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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%
We are celebrating a new Mech-Q release - now fully compatible with the latest AutoCAD 2025 and LT 2024/25 versions
 

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
 

https://www.youtube.com/embed/qgHI77_UbGU
A new video walking you through the 2D Piping part of Mech-Q

 
We are celebrating a new Mech-Q release - now fully compatible with the latest AutoCAD 2025 and LT 2024/25 versions
 

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