Changelog

3.0

New sketch features:

Extrude, lathe, translate and rotate groups can now use the "assembly" boolean operation, to increase performance.
Translate and rotate groups can create n-dimensional arrays using the "difference" and "assembly" boolean operations.
A new sketch in workplane group can be created based on existing workplane.
TTF text request has two additional points on the right side, which allow constraining the width of text.
Irrelevant points (e.g. arc center point) are not counted when estimating the bounding box used to compute chord tolerance.

New export/import features:

Three.js: allow configuring projection for exported model, and initially use the current viewport projection.
Wavefront OBJ: a material file is exported alongside the model, containing mesh color information.
DXF/DWG: 3D DXF files are imported as construction entities, in 3d.

New rendering features:

The "Show/hide hidden lines" button is now a tri-state button that allows showing all lines (on top of shaded mesh), stippling occluded lines or not drawing them at all.
The "Show/hide outlines" button is now independent from "Show/hide edges".

Other new features:

New command for measuring total length of selected entities, "Analyze → Measure Perimeter".
New link to match the on-screen size of the sketch with its actual size, "view → set to full scale".
When zooming to fit, constraints are also considered.
When selecting a point and a line, projected distance to to current workplane is displayed.
The "=" key is bound to "Zoom In", like "+" key.

Bugs fixed:

A point in 3d constrained to any line whose length is free no longer causes the line length to collapse.
Curve-line constraints (in 3d), parallel constraints (in 3d), and same orientation constraints are more robust.

Bug fixes:

Other new features:

Bug fixes:

Do not remove autosaves after successfully opening a file, preventing data loss in case of two abnormal terminations in a row.
Do not crash when changing autosave interval.
Unbreak the "Show degrees of freedom" command.
Three.js: correctly respond to controls when browser zoom is used.
OS X: do not completely hide main window when defocused.
GTK: unbreak 3Dconnexion support.
When pasting transformed entities, multiply constraint values by scale.
Fix TTF font metrics (restore the behavior from version 2.0).
Forcibly show the current group once we start a drawing operation.
DXF export: always declare layers before using them.
Do not truncate operations on selections to first 32 selected entities.
Translate and rotate groups inherit the "suppress solid model" setting.
DXF: files with paths containing non-ASCII or spaces can be exported or imported.
Significantly improved performance when dragging an entity.
Various crashes and minor glitches.

New sketch features:

Lathe groups create circle and face entities.
New toolbar button for creating lathe groups.
Chord tolerance is separated into two: display chord tolerance (specified in percents, relative to model bounding box), and export chord tolerance (specified in millimeters as absolute value).
Bezier spline points can be added and removed after the spline is created.
When an unconstrained extrusion is switched between "union" and "difference", its normal is flipped.
Groups can be added in the middle of the stack. Note that this results in files incompatible with version 2.0.
Active group can be removed.
Removing an imported group does not cause all subsequent groups to also be removed.
When a new group with a solid is created, the color is taken from a previous group with a solid, if any.
Entities in a newly active group do not become visible.
When entities are selected, "Zoom to fit" zooms to fit only these entities and not the entire sketch.
Zero-length edges are reported with a "zero-length error", not "points not all coplanar".

New constraint features:

Height of the font used for drawing constraint labels can be changed.
New constraint, length difference, placed with J. (Patch by Peter Ruevski)
Horizontal/vertical constraints are automatically added if a line segment is close enough to being horizontal/vertical. This can be disabled by holding Ctrl.
Reference dimensions and angles can be placed with Shift+D and Shift+N.
Copying and pasting entities duplicates any constraints that only involve entities in the clipboard, as well as selected comments.
Diameter constraints can be shown as radius.
The "pi" identifier can be used in expressions.
Constraint labels can be snapped to grid.
Integer angles are displayed without trailing zeroes.
Angle constraints have proper reference lines and arrowheads.
Extension lines are drawn for point-line distance constraints.

New solver features:

Sketches with redundant and unsolvable constraints are distinguished.
New group setting, "allow redundant constraints". Note that it makes the solver less stable.

New rendering and styling features:

New line style parameter: stippling, based on ISO 128.
Outlines of solids can be drawn in a particular style (by default, thick lines) controlled by the "Show outline of solid model" button.
Occluded edges can be drawn in a particular style (by default, stippled with short dashes) controlled by the "Show hidden lines" button.
Solids can be made transparent.

New export/import features:

The old "import" command (for .slvs files) is renamed to "link".
If a linked .slvs file is not found, first the relative path recorded in the .slvs file is checked and then the absolute path; this is an inversion of the previously used order. If it is still not found, a dialog appears offering to locate it.
DXF and DWG files can be imported, with point-coincident, horizontal and vertical constraints automatically inferred from geometry, and distance and angle constraints created when a dimension placed against geometry exists.
Triangle mesh can be exported for viewing in the browser through WebGL.
Export dialogs remember the last file format used, and preselect it.
Exported DXF files have exact circles, arcs and splines instead of a piecewise linear approximation (unless hidden line removal was needed).
Exported DXF files preserve color and line thickness.
In exported DXF files, constraints are represented as DXF dimensions, instead of piecewise linear geometry.
When exporting 2d views, overlapping lines are removed.

Other new features:

Native Linux (GTK 2 and GTK 3) and Mac OS X ports.
Automatically save and then restore sketches if SolveSpace crashes. (Patch by Marc Britten)
Unicode is supported everywhere (filenames, group names, TTF text, comments), although RTL scripts and scripts making heavy use of ligatures are not rendered correctly.
The vector font is grid-fitted when rendered on screen to make it easier to read regardless of its size.

Initial public release.