Release notes

Blockpad 0.9.2440.0 (2020-08-04)

Blocks in spreadsheets

Full block content is now supported in spreadsheets.

You can now copy and paste blocks within spreadsheets and to other frames.

Horizontal and vertical summaries for blocks are now supported, both in spreadsheets and in other frames. To set, select a block, open the properties window, and set the Result property to Horizontal table or Vertical table.

You can now reference blocks for formulas in spreadsheets by clicking on them, as you can other cells.

Create Block tool

The new Create Block tool offers an improved user experience for creating blocks and saving them to the library.

The new experience is also included in the Insert Block and Create Block Table tools, through the Create a Block button on the bottom-left.

The improved save-to-library experience is also included in the Save to Library tool.

Copying-down cells

More patterns are now supported. For example,

While copying-down cells, formatting is copied. Solid formatting is copied entirely, while partial formatting is copied with the given pattern.

New functions
  • Name
  • Title
New units
  • cfm (cubic feet per minute)
  • TR (tons of refrigeration / cooling)
  • in Hg (inches of Mercury)
  • in H2O (inches of water)
  • P (poise)
  • cP (centipoise)
  • dyn
  • µH (microhenry)
Other changes
  • Sorting now works with multiline cells included, and sorting now preserves all formatting
  • Improvements to multiline cells merged across rows
  • Improvements to formula and script editor
  • Improvements to textboxes in drawings
  • Improvements to blocks in drawings
  • Improvements to printing spreadsheets and saving to PDF
  • User interface improvements

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