Qimera 2.6.0 - New Functionality
Introduction
In this release, we introduce a new filter dock, filter by system, changes to grids and more. Read on below for more detail!
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Filter Dock
With this release we have improved the way you can author filters with a new Filter Dock.
The new filter dock works in tandem with the Filter Operations toolbar and improves the way filter profiles are created, modified and tested.
Filter Dock Toolbar
The manage profile button will open the Manage Filter Profiles window where new filter profiles can be created, imported, exported, copied, renamed or removed.
The active filter selection box allows you to quickly select different filter profiles.
The new filter button allows you to quickly add new filters to your active filter profile. Hovering your mouse over a filter will display a tooltip that provides the filter information.
The filter operations apply the active filter inside a selection or everywhere and allows for choosing which systems in the dynamic grid the filter is applied to.
The undo and redo buttons keep track of every change made to your active filter profile. All changes, such as re-ordering the filter stack, turning on or off a filter and adjusting filter parameters, can be undone or redone with these buttons. This is not for undo or redo after running a filter.
Filter information button is used to quickly see details about each filter and also quickly find information on the selected filter's parameters. This height of the filter information window can be adjusted.
Filter Stack
The filter stack shows which filter operations will be applied in your current filter profile. Filter operation order can be adjusted by dragging filters up or down. The checkboxes will turn on or off filter operations. Filter operations can be expanded or collapsed as needed (use ctrl+left click to expand or collapse all filters). A context menu allows for deleting, duplicating, order adjustment, expanding or collapsing and showing filter information.
Filter Preview
A filter preview has been added to the slice editor to quickly view and fine tune your filter profiles. The filter preview mode works well with the new Filter Dock where changes to the filter operations can be reviewed easily before being applied. Turn on the preview mode to see what points will be filtered by your active filter profile. The colour of points that are filtered when previewing can be adjusted in the Preferences > Plotting Colors tab under Plot filter preview. A progress bar is shown on the bottom of the slice editor and some information about how many points are selected, filtered and the percentage filtered is displayed on the slice editor status bar.
Filter by System
Filtering by System has been added to the filter toolbar and the new Filter Dock. This allows for control over which systems in the selected dynamic grid are filtered. For example, in a dual head system a filter can be run on the port head to filter out beams 1-10 and a separate filter can be run on the starboard head to filter out beams 501-511. To enable or disable filtering per system, look for this icon:
Changes to Grids
In this release, Dynamic and Static Surfaces names and extensions have been changed to Dynamic and Static Grids (.dyngrid and .statgrid). This was required to align naming in Qinsy, Qimera and Fledermaus. All tools and editors in Qimera and Qimera command have been updated with these name changes. Dynamic and static surfaces created in previous versions will prompt you to upgrade (change the extension) in the Qimera 2.6.0 release, Qinsy 9.6.0 release and Fledermaus 8.6.0 release. Once the grids are upgraded to the new extension, they will not be able to be opened with Qimera 2.5.x and earlier versions.
Qimera Live will now search sub-folders
Qimera live is now set up to search sub-folders of the main folder for sonar files. This work was done for Norbit users where a main folder is used for the project but each line file is recorded into separate sub-folders with a date and time.