Cone Layout - What's new?

What's new?

Fixed disappearing dimensions window
Fixed setup program to enable installation as regular user instead of administrator

DXF exports are now centered around zero.
DXF exports now use the same units that were used for designing the cone (see here for details).
Added an extra comment to the DXF file specifying the actual dimensions and units used to generate the file.

Fixed timezone correction. A bug prevented users located in a timezone East of GMT (London) to start up the 21-day shareware version (see here for details).

Renamed the program to Cone Layout to better illustrate its purpose.
Although not visible to the user, internally Cone Layout was completely redesigned to improve maintainability.
Added dimension markers to 3D model and removed F1 help function from dimensions edit window: one picture says more than a thousand words...
Added number of bends control to dimensions edit window, removed Finite Element Model (FEM) resolution from preferences window.
Added (optional) bend lines to flat pattern projection.
Added many new units: centimeters, yards, radians, grads, minutes, points.
Number of decimals and increment/decrement value now depends on selected units.
Created full color Windows XP icon.

Fixed scaling bug that resulted in tiny print outs or exports when using inches or feet.
Removed minimum and maximum limits on diameter of cone. People seem to use Cone Layout to build huge objects (hence the new "yards" unit!).
Fixed EPS line width bug.

Implemented exporting flat pattern projection to Encapsulated PostScript file (.EPS).
Minor changes to the documentation.

Removed the 45 degree limit for the skew angles of the truncated ends of the cone.

Cone can now print very large flat pattern projections. The flat pattern projection will be printed distributed of multiple sheets of paper. Each sheet contains a small thumbnail of the entire flat pattern projection with the part shown on the sheet printed gray.

Due to a bug in the 3D to 2D conversion algorithm there where inaccuracies in the flat pattern projection of cones with relatively large top-angles.

Help file has been edited by N.J. Leon.
Added window with rendered 3D model of the cone.
Added description of cone in flat pattern projection window and .DXF file.
Added preferences dialog to enable the user to customize the program.
Added support for meters, inches and feet.
Optimization algorithm is now more accurate and faster.
Instead of rotating the bounding rectangle, Cone now rotates the flat pattern projection.

Fixed bug concerning default file extension in Save As dialogs using Windows NT.