XPlasMap downloads

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

XPlasMap 0.99 requires MacOS10.4 or 10.5, 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.

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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