Qimera 2.6.2 Release

December 20, 2023

We are pleased to present Qimera 2.6.2. 

Highlights

• Added Autozoom capability to the Patch Test Tool and Wobble Analysis Tool to better handle plot updates.

• GSF import will now try and auto-detect the source datum if it was populated in the .gsf. Only geographic coordinate systems will be available for selection when importing to avoid confusion.

• Added auto reporting to the Line Height Matching Tool.

• The filter preview in the slice editor will allow you to continue to use Qimera if an expensive filter is being previewed.

• Editing the cable/pipe TOP detection will now regenerate the X-Point listings (if available) position for that detection.

Bugs

• Processing / Source Files

  • Fixed the Filter Profile selection when running a filter on selected files.

  • Fixed the Systems to Filter option when running a filter on selected files.

  • Added back the warning in the Activity Log when creating an empty grid.

  • Fixed a loop of warning messages displayed when using the time series editor and autoprocessing was selected. 

  • Fixed a string comparison error that caused GGK position strings to not be read from .kmall files.

  • Fixed an issue with recompute colormap range not working for processed point files.

  • Fixed an issue reading the sensor depth from .kmall files.

  • Fixed a crash when importing a .jsf file with no sound speed recorded in the file.

  • Added a warning message when files fail to process, potentially due to being open elsewhere.

  • Fixed a crash when adjusting the colormap range of .sd point files.

  • Fixed a crash when reading .kmall watercolum packets with a large number of samples.

  • Fixed a crash when importing a .kmall file where one head of a dual head system was turned off.

  • Fixed an issue when extracting a CUBE hypothesis strength layer when the values are 0.

  • Fixed an issue creating TVU layers when the soundings are in the colormap underflow or overflow color.

  • Fixed an offset issue when viewing water column from a Reson T-series dual head multibeam.

  • Fixed an off by one beam numbering issue when filtering or blocking.

• Tools and Editors

  • Fixed the filter preview in the cable/pipe TOP detection tool when the filter profile was changed.

  • Fixed the Systems to Filter option when running a filter in the cable/pipe TOP detection tool.

  • Fixed an issue with the slice editor toolbar buttons being disabled when using the polygon selection.

  • The ctrl key will now invert the accept/reject selection in the Swath Editor.

  • Fixed an issue when saving snapshots in the Slice Editor.

  • Improved the speed of the cable/pipe TOP detection tool.

  • Fixed the sounding selection in the water column viewer when using a stacked buffer.

  • Fixed an issue with the patch test tool not removing temporary files when it was run from Qinsy.

  • Disabled the geopicking dock when using the patch test tool.

  • Fixed an issue where the first ping was not being displayed in the Water Column viewer.

  • Fixed an issue where sounding flags were not being preserved in the slice editor after moving the selection off and back onto the dynamic grid.

• Importing / Exporting
  

  • FAU export will now have include rejected soundings on by default, to ensure beam number alignment if re-importing cleaned .fau files.

  • Fixed a crash when exporting to CAD objects.

  • Fixed a column alignment issue when exporting a cable/pipe to ASCII with X-Point Listings created.

  • Fixed an issue importing SVPs with negative sound speeds.

  • Fixed an issue with the layer extents from a multi-layer static grid.

  • Fixed a crash when exporting to GSF from a raw sonar file with a corrupt packet.

  • Fixed an issue when converting feet to meters when importing binary navigation.

  • Fixed a crash when the metadata for a tide file is corrupt or missing.

  • Disabled the Include raw backscatter imagery checkbox when exporting to GSF if the raw bathymetry and snippets are not present.

  • Exporting to a Static Grid Layer and overwriting a layer will preserve the layer order.

  • Fixed an issue when exporting files to GSF with extended ASCII characters.

  • Added a better warning when the path length or filename is too long for Windows to handle.

• Other

  • Fixed an issue with the Dynamic Lighting (old Fledermaus 7 shading).

Known Issues

• When opening projects created in Qimera 2.3.5 and earlier, we recommend encapsulating the project to get around a bug when upgrading Dynamic Surfaces. Occasionally the upgrade process will fail due to a filepath issue, and a new Dynamic Grid will need to be created in the current Qimera version.

• When working with the Slice Editor or Cable/Pipe TOP Detection Tool, a file relating to the Dynamic Grid may become corrupt. This will affect all related actions on the Dynamic Grid, such as cleaning, and might cause a crash. If this occurs we recommend closing Qimera and renaming/removing the .grdtrail file (ie.“Grid name.grdtrail”) in your Project Folder/GridData/Dynamic Grid folder. UPDATE: This has been fixed in Qimera 2.6.3.