What’s new

VisualARQ 1.9.5 (Jul-19, 2016)

New features:

License “Free” mode is now replaced with a “Viewer” mode to avoid loss of data when VisualARQ is expired.
Added “Opening Side” input to “Door” Grasshopper Component.
Added pick icons (distance, angle and point) to all properties in the Properties panel.

Changes:

Grasshopper Components is no longer a Beta and it is included in the main installer.
Plan and section views don’t show objects with a “No print” line width.
Improved IFC import.
Improved display performance.
Help guide updated in French, Spanish, German, Italian and Chinese.

Fixed bugs:

Fixed a crash when generating several walls.
Fixed a crash when changing the style of a door that was using a block style.
Fixed a bug in the “Slab Stair Clearance” Grasshopper Component.
Fixed a bug in the “VisualARQ Get Property” Grasshopper Component.
Fixed a bug that made VisualARQ objects use wrong attributes in some cases.
Fixed an incompatibility with Thea Render.
Fixed a bug that rotated the current view when running the “vaBeam” command.
Fixed a crash when running the command “MakeHole” on a VisualARQ object.
Fixed a bug when entering distances in imperial format.
Fixed other minor bugs.

Known errors and limitations:

The option to create auto-dimensions in plan views has been temporarily disabled.
Previous VisualARQ versions can’t open files saved in VisualARQ 1.9.5.
Dynamic section doesn’t work with block objects.
VisualARQ can’t be loaded in an expired Rhino 5.
VisualARQ can’t find a network license the first time it is executed after install.

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VisualARQ 1.9.4 (Nov-11, 2015)

Changes:

The IFC import plug-in is more flexible at opening IFC files that contain errors.
Imported wall styles from an IFC file have no default wrapping.

Fixed bugs:

Fixed a bug that may hang Rhino when using a “Technical” display mode.
Fixed a crash when opening a file that was modified in a Rhino without VisualARQ loaded.
Some VisualARQ objects weren’t saved when Rhino was in evaluation mode.
Fixed a crash when opening an IFC file.
Fixed a crash that disabled Zoo support.

Known bugs and limitations

The option to create auto-dimensions in plan views has been temporarily disabled.
Previous VisualARQ versions cannot open files saved in VisualARQ 1.9.
Dynamic section doesn’t work with block objects.
VisualARQ couldn’t be loaded in an expired Rhino 5.
VisualARQ could not find a network license the first time it was executed after install.

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VisualARQ 1.9.3 (Oct-14, 2015)

New features:

Zoo 6 support added.
Swept solids support added for IFC import.
VisualARQ now can be loaded if Rhino 5 has expired.

Changes:

“vaStylesImport” command works even if VisualARQ has expired.

Fixed bugs:

The VisualARQ Zoo 5 plug-in uninstaller failed to uninstall if the Zoo was upgraded to version 6.
Some IFC objects were imported in a wrong position.
Some objects lost their sizes after doing a copy and paste.
Wall area wasn’t correctly calculated if some solids were subtracted.
VisualARQ failed to load if Thea Render plugin was already loaded.
Document tolerance was sometimes changed after importing a IFC file.
Fixed a crash after moving a plan view.
Fixed a crash when importing some IFC files.
Fixed a crash when rendering with Rhino Render.
Fixed a crash when inserting a linked file containing layers with very large names.

Known bugs and limitations

The option to create auto-dimensions in plan views has been temporarily disabled.
Previous VisualARQ versions cannot open files saved in VisualARQ 1.9.
Dynamic section doesn’t work with block objects.

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VisualARQ 1.9.2 (Jul-15, 2015)

Changes:

Removed “Standard” curtain wall style from templates.
Document tolerance is used when grouping elements in a table.
Fields of grouped elements now show the total value.
Improved output accuracy of plan views and section views.

Fixed bugs:

Some objects inside blocks that were in hidden layers were shown in plan views.
Some breps and extrusions were not visible on plan views.
Windows with a gothic profile didn’t generate the glass surface.
Edges of VisualARQ objects were not drawn after opening a 3DM using the File > Open menu option.
Layers are kept for resulting curves when generating plan views or section views.
Sometimes when modifying the profile size of several doors or windows, only one was changed.
Walls defined by an arc path were not correctly exported to IFC.
IFC tagging dialog was empty when multiple objects were selected, and some of them were VisualARQ objects.
Details were not updated when changing their “Locked” option.
Text grip of plan view doesn’t move when modifying view boundary.
Fixed some stair representation bugs.
Fixed a crash when importing or exporting a IFC file.
Fixed representation of openings defined with a 2D block in plan views.
Fixed some buttons in localized (non-English) toolbars.
Fixed an error when exporting tables to Excel that contain words with accents or special characters.
Fixed a crash when changing repeatedly a column profile size.
VisualARQ didn’t load on some Windows XP computers.

Known bugs and limitations

The option to create auto-dimensions in plan views has been temporarily disabled.
Previous VisualARQ versions cannot open files saved in VisualARQ 1.9.
Dynamic section doesn’t work with block objects.

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VisualARQ 1.9.1 (May-28, 2015)

Fixed bugs:

Fixed a crash when executing “CopyViewportToDetail” command.
Fixed a crash when subtracting a solid from a wall that already had added solids.
Fixed a crash when updating a plan view in a document with linked blocks.
Fixed a crash when doing a “CopyToClipboard” when an angular dimension was selected.
Fixed a crash when importing some IFC files.
Wall joints were not correctly updated when deleting a connected wall.
Some windows were not created when running “vaWindow > FromCurves” and selecting multiple curves”.
Columns were not updated when modifying a standard size of a column style.
Documents started with Czech templates had not predefined styles.
Curtain wall curved panels were not correctly aligned.
Some object properties were repeated in the table style dialog.
Wrong color was used in plan and section views on objects with “By parent” color inside a block with “By layer” color.
Wrong plane was used in exploded roofs when running “vaRoofExplode” command.
Extrusions were not correctly exported to IFC on documents with a 1 “unit” tolerance.
Some wall joints were not correctly detected when importing a IFC file.
Hollow profiles were not correctly imported from IFC.
Per instance slab thickness was not correctly imported from IFC.
Some windows were not exported to IFC.
Some IFC objects were imported in a wrong location.

Known bugs and limitations:

The option to create auto-dimensions in plan views has been temporarily disabled.
Previous VisualARQ versions cannot open files saved in VisualARQ 1.9.
Dynamic section doesn’t work with block objects.

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VisualARQ 1.9 (May-12, 2015)

New features:

IFC import. (Video)
IFC Tag and IFC Export Options. (Video)
Slab layers. (Video)
Columns can be defined with a 2D and a 3D block. (Video)
Doors and windows can be floating.
Doors and windows can be attached to curtain walls.
Added property to choose a predefined size for doors, windows, beams and columns.

Curtain wall panels can be curved.
Walls can be defined from multiple solids.
Added “Space Param” and “Deconstruct Profile” Grasshopper components.
General properties (Name, Tag, Description…) can be modified in Grasshopper Components.
Added “vaOpeningElevationStyles” command.
Tag objects can be aligned to tagged geometry, or aligned to the horizontal or vertical axis. (Video)
Custom profiles can be scaled (horizontally and vertically).

Changes and improvements:

Improved IFC export.
Improved plan and section views output.
Gable and hip roofs can be inverted.
Slab properties can be edited in the VisualARQ properties dialog.
Cleanup Radius for walls can be set to “Auto”. Half of the wall thickness is used in that case.
Style creation components in Grasshopper are shown in warning orange when some inputs are missing.
Added area property for roof objects.
Improved walls intersection detection and representation.

Section view geometry is inserted relative to the start point of the section line, so it is not translated anymore.
Distance between supports and panels of curtain walls now doesn’t depend on wall alignment.
Added stair preview in the insert stair command dialog.
Border of the space object can be hidden.
Height and volume can be shown in space legend.
Added grip point in section view text tag.
Improved stair plan representation.
Added “Location” page on wall properties dialog.
Improved “Auto” cut depth of doors and windows.
3D geometry is not visible in plan views when a 2D block is assigned to a door or window style.
Added grip points for shed roofs.
Curtain wall panels can be separated by a custom distance.
Added new axis representation for columns.
Area and volume values are always shown in meters/feet.
Openings can be created from curves.
Added icon for .VAL file type.
It is now possible to create new table styles for space objects.
Added a new toolbar button to create components in the style properties dialog.

Fixed bugs:

Fixed a bug when adding a solid to a wall when another solid was already substracted.
Fixed a display bug when horizontal and vertical frames have different widths.
Fixed a crash when deleting objects that belong to a group.
Fixed a crash when deleting a layer after importing a DWG file.
Fixed a crash when inserting a spiral stair.
Fixed a crash when creating a section view.
Fixed some display problems in curtain walls mullions.
Fixed a crash when exporting huge models to IFC.
Some objects were inverted when imported from IFC.
Some layers were duplicated when creating a new document from a VisualARQ template.
Curve linetypes were not displayed on plan views.
Some VisualARQ objects were not exported when running “Export Selected” command.
Fixed a bug when subtracting a contour from a roof.
Apply button wasn’t enabled when changing the order of components.
“vaExportStyles” command failed when a file with the same name already existed.
The size “100×200” of the “Rectangular” beam style was invalid.
Beams alignment was not updated when doing a mirror transform.
Walls disappeared when extending to some extrusion objects or slabs with holes.
“Pass slope rule” property was not computed.
VisualARQ objects inside linked blocks were displayed always in wireframe.
Tag border wasn’t visible in top views when a clipping plane was enabled (Rhino 4).
Tag text wasn’t centered in plan views (Rhino 4).
Fixed a crash when updating plan or section views in models containing big meshes.
Some objects were not clipped by the plan view boundary.
Some walls were displayed in a wrong color when enabling their grip points.
Some muntins were not visible in circular windows with sill.
Some arc walls were closed as a circle automatically.
Some “Objects Snaps” were not working on VisualARQ objects, like “Between”, “PerpendicularFrom”, “From”, etc.
Fixed a bug when rotating a tag object.
Fixed “Square” and “Flat” ends in some roofs.
Some doors and windwos were reversed when running “vaWallReverse” command on its host wall.
Area for extended walls was wrong.

Known bugs and limitations:

The option to create auto-dimensions in plan views has been temporarily disabled.
Previous VisualARQ versions cannot open files saved in VisualARQ 1.9.
Dynamic section doesn’t work with block objects.

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VisualARQ 1.8.4 (Mar-19, 2015)

New features:

Added Chinese (simplified) translation.

Fixed bugs:

Space objects couldn’t be selected in the “Filters” page of a schedule table.
Fixed a crash when working with extrusion objects.
Fixed a crash when updating a plan view or a section view.
Fixed a crash when deleting objects that were members of a group.
Fixed a crash in the vaStair command.
Fixed a crash when calculating a wall layer geometry.

Known bugs and limitations:

The option to create auto-dimensions in plan views has been temporarily disabled.
Previous VisualARQ versions cannot open files saved in VisualARQ 1.8.
Dynamic section doesn’t work with block objects.

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VisualARQ 1.8.3 (Nov-24, 2014)

Changes:

Czech translation added again for user interface and templates.
Context menu for several VisualARQ objects now shows “VisualARQ objects” instead of “Block references”.

Fixed bugs:

VisualARQ documents were not listed in the “Recent documents” list after restarting Rhino.
Some windows were exported rotated in IFC.
When creating a space, the name field was not set.
Some doors and windows didn’t make a hole in some interfering walls.
Fixed a crash when working on a document after modifying the texture mapping of a mesh object using the mapping widget.
Fixed a crash when computing plan or section views.
Fixed a crash when opening files that were modified on a Rhino instance without VisualARQ loaded.
Fixed a crash when starting Rhino with a document with VisualARQ objects.
Fixed a crash when hiding tangent edges in VisualARQ objects.
Fixed a crash when working with groups.
Fixed a crash when saving a document.
Fixed a crash when using extrusion objects with VisualARQ objects.
Fixed a crash when closing Rhino.
Fixed a crash when selecting VisualARQ objects from a Grasshopper param.

Known bugs and limitations:

The option to create auto-dimensions in plan views has been temporarily disabled.
Previous VisualARQ versions cannot open files saved in VisualARQ 1.8.
Dynamic section doesn’t work with block objects.

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VisualARQ 1.8.2 (Jul-4, 2014)

Changes:

Improved speed when detecting tangent edges between similar VisualARQ object parts.
Model block in doors and windows is not drawn in plan views when a plan block is selected.

Fixed bugs:

Some styles were missing in the VisualARQ template files.
Selected components were not highlighted in the preview when print display was enabled.
Tags were not created in the correct layer.
Some videos were not available in the documentation.
Plan block representation was not used in doors and windows.
Spaces were not correctly detected if wall style had a section hatch.
Group selection didn’t work in viewports in Hidden display mode.
“Slab Deconstruct” Grasshopper component was not returning all curves.
Fixed a crash bug when updating blocks used in door or window styles during an insert or paste command.

Known bugs and limitations:

The option to create auto-dimensions in plan views has been temporarily disabled.
Previous VisualARQ versions cannot open files saved in VisualARQ 1.8.
Dynamic section doesn’t work with block objects.

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VisualARQ 1.8.1 (Jun-30, 2014)

New features:

Added “Space Deconstruct” and “Profile Deconstruct” Grasshopper components.

Changes:

OpenGL antialiasing is now disabled when printing to improve line display quality.
Object layers are no longer automatically recreated if they have been already deleted by user.

Fixed bugs:

VisualARQ 1.8 couldn’t be loaded in “Windows 2000” or “Windows XP”.
White objects were drawn in grey on viewports with display mode “Hidden”.
Some section hatches were not created when generating a plan or section view.
Hatch color couldn’t be changed on annotation objects.
Inches templates were in feet units.
Tag objects were not shown in plan views.
Fixed VisualARQ license error 308 when product key couldn’t be locked in the network.
Mirroring a wall created from solid was very slow.
VisualARQ hidden layers were shown when doing a copy and paste.
Fixed a crash related to an incompatibility with some third-party Windows overlay icons handlers.
Fixed a crash when deleting a layout page.
Fixed a crash when creating or opening a new document while some objects were still selected in the closing document.
Fixed a crash when inserting a link-and-embed block.
Fixed a crash when updating a link-and-embed block when opening a document.
Fixed a crash when editing a block with VisualARQ objects inside.
Fixed a crash when exporting to IFC if no company was specified when Rhino was installed.

Known bugs and limitations:

The library of object styles is missing in VisualARQ templates.
The option to create auto-dimensions in plan views has been temporarily disabled.
Previous VisualARQ versions cannot open files saved in VisualARQ 1.8.
Dynamic section doesn’t work with block objects.

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VisualARQ 1.8 (Jun-4, 2014)

New features:

New curtain wall object. (Video)
New tag object.
New plan view object.
New improved level manager. (Video)
Zoo 5 floating licenses support.
Section attributes for VisualARQ and Rhino objects. (Video)
More door, window, opening, stair, wall, and space styles.
Added AISC and European standard beam styles in imperial and metric templates.
Walls can be extended to more than one object in both top and bottom directions.
Tables can be sorted by one or more fields.
Help has been translated to German, Spanish, French, and Italian.
Texture mapping can be applied to VisualARQ objects (requires Rhinoceros 5 SR6).
Wall layers are also represented in 3D and in section views.
Materials can be applied to each wall layer.
VisualARQ objects can be part of a block definition.
VisualARQ Grasshopper Components WIP3: added support for style creation.
VisualARQ Grasshopper Components WIP3: added space and curtain wall object.

Changes:

Tangent edges between similar parts of VisualARQ objects are drawn as isocurves, resulting in a clean display.
Added “feet” unit system in vaStylesExport command.
License mode can be changed without reinstalling.
IFC exported files are better supported by ArchiCAD, Tekla, Solibri and Revit.
Improved and faster section and plan views.
Text size for section and plan views is now 0.5.
Current level is now marked with a bold font in the Level Manager.
“Schedule Table” renamed to “Table”.
“Section Mark” renamed to “Section”.
“Wall Component” renamed to “Wall Layer”.
“Width” renamed to “Thickness” in some cases.
vaStairClearanceContour command added to menu.
Coating is also drawn in preview mode when inserting new columns.
Plan viewports in wireframe display mode can be printed as a vector output (requires Rhinoceros 5 SR6).
Plan and section views have an option to turn off automatic updates.
If no folder is specified when exporting styles in a .VAL library, the file is saved to a desktop folder.
If a door or window is created from a rectangular or circular curve, a parametric profile is used instead of a custom profile.
Objects are linked to levels when exported to IFC.
Added “Type” property of VisualARQ objects in the Properties panel.
Added vaWallReverse command to the toolbar.
vaWallUnextend command is now a command option of vaWallExtend command.
Added all Rhino default linetypes to VisualARQ templates.
Czech translation has been removed due to lack of maintenance.
Door and window elevation is now absolute, and not relative to the wall were they are inserted.
Window glass muntins were not correctly positioned.
Slab thickness can be modified from the properties panel.
Doors and windows can be moved vertically by using the Move command or by dragging the object.
Levels (floors) can be hidden in 3D views.

Fixed bugs:

Plan viewports are updated when level cut plane elevation is changed.
Case changes can be done to style names.
Curves with overlapped boundaries with object boundaries can be added to vaSlabAdd and vaRoofAdd commands.
Beams and columns couldn’t be created in some documents with a millimeter unit system.
Doors and windows on walls with an added solid were not exported correctly.
Fixed a crash bug when extending a wall to a stair.
Column coating display color was not updated automatically.
If the license becomes invalid after upgrading Windows, VisualARQ data is not lost when saving the document.
Fixed a crash bug when editing document dimension styles.
When a shed roof was copied, the slope became inverted.
Fixed a bug in the stair slab representation.
Some leaves were missing in doors and windows with a custom profile.
Custom profiles were scaled when selected as a railing post or railing rail profile.
Some snap midpoints were not detected in VisualARQ objects.
Fixed a bug in beams with a negative roll value.
Walls with an arc path were not exported correctly in IFC.
Fixed a bug in riser slabs of balanced stairs.
Fixed a crash bug when importing a SketchUp model (.SKP).
Some windows were not cutted correctly in Dynamic Section.
Fixed a bug that caused slab and roof styles to disappear from the document.
Fixed a crash bug when generating a stair with invalid values.
All beams were exported to IFC with 1 meter length.
Snap points of VisualARQ objects didn’t work in detail views on layout pages.
Fixed a compatibility crash bug between VisualARQ and RhinoBIM.
Objects were displayed as selected when running ViewCaptureToFile if Dynamic Section was enabled.
Walls couldn’t be extended to some slab objects.
Documents with more than one building were not exported correctly to IFC.
Custom profile doors and windows were not exported correctly to IFC.
Extended walls were not exported correctly to IFC.
Sometimes spaces were not shown in plan views.
Some railing rail sections were not generated.
Fixed “below cut plane” plan representation of windows.
Fixed a bug when a wall has windows, doors and columns that remove all its geometry.
Fixed a bug when changing the alignment of a railing with a non-planar path curve.
It was not possible to hide the space text area border.
View direction and projection was not changed when changing the current level.
Space text was not occluded by walls in plan views.
Section hatch was not generated in sections with a jog.
Improved hip roof creation from complex curves.
Hip roofs with square ends were not generated correctly.
VisualARQ Grasshopper Components WIP3: all known bugs have been fixed.
Fixed all known memory leaks.

Known bugs and limitations:

Tag objects don’t appear in plan views
The option to create auto-dimensions in plan views has been temporarily disabled.
Previous VisualARQ versions cannot open files saved in VisualARQ 1.8.
Dynamic section doesn’t work with block objects.

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VisualARQ 1.7.3 (Jun-26, 2013)

New features:

Added mesh, hatch and text support in section and plan views.
Doors and windows openings are also subtracted in connected walls (vertical or horizontal).
Walls can be created from a closed planar curve.
Osnaps can be used in VisualARQ objects inside a layout detail.
Added support for VisualARQ Grasshopper Components WIP2.

Changes:

Improved calculation of automatic cut depth for openings.
Styles are shown sorted by name.
Faster display of VisualARQ objects in layout pages.
Faster snaps in VisualARQ objects.
The area is always shown in square feet when the document is in imperial units.
vaCreatePlanView command shows levels in the same order as in the level manager.

Fixed bugs:

Instance references with a non-vertical rotation were not exported correctly to IFC.
VisualARQ objects sometimes were invisible in a detail after opening a document or changing the active layout.
Two internal layers were sometimes shown in the layer list.
Plan representation of VisualARQ objects wasn’t visible on GDI pipelines in Rhino 4.0.
vaRailing command wasn’t corrently registered in French.
Stair Styles button in Rhino 5 RUI toolbar executed a wrong command.
Line width attribute wasn’t correclty saved for VisualARQ styles.
Volume property of VisualARQ objects didn’t take into account instance scaling factors.
Opening muntins were not created in some cases.
VisualARQ Grasshopper Components wasn’t loaded the first time Rhino was started after installing VisualARQ.
Fixed a crash when changing the sort column in the layer list.
Fixed a crash when creating a railing object.
Fixed some memory leaks.

Know bugs and limitations:

VisualARQ objects are ignored when they are inside a block.
Previous VisualARQ versions cannot open files saved in VisualARQ 1.7.
Dynamic section doesn’t work with block objects.

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VisualARQ 1.7.2 (May-29, 2013)

New features:

Added support for VisualARQ Grasshopper Components WIP1.

Changes:

The VisualARQ evaluation version no longer expires in a Rhino evaluation version.
When VisualARQ evaluation period expires in a full version of Rhino, it is still possible to use and evaluate VisualARQ, although some features are disabled:
- VisualARQ objects and styles are no longer saved.
- Copy, paste and explode commands for VisualARQ objects.
- Style import/export commands.
- IFC export.
The stair is previewed when editing its control points.
It is now allowed to install VisualARQ on a removable disk or on a network share.

Fixed bugs:

VisualARQ didn’t work on Windows 2000.
“Spain (Spanish)” option in the VisualARQ language list was shown as “English (United States)”.
The VisualARQ command dialogs where too big when running on a virtualized Windows inside Parallels Desktop 8 on a HiDPI screen.
Fixed a crash when opening a document with VisualARQ objects.
Fixed a crash when deleting a VisualARQ object.
Fixed a crash when a VisualARQ object was being drawn in the viewport.
Fixed a crash when Print Display Preview was active.
Fixed a crash when creating or editing a railing object.
Fixed a crash when creating a railing object using a closed curve.
Fixed a crash when editing a stair object.
Fixed all memory leaks.

Known bugs and limitations:

VisualARQ objects are ignored when they are inside a block.
Previous VisualARQ versions cannot open files saved in VisualARQ 1.7.
Dynamic section doesn’t work with block objects.

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VisualARQ 1.7.1 (Feb-28, 2013)

Fixed bugs:

Sometimes the area of spaces was negative.
Intersection of extended walls wasn’t correctly calculated.
vaWallSplit: openings were displaced to a wall start point when wall alignment was different from central.
Text height editing control didn’t support imperial unit representation.
License wasn’t correctly created if no organization was specified in the installer.
Beams couldn’t be selected in a plan view.
Sometimes, section marks and views disappeared in plan views when showing other levels.
Hip roofs were created capped at the bottom.
Fixed an OpenGL bug when working with hidden display mode viewports/details.
Fixed a crash when copy-pasting.
Fixed a crash when changing document units.
Fixed a crash when opening documents from previous VisualARQ versions.
Fixed a crash when panning inside a detail

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VisualARQ 1.7 (Jan-21, 2013)

New features:

New Railing object. (video)
Multi-threaded regeneration of VisualARQ geometry (Rhino 5 only).
Extrusion objects are used instead of breps when possible (Rhino 5 only).
Faster display of VisualARQ objects.
Identical columns and beams share the same instance definition.
Smaller and better IFC output files.
Doors and windows can be created from profile curves directly in the model. (video)

Changes:

Failed solid operations (boolean, trim, split, etc.) are done using two more tolerances (double and one tenth), as Rhino native commands.
Added support for Neon viewport.
Double clicking on an object opens the properties dialog.
IFC objects use the Rhino UUID as IFC ObjectId.
Text height can now be overridden using the attributes dialog of styles and style components.
Added “Apply” button to VisualARQ properties dialogs.
Rhinoceros 4.0 SR7 or Rhinoceros 5 SR0 is now required.
It is no longer necessary to enter an organization in the installer.
Door and window opening side control points had always 0 elevation.
CPlane origin X/Y and rotation is not modified when changing the active level.
Added volume property to space object.
Now it is possible to create spaces in a document with no levels.

Fixed bugs:

Control point constraints were not applied in some cases.
Fixed a bug when rotating more than one control point in a single change.
VisualARQ objects with a closed polyline profile had two repeated control points.
Render mesh color in objects with color by layer were not updated correctly when changing the layer color.
Doors and windows were exported twice in IFC files.
Wall is automatically updated when it is unextended.
In Print Preview, some objects were drawn using the current layer color.
Fixed a bug when exporting tables to Excel.
Fixed a crash when undoing a layout detail change.
Fixed a crash when working on a document imported from a DWG file.
Fixed a crash when undoing a style change operation.
Fixed a crash when opening documents from previous versions.
Fixed some memory leaks.

Known bugs and limitations:

VisualARQ objects are ignored when they are inside a block.
Previous VisualARQ versions cannot open files saved in VisualARQ 1.7.
Dynamic section doesn’t work with block objects.

VisualARQ 1.6.2 (Sep-7, 2012)

Fixed bugs:

Dynamic Section was not working correctly in Rhino 5.0.
Fixed a bug when calculating joints between extended walls.
Mesh attributes by layer (color, layer and material) of VisualARQ objects were not correctly handled.
Slab grip points could be moved vertically, resulting in invalid slab geometry.
VisualARQ objects geometry is no longer recalculated when undoing a change.
VisualARQ objects meshes are recalculated when undoing a change.
Internal layer “VisualARQ Locked Objects” was not hidden from layer list in latest Rhino 5.0 Beta versions.
Fixed a bug when undoing a change on a VisualARQ object with empty geometry.
Fixed a bug that made all VisualARQ objects invisible in some versions of Rhino 5.0.
Fixed a crash in VisualARQ material editor when using Maxwell render.
Fixed a crash when importing, inserting or pasting documents with extrusion objects.

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VisualARQ 1.6.1 (Jul-30, 2012)

Fixed bugs:

Copy/Paste didn’t work with VisualARQ objects.
Export and ExportSelected commands didn’t work with VisualARQ objects.
Fixed a crash when working with documents with more than 8 levels.
Fixed a crash when running VisualARQ in Rhino 5.0 Beta 2012-07-25.

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VisualARQ 1.6 (Jul-24, 2012)

New features:

Hatched section views. (video)
Real-time plan views in page layout details.
Customizable wall joints.
Wall components wrapping.
Tables with length, area and volume of VisualARQ objects. (video)

Changes:

Glass components can now be added to door leaves.
The installer now supports unattended installations.
vaSectionMarkStyles and vaSectionViewStyles commands added.
Toolbar buttons for vaDynamicSection and vaSectioViews commands added.
Slab and roof plan representations are clipped by objects that are in front.
Added type and function parameters to wall component.
Wall reinforcements are now replaced with wrappings.
Template styles are now localized.
Improved section view calculation.
Section views and plan views do not create repeated lines.
Added 2D plan preview in VisualARQ dialogs.

Fixed bugs:

Fixed plan representation of the union of two walls with a different width.
Improved plan representation of the union of two or more walls with several wall components.
Fixed plan representation of tangent walls.
Walls dissapeared when applying a Mirror transform.
Improved wall extension to surfaces and solids.
Space objects were shown in all level plans.
Improved room detection for space objects.
In plan views, snap points of projected objects were not detected.
Object with plan visibility “Above cut plane” were not drawn in some cases.
Muntins were not correctly generated on a window with a custom profile.
The scale icon number was not visible in some viewports.
Fixed a crash when inserting a table with more than 8 fields.
Fixed a crash when inserting a section view.
Fixed a crash when undoing a change on an extrusion object.
Fixed a crash when working with Orca3D and VisualARQ simultaneously.

Known bugs and limitations:

VisualARQ objects are ignored when they are inside a block.
Previous VisualARQ versions cannot open files saved in VisualARQ 1.6.
Dynamic section doesn’t work in Rhino 5.0 Technical and Pen display modes.
Dynamic section doesn’t work with block objects.

VisualARQ 1.5.4 (Apr-23, 2012)

Fixed bugs:

Window sill didn’t show in the preview in the window style manager.
Sliding leaves in window or door style were misplaced in styles with two or more leaves.
The installer failed when the name or company fields were blank.
Document became corrupted when duplicating a schedule table style.
Door and window command didn’t detect the correct wall under the cursor.
Fixed a crash when opening a 3DM with erased groups in a Rhino instance without VisualARQ loaded.
Fixed a crash when undoing a grip movement in Rhino 5.0.
Fixed a crash when inserting a schedule table with 8 fields or more.

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VisualARQ 1.5.3 (Feb-29, 2012)

Fixed bugs:

Fixed a crash when running some VisualARQ commands with Rhino cursor tooltips enabled.
Fixed a crash when working on a document after doing a Cut/Copy and Paste operation.
Fixed a crash in Rhino 5.0 when running command Insert.

Changes:

Rhino 5.0 Beta (01/17/2012 or later) is now required.

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VisualARQ 1.5.2 (Feb-24, 2012)

Fixed bugs:

Fixed a crash in the vaWallSubtract command.
Fixed a crash when undoing Trim or Split commands.
Fixed a crash when opening a document with layers with the same name but inside a different parent layer.
The installer didn’t install the required Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 runtime libraries.
Sometimes all objects disappeared when enabling dynamic section.
Snap points of VisualARQ objects didn’t work on plan views.
Sometimes blocks weren’t selectable in the hidden display mode.
Sometimes “VisualARQ Locked Objects” and “By Parent” special layers were shown in the interface.
Rhino was very slow opening VisualARQ 1.4 document containing section marks with several jog points.

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VisualARQ 1.5.1 (Feb-15, 2012)

Fixed bugs:

Fixed a crash when using dynamic section with disjoint polysurfaces.
Fixed a crash when importing a DWG with empty dimension style names.
The new installer failed at giving 15 additional days in computers where previous versions of VisualARQ had been installed.
Some VisualARQ objects disappeared when changing display mode in a plan viewport.
Dynamic section didn’t work with Hidden display mode.
Section lines in VisualARQ objects were invisible in wireframe display mode.

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VisualARQ 1.5 (Feb-9, 2012)

New features:

Rhinoceros 5.0 (32 and 64-bit) support.
Real-time plan views.
New display mode ‘Hidden’.
Control points in slabs.
Improved object and style editor dialog.
Walls can be extended to roofs and slabs.

Changes:

vaWallsFromCurves command has been replaced by vaWall command option FromCurves.
Installer remembers license user name, organization and product key.
vaSectionView command picks existing selected section mark.
It is now possible to change the order of style sub-components, like wall layers or door leaves.
When changing the style of a door/window, if the new style has the same profile, the sizes are kept.
Walls can be extended when the surface only covers its footprint partially.

Fixed bugs:

The property list was empty when the property for a table field was selected.
It was impossible to change the object type for a table style.
It was impossible to add new fields to an existing table style.
vaDoor and vaWindow commands didn’t remember last entered values.
When changing document units, slabs and door/windows using a block definition were wrongly scaled.
Sometimes a roof disappeared when changing its type from hip to gable.
Square edge cut didn’t work in gable roofs.
Gable roof slopes had different thickness if they had different slope angles.
It was impossible to remove top cutting height in a gable roof.
Sometimes a hip roof didn’t cover all selected boundary curves.
Hip roofs were cut at a certain height when adding a hole.
It was impossible to specify the slope angle in a shed roof.
In commands vaDoor and vaWindow, the “Other…” option didn’t work.
Automatic dimensions for some walls were too large.
If a wall was completely occluded by door/windows or columns, it was generated without any hole.
Slabs were drawn in plan views where they don’t belong.
In French, vaRoof command options Hip and Gable were swapped.
Section hatches of VisualARQ object in plan views didn’t hide when turning off the object layer.
Fixed a crash when creating a section view.
Sometimes dialogs disappeared when using more than one monitor.

Known bugs and limitations:

VisualARQ objects are ignored when they are inside a block.
Previous VisualARQ versions cannot open files saved with VisualARQ 1.5.
Dynamic section doesn’t work in Technical and Pen Rhino 5.0 display modes.
Dynamic section doesn’t work with block objects.

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