Version History

September 24, 2026

• Markups on rotated drawing sheets now appear upright and in the right place.
• Autosize Text Box fits a text box or callout to its contents. Use the context menu, Alt+Z, or the style-toolbar button; typing more text also grows the box.
• Improved exchange with other PDF review apps for callouts, clouds, arrows, measurements, statuses, layers, locks, and custom columns.
• Fixed underline and strikeout edits that could fail to save after reopening, and statuses that could be lost on save.

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September 24, 2026

• Markups on rotated drawing sheets now appear upright and in the right place.
• Autosize Text Box fits a text box or callout to its contents. Use the context menu, Alt+Z, or the style-toolbar button; typing more text also grows the box.
• Improved exchange with other PDF review apps for callouts, clouds, arrows, measurements, statuses, layers, locks, and custom columns.
• Fixed underline and strikeout edits that could fail to save after reopening, and statuses that could be lost on save.

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September 13, 2026

• Zoom with the mouse wheel in Single page view without holding Command. Multipage views scroll by default. Customize wheel and double-click-drag zoom separately for each layout in Settings > View, or right-click the page-layout buttons in the bottom bar.
• Double-click and drag to zoom around the point you choose. When the wheel is set to scroll in Single page view, scrolling past a page edge advances to the next or previous page, with protection against accidental trackpad momentum.
• Hold Shift and drag with the left mouse button to pan. Hold Shift while scrolling the wheel to pan horizontally.
• Snapshots retain their size and proportions when pasted between differently rotated pages. Saved snapshot artwork also preserves its orientation when opened in other PDF viewers.

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September 13, 2026

• Zoom with the mouse wheel in Single page view without holding Command. Multipage views scroll by default. Customize wheel and double-click-drag zoom separately for each layout in Settings > View, or right-click the page-layout buttons in the bottom bar.
• Double-click and drag to zoom around the point you choose. When the wheel is set to scroll in Single page view, scrolling past a page edge advances to the next or previous page, with protection against accidental trackpad momentum.
• Hold Shift and drag with the left mouse button to pan. Hold Shift while scrolling the wheel to pan horizontally.
• Snapshots retain their size and proportions when pasted between differently rotated pages. Saved snapshot artwork also preserves its orientation when opened in other PDF viewers.

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September 3, 2026

• Revision Packages add a guided path for importing a new drawing issue, reconciling sheets, carrying reviewed work forward, reviewing changes and quantity or cost impact, checking references, and publishing a current package with a revision report.
• Portable .polyset projects keep verified source copies, revision history, sheet links, and publication records together while leaving the original PDFs unchanged.
• Dialogs and sidebars were audited for clearer actions, reliable keyboard behavior, readable layouts, long content, narrow panels, and smaller windows.
• PDF rendering, annotation movement, page operations, saving, signatures, and update checks include additional reliability safeguards.

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September 3, 2026

• Revision Packages add a guided path for importing a new drawing issue, reconciling sheets, carrying reviewed work forward, reviewing changes and quantity or cost impact, checking references, and publishing a current package with a revision report.
• Portable .polyset projects keep verified source copies, revision history, sheet links, and publication records together while leaving the original PDFs unchanged.
• Dialogs and sidebars were audited for clearer actions, reliable keyboard behavior, readable layouts, long content, narrow panels, and smaller windows.
• PDF rendering, annotation movement, page operations, saving, signatures, and update checks include additional reliability safeguards.

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August 30, 2026

• AEC OCR can recover structured schedules, title-block details, drawing labels, and dimensions from plan sheets, with local table-model inference and spreadsheet-ready table output.
• Tool Chest adds built-in Doors, Windows, and Fire Protection sets, plus BTX, SVG, and DXF toolset import.
• Measurements add Radius and Diameter tools, path and circular suggestions, movable labels and leaders, precision controls, helper dimensions, and keyboard nudging.
• Edit PDF fonts, Markups List count series, toolset export and drag-and-drop, collaboration setup, plugin discovery, and PDF rendering reliability were refined.

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August 29, 2026

• AEC OCR can recover structured schedules, title-block details, drawing labels, and dimensions from plan sheets, with local table-model inference and spreadsheet-ready table output.
• Tool Chest adds built-in Doors, Windows, and Fire Protection sets, plus BTX, SVG, and DXF toolset import.
• Measurements add Radius and Diameter tools, path and circular suggestions, movable labels and leaders, precision controls, helper dimensions, and keyboard nudging.
• Edit PDF fonts, Markups List count series, toolset export and drag-and-drop, collaboration setup, plugin discovery, and PDF rendering reliability were refined.

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August 27, 2026

• Collaboration Beta lets approved Mac and Windows users exchange live markups, cursors, presence, and ordered offline edits through a customer-owned host while the PDF stays on the mounted company share.
• Owners can approve devices as Owner, Editor, or Viewer, resolve offline conflicts, restore signed history, and safeguard controlled saves and externally replaced PDFs.
• Annotation text adds a shared cross-platform font catalogue while retaining installed-font discovery on macOS and preserving saved defaults.
• Visual signatures add selectable ink colors, preserve their exported appearance, remain editable when visual-only, and undo as one operation.

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August 27, 2026

• Collaboration Beta lets approved Mac and Windows users exchange live markups, cursors, presence, and ordered offline edits through a customer-owned host while the PDF stays on the mounted company share.
• Owners can approve devices as Owner, Editor, or Viewer, resolve offline conflicts, restore signed history, and safeguard controlled saves and externally replaced PDFs.
• Annotation text adds a shared cross-platform font catalogue while retaining installed-font discovery on macOS and preserving saved defaults.
• Visual signatures add selectable ink colors, preserve their exported appearance, remain editable when visual-only, and undo as one operation.

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August 26, 2026

• Symbol Search has a clearer sample-selection and review workflow, with more reliable unique-label and count-series handling.
• Estimate and takeoff views improve columns, filtering, totals, navigation, and PDF summary output.
• Bundled Maps, Steel Sections, and Seal Maker plugins remain discoverable on Free; inserting plugin content prompts for Pro.
• Split panes, map resizing, Edit PDF content handling, Save All, text selection, area measurements, and Markup Table presentation received fixes.

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August 26, 2026

• Symbol Search has a clearer sample-selection and review workflow, with more reliable unique-label and count-series handling.
• Estimate and takeoff views improve columns, filtering, totals, navigation, and PDF summary output.
• Bundled Maps, Steel Sections, and Seal Maker plugins remain discoverable on Free; inserting plugin content prompts for Pro.
• Split panes, map resizing, Edit PDF content handling, Save All, text selection, area measurements, and Markup Table presentation received fixes.

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August 23, 2026

• Symbol Search and plugin workflows now guide Free users consistently to the PolyPDF Pro upgrade screen.
• Pro access is enforced across both the visible interface and the underlying document services.
• License changes safely close in-progress Pro workflows and return the document to Select with Thumbnails open.
• Saved Free workspaces no longer reopen directly into Symbol Search or a paid plugin surface, and the 100-license Founder offer now has a clear sold-out state.

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August 24, 2026

• Symbol Search and plugin workflows now guide Free users consistently to the PolyPDF Pro upgrade screen.
• Pro access is enforced across both the visible interface and the underlying document services.
• License changes safely close in-progress Pro workflows and return the document to Select with Thumbnails open.
• Saved Free workspaces no longer reopen directly into Symbol Search or a paid plugin surface, and the 100-license Founder offer now has a clear sold-out state.

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August 23, 2026

• PDF Maps places styled maps on plans and keeps them editable as live geographic viewports.
• Auto Area finds enclosed rooms; area cutouts resize, and optional helper dimensions support direct numeric entry.
• Custom Shortcuts lets you review, reassign, clear, and reset commands from Settings.
• Split-view zoom, snapping controls, plugin editing, toolbars, Settings, palettes, document controls, and drawing reliability were refined.

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August 23, 2026

• PDF Maps places styled maps on plans and keeps them editable as live geographic viewports.
• Auto Area finds enclosed rooms; area cutouts resize, and optional helper dimensions support direct numeric entry.
• Custom Shortcuts lets you review, reassign, clear, and reset commands from Settings.
• Split-view zoom, snapping controls, plugin editing, toolbars, Settings, palettes, document controls, and drawing reliability were refined.

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August 17, 2026

• Fit Height joins Fit Page and Fit Width, with viewport alignment that no longer reserves a scrollbar gutter.
• Command-click inserts a vertex and Command-Shift-click removes one on areas, polylines, and Workspace edges.
• Narrow-sidebar and common laptop layouts keep toolbars, plugin controls, measurement panels, and contextual controls usable.
• Generated seals handle long names more cleanly and export their current artwork correctly.

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August 17, 2026

• Fit Height joins Fit Page and Fit Width, with viewport alignment that no longer reserves a scrollbar gutter.
• Ctrl-click inserts a vertex and Ctrl-Shift-click removes one on areas, polylines, and Workspace edges.
• Narrow-sidebar and common laptop layouts keep toolbars, plugin controls, measurement panels, and contextual controls usable.
• Generated seals export correctly, and opened documents use corrected Windows path handling.

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August 10, 2026

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August 9, 2026

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August 8, 2026

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August 4, 2026

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August 2, 2026

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July 29, 2026

• The first signed release of PolyPDF for Windows 10 and 11: the installer and the app are code-signed by Euclidean Software, LLC.
• The same PolyPDF engine as the Mac app, at the same version.
• Updates install themselves — a new version downloads in the background and is applied when you quit.

July 28, 2026

• Saved style defaults, per tool: set highlight color, pen color, font and more once — every new markup uses them, even after quitting and reopening. Right-click a markup and choose "Set as Tool Default", or adjust the style bar with nothing selected.
• Text boxes and callouts start empty, so you can place and type straight away.
• The Callout keyboard shortcut is now Q, matching the key most estimators already use.
• Fixed: on Macs without Xcode, PolyPDF could trigger a macOS prompt to install the command line developer tools. They were never needed, and the prompt is gone.

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July 28, 2026

• Visual Search and automatic counting: select a symbol on a drawing and PolyPDF finds the other instances on the page, ready to commit as a Count series in one step.
• A dedicated search panel with results in context and highlighting across the document.
• Fixed: Command-X/C/V/A did nothing in text fields — including the license key box. All four shortcuts work everywhere now.
• Fixed: a temporary network problem could reset an activated Pro copy to the Free tier.
• Fixed: edits to markups imported from 1.0.x-era files could be silently undone on reopen.
• Fixed: saving certain large CAD and plan-set PDFs could produce a file other viewers reported as damaged.

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July 23, 2026

• Fixed: after closing the last window, opening a PDF from the Finder did nothing. It now opens in a new window as expected.
• Fill and hatch opacity controls are now steppers with 10% increments.

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July 19, 2026

• A major new foundation for PolyPDF, verified against the ISO 32000-2 PDF standard.
• Measurements and takeoff: calibrate a sheet once, measure lengths, areas, and counts, and pull totals into a takeoff worksheet.
• Full markup set: clouds, callouts, hatches, industry line styles, stamps, snapshots, and built-in symbol tool sets.
• Compare Documents: differences between two revisions arrive as editable revision-cloud markups.
• OCR for scanned sheets, including rotated labels on plan sets.
• Forms and digital signatures, Bates numbering, watermarks, flatten, page operations, and redaction. Redaction removes decodable text; vector or outlined content and some nested images can survive under the black fill, so check sensitive output before you send it.

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April 27, 2026

• Maintenance release for the original native Mac app.

April 27, 2026

• Maintenance release for the original native Mac app.

April 27, 2026

• Maintenance release for the original native Mac app.