Breaking Changes in Eyeshot 2023

This page lists the important behavior and API changes that were introduced in this version. If you already have projects using devDept products, you will need to peruse this list in order to understand the changes you might need to make to your source code to support this new release.

BC-206	Renamed GfxDrawForSelectionParams class	Renamed GfxDrawForSelectionParams class to DrawForSelectionParams and GfxEnvironmentParams class to GraphicsEnvironmentParams
BC-205	DWG 2D Solid entities	DWG/DXF 2D Solid entities are now imported as Hatch with Solid pattern
BC-204	Picture entity drawing	Now it's mandatory to specify: myPicture.ColorMethod = byEntity; myPicture.Color = Color.FromArgb(254 /* or anything less than 255 */, 0, 0, 0) for Picture entities when their Image contains semi-transparent pixels. The value of myPicture.Color.A acts as a switch between opaque entities rendering and semi-transparent ( if A = 255 -> entity is opaque, else -> entity is transparent )
BC-203	Removed LoadScene() and SaveScene() methods	Removed Workspace.LoadScene() and SaveScene() methods
BC-202	Changed signature of Viewport constructors	Removed SavedViewManager parameter
BC-201	Renamed ComputeDistances.Values property	Renamed ComputeDistances.Values property into Result
BC-200	Removed RegenParams.MaxLength property	Use CurveMesher class instead
BC-199	Moved GetEntityLineType() method	Moved static GetEntityLineType() method from Workspace to Entity class
BC-198	Removed Read3DS class	There are no official file format specifications that allow fixing of existing issues
BC-197	Renamed Autodesk enums	Renamed WriteAutodesk.versionType enum to devDept.Eyeshot.Translators.autodeskVersionType. Renamed WriteAutodesk.blockExportType enum to devDept.Eyeshot.Translators.autodeskExportType. Renamed blockSourceType enum to autodeskSourceType.
BC-196	Removed ReadAutodesk.OnApplicationExit() method	No longer needed
BC-195	Setup.AddUserInterfaceElementTo() method	Replaced Setup.AddUserInterfaceElementTo() method with Manufacture/Viewport.AddUserInterfaceElementFor()
BC-194	Changed signature of PointCloud class constructor	From PointCloud(int numPoints, float pointSize, PointCloud.natureType nature) to PointCloud(int numPoints, natureType nature, float pointSize)
BC-193	Renamed GetPolygonMeshes() method	Renamed IFace.GetPolygonMeshes() method to GetTessellation()
BC-192	Changed signature of Camera.ComputeOffsetOnCameraAxes () method	From ComputeOffsetOnCameraAxes(Point3D pt, Point2D m1, Point2D m2, Point2D minQ, Point2D maxQ) to ComputeOffsetOnCameraAxes(Point3D pt, PointF m1, PointF m2, ref PointF minQ, ref PointF maxQ)
BC-191	Removed GEntity class	GEntity class and inherit classes have been abandoned in favor of a new architecture. The same is true for IGCurve, IGFace, etc. interfaces.
BC-190	Eyeshot / Eyeshot.Control separation	Changed the type of Material.TextureImage/AlphaMapImage/EnvironmentMappingImage properties from Image to byte[] Changed the type of Picture.Image property from Image to byte[] Changed the type of the first parameter in the MarchingSquares constructor from Bitmap to PictureData<byte> (Added extension methods Image.ToByteArray(), Image.CreatePicture(), Image.CreateMaterial() and Image.CreateMarchingSquares() ) Changed the type of TextStyle.Style property from System.Drawing.FontStyle to devDept.Eyeshot.fontStyle Separated devDept.Graphics.TextureBase class in devDept.Eyeshot.TextureBase and devDept.Eyeshot.Control.Texture Separated devDept.Graphics.RenderContextBase class in devDept.Eyeshot.RenderContextBase and devDept.Eyeshot.Control.RenderContext Changed namespace of Workspace control and UI elements from devDept.Eyeshot to devDept.Eyeshot.Control Changed namespace of projectionType, colorThemeType, elementType, KeyChangedEventArgs types from devDept.Graphics to devDept.Eyeshot EntityGraphicsData class is now abstract. See this article for more details. Changed namespace of booleanFailureType from devDept.Eyeshot to devDept.Geometry Moved Material class from devDept.Graphics to devDept.Eyeshot namespace Moved elementType from devDept.Graphics to devDept.Eyeshot namespace Moved HitTriangle from devDept.Geometry.Entities to devDept.Eyeshot.Entities namespace Moved Workspace.SelectionChangedEventArgs class to devDept.Eyeshot.Control namespace Replaced static Viewport.GetCameraRotation(viewType view) method with Camera.GetViewRotation(viewType view) Moved method View.Rebuild() to VectorView.Rebuild() or RasterView.Rebuild() Renamed class HiddenLinesViewSettings to HiddenLinesViewSettingsEx Renamed class ViewBuilder to ViewBuilderEx Workspace.GetVisualRefinementDeviation() is no longer virtual: in order to override it, you must override Document.GetVisualRefinementDeviation() instead. See this article for more details. Replaced Workspace with Document as a parameter in the constructor of the following classes: WriteAutodesk, AppendAutodesk, WriteParamsWithDrawing, WriteDatabaseParams, WriteFileParams, Write3DPdfParams, WriteAutodeskParams, new WriteMultifileParams, WritePrcParams. Changed signature of SelectionChangedEventArgs constructors. Removed the Workspace parameter. Renamed AddToScene() and AddToDrawing() methods to AddTo() Changed signature of HiddenLinesView constructors: removed fontTolerance parameter, use the constructor that accepts HiddenLinesViewSettings instead. Changed signature of HiddenLinesViewSetting constructors: added hiddenLinesViewType parameter to specify the part of the scene to capture. Removed fontTolerance and Pen parameters, use FontAccuracy and Pen properties instead. Moved SelectedItemBase and inherited classes from Workspace to devDept.Eyeshot namespace. Changed namespace of VolumeMesher from devDept.Eyeshot.Triangulation to devDept.Eyeshot.Meshing Moved collisionCheckType and CollisionResult from CollisionDetection2D to devDept.Eyeshot namespace. Changed namespace of BorderSettings, RotateSettings, ZoomSettings, PanSettings, and NavigationSettings from devDept.Eyeshot to devDept.Eyeshot.Control Changed namespace devDept.Eyeshot.MultiTouch  to devDept.Eyeshot.Control.MultiTouch
BC-189	Drawing.Rebuild() method	In Eyeshot 2023, even when the async param is true, the results are added to the Drawing workspace. Previously, the customer had to manually call ViewBuilder.AddToDrawing() method when the ViewBuilder work was completed.
BC-188	Removed BlockEx, LayerEx, TextStyleEx, LineTypeEx, SheetEx, FileSerializerEx, BlockExKeyedCollection classes	BlockReferenceEx, CurveEx, LinearPathEx, Ole2Frame, and XLine classes are now available in Eyeshot instead of Autodesk assembly. BlockEx, LayerEx, TextStyleEx, and LineTypeEx classes have been removed and their properties are respectively added to Block, Layer, TextStyle, and LineType. FileSerializerEx and BlockExKeyedCollection have been removed because now useless. Added FileSerializerWithLabels for customers that need Labels definitions for their extended format.
BC-187	Mouse3DSettings changes	devDept.Eyeshot.Control.Mouse3DSettings class has been redesigned: only one (parameterless) constructor is now available; instead of three different PanSpeed, RotateSpeed, and ZoomSpeed properties, we now have a single, unified SpeedFactor (whose values work on a different scale).
BC-186	Removed FemMesh parameterless constructor	No longer needed
BC-184	Removed SketchManager.ProjectedCurvesColor property
BC-183	Removed SketchCurve.Projected property
BC-182	LicenseManger.Unlock() method	LicenseManger.Unlock() method now accepts only the serial number as a string parameter
BC-181	ViewportLayout and Model obsolete classes	ViewportLayout and Model obsolete classes now derive from Design. In the earlier version, they derived from Simulation (for Fem edition).

Eyeshot version 2023 is based on .NET Framework 4.7.2 or .NET6 or .NET6-Windows.

Previous versions of this article: Eyeshot 2022, Eyeshot 2021, Eyeshot 2020, Eyeshot 12, Eyeshot 11, Eyeshot 10, Eyeshot 9