Qimera 2.4.3 Release

November 4, 2021

We're pleased to present Qimera version 2.4.3, the next bugfix release in the 2.4 series. Read below for details.

Highlights

• Qimera Command now supports DB processing.
• Improved stability of large Dynamic Surfaces.
• Improved CUBE surface creation performance and reporting.
• Kongsberg KMALL revision I is now supported.

Bugs

• Processing / Source Files
  • Dry Run will now show the status of the harmonic sound speed processing.
  • A warning will now be shown when mixing Processing Setting shifts with shifts set via Filters.
  • Changed the default TPU blocking settings for the second head in dual head setups.
  • Improved Qimera Live import of QPDs.
  • Prevent new systems being created during raw sonar file import.
  • SVP Crossfade now works better with SVPs of differing depths.
  • Multisector KMALL data with head(s) rotated 180 degrees will now be processed correctly.
  • Updated the Coordinate Reference System configuration tool that is used when creating a tide station.
  • Improved initial Dynamic Surface creation for Qimera Live.
• Tools and Editors
  
  • The Patch Test Tool will now show height shifts.
  • Improvement to the Spline and Cluster filters when run together.
  • Slice Editor point sizes have been adjusted slightly.
  • The Dynamic Surface - Surface Area calculation has been improved.
  • Fixed a crash when performing TU Delft Sound Speed Inversion.
  • CUBE settings are now remembered.
  • Improved display of Extents in the Datagram Viewer.
  • Improved how the Time Series editor plots the line during zooming.
  • Added a buffer around Time Series plots.
  • The Water Column tool will now do a better job of determining the maximum range for a file and the value can be manually increased.
  • Fixed Time Series Multiplot x-axis shift issue.
  • Improved warnings when creating contours.
  • Improved performance of Patch Test Tool, Swath Editor, and Scroll Line Select Slide Editor when working on a long route / line.
  • Added Average Sounding Density and Total Number of Sounding attributes to the Surface Statistics dialog.
  • Fixed an issue that occurred when right clicking on Raw Sonar Files to start the Vessel Editor.
  • Added information regarding Smoothing in the Varying Vertical Shift dialog.
  • Fixed a crash that occurred when adjusting colormap range for SD objects.
  • Prevent a Pipe / Cable object from being saved if there's a known problem.
• Importing / Exporting
  
  • Multiple ASVP files can now be imported at once.
  • QTMs will now properly set a new project's coordinate reference system when imported.
  • DXF export now supports text.
• Other
  
  • Certain geodetic setups were showing an unexpected WGS 84 datum in the Geodetic Test Tool, this has been fixed.
  • Cached coordinate reference systems could cause a problem with object compatibility within a project. This is now fixed.
  • Scene object rendering has been improved on Linux platforms.
  • Modified the OpenGL warning so it is only shown when many OpenGL errors occur.