README Q-Compare Version 1.5.2

Installation/User manual:
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English:   ./doc/EN/qcompare.pdf

Modifications in 1.5.2:
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- fixed problems with Center Graph
- fixed problems with Fading of pairs
- fixed problems with Fading of CATDrawings
- fixed problems with Compare Find Types Match
- fixed problems with selection of checks in profile dialog
- fixed problems with Compare Publications

- fixed error in Compare Bounding Box
- fixed error while creating report in batch mode
- fixed error with storage of button status in analysis dialog

- fixed crash in Catia V5R20SP4 32-Bit

- changed minimum and step value of parameter "MaxAllowedDeviation" to 0.000001

- allowed type SketchDatumFeature for Compare Sketches
- allowed either TcEntity types or native CATIA types as input parameter for selection rule "Has Type"

- implemented storing of tree sizes of profile and analysis dialog
- implemented creation of part config when using product config and no part config is available
- improved general performance
- show only native CATIA type in pair summary
- added warning if no check is active in config

Modifications in 1.5.1:
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- implemented new feature called Fading - graphical tools to improve visibility of differences

- realized so called "smart mapping" - an alternative mapping methode for *.CATProduct and *.CATPart 
  document types.	

- added new Checks for Documenttypes: V5/V5Drawing
  -Compare Annotation Datums
  -Compare Annotation Geometrical Tolerances
  -Compare Annotation Roughness

- added new Checks for Documenttypes: V5/V5Part, V5/V5Product, V5/V5CGR(Batch Only)
  -Compare Find Types Match
  -Compare Annotation Datums
  -Compare Annotation Dimensions	
  -Compare Annotation Geometrical Tolerances
  -Compare Annotation Notes
  -Compare Annotation Roughness

- GUI-enhancements

Modifications in 1.4.1:
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- adoption of JtTk 5.6
- fixed problems with tessellation
- fixed problems with XT-Geometry
- fixed problems with configuration editor GUI
- fixed problems with main GUI
- fixed problems with analysis GUI

Modifications in 1.2.1:
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- added new Checks for Documenttypes: V5/V5Part, V5/V5Product, V5/V5CGR(Batch Only)
  (see. documentation for list of available checks)

- GUI-enhancements

Modifications in 1.1.2:
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- added parameter to ignore points and lines in Compare Tessellation to BRep

- added parameter to compute area and center of gravity fully in CATIA
  (In Checks Compare Areas and Compare Center of Gravity)

- fixed some problems with canonical cone in XT-Geometry

- fixed issue using mapping rules concerning the visibility with document containing sketches

- fixed issue using mapping rule for aggregation concerning the custom views in combination with entity selection

- configuration editor to manage configurations, profiles, checks and their parameters
  (missing: editing modeltypes and mapping)

- GUI-enhancements

Modifications in 1.1.1:
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- fixed some problems with canonical torus/cylinder in XT-Geometry

- added possibility to use Enity-Matching-Rule by Name with
  a new optional RegExp-Parameter which solve problem of equal names with suffix or prefix
  (see documentation for more details)

- added q-compare-config.xsd to make it easier to edit/validate configuration-files

- switch to JtTk 5.3.3

- disabled Test-Toolbar

Modifications in 1.4.1:
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- New checks:
  -Compare Find Types Match
  -Compare Annotation Datums
  -Compare Annotation Dimensions	
  -Compare Annotation Geometrical Tolerances
  -Compare Annotation Notes
  -Compare Annotation Roughness
  -Compare Dimension Properties

- New mapping rule "Pairing by Position" for checks:
  -Compare Product Components
  -Compare Color Properties 
  -Compare Layer Properties
  -Cpmpare Parameters
  -Compare Pick Properties
  -Compare Point Line Types
  -Compare Show Properties
  -Compare Transformation Matrices

- General Enhancement:
  Allow the check of Noa (Note Object Attribute) type annotations for checks:
  -Compare Text Properties
  -Compare Font Properties 

- General Enhancement:
  Implemented posibility to compare pair of documents (parts, products, drawings) with the same UUID.
  Implemented posibility to compare pair of product documents with different UUID but with pair of components with same UUID.

- GUI-enhancements


First official release in 1.3.1:
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- comparison of V5 CATProduct, CATPart, CATDrawing, CGR documents