XPlasMap downloads & release notes

Download XPlasMap 0.99 (beta) (16.1 MB; PDF users' guide included)

XPlasMap 0.99 requires MacOS10.4 - 10.6, Intel or PowerPC.

An older, cruder beta of XPlasMap (v 0.92) that runs on MacOS10.3 is also available here if you're desperate.

---

Release notes

Version 0.99 (Sept 2008)

• Ovals, rectangles, and arrows for annotations
• Auto-positioning for enzymes and gene text
• Import from EMBOSS
  
• Convert restriction sites to MCS/MCS to restriction sites
• Change feature fonts on an individual basis
• Insert, copy, and cut fragments by restriction site
• Export to plain text
• Import circular DNA from GenBank correctly
• Plasmid name and description are moveable

Changes:

• Determine PNG and JPG resolution at export
• Checkbox to identify ORFs in Genbank during import
• Change "Insert fragment" shortcut from "⌘I" to "⌘V"
• Change "Edit plasmid info" shortcut to "⌘I"
• "Info" icon in toolbar to edit plasmid info

Many bugfixes

 

Version 0.96 (Oct 2007)

• Assorted other bugfixes and UI improvements
• Add comments and free-form text
• "Plasmid comment" is now free-form text (can be moved and edited)
• (Preference option) Common actions on a toolbar
• Improved print resolution

Bugfixes:

• Clear Recent Files bug - fixed
  
• JPG and PNG exports use a large canvas with image only in one corner - fixed
  
• Copying in reverse doesn't reverse fragment - fixed
  
• Error on copying in reverse - fixed
  
• Print resolution too low - fixed
  
• Font preferences are not being honored - fixed
  
• Going from linear to circular, genes disappear - fixed
  
• Contextual menus not responding - fixed
  
• Show/Hide enzyme lost after save - fixed
  
• Genes with no name disrupt drawing - fixed
  
• Freeze in Cut Plasmid - fixed
  
• Hiccup if no Preference file - fixed
  
• Assorted other bugfixes and UI improvements
  

 

Version 0.95 (July 2007)

• Automatic restriction enzyme mapping
• Automatic open reading frame identification
• Adjust resolution of exported PNG or JPG
• Scale adjust (Zoom in and out)
• Assorted bugfixes and UI improvements

 

Version 0.9 (June 2007)

• Printing!
• Export to PNG or JPG
• Draw maps directly from GenBank or FastA files
• Genome maps showing exons
• Assorted bugfixes and UI improvements

 

Version 0.8 (May 2007)

• Linear DNA maps
• Convert between linear and circular DNA maps
• Copy, save, and paste fragments from one map to another ("virtual cloning")
• Assorted bugfixes and UI improvements
• OS10.3.9-compatible version available

 

Version 0.7 (April 2007)

• New formats for multiple cloning sites: boxed or text as well as arc
• New formats for genes: Reposition arcs, change thickness
• Assorted bugfixes and UI improvements

 

Version 0.6 (March 2007)

• First general release