Qimera 1.5.1 Release

Introduction

9 May 2017, We're pleased to present Qimera version 1.5.1

Highlights on this page

Thanks for your feedback

Warning

Since Qimera 1.5.0, the installer no longer includes the QPS Geoid Height Models. A separate installer for these models can be found under the DLC section on the Qimera download page, as well as on the QINSy download page. This package is required by QINSy, so the models may already be installed on your machine. 

Highlights

• We're happy to release the first Mac and Linux installers to contain the Qimera 1.5 functionality.
• This release also includes updated translations for 1.5.
• There is now a keyboard shortcut (Ctrl + R) for toggling rejected soundings in the Slice, 3D and Swath Editors. 
• The same performance enhancing cache system that was introduced with the Rectangular Selection is now available for the Scroll Selection.
• In the Vessel Editor, it is now possible to apply a .vesselconfig file (created when saving a Vessel Configuration) to existing raw files.
• The threshold that triggers the warning for over-zooming into plot windows has been reduced. This will enable closer zooming.
• When using a Scroll Selection, it will now be possible to drag the slice box with the mouse.
• The wording in the activity log related to loading and indexing water column data has been changed to be more clear.
• The Water Column dock can now be made smaller due to a reduction in the vertical size of the histogram.
• The Swath Editor dock has been made smaller and won't take up as much vertical space when docked.

Technical Notes

• Source Files
  • Raw source files that contain surface sound speed values of zero will be handled correctly. The applied SVP will now provide data where the surface sounds speed is zero.
  • QINSy DB files with certain Auxiliary systems were causing Qimera to not read the multibeam data. This has been fixed.
  • QINSy DB files that point to a geoid file that is outside the default directories for geoids should now work correctly.
• Water Column
  • Fixed a problem with the Sidelobe Suppression filter not having any effect on some data.
  • The Water Column Display was displaying in metres for some non metric projects.
  • The Adjust Colormap Range functionality will no longer reset the water column histogram values the first time it is opened.
• Other
  • Interpolated soundings can now be turned off in the Patch Test Tool.
  • The filter profile 'Respect All QINSy Blocking' will no longer remove other flags.
  • Qimera will no longer crash when processing files with more than 4 multibeam or laser systems. The Patch Test tool is currently limited to 2 heads pending further development.
  • Improved handling of corrupt QPDs.