Release Notes
Blockpad 0.9.2215.0 (2019-5-22)
Highlights of this release
- Improvements to solver sections
- Non-linear equations
- Initial guess property
- Improvements to scenario blocks
- Steps in dynamic expressions now appear
- Full support for step-by-step sections, solver sections, and nested blocks in every scenario block
- Block content previews shown while entering inputs
- Improvements to blocks used as top-level tabs
- Fixed recent issues with posting content to Library from app
- Improved syncing of Library updates between cloud and app
- Library references may now refer to the latest version, or to a specific version number
- For example, Library.MyLibrary.Block1 refers to latest version. Library.MyLibrary.Block1:3 refers to version 3.
- You can view each version by navigating to Version History on the web page for each Library item. By default, each time a Library item is set with new content, the new content receives a new version number, and old versions are retained.
- To lock a block into a specific version number, select the block in the file, and in Properties, click the Definition property. Then add the version to the definition formula.
- Saving named table regions as Library tables
- Array formulas
- LinearSeries function
- GoalSeek function now works without an initial guess for results with units
- Copy-and-paste improvements
- Simple text directly into cells
- Improvements to copying bulleted and numbered lists
- When there are unexpected issues with copying math layouts as images, clipboard content includes the basic text as a fallback
- Option to copy math layouts as SVG images
- Continue Numbering, Restart Numbering, and Separate Numbering tools, for managing multiple numbered lists in a frame
- Steam Tables
- Support for new paragraph layout properties:
- Spacing Before
- Spacing After
- Line Height
- Page Break Before
- Page Break After
- Keep Lines Together
- Keep Input Format option in Value Format
- Fraction formats are now automatically passed on during math operations only if result units are feet or inches.
- New MPa and GPa units
- New Value Field object
- Misc fixes and usability improvements
- Including fix to underline display
- Including fix to issue with long text in spreadsheet cells overflowing onto next page
- Including smoother typing while inputting Library formulas
- Including better performance while pasting in large content into spreadsheets