Mech-Q Update Version 4

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We’ve also released new improvements for Mech-Q.

Here are a few things you will find in the new version 4.

• Mech-Q is now compatible with the latest AutoCAD release, plus older versions are supported too
• Our AViCAD Standalone (which includes Mech-Q) is also compatible with AutoCAD
• Piping 3D – Major upgrade, speed improved by 40-50%
• Ducting 3D – Major upgrade, speed improved by 40-60%

Our latest release, Mech-Q version 4, contains:

Piping:

• Data “List” function – significant speed upgrade
• Improved loading speed
• Added Threaded: #300 psi
• Several minor improvements
• Added new Piping 3D tools

Ducting:

• Round & Flat-Oval – 16 New Shapes added
• Auto-Add Cushion Heads to Diffusers
• 3D Dampers added
• Upgrade to Ducting Layers
• Allow color override according to layer prefix
• Ducting BOM improved
• Ducting interface function – improved
• Speed improvements

Other stuff we improved:

• Structural Hand railing: update Kick-Plate design
• 3D Fasteners improved
• OSMODE and Ortho setting retained drawing to drawing. Removed point entity at the origin
• Several bugs and problems fixed – all modules

Mech-Q is an engineering add-on for AutoCAD and Briscad. IntelliCAD is also supported with our complete CAD standalone with Mech-Q, which we call AViCAD.

We’ve also released new improvements for AViCAD.

Here are just a few things you will find in this new version. AViCAD is a perfect solution for those wanting to switch out of AutoCAD (or need CAD) along with Mech-Q.

You can now create your leaders in AViCAD with a variety of arrows, segments, and content, including text and blocks with attributes. Unlike AViCAD’s previous leader objects, MLEADER is a single object that is easy to adjust, with GRIPS.

• AViCAD now supports the latest DWG format
• Added Multileader as the new annotative object
• Added zero-margin printing. Available through the Printer Configuration Manager > Modify standard Paper Sizes (Printable Area)
• Implemented Object properties evaluation. Lists of the properties of a selected object are available as fields.
• Fixed the visualization issue when dragging objects in editing commands (e.g. Move, Copy).
• Fixed the lagging issue with editing commands on large drawings (e.g. DELETE, TRIM).
• Improved performance when copying a large number of objects.
• Improved performance using blocks in REFEDIT/REFCLOSE.
• Fixed some crashes and drawing exception errors that occurred on opening
• Improved performance using drawings with Xrefs

Our latest release AViCAD version is 2024

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• Implemented Object properties evaluation; now it’s possible to create FIELDs compatible with AutoCAD and evaluate properties.
• Added zero print margins
• Implemented MLEADER, MLEADEREDIT, MLEADERALIGN, MLEADERCOLLECT commands
• Fixed Display grips of clipped block references with XCLIPFRAME variable off
• Fixed preview during drag of XREF
• Fixed Block wrong move after REFEDIT
• Fixed DIST command issue with rotated UCS
• Implemented hatch stretch and grip edit for hatches created selecting entities
• Fixed display of XREF after a cancel of the REFEDIT command
• Fixed QSELECT dialog in some drawings
• Fixed TRIM with SHIFT and EXTEND with ENTER
• Fixed freeze selecting polylines and hatches, a new method to calculate the area of a polyline
• Fixed crash trimming HATCH
• Removed the “Reset” button in the Customize dialog
• Fixed display of entities on locked layers
• Fixed select of ESNAP from SHIFT+RCLICK menu using keyboard shortcut
• Fixed selection of items in the options list of dynamic input
• Fixed REFEDIT > DISCARD some blocks are deleted
• Fixed Text entering is under images
• Fixed join of collinear segments
• Fixed insert of XREF without path
• Fixed undo of changes to 3D solid properties from the palette
• Fixed dimstyle and textstyle combo in the toolbar and property palette
• Fixed crash while closing with multiple drawing
• Fixed error when breaking walls on EasyArch
• Fixed DIMLINEAR – “Invalid input” when trying to insert Mtext/Text after DIMLINEAR->Horizontal and DIMLINEAR->Vertical by passing the correct state parameters
• Fixed exception using dynamic block grips and fixed restore of ORTHOMODE using grips
• Fixed exception in REFCLOSE command makes it impossible to continue to work.
• Fixed lag and slowdown in creating objects, with selection window and other operations when some other process uses CPU heavily ( > 90%)
• Restored FILEDIALOGS variable to control choose file dialog with every file extension
• Fixed exception with REFEDIT on a block containing a dynamic block
• Fixed import button in SCALELISTEDIT dialog called from the status bar
• Fixed autocomplete dialog layout
• Fixed drag of blocks with dragdetail > 0
• Fixed drag of objects during MOVE, COPY, SCALE, etc … with great coordinates
• Fixed evaluation of field “ObjectName”
• Fixed crash opening drawing with fields
• Fixed height of toolbar using “classic” UI on 4k monitors
• Fixed size of icons in layer palette with 4k display
• Fixed size of layer Icons with 4k monitor
• Fixed locked layer selection in commands (MOVE, COPY, etc) after changes to TRIM on block
• Fixed FILLET between XLINE
• Fixed crash at close time
• Fixed selection of clipped viewport with its polyline
• Fixed selection of viewport in the layout
• Disabled QLEader attachment options when “Underlay” is checked
• Fixed trim of circle or arc with the rectangle as boundary
• Fixed TRIM and EXTEND with blocks selecting with window
• Fixed area of hatches with a simple island
• Fixed Czech capital letters in the command line
• Fixed lag after edit commands (eg: DELETE, TRIM)
• Avoid crash when superhatch cannot detect intersections in boundary detection
• Removed XREF dependent layer from DIMLAYER combo in dimstyle dialog and ribbon/toolbar
• Filtered XREF-dependent layer in-layer combo in HATCH dialog
• Removed the background white rectangle from print
• Fixed area in properties and list for polyline and 2dPolyline objects
• Improved performance of copying a large number of objects
• Fixed a crash when inserting a door/window with no wall (using EasyArch)
• Fixed selection with the PREVIOUS option
• Fixed selection of source object in MATCHPROP command
• Fixed HATCH area calculation using the region method
• Fixed performance of DIMSTYLE dialog with many Dimension styles in quite a large drawing
• Implemented selection of entities on a locked layer
• Resized linetype, lineweight, and color ribbon combo box
• Improved performance of REFCLOSE with refedit preview
• Added symbol menu in the context menu for single-line text edit
• Fixed cone radius, height, and center z into the property palette
• Hidden some fields from the list in the “FIELD” dialog
• Fixed crash opening drawing with clipped XREF
• Fixed slow selection in drawing with clipped xref
• Fixed selection of block reference with window selection mode
• Fixed crash saving modify to an xref using REFEDIT
• Fixed visualization of faded objects (placed on a locked layer, XREF, or during refedit), on some drawings, such entities disappear
• Fixed text not aligned in the middle of the QLEADER command
• Fixed the MTEXT option that didn’t start the MTEXT command in the QLEADER command
• Added Rename and Delete buttons in the WSSETTINGS dialog to rename and delete workspaces
• Changed the default value of “Path options” in the “Modify Transmittal Setup” dialog, now by default, all files are placed in one folder and not organized in a folder structure

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A new video walking you through the 2D Piping part of Mech-Q

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