Technical Updates

June 2022 updates - 13 Jun 2022

v3.7.6
  • Improvement: Creating a Space Fill with large art is now dramatically faster using the Outline method, especially when freely varying rotation.
  • Bug fix: The Snap to Collision, Rotate to Collision, and Rotate at Collision tools no longer erroneously snap to hidden guides.
v3.6.2
  • Bug fix: The Dynamic Sketch and Trim & Join tools no longer incorrectly trim locked guides, or trim other paths to locked guides.
v1.6.4
  • When opening or switching to a document with a hidden and/or locked top layer, the panel replacement art thumbnail is now correctly displayed.
v2.6.5
  • Improvement: There is now a preference to automatically make anchor points with two opposing handles into smooth points regardless of the button settings.
v2.5.2
  • Bug fix: Editing the bottom copy of a Stipple or Symbol Stipple effect when there are multiple effects applied to the same object no longer picks up the color of the top copy, when different (CC 2022).
v3.4.2
  • Addition of the new Curvature effect accessed via Window > Astute Graphics > AG Curvature Visualizer (instructional video to follow)
  • Bug fix: Quality value on macOS now correctly displayed in integers from 1 to 10.
v3.6.5
  • Bug fix: All tools which create art (Circle by Points, Tangent Circle, Curvature Circle, Arc by Points, Tangent Line, Perpendicular Line) now correctly honor the "New Art Has Basic Appearance" setting.
v4.8.6
  • Bug fix: Fixed problem with Reposition Point tool sometimes deleting the wrong anchor point immediately after repositioning a point.
  • Bug fix: The Extend Path tool cursor now properly reflects the "Extend All Selected Paths" setting when a single path is selected but the path under the cursor being edited is a different, unselected one.
  • Bug fix: Cursor rendering on the Dynamic Measure preferences preview is now correct.

Reprofile tool release - 10 May 2022

v2.0.0
v1.4.9
  • Latest keyboard shortcuts for the new Reprofile tool, part of the Reform plugin