ChangeLog from 0.8 to 0.9

• Diagram editor :

  • Improved QElectroTech speed (launch qet, open project, function)
  • A drop-down list has been added to the toolbar to change the size of the resize handles.

• Element Editor:

  • The "keep visual rotation" property of element texts is editable from the element editor.
  • Thanks to the work of antonioaja it is now possible to import a dxf directly from the element editor in a completely transparent way for the user.
  • In the background QElectroTech uses the dxf2elmt software. https://qelectrotech.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=2265 https://github.com/antonioaja/dxf2elmt
  • Improved responsiveness when multiple shapes are selected or deleted, especially when working on a large converted DXF element. https://qelectrotech.org/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=16612#p16612

• Other:

  • Add a "side project" tab in the "about" window.
  • In the general QElectroTech configuration, a drop down list allows to choose the scaling method for hdpi screens.

  • Allow open polygons (i.e. polylines) when saving in dxf format. https://qelectrotech.org/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=16611#p16611

  • Added 'Other' option for slave device contact type. https://github.com/qelectrotech/qelectrotech-source-mirror/pull/222 https://qelectrotech.org/forum/viewtopic.php?id=2264

• Logs:

  • Added a QElapsedTimer to calculate the time used to reload the item collection.
  • Improved QElapsedTimer to calculate the time used to reload the item collection in seconds instead of ms.
  • Added Linux pc.gpu.RAM information, but requires mesa-utils dependency on the Linux OS.
  • Added information about mounted disk volumes.
  • Added CPU architecture for which Qt was compiled in the aboutqetdialog widget and in the logs.
  • Added MSVC support to MachineInfo.
  • Added RAM information on Windows of available RAM.
  • Added QElectroTech version to the log file.

• Elements collection :

  • Improve collection 8274 elements in 1097 categories (i.e. 9371 files).