Information on latest upgrades RM 4.4 & DM 1.3

[philk]

A few people have been asking 'what are the changes with DesignMaster 1.3?'

To be honest they are mainly bug fixes, but there are a few useful changes, for instance, you can now do a perforated cut and straight cut simultaneously.

For those technically minded I have put a list of the changes below, however, before you start asking, most of this mean nothing to me :-)

A patch to upgrade to version 1.3 will be available from the Crafty Club website in a few days, however if you are not having any problems, then personally I wouldn't bother upgrading.

Phil

List of modifications in DesignMaster 1.3

66657 Nothing generated on screen when importing the attached GSD file called Inkscape Title.GSD
66664 Imported GSD file results in distorted shape
66673 Default the tile option in Print Preview to center.
66767 Change Blank Size orientation from Portrait to Landscape generates Invalid Blank Width message
66782 Graphtec Craft Robo - Landscape cutting - need to flip X/Y parameters sent to controller UI
66817 Sign Blank orientation does not get saved/reloaded with GRA file
66838 Graphtec Craft Robo - no orientation appears in Blank Size dialog
66841 Graphtec Craft Robo - incorrect Cut Tool icon being used
66849 Add Adobe Type 1 Font support to Graptec DesignMaster
66858 Need to replace current Help files with "Stub" page indicating location on internet for latest Help
66917 Deactivate registration marks when Craft Robo opens initially
66925 When sending a Pen or Cut tool then there is no Cut icon that displays in the Controller software
66936 Change Default Regisatration Mark settings at intitial time enabled
66939 Updated Craft Robo INI file with new Notes section plus change default tool to Knife
66943 Using Knife with NO Reg Marks and Blank is Landscape still plots as if in Portrait
67148 Added POUNCE_IN_PALETTE to Graphtec products
67197 GSD files that have bitmaps embedded do not import into the latest
67319 Pounce in Palette - show pounce objects as dashed lines in design area
67320 Apply a dashed line to an object when pounce is applied
67538 GSD files with thick line support need to default to round corners
67650 Output to Craft Robo using Cut icon does not auto update page size in Craft Robo driver
67994 Allow multicut and pounce simultaneously

[Lucille]

There isn't any need to remove your existing version of RM.

After downloading and unzipping the files

Double click on Multisetup.exe

There are 3 parts to the installation

1 - RoboMaster
2 - Controller
3 - Drivers

with a short break between each. You might think it has finished or is doing nothing, but please wait and allow the program to do what it has to do.

[BrianP]

I have been asked if I could post the changes between RoboMaster v2.4 and v4.4, so here they are for those interested.


Version 4.40

Bug fixed

An application error sometimes occurred when the sorting process was performed.


Version 4.00

Modification
Included Spanish, French and German languages.
The paper ejecting function was removed from the cut setting tab of the print setting menu.
Compatible with WINDOWS VISTA.
The file menu for "Thumbnail Browser…" was renamed from "Folders…".
The file menu for "Preferences" was renamed from "Unit of Measure…".
The file menu for "Craft ROBO…" was renamed from "Cut…".
The Output menu for "Craft ROBO…" was renamed from "Cut…".
The file menu for "Out put settings…" was renamed from "Output Preferences".
The View menu for "Fit…" was renamed from "Fit to page".
The Draw menu for "Polyline" was renamed from "Curved Line".
The Draw menu for "Spline" was renamed from "Draw a curved line".
The Insert menu for "Metafile Settings…" was renamed from "Auto Trace Settings…".
The Document settings menu for document size of the "Carrier sheet" was renamed from "Cutting mat".
Bug fixed

Some files did not open correctly when "RMaster-UPDL01" was installed for WINDOWS XP.
This problem occurred when the relevant folder had a two byte character name.