Changelog for ARRIS++ Version  8.3   (Spin 118, Rel. 04):

The following lists describe the changes that have been made to the ARRIS++ Enhanced Menus since the previous release (version 8.3 - spin 118, release 03), on June 5, 2006. Note that there are links in the following material pointing to more detailed information contained in the main documentation.

This changelog is divided into the following sections:



• General Improvements
  
  
• Documentation Enhancements
  
  
• Existing Sigmac Enhancements
  
  
• New ARRIS++ Sigmacs
  
  
• Optional ARRIS++ Sigmacs

General Improvements:

The following table lists general improvements that have been made to the ARRIS++ menu system.

The LAYER group in the TOOLBAR command database was split into two groups: LAYER and LAYER (EDITS).

The following ARRIS++ commands were added to the TOOLBAR command database: COMMAND GROUP DESCRIPTION LAY COL MODE LAYER Toggle the layer mode color display on/off BREAK LINE ARRIS++ TOOLS Draw a running break-line between two points DISPLAY LAYER ARRIS++ TOOLS Sequentially display one or more drawing layers DISPLAY PEN ARRIS++ TOOLS Display entities drawn in one or more pens REV CLOUD ARRIS++ TOOLS Place revision clouds (bubbles) on the drawing NOTE: Those commands marked with a * require that the ARRIS++ optional sigmac library be installed.

Documentation Enhancements:

The following table lists general modifications and enhancements that have been made to the ARRIS++ menu system documentation.

The master documentation was updated to reflect all changes reported here.

Existing Sigmac Enhancements:

The following table lists revisions that have been made to existing sigmacs in order to provide some expanded or new capability beyond that offered by the original command.

:mn_laytyp

Improved input prompts to accept any user input.

New ARRIS++ Sigmacs:

The following new sigmacs routines have been added to the current release of ARRIS++.

NEW COMMAND	CLASS	DESCRIPTION
:cj_lc_col	layer	Controls many functions for the layer mode display colors

Optional ARRIS++ Sigmacs:

The following new sigmac routines have been added to the optional cj_mnopt.sm sigmac library in this release of ARRIS++.

CMD	EQUIVALENT CMD	CLASS	BRIEF DESCRIPTION
:cl	:cj_lc_col;='toggle'	layer	Toggle the layer mode color display on/off
:cl#	:cj_lc_col;='#'	layer	Set the layer mode colors to the specified color set where # is a single digit: 0 through 9
:clinit	:cj_lc_col;='init'	layer	Reinitialize layer colors after changes to the data file
:cloff	:cj_lc_col;='off'	layer	Turn off the layer mode color display
:clon	:cj_lc_col;='on'	layer	Turn on the layer mode color display
:rou	:lyup;:dpe	layer	Update all read-only (R/O) layers in the current drawing or viewport
:fs	none	menu	Refresh ARRIS menu system if it becomes garbled. Mnemonic for: "fix screen"

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