ConceptDraw PRO and Standard changes from 1.8 to 1.8.5.

In both Standard and Professional editions of ConceptDraw, version 1.8 contains a number of important enhancements and improvements. The "PRO" mark indicates the changes added to the Professional version only.

• The version adds a Dialog, which allows to choose a template for a new document.
• It is now possible to work with documents, located on a remote FTP-server from within ConceptDraw.
• Export to HTML improved. It is now possible to export several linked documents.
• The Find/Replace Text function was improved. It now lets you search through several documents, and in folders on hard drive.
• Menu item Deselect All (menu Edit) was added.

Bug fixes:
• Menu item Deselect All (menu Edit) was added.

• ConceptDraw was updated to run smoothly under Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar.

The Professional edition offers all the features of the Standard edition, and adds the following enhancements:

• Support for export/import of new formats:
  DXF - AutoCAD format,
  PDF - Portable Document Format,
  TIF - TIFF format,
  TGA - Targa format,
  PPT - Microsoft PowerPoint,
  TXT - Flow Data and Outline Data.
• The File menu adds the ConceptDraw-Visio Converter option. It opens the page for Online Conversion at the ConceptDraw Web site: http://www.conceptdraw.com/visio/.
  You can upload your document for conversion there.
• The version adds a new operation: Substitute. It lets you replace an object with another one (from a library or from the same document), unifying their form, but preserving the initial object's formatting, text and connections to other objects.
• Changes in the Libraries:
  
  • Electrical and Electronic:
    EE-FundamentalItems.cdl,
    EE-IntegratedCircuit.cdl.
  • Industrial Equipment:
    IP-Equipment.cdl,
    IP-HeatEquipment.cdl.
• New Libraries added (930 new objects):

  Electrical and Electronic: EE - VHF-UHF-SHF.cdl, EE-CompositeAssemblies.cdl, EE-MaintenanceSymbols.cdl, EE-Maps&Charts.cdl, EE-Semiconductors&ElectronTubes.cdl, EE-Switches&Relays.cdl, EE-Terminals&Connectors.cdl, EE-Transformers&Windings.cdl. Industrial Equipment: IP-Instruments.cdl, IP-ProcessAnnotations.cdl, IP-Pumps.cdl, IP-Valves&Fittings.cdl, IP-Vessels.cdl.

  Network&Internet: BasicNetworkShapes3D.cdl, CiscoGenericIcons.cdl, GenericManufacturerEquipment.cdl, GenericManufacturerEquipmentAdd.cdl, InternetSymbols.cdl, LogicalSymbols.cdl, NetworkDevices.cdl. Chemical: Aromatics.cdl, ChemEng.cdl, ChemicalFormulas.cdl, Conformers.cdl, Laboratory.cdl, Elements.cdl.

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