• Use of the Cosmetic Layer
• Accuracy
• Snap to object nodes

• Icons on MapCAD toolbar are looking horrible

• Measurement Line with Polish version does not work
• Problems with Non Earth
• Problems with Chinese and Korean operating system
• Installation V9.5

The coordinates system of the Cosmetic Layer cannot be changed. Primarily there are no changeable boundaries there. At a high precision request this layer shouldn't be used for CAD. Significant faults can arise. In addition, the Cosmetic Layer is also used for help-designs and should be empty to this end.

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High end construction is not possible within a projected map. It depends on the projection whether a map is isogonal or isometric (or neither). Both can never be correct. This is not a MapCAD or MapInfo problem but the precondition that an illustration of the bent earth works in the two-dimensional level at all. The only isogonal and isometric projection is Non-Earth.

However, MapCAD offers the possibility to increase the calculating precision for world projections, too. This can be achieved by delimitating the map boundaries in the settings menu.

Projections in Lat/Lon offer the lowest precision rate since they generally cover the whole world. Additionally, they don't have any boundaries.

At any rate it makes sense to use the same projection for tables, the map window and MapInfo’s session settings as well.

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To snap nodes or select objects MapCAD uses a catch circle of its own in numerous functions. You recognize the snap tolerance by the changed cursor icon. This catch circle radius is dynamic. This means that the objects which are coverd by the visible cursor are always selected. Zoom in, if too many objects are found.

Three different cursor sizes can be chosen in the settings menu.
MapCAD only works with selecting tables. It therefore makes sense not to set all tables on selecting. Through this the performance is increased and wrong selections will be avoided.

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In MIPro 10 there are new .NET compnents for creating menus and toolbars. Unfortunately these new functionality is not compatible to MapBasic. With other words: The MapBasic commands to create toolbars are not up to date.

The issue is fixed with 10.0.1

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There is a wrong translation in the ressource file. See download center for a corrected file.

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In version 950.001 some functions do not work in combination with non earth coordinate system. Go to the download center. You will find a new release. Make sure if you need MapCAD OEM or MapCAD Pro.

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MapCAD version 950.001 is not running with Chinese and Korean operating systems. Go to the download center and get the Version 950.002. This version is the official shipped version and the problem is resolved.

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Find MapCAD OEM on the CD of MapInfo Professional 9.5. Install into a folder of your choice. So that MapCAD is co-loaded automatically at every program start, you simply insert MapCAD to the Tool Manager.

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