Changelog

What's new in KulmanLab — shipped continuously, no restart required.

Text editor polish & web fonts

2026.06.10.580dba5 June 10, 2026

Text mirror now adjusts rotation and attachment point for readability
Web fonts available in the text editor font picker
Cursor height dynamically matches the text size at the cursor position
Strikethrough added to the text editor toolbar alongside Bold/Italic
Per-row line height and per-character text height & font (MTEXT)
MTEXT editor: frame sizing, live resize grip, and font dropdown
Empty lines now inherit height from the preceding text row
Text editing creates a single undo history entry on close

On-canvas text editing

2026.06.06.c01c797 June 6, 2026

Edit text directly on the canvas with a blinking caret — no dialog needed
Text selection: Shift+Arrow keys, click, and click-drag
I-beam cursor while the text editor is active
Text editor toolbar: Bold and Italic toggles with cursor-aware active state
Caret and selection follow the active theme accent color
Move command shows a fully-opaque shadow preview of entities being moved
MTEXT wrap frame with four side-midpoint resize grips
Text frame grips work on text without an explicit reference width

Angle tracking, snap-to-grid & MTEXT

2026.06.03.7a0070a June 3, 2026

Configurable angle tracking: 10°, 15°, 20°, 30°, 45°, 90° increments via toolbar dropdown
Angle tracking arc indicator shown in sticky mode with crash recovery
Snap-to-grid toggle with dot grid rendered at grid intersections
Grid dots drawn on layout paper space, not inside viewports
Custom scale input added to the viewport scale dropdown
Multi-line MTEXT parsing and rendering with wrap box
Adaptive coordinate display precision scales with zoom level

Keyboard X,Y entry for all commands & leader improvements

2026.05.31.c0decec May 31, 2026

Type X,Y coordinates at any point prompt across Line, Polyline, Circle, Arc, Rectangle, Ellipse, Spline, Move, Copy, Rotate, Scale, Mirror, and more
Space bar confirms numeric input across all commands
Copy command is now sticky — place multiple copies until Enter or Esc
Distance and Angle measure commands now support keyboard entry with canvas labels
Dimension linear/aligned/continue support keyboard X,Y entry
Dimensions inherit the current color, linetype, and lineweight from the toolbar
Leader and Leader+/− improved: chain mode, X,Y typing, cursor navigation in text input
ViewportCopy and ViewportRectangle commands support X,Y point typing
Highlight locked length input in terminal prompts

Print manager overhaul & toolbar icon redesign

2026.05.27.60851ce May 27, 2026

Ctrl+P / Cmd+P intercepts browser print and opens the KulmanLab print manager
Print manager: zoom and pan the preview canvas, area selection mode
DPI/quality selector for PNG and WebP export
Exported PDFs now include title, creator, and date metadata
Render layout viewports in print manager preview
Layout context menu: rename layouts, delete layouts, right-click to open
Layout tabs: add, rename, delete layouts with alphanumeric validation
All toolbar icons redesigned: teal accent color, custom SVGs for Move, Mirror, Extend, Trim, Scale, Copy, and more
Dimension markup icons: grips on all arrow endpoints, improved arrow geometry
Paper format label shown on page manager preview
Ctrl/Cmd+P intercepted to prevent accidental browser print dialog

Layout mode & viewport editing

2026.05.24.1a2d9cf May 24, 2026

Select, move, and grip-edit viewports in layout space
Scroll and pan model content inside a selected viewport independently
ISO 5455 scale selector in the control bar; apply viewport scale live
Snap to model entities through viewport transforms in layout mode
Draw entities on layout paper space
Grid drawn inside viewports in layout mode
Undo/redo now covers layout entities and viewport structure changes
Lock toggle for viewports in the control bar
Auto-fit to paper when switching between layouts
Lineweight toggle button in the control bar

Toolbar redesign & layer commands

2026.05.21.4ddef0d May 21, 2026

Layer panel moved into the main toolbar with a two-row layout and larger icons
Teal (#4A8580) introduced as the app accent color
All toolbar panels restructured: Shapes, Edit, Markup, Navigate, Measure, Style
LayerIsolate command: freeze all layers except the active one
LayerUnfreezeAll command: unfreeze all layers at once
LayerMatch command: copy the layer from one entity to others
Match Properties available as a big-button in the Style panel
Toolbar labels renamed: ByLayer → From Layer for color, lineweight, and linetype
Command names rendered in UpperCamelCase in cursor widget and terminal
Enter/Esc/Space/Delete rendered as key chip badges in terminal prompts

Match Properties, color picker & Properties panel

2026.05.18.8af6a0c May 18, 2026

Match Properties command: copy color, layer, linetype, and lineweight between entities, supports area selection
Properties panel added to the toolbar showing entity details
Color selector in the toolbar with ByLayer/ByBlock support
Linetype selector in the Properties panel
Lineweight picker with graphical bars and ByLayer resolution
Lineweight support for all dimension entities
Persist layer, color, linetype, and lineweight settings across page refreshes
Google Material Symbols Outlined replaces older toolbar icon set
Default sample file loaded on first launch

Angular dimension command

2026.05.15.56cc287 May 15, 2026

DimAngular command: measure angles between two lines or on arcs and circles
Angular dimension grips: radial/tangential snap modes for arc-endpoint grips
Text position controls (vertical and horizontal) for angular dimensions
Extension line extension (dimexe) applied to angular dimensions
Angular dimension arc correctly splits when text is inside
Arrowhead geometry: tip positioned at extension line, base midpoint on arc
Properties window is content-sized when small and scrollable when tall

Dimension grips, extension lines & arrowhead picker

2026.04.30.8731507 April 30, 2026

Grip editing for all dimension entities: tips, arrowheads, and text position
Extension line offset (DIMEXO) and extension (DIMEXE) rendered per DXF spec
Arrowhead picker: square preview with leader line stub, filters anonymous blocks
Dimension text attachment point (group code 71) respected on import
Dimension hit-testing restricted to lines and text — not the full bounding box
Origin tick rendered as a dot sized to match line width

command terminal & line chaining

2026.04.28.e887839 April 28, 2026

Full full command terminal: history log, command recall with arrow keys, floating layout
Line command is now continuous and chainable — each segment feeds the next start point
Tab cycles through command suggestions; arrow keys navigate the suggestion list
Blinking cursor in terminal during numeric input phases
"Command >" prefix shown while typing a command name
Leader+ command: append a new arm to an existing multileader
Polyline midpoint grips added — drag to insert a vertex or move the whole segment
Cancel active command when a new command is activated

Multileader command (MLEADER)

2026.04.25.37963b5 April 25, 2026

MLEADER command: draw a multileader with arrowhead, dogleg, and text block
Angle locking for multileader arrowhead, arm vertex, and dogleg grips
Length input while angle-locked in MLEADER command
Green X marker shown at the locked endpoint during angle-locked drawing
Circle command: radius line preview and intersection marker on canvas
Ellipse command: axis-locked length input added
Unified prompt vocabulary across all commands
Default multileader landing gap increased from 0.09 to 0.2

Command terminal (preview) & UI improvements

2026.04.21.3ee6fcd April 21, 2026

Early version of the full command terminal with history and suggestions
Blinking cursor added to terminal for numeric input phases
Ellipse grip editing with constrained orthogonal axes and on-canvas preview
Toolbar overflow fixed on narrow windows; status bar layout restored
Coordinates widget shown when there is enough horizontal space
Tab command suggestion cycling introduced

Angular upgrade, docs site & adaptive grid

2026.04.15.5fcb626 April 15, 2026

Upgraded from Angular 19 → 20 → 21 with block control flow syntax
Full command reference documentation site launched
Adaptive adaptive CAD grid added to the canvas
History panel added to the toolbar (Undo / History / Redo)
Documentation button added to the help panel