not change
support CIPGW products
update cipgw detail
Update import/export for Methodik changes

Bug Fixes:

Issue with side to side snap of air enabled products
New items added to properties have miscolored background
Extra vertical space in air auto riser placement
Device ID and zone tag not populating in barcode template
nethsw should force itself to top off connection structure, not allow itself to be 'below' a necy
Riser Issues
When multiple air riser rooms are combined the lums can end up with multiple qty () and not fully condensed
Issues with creating a luminaire
Exporting to XML/Excel sorted by both phase and catalog loses the catalog sorting
Don't read or write rf if its not enabled
Fixed: null ref in addluminaire form
Fixed: null ref in copy layer source
Fixed: null ref in riser lookup generate
Fixed: view manager string to number error
Fixed: Right Click Layer Show/Hide not working
Fixed: Import multiple PDFs import out of order
Fixed: Unchecking "spec sheet for each catalog" creates duplicates
Fixed: cant import 2-column relay panel after edit in excel
Fixed: multi design legends don't condense qty correctly
Fixed: network riser issues
Fixed: Duplicate Risers
Fixed: if the users schedule loads with the fallback, automatically reset the connection info on the products
Fixed: if you place an nADR it gets necy auto tag rule
Fixed: Deselecting SYMBOL from update info doesn't update connection rules
Fixed: img search doesnt get locations right if img has scale != 1
Fixed: SOO Timeclock Change
Fixed: dont give run not connected to bridge audit for NDTC runs
Fixed: dwg export fails on large file
Fixed: Auto Riser Placement
Fixed: if a user doesn't have any soo configurations defined, don't warn of rooms with unassigned soo
Fixed: DWG exported background image shift

Visual Controls 1.6.1.63 (07/20/2020)

Introduction
User Guide

Associated work items:

Update Design Backgrounds and Cloud Changes in Images with New Replace Backgrounds Command
Cycle Backgrounds Command Makes it Easy to Switch Between Original and Revised Backgrounds
Automatically Place Luminaires or Controls by Searching for Image in your Background with New By Image Auto Place Command
Quickly Define New Luminaires with New Add Luminaire Workflow
Improved Barcode Template with Sort & Product Images Improved Product ID System Allows Users to Renumber by Connections, Room, or Location
Copy/Paste & Import Panel Schedule
Users Can Color Code Risers
Set Symbol Text Color from Schedule
New SOO Columns & Audits
Add Room Area to SOO
Indicate Out of Scope Areas on Plan
ECYVAV Product Connection Rules
Updates to Schedule UI
Update Notes in Schedule
Methodik SOO Import
Page Sizes can be set per page
Grab Handles for Scaling Print Items
Improved Product Properties
Favorites Can Be Renamed
Add Pan Command
Static Label Text Reduces Confusion About State
Room Height Stored Per Room as Prerequisite for RF Signal Estimation
Smart Connect Now Supports Cross-Design
Performance Improvements to Audits
Add Rectangle to Smart Room
Improved Riser Page Naming
Improved Status Bar Text
Updates to Display Mode Color Selection Allow Users to Customize & Save Preferences
Updated Some Old Button Images
UI - Improved / Filtered Product Selection for Distributors
Improve image search tolerance slider ux
Users can edit luminaires from product sidebar allow users to re open the add luminaire form on schedule to change sensor pattern
Fixed: exception when closing out of By Image Auto Place Dialog
Fixed: Labels printing outside symbols
Fixed: No focus on Room name when starting room command
Fixed: nECYD interferes with ID# in riser
Fixed: Add Luminaire does not add riser for nLight Air ** Fixed: Wire Legend on print sheet not showing user defined color
Fixed: Ability for image search to ignore placing new blocks that would overlap existing blocks
Fixed: viewport grab handles don't seem right when a viewport is cropped
Fixed: not refreshing layer panel when connect command creates a layer
Fixed: Using "Blank" image on Auto Place causes issues
Fixed: replace backgrounds not showing failed messages if there is only 1 message
Fixed: "not all pages of the pdf could be imported" message with replace backgrounds
Fixed: don't read or write rf if its not enabled
Fixed: Unchecking "spec sheet for each catalog" creates duplicates
Fixed: multi design legends don't condense qty correctly
Fixed: Drawing Scale issue in Pages
Fixed: Changing Scale of Print Page plan does not stick through Properties

Visual Controls 1.6.0.115 (06/01/2020)

Introduction
User Guide

Associated work items:

Fixed: Ping for online status fails
Fixed: Wire length not showing up on wire legend
Fixed: null ref in spline deepcopy
Fixed: SOO Room Assignments are broken
Fixed: Visual Controls opening screen has a typo

Visual Controls 1.6.0.112 (05/18/2020)

Introduction
User Guide

Notes:

Installs "Side-by-Side" with previous versions in order to allow beta testing without risking down time if an issue is encountered
While projects from older versions will open in this version, many of the following updates are incompatible with previous versions. Therefore data associated with them will not be loaded when opened in an older version, and will be lost when saved in an older version.

ex: Product Rules will be lost, but can be regenerated by refreshing from the Schedule.

Associated work items:

Add SOO Assignment window
Improved SOO Generation Logic
Add Ways for Users to Merge SOO Configurations
Provide CAT5 Ethernet & CAT5 nLight Wire Types
Add Import Project
Improved Audit UI
Add Newsfeed
Add Smart Connect Command
Add Smart Room Command
Change Layers tab to Display
Add Display Modes to Display tab for various workflows & QA & for output in Print pages
Improved Print Environment Design Context by allowing multiple designs, combined Legend, Risers, and multiple Viewports including display modes
Add Quickly Swap Symbols from Favorites
Removed "Save" step from SOO, Switch, & Panel Schedule
Add bulk refresh favorites groups
Added support for more products including necyd ext 150
Improved Riser Logic
Improved Perpendicular Snap
Improved Submittal UI
Improved Visual Lighting interoperability
Add Last View button
Various UI tweaks
Various bug fixes

Minor Changes since last beta build released:

Fixed - failed getting img width in ribbon, after replace all with favorites
Fixed - index out of range in risers control
Fixed - Can't connect nECY to nECY with Cat5 ethernet in 1.6.0
Installer - Improve Side-by-Side by Using Major.Minor subfolders
Smart Room Recommendation Changes
Add new Favorites to Defaults
Add rPP8 Connection Rules

Visual Controls 1.6.0.107 (04/21/2020)

Introduction
User Guide

Notes:

Installs "Side-by-Side" with previous versions in order to allow beta testing without risking down time if an issue is encountered
While projects from older versions will open in this version, many of the following updates are incompatible with previous versions. Therefore data associated with them will not be loaded when opened in an older version, and will be lost when saved in an older version.

ex: Product Rules will be lost, but can be regenerated by refreshing from the Schedule.

Associated work items:

Add SOO Assignment window
Improved SOO Generation Logic
Add Ways for Users to Merge SOO Configurations
Provide CAT5 Ethernet & CAT5 nLight Wire Types
Add Import Project
Improved Audit UI
Add Newsfeed
Add Smart Connect Command
Add Smart Room Command
Change Layers tab to Display
Add Display Modes to Display tab for various workflows & QA & for output in Print pages
Improved Print Environment Design Context by allowing multiple designs, combined Legend, Risers, and multiple Viewports including display modes
Add Quickly Swap Symbols from Favorites
Removed "Save" step from SOO, Switch, & Panel Schedule
Add bulk refresh favorites groups
Added support for more products including necyd ext 150
Improved Riser Logic
Improved Perpendicular Snap
Improved Submittal UI
Improved Visual Lighting interoperability
Add Last View button
Various UI tweaks
Various bug fixes

Visual Controls 1.5.2.77 (03/09/2020)

Improvements:

Updated product symbols with enhanced customization
New symbols in PDM
New options for display name / label
Color fill
Updated Favorites UI
Combined w/ Products window
Combines Search
Minor tweaks to hotkey & sort
Hide hotkeys
Improved Riser diagrams
Improved button / nav
Cleaned up some display issues
Explode risers
Improved autogenerate to track what’s already generated
User feedback on autogenerated risers vs manual / edited riser pages (lock icon)
New Riser audit: ensure all possible have been placed
Enhanced Submittal UI with page previews
Moved to 64-bit architecture to increase available memory, high resolution PDF files and larger projects
Updated Project Explorer w/ Autogen print page
New design context selection process
Improved autoconnect
New message bar above design space
Adjustable size of images in Product Legend & Product Selection window

Fixes:

Add ability to delete Favorites groups 230316
Add ability to remove item from Project from Products tab 230311
Add necyd ext150 detail 236135
Add new hidden setting to override the offline check 243793
Additional Print Pages added 235487
Allow users to multi select when selecting customize riser page 236142
Attribute text should always be black or symbol color, contrast dark background ends up invisible over pdf 236032
attributes missing their wipeout 238034
Audit can be very slow if there are hundreds of rooms and thousands of products 231685
Audit is not in Design order 230357
blocks go missing after move 216235
btn img exception after changing block style 233026
copied bridge connection gets assigned the wrong node id 238744
Copy design can create the same name 234837
copying a bunch of rooms can lead to preview entities hanging around 236112
Customize Riser removes visible product association with Design 235601
exception after editing a riser block when i return to layout 238769
exception when placing a brg quickly in a new project 242287
extra text at bottom left of print pages, possibly related to legend s when product name lbls are used 236339
if you change to product name style and add a new design, that design uses label style 231227
Image Fade throwing a handled exception 235510
improve behavior when placing favorites in to a layout that is product name
india image download issue 237655
latest necy ext150 details 238445
layers wrong in blank project template 240285
Luminaire Place does not remember set Orientation = 90 235896
multi child node undo issue 237915
orphaned run audit doesn't catch anything when there are no rooms 232650
pages icon, lock icon position 232630
pdf is being downloaded to a nested dir instead of project product dir 239418
Possible to remove luminaires from Products tab 230656
Product names and labels both displayed after editing symbol 230753
products getting 0-10 dimming connectivity by mistake 234401
Refresh All in Schedule - Program Crash 241241
Re-writing over favorites file causes error 230662
Selected command not cleared when symbol designer is closed 231194
Selected objects aren't cleared when symbol edit designer is closed 230307
smart connect ignoring end run logic on necy->ext150->necyd 240095
some products don't seem to get their linked pdfs filled out initially 242989
some times a product insert isn't selectable immediately after placement 235662
Symbol defaults to label, not product name 228469
symbol previews don't look right 230674
text click click doesn't open edit window 237447
unable to delete local copy of file 230820
undo bug with connections when part of the connection could not be made 238135
Undo problems with nearest neighbor
undoing a copy that creates a bridge tag nukes part of connection tree 238847
Update Audit Rules for New Products 230693
Update Branding 230336
Update CAD Note for nECY 235268
VB location in Panel Schedule 232580
VC file gives exceptions when opening print pages 231846
Version error when creating a new blank project

Visual Controls 1.5.1.42 (11/4/2019)

Hot Fixes

Resolve issue with exception thrown while a opening autosave file
Revert connect undo/redo process until we can resolve its issues

Visual Controls 1.4.4.24 (8/14/2019)

Fixes

Exception when user right click repeats network connect cmd. Adjust Port labels on NECY riser.

Visual Controls 1.4.4.16 (8/1/2019)

Notes:

To get the new submittal format with the Common Pages section you may have to update your saved templates. Just open your old template and hit Reset in the first submittal column and then save it as a template again. If you open an existing project and save it, it should still work in older versions. If you reset your submittal and then save it, the submittal will be missing pages in older versions.

Features:

Revamp submittal creation to include previews
Add area property for background rectangles and closed lines
Detect symbol color and apply to sensor pattern linework
Added cmds to crop imported image/pdf backgrounds in layout
Add properties display to every command to make it more clear when you are in a command (still cleaning up display command names)

Fixes

Change lock files to throw warnings if the lock file was written by current user (how it was)
Nlight air connection button bug fixes
Theme fixes
Relay panel bug fixes
CAT5 now gets DIVMFG attribute in agile xml
Erase and Rotate bugs in print designer
Null exception in openGL resize/unhook events
Properties flashed on update
Circle and Arc properties missing in symbol designer
Null ref when changing line time in symbol designer
Design copy doesn't copy zones
Stretch cmd can throw exception for index out of range
Zone btn can become out of sync
Bug fixes for room labels
Copying a product with assigned switch plate does not copy switch plate assignment
Rotate on placement toggle would not always work / rapid fire if ctrl key held
Missing undo for text edit
Wire not snapping to products during connect preview
Schedule notes toggle could become out of sync
Product label style product symbols missing wipeout in pdf

Visual Controls 1.4.3.10 (6/17/2019)

Notes:

This release of the Visual Controls software includes a licensing process similar to the Visual Lighting software. The first time you run this new release, you will now be prompted to enter an Activation Code. Get Activation Code To retrieve your Activation Code, you can select “Get Activation Code” from the Activation screen or login to your Visual account on the Visual website at to https://www.visual-3d.com/Account/Account.aspx Copy the Activation Code into the Activation screen and select Active to complete one-time activation process.
Backwards Compatibility
1. If you save a file in this version and then go back to 1.4.1.20 we are not aware of any problems with the file not opening. If you have changed the block style in a file you saved in 1.4.2 you will not be able to change the block style back in 1.4.1.20 easily, however you could refresh the symbols using Update Info in the schedule to return them to OS1 style. The only other issue might be before if you have rings and beams on, it can only be one or the other in 1.4.1.20 and prior.

Features:

New license model does not require AGILE login (see above)
All new pdf rasterizer for better speed and quality of rasterization
Ability to change block appearance to show product label "cad style blocks". This only works on blocks that have been updated. So your saved favorites may need to be updated to work. We are updating the last the nlight blocks in the database this week (nPP and nCM series are in progress). The nWSX series for example is updated. So place a nWSX. In the view ribbon expand the Label button, and select 'Product Name' and you should see "n$X" style text.
Changed position of catalog/lbl on products in risers
Ability to turn on rings and or "beam" patterns
Improving property panel field sizing
Improve room assignment grid column sizing
Enable bold or italic fonts
Update icons and positions
Avoid horizontal scroll bar in project explorer
Add font height adjustment on text edit window
Can change print page size on print designer
Add custom scale option for symbols
Remove text from product symbol in products sidebar
Set a minimum width for side panels to prevent them from being set too small

Fixes (Issues resolved):

Connection tags not updating when font height changes
Changing page size in backstage print doesn't update preview or change page sizes
SOO add column Name text issue
Text resizing box can jump around
Hide quick access toolbar
Null ref exception after cell edit in layer manager
Error when exporting cad, null string in block attribute
Null ref exception when activating print page
Possible to get index out of range when creating print pages on CPU with 4+ cores
Project explorer can leave space at the top
WSX does not have a line voltage connection * Error on custom xml export
Ring height labels disappear during room clipping
Default zone numbering/lettering could repeat
Exception changing note text in a new row of ZOO
nLight Air risers would not show tag/zone attributes
Old debug files get installed
Coverage patterns could only export from print page, not layouts
Remove bad rooms from files eg 1 vertex
Room clipping does not update if nearby rooms are edited
Submittal would not show SOO grid in supplemental section
Submittal could create duplicate pages in pdf that user could not remove except via reset
Copying sensor with coverage patterns could cause blocks to drop off
Issues with undo redo after copy
Preview of symbol doesn't update if you open symbol designer using pencil, but does on double click
Fix bridge tag scaling when scaling a whole design with scale cmds
Connectivity properties window can show out of date information if you open it right after an edit
Bridge tag can disappear if you move it, undo, redo
Image import dialog open file cancel causes exception
Editing a SOO row cell and pressing enter doesn't update the notes section
After deleting a room lbl, you can get it to reappear as an un-selectable entity
Scale undo, redo causes wires to disappear
Fix font color for bold & italic when in dark theme
Sensor pattern problems
Multiple issues with Zone labels
Symbols disappear when connecting bridges
Mouse hover over import image causes ghost effect
Arrow keyboard shortcut
PDF / Image importer problems
Drag & Drop image not working properly
Schedule refresh broken after copy command

Visual Controls 1.4.1.20 (5/28/2019)

Fixes (Issues resolved):

Users with intel graphics cards with driver version 24+ cannot see line work
Submittal reset hides print pages with SOO grids from being included in supplemental page section
Room name field gets focus during room command to make it easier to type in a room name during cmd
Update nECYD radio range dialog

Visual Controls 1.4.1.19 (5/9/2019)

Notes:

This setup for Visual Controls includes an updated OpenGL display engine that is optimized to improve performance on most video cards (Intel, Nvidia, AMD). Devices with certain integrated Intel video cards may be running a video driver which Intel has identified to cause issues with certain software applications. This video driver may have been updated on your computer during a recent Windows update. If your computer is experience graphical issues, the current solution is to rollback your video driver to an older version (see link below) or install a previous version of Visual Controls.
Instructions to set dedicated video card as preferred video card
Instructions to rollback the Intel Video Driver
Previous release of Visual Controls

Features:

Add Arrow Command
Update opengl engine to 2.0 (reduces memory overhead)
Allow users to add words to the spell check dictionary
Click and drag move adds product's initial basepoint as a reference point for the move
Improve ability to align during place of a new product to products already placed
Allow users to increase the network size used in necy audit
Title block now saved per project, we no longer install default acuity logo
Product Legend image / submittal cover image now a project setting
DWG export to include wipeout for symbols
DWG export to include line weights
Revised view ribbon button layout
Users can now turn on coverage ‘beams’ and rings at the same time
Allow users to make zone outlines with no products within it
Automatically turn on zone attribute visibility when you make your first zone by selection
Zone attribute now defaults above product instead of below, naming now 'a,b,c' format
Added auto connect to the home ribbon connect button
Make the detail number wrap if its more than 5 characters
Removed room dialog after room creation, you can now set the room SOO type during the room cmd in properties (could always set its name)
Removed recents from products side panel, you can bring them back in settings
Default to show the symbol in the products side panel instead of images, also a setting
Reduced the size of undo (may help speed of large projects)
Show saved label in favorites side panel
Updated fresco partition sensor detail
Changed default room thickness to 4, default zone thickness to 2
Updated submittal page selection ui
Easier to click sub menu of ribbon buttons

Fixes (Issues resolved):

Reduce overhead on initial draw after a dwg import
Fix gdi arrows
Wire legends only show wires for one side of a cross connect
Should not be able to connect a luminaire to be the parent of a brg
Cannot set Columns in nLight Air Riser to "1"
Show/export agile wire lengths grouped by design
Cross Design and Bridge Connection Wire Length do not follow arrow
NRM10 missing some of its corners when imported
Revise how we handle block definitions to reduce duplication in display memory
Fast preview ability when moving blocks with a lot of entities or large images
If soo is open when you change themes and you try to return to it its blank or you get an error
Fresco connection rules, network connection and riser
Toggle state on a dwg child layer, when layer mgr refreshes the dwg parent layer collapses and you have to re expand
Snap is on the first time you go to print page in opened file
Add import source to agile xml file
Erase cable with wire lengths on
Odd sensor pattern clipping lines
Auto riser dropdown closes itself when you hover over to try and change the number of columns
Undo command during Connect command
Grid snap setting is preserved between layouts but going to print page can turn it off
Don't include non-nlight products in submittal barcode template
Text with alignments other than top left have odd behavior during edit text
Text should not list a line style in its properties
Double clicking the splash screen maximizes it
Exception if undo performed after creating/editing a zone
Did not allow sign in for three letter agile names
Null exception during place and orient preview entity creation
Bad font height string leads to exception
Base symbol line work loses its thickness during coverage outline trimming
Possible for backgrounds to show over coverage outlines
Errant audit message for the nethsw
Possible for a property change to reset zone thickness
Possible for the coverage buttons to get out of sync
Placing a wire legend when there are no wires causes an exception
Save as can leave behind a .lck file
Prevent line thickness less than 1
Changing product to already placed product
Null ref in sensor pattern mgr determine ring
Remove line break in favorites labels when they are displayed
User gets null ref when creating text
Index out of range during line edit cmd
Missing theme for table layout panel
Fix issue where cross design connect tags could reverse
Add default sorting to SOO
DWG export shows small text on riser
Fix extra lines getting exported to dwg in Blocks (most noticeable on note blocks)
Textbox resizing is very slow when there is just one text entity
Fix block def missing issue that can cause visual display exception
Update display to .88
Improvements for importing Visual Lighting bin file
Add partial draws to visual .bin import to improve feedback for large bin files
Fix null reference during auto connect

Visual Controls 1.3.7.23 (2/20/2019)

Fixes:

Exception when opening an auto-generated layout page can occur when template page has lines/text on it (entities besides legends/viewports)
Print pages can drop background images when printed on computers with lots of CPU cores

Visual Controls 1.3.7.22 (12/04/2018)

Features:

Allow import all pages to use the scale factor drop down setting 186381
Barcode instructions detail 186208
Ability to place nlight air room risers 183837
Ability to place stand alone nlight air risers 186009
Ability to expand luminaires in risers 184707
Ability to set default number of columns during auto riser generation 184708
Add additional SSI cad details 185310
Update IT Requirements form 184024
Lock file ignored if it was created by the current user 181704
Add import all pages to Import Dialog, remove Packet from Import menu 182590
Allow drag and drop to trigger import 183684
Update CAT5 ISO lbl logic to give IS lbl 183505
Update buspower audit calcs to account for iso killing bus power 183507
CAT5 length calculation better accounts for trips down to switches and back up to the ceiling
Add service warranty document to submittal list

Fixes:

Autosave removes revisions added 186765
Exporting all layouts clears project isdirty flag
Autosave can clear is dirty flag
Items added to drawn zone not added to drawn zone 185840
When you close a design forcing controls to activate another designer the tab bar doesn't match active design 183365
Rotate WSX PDT XX with patterns on crashes VC 185594
Rotate wsx pdt with patterns on lbl moves out of block 185719
Necyd rings now shows min/max rings 184913
Grid snap setting is preserved between layouts but going to print page can turn it off 181608
Possible to get project name on schedule node in project explorer 184504
DWG export with rotated XREF 184532
Wire length labels aren't 'smart' if you save and reopen 184558
Initial SOO row does not keep notes 183611
Import PDF Packet does not trigger IsDirty save flag 182060
Null Ref Exception when Moving Pages Around in Project Tree 183125
Error opening file due to null ref in sensor clipping 183247
Add manifest to improve windows reporting 183216
Top of soo form says panel instead of 'sequence of operations' 184283
Copy paste error in project save checks for fav mgr null on soo mgr save 183255
Unable to parse license datetime when lic result has null date 183305
If you do a pdf packet import twice, design names can repeat 183683
Multi page import: vector pdf always seems to drop one page, maybe the last one processed 183763
Update icons used in favorites sidebar 181042
Update connectivity json so CAT5 ISO gets nlight and 1 connection 183506
Add edit symbol button to schedule to make it more obvious that you can launch symbol editor 180892
Bring main form to front when load complete 180988
Room clips blocks that overlap edge in pdf 181603
Prevent save nag when you have done nothing
Odd sensor pattern clipping lines
Can't include SOO narrative if you save and reopen
Air riser can show more products than exits
Submittal can skip to page number / combine step before all riser pages have been created
Auto riser generation can get stuck if the page size is smaller than the network riser or there are really long runs
Remove undo's from save file (shouldn't be saved)

Visual Controls 1.3.6.12 (12/04/2018)

Features:

Spacebar on single product select limited to current products layer
Audit for 1500 max CAT5 length

Fixes:

Resolve memory issue related to tree nodes
Resolve viewport layer manager not showing correct info
Rotated text edit box alignment
Icons after theme switch
DWG export crash related to special characters
Change temp file naming to avoid conflicts
Don't allow two print pages to have the same name
Copy paste of revision clouds between designs, pasted clouds disappears
Copy paste from a user layer would change layer of pasted items

Visual Controls 1.3.5.12 (12/04/2018)

Features:

Create folders to organize print pages into user pages, layouts, risers, make layout page automation available 174287
Switch schedule

Fixes:

Undo fails 'silently' if file has room labels
Remove Quantity of 0 Lines from Agile Export
default project created date to current day when creating a new project
Cropped Viewport Selection Improvement
Move crop viewport button out to its own button
Drag and drop design reorder when you drag text some times expands new parent node instead
If initial textbounds call happens during multi thread we can get an exception in a dictionary that is used
WV type sensors should come in at 10' default height
Import button on home tab
Bus power after two power packs should still be capped at 40ma for bus power calcs
Update splash image
Update app icon
Custom Luminaire name and reference overlap on riser
PDF not displaying wipeouts properly
Excel export with no products causes exception
nPODM top line missing
PDF print not printing line types
Snap icon update
Snap on in print with no visible setting to turn it off. makes it hard to move viewport
Place pdf packet doesn't get all pages from some pdfs
Should be able to execute zoom/snap hotkey during cmds
Project/product submittal notes overlap header if they go to 2nd page
Design name length
Crash if you cancel out of login
Change panel size after created
If user deletes all soo rows saves and reopens SOO manager can throw errors
Add back button for 3 click rectangular room
Improve memory use in pdf creation
Revisit what hotkeys are on the user editable list of hotkeys in app settings (adds import hotkeys)
Auto layout select in submittal generation add pages that already exist
Allow users to view radio range, adjust range based on construction description
Icon update

Visual Controls 1.3.3.12 (11/05/2018)

Features:

Add ability to show lan cloud on risers, adr on lan, place lan "product"
Add rotation step to nHW insert
Audit warning for more than 750 devices on necy
Audit for nlight air bus power
Audit for fcs rb
Icon update
Left align symbols in product schedule with out regard to text on symbols
Added more tooltips on layout ui
Added match properties cmd
Show product tag along with label in project explorer
Ability to move room name dialog

Fixes:

Wipeout not showing on all product attributes
Spellcheck replaces parts of correctly spelled words
Multiline text with no width that is right aligned was not aligned correctly in pdf
File cleanup choked on file with null entity
User spline pts created NaN vertices
Text edit window location could be incorrect or too tall
Snap and selection filters not being retained
Bridge tags were not always staying in sync with bridge name changes in multi design projects
Label reset not working
Excel export exception
Zone visibility toggle button was missing
Viewports of inactivated layouts could have symbol atts shift incorrectly

Visual Controls 1.3.2.9 (10/08/2018)

Features:

Implemented new UI to improve user experience
Improved accuracy of Sensor Patterns cropping with rooms and structure
Updated LC&D and nLight installation worksheets
Add ability to show product symbol on spec sheet
Added ability to include BOM notes in the Schedule
Enhanced text editing process to allow for large text blocks
Added spell check to text edit window
Added auditing for more than 750 devices on NECY
Added auditing for nLight Air products bus power

Fixes:

Fix issue that can cause cleanup message on some cross design connections
Copy block tags during copy cmd
Symbol legend matches symbol color in layout
Prevent active layer from being hidden
Improved double click behavior on layer state
Improved wiring descriptions

Visual Controls 1.2.10.7 (7/16/2018)

Features:

Change how sensor cropping is performed, allows the outside of rooms to clip patterns as well
Polygonal viewport crop
Ability to import print pages from another vsp file
Ability to re organize designs and print pages
Ability to turn on an off a subset of patterns (no ui) use shift+f5 to turn on, ctrl+f5 to turn off, alt+f5 to toggle subset
Barcode template in submittal (does not fill in bridge and port yet but will soon)
Bridge riser that goes to another design now labeled with design of first product of port run, not design of bridge
Add wire length labels on top of wires (button in products drop down)
Add cat5 quantities in wire legend (turn on in wire legend properties)
Tag bridges as they are inserted (to aide clarity of port risers)
Add Nlight Air note
Improve how lock file works (only app session that created the lock file can delete it)
Improve speed of pdf import preview, improve scalefactor UI
Default to 1/8" for PDF all pages import
Allow for room assignment print on submittal SOO page
Ability to set a default project template

Fixes…

We were not handling tilt correctly (only shows up with imported lighting files)
Not all switch heights were 4’
Possible to create a connection loop with cross design connect
User templates would throw a warning on first auto save attempt
Project notes would be empty and you couldn’t add more
Importing a some pdfs would result in a hanging process that would prevent save
Update cat5 wiring detail
PDF creation would fail on bad ents and not provide a message
Multiple splines would highlight on hover if they had line breaks
Changing a product lbl in the schedule would not refresh all layouts so not all print pages would update
Attempt to fix null refs that had shown up in logs with no clear reproduction steps
Editing a double property for multiple values would default to numeric up down, couldn’t set value to 0
Prevent users from changing wire catalog
isDirty flag not set after revision change
Riser with multiple shunts has bad linework
Label position doesn’t update when swapping product via properties
PDF page size not consistent across project as new pages added
Custom blocks don’t show catalog in products sidebar
Undo message is not correct
Text entity with only spaces can cause crash
Line styles wrong on AMD GPU’s
Image background do not export to CAD at the right scale if scaled via shape scale
Long spline does not reach product in PDF
Deleting Revision column on latest revision line causes exception
Update openGL to fix errant line work on some letters
Print page select design list does not coincide with design rearrangement
Some submittal pdf pages are A4 not Letter size
sensor clipping creates blocks that are not getting removed when the blocks are turned off and bloat file size
Fix issue where DPI of imported image isn't used correctly for scale factor
Fix crash for really long notes

Visual Controls 1.2.7.18 (7/16/2018)

Improve speed of text display in openGL
Feature: Partial AGILE XML export (accessed via schedule export dropdown) allows export via selection in drawings
Fixed: Initials removed form product legend after reopening file
Fixed: Voltage barrier not on correct line / saving
Fixed: Bus power audit calculation bugs
Fixed: Audit doesn’t find orphaned runs that start with NEF
Fixed: NECY+NECYD NLTAIR USB riser
Fixed: Print pages out of order after riser generation
Improved: Audit panel ui to group all warnings by drawing
Fixed: PDF text alignment issue
Fixed: Generated riser pages may have incorrect info in title block
Fixed: Preview line doesn’t indicate thickness
Fixed: Can’t pick arrow spline with crossing window
Fixed: Submittal project notes visibility state not saved
Fixed: Missing image prevents PDF creation
Fixed: Audit warning for Frescos on CAT5
Fixed: Riser label position shifts when riser scaled
Improved: Project explorer controls listing
Improved: Wire picking over pdf on locked layer

Visual Controls 1.2.6.10 (6/28/2018)

Fix bug where switching designers could cause the 'save before quit' prompt to not be displayed
Fix bug where clicking two print cmd buttons in a row wouldn't start the second cmd
Tweak bus power calculation to not warn when power = 0 at device
New feature allows association of rooms to SOO types
Installer clears and reinstalls CAD Details
Prevent invalid background color in settings
Address errant bus power warning edge condition
Orphaned network runs that start with NEF products didn’t generate audit warning
Couldn’t place a riser for NECY + NECYD NLTAIR when no bridge was present
Print pages on print back stage could appear out of order after riser generation
Risers placed with auto riser generate would not save their position if you closed and reopend
Generated riser pages may have incorrect info in title block
Bus power audit wasn't catching runs with 0 bus power through out run
Control Layout text aka drawing name is center aligned multi line text that is rotated and it appears out of position in title block in pdf

Visual Controls 1.2.5.3 (6/4/2018)

Major improvements in memory use, tab switching, and performance
Picking improvements: easier to pick items over background images
Copy/Paste with ctrl+c and ctrl+v, or ctrl+shift+c to specify basepoint
Import all pages of a pdf, each page to a new design
Export all layouts to CAD or all print pages with one click
Speed increase on auto riser page layout
Schedule improvements
1. Fewer default columns
2. Cleaner look of symbol images
3. Better feedback around cutsheet selection
New installer is a much smaller download
Submittal
1. More accurate page count
2. move multiple pages
3. background image fade supported in pdf creation
Properties panel can display properties for selection great than 100
Improve PDF import quality for some types of PDFs
Address revision date alignment in title block
Move bus power rules to external file
Prevent user renaming of default DWG details
Optimize Property panel for large selections
Spline Edit control handles now appear above nearby controls
Panel schedule row height is now flexible UI/Print item
Global lineweight adjustment in settings to make products and wires heavier
Improve DWG details
Indicate what products have sensor patterns in schedule view
Improve DWG color reading for entities and layers
Ability to quickly apply a color to a products layout symbol in the schedule (product layer color mode must be by entity to see unique colors)
New designs copy active designs layer manager settings
Improve auto cleanup to handle orphaned cross designer connections better
Users can include cutsheet per catalog in submittal, label cuts with catalogs
Installer improvements
Image export to DWG
Automatic cleanup of unused images to reduce file size
Improve single page pdf import (Issue with v1.7 multipage pdfs)
Tab ui improvements (symbol and panel designer)
Clean up how revisions are indicated in submittal
nLight Air USB Dongle Support
Drawing tools added to Print Page UI
Allow users to open .vcbk files with double-click
Changed wiring button in schedule
Bug Fixes:
1. Fixed: some lines on dwg details would not print/pdf because color had alpha component of 0 in error
2. Fixed: ID conflict during copy paste across designs
3. Fixed: Project explorer sidebar was not indicating active tab
4. Fixed: tab well shows up when settings have it off
5. Fixed: Custom pdfs added to submittals were getting lost at save
6. Fixed: Riser pages were not defaulting to correct size on some computers
7. Fixed: Incorrect network orphan audit warning
8. Fixed: Error in bus power calculation during audit
9. Fixed: Undo was not working for created lines/text in print pages
10. Fixed: null ref setting minimum wire distances
11. Fixed: can connect bridge to itself via bridge connect command
12. Fixed: viewport issues
13. Fixed: Bus power does not calculate for NEF
14. Fixed: unique names for blocks between layout and riser in DWG export

Visual Controls 1.1.63.2 (3/19/2017)

Resolve: Multiline text cut off in submittal pdf 138750
Known issue: Agile export of luminaires with no description causes null ref (just add a description and they will export)

Visual Controls 1.1.63.0 (3/7/2017)

Feature: Total rewrite of how pdfs are created for print pages in submittal 134283
Resolve: Multiple ctrl+r hot keys 134378
Known issue: Agile export of luminaires with no description causes null ref (just add a description and they will export)

Visual Controls 1.1.62.0 (3/5/2017)

Resolve: Text drawn on print page may not appear above lines drawn on print page 136577
Feature: Add description to generated submittal BOM 136077
Resolve: Difference in wipeout width between GL and GDI, display to .95 134579
Resolve: Deleting cross design connection can inadvertently remove ents from current design 136023
Resolve: Agile export text limit 134033
Resolve: Hot key assignment does not update automatically 135974
Resolve: Riser page generation sets sheet name, use new LC 2.# format 136609
Known Issue: Background images can shift on printpage pdfs created with submittal

Visual Controls 1.1.61.0 (2/27/2017) Public

Resolve: Risers exported to cad have their attributes move, dtext position 135480
Resolve: GDI line weight 135620
Resolve: Product attributes in bounds calculation incorrectly shifts riser label 134377
Resolve: Selection window remains when user hot keys into a cmd 134475
Known Issue: Sometimes crash on file open with open file
Known Issue: Background images can shift on printpage pdfs created with submittal

Visual Controls 1.1.60.0 (2/26/2017)

Feature: More File backup options .vcbk and OpenProjects 134907
Resolve: GDI entity draw order to place wires over rooms 135191
Resolve: Product symbol ring below image 135171
Resolve: Double line break OpenGL Crash 130561 (display to .89)
Known Issue: Sometimes crash on file open with open file
Known Issue: Background images can shift on printpage pdfs created with submittal

Visual Controls 1.1.59.0 (2/21/2017)

Feature: Improve symbol refresh when sensor pattern added 129530
Resolve: Cleanup checks for missing product definitions 513414
Resolve: Incorrect bounds calculation on product insert attributes 134377
Resolve: Protect symbol ring label method for null ref 134400
Resolve: Cancel out of page item place leaves block when you return to print page 133576
Known Issue: Sometimes crash on file open with open file
Known Issue: Background images can shift on printpage pdfs created with submittal
Known Issue: Crash when two line breaks are added to one wire

Visual Controls 1.1.58.0 (2/15/2017)

Feature: Improve layer state change refresh speed 133261
Feature: Add sensor patterns to installer 129530
Resolve: Add support for usb wire type in preperation for nlight air radio 129455
Resolve: Allow user to include incomplete cutsheet package in submittal 133417
Resolve: Don't copy wires that would be splines after copy 133158
Known Issue: Sometimes crash on file open with open file
Known Issue: Background images can shift on printpage pdfs created with submittal
Known Issue: Crash when two line breaks are added to one wire

Visual Controls 1.1.57.0 (2/13/2017)

Feature: Add minimum length for some connections in wire length calc 131282
Feature: Assign a luminaire product a sensor pattern for integrated sensors 129530
Resolve: Improve place viewport cmd to allow for NTS, better scale override, more scale options on placed viewports 132606
Known Issue: Sometimes crash on file open with open file
Known Issue: Background images can shift on printpage pdfs created with submittal
Known Issue: Crash when two line breaks are added to one wire

Visual Controls 1.1.56.0 (2/7/2017) Public

Feature: dbl click to open symbol designer 131482
Feature: Bridge connect submenu sort by tag 130221
Resolve: nECY direct connect riser 130463
Resolve: Remove all line breaks in panel schedule print item header 131291
Feature: CAT5 footage length export to agile 128979
Resolve: Update nlight install submittal sheet 130817
Resolve: Autoconnect makes nodes with no wires if connection fails 131244
Known Issue: Sometimes crash on file open with open file
Known Issue: Background images can shift on printpage pdfs created with submittal
Known Issue: Crash when two line breaks are added to one wire

Visual Controls 1.1.55.0 (2/1/2017)

Feature: For larger projects bridge connect uses sub menu 130221
Feature: Import each pdf/image background on new layer 130170
Resolve: move block attribute only worked on labels 129522
Resolve: add preliminary support for nlight air lbls/connectivity 129453 129454
Resolve: Symbol designer selection and close 130328
Resolve: Saved Project revisions not loading 130342
Resolve: Update display to .79
Known Issue: Sometimes crash on file open with open file
Known Issue: Auto connect can make connections with out wires if connection fails (eg non nlight)
Known Issue: Background images can shift on printpage pdfs created with submittal
Known Issue: Crash when two line breaks are added to one wire

Visual Controls 1.1.54.0 (1/30/2017)

Feature: Wire length as xy dist + z dist to better approximate wire length 129021
Feature: Allow custom products to get custom spec sheets 129663
Resolve: default UID display in riser to off 129571
Resolve: Force sensor pattern to be within depth buffer 128133
Resolve: Improve spec sheet dropdown click in schedule 128673
Resolve: Setting to reset connection rules on product refresh 129009
Resolve: Add error handling to audit and layer manager panel refresh calls 129782

Visual Controls 1.1.53 (1/25/2017)

Resolve: Opening a second file opengL does not activate 128764

Visual Controls 1.1.52 (1/25/2017)

Resolve: Designer delete crashes openGL 128764

Visual Controls 1.1.51.0 (1/24/2017)

feature: Selection more cad like, shift click to deselect 127673
Resolve: long product list click causes scroll 125404
feature: force display of current product sensor pattern during place 128133
Resolve: Improve spec sheet dropdown click in schedule 128673
Resolve: pcell 3wi lbl and connectivity 126173
Resolve: Cannot delete autosave folder 128609

Visual Controls 1.1.50.1 (1/22/2017)

Resolve: Selection window remains after mouse up 124787

Visual Controls 1.1.50.0 (1/19/2017)

Resolve: Self crossing room test 123589
Resolve: Right click repeat into spline edit 125956
Resolve: ARP LV connection logic 126173
feature: Scale control product blocks 126176
Resolve: Select viewports/risers by their label 124787
Resolve: Include c++ 2015 update3 in installer for realdwg 127518
Resolve: Allow cat5 connection between two non-nlight products 127236
Resolve: Update display to .76 127214

Visual Controls 1.1.49.0 (1/16/2017)

Resolve: Self crossing room test 123589
Resolve: Label location null ref 126655
Resolve: Bad scale on viewport causes ents to not draw in gdi 125085
Resolve: Save changes to riser atts in symbol editor, fix display 126196
Resolve: Copy ortho relative to last position 125160
Resolve: Right click repeat into spline edit 125956
Resolve: Print page dwg export product lbl location 126236
Resolve: Osnap initially unchecked when on 125762

Visual Controls 1.1.48.0 (1/9/2018)

Resolve: Write log file for cleanup 121516
Resolve: Prevent calls from modifying entity bounds 123263
Resolve: Improve pdf selection in schedule 125211
Resolve: SOO Matrix submittal page 118982
display to .74

Visual Controls 1.1.47.0 (1/4/2018)

Resolve: Issues closing/deleting pages related to openGL threading 124188
Resolve: Agile XML export slow ot release file 124217
Resolve: Initial product symbol color 123430
Resolve: SOO Matrix submittal page 118982
display to .73

Visual Controls 1.1.46.0 (12/28/2017)

Resolve: SOO Manager cancel doesnt revert changes 121569
Resolve: Auto riser layot lower bounds 124186
Resolve: Cross design connect doesnt try both directions 122777
Resolve: Cross design riser has repeated devices in some circumstances 123897
Resolve: Connect preview end 122778
Resolve: Cant pick cross design wire if you preselect 122595
Resolve: Remove id from SOO print item 123185
Resolve: UI locks up during submittal creation 122893

Visual Controls 1.1.45.0 (12/20/2017)

Resolve:Auto cleanup removing text ents in error 121516
Resolve: design copy not setting wireID in copied nodes 123537
Resolve: Can't remove designer 123573
Resolve: Wires remain when deleting just product of cross design connection 123583
Resolve: Cross design connect arrow and copy cmd 123688
Resolve: Wires remain on failed auto connect 123681
Resolve: Undo of cross design connect lbl detaches text from arrow 123686

Visual Controls 1.1.44.0 (12/19/2017)

Resolve: Cutsheets show up multiple times in submittal 123236
Resolve: Custom products error in schedule/submittal generation 123398
Resolve: DWG export form print page doesn't show lbls 123263

Visual Controls 1.1.43.0 (12/18/2017)

Resolve: nlight lum adv connectivity not set 122611
Resolve: Show cross design connections on a4/dmx on each design they are on in riser menu 122595
Resolve: Cutsheets show up multiple times in submittal 123236
Resolve: Submittal error combining file 122893
Resolve: Product id not appearing on new designs 122744
Resolve: Product legends appear behind drawing viewports with pdfs 123231

Visual Controls 1.1.42.0 (12/13/2017)

Resolve: a4/dmx riser dropdown 122595
Resolve: Insure child can have wiretype as parent 122611
Resolve: Prevent gateways from being wired to each other 122254
Resolve: OpenGL fixes 122644
Resolve: Risers could overlap title block when auto riser generation used 122365
Resolve: nETHSW 122255

Visual Controls 1.1.41.0 (12/12/2017)

Resolve: fcs 7tsn rules 119204
Resolve: wipeout for symbols with two circles 121576
Resolve: Cross design connect with non cat5 121567
Resolve: OpenGL fixes 121479 121210
Resolve: Automate file clean up 121516
Resolve: ability to silently log errors 121517
Resolve: SOO column names, error if you leave while editing, info not saved if you leave 119815 121645 121569
Resolve: Can't place system riser or brg riser using menu 121642

Visual Controls 1.1.40.0 (12/6/2017)

Resolve: improve opengl close 119538
Resolve:Short string display in opengl 121210
Resolve: improved support for larger images in import dialog 115575
Resolve: image import preview scaling 118948
Resolve: Fresco product connectivity rules 119204

Visual Controls 1.1.39.0 (12/4/2017)

Resolve: 7tsn cat5 to 7tsn audit check 84678
Resolve: improve opengl close 119538

Visual Controls 1.1.38.0 (12/4/2017)

Resolve: OpenGL Render Loop update 118822
Resolve: renamed notes not displaying 116715
Resolve: Favorties group rename not saved 116715
Resolve: Fresco connectivity 118977 118980 118975 118979 119204 118976
Resolve: A4 riser wire ends 116629
Resolve: Keep source pdf with file, use png format to improve quality 118442
Resolve: can't adjust zoned width, cmd setting not remembered 118808
Resolve: can't add panel schedule for LMP
Resolve: Use realdwg 2018 113812

Visual Controls 1.1.37.0 (11/27/2017)

Resolve: No recover warning if multiple instances are open 115617
Resolve: xpoint and roam labeling 113826
Resolve: Favorties search improved 117199
Resolve: Rev cloud lost in save 117599 116481
Resolve: Same alt key used twice in backstage 117163

Visual Controls 1.1.36.0 (11/20/2017)

Resolve: Automatically remove null blocks in print 116481
Resolve: Try to reset permissions before delete in favorite save 116621
Resolve: Improve dark theme error messages 116675
Resolve: Attempt to address 'same key already added' on quick move 115858 115034
Resolve: Properties order reverses 112106
Resolve: Label rotation 114971
Feature: Per wire connection logic 90253

Visual Controls 1.1.35.0 (11/14/2017) Public

Resolve: SOO add new column bug 114499
Resolve: page item width change makes them unselectable, doesn't happen immediately 115314
Feature: Autocad export shows catalog when attribute hidden 114986
Resolve: Autocad lbl attribute not perfectly centered 115049

Visual Controls 1.1.34.1 (11/10/2017) testing only

Feature: Per wire connection logic 90253

Visual Controls 1.1.34.0 (11/2/2017)

Resolve: multiple refreshes when select all is click in print backstage 113836
Resolve: right and center aligned text with width>0 alignment 113516
Feature: Improved pdf selection options, remember selections, allow local file selection 113712,110583,11586,110587,112305,110584,110582
Resolve: SOO won't open if its opened in one project and then you try to open in another 113327
Resolve: Error when closing SOO 11508

Visual Controls 1.1.33.2 (11/9/2017) Public

Resolve: products printing color by entity 114643

Visual Controls 1.1.33.1 (11/2/2017) testing only
Visual Controls 1.1.33.0 (10/30/2017) Public

Feature: rectangular rev cloud cmd 112065
Resolve: change font bug 107877
Resolve: Error when changing from soo 111508
Resolve: null ref when no print pages in backstage 112125
Resolve: improve entity bounds calculate to better account for rotated rectangles and text 112294
Resolve: Changing titleblock not applied with out restart 112291
Resolve: Changes in symbol designer not applied to all designers 112274
Resolve: sensor pattern and pdf initial heights to prevent z clipping and maintain draw order 112710
Known issue: Application error when user types text rather than selecting from dropdown box in: "SOO - New Column - Column Type" form field.

Visual Controls 1.1.32.0 (10/24/2017)

Resolve: Spline with linebreak display issue 11091
Resolve: Default expand state of project explorer 110963
Resolve: Allow cutsheeets to have unique filenames 11203
Feature: Remove arc shaped polylines from symbols programatically to fix jaggy lines in pdf output 109041
Resolve: Cross design connect can get design labels wrong in some cases 110902

Visual Controls 1.1.31.0 (10/19/2017)

Resolve: Bus Power of npp20 pl bp 110696
Resolve: arc rotation in blocks 110588
Resolve: Panel schedule item doesn't update when width changed 110513
Feature: BOM doc in submittal 110110
Resolve: Wires longer than 250 only get counted as 250 in cat5 lengths 110389
Resolve: close all tabs context menu removed 110235

Visual Controls 1.1.30.0 (10/18/2017)

Resolve: Events passing to inactive designers 109954
Resolve: default image height, transparency 110006

Visual Controls 1.1.29.0 (10/17/2017)

Resolve: closed polyline creation issue, prevent repeated points, fix repeated points in existing rooms 109772

Visual Controls 1.1.28.0 (10/16/2017)

Resolve: crash recovering msg not shown 108176
Resolve: + char not importing from dwg 109557
Resolve: Error removing propgroup Layer 109532
Resolve: bad text sizes on some DWG Details 108256
Resolve: Not clear when pdm refresh fails to find a match in schedule 109483
Resolve: improve dark theme 108554
Resolve: Print margins rotate in landscape 108746
Resolve: Text location in DMX wiring typical DWG Detail 108263
Resolve: OpenGL fix bad lines as they are added to scene

Visual Controls 1.1.27.0 (10/11/2017)

Resolve: font change 107877
Resolve: Letter page size title block 93294
Resolve: No save nag from schedule/soo 108261
Resolve: Auto riser generation fails with empty room 107744
Resolve: audit panel img diposed 107887
Resolve: Multi designer delete undo, redo 108418
Resolve: Print designer pdf thumbnails delay activation 94416
Resolve: Print page size not honored after settings change 108664
Resolve: OpenGL info change and clean up 107745,708334

Visual Controls 1.1.26.0 (10/9/2017)

Resolve: null ref on print designer activate 107891
Resolve: Save as tempalte for print page item removed 101649
Resolve: Deleting designs from project doesn't reduce file size 100246
Resolve: not connected to bridge audit message only applies to nlight 100250
Resolve: Improve pdf import file support 94416
Resolve: Can't see Controls if it was on a removed monitor 95317
Resolve: Can't include print page in submittal if it has certain chars in its name 107569
Resolve: Text wipeout not present in print 107890
Resolve: OpenGL reduce number of drawing contexts

Visual Controls 1.1.25.0 (10/4/2017)

Resolve: Submital with TOC unchecked 100214
Resolve: tabstrip tabstop 100244

Visual Controls 1.1.24.0 (10/3/2017)

Resolve: NEF block directory copy issue 99867
Resolve: null ref adding sensor pattern 99877
Resolve: auto connect with existing run 100016

Visual Controls 1.1.23.0 (10/3/2017)

Resolve: cannot clear out initial text when creating text 99608
Resolve: New print pages not getting applied date 94832
Resolve: Cannot save as template, autosave nag 97668
Resolve: Error getting computer information during start up 95313
Resolve: Error with dashed line patterns not displaying/correctly 95783
Resolve: Error editing text in print designer 97350
Resolve: Prod selection window hides but is still working 94441
Resolve: Could not edit text after tab change 95511

Visual Controls 1.1.22.0 (9/28/2017)

Resolve: cannot change page size, cutepdf custom size 94818
Resolve: SOO id parse / key issues 95167
Resolve: Cross design connection no longer allows reversal 95965
Resolve: deleting a bridge with children and parent 95996
Resolve: cross design connection, delete and undo 95310,95084
Resolve: tabbing out of print page properties, 95511
Resolve: apply dates to all titleblocks from backstage 94832
Resolve: don't lose focus on property textbox if mouse moves over designer 95092
Resolve: cannot save template of existing project 97668
Resolve: project revisions disappearing 95089

Visual Controls 1.1.21.0 (9/26/2017) Public

Resolve: SOO id parse / key issues 95167
Resolve: print page designer selection changes on activation 90590
Resolve: Selecting cropped viewports 95311
Resolve: Display update for gridline issue

Visual Controls 1.1.20.0 (9/21/2017)

Resolve: fresco labels 95224
Resolve: SOO id parse / key issues 95167
Resolve: Cannot remove project item 90549
Resolve: System riser not auto generating with riser pages 94954
Resolve: 0 height text on Visual import, also fixed CAD 94445
Resolve: Protect against null ref in tool selected 94438
Resolve: text export with blocks, realdwg_sd 1.1.8

Visual Controls 1.1.19.0 (9/20/2017)

Resolve: Labels don't hide if product layer is color by entity 93617
Resolve: hot key imageplace null ref 94525
Resolve: Submittal drops print pages 93619
Resolve: Panel schedule null ref if product insert deleted 94533

Visual Controls 1.1.18.0 (9/15/2017)

Resolve: Image import invalid file warning 90540
Resolve: Recent selections error handeling 92838,93246
Resolve: Editing long titles of risers in print designer 93261
Resolve: Print page numbering 93395
Resolve: Cannot load product, copy exception 91963
Resolve: Display update, black box grid line fix

Visual Controls 1.1.17.0 (9/13/2017)

Resolve: Image import ignore scale factor, doesn't remember last scale factor (92845)
Resolve: null ref warning in cross designer connect (92687)
Feature: Max bridge depth audit (92782)
Resolve: Print exceptions (91964, 91965)
Resolve: Cannot unlock file is just a msg box now
Resolve: Import error related to layer mgr quick find (91966)
Resolve: There was a problem updating the configuration (92612)
Resolve: There was a problem loading configuration notes (92631)
Resolve: Cannot load a product (92640)

Visual Controls 1.1.16.0 (9/11/2017) Public

Resolve: Self crossing rooms cause tesselation crash 92305
Resolve: null ref in place and orient 92049
Resolve: cannot save project, get directories, directory does not exist (90550)
Resolve: Improve specificity of cannot set property error (90559)
Resolve: Invalid print settings just a msg box now (91971)

Visual Controls 1.1.15.0 (9/7/2017)

Resolve: Riser line work whe LV/Line side step present
Resolve: Side bar activation after print page delete
Resolve: Riser auto numbering starts at 2 when using auto page generation
Resolve: DWG import/Export with non-standard Chars, eg french words with accents
Resolve: Lock file not deleting
Known issue: black box/dense lines after adding several designs, change grid setting to none as work around

Visual Controls 1.1.14.0 (8/30/2017) Public

Resolve: No longer reset when wire + both controls moved
Resolve: Save as exception
Feature: Multi product pdm refresh, select multiple rows

Visual Controls 1.1.13.0 (8/28/2017)

Resolve: Draggable splash to prevent hidden error dialogs
Resolve: Autoconnect behavior when selection includes bridges
Resolve: Unable to delete file during autosave
Feature: Auto number riser details

Visual Controls 1.1.12.0 (8/24/2017)

Resolve: Product selection URL

Visual Controls 1.1.11.0 (8/23/2017)

Resolve: Riser page auto generation threading issue
Resolve: Designer activation after page deleted
Resolve: Product/Wire legend insertion point
Resolve: Auto wire to isolated bridge run

Visual Controls 1.1.10.0 (8/21/2017)

Resolve: Click and drag all ents is now the default behavior, no longer a setting
Resolve: favorite hot key not working
Resolve: lock files shouldn't write for templates
Resolve: SOO error loading configuration notes; bad id parse
Resolve: Cannot set combo property: prop panel activation
Resolve: Missing dwg details for nlight, sub folders

Visual Controls 1.1.9.0 (8/16/2017)

Feature: Auto wire selection based on nearest neighbor, auto connect!
Feature: Edit placed viewport layers
Resolve: Single select multiple splines
Resolve: 0 Qty items appear in legend
Resolve: Update bus power add/consume list
Resolve: Only sensor + switch get place and orient

Visual Controls 1.1.8.0 (8/14/2017) Public

Resolve: Print text notes with ampersand would not place
Resolve: Common Note folder structure not removing old notes

Visual Controls 1.1.7.0 (8/10/2017)

Resolve: Print page ents not selectable when returning from backstage
Resolve: Riser page item label null ref when referenced bridge is deleted
Resolve: Product selection using testing endpoint
Resolve: Text in title block logos was getting forced to 0 orientation
Change: Text notes and Cad detail folder structure and update

Visual Controls 1.1.6.0 (8/9/2017)

Resolve: Print pages not showing changes unless activated

Visual Controls 1.1.5.0 (8/7/2017)

Resolve: Lock file missing in action

Visual Controls 1.1.4.0 (8/2/2017)

Resolve: Changing label in schedule doesn't update in layout
Resolve: Clicking a room/product of an inactive designer in project explorer causes null ref

Visual Controls 1.1.3.0 (8/2/2017)

Resolve: Submittal page selection and page order
Resolve: Submittal cutsheets only included if qty is greater than 0
Resolve: Open/New backstage file icon
Resolve: Don't show products with zero quantity when grouping by design
Resolve: Undo/Redo performance improvement

Visual Controls 1.1.2.0 (8/1/2017)

Resolve: Exception when shared product folder was missing a product thats in a project
Resolve: Fileversion newer than current version check incorrectly showing up

Visual Controls 1.1.1.0 (7/31/2017)

Resolve: Hide SOO room assignment for now
Resolve: Rapid double clicking of an entity leads to index out of range exception
Resolve: Submittal TOC, Section Cover display tweaks
Resolve: Submittal page numbering wrong if a print page is deleted
Resolve: Reduce redundant draw calls for increased speed
Resolve: title block logo file location
Resolve: Product DWG files not copying to project file

Visual Controls 1.0.1.0 (7/26/2017)

Resolve: Text creation, draw box, default to VAlign top, better text entry
Resolve: Failed product update, folder access not allowed
Resolve: Set minimum form sizes to prevent bottom of some forms from being cut off

Visual Solutions 1.0.99 (7/25/2017)

Resolve: nECY NGWY2GFX riser, allows for 3 connections. Older files with necy will have to manually override connection count in schedule
Resolve: Prevent deletion of standard submittal documents
Resolve: favorite label generation made more clear
Resolve: Placed risers not appearing grayed out anymore

Visual Solutions 1.0.98 (7/19/2017)

Resolve: User templates/user favorites/background images not working in new folder locations as part of rebranding change
Resolve: Schedule agile export not limited to selected design
Feature: Can indicate revision in submittal header
Resolve: SOO error handeling

Visual Solutions 1.0.97 (7/13/2017)

Resolve: CAD export crashes if string has special character in it eg degree symbol
Resolve: Submittal: remove page, project note, revision header, allow page sort, ngrave 4s cut
Resolve: Change to use 'acuity brands' logo instead of 'acuity controls'
Resolve: Rebranding
Resolve: UID display inccorect on riser
Resolve: SOO row rename

Visual Solutions 1.0.96 (7/11/2017)

Feature: Submittal Generator (BETA)
Resolve: SOO delete row
Resolve: Panel schedule header change to 4 columns
Resolve: Memory use when several designers are activated
Resolve: line thickness display in print
Resolve: Gray background in layout designer after closing the settings window

Visual Solutions 1.0.95 (7/6/2017)

Resolve: OpenTK high dpi turned off
Resolve: SOO print page item shows if there is a note, has header
Resolve: Reduce time needed to complete commands on print page (undo/redo)

Visual Solutions 1.0.94 (7/5/2017)

Feature: Sequence of operations
Change: display refactored to nuget package
Resolve: designer tab not showing up for symbol designer

Visual Solutions 1.0.93 (6/21/2017) Public

Resolve: Error recreating fresco module
Resolve: Necy and ngwy gfx connection + riser

Visual Solutions 1.0.92 (6/20/2017)

Resolve: Error handeling on refresh from pdm
Resolve: Slow pick texture generation for some DWG
Resolve: Command NextStep logic to prevent index out of range
Feature: Highlight in red when estimated VA greater than module or row Max VA

Visual Solutions 1.0.91 (6/15/2017)

Feature: can refresh product information from database in schedule view
Feature: Riser page generation done on background thread
Feature: Mtext import, doesn't support all mtext features eg columns
Resolve: Riser generation error when a room has no riser
Speed: Change entmgr GetEntity to improve speed

Visual Solutions 1.0.90 (6/13/2017)

Feature: mtext Export
Resolve: dwg text import scale
Feature: Delete multiple pages
Resolve: Print page items not updating when properties are changed multiple times
Changed: OpenGL Framework

Visual Solutions 1.0.89 (6/8/2017)

Feature: Panel schedule UI and print improvements
Resolve: Place product photo/pdf in print designer
Resolve: Fix product pdf fix for older files
Resolve: Force ui threas to culture invariant to help our friends to the north

Visual Solutions 1.0.88 (6/6/2017)

Feature: Legend Customization, change ordering, text size, field visibility
Feature: Products can have a category property
Feature: Export product PDFs to folder
Feature: Remove auto increment of types, use schedule copy or lbl change during place to duplicate a catalog in schedule
Feature: Show product ID in properties
Resolve: Two auto generate riser cases where risers would extend pass page area

Visual Solutions 1.0.87 (5/30/2017) Public

Feature: Auto generate riser pages
Feature: Drag and drop page reordering
Resolve: Missing feature logs
Feature: Export/Import favorites
Resolve: SPOD not getting SW lbl

Visual Solutions 1.0.86 (5/24/2017)

Resolve: Ability to show unique product ids on layout & risers
Resolve: Reduce time to need to open a print page
Resolve: Recent product list not always showing recent products not in project
Resolve: null pageitem data if user deletes all page items and saves
Resolve: Rectangle status messages
Resolve: Measure string refactor
Resolve: Panel catalog changes not saving to product definition
Resolve: Image import dialog initial size hiding page select buttons
Changed: OpenGL Framework

Visual Solutions 1.0.85 (5/17/2017) Public

Resolve: DWG import in symbol designer null ref looking for layer manager
Resolve: Possible null ref in connection lookup refresh
Resolve: editable title block fields (use project page) editability of date field
Resolve: Viewport default scales and scale label
Resolve: Unnecessary copyproductinfo call which could lead to exceptions when placing products on a shared file
Resolve: RealDWG import didn't get lines from nested blocks
Changed: Entity Manager Refactoring

Visual Solutions 1.0.84 (5/16/2017)

Resolve: Text alignment on import/export to dwg
Resolve: When exporting black or white color to dwg use ACAD black/white index color 7
Resolve: Room riser included extra row if run went out and back into room
Changed: Various openGL framework improvements

Visual Solutions 1.0.83 (5/4/2017) Public

Resolve: Protect against divide by zero for zero magnitude vectors during connect
Resolve: Greater flexibility in riser generation for LV and Line combination product risers
Resolve: Prevent 'cannot save error' looking up directory files of empty string
Resolve: Prevent exception for missing design names when non-cat5 wires are in schedule grouped by design
Resolve: Repeated zone groups in schedule grouped by zone

Visual Solutions 1.0.82 (5/1/2017)

Resolve: Recent products not updating
Resolve: Place preveiw when inserting a new product (side effect of last build only)
Resolve: Allow agile XML export to include grouping

Visual Solutions 1.0.81 (4/28/2017)

Resolve: Patterns not displayed during place, exception during place with ring symbols on

Visual Solutions 1.0.80 (4/27/2017)

Feature: Zone Risers, so risers can be made via zone by selection instead of drawing a room
Feature: Group by design in schedule
Feature: Filter legend page item
Feature: Roomname now increments based on highest detected room number, rooms are numbered instead of lettered
Resolve: Improve command logging
Resolve: Room risers for start of runs with wiretypeid -1
Resolve: Place image/pdf logic to avoid copy exception
Resolve: Attribute wipeout missing for atts besides Label
Resolve: Visual bin import missing ies files are now ignored so import proceeds

Visual Solutions 1.0.79 (4/25/2017)

Feature: Measure Area
Feature: Ability to create dimension lines with distance command
Feature: 5 previous measurements visible
Feature: Command logging
Resolve: ARP default panel configuration only a suggestion
Resolve: Project Explorer Room delete casting exception
Feature: Ability to remove wipeout from layout symbol using symbol designer
Feature: Don't allow existing wireproduct to be edited

Visual Solutions 1.0.78 (4/21/2017)

Feature: Background image fade
Feature: Low and Line voltage wires
Resolve: Single select spline fix
Feature: Default ARP panel
Resolve: pp16 shunt emergency filter
Resolve: LVKS lbl generation
Resolve: Static favorite hot key numbering
Feature: ToGDI print error handeling and feedback in preview
Resolve: Line edit cmd doesn't work with snap off- snap forced on
Resolve: Double property change on product with sensor patterns on causes the symbol to turn black
Resolve: Available ports now includes tool tip mentioning reserved port for parent
Feature: Setting to allow preselect connect to use insert order

Visual Solutions 1.0.77 (4/18/2017)

Feature: Much better support for multiple wire types
Feature: Place riser for non-cat5 runs (beta)
Resolve: Overwrite Template warning
Resolve: Image frame height (in z) can be adjusted
Resolve: Workplane height of 4.5 when placing an image
Resolve: Recent places labels
Resolve: Viewport creates extra rectangle, related null ref warning
Feature: Prevent users from deleting all ents from an existing symbol in symbol designer
Resolve: Line edit cmd doesn't work with snap off- snap forced on
Resolve: Double property change on product with sensor patterns on causes the symbol to turn black
Resolve: Available ports now includes tool tip mentioning reserved port for parent

Visual Solutions 1.0.76 (4/13/2017)

Feature: New Spline Edit
Feature: New settings to change arc height of wires or use dynamic height
Resolve: null exceptions attempt to be logged
Resolve: Sensor patterns overlap products at a lower height
Resolve: Agile export doesn't use filter buttons, eg only controls
Resolve: Riser bridge port key does not exist
Resolve: Spline appearance
Resolve: Panel schedule button enabled
Feature: Allow products to be marked as emergency
Feature: ` as alternative way to start favorite hotkey
Resolve: Hot keys change when changing designs
Resolve: Unable to save to template or create empty viewport

Visual Solutions 1.0.75 (3/29/2017) Public

Resolve: Click n drag null ref
Resolve: room riser initial product selection
Resolve: Product sidebar not associating to current designer
Resolve: OpenGL exception when opening a project with open file dialog
Resolve: Copying design causes layer manager reset in source design

Visual Solutions 1.0.74 (3/28/2017)

Resolve: Favorites save when products are added, deleted, or moved
Resolve: Symbol designer layer issue in 73
Resolve: Slow product place preview in 73
Resolve: Schedule room/zone group header click null ref

Visual Solutions 1.0.73 (3/23/2017)

Feature: Click drag all setting
Resolve: Room picking over image background improved
Resolve: Room risers continue to end of run if run leaves room
Resolve: ER power packs contribute no bus power
Resolve: accidental user saves over project templates
Resolve: schedule group by room/zone
Resolve: non nlight controls could be connected as children to an nlight parent

Visual Solutions 1.0.72 (3/22/2017)

Feature: User Layers

Visual Solutions 1.0.71 (3/21/2017) Public

Resolve: unmodified PDF import

Visual Solutions 1.0.70 (3/21/2017) Public

Resolve: File version warning doesn't show up when vsp opened in OS
Resolve: Block with null attributes crashes export
Resolve: Template does not save to user templates

Visual Solutions 1.0.69 (3/17/2017)

Resolve: Layer color mode by entity btn visibility
Resolve: improve bounds detection with clipping patterns
Resolve: Improve application logging
Resolve: label reset turns off sensor patterns
Resolve: improve image background handling with large images

Visual Solutions 1.0.68 (3/13/2017)

Resolve: Audit- improve missing bridge link message
Resolve: Audit- redo bus power calculations
Resolve: Luminaire properties display in schedule
Resolve: Sensor patterns update after stretch cmd is performed
Feature: users can opt to use saved favorite lbl or not when placing it
Resolve: Panel item visible in print when in debug
Resolve: Error window index out of range msg
Feature: automated log machine info for support

Visual Solutions 1.0.67 (3/7/2017)

Resolve: System controller riser hub two line depth
Resolve: Label based sorting A-Z
Resolve: Warning when opening a file saved from a newer version accounts for major version
Resolve: Product in room uses baseblock not pattern block when patterns are on

Visual Solutions 1.0.66 (3/3/2017)

Feature: Automated Error Reporting
Feature: Automated Update Notification
Feature: Improved Application Logging
Resolve: Backstream bridge riser port drawing
Resolve: Panel Schedule Height
Resolve: Warning when opening a file saved from a newer version
Resolve: Improve labeling when luminaires are added from favorites
Resolve: New Designs use layer preferences from your first design
Resolve: Place and orient always starts with 0 orientation as default
Resolve: Crash when polygon tessellation fails now has try/catch

Visual Solutions 1.0.65 (2/27/2017)

Feature: Audit Panel
Resolve: Ask to save before opening a new file on a modified file
Resolve: Adjust line thickness in print
Resolve: Favorite list ui message clears when hotkey number doesn't exist
Resolve: Favorite list groups cannot be dragged
Change: OpenGL pickpointdata

Visual Solutions 1.0.64 (2/20/2017) Public

Update RealDWG
Resolve: add WV and NWV products to place and orient list
Resolve: Right click to edit zone/room name uses node that was clicked not last selected
Resolve: Favorite and add to favorite icons changed

Visual Solutions 1.0.63 (2/15/2017)

Resolve: lbl position for system controller in backbone riser
Resolve: lbl position for switches
Resolve: lbl for port risers where the bridge is on a different design now pick up room names of other designs
Resolve: Product symbols automatically regenerate if they can when the blkdef.symbol == null
Resolve: Prevent edit of row id in panel schedule
Resolve: Prevent drag of catalog into favorite group that already contains that catalog

Visual Solutions 1.0.62 (2/9/2017)

Resolve: Copy Design null ref
Resolve: Keypress null ref in print
Resolve: lbl sort when more than 9 of one designation
Feature: Filter favorites
Feature: backbone riser width dependant on number of child hubs

Visual Solutions 1.0.61 (2/8/2017)

Feature: Copy Design
Feature: Panel Designer and panel page item
Feature: Move individual labels tag, zone, lbl
Feature: Favorite products with hot key (*, 5, enter)
Resolve: Print to page sizes besided arch E

Visual Solutions 1.0.60 (1/30/2017) Public

Feature: Edit line cmd (debug only)
Resolve: Regen symbols drops sensor pattern
Resolve: Products with repeated SSICOVERAGE or SSISENSOR layers import crash
Feature: Edit room or zone name in project manager (double click text)
Feature: Ctrl+A performs a select all using selection filters

Visual Solutions 1.0.59 (1/16/2017) Public

Resolve: refactor connectivity properties to be by brand

Visual Solutions 1.0.58 (1/12/2017)

Resolve: GDI object leak related to property panel
Resolve: GDI object leak related to cursor swapping
Resolve: Product selection window initial size now based on window size
Resolve: Scroll bar appearance in properties, hide horizontal scroll
Resolve: Renaming node in project manager causes zone/room child nodes to not fill out

Visual Solutions 1.0.57 (1/10/2017)

Resolve: layer manager ui
Resolve: Circular wipeouts not rendering to pick buffer
Resolve: selection filter setting in layout effecting print
Resolve: Riser convert to black setting not saving
Resolve: Abbreviate user name in titleblock
Resolve: connection undo/redo where a run is reversed
Resolve: user highlight and selection color setting

Visual Solutions 1.0.56 (1/4/2017) Happy New Year!

Resolve: Auto save on unsaved projects
Resolve: Date not matching in title block
Resolve: moving a cross design connection label doesn't update the arrow, undo doesn't remove labels from both designs
Resolve: Selection filters effecting snap when all selection filters are turned off
Update: Update 3rd party control that is thought to resolve handle exception

Visual Solutions 1.0.55 (12/21/2016)

Feature: Right Click + Control to pan
Change: GWY products are not allowed to be children anymore, they must be the system parent
Resolve:Fresco gets a TS label
Resolve: 0 length array in gdi+ symbol draw causes crash

Visual Solutions 1.0.54 (12/15/2016)

Feature: Wipe out behind attributes
Feature: Right click a zone name to remove the zone
Resolve: Use gdi to draw symbol images
Resolve: nAR40 and nshade labels
Improve: handling thousands of text entities
Resolve: protect against trying to draw lines with less than 2 vertices in GDI
Resolve: Null check for symbol designer attribute display
Resolve: Default text size in print designer
Resolve: Add system controller riser logic
Resolve: Protect mid run reversals in connections
Resolve: Bridge in connections drop down showing the wrong number of free ports

Known Issues

zoom to room or zone can be slow

Visual Solutions 1.0.53 (12/13/2016)

Resolve: connection issue when there are multiple designs where productID's are reused
Resolve: Appearance of cropped drawings in print designer

Known Issues

Possible to make 'bad connections' by incorporating the end of one run in the middle of another run
Bridge free ports in dropdown can be incorrect of bridge is in another design

Visual Solutions 1.0.52 (12/7/2016) Public

Feature: Wipe out behind attributes
Feature: Right click a zone name to remove the zone
Resolve: Prod selection side bar locks up
Resolve: layer state time delay
Resolve: index out of range when opening the symbol designer
Resolve: Distance override change with no connection present crash
Resolve: Deleting a product in multiple zones would only remeove the product reference from 1 zone
Resolve: Product attributes in print did not match color shown in openGL
Resolve: Image frame orientation change had no effect in openGL

Known Issues

nar40 and nshade don't get a label
cropped drawing views don't behave correctly in opengl
importing DWG files with 40k+ text entities can cause a significant slow down or out of memory error

Visual Solutions 1.0.51 (11/30/2016) - Beta Candidate

Feature: Selecting a room or zone zooms the designer to that region
Resolve: gwy to brg connections can go either way
Resolve: renaming a print page does not rename the print packet
Resolve: 'bridge tags' to gateways get a GW instead of BR
Resolve: RM products get a label
Resolve: wsd and wsx get a SO label instead of OS
Resolve: Quick search blanks out
Resolve: Nested hub risers have labels that make it look like a circular reference

Visual Solutions 1.0.50 (11/28/2016) - Beta Candidate Public

Resolve: ncm labeling

Known Issues

NRM products don't get a correct label

Visual Solutions 1.0.49 (11/28/2016) - Beta Candidate

Resolve: Crash when place and orient command is canceled
Resolve: null ref preventing schedule from loading in the case of generic riser folder missing
Resolve: Changing the lbl as you place NEF blocks results in missing riser
Resolve: Changing connected product coordinate in properties doesn't update connection endpoints

Visual Solutions 1.0.48 (11/22/2016) - Beta Candidate

Feature: Place and orient gets a orthogonal hint line if you snap to line or rectangle
Feature: Product search ignores white space
Feature: Double click center button to zoom all
Resolve: Indicate bridge riser page in menu
Resolve: Multiple riser runs in room riser overlapping
Resolve: Sensor Switch default product lbls
Resolve: Arc entities bounds determination
Resolve: Viewport 'To Scale' unresponsive
Resolve: Multiple print pages added when add page clicked in print designer
Resolve: Erase Undo/Redo doesn't redo
Resolve: Imported layer default editability
Resolve: Imported arc line weight incorrect

Visual Solutions 1.0.47 (11/8/2016) - Beta Candidate

Feature: Improve place and orient
Feature: Titleblock logo is read from dwg file
Feature: Indicate risers that have been placed in print
Resolve: Multiple riser runs in room riser overlapping

Known Issues

Erase undo does not redo correctly
Multiple dis connected runs in a single room can have incorrect row spacing depending on number of columns
Imported arcs can have incorrect line weight
Some sensor switch products do not get 'XX' style label
Bridge risers do not indicate what page they are on
New page btn on print designer can add multiple pages

Visual Solutions 1.0.46 (11/4/2016) - Beta Candidate

Resolve: Riser wire logic on right vertical when npanel present
Resolve: Room delete undo causes products to delete
Resolve: Connection error when trying to connect products that don't accept cat5 connections
Resolve: Sensor pattern cropping based on symbol center not insertion point
Resolve: Improve title block scaling
Removed: Riser designer
Feature: Excel export from schedule

Visual Solutions 1.0.45 (10/?/2016) - Beta Candidate

Resolve: Riser wire logic on right vertical when npanel present
Resolve: Hub child number on ports
Resolve: NEF in riser string format crash
Resolve: nested block/product color in opengl
Resolve: Hub riser for hub or gwy connected
Resolve: hidden room labels showing up in printed output
Resolve: Properties stacking for unrelated entities
Resolve: connections not allowed from a 1 to a unconnected to a 1
Resolve: new dumpdwg import compatibility
Resolve: default to arch E paper for printers

Visual Solutions 1.0.44 (10/11/2016) - Beta Candidate

Resolve: Prevent potential index out of range error on schedule designer
Resolve: Nested HUB riser logic
Resolve: Show port/room on port/room risers where applicable
Resolve: Fix right side riser wire for npanel
Resolve: Protect gdi from arc of ~0 size
Resolve: Room labels as rooms are added
Resolve: Generic products have no manufacturer
Resolve: Schedule copies add (copy)
Resolve: Schedule saves changes to manufacturer column

Visual Solutions 1.0.43 (10/4/2016) - Beta Candidate

Feature: npanel more fully supported, load properties, riser
Feature: Catalog toggle to display catalog below products
Feature: Add Generic Relay, Sensor, Luminaire, Button Station
Feature: Copy a product definition in the schedule
Feature: All products have connection logic, max child count used instead of default 1
Feature: Added nlight and nlightAir flags to connectivity properties
Resolve: npanel riser block attributes
Resolve: room label ui added back, resolve behavior with move,rotate, copy
Resolve: crash when copying bridges
Resolve: Default room label repeating 'A'
Resolve: Default zone label repeating 'A'
Resolve: Exception message when quick search unavailable

Visual Solutions 1.00.42 (09/29/2016) - Beta Candidate

Resolve: Arc color in block
Resolve: Hide room label command UI until copy/move issues resolved

Visual Solutions 1.00.41 (09/27/2016) - Beta Candidate

Resolve: Show no internet connection warning
Resolve: error relating to one note printer
Resolve: repeated products in hub riser
Resolve: blockdef delete redo creating duplicate ents

Visual Solutions 1.00.0040 (09/26/2016) - Beta Candidate

Feature: If products have a tag, it is shown in riser next to label
Resolve: Show child bridges off of hub bridge riser
Resolve: Improve redo to account for added back block defs eg rev cloud
Resolve: Network endpoint address

Visual Solutions 1.00.0039 (09/26/2016) - Beta Candidate

Feature: Room names on bridge ports
Resolve: Room label manager added to undo token
Resolve: Export overwrite
Resolve: Network endpoint unavailable message

Visual Solutions 1.00.0038 (09/21/2016) - Beta Candidate

Feature: Fuzzy product search
Feature: Product search changed to folder structure
Resolve: Bridge port crash
Resolve: Rev cloud undo
Resolve: Default mounting height for wallstations
Resolve: Don't show ring label for rings keyed to height 0

Visual Solutions 1.00.0037 (09/20/2016) - Beta Candidate

Feature: Changing room label text renames room
Resolve: Imported arc color
Resolve: Exported product attribute color
Resolve: SymbolDesigner null ref crash
Resolve: background image preventing display of attributes

Visual Solutions 1.00.0036 (09/19/2016) - Beta Candidate

Resolve: Riser symbol text alignment
Resolve: Network component risers
Resolve: default placed images at z=-1 to prevent overlap issues
Resolve: Export complex splines

Visual Solutions 1.00.0035 (09/14/2016) - Beta Candidate

Feature: Room label generation
Resolve: Import/Export text alignment
Resolve: Arc import
Resolve: Arc rotation
Resolve: Block export supports multiple attributes
Resolve: Product search clear button now at end of search box

Visual Solutions 1.00.0034 (09/9/2016) - Beta Candidate

Feature: Export UI added backstage
Feature: Revision cloud cmd in layout
Resolve: Exported text alignment
Resolve: Products added to schedule when they are clicked but never placed
Resolve: Scratch folder cleans up projects older than 10 days
Resolve: Renamed notes not displaying
Resolve: Schedule symbol not updating when label changes
Resolve: Selection window outside of designer crash
Resolve: Repeated 'Design 1' naming, design ordering
Resolve: Print crash

Visual Solutions 1.00.0033 (09/1/2016) - Beta Candidate

Feature: spline dwg export (debug only)
Feature: arc dwg export (debug only)
Feature: block dwg export (debug only)
Resolve: selection window beyond designer crash
Resolve: print undo multiple times created multiple copies of pageitems
feature: default letter labels for luminaires

Visual Solutions 1.00.0032 (08/26/2016) - Beta Candidate

Feature: text to dtext dwg export (debug only)
Resolve: double click on dwg import causing selection
Resolve: Missing files showing up in recent list
Resolve: folder delete bug

Visual Solutions 1.00.0031 (08/24/2016) - Beta Candidate

Feature: Revision cloud
Feature: New OpenGL debug tools
Resolve: Splash screen transparency
Resolve: Arcs not displaying correctly in print
Resolve: Clean up unused data in ProgramData folder
Reorganize print ribbon

Visual Solutions 1.00.0030 (08/22/2016) - Beta Candidate

Feature: More detailed connection error messages, error messages stay open until user closes
Resolve: Sort order in products drop down
Resolve: Placed luminaires not visible until redraw
Resolve: Spline edit behavior that would lead to line 'kinks'

Visual Solutions 1.00.0029 (08/19/2016) - Beta Candidate

Crop DWG button visible
Feature: Room pattern clipping turned on
Resolve: window pick problems associated to room pattern clipping

Visual Solutions 1.00.0028 (08/17/2016) - Beta Candidate

Resolve: remove ... from properties type dropdown
Resolve: Legend Image distortion
Resolve: Legend and Wire legend width matching
Resolve: changing wire color in schedule not propagating to bridge run arrows
Resolve: spline edit jumps after spine had been copied or moved

Visual Solutions 1.00.0027 (08/16/2016) - Beta Candidate

Resolve: Unable to delete recent
Resolve: Duplicates in recent

Visual Solutions 1.00.0026 (08/15/2016) - Beta Candidate

Resolve: Place Riser button labels and tooltips
Resolve: Image frame scale property, prevent scale of 0
Resolve: add normal entity properties in print

Visual Solutions 1.00.0025 (08/11/2016) - Beta Candidate

Resolve: new case to prevent too many children being added to a product
Resolve: new connection reverse run case
Resolve: unnecessary wire reset after undo when there has been a run reversal
Resolve: missing lum section if recent are cleared
Resolve: lbl dropping from product sidebar during place cmd

Visual Solutions 1.00.0024 (08/10/2016) - Beta Candidate

Removed: Drawing Crop / Room pattern clipping because of selection window bug
Resolve: Copied bridge run tag changing location
Resolve: Moved bridge run tag moving twice as far when moved with attached product
Resolve: Memory spike during connect command
Resolve: Improve sensor pattern clipping behavior
Resolve: Label numbering if you have cleared your recent selections
Resolve: Improve HUD snap setting ui

Visual Solutions 1.00.0023 (08/9/2016) - Beta Candidate

Resolve: Add scroll bar to manage dwg note
Resolve: Prevent connection reverse when there is multichild node
Resolve: Improve undo move performance to prevent 2 of same key crash
Resolve: Improve undo when deleting connected bridge product
Resolve: HUD not showing snap increment initially

Visual Solutions 1.00.0022 (08/8/2016) - Beta Candidate

Resolve: Spline behavior during rotate
Resolve: Undo breaking connections
Resolve: Bridge tag not deleting when tag arrow deleted
Resolve: Remove product tag when tag cleared
Resolve: Tag location based only on product symbol, does not account for patterns
Resolve: Added connection reverse case
Resolve: Improved product search clear
Resolve: fixed issue with nested openGL stencils
Resolve: 2D Rotate no longer changes z coord to 0
Resolve: EntMgr copy, preserves ent 'bucket'
Feature: Show label and catalog in product properties dropdown

Visual Solutions 1.00.0021 (08/1/2016) - Internal Build

Feature: Allow two of the same product
Feature: Room sensor Pattern Clipping
Feature: Crop Print Layout Items
Feature: Set max number of rows in print legend before wrap
Feature: Import DWG Notes to print page
Feature: Imported PDF/Images go on separate layer
Feature: Bridge product tag change automatically updates bridge run tags
Resolve: Crash when placing legend with empty catalog or description
Resolve: Crash when placing a new product if an existing product has label of less than two characters
Resolve: Connection tree structure issues relating to deleting bridge tags
Resolve: Connection healing when product with bridge tag connection deleted
Resolve: Tag location on rotated products
Resolve: Duplicated properties
Resolve: Note list not updating
Resolve: Sensor Pattern 'dropping' when properties updated
Resolve: Default labelling for combined sensors
Resolve: Missing part number in riser
Resolve: Place and orient for nWSX products
Resolve: Crash when image insert cancelled
Resolve: Better support for changing product block colors
Resolve: Show product lbl in schedule image
Resolve: reduced openGL memory allotments

Visual Solutions 1.00.0020 (07/20/2016) - Beta Candidate

Improve lineweight and leader arrow size in print
Label numbering now based on highest label remaining
Added lbl generation for xpoint, fresco, nHW, and nSP/nSP5 productds
Changed erase command behavior if using preselect
Improve scale command, nscale product blocks
Fix crash on image place cancel in print
Improve update frequency for project explorer and print preview

Visual Solutions 1.00.0019 (07/13/2016) - Beta Candidate

Prevent user saves to default template folder
Updated Erase hints for clarity
Added debug crosshair capability for initial internal testing [debug only]
Change how print pageitem's are moved so that move is saved to object immediately instead of only when the page refreshes

Visual Solutions 1.00.0018 (07/12/2016) - Beta Candidate

Improved rotate preview
Improved display of splines on integrated graphics cards
Show CAT5 lengths broken out by standard lengths, actual straight line *1.1 rounded up to nearest std length
Added help information to backstage

Visual Solutions 1.00.0017 (07/08/2016) - Beta Candidate

Fixed product schedule save issue
Fixed RiserPageItem save issue
Fixed bug in labeling
Fixed combobox index 0 issue
Fixed revision history error
Fixed default labels for emergency products to differentiate from non emergency
Fixed port numbering in Riser by bridge port ui on print
Fixed hot key zoom command select bug
Improved automated label generation for non nlight products

Visual Solutions 1.00.0015 (06/29/2016) - Beta Candidate

With the new connect command, you can either just click products, or click a point in between products to force the ‘arc’ in that direction, OR click 2 or more times to make a ‘complicated’ spline between products, eg down a long hallway
Copy now copies connections including bridge tags (as space on source bridge allows)
Copy now ‘copies’ zones, so if a power pack was in Zone A, a new Zone A is created for each copy location.
Move, Copy, Place all have ortho hint lines to help you align products
Place and orient has hint points to help you pick 90 degree increments, and you can right click to use last orientation after you place
Fixed default labels for emergency products to differentiate from non emergency
Changed how text height is handled to make it more accurate
Circular wipeouts on circular products
More error checking on connections to prevent loops through bridge
Ui improvements for high dpi screens
Re number bridge port numbers when a bridge connection is deleted
Can indicate zone/fixt on power packs for display in riser (use properties for power pack in layout)

Visual Solutions 1.00.0000 (01/21/2016) - Beta Candidate

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