Intelli-MAX^® Standard Revision History

Version 32.0, Patch #8

Changes made to Intelli-MAX Standard since version 32.0, Patch #7, which was released on 2/5/2021

• Changes have been made in other brands. No changes have been made in this patch for Intelli-MAX Standard.

Version 32.0, Patch #7

Changes made to Intelli-MAX Standard since version 32.0, Patch #6, which was released on 7/13/2020

OMAX Monitor

• Enhanced data collection

• Automatic update of data collection software
  

Version 32.0, Patch #6

Changes made to Intelli-MAX Standard since version 32.0, Patch #5, which was released on 1/17/2020

Device Driver and Firmware

• The digital signature for the driver/firmware package has been updated to support Windows 10 Build 2004.
  

MAKE

• Improved cutting quality in heavily segmented radii by assigning the correct slower speed. This is most prominent in A-Jet files when they were imported from a scan or Intelli-CAM.
• Improved logging of A-Jet precision calibration in the event log. Added date of precision calibration in the calibration wizard.
  

Bug Fixes

• In MAKE, fixed a bug in brittle mode where in some cases the abrasive delay was not assigned correctly.
• Fixed a bug in MAKE where material thinner than 0.25 in. (6.35 mm) was being cut at incorrect high speeds. Cutting times are now more accurate for thin material and the cutting speed profile is much smoother--especially when using tilt forward in small corners.
• Fixed default speed and acceleration parameters when selecting a different machine type in the MAKE Advanced/Administrator Technical Setup dialog.
• Updated links for OMAX support website.

Version 32.0, Patch #5

Changes made to Intelli-MAX Standard since version 32.0, Patch #4, which was released on 7/7/2019

General

• Updated external reference used in setting TimeStamp for signed files. This ensures that digital signatures in the software distribution are all up to date. (Digital signatures are used throughout the software to help ensure that when it is installed, it has not been corrupted or tampered with; digital signatures also reduce the chances of antivirus programs detecting false positives and rejecting the installation or files within our software.)
  

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug in MAKE where the first pierce may not occur at piercing height but rather at cutting height.
• Fixed a bug in MAKE where the selection of Dual on/off valve in the Advanced Administrator Setup dialog was not saved.
• Corrected Language-specific web site links. (For some non-English versions of the software, links to OMAX web sites were pointing to older out-of-date locations.)
• Fixed an issue in MAKE where the timers and counters were not tracked correctly when the path was paused. Previous to this bug fix, not all running hours were being counted in some instances, which could cause confusion about the actual runtime of the pump, abrasive, and other accessories.
• Fixed a bug in MAKE where the delay for the terrain follower at the beginning of the path was not sufficient when Keep the pump on between paths when multi-cycle cutting was selected in the Event and Relay Timing tab.
• Fixed a bug in MAKE where a delay between "end of cut" and traverses was missing in some cases. This fixes a case where the jet may not have fully cooled down as the traverse starts, potentially resulting in a blemish on the part at the start of traverses on machines that do not have dual on/off valves, machines with slow responding on/off valves, or when using “brittle mode” to turn the jet on and off at the pump.
• Intelli-VISOR: Fixed an issue where all alert profiles disabled after the system monitor shut down. Status reports would not be automatically sent to the user after restarting the system monitor.

Version 32.0, Patch #4

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a critical bug in MAKE where finishing a path would cause the interface to freeze and the pump to remain on, preventing any more control from the application.
• Fixed a bug in MAKE where the pump turned on at the end of a drawing that had no cutting entities.
• In MAKE, fixed a bug that happened when generating a Tech Support Report--users of some versions of Windows 7 or earlier would receive an error about the wrong version of .NET installed.

Version 32.0, Patch #3

Changes made to Intelli-MAX Standard since version 32.0, Patch #2, which was released 4/2/2019

MAKE

• In the OMAX Path Control Dialog (appears when you click Begin Machining), the tooltip now explains that double-clicking the progress bar displays the path's progress in a large window. (This is helpful if you want to view the progress from a distance.)

Scripting

• Added a sample script to demonstrate how dimensioning or other information can be included for machine operators.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the spelling of the word “transferring” in one of the MAKE menu items.

Version 32.0, Patch #2

General

• Trademark-related updates were made.
  

Version 32.0, Patch #1

Changes made to Intelli-MAX Standard since version 32.0, which was released 1/21/2019

General

• Modified the “Check for updates” feature to properly notify users of software patches in addition to major version number changes.

Bug Fixes

• Corrected translation issues (missed strings) and decimal/comma handling in foreign languages.
  
• Fixed a bug in MAKE where very slow cutting speeds (very thick and/hard material) could have caused a perceived delay before the pierce.
  
• In LAYOUT, fixed the spelling of a settings file associated with the Advanced Tool Offsetter.

Version 32.0

LAYOUT

• Arc - Two Points and Radius plugin: A new plugin allows a user to define an arc by clicking two points, and then specifying a radius that would fit between those points.
  
• Cosmetic change to the Advanced AutoPath Dialog: The buttons and text in the AutoPath dialog have been updated to clearly show which AutoPath strategies are turned on and off.
  
• Added new sample file showing how to use “generative design” to make 2D OMAX parts.
• Updated the AutoPath dialog’s Strategies section so that it is more obvious as to what is active and what each strategy button does.

MAKE

• Offset Calculator: A new offset calculator is available for machines with tilting accessories. The calculator will produce recommended numbers for the tool offset and taper offset values based on measurements taken from a cut test part. It is available from the Change Path Setup dialog.
• The Specify Tilt dialog now stays open after the jet moves, allowing for multiple consecutive moves. To close the dialog, click the Close button or Cancel.
• A-Jet Precision Calibration: Added MAKE version to the AjetCalibrationReport.txt file.
• A-Jet precision Calibration: Changed maximum rotation angle from 170 degrees to 165 degrees.

Installer

• The installer has been updated to automatically close more OMAX applications that should not be running when the installer is running. This helps prevent the user from trying to install the OMAX software when that software is in use. 
  Tip: A best practice is to always close out all applications from all sources prior to running software installers.

Scripting

• Updated some demo scripts with minor improvements and clarifications.
  

General

• Revision 84 Firmware: New firmware has been released for the controller cards for various OMAX products. The firmware will help improve tolerance of interference between the computer and the controller card.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a critical bug that could result in MAKE locking up while running extremely slow paths, such as when cutting exceptionally thick and hard materials. This can happen in any path using slow motion; including waiting for delays used to control the pump, jet, and abrasive.
• In LAYOUT, fixed the spelling of a settings file associated with the Advanced Tool Offsetter.
• In LAYOUT, fixed a bug where the Smooth command would occasionally crash if cancelled during processing.
  
• Fixed a bug that could cause an error when rendering in LAYOUT, which happened if a computer had not been rebooted for several days.
• In LAYOUT, some strings for the Advanced Tool Offsetter were translated.
• In MAKE, fixed a bug regarding bevel interpolation that could have caused a big slowdown before a lead-in.
• In MAKE, improved interpolation in small inside arcs.
• In MAKE, improved bevel interpolation by properly synchronizing corners.
• In MAKE, fixed an issue in bevel interpolation with kerf offset on 180-degree entity connections.
  
• Fixed a bug in MAKE that could have caused an error when right-clicking on Begin Machining and selecting Go to Spot on Path, or when restarting after clicking Pause.
• Fixed a bug in MAKE that could cause an exception error when printing to a file: when right-clicking on the Statistics tab and choosing Quick Print to, then clicking Cancel on the File Save dialog.
• Fixed a bug in MAKE that could cause an error when launching the Path Controller when the estimated time for the tool path is longer than 49 days. With this fix, the display for the time remaining and time estimate in that dialog will simply be “NA” (Not Available) when the error condition occurs.
  
• Fixed a bug in MAKE that could cause the pointer to stick in the hourglass state after importing machine settings from a backup file.
• Fixed a rare “Range Check Error” that could occur when importing OMAX Routed Data (ORD) files that were generated by software other than OMAX LAYOUT.
  
• In MAKE, in the Change Path Setup dialog, fixed a bug where the Tool Offset tooltip would not show the smallest inside radius in the tool path. It is useful to know the smallest inside radius when debugging tool offset problems--trying to force a large diameter tool into a small radius is a frequent cause of tool offset problems. However, the Tool Offsetter will attempt to autocorrect such instances when possible.
• Slightly improved the Tool Offsetter to work better in some rare edge cases relating to arc-to-arc intersections where they form an infinitely sharp point. The fix improves many of these rare cases.
• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT when importing DXF files from Pro Engineer (and possibly other systems) that could cause the wrong font to be used when importing True Type text.
  
• Countersunk Hole plugin for LAYOUT mouse pointer: Fixed a bug in the Countersunk Hole plugin where the pointer would slowly drift when the mouse was not being used. If you have this plugin installed, you will need to uninstall, then reinstall it for the fix to take effect.
• Fixed a bug in the installer where the log file was not being properly created at the start of installation, causing the log file to miss events that occurred at this point.
• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT where the Preview button for the Smooth command could be in the wrong spot when the dialog was resized.
• Fixed a bug in Tech Support Reports where the report would not indicate which branch of source code the installer was built from.
• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT’s Clean command where the “convert near circles to true circles” option would sometimes convert non-circlular shapes into circles.
• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT’s file importer that could cause some text to not properly convert, in particular from title blocks from Pro Engineer files, but possibly others.

Version 31.0

Device Driver and Firmware Changes

• Windows 10 drivers are now Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) certified. This means that Intelli-MAX software was evaluated, passed the required tests, and digitally signed. The WHQL signature is necessary to install Windows 10.
• Changes to the drivers and firmware had caused a layer of buffering around the signals, causing severe but temporary disruptions in communication.
• It is not necessary to replace drivers that are already installed.
• For details, please refer to the OMAX Windows Machine Tool USB Device Driver ReadMe at C:\Program Files (x86)\OMAX Corporation\OMAX_LAYOUT_and_MAKE\Drivers.
  

LAYOUT

• The smooth command has been replaced with a completely new version that provides for much improved results
The Smooth Tool is used to reduce the number of entities in a drawing, as well as convert curves approximated by many small line segments into smoother true arc-based curves. This can in turn improve the speed of cutting and edge quality of the final part, and make the drawings easier to work with in LAYOUT.
This tool is especially useful for artworks where the geometry may not have been so well-suited for cutting due to such artifacts. To access the Smooth Tool, right-click the Clean button.
To help us continuously improve this tool, please send us your drawing challenges to test on.
If you have geometry that does not smooth well, we would like to see it. Please email techsupport@omax.com, and we will use it for testing for the next updates to this command. Stay tuned for future updates that improve things even more.

• Minor improvements to DXF and DWG file importing have been made.

• AutomaticBackup.dxf saves faster
  On some versions of Windows, there could be a conflict between Windows Search Indexing and saving to the automatic backup file in LAYOUT. This would cause the backup process to be slower (seconds--the normal speed is in milliseconds).
  The automatic backing up is now handled differently to prevent Windows Search from interfering and slowing down the process.
  

MAKE

• A-Jet motion on traverses
  Added an option to prevent the A-Jet from rotating during traverses, and only rotate into position before starting the next cut.
• Machine defaults
  Added machine resolution and jerk settings to default parameters. Now the user can switch to a different machine type and still maintain all pitch corrections.
• Faster motion on small outside corners
  Improved motion on small outside corners to where the machine does not slow down as much.
  
• Added more logging throughout the software to help with remote diagnosis of issues.
  The EventLog.txt in the History folder now records more entries to make it easier to do post mortem diagnosis. For example, the start and finish times of a path are recorded to the daily machine history.
  Note: It is often easy for us to add more information to the various logs, so if there is information you need, let us know.
• In the A-Jet Precision Calibration Wizard, the A-Jet Calibration Report tab has improved layout and revised wording. The report displays in the local language with local units as well as in English with metric units.
• Improved warning text for fast, jerky A-Jet motions
  In the Change Path Setup dialog box, the warning that displays for the A-Jet when it may run exceptionally fast now also mentions soft materials and high power pumps as sources of fast motions.
• Click on entitiy numbers in compiler warnings
  When compiling a tool path and a compiler warning or error occurs, it is now possible to zoom in on that entity on the screen. This is helpful when diagnosing issues that typically appear when compiling 3D tool paths.
  To zoom in: In the warning message, click on the entity number.
  
• Tool tips on the Change Path Setup, Preview, Test Pump, and Cut off Saw buttons are now more descriptive for beginning users.
• See estimated time of completion 
  The Time Remaining display on the Path Control dialog now displays a tool-tip hint that shows the estimated time at which the path is expected to be finished.
  To see the tool-tip: While a path is running, hold your mouse over the Time Remaining display.
  
• Copy registration code to clipboard 
  There is now a little red triangle on the software registration dialog to remind users that they can right-click to copy the code number to the Windows clipboard, making it quick and easy to paste it into the software activation web site.
• The message that displays when out-of-date device drivers or firmware is detected will now direct users to a utility that automatically updates them.
• Vastly improved USB error correction
  The USB subsystem has been completely reworked, and can now handle quite severe noise and USB disconnect conditions. As part of the USB standard, USB hardware already has quite robust error correction and data recovery systems. We have taken that one step further by wrapping this system with a software layer that buffers the data, and reconnects the system even in the case of a momentary disconnect of the cable, without interrupting or corrupting the tool path in progress. In addition, we have added additional logging of USB events to improve USB troubleshooting.

Installer

• Additional logging has been added to the installer for testing and diagnostic purposes.
• If .NET has not been installed on the computer, then the portions of .NET that are required for the updated driver/firmware changes will automatically be installed. This slightly increases the size of the installer.
• The installer now automatically closes more OMAX processes when installation or uninstallation occurs. This prevents applications that were accidentally left open from interfering with the installation process. It is good practice to always close all running applications prior to running the OMAX installer.
  

Scripting

•  In the Script Editor, point to the gutter (gray numbered column) to display the caret's XY position in the text editor.
  
• A new command, “OMAX_RedrawSelectedThick” redraws all selected entities with a thickness specified in inches. This is useful, for example, for previewing kerf.
• Added new sample files and updated some existing ones.
• Based on user feedback, the OMAX Scripting manual has been updated with new information and changes for clarity. New sample scripts have been added and existing ones have been updated.
  
• Folders to house file filter scripts are now auto-created as part of the installer. This makes it easier to find the right folder to place file filter input scripts into, and prevents making a typo in the folder names.

Scripting Engine

• Added some new example scripts to learn from, and updated some of the existing scripts to be more useful and informative.
• Improved the Help text for some of the scripting commands.

Intelli-VISOR

• Advanced Override: Allows a user in advanced/debug mode to force a module to a specified value.
  

General

• Added diagnostic parametric shapes for test parts to improve determining tool and taper offsets.
  
• The tool offsetter in both LAYOUT and MAKE now accepts single-entity tool paths.
  
• New XDatas #43 (Force Start Percent Speed) and #44 (Force Start Absolute Speed) allow one to override the speed of a series of entities in a path by either a percentage or an absolute speed. These advanced XData items can be useful for engineering tests or other specialty purposes.
  
• Minor tweaks have been made to visual elements to improve appearance, better fit international text, and more.
  
• Tech Support Reports now include additional information useful to diagnose issues remotely.
  
• A few minor cosmetic changes were made to various dialogs, and some minor tweaks were also made to a couple of the optional visual themes used to change how the software looks.
  To change themes, see C:\Program Files (x86)\OMAX Corporation\OMAX_LAYOUT_and_MAKE\OMAX_ThemeSwitcher.exe.
  
• The installer has been updated to install more prerequisite files in order to ensure compatibility with older operating systems that may not be as up to date as needed by the Intelli-MAX software.

Bug Fixes

• In MAKE, updated the dial indicator code to support the newest dial indicator firmware from Sylvac (the older code would fail in relation to the newest release of dial indicator firmware from Sylvac).
  
• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT that could cause an Access Violation Error if the “Install a Plugin” command was run while a script (or a LAYOUT command that runs a script) was running.
  
• Fixed a bug that could cause single entity tool paths of quality Etch or Scribe to calculate as traverse moves with no jet on.
  
• A-Jet speed spikes: Fixed a bug in MAKE A-jet interpolation where small tilting entities could lead to fast motions, which could compromise cutting quality or separation.
• Fixed an issue in MAKE where a quality frame could have been overwritten.
• Fixed a bug in MAKE for the Tilt-A-Jet and A-Jet tilting range when the Z-axis alignment was large.
• In the Czech language translation, fixed a bug that could cause a “Rich Edit Line Insertion” error when attempting to view part history for a path.
• Fixed a bug in MAKE that had caused unnecessary rotations during lead-ins and lead-outs during A-Jet operation.
• Tilt forward: in MAKE, improved entity transition between radii.
• Fixed a bug in MAKE that caused the first line of the XY errormap to be calculated incorrectly.
• Fixed a bug in MAKE that prevented a message from displaying when Auto-Home Tilt was canceled.
• In MAKE in the Automatic K-factor, fixed a display issue in the Advanced Setup dialog.
• Fixed a bug in the BTSviewer that prevented a large bitstream from loading.
• Fixed bugs in LAYOUT and MAKE that could cause an exception error if a) no printer is set up or b) the user clicks Cancel at the Save Print Output As dialog when printing to a file.
  
• In LAYOUT, fixed a bug where the Clean command was not fixing arcs (such as removing overlaps or duplicates).
  
• In LAYOUT, fixed a rare bug in AutoPath that could otherwise cause gouging at a lead location.
• In LAYOUT, fixed a bug that could cause an error when canceling the AutoPath tool.
• In LAYOUT, fixed a bug in the Path Preview dialog box where a possible collision would not be properly highlighted if that collision was the very last entity in the tool path.
• Fixed a bug in the Installer that could force a reboot after installation when a reboot was unnecessary (for example, a simulated machine).
• In the Installer, improved automatic cleanup of desktop icons after un-installing non-English versions of the software. This will help prevent "phantom icons" from remaining on the desktop after the software they point to has been removed.
• Fixed a bug that could cause an exception error with the Inquire command if the tool path interpolator failed to compile a path.
• In MAKE, fixed a bug in the Advanced / Administrator Setup, Motor Setup tab where a negative number entered for backlash compensation would cause an exception error.
• Fixed a bug in MAKE where, in certain non-English translations, the buttons in the Path dialog box would overlap.
• Fixed a bug in MAKE so that Help on Homes links to the correct Help topic.
• In MAKE, for the A-Jet, revised a warning for cutting thin or soft materials to be more descriptive.
  
• Fixed a bug in MAKE that could cause some traverses to slow down more than necessary when the A-Jet is enabled.
• Fixed a bug in MAKE that could cause the soft limits to not be properly enabled after auto-homing the XY axes on some machines. Now, when homing is complete, it will re-enable the soft limits if it makes sense to do so, not enable them if they have never been enabled before, and ask the user if they want to re-enable them if the situation is ambiguous.
• Fixed a bug that could cause a DLL to not properly register when running the installer on a computer that is missing some prerequisites.
• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT and MAKE where clicking Save in the Technical Support Report would produce duplicate information in the RTF file.
• In MAKE, on the Soft Limit menu, changed the capitalization of “Enable soft Limits” to “Enable Soft Limits.”
• Fixed a bug in Scripting where OMAX_KeyboardState would not return results if the Shift or Ctrl keys were pressed.
• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT where a parenthesis in a file name could cause an “unrecognized opcode error” when importing files.
• Fixed a bug that could cause unnecessary “File in use” or “I/O 32” error messages when opening some files that are in use by other applications, such as when opening a file from an email attachment. The message now clearly states that the file is in use in another application.
• Fixed a bug in the Tech Support Report generator that could cause Czech language to not correctly be reported.
• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT that could cause the caption of the Inquire dialog to be too large and not display.
• Removed a file from Tech Support Reports that is no longer necessary for the report, and could cause some email systems to block the report as suspicious.
• Fixed a bug in the Installer where the final dialog may not show up after launching the device driver sub-installer.
  

Version 30.0

• Announcing the intention to drop support for operating systems older than Windows 10 64 bit. The purpose of the change is to minimize our test  burden, take advantage of new features in Windows, and prepare for the eventual drop of support from Microsoft for older operating systems.
• Version 31 is the final version with support for operating systems older than Windows 10 64 bit.
• After version 31, OMAX will no longer be providing bug fixes and feature updates for 32 bit Windows or operating systems older than Windows 10.
• Your machines will still work fine, and the older software will still be available, but you may not be able to update to the latest unless you have the hardware to support it.
• Please start planning to either stay with what you have, and not receive updates, or upgrade certain hardware components and your computer  to  support Windows 10 and 64 bit (if it does not already). 
• This change is planned for late 2018, software version 32 (subject to change).

Bug Fix

• Fixed a critical bug that could prevent the firmware and device driver from properly installing when installing the software to a computer for the first time.

Version 29.0

LAYOUT

• The Clean command now reports how many zero length entities it has removed.
• EPS Support: The file importers will now allow importing of EPS files.
• When importing .omx files into LAYOUT that contain 3D Z height information that is defined as entity properties of Z1 and Z2, (for example, that came from the 3D Path Editor), LAYOUT will now show a warning, and remove the 3D information from Z1 and Z2 of the entities.  This is because LAYOUT is not designed to maintain the integrity of all Z operations when working in 2D Layout.  Entities using XData for Z, though, will remain untouched, since LAYOUT is designed to handle XData properly, even for 3D. 
  Note: If you have an existing workflow that by chance is already working fine, and want to preserve the Z1 and Z2 information on importing, hold the SHIFT key down when pressing "OK" on the new dialog to override this change.  The purpose of this change is to prevent confusion where Z1 and Z2 information would otherwise become corrupted.  It is unlikely that this change will affect you, except for those using the software for edge cases that are highly unusual.
• The "Render" command now produces higher fidelity results, but no longer renders to the screen until it is finished.  An option to toggle between a draft (fast) render and a "precise" render is available as a right-click option on the "Render" button.

MAKE

• For the test pump stopwatch, the mouse pointer automatically moves onto the "Stop" button after it has been static for ten seconds.
• All machine position displays now update faster (on 50ms intervals instead of 100ms), and they now update while the machine is decelerating.  This results in a smoother more fluid feeling when watching the display while jogging and similar.
• Make now supports specifying unique homing methods for X and Y homing.  For example, for machines that might use hard stop homing for one axis, and limit switch homing for the other.
• Added support for the Z-Axis style drill accessory.
• MAKE no longer launches Intelli-VISOR when on an offline/office PC.  This reduces the number of background tasks running unnecessarily.
• Improvements to machine communication: it is now possible to plug the controller USB cable into the computer while MAKE is running.  This will force MAKE to reboot and establish communication with the device.
• Additional USB logging is reported to Tech Support Reports.
• Added additional logging to MAKE to help diagnose some issues easier.
• Improved some USB related error messages to be more useful for diagnostics.
• The file containing Z axis positions now saves more frequently (a request by those reading the file from external applications for automation and monitoring purposes.)
• A-Jet: Improved interpolation of corners when large error maps have to be compensated.
• A-Jet: Improved speed calculation for inside bevels.
• There is an improved consistency of taper prediction in the cutting model.
• Improved auto calculation of the K-factor for multiple connected nozzles.
• Implemented separate homing methods and encoder style for each axis.
• Implemented option to revert to default settings when changing machine type.
• In Advanced / Administrator Technical Setup, you can now change the machine size for any machine type; it does not have to be custom.

Scripting & Script Editor

Intelli-VISOR

• Added package recognition for product and accessory configurations to reduce complications with updating and preserving user changes.
  

General

• The installer will now warn the user when attempting to install the software on an older version of Windows that is no longer supported, and will provide options about what to do.
• A few help links have been updated to point to improved help topics.
• All digital signatures have been updated, as the old were set to expire.  OMAX digitally signs installers, executables and some other supporting files to help ensure that the files you are installing indeed came from OMAX and that they have not been tampered with.
• Improved the installer to do a better job of cleaning up old icons.
• Unified contact information for Technical Support:  In order to ensure the best customer and technical support, we have update many contact email addresses to reference "techsupport@omax.com" instead of multiple other email addresses that may send folks to other departments, resulting in support that is not tracked, and sometimes not followed up on.  Please use techsupport@omax.com for all support requests, and they will be happy to manage, follow up, and solicit others throughout the company on your behalf.
• Improved autoclaving of Intelli-VISOR background services so that it will no longer run when it is not needed.  (So it's not using any computer resources when not being used.)
• Improved what used to be an "I/O 32" error message to now say "File is in use in another application" to help reduce confusion when one attempts to open a file in the OMAX software that is locked in use by another application.
• For LAYOUT, MAKE, and other places, in the Print dialog box, clicking Print also saves your selections in the Options section.

Bug fixes

• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT that would cause a particular SVG file to not import correctly.
• Fixed a bug in the "Notes" section of the history form in MAKE where it was not correctly scrolling to the bottom of the notes automatically for the user.
• Fixed a bug in the installer where an old version of the OMAX Touch Utility was being distributed instead of the latest.  This in turn fixed a bug where the Touch utility was launching the wrong help topic.
• Fixed a bug in the Advanced/Administrator Setup dialog in MAKE where the tab order (the order in which user interface elements receive input when using the "Tab" key to move between them) was out of sequence.
• Fixed a bug in the File/Import command of LAYOUT that could cause errors when importing files that have parentheses in the file name.
• Fixed a bug in the installer where some icons were not being removed from the desktop when removing non-English versions of the software.
  
• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT that would allow the "Render" command button to be active, even when there were no entities to render.
  
• Fixed a bug in MAKE that could cause a false calculation of A-Jet cutting speed when cutting inside arcs with bevels.
• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT that would allow users to enter in a pipe symbol into the comment string for the XData Comment on Entity, which would result in that string parsing incorrectly next time it is displayed.
  
• Fixed a bug in MAKE that could incorrectly state that there is a "soft limit hit" at the end of auto-homing the machine.
• Fixed a bug in MAKE that could incorrectly report an error in Z axis calculations for tool paths that use XData to define Z motions.
• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT and MAKE that could cause XData information to be corrupted after loading and resaving .OMX files on computers that used commas for decimal separators instead of periods.
• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT that could cause the window that shows measurement results to go behind LAYOUT when LAYOUT is minimized and then restored.
• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT and MAKE where multiple RTF files could be included in Tech Support Reports if multiple Tech Support Reports were generated in a row without exiting MAKE.
  
• Fixed a general cosmetic bug where the "Cancel" button on some progress dialogs would overlap the bottom of the window, or the progress bar.  Also, fixed a few other miscellaneous cosmetic issues.
• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT's Shell command that could, in rare cases, cause a "Range Check" error.
• Fixed a bug in the Script Editor where Ctrl+Mouse Wheel zooming of the text could cause the text to scroll, and sometimes not exit zoom mode when the user finishes.
• Scripting: Fixed a bug where OMAX_Is_Locale_Brazil and OMAX_Is_Locale_Germany would cause an error instead of returning a result.
• LAYOUT: Fixed a bug that could allow some Layers from other CAD systems to import into LAYOUT as Qualities that simply do not exist, which could confuse tool pathing operations later on.
  
• LAYOUT: Fixed a bug that would cause the "Select Special" dialog to stretch larger than necessary, and then not stretch the components on it that needed to stretch with it.
  
• LAYOUT:  Fixed a bug in the Tab feature that could cause an exception error after upgrading from earlier versions.
• MAKE: Fixed a bug where bitstream files were not being attached to Tech Support Reports.  This resulted in the inconvenience of important motor position diagnostic information not easily making it to technical support.
• Scripting: Fixed a bug where OMAX_Client_SendMessage could return a result of "True" when it should have returned "False".  This affects those who may have written custom scripts that use this command.
• MAKE: Fixed a bug that could cause the arrow key graphics on the screen to inappropriately show in the "down" state when jogging with the mouse, causing a slight rare irritation to the user.
• Fixed bug that would prevent starting the Bitstream Viewer from MAKE debug menu.
• Fixed bug in XDATA 32 (TaperCompensation) to make sure it is only applied when the A-jet is active.
• Fixed an issue where changing the Z-axis type was not functioning properly.
• Fixed an issue with Z-axis jogging when two Z-axes were connected.
• The restart quality for Etch was changed from 'Lead-in' to 'Etch'.
• Fixed bug in the restart-array that could have caused input-output signals to be set wrong (for example, no low pressure).
  

Version 28.0

LAYOUT

• Minor updates and improvement to file filters for importing from other CAD systems.

MAKE

• No significant changes made for this release.
  

Scripting & Script Editor

General

• Czech Support:  The Intelli-MAX software is now available in the Czech language.
  

Bug fixes

Version 27.0

LAYOUT

• Faster Launch: Layout now launches about 20% faster.
• Improved Shell command: The "complex" option for the "Shell" command is now faster, more reliable, and can handle more data at once.   It also has improved handling when working with partial selections of geometry, offsetting to the proper side in context to surrounding entities.

MAKE

Some key points:


• Performance and features: This model offers significantly better performance, features, and predictions compared with the previous generation of OMAX abrasivejet cutting models (that still dominate the industry, despite their age!)
• For most parts, it will cut the same or similar to previous cutting models.  However, because this new model is more precise in its predictions, and broader in its coverage, some parts will cut differently than before.  (Details are discussed in the important link below.)
• It is up to you to make the switch: If you are upgrading your software, the Generation 3 model  will remain the model in use, unless you purposely change over to the Generation 4 model. (THis is done via Advanced / Administrator Setup in MAKE.)  If installing the software on a new “virgin” computer that has never had the OMAX software on it before, then the Generation 4 cutting model will be enabled by default, as for nearly all applications this is the better choice.
• The Generation 3 cutting models is still available:  It remains untouched.
  

Scripting & Script Editor

General

• Intelli-VISOR: Revised Module Wizard controls to be enabled/disabled contextually for a more guided UX.
• Intelli-VISOR: Revised HTML status report "date" to reduce confusion.  Previous versions used "time of last report" without proper explanation, current template uses date/time the report was generated.
• Tool Tips (the hints when you mouse over a user interface element) will now show for a longer time, if the text of the tip is longer.)
• A new SolidWorks Macro is available for SolidWorks 2016 through 2018.  This allows importing a 2D face of a solid model from SolidWorks directly into LAYOUT or MAKE.  For additional information and instructions, consult relevant documents that are kept in the C:\Program Files (x86)\OMAX Corporation\OMAX_LAYOUT_and_MAKE\SolidWorksMacro\Documentation\ folder.  For additional 3D options, including options specific to SolidWorks, consider OMAX Intelli-CAM which can be found in the OMAX Marketplace.
  

Bug fixes

Version 26.0

LAYOUT

• 2018 DXF and DWG Support: File filters updated to support DXF and DWG files up to version 2018.
• Changed the "Path" button to say "Post", and changed it's icon.  This change should help clarify the role of that button to mean "sequence the tool path and save it to a file for MAKE".  The term "Post" is an industry standard term as well.

MAKE

General:

Scripting & Script Editor

Bug fixes

Version 25.0

LAYOUT

• Improved PDF support: The PDF importers have been updated to improve support of PDF files that have gigantic bitmap images embedded into them.
• NEW: Gear, Rack, and Sprocket Maker:  The previously premium only Gear, Rack, and Sprocket maker tool is now available for this version of the Intelli-MAX software.  Look for it as a right-click option on the "Shapes" menu in LAYOUT.
  

MAKE

General:

Scripting & Script Editor

• New Script Commands:
• OMAX_CountProcessesWithSameName - Returns the number of Windows Processes of a given name that are running on the computer.
  

Bug fixes

• Fixed a bug in Intelli-VISOR relating to pressure monitoring functionality for systems formerly running version 23 or older.
• Fixed an issue in the utility "MachineAlignment.exe" (a utility used by tech support) where the calibration code was not properly recognized on new lasers.
• Fixed a bug in MAKE where when using the Drill feature "Recompile pierces only" would not properly assign the drill offset.
• Fixed issue in MAKE when drilling individual parts where the jet would have been turned on while moving to the drill position.
  
• Fixed a bug in MAKE that could cause the Drill offset to not be correctly applied when the drill accessory was enabled.
• Fixed a firmware issue that could cause excessively hard decelerations when running MAKE at speeds higher than 350 inches per minute.
  
• Fixed a visual artifact that could show up in the Machine Setup dialog in MAKE when running in Windows 7.
  
• Fixed a bug in MAKE that in rare cases could result in severe and incorrect taper compensation angles.
• Fixed a bug in Intelli-VISOR regarding enabling / disabling modules from the right-click context menu.
• Fixed an issue in Intelli-VISOR where Alert Status Report subscriptions could be forgotten after closing or restarting Intelli-VISOR.
  
• Fixed a severe conflict between MAKE and some machines where the "B Channel Relays" were being used to duplicate signals meant for the A Channel.  This conflict arose as we updated the software to support multiple tilting cutting heads on the same machine.  Several customers reported this after version 24 was released, and addressing this issue is the reason for this Version 25 maintenance release.  Note: There is no software configuration required regardless of your machine setup - simply install version 25 instead of version 24
• Fixed a bug in MAKE where a routine to report the maximum size of each machine model for the purposes of computing maximum jog distances was under-reporting, which could cause long jogs and similar to stop prematurely.
  
• Fixed a bug in MAKE where if one has hit a soft limit through a move such as a jog, it may not always tell you it is hit.
  
• Fixed a bug in the UN-INSTALLER where icons would not be fully removed from the "Start" menu on uninstall.
  
• Fixed a bug in the INSTALLER where CustomColor.INI was not being shipped with the software
  
• Fixed a general bug where some Quality colors in the Colors.INI file were not being properly read / ignored.
  
• Fixed a bug in MAKE that could cause an access violation error if the "zero home" button was right-clicked when no path was loaded.
  

Version 24.0

LAYOUT

• Improved AutoPath: The Autopath command has been improved:
• Faster performance on giant files
• Improvements on lead placement to be more human like in its results.
  
• Auto-path parts with features that have multiple tabs per feature (Previously it only considered the case of a single tab per feature).
  
• For parts that are held in by tabs, it will not waste time by using heads up traverses over them, since presumably they are not going to tip.
  
• General improvements to minimize over-use of heads up traverses.
  
• Right-click on the end point for the option to end the path without a final traverse
• The Auto-Path configuration dialog now allows near zero (0.0001" / 0.00254mm) length lead outs.
• When autopathing geometry that contains etches or scribes, all etches and scribes for each individual part are done first now.  (In the past, the pather might choose to do some etching, then some cuts, then more etching, which is inefficient and more prone to possible collisions.)  It is still the case that each part will be completed 100% before moving to the next part (so in a giant nest, for example, it will not do all the etches for the entire nest, and then start cutting out the parts, because that puts all parts at risk, should something go wrong with a single part.)
• Autopath now avoids placing leads at ultra sharp pointy endpoints of external corners, in order to make generating the ORD/OMX file easier, and improve the corner of the final part.
• Tip: The automatic tool path algorithms are driven by your input.  When you have results that are less than perfect, please use the "Generate Report For Tech Support" feature on the Help menu in LAYOUT to package up your work and send to us for analysis so that we can improve the results for the next round of software.   Please include a note on precisely how you think it could have done a better job.
• Improvements to the "Clean" tool: 
• Added a new function to automatically detect "near circles", and turn them into true circles.  This can be useful for cleaning up circles that came from sliced or flattened 3D files, raster to vector image conversions, messy DXF files, and similar.
• Note: It is recommended not to use the tool for converting near circles to circles unless there is a specific need, as often near circles are purposefully drawn that way, such as the toothed hole of a box wrench.
• Clean Selected: If entities are "selected" when the cleaning process begins, an option will be presented to clean the entire drawing, or only those entities that are selected.
  
• Tweaked and improved the Clean tool in LAYOUT to provide even better results in general.
• Added a right-click option to the "Clean" that will launch the "smooth" command.  (And the Smooth command has disappeared from its previous spot on the main screen)
• Improvements to PDF, DXF, DWG, AI, and other file imports:
  
• The PDF file importers have been completely overhauled to give better results, and to support yet more "flavors" of PDF from different systems.
  
• The "Generation I", "Generation II", and "Generation III" file filter options are no longer available, as we now have a single file filter engine that handles them all.
  
• Minor improvements have been made to improve yet more flavors of these files, including improved spline importing from Autodesk® Fusion 360, and more.
  
• We now log the process of importing these files to a history file to make diagnosis of import issues easier.  These logs are available inside of LAYOUT Tech Support Reports.
• AI importing, if it fails, no longer raises an error message before attempting other methods of importing.  (Removing a minor annoyance / user confusion.)  AI importing has also been improved in general to support a few more "flavors" of AI, and import "guide lines".
• Improved Spline conversion when importing DXF, DWG, and DWF files, including automatic elimination of duplicate splines that would otherwise cause the need for much manual cleanup for some complex artistic files.
• As always, if you have any file that does not import as you expect, please send it to techsupport@omax.com, so that we can support it.
• Some buttons have moved around slightly.
  
• The "Smooth" feature has been moved to be a right-click option on the "Clean" button. 
  
• The "Size" button has been moved to where "Smooth" used to be
• "Offset Selected" has been renamed to "Shell", and has been moved to the "Edit" category
• The "Text" button has moved to the "Draw" category
• Added new buttons for "Chamfer", "Offset single entity", and "AutoPath" to the "Draw" category.
• Improved Offset Selected (now renamed "Shell"): The advanced options in the Shell command now give better results, and it is faster.  In addition, if some entities are "selected", while other entities in the drawing are not selected, the non-selected entities are still considered in context to improve the overall results.
  
• Improved Drawing Statistics on the "Info" button:  Clicking "Info" will now provide counts for all entities of each Quality supported.
  
• Constrain 2 edge circle drawing with SHIFT key: The 2 edge circle command now supports holding down the SHIFT key to "ortho constrain" the location of the endpoint.  This makes drawing tangent circles and tangent to end of lines easier in some cases.
• Minor improvement to the Open and Run Script menu item.  It now remembers the last folder one opened a script from, instead of defaulting to the script folder.  It does default to the script folder still, but only on the first run.
• A minor improvement to the Sketch tool has been made to reduce the number of entities generated.
• Always divide leads: The Lead drawing tools now will always divide the entities they are attached to, even if "divide entities that are snapped to" is turned off in the snap options.  This fixes an annoyance for those who prefer to not divide in most other cases.
• Warning if not registered: LAYOUT now shows a warning message at the bottom of the screen if the software is not registered.
• New Plugins: A couple of new plugins are available to install from the Scripts and Plugins menu.
• Intelli-TRACE now produces slightly cleaner results.
• Improved form auto positioning: Various user interface elements "Forms" now auto reposition themselves every time they are shown.  This prevents the annoyance where if one does some editing with the Layout maximized, and then stretches LAYOUT to a new size, the editing tools are in goofy spots and have to be manually re-arranged.
• View hot keys: There is now an option to view the keyboard hot keys for LAYOUT on the "Help" menu.  Keep this window open, or print it out.
• The "Stick" font has been improved to give better results when turned into a tool path, and better yet, there is now a new Stick_ETCH  font that contains traverses for etching purposes.

MAKE

Intelli-VISOR

Scripting & Script Editor

• Completely New Script Editor: The Script Editor has been re-worked with a new editor engine that is nicer to use. 
  
• Code Navigator: Option for a "Code navigator" on the right of the screen
• See the CAD output without leaving your code: Option to display the CAD box on the left
• A "render" button has been added to the CAD tools.
  
• "Run" files that are not even scripts: Option to open DXF, ORD, and OMX files in the code editor, make changes, and immediately see the changes in the CAD box upon hitting an "Update" button.  This can be handy when hand-editing .OMX files in particular
• Improved Search and Replace: Improvements have also been made to Search and other editor functionality, as well as a "Replace" option.
• Copy code in color: Added a right-click option to copy selected code to the clipboard in color.  This is handy when making documentation, or pasting code into an email, for example.
• Improved the "Inquire" tool to dump to text that is easier to reference later and copy/paste.
• Use CTRL+SHIFT+SPACE to browse through available commands.  Simply start typing a command such as "OMAX_", (or type nothing at all) and then press these keys to see a list of commands that start with this text.  Look at the bottom of the screen for more detailed documentation on the highlighted command.
• Use either F5 or F9 to run your script without having to click the button.
  
• Highlight a command for details.  Double click on an "OMAX_" command so that it is highlighted.  Additional documentation on that command will appear at the bottom of the screen.
  
• Editor font style and size preferences remembered.  Use CTRL+Mouse Wheel to change the font size.  Pick a font style from the pull down menu at the top.  Choose a color scheme.  These items are now persistent between sessions.
• Color schemes for the editor, in case you don't like the default black text on white. (Color schemes are saved in the C:\Users\Public\OMAX_Corporation\AllUserData\Themes\ScriptEditor\ folder.  Double click on one of the files to edit or make a new one, or hold down SHIFT when you choose the scheme from the Script Editors menu.)
• Added many new sample scripts to learn from, and improved the  comments and code in others to be more educational and complete.
• Added a few new "plugins", such as one for making dotted bend lines for sheet metal bending.
• Added new script templates, which can be accessed via the "File / New from Template" menu item.
• Additional "Event Scripts" supported for MAKE "Event Script" including events for when a path is completed, MAKE_OnAllPathCyclesCompleted, MAKE_OnDryRunCompleted, MAKE_OnDryRunPaused and MAKE_OnPathPaused
• Have more than one Event Script for the same event (Consult the manual for how to do this.)
• Make your own custom File Open filters: The scripting engine has been updated to allow one to write scripts to make custom file open filters for LAYOUT, MAKE and the OMAX Viewer.  When these scripts are placed in a special folder, the Open dialogs will automatically recognize them.  This also supports files launched on the command line, or drag/dropped into LAYOUT.  A starter template is provided on the "File / New from Template" menu.  Consult the Scripting Manual for details.
  
• New or changed commands:
• OMAX_DebugOut can be used to dump variables or other information to the text window at the bottom of the script editor.  This is a handy tool for debugging scripts.  Pass it an empty string to clear the debug output window.
  
• OMAX_BoolToStr now has an optional parameter as to whether or not it should display in English, or the native language when on non-English versions of the software.
• OMAX_AddLine adds a line without having to bother with "bow".
• OMAX_PlaySound and OMAX_Speak functions can be used to play .WAV files and converting text to speech.
  
• OMAX_GetDecimalCharacter returns the symbol used as a decimal place (Typically a period or a comma, depending on the Windows setup for Regional Settings).
• OMAX_GetFullSoftwareVersion returns information about what version of the OMAX software is running.
• OMAX_Import can be used to import some supported 3rd party CAD file formats.
• OMAX_GetComputerName can be used to determine the name of the computer that the script is running on.
  
• OMAX_GetLoggedOnUserName can be used to determine the user name of the active Windows user that is logged in at the moment.
  
• OMAX_KillProcess can be used to kill a running exe
  
• OMAX_SaveScreenShot can be used to take a screen shot of Windows
• OMAX_SaveFormAsImage can be used to save a screen shot of a particular user interface form
  
• OMAX_SaveCADImage and OMAX_CreateThumbnail functions can be used to generate .jpg or .bmp images of the CAD data.  SaveCADImage saves essentially a screen shot of the CAD box, while CreateThumbnail saves the CAD image rendered to a custom size, on a white background.
• OMAX_IsThemeEnabled Returns "True" if a custom theme / skin is applied to the OMAX software (A feature that allows overriding the look of the software.  See C:\Users\Public\OMAX_Corporation\AllUserData\Themes\VCL\Theme.txt for more information.
  
• OMAX_IsThemeMaterial returns "True" if a theme is active, and it is of the "Material" style (a kind of flat look.)
  
• OMAX_IsThemeDark returns "True" if a theme is active, and that theme is a dark style.
  
• OMAX_RemoveGlyphFromBitBtnIfMaterialThemed function removes a glyph from a TBitButton style button if the active theme is material (where such button glyphs would otherwise clash.)
  
• OMAX_GetCurrencySymbol returns the symbol used for money ($, etc) for the computers configuration.
• OMAX_SysErrorMessage and OMAX_GetLastError functions can be used to get the last error code from Windows, and translate it into a human readable string.
  
• OMAX_GetOSDescription replaces OMAX_GetOSID and OMAX_GetOSNameFromID.  The old versions are still there for backwards compatibility, but it is suggested to only use the new version, since it is significantly  more reliable and supports Windows 10 properly.
  
• Deprecated OMAX_Rad2Bow, and it is replaced with similar but slightly more capable OMAX_EndpointsAndCenterToBow, which allows specifying a tolerance.
  
• The OMAX_GenerateSplineFromEntities command now accepts a few more parameters to make it a little more generically useful.
• OMAX_E_Z1 and OMAX_E_Z2 functions have been added to allow getting and setting Z1 and Z2 properties in entities (not useful for scripts that run in LAYOUT, typically, but quite useful for Event Scripts and File Filter scripts for MAKE.)
• Added a new class "TOMAXOpenDialog" which is allows for multi-selecting files in an OpenDialog (Because the standard TOpenDialog previously exposed to the scripting engine did not allow choosing more than one file at once.).
• OMAX_Server_SetPortNumber, OMAX_Server_SetActive, OMAX_Server_SendMessage, OMAX_Server_ReceiveMessage, OMAX_Client_Setup, OMAX_Client_SetActive, OMAX_Client_SendMessage OMAX_Client_ReceiveMessage have been added to support both client and server "sockets" for TCP/IP communication.
• To learn more about these or other scripting commands, press CTRL+SHIFT+SPACE in the script editor to scroll through a list of commands, and/or type in the command, and select it, and read more at the bottom of the script editor.
  
• Improved error reporting from the scripting engine slightly, to help make it easier to diagnose things if an error in a script should occur.
• There is now a "Print" option for printing code.
  
• More and updated information in the scripting manual, which can be found from the "Help" menu in the Scripting Editor.

General:

• Slightly new look: We finished a major project to move all the code for the Intelli-MAX software to a new development system.  As such, some of the icons, buttons, cursors, dialogs, and other visual elements have inherited from the new system a slightly different look. Note that how the software looks, will depend a little bit on the operating system it it is running on, so the software will look different in Windows Vista than it does in Windows 10.  We have also spent a little bit of time cleaning up the user interface in general.
  
• New naming convention: "Layout" is now "LAYOUT" and "Make" is now "MAKE" per our marketing department.
  
• Antialiasing: Some of the CAD displays now will redraw lines and arcs with antialiasing.  The purpose of this is to improve the visual clarity of the image. This occurs automatically, but only if there is enough time in the redraw, so as to not slow down zooming and panning and similar.
  
• Favorites button: File / Open and File / Change Path Setup dialogs in LAYOUT and MAKE now have a "Favorites" icon to make the right-click option for this more obvious to new users.
  
• Two New Languages Supported:  Romanian and the Portugal flavor of the Portuguese language.
  
• New installer: We have completely re-written the software installer from scratch.  This replaces an older install technology that was getting brittle and difficult to maintain with a much more robust and flexible system to meet our increasingly complex needs.  Some benefits of this switch over include:
• Faster installer
• No need to re-boot after install when installing to an offline PC (Though a power down and reboot is still required when upgrading a machine tool, since drivers and firmware are often updated in this case.)
• Properly digitally signed un-installer
• Some files are no longer copied over when installing to an offline PC, resulting in less unnecessary "pollution".  In particular, "OMAX Startup" will not run on Windows boot, unless you are connected to an actual machine tool that needs it.
  
• On fresh installs, and for some upgrades it will now ask whether installing for an offline PC, or an actual machine tool.  If installing for an actual machine tool, the installer will now install necessary device drivers, allowing more automatic configuration of machine tool settings for new PC's.
• The installer will no longer force you to un-install when upgrading beta software.  So, there is never a need to un-install anything before installing (unless you are installing "Premium" over "Standard" or vise versa).  Just run the installer!
• Version info is now a property of the installer file, so one can right-click on it and choose "properties" to see such info.
• There is a new method for installing the driver and firmware software, and this is now mostly automatic and happens during the normal installation process (instead of as a second installation).  This makes it easier to configure the software to run on machine tools.
• Power plan and reboot options, when installing for a machine tool, can be automatically set via check boxes in the installer.  This makes it much easier to configure a virgin PC as a machine tool controller.
• Nearly all .exe files in the installer are now digitally signed.  This helps reduce the number of false reports from antivirus software that something contains a virus.  (Previously, only the installers themselves were digitally signed.)
• There is now a log file generated during installing, and saved to the "history" folder, to help diagnose installer related issues.
• Schools and large installations - Ask about silent and automated install options (email techsupport@omax.com)
  
• Improved experience for Macintosh users running "Bootcamp" to run the OMAX software:
• In LAYOUT, the "BackSpace" key now works as "Delete". This is because many Macs do not expose the "Delete" key in the same manner as most other keyboards, but instead label the "Backspace" key as "Delete".  This change makes it easy to delete selected entities in LAYOUT.
• Tech Support Reports will now report if running under Bootcamp
  
• For more information on using Bootcamp for a Mac, click here.
  
• Tech Support Reports now report additional information including a basic validity check on all INI files included in the report.
• One can copy text from Tech Support Reports now, by selecting the text, and right clicking.
• Exes now self detect corruption:  If an exe detects that it is not the same exe it used to be (for example, if a virus has attached itself to it, or the file has become corrupt due to a disk error, or similar), then an error message will show, and the exe will not run.  This will help prevent confusion caused by running an exe that is corrupt, making such problems obvious to diagnose.
  
• Improved Calculator error reporting: The OMAX Calculator no longer says "no errors in expression" if there are no errors, but instead does not display anything on that label.   This makes the calculator look a little bit less busy, and also does not falsely imply that there are no errors, when there may be some error we simply did not detect.
• Added 4K versions of the wallpapers that can be found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\OMAX Corporation\OMAX_LAYOUT_and_MAKE\WallPaper\ folder.
• Reduced grid brightness: The default brightness of the "grid" in the CAD box when running the black color scheme is now about 20% less bright, since modern displays tend to show the grid much brighter than in the past.  Other color schemes have also been very slightly tweaked.
• Warnings if running in "Compatibility Mode":  We now warn the user when running in Windows Compatibility Mode.  The OMAX software should never be run in this mode, and if one does so, weird hard to diagnose problems occur.  So, we now warn the user.   Normally, one should never see this warning, but it is there to help our tech support folks.
• New OMAX Marketplace: Check out the new OMAX Marketplace at https://marketplace.omax.com.  Various links from the software now link to this new spot to buy parts and other such items.
  
• Faster "Render" command: The "Render" command is now slightly faster, and gives slightly better results on multi-core processors due to the use of threads.  Likewise, the OMAX_IsPointOnPart command is about 2 to 3 times faster performing due to the same change.
  
• Added an OMAX Viewer Utility for diagnosing and displaying USB status for a computer.
• Improved Performance: A few key routines have been optimized and/or moved onto threads to improve performance across the board on systems with multi-core processors.
• Improved importing non-OMAX .ORD files: Improved the "Detect and convert leads to OMAX Quality of "Lead"" option when opening non-OMAX source .ORD files to handle the case where no lead out was specified.
  
• Changed the way .zip files are handled (for example when sending Tech Support Reports) to remove an external utility and gain some performance.
• New Theme Changer: Located in the Program Files folder, along with LAYOUT and MAKE, there is now an executable, "OMAX_ThemeSwitcher.exe" that allows swapping out the "look" of the OMAX software to other themes / visual styles.   The default theme is "Windows", which is what everyone is used to, but there are other themes with different style buttons and colors and the like to choose from.
• Support for OMAX GlobalMAX machines:  There is now a special version of the OMAX Software branded and designed specifically for the GlobalMAX product line recently launched.  It is very similar to the OMAX Standard software used on the MAXIEM line of machines, with a few changes here and there.
  
• Unofficial / experimental features (These are not officially released or supported, and are scheduled for version 25 or later.  Use them at your own risk.  They are subject to change):
  
• Added new XData items 43 and 44 to override speed for a series of entities.  XData 43 (Start Percent Speed override) is the same as XData 13 (Force Percent Speed), except that it overrides following entities until it is stopped by setting it's value to "zero" to mean "Stop overriding".   XData 44 (Force start absolute speed) is similar in that overrides the following entities with an absolute speed until it is discontinued by assigning it a value of zero to mean "stop".
  

Bug fixes

• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT that could cause a "division by zero" error when using the SHIFT key to constrain drawing motions, if the constraints were set to a "nearest angle" value of zero in the snap tool options.
  
• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT that could cause a "division by zero" error when using the SHIFT key to constrain drawing motions, if the constraints were set to a "nearest angle" value of zero in the snap tool options.
• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT that could cause the AutoPath command to lock up when the option to "keep existing traverses" was enabled and a path containing nested parts inside of other parts was being pathed.
• Improved prediction of very large work piece thickness in MAKE
  
• Fixed a bug in MAKE related to XData tilting.
  
• Improved behavior of water only low pressure cutting in MAKE
• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT where mouse wheel zooming would not occur if mouse was near the very left or top edge of the CAD box.
• Fixed a bug in MAKE that could cause errant behavior of the terrain follower when restarting a cutting path
• Fixed a bug in MAKE where it could sometimes incorrectly generate a warning for Water Only Qualities that had an XData speed assigned to them.
• Fixed a bug in MAKE that could prevent some 3D tool paths that contained beveling from compiling.
• Fixed a bug in MAKE where a “division by zero” error could occur when filtering jerk in the bitstream after interpolation.
• Fixed a bug in MAKE where small jog motions could have incorrect accelerations.
• Fixed a bug in MAKE tool path interpolation that could cause incorrect accelerations in the tool path.
• Fixed a bug in MAKE’s Precision Calibration form where the user interface was not performing as it should.
• Fixed a bug in MAKE that could cause a Range Check error in rare circumstances when re-starting a tool path.
• Fixed a Range Check error in MAKE that could occur when interpolating tool paths.
• Fixed a bug in MAKE that could cause an incorrect jet lag calculation.
• Fixed a bug in MAKE that could cause an exception error in the cutting model in certain rare situations.
• Fixed a bug in MAKE that could cause an incorrect speed when interpolating 3D Bevels.
• Fixed a bug in MAKE that in some rare conditions could allow tool path operations to be off by up to one motor step (typically about 0.0005” / 0.0125mm)
• Fixed a bug in MAKE that could cause a “Range Check Error” in the Generation 3 cutting model in rare conditions.
  
• Fixed a bug in the MTConnect Adapter where the adapter was not properly reading the "machine running" bit from MAKE's status, which could result in the adapter incorrectly believing that the machine was running when it was not.
• Fixed a bug in MAKE where the "Go to Path Interrupted Home" right click menu items may be inappropriately enabled or disabled in rare conditions.
• Fixed a bug in MAKE where if one were to use the "Ahead" button in the Path Controller dialog to move ahead through the tool path without ever starting a tool path, and then closes the dialog, and then choose "go to Path Interrupted Home", that it may go to the wrong spot in the path.
  
• Fixed a serious (but extremely rare) but in MAKE that could cause the machine position to be lost on certain computer setups, if the operator of the machine jogged in various directions over and over at random intervals for a very long time.   This was something possible to reproduce in the lab by purposely trying to make it happen, though doubtful anyone would see it in real life. 
  
• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT that could cause a "Floating Point Division by Zero" error with a very specific combination of values to create an arc to arc Fillet.
• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT where the Clean command could sometimes erase entities that should not be erased.
• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT that could cause some arcs to come in as line segments for a particular flavor of DXF file.
• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT and MAKE that could cause an exception error if certain print dialogs were canceled when printing to a file.
• Fixed a few spots throughout the software where decimal points would be displayed as periods on computers configured to use other symbols, such as commas, to indicate the decimal point.
  
• Fixed a visual glitch in MAKE where stretching the "Edit / Add Materials" dialog would not properly stretch one of the user interface elements it contained.
  
• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT that could cause a rare exception error when autopathing parts using the "use circuitous routes" option.
• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT that could cause commands that use Circular Windows for selecting, deselecting, and erasing to have a rare exception error.
• Fixed a bug in the Scripting Engine where OMAX_ResizeSelected would incorrectly redraw its results, instead of leaving redraws up to the programmer to handle.
  
• There is a very rare bug in LAYOUT that will cause some arcs to sometimes not draw when zoomed in on them to high magnification.  An improvement has been made to make this situation even more rare.
  
• Fixed a bug in MAKE where if a Tech Support Report was generated while a tool path was compiling, MAKE could incorrectly appear to be locked up due to the status bar and text not updating.
  
• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT that could cause the "reject" button option for selecting elements that made it into the path to be slower than necessary.  In addition, this command has been improved to show the entities as they are being selected, and one can cancel by pressing the Escape key if it is taking too long.
  
• Fixed a bug in MAKE that could prevent compiling of very thick parts (8" or 200 mm thick or thicker) with tiny radii at Quality of Minimum Taper.
• Fixed a bug in MAKE where the "Test Pump / Nozzle" dialog was allowing "0" seconds for the duration of the test.
• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT where the dialog for the Clean command was not closing correctly, resulting in a potential memory overwrite.
• Fixed a bug in the MTConnect Adapter where the adapter was "spamming" its "AVAILABLE" status.
• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT where the Clean tool would not properly display the decimal separator in the locale as configured by Windows (for example, in German, where a comma is used as a decimal separator instead of a period.)
• Fixed a bug in MAKE where some bits would be turned on when running the path in reverse.
• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT where the Clean command was not properly cleaning some overlapping entities.
• Fixed a bug in MAKE where, in some cases, the original jogging speeds were not being restored properly when using the A-Jet Precision Calibration Wizard.
  
• Fixed a bug in Scripting where OMAX_ComputeDrawingExtents would return giant numbers if the drawing was empty.
• Fixed a bug in MAKE that could cause the reporting of "Recompiled in one higher Quality" to say "-1" instead.
• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT that could cause horizontal lines that are nearly at an angle of zero, but not quite, to sometimes become difficult to select, due to a floating point precision error.
  
• Fixed a bug in MAKE that could cause outputs #9 to #16 to fire when a path is run in reverse.  (Since those output bits are generally not used, this bug has gone unnoticed until now, since one of those bits is now used for a second terrain follower.)
• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT and MAKE that could, under rare conditions, cause the "redraw with arrows" options to sometimes not render the stem of the arrows.
• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT that could cause an invalid integer operation in the event "Clean" was run on a tool path containing specific geometry.
  
• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT that could cause all entities to dim when "dim leads and traverses" was enabled, and the color scheme was set to use colors.ini.
• Fixed a bug in MAKE where a very brief mouse click on any jogging button could sometimes cause the button to freeze up, resulting in a minor irritation where the user would have to click twice on the next action to perform in order to regain control.
• Fixed a bug in the display renderer that could cause an access violation if the display size were specified to be negative (an extremely rare possibility that could occur in scripting.)
• Tweaked the way the Tab key is handled in the Rotate Copy command in LAYOUT to properly follow the correct tab order, regardless of which edit box is shown first.
• Fixed a bug in the event script MAKE_OnBeforeFileLoad where if OMAX_CloseOMAXMAKE was called from that script, exception errors would occur.
• Added support for arc style leads in MAKE when using the drill accessory: Arc leads will no longer result in a corrupt tool path.
• Fixed a bug in scripting where OMAX_GetRawMessageFromMAKE could perform extremely slowly sometimes.
• Fixed a bug in MAKE where the a dialog was improperly handling the [X] button in the upper right corner of its dialog.
  
• Improved High DPI support.  It should no longer be necessary to edit "Display.INI" for the rare computers experiencing High DPI issues (where the Zoom Cursor function would otherwise zoom wonky.)  This is now fixed, such that Zoom cursor works on all known configurations and setups.
• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT where Clean might not clean all overlapping entities.
• Fixed a general bug in an arc to arc intersection calculation routine where if the arc was zero radius (a point), and it touched the other arc it was testing against exactly, then an exception error could occur.  This one is extremely rare and requires exact super rare magic numbers to repeat, but could cause exception errors in many routines that use it.
  
• Fixed a rare bug in LAYOUT that could cause an exception error when running the "Divide All Selected" command.
• Improved the method by which MAKE broadcasts its messages for other applications such as MTConnect and INtelli-VISOR, Scripting, etc. to listen in on, such that if the listener is non responsive, MAKE does not care.
  
• Fixed a bug in the Script Editor where encrypted scripts sometimes would not run.
• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT where if one used the "Zero" snap as the second snap for the Measure command in LAYOUT, the measurement would not show properly to the zero point, but instead to wherever the mouse cursor happened to be.
• Fixed bug where MAKE may not properly have focus after running an EventScript, which in turn could cause arrow key jogging to be ignore.
• Fixed a bug in MAKE that could cause an excess delay between when the Pause button was pressed, and the machine would stop, when the Terrain Follower was active.
• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT that could cause an Access Violation error when using the File/Open dialog, if the last file opened was on a drive that no longer exists.
• Fixed a bug in MAKE that could cause the "time since last reboot" information used by History files and Tech Support Reports to incorrectly report a very long time on computers that soft reboot.
  
• Intelli-VISOR Bug Fixes:
  - Fixed bug in module limit dialogs where incorrect machine status rules were displaying.
  - Fixed "MAKE Fault" module definition to no longer show disconnected when MAKE has raised its faulted state.
  - Fixed issue with importing older configurations from older versions (pre V19)
  - Fixed bug regarding new maintenance modules which would be created with ambiguous reference ID's effectively creating zombie orphaned modules.
• Fixed in in LAYOUT where a divide by zero error could occur when using the Reference snap.
  
• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT where the Offset Selected Entities dialog could be auto adjusted to the wrong size.
  
• Fixed a bug in MAKE that could cause the soft limits when cutting multiple paths in a row to not work correctly in the "Y" direction.  This could be observed for certain kinds of paths that start and end at different Y locations when using a value other than "1" in the cycles edit box in the Path Controller dialog.  The bug would either cause the soft limits to incorrectly be reported as exceeded, or, in the other direction, to allow motions outside of the soft limits.
  
• Fixed a performance issue in LAYOUT's "Sketch" and "Draw Continuous Line" commands where these commands would become progressively slower as more entities were drawn on the screen.  Also, improved the results so fewer entities are created, and the tolerance slider is a little more useful.
  
• Fixed a bug in MAKE that could cause the wrong pressure to be used for cut-off-saw.
  
• Fixed a bug in MAKE that would prevent recording of cut off saw and test pump activities to CountersAndTimers.ini, resulting in under-reporting of how much time and cycles were on the pump and relays.
  
• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT where if the host computer was configured to use commas as decimal points, and then re-configured to use periods, some numeric entry fields may be set to an inappropriate value in a couple of spots where the value of such fields were saved to disk, such as the "offset amount" field when saving tool paths.
  
• Fixed several minor bugs in LAYOUT where if invalid text was entered into the offset amount field in the "Offset Selected" command, then an exception error could occur.
  
• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT where the "configure rendering preferences" dialog had some non responsive UI elements sometimes.
  
• OMAX Tester is no longer "stay on top" by default (though there is still a check box to force it to stay on top, if needed).  This helps prevent cases where USB disconnect related error messages might otherwise show up behind the form.
• Fixed a bug in LAYOUT where some arcs imported from Unigraphics NT would import flipped to wrong direction.
• Fixed a bug in MAKE that could cause the Z axis number display to disappear when a warning about the Z height not being at zero was displayed.
  
• Fixed a bug in MAKE where MAKEHomePositions.INI was not being saved in the "Backup / Transfer Settings" tool.
  
• Fixed an bug in MAKE  that could cause a "range check error" when using the "clear pause points" command in MAKE.  (In most cases, the error would occur silently, so you would not know it, but it is now fixed completely)
  
• Tweaked the tool offsetter to better handle the case where the user draws a lead out that is shorter than the tool offset.  In the past, this would cause the lead to go sideways, now it extends into the scrap.  It is still strongly advised to always draw your lead ins and lead outs to be longer than your tool offset.
  
• Fixed a bug that would prevent Tech Support Reports from properly showing Windows 10 (would report as Windows 8 instead)
  
• Minimized an annoyance in LAYOUT where the hourglass cursor would sometimes show while the automatic backup runs.  Automatic Backup in LAYOUT will now only show the hourglass cursor if backing up more than 50,000 entities.  Otherwise, we don't bother since it should be quick enough not to need it.
  
• Fixed a rare bug in MAKE that could cause an Access Violation error as it closes.
  
• Fixed a bug in MAKE where if "Keep pump on between paths" was on, and step and repeat cutting was used, and then on one of the repeats the next part would exceed the soft limits, a dialog would show letting the user know that the limits would be exceeded, but the pump would remain on. 
  
• Fixed a bug in Scripting that would prevent status changes from being read by scripting unless connected to an actual machine.
• Fixed minor bug in MAKE: Changed the statistics display in MAKE to always show the vector statistic about the width and height of the tool path instead of sometimes showing the vector size and sometimes showing the bitstream size.  This in turn fixes a display confusing point where the user might see a slightly different size when switching between units of measurement and back.
• Fixed user confusing point in LAYOUT and elsewhere: If one attempts to open the OMAX Viewer / LAYOUT File Open command, and the last directory that we would normally open has been deleted, then instead of jumping to some random system folder, we now default to the Art and Fun samples folder.
• Fixed a bug in Scripting where OMAX_DrawEntityWithArrow might redraw with the wrong color due to the pen mode not being pmCopy.
• Fixed an Access violation in MAKE where if no part was loaded, but the user right-clicked on the "preview" button, the AV could occur.
• Fixed a bug where "Tech Support Reports" would incorrectly report the CPU count as "1" on multi-core 64 bit machines.

Version 23 Patch 2

• Improved tolerance of noise on the USB line.  Version 22/23 introduced an error message that was overly sensitive to reporting USB related noise and communication issues.  This resulted in several complaints of this error message showing on machines where it was unnecessary to do so.  This patch now will silently log any such issues, since they are almost always harmless and automatically corrected for in the USB subsystem.
• Improved Intelli-VISOR: This patch fixes a bug that could cause maintenance modules created in older versions of the software from working in newer versions.  With this patch, those legacy modules will now work properly again.

Version 23

• This release fixes a bug that affects machines running Intelli-VISOR.  It fixes a critical bug which would cause short, frequent lock-ups if the pre-configured hardware connection could not be established.
• Other minor changes have been made including a bug fix that would limit the manual A-Jet motion to changes of 150 degrees, as well as a minor bug fix in the tech utility "MachineAlignment.exe" that would prevent it from working properly if no machine type was specified.

Version 22

• Improved Offset Selected command: The Offset Selected command has been greatly improved, offering many new options about how entities are offset, as well as automatic "grooming" of the entities to ensure clean results.  One can now choose to do a simple raw offset on an entity by entity basis (the old way), or use the new "complex" method, which cleans up intersections and messes for you. To access this command, select some entities, then right-click on the "Offset" button on the left side of Layout, and choose "Offset Selected".
• New AutoPath dialog with new and improved features:
• The Auto Path dialog has been updated to support new functionality.  In particular:
• Specify the "end corner" of the tool path, which can be the same as the start
• New and Improved control over how and when heads up traverses are used.
• The ability to specify non straight paths for heads down traverses, should you want a completely heads down path.
  
• More control over what "method" of pathing is used.  Simply choose from one or more methods such as "zigzag", "nearest neighbor", and others, or choose them all and have the AutoPather pick the best result for you.
• Option to "keep existing leads" and "Keep existing traverses", so that you can AutoPath a drawing, but easily preserve any special leads and traverses you may already have there.
  
• Improved logic within the pather for better results in general.
• One can now load and save settings from/to disk, so that profiles can be setup to be easily switched between for different purposes (for example, one might have a "thin material setup" that is saved separate from that used for thick, brittle, etc.).
  
• We are constantly working to make AutoPath as perfect as it can be, incorporating all the knowledge of an expert human with the efficiency of the computer.  We will not be done until it is perfect.  If you find fault with it, or have suggestions to improve it, we want to know!  Please send sample files, screen shots, and your notes to techsupport@omax.com.
• Note: This is our third major version of the Automatic tool path routines.  Version 1 and Version 2 are still available, and can be enabled via the "debug" menu for legacy purposes.  We encourage you not to use these, though, but instead let us know your needs so the most current version will work best for you.
• Support for "Plugins": The scripting functionality has been updated to allow for easy installation of "Plugins" into Layout. This makes the distribution and installation of scripts easier.  To install a plugin, visit the "Scripts and Plugins" menu at the top of Layout, and choose "Install a Plugin..."  A few sample plugins are included.   This allows OMAX to ship features of the software that are useful to a narrow range of users without polluting the user interface with features and buttons that most users may not need.   It also allows people the flexibility to add their own functionality to Layout, and share features with others.  For more information on plugins, consult the OMAX Scripting Manual (there is a link to it from the help screen topic "Scripting")
• AutoCAD 2015 support: The DXF and DWG file importers have been updated to support AutoCAD 2015 files.  If you have any files that do not import properly, or additional file formats you wished OMAX would support in the future, please email test files and comments to techsupport@omax.com.  We are always looking for test files to ensure that the files you work with will always import perfectly. 
• Change alert:  It is our intention to get rid of the "Generation I, Generation II, and Generation III" options in the dialog for importing DXF and DWG files.  It has been years since we have seen any need at all for this feature.  If you have a need for these filters, please email techsupport@omax.com with example files that need them.   We can then ensure that the Generation IV file filters properly support those files, before we remove the legacy filters.  This will allow us to clean up the user interface, and delete legacy code that is otherwise holding us back.
  
• Super-high performance "Clean": The "Clean" tool in Layout has been re-written from scratch to be super-fast, and also provide higher precision results.  The new High Performance Clean function is especially useful for cleaning huge drawings. This new clean utility is similar to the old, but with some additional features:
  

• It is extremely fast, which is most notable on giant drawings where the old clean would be extremely slow (It now takes seconds in most cases, or only minutes to clean even gigantic million entity drawings.).
• It does a better job closing gaps, where it will use a zero-radius filet to extend the endpoints to fill the gap in a precision manner, instead of just moving one of the endpoints which can result in lost precision.
  
• The dialog remembers your previous settings, and has a "Defaults" button.
• If the "Stop" button is pressed part way through cleaning, it will return the work it has done so far, so that work is not lost.
• Some conservative clean operations are now performed automatically prior to other commands, such as Smooth, Auto-Path, and Generate Path, which improves the results of such functions without having to manually run clean first.
• The new dialog was created using scripting, and as such can be copied and modified by you, if you wish to customize it using OMAX scripting.

• Render Button: On the bottom toolbar of Layout, there is now a "Render" button. 
• Clicking this button will render the current drawing with the part filled as one color, and the scrap filled in with another color, making it easier to see what the final part will look like.
  
• Right-clicking the Render button allows for additional options, including the ability to render with entities showing, render to the clipboard, render to a file, or configure the colors used for rendering. 
  
• There are keyboard equivalents for convenience:  Use Ctrl+Shift+R to render showing the original drawing entities on top, and Ctrl+R to render without showing the entities on top.
• This is a useful feature for visualizing the final version of your part:
  
       

• Rendering works by analyzing your drawing to try to make a best guess as to what is part, what is scrap, and what are other features.  It then uses this information to fill the scrap areas with a different color than the part area, and then overlays additional information such as etches and scribes on top.
• Rendering does not work with all parts.  For example, parts with tabs will "leak" and not render properly.  Likewise, many 3D parts will confuse it.
• Limited rendering capability is also available in Layout's "File / Open" dialog (and Viewer) by pressing Ctrl+R, or Ctrl+Shift+R.
• New "Erase Selected Leads and Traverses" command: The Right-click menus for both "Erase" and "Lead I/O" now have this option, making it easy to remove leads and traverses only from selected entities.
• Do the opposite when Selecting and Deselecting: The "Select Cursor" and "Deselect Cursor" commands have always been able to do the opposite if the right mouse button was used to click on an entity.  For example, if you use the "Select Cursor" command, and right-click on an entity, it will deselect it, making it easy to quickly undo a selection action without having to grab another tool.  Now, the Select Window, Select Connected, and Select Circular Windows commands will all "Deselect" if the right mouse button is used.   Likewise, the "Deselect" variation of those commands will now "Select" if the right mouse button is used.  This makes all the commands consistent in behavior, and speeds up your work by making it easier to quickly get the opposite functionality of the tool by simply choosing the other button.
  
• Zoom when custom pathing: It's now possible to zoom in or out in the "Offset Direction" dialog (where it asks you if you want to offset to the left or right), when "generating a tool path" using the "Custom" options.  Zooming can be done by the two new buttons, or via the mouse wheel.  Note: It's generally accepted as bad practice to use the "custom" options, so if you are doing this frequently, contact OMAX support for better ways of doing things.
• The "Check for Problems" button now works about 2 to 4 times faster.
• Wider XData edit box: The XData edit box will now stretch wider to accommodate some hidden XData items that require up to 6 parameters.
• New "equal to" option in the Select / Deselect Special command.  Now when using either Select Special, or Deselect Special, there is an option to select "...where the length equals..." and "...where the radius equals...".  When this option is used, a tolerance of 0.0001" (0.00254mm) is assumed, so lengths or radii within this tolerance band of the specified distance will be selected.
• Reversed order of entry in Rotate Copy: By default, the order in which one enters in the number of copies and angle of rotation for the Rotate Copy command is now reversed to ask for number of copies first.  This is user configurable by clicking on the arrow icon in the upper left of the dialog, and whatever way you presently have it will be preserved, though for new users it will default to the new way.  
  
• The "Machine Layouts" sample file folder is no longer shipped with the software.  If you require these drawings, please visit omax.com/support.   This allows us to keep this data in a single location that can be updated more frequently.
• See tool offset errors easier: Severe tool offset errors (ones that prevent a proper offset at all), now show up in a more obvious manner in the preview part of the "Generate Tool Path" dialog used for making .OMX and .ORD files.
• Tech Support Reports will now include files as large as 20 MB, where previously it would automatically discard files above 2 MB.
• The True Type Text dialog now does some simple cleaning on its results in order to remove unnecessary dots.
• Warnings when rotating XData: Commands that rotate or mirror now will show a warning if attempting to rotate or mirror entities that contain XData where the coordinate space for those items might be corrupted by the manipulation.  This can prevent corrupting certain tool paths that came from Intelli-CAM, for example.  Note: This is just a warning, and you can choose to ignore it.
• XY Display: The XY position of the mouse in CAD coordinates is now displayed in the status bar at the bottom of Layout.  This displays the XY position relative to the "Zero Point" which by default is the lower left corner of the display grid, but can be moved with the "Set Zero" command.

Version 21 Patch #4

• This patch fixes a severe bug that affects A-Jet users, where the error map file for the A-Jet was not being applied correctly.
• Special note to Windows XP users: This may be the very last version of the OMAX software that is compatible with Windows XP.

Version 21 Patch #3

• Fixed a conflict between Make and Intelli-VISOR where there was a slight chance that the file "CountersAndTimers.ini" could become corrupt should both applications attempt to access the file at the same time.  This could result in the machine reporting enormous time on its odometer.
• Fixed a rare exception error in Make that would report itself as "Delphi Range Check Error".
• Fixed a bug in Make where an incorrect (too hard) acceleration could occur on some transitions between drill pierces and rapid traverse moves.  This occurred when "pierce first" was selected with a mechanical drill.

Version 21 Patch #2

• Fixed a bug in Make that could cause a "No disk in drive" error on startup on some versions of Windows if no D: drive is present with media inside of it.
• Fixed a bug in Make where some of the newer listed table sizes had their X and Y dimensions swapped.

Version 21 Patch #1

• Fixed Installer for Windows XP: Fixed a bug in the installer that was conflicting with some Windows XP users that could cause the installer to go into an infinite loop trying to "repair" itself.
  

Version 21

• AutoPath updates: Improvements made to the AutoPath command based on submitted problem files and suggestions from customers, including:
• Additional checking for collisions when deciding when to do heads up traversing (using the same logic as the "check for collisions" button.)
• Improved traversing between parts when there are multiple parts in a path
• Consideration of closed paths of "slit" qualities to be collision hazards, but unclosed slit Quality paths to not be considered collision hazards, as well as qualities of etch and scribe to never be considered collision hazards.  This enables more efficient pathing, minimizing unnecessary heads down and heads up traverses.
• Do you want new features or changes to AutoPath?  If so, email techsupport@omax.com with your thoughts and test files.  We are looking for feedback and files to test against!
  
• File Importing: 
• DXF / DWG improvements: Minor updates to DXF/DWG importing based on submitted problem files from customers, in particular relating to AutoCAD 2013 files. 
  
• Improved PDF importing to support a few new "flavors" of PDF.
• Import raster images from Adobe files: If an Adobe Illustrator (*.AI) file contains a bitmap image, then that image is now imported as well as any vector data.
• File Save Warning: Added a clearer warning when attempting to save inside of a .zip file, that saving to inside of .zip files is not allowed.
• Improved Intelli-TRACE for huge images: Intelli-TRACE is now more tolerant of gigantic images (Images 30 to 200 megapixels, or even larger). Files that previously would not load at all now do.  In some cases they load fine, on older operating systems with less memory, they may load in at reduced size.  The change is helpful on both 32 and 64 bit computers, but the best results where the highest fidelity image is used are achieved when running under 64 bit.  The tracing process can now also be canceled via the Escape Key.
• New Tool Path font: "dot-course": Designed with sign making in mind, where it can be resized to that needed for a particular light bulb or LED size.  Or, it can be a plate backlit with a colored gel or glass behind it.
• New "Chamfer" command.  Right-click on the "Fillet" button or press CTRL+SHIFT+F to use it.
• When drawing boxes and circles, as well as when using Select Window or Deselect Window, more information about the area, size, and perimeter is now reported at the bottom of the screen.
• The "Drawing Info" box now reports more information.
• CTRL+SHIFT+R will now do a "Quick Render" of whatever is on the screen in the main Layout Window, or the File/Open dialog in Layout.  This usually does a good job of rendering parts, but in cases of ambiguity, it may still make mistakes.  This is a nice feature for getting a quick glimpse of what the final part may look like.
• It is now possible to disable automatic file renaming when the "import" command is used.  This is done via an INI file entry in preferences.ini.
  

• Terrain follower in cut-off-saw: It is now possible to use the Terrain Follower when using the Cut-Off-Saw tool.
  
• Choose whatever pressure units you like:  One is no longer restricted in what pressure units are available when switching between Metric and Imperial Units.  Regardless of Metric or Imperial, one can choose PSI/KSI, MPa, or Bar.
• The default file filter for the "Open with Windows style dialog" option in the "Change Path Setup" dialog in Make now is "All supported files" instead of just ".ord files".
• Keyboard equivalent of "^" (SHIFT + 6) to toggle XData display method now works when the Path Controller is open.
• The "Go to spot on path" command no longer does an auto-preview, unless the drill accessory is enabled and in the "drill cut drill cut" mode, where the auto-preview is actually useful.
• Zoom out further: The minimum scale that Make can "zoom out" to is now even smaller, to allow full viewing of our largest most giant machines.

• Improved high DPI support: (For those running ultra high resolution displays, where Windows may re-scale applications automatically) There is now an INI file and troubleshooting information relating to running on high DPI displays (Adjustments to fix an issue observed on one high DPI tablet where the Zoom and Pan motions would not work well.)
  
• No limit to "Slope": Across all applications, it is now allowed to command Z motions all the way to 90 degrees in all places where the previous limit was 60 degrees.
• OMX files now open faster, in particular Parametric Shapes, as well as gigantic OMX files
  
• The "QuickEval" function (used throughout the software for numeric processing) is now significantly faster in many cases, which speeds up the software in general.  The most notable speed-up is when processing OMX files.  Also, a Trunc function was added.
  
• More memory for the 3D Path Editor: The 3D Path Editor is now "Large Address Aware", meaning that it will reserve more memory for itself on 64 bit computers, which in turn will allow importing of larger 3D files for the Reference Geometry feature.
• Faster rotations: Sped up all commands that rotate things by about 20% (The "Rotate" command in Layout is the main beneficiary of this.)
• More machines: Added more machines to the machine type list in the Advanced/Administrator Setup dialog.
• The subject and default file names for Technical Support Reports now contain more information that is useful to Tech Support to see "at a glance" when processing reports.

• Added the missing letter "R" to the MIK Aladin Stencil Tool Path Font, as it was missing.
• Fixed a bug in Make where the Cut off Saw was cutting slower than the specified Quality.
  
• Fixed a bug in Make where the cutting model was calculating the Quality of Minimum Taper speeds incorrectly by as much as 50% in some cases.
• Fixed a bug in Layout that would allow a lead to gouge a neighboring feature in a particular set of conditions when using AutoPath.
• Fixed a bug in Make that could cause an Access Violation in the Change Path Setup dialog if the dialog was opened with no part loaded, and the Terrain Follower was enabled.
• Fixed a bug in Make where it would show a warning about version mismatches when using the "Backup Transfer Settings" wizard, even when the versions matched.
  
• Fixed a bug in Layout where AutoPath would sometimes delete an arc.
  
• Fixed a bug in Layout where the "divide" command would sometimes draw the dot for the new division point in the wrong color (typically black instead of white.)
  
• Added some error checking in Layout to make sure when importing a file with XData that the XData is one we support.
• Fixed a bug in the 3D Path Editor where if the "undo" button were pressed when no file is open, then the next command would generate an exception error.
  
• Fixed a bug in Layout that could cause a "Floating point exception error" when importing a certain DXF file using the Generation 1 file filters and the "Import from other CAD" feature.
  
• Fixed a bug in Make that would cause the Terrain Follower to be inappropriately disabled when running paths from Intelli-CAM or other sources, where the tool path was defined with non-zero z values, while simultaneously being completely flat parts.
  
• Fixed an arc reversal bug in Layout where the "clean" command could in a rare instance cause an arcs bow to flip to the opposite direction after removing the "dot" to join to arcs.
  
• Fixed a bug in Layout that could cause an unused "choose which page to import" dialog when importing an SVG file after importing a PDF file.
  
• Fixed a bug in Layout that would allow one to use the "Size", "Copy" and "Move" commands when no entities were drawn, which could result in a ghost entity being temporarily drawn.
• Fixed a minor visual glitch where the double-buffering for the CAD box would sometimes disable itself, reverting to an older less smooth redraw style.
• Fixed an issue with recording files in Intelli-VISOR which caused column headers to leave out the Module Identifier numbers.
• Fixed a bug in Layout where a particular flavor of DXF file would have an arc imported corrupt.
• Fixed a bug in Layout where if an image were cropped in Intelli-TRACE, the cropped image would then be remembered as the last image loaded, and irritate the user by loading itself instead of the original image the next time Intelli-TRACE was run.
  
• Fixed a bug in Layout where up-converted images in Intelli-TRACE would sometimes have the vector result not properly align with the original raster image after tracing was finished (result was at wrong scale.)
  
• Fixed a bug related to QuickEval where it would sometimes report a syntax error where there was none, if syntax checking is enabled.  (Visible when working with and debugging parametric shapes.)
  
• Fixed a bug that could cause a (silent) error to occur when parsing OMX files that contain variables.
  
• Fixed a bug in Make that could cause bitstreams to be sent without the End of Job marker in them.
  
• Fixed a bug that could cause the beta reporting reports to not be sent due to a server change.
  
• Fixed a bug in Make that could cause an access violation when re-starting the Interpolator after using the Change Path Setup or Advanced / Administrator Setup dialogs.
  
• Fixed a bug where if one has installed both Premium and Standard on the computer at some time, then OMAX_Startup.exe would not run, causing some startup flags to not be set.
• Fixed a bug that would cause the Intelli-MAX standard software to sometimes ship with the Premium ReadMe file.
  
• Fixed a bug in Make that could cause a jerk under just the right conditions when jogging at speeds greater than 300 inches per minute.
• Fixed a bug in Make where the "[Soft limits hit]" message may stay on inappropriately when running a path that starts on the hairy edge of the soft limits.
• Fixed a bug in Layout that could cause the "limit" and "Selected Limit" snaps to inappropriately snap to the center of an entity in the event the drawing was just a single entity.
• Fixed a bug in Make where if one did a "Restore to defaults" on the Machine Setup form, the Z axis fast jog speed could default to a speed faster than the machine is set for, causing the box to turn yellow.
  
• Fixed a bug in Layout that could occur when importing Adobe Illustrator (*.AI) files generated by Corel Draw.
• Fixed a bug in the Script Engine where OMAX_ExitScript(False) would not always exit the script.
• Fixed a bug in Make that would prevent the cut from slowing down enough for beveled arcs, resulting in striations on the lower edge.
• Fixed a bug in Layout that could cause some arc to arc fillets to incorrectly delete the wrong section when auto trimming.
• Fixed a bug in the 3D Path Editor that would cause an infinite hourglass cursor if a corrupt or unsupported file were passed via the command line.
  
• Fixed a bug in all applications, where the master expression evaluator used by all math parsing could cause the application to hang when processing the "hex" function under certain conditions.
  
• Fixed a bug in Layout where the check-mark for the "Show Image" menu item would sometimes not be checked after importing an image from a PDF file.
  
• Polished Terrain Follower delay handling in Make.
  
• Fixed a bug in Make that could cause incorrect Z axis behavior when dry-running through a path with Heads Up Traverses and terrain follower on machines with the Terrain Follower equipped and enabled.
  
• Fixed a bug in Layout that could cause flickering of buttons when the tab or arrow keys were held down.
  
• Fixed a bug in the Tech Support Report feature where it was not reporting the used space or drive size of the fist drive in the list of reported disk drives.
  
• Fixed a bug in Layout that could in rare instances cause a floating point error when using the F2 key to do a "Line from endpoint to endpoint" command on an empty drawing.
  
• Fixed a bug in Make that would cause the "Recompile at separation speed" to actually re-compile at Quality of 1, which is conservatively slower than the true "separation speed".  Note that this bug remains in the non-English versions of Make, and will be addressed in the next beta release.
  
• Fixed a bug in Make that could cause a rare Access Violation when working with parts that have tilted corners.
  
• Fixed a bug in the script engine where "OMAX_SplitBowArc" would cause an "unrecognized command" error.
  
• Fixed bug in the script engine that could cause an Integer Overflow Error on some computers when calculating the unique fingerprint for OMAX_GetUniqueFingerprint.
  
• Fixed a minor memory leak in shut down of Make.
• Fixed a very rare bug in Layout where an extra line or arc would sometimes appear after using a tool to create geometry just after starting a new drawing
  
• Fixed a bug in Layout where if the "snap grid" were enabled, and one were to use the "Enter Enter" technique to quickly extend an entity, sometimes the angle would be auto-filled in with the angle of the nearest entity to the snap grid, instead of the nearest entity to the mouse click.
• Fixed bug in Make where whenever card entered babysit mode, Make reported the X2 and Terrain Follower as having faulted when they had not, or as having not  faulted when they had, in fact, faulted.
  
• Fixed a bug in AutoPath that could cause arc style leads to sometimes gouge.
  
• Fixed a bug in Make that could cause an Access Violation when the compiler is re-started when in the middle of a tilt calculation.
  
• Fixed a bug in Make where the jet would not turn on for cutting after heads up traverses with negative relay event delays.
  
• Fixed a bug / made an improvement in Make where the internal variable "KLSLockThickness" was causing unnecessary slowdowns.
  
• Fixed a bug in Make where if the drill accessory was enabled, the comments tab of the statistics would not show the comments for the active file.
  
• Fixed a bug in Make where the mouse hints for "Move X" and "Move Y" commands would always show the units in "Inches" despite users preference otherwise.
  
• Fixed a bug in Layout that could cause Access Violation errors when using the Centerline Trace method.
  
• Fixed a bug in Layout's AutoPath command where it would sometimes re-calculate the path unnecessarily when the "Ok" button was pressed.
• Fixed a bug in Layout's AutoPath command where head's up traverses were sometimes not appropriately assigned.
  
• Fixed a bug in Make where if "Check for collisions" was used on an OMX file, and then the output were saved, it would default to saving as an ORD file with potentially less capability than the original OMX.
  
• Fixed a bug in Layout where the white dots might not draw as white after certain commands were exited prematurely.
  
• Fixed some possible error conditions in Layout's Intelli-TRACE, especially when working with huge images.
  
• Fixed a bug in Layout where the tab order of the "Specify by length and Angle" dialog would be wrong, if the user swaps the order of the GUI components with the "swap" button.
  
• Fixed a bug in Layout where pressing "Esc" to cancel the 2-Click Intersection Divide command would cancel the command, but keep the first entity selected highlighted.
  
• Fixed a bug in the Standard Make software where the "Change Password" button would not actually change anything.
  
• Fixed a bug in the sample script file CAD_Inside_Of_CAD.omaxscript, where it was calling an external script from a location that we recently moved.
• Fixed bug in the sample script file Clock.omaxscript where new "min" function was conflicting with the variable name used for "minutes".
  
• Fixed a bug in Make's "Test Pump" dialog where if a fractional time was entered using a symbol other than the period as the decimal point, then an "Invalid Floating Point" error would show.
  
• Fixed lots of minor bugs not listed here.

Rev 20 Patch #2 (maintenance release)

• This patch is identical to Patch #1 below for MAXIEM users, but fixes a bug for OMAX users.   Revision number increased to keep in sync across all versions.

Rev 20 Patch #1 (maintenance release)

• AutoPath updates: Minor improvements made to the AutoPath command based on submitted problem files and suggestions from customers.
• File Importing: 
• Minor updates to DXF/DWG importing based on submitted problem files from customers.
  
• Added a "Print" button to the import dialog used by DXF/DWG and a few other file formats.
• Keyboard short cuts for slit qualities now work when the Quality toolbar is open (CTRL+ number key)
• New "Caliper" Tool Path Font: Similar to the "Keychain" font, except creates a pair of calipers.

• Change to default settings: Some default settings (the settings that are there when you first install the software for the very first time, or delete the setup files) now default to more common pump, nozzle, and motor setups.
• Printing the daily history file from the history interface in Make now prints the date of the history file at the top of the print out.
• Intelli-VISOR: Added new MakePreferences.INI file entry to force system monitoring to always be on when Make is running.

• A few more sample files have been added
• Reworked the structure of the sample file folder to make it easier to find the demos
• Added a few new commands including commands for vectorizing and listing installed True Type Fonts, working with Layout and Make's preferences files across Premium vs Standard software, exiting scripts via optional OMAX_ExitScript parameters, working with "named pipes", OMAX_FloatToStrPeriod, which ensures floating point numbers are formatted with a period for the decimal place prior to writing out to a file, and more.
  
• Be sure to check out the "Sublime Text 2" installer at omax.com/support.  Sublime is a 3rd party text editor that is free to try, but otherwise costs money from the 3rd party.  It is considerably more powerful than the simple script editor supplied with Layout and Make.  Folks at OMAX have written extensions for it to integrate right into OMAX Scripting, making it an ideal development environment for those serious about script writing.
• Encrypt Scripts: It is now possible to encrypt scripts in the event you wish to prevent tampering or reading of your scripts by the end user.  This is done via a menu item in the OMAX Script Editor.
• Added a "OMAX_GetUniqueComputerID" to provide a hook for developers to create per-PC user registration schemes.
• Added "Min" and "Max" functions that return the larger or smaller of two passed in numbers.
• Quite a bit of general improvements to the "OMAX_GroomedOffset" command.
  

• Launch ReadMe from installer: For English language installers (English only), there is now a check-box to have this revision list automatically display after the installation has finished and the computer has been rebooted.
• Intelli-VISOR®: Minor polish and bug fixes.
• Tech Support Reports: The "cc" field in the Tech Support Report form now remembers all the email(s) entered between sessions.
• A few of the kerf check parts have been updated with Metric versions.
  

• Layout: Fixed a few minor bugs in AutoPath where external arc style tangential leads would be flipped to the wrong direction, arc style leads might overlap some geometry, and would sometimes be drawn in a manner that would confuse the generation of the ORD or OMX file later on.
  
• Make: Fixed a bug where if one enabled high pressure piercing and brittle mode simultaneously, (a very unusual combination) the pump would not turn on. 
• Make: Fixed a bug where small beveled arcs would cut at a speed slower than necessary.
• Make: Fixed a serious bug that would prevent precision operation of the A-Jet by not applying the A-Jet's error map, or properly correcting for its stand-off.
• Make: Fixed a bug  in water only cutting with heads up traverses where the the jet would start before the Terrain Follower has had time to move from heads-up position all the way down to the material.  Note: It is generally recommended not to use the Terrain Follower for water-only applications due to the typically soft nature of the materials water-only cutting is used for.
  
• Script Editor: Fixed a bug that could cause some redraw issues / missing user interface elements in Windows 8.
  
• Make: Fixed a bug where the stationary pierce safety factor was not being considered for stationary pierces, causing a safety factor of 1.0 to be assumed, and the entry in the Advanced / Administrator Setup dialog to be ignored.
  
• Layout: Fixed a bug in AutoPath where paths with very large lead angles would cause pieces of the resulting path to go missing.
  
• Layout: Fixed a bug where when closing multiple copies of Layout simultaneously, and exception error could occur.
  
• All applications: Fixed a bug where the boolean XOR would not process properly when evaluating expressions that use XOR such as the OMAX_QuickEval, Calculator, and Parametric Shapes..
  
• Layout: Fixed a bug where corner loops would be giant when made in metric.
• OMAX Startup: Added additional error trapping and logging to help prevent and diagnose an exception error on Windows Startup reported by one beta user.
  
• All applications: Fixed a memory leak in the CAD box that could cause unnecessary accumulated memory usage if lots of files are opened and closed over and over.  This fix will allow for greater stability of the software if run continuously for days on end.
  
• Make: Fixed a bug where in paths involving programmed movement of the Z-axis, the calculated X and Y axis motor motions could deviate from the path.
  
• Make: Fixed a bug where the state of the right-click menu item in the path controller to auto-close the controller when the path finishes would be forgotten.
  
• Make: Fixed a bug where previewing to the screen with a slow preview would cause an exception error.
• Scripting: The OMAX_GroomedOffset command now shows the status with a "stay on top" form so that it does not accidentally get hidden behind the host application.
• Intelli-VISOR: Fixed bug which prevented the user from disabling a factory configured machine rule (wasn't saving 'ignore trigger mask' in client file).
• Intelli-VISOR: Fixed hover hints for Machine Rule Trigger modules which are set to display in secondary units.
• Intelli-VISOR: Fixed disconnect between File Menu Alert Profiles and Alert Profile settings panel (changes in menu weren't carrying over to settings panel).
• Intelli-VISOR: Fixed bug in Alert Profile settings panel where the profile selection combo box may clear (turn blank) after enabling an alert profile.
• Intelli-VISOR: Fixed bug in User Alert Triggers which formerly allowed the user to set alerts on whole module groups (which would be ignored).
• Make: Fixed where high pressure traverses were not set properly.

New for version 20.0

Layout

• New automatic tool path planning engine:  We have completely re-written the automatic tool path planner from scratch.  The new version provides the same basic features, but with better results.
  
• Note: There are no longer 7 "methods" to choose from.  Instead, many methods are attempted behind the scenes, scored, and the best method is automatically chosen.  In the place of the "method" buttons, is an option to use or not use Heads Up Traverses when needed.
• Tip: You can now cancel pathing by holding the Escape key.  If you cancel early, it simply returns as though the pathing never occurred.  If you cancel after it has already evaluated a few possible paths, then it will return the best one it has found so far, when possible to do so. 
  
• Important Note: This is just "stage one" of a much bigger project: We need your feedback and feature requests to make the automatic pather even better for the future.  Please email techsupport@omax.com.
  
• New "Select Circular Window", "Deselect Circular Window", and "Erase Circular Window" commands: One can now use circular windows instead of just rectangular windows for these popular operations.  This make it easier to do certain kinds of selections where a circular shaped window is just more convenient.   Some notes:
• To access the commands, just right click on the Select, Deselect, or Erase buttons.
  
• The compound keyboard equivalent is SHIFT+W instead of the regular "W" for a rectangular window.  (So, for example, to select a circular window from the keyboard, type "S" to be in the "Select" mode, and then press "SHIFT+W" to switch to a circular window selection mode.
• It asks for a center point and a point on the radius, just like the circle command.  However, because it is often convenient with this command to center about the exact center of an existing circle, if one moves the mouse cursor within a couple of pixels of an existing circle or arc, the cursor will change to indicate that if you click here, it will grab the exact center of the entity you are over.  Practice and use this convenient feature!
  
• New tab tool with "bridge" and advanced tab shapes:
• The Tab tool has been replaced with a more advanced tab tool that gives more options for the shape of the tab, as well as the ability to create "bridge" tabs between two different parts.  Bridge tabs are especially useful, because they reduce the number of pierces required (only one pierce needed to make two or more parts), which saves time.  For those who do not like change, the old Tab tool is still available.  If you wish to enable the old one, simply assign it to a function key.
  
• Move Lead tool now supports snaps.
  
• Provide lots of comments with your drawing: The "Drawing Info" button (The button with the MAXIEM Logo in the upper right of Layout) has in the past allowed for a single line of text to be added as a comment to the drawing.  This has now been expanded to allow very long comments.  If an OMX file is generated, then these comments will also transfer to the OMX file to be available for viewing in other applications - for example for the machine operator to view in Make.  (Tip: One can also use XData to assign comments to individual drawing entities, but that is not new.)
  
• General Improvements to file importing:
• AutoCAD 2013 DXF, DWG, and DWF support: AutoCAD 2013 files can now be imported into Layout.  If you have files that do not open correctly, please email them to techsupport@omax.com so that we may improve them even more.
• Improved Spline importing: Splines from DXF, DWG, and DWG files will now import cleaner with better results with fewer entities.
• Improvements to Adobe Illustrator importing: More unusual flavors of AI files are now supported, as well as some bug fixes.  In addition, if no geometry is found using the standard AI import filters, then the file will attempt to load using the PDF import filters, which increases the chances of a successful import for unusual AI files.
• Specify Ellipse Tolerances: One can now specify how ellipses are converted when importing with the Generation IV DXF/DWG file importers. 
  
• Please Wait: Added additional "Please Wait" dialogs when opening large files in Layout

• Improved performance:
  
• Redraw performance improvements: All screen redraws when zooming or panning are now about 2 to 200% faster when working with high entity count drawings, and much smoother when working with smaller drawings.
  
• Faster performance for Move, Copy, and Rotate commands: These commands now redraw much faster (400% or more) in Windows Vista and newer, allowing one to manipulate a larger chunk of the drawing without it switching to preview only the bounding box.
  
• New high performance undo system: Allows for working with high entity count drawings with less waiting for the undo system to "memorize" changing.  This removes some irritations one might otherwise experience when working with drawings of more than 50,000 entities.  It also allows for editing drawings significantly larger than before without running out of memory so easily.  Note: When working with high entity count drawings (More than 500,000 entities), the number of undo levels will be reduced in order to preserve memory.
• Undo system now remembers individual erases and selects, so when you "undo" it will undo the last erase you did, not all the erases you did since the command started.
• Generating Tool Paths (The process of sequencing the drawing to make ORD or OMX files) is now approximately 200% faster (most noticeable on giant complex paths.)
  
• Other improvements include: Closing the "Configure Preferences" dialog is now nearly instant, instead of waiting a couple of seconds. Loading and saving to INI files is also much faster in many areas of the software.
  
• Show Degree Wheel stays shown: The status of the check-box next to the item "Show Degree Wheel" on the "Help" menu will now be remembered after Layout closes, allowing Layout to re-open next time with the degree wheel showing.
• Improvements to function key programming:
• Program Function Keys to launch the XData dialog with a specific XData Type in the dialog.  The command to look for in the "Hot Keys" configuration dialog is "XData: Set by command".  Likewise, one can just launch the dialog with no command specified with the command "XData: Show Dialog".
• Function key dialog has been improved to not show useless fields for "Snap types" for commands that don't use snaps.
• Less conflicts with other software: User defined function keys now will override some operating system behaviors for that key, but only if a Layout function is defined for it. 
  
• Keyboard Equivalent display now displays the names of scripts assigned to function keys.
• Note: CTRL+SHIFT+X is also a new keyboard equivalent for "Edit XData".
• By popular request: Layout now requires registration to save.  This prevents your competitors from being able to use Layout.
• Save and Load dialogs have been tweaked a little bit to default to more sensible folders more often, when it is otherwise ambiguous as to where to save to.
  
• XData is no longer displayed for the entities being manipulated when using "Move", "Rotate" or "Copy".
  
• Additional statistics on selected entities are now reported in the "Drawing Info" tool.
  
• XData dialog now has a check-box for showing / hiding advance XData items that might otherwise be confusing to new users.  The dialog will now also automatically do a "Deselect All" when closed (a frequent user request)
  
• Tool path font characters can now be specified as OMX files, or as a mix of ORD and OMX.  This makes it possible to construct 3D tool path fonts, or use XData in fonts for other special functionality. (We have not yet made any such fonts, though.  For information on creating Tool Path Fonts, please contact techsupport@omax.com.)
  
• Intelli-TRACE: Minor updates to improve tracing results, and make the results more consistent between outline and centerline trace methods (similar settings will give similar results). Also, now handles larger images for tracing.
• The default location for saving a new file now defaults to the last folder used, instead of My Documents.  My Documents is only used if the last folder location is not available.
  

Device Drivers and Firmware

Intelli-VISOR®

General / Misc. Changes

• Support for lower resolution computers:  Previous releases required 1024x768 screen resolution or higher.  Software now supports 1024x720 resolution, making it compatible with increasingly popular 720p displays, as well as the Microsoft Surface Pro, which re-scales the software, despite its higher resolution display.
• Improved support for high DPI computers: Various dialogs and interfaces have been updated to work and display better on high DPI displays when the operating system automatically scales the software.  In particular, the "Zoom Cursor" now behaves properly.
• Tech Support Reports now report a few more bits of information from the computer.
  
• Screen redraws, panning, and zooming are now significantly smoother and faster in all applications.
  
• A couple of new sample files have been added.
  
• The default anti-aliasing value for the 3D Path Editor is now "4" instead of "0"
  
• New XData items to override tool offsets: One can now force a particular offset on a feature by feature basis using XData.  There are new commands to either: Force a particular absolute offset amount, increment (or decrement) from the current offset amount, or return tool offsetting back to user control.  This can be used for specialty purposes, such as to add extra material to a feature that will have secondary machining.  Note: It is generally discouraged to use this feature, in favor of the best practice of simply drawing your tool path to the desired final dimension.
• Installer will now attempt to auto-close Touch, Intelli-VISOR, and Cooler Control utilities before installing files. 
  
• Installer now will provide the user the option of registering OMX files to open in the 3D Path Editor or Make, with the default now being Make instead of the 3D Path Editor utility.
  
• Scripting:
  
• Added an icon to launch the Script Editor to the "Start" menu.
• One can now launch the script editor from within Layout
  
• One can now double-click on an OMAX_ command to see notes on that command.
  
• New "UserForms" to create user interfaces that are automatically cleaned up when the script is canceled or finished.
  
• Added lots of new commands to the script engine, here are only some:
  
• OMAX_ResizeSelected: Resize with both X and Y scale factors
  
• OMAX_AutoPathG1: Run Auto-Path to automatically add a leads and traverses
  
• OMAX_GenerateGears: Generate gears
• OMAX_GetXYZFromMake to return live coordinates from Make into your scripts.
• OMAX_GroomedOffset: Advanced offsetting / veining of selected entities
  
• ...many other new OMAX_ functions added...
• Arc splitting functions
• Zipping and Unzipping and other file handling functions
  
• OMAX Button types
  
• Insert parametric shapes, and set the variables declared within those shapes.
• Inquire about colors used for various qualities and backgrounds
• Inquire about the host's CAD window position (to better position user interface elements on it.)
• Support for menus and popup menus
• Additional modules to include, such as the Snap Toolbar
• Additional sample scripts have been added (be sure to browse these, as they are probably one of the best ways to learn.)
  
• Launch Make (even run a tool path) from a script.
  
• Launch help screens
• Updates to the scripting manual
• Misc minor updates to the script editor
  
• A couple of bug fixes
• ...and a lot more...
• 3D Path Editor now maintains original coordinate system when loading / saving files (instead of moving to center over 0,0).  This makes it a little nicer to work on files in a text editor, and also prevents potential corruption of certain XData items that may rely on a specific coordinate system.

Most significant known bugs at time of release

• Layout and Make Array Nester: The "Auto" option does not properly rotate the parts to maximize materials.  The work-around is to use the rotate and displacement commands by hand.  This bug is fixed in beta 20.1 or newer.
• Make: Preview Speed: If one chooses a custom preview speed, one will often get an error.  The work-around is to just avoid custom preview speeds. This bug is fixed in beta 20.1 or newer.
• Make: Rare motor fault possible: If one uses the "Scribe/Etch on the fly" feature (tangential traverse to scribe to avoid slowing down), and then uses "Pause at end of Next Traverse" from the Path Controller, it is possible to cause a motor fault when the machine pauses at the traverse to scribe intersection.  This bug is very rare, and still remains to be fixed.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where certain strings entered into the XData edit form in Layout would inappropriately show with a red background.
• Fixed a bug where only the PascalScript "flavor" of scripts would run in Layout
  
• Fixed a memory allocation issue in the bitstream filter in Make that would cause too much memory to be allocated and freed, resulting in very slow performance.
• Fixed a bug in the Email Sender that would tag all emails sent from the OMAX software as having the incorrect time stamp for when it was sent.
  
• Fixed a bug in the script editor that would allow the main menu to be accessible while a script is running.
• Fixed a bug in Make that could cause an exception error when sending status information out using Windows Messaging, in the event no path had been interpolated.
  
• Fixed a bug in the script engine where C++ syntax was not parsing "#include" statements properly, and the empty C++ template was using the incorrect syntax.
• Fixed a bug in Make that could cause an exception on shutdown when running on insanely slow computers that are bogged down.
• Fixed a bug in the script engine where incorrect units of measure were used for OMAX_AutoPathG1
• Fixed misaligned redraw bug in Machine Status Rules (in 'System Settings') in Intelli-VISOR.
• Fixed bug in math engine for DATE & DATETIME references (only in custom modules) in Intelli-VISOR
• Fixed bug for hardware installation where Machine Status rules being imported would mask pre-existing rules in Intelli-VISOR.
• Fixed bug in Module Wizard for modifying digital modules in Intelli-VISOR.
• Fixed a bug in OMAX Camera that could cause error messages about no disk in drive on one computer when the Help/About option was chosen.
• Fixed a bug in Layout where the "Needs Saving Flag" was not set when using the Bump and Nudge commands.
  
• Fixed an exception error that could occur when working with huge images in Intelli-TRACE.
  
• Fixed a bug in Layout where the "Check for problems" button would do 2x the amount of work necessary when looking for potential collisions.  Also updated the "Please wait" message to come on immediately.
  
• Fixed a bug in Layout where canceling move, copy, or rotate commands would not redraw XData.
  
• Improved the "timed out waiting for card to start" message in Make to make it clear to the user that it's okay to simply choose "retry".
  
• Fixed a visual bug in Make on the Z-Axis tool bar that would cause some buttons to be partly hidden on some computers.
  
• Added additional error logging in Make to some events relating to USB communication.
  
• Fixed a bug in the default VBScript template that made it unusable.
• Fixed several bugs and polished a few items relating to tilting in Make.
  
• Reworked the warning system in Layout that warns if attempting to save to a folder that is either a system folder, or used by the software, so that it does a more appropriate job of warning for the best range of folders.
  
• Some names of the materials in the Materials Database in Make have been modified to more accurately reflect the actual material tested, and to remove confusing extra information.
• Fixed a bug in the Locate dialog in Make where the arrow keys would sometimes not respond to jog motions when they otherwise should.
  
• Fixed bug in script editor where when switching to a new language, the new language would not immediately be recognized by the text that shows what language it is supposed to be in.
  
• Fixed a bug that could cause an "Invalid Floating Point Error" in Layout when attempting to fillet between parallel lines on some computers.
  
• Fixed a bug in the Many Clicks Draw Command script template that could cause more entities than expected to be generated.
  
• Fixed a bug in Layout where the Move Leads command could cause lead order to switch on inside corners.
  
• Fixed a bug in Layout where if the Join command was requested to do an impossible join, it would sometimes try to to do it anyway by creating garbage.
  
• Fixed a bug where the script command OMAX_SplitArc was accepting Radian instead of the standard of Degrees.
  
• Fixed a bug in the Script Editor where parameters being passed to script via the parameters edit box would not be nullified after deleting the text box contents.
  
• Fixed a bug in Layout where the keyboard equivalents for "Z" and "X" would not function properly when using the stretch arc command.
  
• Fixed a bug in Layout that would cause large CMX and possibly AI files to open only partially.
  
• Fixed a bug in Layout that would cause the Snap type of "zero" to cancel the 3 point arc and 3 point circle commands.
  
• Fixed a bug in Layout that could cause comments entered into the info box to not be saved in OMX files generated.
  
• Fixed a bug that could cause "dots" to "ghost" when the zoom wheel was activated for some commands that do not support zoom wheel zooming.
  
• Comments in DXF files when saved from Layout no longer will allow ASCII characters lower than 32 in them.  This prevents potential corruption of the DXF file should someone load in a file that has such characters in it (Typically from 3rd party software), and then re-save from Layout.
  
• Fixed a bug in Make that could cause too fast of a speed on some kinds of lead-outs when the A-Jet is enabled, resulting in a jerky motion on some machines, and a motor fault on others.
  
• Fixed a few visual glitches in the CAD display for all applications.
  
• Fixed a bug in the installer where dual-bridge wallpapers were not properly being distributed.
  
• Fixed a bug in Layout where the right-click option for the "Save" button in the nesting dialog would say "Save as ORD" but actually save as an OMX.
  
• Fixed various bugs in Layout relating to Adobe Illustrator importing.
• Fixed a bug in Make where the statistics display for "number of pierces" would always show zero for water-only paths.
• Fixed a bug in Make where file paths in custom reports that contained slash ("\") characters would not show up if the custom report template was an RTF file.
  
• Fixed a bug that could cause a skewed preview, as well as incorrect positioning with "go to spot on path" when some Intelli-ETCH files were opened in Make.
• Fixed a bug where the "1" and "2" wallpapers for dual bridge machines were not included in the installer.
• Lots of other bug fixes and polish not listed here.

• Layout and Make: Fixed a bug that could cause the Korean tech support report generator to lock when generating a report for tech support.
  
• Make: Fixed a bug where if certain kinds of compiler errors (errors meant for the developer to see) were present in the path being compiled, then the alert to the user may miss the pop-up message.
• Make: Added code to make compiling more robust in situations of zero length entities.
  
• Installer: Fixed a bug where some text was out of place (on top of a button) in the Spanish installer.
  
• Make: Fixed a bug where the Path Dialog would not auto-launch after using the "Go to spot on path" command on some computers.
• Make: Fixed a bug that could allow the pump to stay running if "Keep pump on between paths" was enabled and "Pause at Start or End of next traverse" was chosen.
  
• Make: Fixed a bug where a radius would be used to fillet around an outside corner, when a sharp point should have been placed there when using TiltAngleStart and TiltAngleEnd to define the tilts of two adjoining entities.
  
• Make: Fixed a bug where if one quickly clicks on a jog button, then quickly clicks on another jog button for a different axes, if the timing is just right the first axis would continue to move.
• Test Pump will now accept fractional times for the duration of the test (where previously it would round to the nearest second)
  
• MIKS Advert Stencil font: Fixed missing capital "I" character, and incorrect "J".
  
• SendMail.exe (Used for sending Tech Support Reports): Fixed a bug that could cause a divide by zero error if email was empty.
• Layout: Fixed a bug in the Russian version of Layout that would cause arc style leads to occur as lines in the automatic pathing dialog.
  
• Make: Fixed a potential divide by zero error that could occur when computing line to line intersections on nearly parallel lines when interpolating 3D bevel cuts.
  
• Layout: Fixed a bug where the "Remember entered values" check-box would not remember anything when used in Layout.
  
• Layout and Make: Reduced a blemish that could occur when offsetting arc to arc inside corners, where one of the arcs is tiny, and when offset the two arcs don't intersect.
  
• Layout: Added check to prevent commas in XData items for improved international support, as well as preventing potential file corruption since the comma is a delimiter used to keep data items separate inside the file.
  
• Make: Fixed a bug where some features related to preparing the tool path for corner passing were incorrectly being activated, even when corner passing was disabled paths containing XData tilt commands.
  
• Link.exe (Used by help screens): Suppressed an annoying error message that could occur when opening files from within the help screens in 64 bit Windows 7.
  
• Layout and Make: Fixed a bug in the parametric shape dialog that could cause coordinates to shift in a manner incompatible with the new parametric shape support for XData.
  
• Make: Added code to prevent super sharp pointy corners from extending out ridiculously far when offsetting sharp corners sharply for A-Jet compilations.  Now, if the corner is exceptionally sharp, a small radius is added.  (If this behavior is not desired, then use a corner loop to enforce the desired behavior.)
  
• Make: Fixed a bug that could cause slightly incorrect cutting of sharp corners with the A-Jet as it compensates for oval kerf at tilt angles.
  
• Make: Fixed a bug that could cause a single step motor drift in the event of a very rare rounding condition.
• Make: Fixed a bug with tilting when traverses lead directly to a cutting entity with no lead.
• Make: Fixed a bug where the coordinate for "Tilt in X" for the A-Jet could read negative the value it is supposed to be.
  
• Make: Fixed a bug where the XData item "Force Absolute Speed" and "Force Percent Speed" may not work properly for non-tilted paths.
  
• Layout: Fixed a bug where the radius entry dialog for the Stretch Arc command would always assume units of "inches" despite the units configured in Layout.
  
• Layout: FIxed a bug where a computer configured with giant font sizes would cause the "Inquire" dialog to not display data in its title bar.
  
• Soft limits are now calculated from the bitstream (compiled tool path) instead of the vector path.  This allows for more reliable soft limit operation when using the rotary axis, or drill accessories.
• Improvements to DXF and DWG importing, including improved spline importing, and a "please wait" message when opening giant files when Layout launches.
• Intelli-VISOR®: Added System Monitoring utility to allow for system monitoring capabilities similar to that in the OMAX product line.
• A-Jet Calibration Wizard: One can now calibrate and error map the A-Jet for significantly enhanced precision.  It is also a requirement to error map the A-Jet in order to take advantage of the A-Jet for taper compensation. Requires error mapping hardware for map generation. Contact MAXIEM Technical Support for information on mapping your hardware.
• Modified the KeyChain font to have rounded corners, and more space between the MAXIEM logo and the text.
• New "Corner Loop" command: Click on a corner to automatically add a triangle shaped corner loop, which is useful for making cuts related to bevel programming.  Find this command as a Right-Click item on the "Lead I/O" button.
• Stretching with XData: Added a warning that when using the "Stretch" option of the "Size" command that XData would be lost for the stretched entities.
• Slight improvements to circle detection in Intelli-TRACE
• Improved leads when using Tilt: Tilting now follows in the groove of the path for leads when leads have tilt assigned, where previously the tilting was allowed to wander outside of the slot somewhat.
• Bevel improvements: Various tweaks and bug fixes and optimizations to improve the results when beveling with the A-Jet.
• Minor improvements to compiler error messages and reporting.
• New XData items have been added including new items available in the interface in Layout, as well as some hidden items there for advanced users / post processor developers.
• OMAX Scripting: Added additional script templates and other minor polish.
• Toggle the displaying of XData using the "^" key (Shift+6 on most keyboards): This works for most, but not all display windows.  Press the key to toggle between 4 display modes (off, icons, text, text+icons)
• Additional status information about "Faults" detected by the USB card are now sent via Windows Messaging for third party software products / Intelli-VISOR to pick up.
• Several new commands and demo scripts added, and minor improvements made to OMAX Scripting.
• Make: Improved tool offsetter for some categories of A-Jet parts to partly fix a bug that can cause an arc to bend in some rare cases.
• Make: Fixed a bug that caused a shift in an entity when interpolating.
• Make: Fixed a bug that could cause out of sequence events at endpoints of entities with certain XData items assigned.
• Make: Fixed a bug in XData Force Percent Speed that would cause incorrect speed when tilting, as well as not be reliable between 70% and 100%.
• About Box: Fixed a bug that could cause the hand-pointing cursor to be invisible in the About box on some Windows XP computers.
• Firmware: Fixed a bug in the firmware affecting dual pump users, where the second pump would not turn on, as well as a bug that could cause a rely flicker when "Pause at next traverse" was used. consult the "ReadMe.txt" file in the "C:\Program Files\OMAX Corporation\OMAX_Layout_and_Make\Drivers\" folder for details.
• Make: Fixed a bug that could incorrectly detect a "stuck key" on a particular computer.
• Make: Fixed a bug that could cause the nozzle cross hair to appear "white on white" on some computers, making it impossible to see when the white color scheme was enabled.
• All: Fixed XData #24's icon to properly be transparent.
• Layout and Make: More useful info contained in Tech Support Reports.
• Make: Fixed a bug where changing the zoom preference between "Window" and "Cursor" would not take affect until Make was rebooted.
• Make: Fixed a bug where water only entities from some non-OMAX generated ORD files could import with a percent feed rate override of "-1"
• Intelli-ETCH: Fixed a bug that could cause an exception error when selecting the border color on 64 bit computers.

• Windows 8 support: Minor changes have been made to support Windows 8 properly.  Note that previous versions of the Intelli-MAX software also run fine in Windows 8, though we changed a few things for an improved experience.  Note also that if you are looking to upgrade your machine tool computer, then it is strongly recommended to check with Technical Support prior to making such an upgrade to ensure compatibility.  We do not recommend upgrading to Windows 8 at this time, as we see no advantage and only risk in doing so.
• Layout no longer requires registration: To minimize annoyance to users, it is now no longer required to register the software in order to save in Layout.
• General improvements to file importing, including fixes for certain "flavors" of DXF, support for CS5 Adobe files, and smoother spline conversions.
• Plumbing Resistance Factor is now exposed in the Advanced / Administrator Setup dialog in Make.  This advanced feature is used to automatically dial in the cutting model based on pressure loss in high pressure lines (Useful for exceptionally large machines.)
• Improved importing of latest versions of SVG files, in particular much better importing of SVG files from the free program "Inkscape".
• Added mouse wheel zooming support for the preview dialog in the importer.
• Made some minor improvements and bug fixes to PDF importing
• Made some minor improvements to spline importing
• Updated compiler messages and error reporting in Make: Compiler messages and warnings are now logged onto the screen to make it easier to debug complex tool paths that generate errors or warnings.
• Drag and drop files directly into Layout.   Any file that can be opened via the "Image Tracing" or "File / Open" command can be dragged and dropped directly into Layout.  (For example, "drag" a .ORD file from Windows Explorer, and "drop" it into Layout.)
• Changes to Tool Path Fonts: When making your own Tool Path Fonts, It is now possible to define characters previously not definable.  this is done by naming the font character MyFontO*.ord, where the "O" stands for "Other", and you put your special character where the "*" is.  The "*" does have to be a legal character for a file name, though.  For example, to define the caret symbol, the file name for the font character might be "MyFontO^.ord".
• New Thai Tool Path Fonts: Two variations of a Thai font have been added.  Characters can be typed on a standard English, or standard Thai keyboard.
• Swap Lead tool: A new tool in layout (as a Right-Click option on the "Leads" button) allows one to quickly swap a lead in and lead out, and move the connected traverses accordingly with a single mouse click near the lead.
• Move Lead tool: Similar to Swap Lead, this tool allows one to click on an existing lead, and drag it to a new location. Keyboard equivalent is "CTRL+SHIFT+V"
• Support for new XData feature: One can now assign additional (eXtra) data attributes to each entity in the drawing to add additional functionality to tool paths.  For example, one can assign a "pause point" or "tilt angle" to an entity.  This new feature is in Layout, Make, and the OMX file structure, so is shared across applications.
• The Tool Path Preview dialog (in Layout) now remembers your previously entered tool offset.
• More user definable hot keys: In addition to F1 to F24 being assignable, one can now assign Shift+F1-24, and Control+F1-24.  This allows one a lot more possible keys to assign, as well as the ability to assign 3 similar tasks to the same key.  (Note that when using Shift and Control, that some computer configurations may already have such combinations assigned for other purposes, and not all keyboards properly support function keys higher than F12.)
• "Babysit" changes: The term "babysit" has been renamed to "fault" throughout the software to be less confusing to international users, and more in line with industry standards.  In addition, when a "fault" is triggered, one can now click on the blinking fault message to receive additional details on what specifically triggered the babysit.  Note that extended info is available on some machines only.
• Shift+R is a new keyboard equivalent for "Recompile Normal" in Make.
• New support for drill accessory: Added support for a drill to pre-drill start holes, which is useful for specialty applications such as when working with laminates where a traditional pierce may be less reliable.  Contact Technical Support for information on obtaining the drill hardware.
• Added option to "keep pump on between paths" to the Event and Relay Setup dialog.  For certain machines this will allow the pump to stay on when using step and repeat cutting, eliminating the need to wait extra time for the pump to cycle, and eliminating an extra pressure cycle on the plumbing that can cause fatigue.
• Stuck key detection, correction, and warnings: Make will now try to detect and correct for many kinds of keyboard issues relating to multiple keys being pressed at once, or keys stuck in the down position - even if more than one keyboard is physically attached.   Depending on the condition and what is possible to do through software, Make will either prevent the motion, stop motion in progress, automatically correct the issue, or warn the operator and ask the operator to correct the issue.
• More frequent Windows Messaging status updates: Windows Messaging in Make (used for MTConnect, and other advanced applications that need to know Make's status), now sends the status at 1 second intervals, regardless of whether any status has changed or not (and more frequently if the status changes).  This allows listening applications the opportunity to have fresh status at startup.
• More Windows Messaging information sent: More information reported by Make's Windows Messaging for 3rd party software to pick up.
• More reliable start-ups in electrically noisy environments: A small code change was made in Make to prevent "Timed out waiting for card to start" messages that could occur in noisy environments.  Essentially noisy signals travel slower than clean ones, which on some computers would cause commands to occur out of sequence since USB sends things down separate "pipes", resulting in the USB card not responding.  We now verify that the command reached its destination before sending the next command.
• Improved sanity checking for A-Jet motions: Edit boxes in the Specify A-Jet dialog have changed to turn light yellow if the combination of tilts exceeds the hardware limits, even if each tilt individually does not.  Also added some text to explain this.
• Option to set A-Jet position by "Motor Angle": In the Specify A-Jet dialog, there is now the option to specify the A-Jet position by providing the raw motor angles.
• Improved motor tuning: Changed default bitstream filter width to 50 for new machines, as we found this value to work best in most cases.  Note that this value only is used on new installations.  For existing installations the present value is preserved.  It is strongly recommended to leave this value alone unless directed by Tech Support.
• Improved error reporting when opening an invalid OMX file, so that instead of silently failing with no hint as to why, one now has an error message.  (This is useful to third parties developing software to generate OMX files.)
• Fixed a bug where SHIFT+O in Layout would launch a dialog even when it shouldn't.
• Added Max Path Acceleration and Max Cutting Speed user interface elements to the Advanced / Administrator Setup, so that one can easily adjust the maximum acceleration and speed when cutting to be different than that used for traversing.  This allows harder  motions on traverses for faster traversing while maintaining smoother motions for cutting.
• Improved automatic Z axis recovery warnings for "Go To Spot On Path": Changed the threshold for warning about Z moves when resuming a tool path with "Go to spot on path" to be more sensitive if the motion is in the down direction.  This prevents an annoyance where one may have made Z adjustments say for warped materials, and then the machine automatically moves to what it thinks is the right spot, ignoring your adjustments.
• Tech Support Reports now report additional information useful for Tech Support to remotely support machines.
• Copy error messages to the clipboard:  For most error messages in Make, if one holds down the Control key when pressing "OK" the text of the message will be copied to the clipboard, making it easier to past into emails or documents.  Of course, one can still use Alt+Printscreen to copy an image of the window to the clipboard as well.
• Improved "Recompile Pierces Only": This command now optimizes the traverses between pierces, and removes the lead out's so only lead in's remain.  This results in less wasted time for pierce-only paths.
• Adjust delays in Touch: The touch screen utility now has a configuration screen that allows adjustment of the delay before popping up the numeric keypad for numeric inputs in any Intelli-MAX application.   There are two settings:  One delay for when Touch is running, and the other for when it is not.
• New supported Languages: Finnish, Norwegian, Hungarian, Portuguese, and Swedish.  Full installers are now available for each of these languages.
• This is a "3D release" with many features concentrating on basic to advanced 3D including support for X, Y, Z1, Z2, and two axis of "Tilt".  Most of the new functionality is in "under the hood" in Make and the file formats that Make reads, and some of the functionality is visible in the user interface and in Layout.
• Tilt forward (lead/lag) support in OMX files:  In addition to being able to specify tilting to the side at the start and end of each entity in the tool path, one can now also specify "TiltAlong" (sometimes referred to as lead / lag) in the OMX file.   If these items are left unspecified, then Make will do what it has done in the past, and automatically calculate the corner geometry.  If these items are specified, then Make will use the desired specification.  This gives people writing post processors or parametric shapes or similar advanced applications the ability to have greater control over how tilted corners are handled.
• Improved Error Messages: Various error messages that were confusing now have additional information displayed to be less so.
• International web sites: In some areas of the software, links to maxiemwaterjets.com will now jump to the MAXIEM web site of the language the Intelli-MAX software is running in.
• User switching now will cause Make and Tester to shut down whatever path is running to prevent the next user from loosing the user interface to Make.
• Installer now check for prerequisites earlier on and allows user to install (with warnings) even if they don't meet some of the less-critical prerequisites.  For example, though not advised, one can now install the software on machines that don't meet the 1024x768 minimum screen resolution requirement.
• Force Traverses to High Pressure: A new checkbox for this has been added to the Advanced / Administrator Setup dialog, allowing one to choose to either do all traverses at high pressure (the old way of doing things), or to run the traverses at whatever pressure the previous jet on condition left things at.   Typically, one would just leave this setting alone, but if one does low pressure cutting with high pressure piercing (a very unusual thing to do), then unchecking this box can lead to less high pressure line fatigue.
• Changed the order of squaring when using "Go to Spot On Path" and "Go to Path Interrupted Home" commands so that the A-Jet is squared prior to traversing, instead of afterwards.
• Launch Make from an external application while ignoring the "Change Path Setup" dialog: If you are writing software to automatically launch Make, one can prevent the "Change Path Setup" dialog from defaulting to open by adding the word "NoDialog" somewhere within the passed path or file name.
• Slight improvements to circle detection in AutoTrace.
• Scripting: Although not officially supported yet, advanced users who know how to program may be interested in OMAX Scripting to extend the capabilities of Layout, write new commands, or even create applications. (For example, the new Swap Lead and Move Lead tools were both done with scripting.)  Scripts can be written in a syntax similar to Pascal (Delphi), VB, or C/C++ to suite the individual's coding style, and most Layout high-level functionality is exposed to the engine.  We would be interested to know if this is a feature we should spend more time on and make it official, so feedback is welcome. If this is of interest to you, look for and run OMAX_Script.exe in your "Program Files" folder, and/or contact scripting@omax.com to express your thoughts and learn more.
• New "Scribe on the Fly": It is now possible to start a scribe with zero nozzle delay, and maintaining the velocity from the previous traverse.  This can result in avoiding the small pit that may otherwise occur on some machine configurations at the start of the scribe, by eliminating the delay there.  In order for this feature to work, one must set the "Delay after nozzle fires before moving" for scribing to zero, and then ensure that the traverse leading up to the scribe and the scribe itself are touched tangentially (no corner).
• Fixed a bug in Recompile Pierces Only in Make where the compiled path may be corrupted if a right tool offset was used.
• Fixed a bug that could cause an overflow error when Make starts compiling on 64 bit machines with huge memory installed.
• Fixed a bug in Make that could cause "Recompile Pierces Only" to add cuts / pierces where not necessary, and removed lead outs from the resulting path, since one does not need to pre-drill or pre-pierce lead outs.
• Fixed an obscure bug in Layout and other applications that would cause the drawing limits to be redrawn to the screen to sometimes be wrong, resulting in some redraws not occurring correctly, in particular sometimes selected elements would not appear selected or rubberbanding would stop displaying.
• Fixed a bug in Make where the A-Jet dialog would have active buttons that should have been grayed out when the VCR dialog is open.
• Fixed the A-Jet specify by Rotation and Angle graphic in Make to make +X to the right and -X to the left, to avoid confusing folks with the wrong data.
• Fixed a bug in the A-Jet squareness wizard where the word "Rotary" should have been labeled "Tilt" in one of the fields.
• Fixed a bug introduced in version 17.0 that caused Make's joy-stick jogging feature to no longer work.
• Made some improvements in Make to better handle necessary speed changes when cutting at tilted angles.
• Fixed a bug in Layout that could cause numeric entries for various "Specify" snaps to be wrong if the Shift key was held down when entering in a math formula (which would cause the Ortho command to kick in and override the numeric entry)
• Fixed a bug in Make that could cause Make to appear to be locked up if the Home key is held down filling the keyboard buffer with hundreds of "Zoom Extents" commands.
• Fixed a bug that could cause some shallow arcs to have their "bow" flipped to the wrong side when importing a specific flavor of DXF file.
• Fixed a bug in the "Divide into equal sections" command in Layout that could cause one more than desired division.
• Fixed a bug in Layout and the 3D Path Editor where the dialog "Save changes to..." could appear behind Layout if Layout was closed from the Windows task bar while in the minimized state.
• Fixed a bug in the Select Special command in Layout that would cause it to sometimes say "Selected" instead of "Deselected" and vise versa.
• Fixed a bug where if the "select" command was active, then a "Quality All" command was executed from the keyboard, and error could occur and cause Layout to appear locked up.
• Lots of other bugs have been fixed not listed here.

• 6 new tool path fonts have been added: DTZ New Eden Round Stencil, DTZ New Eden Stencil, DTZ StarzCraft Stencil, DTZ Stencil Camera, DTZ Sweep Bold Stencil, DTZ Technique Stencil from Jay Childs of Digitalnutz.
  
• Fixed a bug in Layout that would cause the "Import from other CAD" feature to incorrectly convert layer 28 to a rapid traverse instead of a water-only slit.
  
• Modified the default Layer Substitution Map used by the "Import from other CAD" command to include several new more descriptive layer names, allowing one to build templates in other CAD systems that call out MAXIEM Layers with full descriptions.
• Slightly improved speed of redraw when using the mouse wheel to zoom in Vista and 7 when the Dots are enabled.
• Added double buffering to XP and Windows 2000 computers when an image is loaded for Image tracing in Layout.  This reduces flicker otherwise seen when drawing on top of an image.
• Fixed a bug in the bitstream filter in Make that could (under a very rare set of conditions only witnessed on one machine) cause an acceleration strong enough to fault a motor.
• Fixed a bug in Make where a slow click of the mouse button on the "Begin" button for the "Test" dialog would cause the click to be ignored.
• Fixed some visual glitches in the Installer for some non-English languages.
• Fixed a bug in the 3D Path Editor that would prevent the "auto fix selected slopes" command from fixing some paths that contained zero length entities.  Also, improved the detection of "potential slope errors" by not reporting some "potential errors" where there really was no chance for there to be a problem.
  
• Fixed a general bug that could cause a "Not enough storage space to process this command" error on some Vista or Windows 7 machines running extremely high resolution displays or multiple high resolution monitors.
• Fixed a very rare bug in Make that could cause the tool path interpolation to lock up
• Added a folder ...Program Files\OMAX Corporation\OMAX_Layout_and_Make\DraftSight\ that contains templates for Dassault Systems DraftSight^TM CAD.  The templates have MAXIEM Quality Layers defined, to allow the option of drawing in MAXIEM Qualities with the proper color and line types, and layer names for each Quality.

• Fixed some visual glitches in some text for some international translations.
  
• Fixed a bug in Make that could eventually cause a couple of motor steps to be lost if the user were to press the "Ahead" and "Backup" buttons on the cutting dialog in a very high speed manner over and over for a long time.
  
• The "Esc" key can now be used to close a few forms that previously required mouse clicks.
• Fixed a bug in Make that could cause a minor positioning error (and error message) if the Terrain Follower was enabled for paths with the A-Jet and Heads Up Traverses.
• Fixed a bug in Layout that could cause a "cannot focus a disabled window" error (and potential lock Layout) when accessing the True Type Text dialog after having chosen the "All Caps" option in a previous use of the dialog.
  
• You can now use the mouse wheel to "zoom" at any time when using the "copy" or "move" commands.
• Fixed a bug in the SolidWorks macro that was causing an error message on one user's computer.
• Fixed a bug that would otherwise make it impossible to cut measured results from the measure command in Make to the clipboard.
• New "Nudge" functionality: When entities are selected, use SHIFT+Arrow Key, or Control+Arrow Key to "Nudge" the selected entities by either a coarse or fine amount.   Use Shift+Page Up or Shift + Page Down, or Control + Page Up, or Control +Page Down, to rotate the entities by either 10 or 1 degrees.  This is useful for easily moving entities around for such purposes as manual nesting, or adjusting the spacing between letters, etc.
• Fixed a bug in the 3D Path Editor where setting the Z2 of the second to last entity would not correctly set the Z1 of the last entity to match.
  
• The "Default" number of undo levels in Layout has been increased from 100 to 400.
• Fixed a bug in Layout and Make that could cause the "cc" field to be ignored when sending a Technical Support Report.
• Fixed a cosmetic bug in Layout that would cause "dots" to be redrawn to the screen inappropriately in some cases when the mouse wheel is spun during a "move" operation.
  
• Fixed a Range Check Error in Make that could occur when entering in a password to register the software.
• Fixed a bug in the A-Jet interpolator in Make that was causing calculations to be very significantly slower than they should otherwise be.
• Performance tuning: Many low level graphics and math routines have been tuned for faster performance, which should result in various areas of the software responding a little bit quicker than in previous releases, in particular when working with larger files in Layout, and especially for Windows 7 and Windows Vista users for whom performance has been poor in the past.
• Changing the soft limit locations is now password protected by default on new software installations (but not on existing installs), to prevent new user confusion where the soft limits get modified instead of restoring the absolute home.
  
• Fixed a bug in Layout that would cause the "smallest radius" to be reported as a huge number in the event the drawing contains no arcs.
• Fixed a bug in Make where an older "test pump" dialog would display if the "Test" button was clicked on the "Configure pump and nozzle" dialog.  (Note: You can still use the old style dialog if you like, by holding down the SHIFT key when clicking this button.)
  
• Fixed a bug in Make that would prevent running a path twice in off-line simulated mode.
  
• Improved Auto-Path: Auto-path is now better about not creating leads that gouge into the edge of the part, leads placed on the part instead of the scrap, and leads where the tool offset is to the incorrect side.   Although it is still up to the user to verify the results and correct as necessary, these improvements significantly reduce the chances of Auto-Path making a mistake.  Note: As always, for best results, be sure to "clean" the drawing prior to Auto-Pathing, as duplicate entities and gaps will always cause confusion, and always double-check Auto-Path's results and correct when necessary.
• New "Check for problems" button in the preview dialog that is displayed after a path is generated.   The "Check for collisions" button is now "Check for Problems".  In addition to looking for potential collisions, this button now also checks for and highlights areas where the tool path is offset into the part instead of the scrap, and also highlights areas where radii are smaller than the tool offset.  Finally, traverses that may potentially collide on previously cut portions of the path are now highlighted with an arrow, to make it clear the direction of travel.  All of these changes are to make it easier to see many common kinds of errors in paths.
• Preview faster: The Preview to screen features in Make are now slightly faster when previewing when zoomed in.
  
• Program in tilt for water-only cutting.  By popular request, Quality of "Water Only" can now have tilt assigned to it.
• Fixed a bug in the Chinese version of the 3D Path Editor that would make it difficult to change units.
• New command "Divide into even sections": Use this to divide an entity into a specified number of equal sections.
  
• DXF and DWG importing: Updated file filters to support yet more flavors of DXF and DWG, as well as fixed a few minor bugs.  File importing of exceptionally large files is now about 50% faster as well.
  
• Added "Shift + O" keyboard equivalent for launching the 3rd party plug-in "Design-To-Cut^®" (Distributed through MAXIEM: Part Number 203462)
• New: SolidWorks Macro to Make: In addition to the two SolidWorks macros introduced in version 15.0, a new Macro for SolidWorks is now available to go from SolidWorks directly through Layout to and ORD file that opens in Make.  Of course, it is up to the human operator to verify that this path is valid and make corrections in Layout if necessary.
• SolidWorks 2011 support: New SolidWorks 2011 macros have been added.  These are identical to the SolidWorks 2010 macros, but it is suggested you use the SolidWorks 2011 macros in SolidWorks 2011 in case updates that are specific to SW 2011 are made in the future.
• There are now folders in the OMAX Samples folder that contain SolidWorks .sldprt files as samples to use the macros on.
  
• Improved Auto-Path slightly in that it now detects leads that are too large for the surrounding geometry and auto-trims them down to a smaller size.
• Check for Path Problems: The "Check for collisions" button in the path preview dialog has been renamed to "Check for Problems" to reflect new functionality.  As before, it highlights potential collisions, but will now also highlight other issues it is able to detect such as "offset to the wrong side".  It won't detect all possible issues, but is worth using as a sanity check.  If you see issues identified by these tools, review them to make sure there is nothing wrong at those spots, and correct as necessary.  Always review paths carefully before pressing "begin", and do not rely on this new tool as a crutch, as it will not identify all possible issues.
• Removed unnecessary confirmation dialogs at end of automatic X/Y Squaring routine, to prevent user confusion and possibility of incorrectly homing the machine when confirmation messages were not read and understood.
• Days Remaining: The "register software" menu item now shows days remaining if registered with a non-permanent password.
• Changed the default values for the A-Jet to reflect newer A-Jet hardware.  Note: Default values are only used on new installations, so existing A-Jet users will correctly retain their current settings.
• Added new (advanced) functions to the math expression evaluators, including "RadToDeg", "DegToRad", "Max()", "Min()", "Avg()", "Distance", "EntityLength", "XYCenterToBow", "BowToRad", "BowToXc", "BowToYc", and "FromINI".  These advanced functions are mostly useful when making parametric shapes, using the function plot feature in Layout, or writing post processors to generate OMX files, but are available at any point a numeric input can be entered.
• Modified Touch so that holding down the "swap" button for a few seconds locks-in right-click mode.  Pressing it again un-locks it.  This should make it more convenient to make multiple right-click operations in a row on touch-screen equipped computers.
  
• Updated the installer to have a friendlier welcome screen.
• Fixed a bug that could cause some IGS files containing splines to lock up when importing in Layout.
  
• Fixed a bug in Make that could cause some motions to generate a babysit error / motor fault if bitstream filtering is enabled for certain high-speed motions.
  
• Fixed a bug in the 3D Path Editor that would cause dynamic panning and zooming to no longer function if the user clicked on the [X] button in the upper right of the window to exit the 3D Path Editor, but then choose "cancel", when asked to save work.
  
• Fixed some cosmetic annoyances relating to "Layout redraws multiple times for no good reason".
  
• Numerous minor bugs relating to tool path interpolation in Make were fixed.
  
• Fixed some parsing errors in the DXF/DWG importers for Layout that could cause some IGES files to incorrectly be loaded as DXF, preventing them from loading properly.
  
• Fixed a major bug in the "undo" command of the 3D Path Editor that could corrupt tool paths.
• Fixed a bug relating to calculating the length of arcs in nearly all applications that may have created bugs elsewhere in the software that were never discovered.
  
• Added a few extra pixels to the "inquire motor step" dialog in Make to prevent a cosmetic issue where a vertical scroll-bar would otherwise appear inappropriately.
• Added a "[x]" button to the "gap width" dialog to allow closing the double line tool in Layout by this method.

• Korean Language: In addition to English, Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Polish, Dutch, and Russian, the Intelli-MAX software is now available in Korean.
• Fixed an obscure bug in Make that could cause a "Range Check Error" when doing a "Vector Move" in the event that the machine is configured to move at data rates faster than the USB card can handle them.
  
• Fixed a bug in Layout that could cause improper True Type Font scaling when importing files from other CAD systems.
  
• New "Recompile" options in Make for quickly re-compiling in alternate qualities added as a right-click menu option to the "Change Path Setup" button.
  
• New MAXIEM Touch utility: Provides an easy solution for finger-tip right-clicking, as well as a shortcut to the Windows On-screen keyboard. Once running, it can be configured to always run when Windows starts, if desired.
• Additional touch-screen functionality has also been added to all numeric inputs in the software.  Simply press and hold in any numeric edit box for a finger-friendly numeric keypad.
• Added a "Zoom Extents" button to the lower tool-bar in Layout.  This is to make it more obvious that this command exists, and also to allow touch-screen users a better option for when the "Home" key is not accessible.
  
• Added code in Make to insert a tiny delay between stopping and restarting a motion, in the event that the user is running on an extreme performance computer that might be able to send commands faster than they could be processed by the USB system.   While this does not fix any known bugs, it does add a measure of robustness for theoretical computers of the future.
  
• New Tool Path font "Scritch": This font is designed for etching or scribing quickly with a continuous, cursive, style.
• Fixed a bug in Make/Firmware that could cause corruption of the tool path in the event the "backup" and "ahead" buttons were clicked rapidly and repeatedly on machined equipped with the 9 axis USB Card.
  
• Test Pump now handles negative delays for when the abrasive turns on: This allows Test Pump to be used for verifying settings made in the "Event and Relay Timing" dialog.  This is particularly useful for testing and calibrating low pressure setups where one might use a negative delay to allow the abrasive to enter the nozzle prior to the nozzle firing.  Note: The exact settings used are what a tool path would do when going from a traverse to a cutting Quality (not a traverse to an etch or scribe.)
• Fixed a bug in Make where the hint shown in the edit boxes for the "Move to X/Y Coordinate" command would always show units in Inches, even if an alternate measurement system was active.
  
• Fixed a bug in Make that could cause a button on the Z numbers display panel to display the wrong size in a rare situation.
  
• Fixed a bug in Make that could allow a jog command to stay active if the Windows Menu key was accidentally pressed while doing a keyboard jog.
  
• Fixed a bug in the Firmware that could cause corruption of the tool path on some machines when wiggle piercing was used.  For details on changes to the firmware, consult the "Readme.txt" file in the "C:\Program Files\OMAX Corporation\OMAX_Layout_and_Make\Drivers\" folder.
• It is now possible to configure the MAXIEM to "Home" in the opposite direction by hand-editing the "MakePreferences_B.INI" file.  This is necessary for dual-bridge support, to allow the second bridge to home off the other end of the machine.
• Fixed a bug in Layout that could cause extremely high radius arcs to convert to a series of line segments when the "Auto-Path" command was used.
• New support for the A-Jet^tm 5 axis cutting head (X, Y, Z, Tilt, Rotation): Presently, the support covers the basic 5 axis motions within a tool path, as well as manual tilt controls, an automatic squaring wizard, tilt preview, and angle display.  The (new) 3D Path Editor Utility can be used for simple tilt assignments to existing tool paths, and most 3rd party CAD/CAM and Nesting software that support programmable tilt operations can also be used for programming via a custom post processor.  Since the MAXIEM supports the same .ORD and .OMX file formats as the OMAX, any available 3D OMAX Post Processor can be used.  For more information on the A-Jet accessory, visit  www.maxiemwaterjets.com.
• Insert Pause Point command: Yet another way to pause the machine - right-click on the "Change Path Setup" button, choose "Insert Pause Point Here", then click on your part where you wish to insert a pause point.   You can add as many pause points as you like.  Choose "Clear Pause Points", or re-compile the path to remove them.  When a path is running, and this point is encountered, the exact same behavior will occur as though someone pressed "pause" at that spot.   Note that pause points only pause when the path is running, not during dry runs or when using "backup" or "ahead" to move through the path.
• Support for more machines: Added options for more standard machine sizes to the "Advanced / Administrator Setup" dialog, in particular, MAXIEM models 1515 1530 2030 and 2040.
  
• New: 3D Path Editor Utility: Use the 3D Path Editor Utility to add Z motions to tool paths, or program in tilt motions for use with an A-Jet accessory.
  
• New: Support for OMAX *.OMX files: Make will now accept input in the form of OMX files, which brings with it support for varying Z motions within a tool path, as well as programmable tilt.  This also makes it easier to directly use OMAX post processors for 3rd party software (CAD/CAM/Nesting, etc.) within a MAXIEM system.
  
• Reverse Mouse Zoom: There are now options within Layout, Make, and the 3D Path Editor to reverse the operation of the mouse wheel zooming.  This allows you to configure the software to behave similar to other software that may behave in this manner that you might already be used to.  (e.g.. SolidWorks and others.)
• Updated the cutting model to enhance the accuracy for these orifice/mixing tube combinations: 0.014"/0.040", 0.011"/0.030", 0.011"/0.033", 0.013"/0.030".
  
• Fixed a bug in Layout that could cause an extra line to be drawn when using the SHIFT key to constrain the Continuous Line Draw command.
  
• Total Time Remaining: Move the mouse over the "Time Remaining" indicator in the path running dialog, and it will show a hint with the total time remaining for all paths in the case where the path is set to run multiple times.
  
• Updated file filters: Updated DXF and DWG file importing to include support for AutoCAD files up to release 2010.  In addition, DXF files saved from Layout now include the "units" filed, to improve importing of Layout generated DXF files into other CAD software.
• New "Centerline Trace" option allows tracing of thin lines without outlining them.  This is useful for tracing scanned CAD drawings, or sketches, for example.  A new checkbox for "invert image" has also been added, so that thin light lines on a dark background can be traced as well.
• Added a few more options to the "display settings" pop-up menu in the final page of the Intelli-TRACE wizard.  The new settings allow highlighting arcs in purple, yellow, or not at all.  The preview now defaults to highlighting arcs in yellow to make it easier to see the results of changing the various trace settings.
• There is now a progress bar in the "Please wait" form for Intelli-TRACE
  
• New "Motion Preferences" dialog: Added "Motion Preference" dialog to Make, to allow user customization of jog speeds and other motion settings.
• Additional options for controlling how machines "home" have been added to the "Advanced Administrator Setup" dialog, allowing future MAXIEM machine designs to take advantage of alternate homing methods.
  
• The interface to the 3rd party plug-in "Design-To-Cut®" has been improved to allow for a "quick preview".  Other minor improvements have also been made. For more information on Design-To-Cut, please visit the vendors web site, or MAXIEM Technical Support web site.
  
• Make now automatically "maximizes" its window when first run, if the screen resolution is less than or equal to 1280x1024
• SolidWorks macros for SolidWorks 2008, 2009, and 2010:  SolidWorks users can now find macro's to run inside of SolidWorks for directly exporting a 2D face of a 3D model into Intelli-MAX Layout.  This is an alternate method to traditional file exporting that can save some time.  For instructions, consult the Intelli-MAX help screens.
• Print Statistics: The color picker in the Print Statistics dialog has been updated to a version that has a few more color options.
• Changed the default value for card deceleration values to be more appropriate for MAXIEM machines
• Fixed a bug in the "Rockbar Connect" font that placed the tool offset to the wrong side of the path for features of the capital "M" and "N" characters.
• Fixed a bug in Layout and Make that could cause unit switching to not be recognized in the Dutch and Russian translations.
• Fixed a bug in Make where a change to any of the 3 drill delays would not cause the "ok" button to enable or disable based on invalid data entered.
• A bug has been fixed in Make that would cause rough motor motions on restarting a path if the bitstream filter was enabled.
• Added an option to the Generation 4 file filters in Layout for "Ignore User Coordinate System", which allows proper importing of some DXF or DWG files that might otherwise import in a user defined perspective view that is inappropriate for cutting.
• Improved response to user when using Page Up and Page Down keys to move the Z axis.
• Fixed a bug in the expression evaluator where if a trig function evaluated to a negative value, and the previous operator was a negative sign, then in some cases the double negative would be incorrectly evaluated, corrupting the ability to properly evaluate some expressions.  The expression evaluator is used anywhere a numeric entry is asked for throughout all applications, though this bug would only be experienced in the rare event certain trig expressions were used.
• Fixed a bug in Layout that would cause the "Limit" snap to incorrectly snap to (0,0) if all elements of the drawing are selected.
• Fixed a bug in Layout where the "Perpendicular" snap was improperly enabled during the "copy" command, resulting in a goofy display issue if the snap were used. (Now it is properly disabled.)
  
• Link to MAXIEM Parts Online, and MAXIEM Technical Support Online: Links have been added to the "Help" menu, Start menu and Windows desktop to directly go to the Technical Support or Parts Online web sites.  (If you prefer not to have the icon on your desktop, simply right-click on it, and choose "delete".)
• Fixed numerous small bugs and made minor tweaks beyond what is listed here.