Release Notes for VRGS Version 3.0

3.0 Build 47 : 2022-09-18

• Improved behavior of touch controllers when using a Quest-2 VR Headset.
• Added simple calculator for operations on attributes.

3.0 Build 46 : 2022-09-06

• Fixed secondary colour display in logs.
• Samples can now be coloured by attributes.
• added facies menu to add facies codes to sample points.

3.0 Build 45 : 2022-08-23

• Error markers added to tiepoints for georeferencing.

3.0 Build 44 : 2022-08-23

• Changed behavior of interpretation over geopolygons. If the polygon is shown as a 3D body then the intepretation is on the outside of the body, otherwise interpretation will be on the underlying mesh.
• New interpolation option for polylines to allow smoother lines (set per polyline in the objects options).
• Minor bug fixes.

3.0 Build 43 : 2022-08-09

• Improved selection and grouping in the tree controls.
• Fixed a bug in displaying the histograms.
• Tensor analysis dialog has been updated to make selecting attributes easier.
• corrected display of flight paths.
• Updated spreadsheet for polylines and geolpolylgons.

3.0 Build 42 : 2022-08-01

• Updated VR to use OpenXR

3.0 Build 39 : 2022-07-05

• Improved level of detail for polylines and geopolygons.
• Improvement to the 3D translator gadget.
• Several bug fixes.

3.0 Build 38 : 2022-06-29

• improved selection of geopolygons with tiled models.
• Re-implemented octree splitting for point clouds.
• Fixed bug in changing colour styles of geopolygons and polylines.
• Improved logarithmic display of attribute values in the histogram.

3.0 Builds 29-37

• Improved steroenet contouring.
• Updated to latest Sentry SDK
• Fix to tensor analysis not working in some cases.
• Fix for a crash caused by drag and Drag and drop in the interpretation tree.
• Fix for a characterset issue in filenames.
• Extra error checking added to ray-picking.
• Many other minor fixes and improvements.

3.0 Build 28 : 2022-05-31

• Create geopolygon from 2 polylines.
• improved selection of geopolygons.

3.0 Build 27 : 2022-05-30

• Improved rendering speed for meshes.
• Improved LOD algorithm for large meshes.
• Added delete option for key pillars on geobodies.

3.0 Build 26 : 2022-05-19

• Fixed bug when importing single images. Now picks up position from exif data and preforms transform if project CRS set.

3.0 Build 25 : 2022-05-09

• Fixed problem when refreshing the project explorer.

3.0 Build 24 : 2022-05-05

• Added cyclical colour maps
• Attribute displays improved for point clouds and meshes
• scale bars, samples and logs added to flightpath scenes
• Selection of point cloud vertices from stereonet display improved.
• General bug fixes

Release Notes for VRGS Version 3.0

3.0 Build 21 : 2022-04-11

• Fixed naming on waypoints and sample groups in new projects
• Link to OpenTopography to download elevation data.
• Improved colour maps, including import of external colour maps.
• fixed a bug causing an intermittent crash on tiled models.
• Speed up in tile model visulisation.
• Fixed a bug with the active pick not updating.
• Apply pick/facies buttons added to the interp menu for updating selected objects.
• Added checks on exit for runnning threads.
• Fixed bug on loading a new image into to log.
• Vertex editor can be applied to mesh vertices.
• Old undo function removed. (new undo functionality in upcoming release)

Release Notes for VRGS Version 3.0

3.0 Build 20 : 2022-03-21

• Sketchfab uploader updated.
• Fixed error importing some ASPRS LAS (point cloud) files.
• Drag/drop loading in the 3D view added for ASPRS Las files.
• Fixed naming on polyline group in new projects
• Stereonet can now show mesh triangle orientations.
• Logarithmic contour levels on stereonet improved.

Release Notes for VRGS Version 3.0

3.0 Build 19 : 2022-03-15

• added license to the Sketchfab options.
• Importing photographs gets position from exif if its present.
• update to Proj9 for coordinate transforms.
• Link direct to Sketchfab for uploads now implemented.
• Bug fix in subgroup properties.
• Fixed bug in on-prem licensing with new server.
• Added interpolation modes for flight paths.
• refactored key pillars from geopolygons.

Release Notes for VRGS Version 3.0

3.0 Build 18 : 2022-03-06

• Improved swapping speed of tiled models
• Added mouse-wheel zoom for slides in flightpath
• Added spreadsheets for logs and samples
• Improved start-up checks and notifications for new versions.
• Fixed a bug in the messages window.

3.0 Build 17 :

• Improvements to slpk tiles
  • Fixed a bug in reading some DDS texture formats
  • Added a fix for SLPK with layers that have no meshes.
• Fixed upgrade message seen in the web panel for new verions of VRGS.

3.0 Build 16 : 2022-02-23

• Fixed crash on split logs

3.0 Build 15 : 2022-02-17

• Fix to a bug on importing certain formats of tiff

3.0 Build 14 : 2022-02-17

• Revert to ID2D1Factory5 from 7 (improves compatibilty with some windows servers)
• Increased support for different tiff internal formats
• Update to Sentry library
• Fixed a bug where attributes on samples were not updating correctly

3.0 Build 12 : 20/01/2022

• New collection, Data and Interp tree images
• Sketchfab logon implemented
• KNN added to the tensor analysis (in addition to RBF)
• Display type for logs can now be changed.
• Added funtion to merge separate meshes into one object.
• Improved export functionality for meshes

3.0 Build 9 : 20/01/2022

• Fixed issue with PLY importer
• Added checks for NaN values for ML module
• Improved the inputs for ACO algorithms

3.0 Build 8 : 17/01/2022

• Updated external libraries
• Improved HTML editor with new functionality
• Better, more flexible, layout for the ML dialogs

3.0 Build 7 : 06/01/2022

• Improved stereonet contouring
• Added marching squares contouring routines
• New intergrated HTML editor
• Added many new attributes through tensor analysis process.
• Added Kmeans clusterting
• Added PCA
• Added Density Estimation Tress
• Improved display of data mining window.
• Added cross plots to the charts panel/

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3.0 Build 6 : 15/12/2021

• Corrected way plunges display on the stereonet

3.0 Build 5 : 13/12/2021

• Faster visualisations for basic meshes.
• Active Facies and Pick list controls moved to interpretation ribbon.
• Project backups now saved at user define intervals.
• Better display of project backups in the collections tree.
• Drag/drop fixed in interpretation tree.
• Project properties moved to a JSON file.
• New modes for interpretation - switch between draw and points mode with space bar.
• Added opacity for point clouds.
• Improved speed of point cloud visualisation.
• log interpretations listed in log properties.

3.0 Build 4 : 29/11/2021

• Improved drag/drop for images in 3D view.
• Billboards now added a digitised point rather then at viewpoint.
• Better estimate of Radial Basis Function radius for the tensor analysis.
• CSV import for orientations added
• Several bug from crash reports fixed.

3.0 Build 3 : 22/11/2021

• Corrected texture mapping in OBJ importer where textures indices are greater then 1
• Fixed redraw of tree controls
• Improved ray picker precision.

3.0 Build 1 : 10/11/2021

• Fix for logs digitised on low dip/horizontal surfaces.

3.0 Build 0 : 09/11/2021

• Updated ribbon bar menus with new icons.
• Check boxes in the properties panel replaces with switches (no longer needs a double-click!)
• Better scaling of ribbon bar images on 4K+ displays.
• Added a backstage panel for recent files.
• Update to the tree controls including improved drag and drop functionality.
• Spreadsheet view added for polylines, orientation, geopolygons, faults and waypoints.
• Improved the speed of importing OBJ file.
• Added more detail into the progress messages for importing OBJ's.
• Progress dialog added for loading and saving projects.
• SLPK tiles are now uncompressed on import, leading to faster loading with little change in file size.
• Scale bars now save individual properties as well as global.
• Scale bars can now be moved iteratively with "3D Translate" button.
• Auto units option added for scale bars and measure tool (automatically show m, cm, mm appropriate for measurement size).
• Fixed an issue with "correct from GCP" inverting the mesh.
• Added correct and scale option for GCP corrections.
• Improved speed of mesh rendering.
• Improved rendering speed of photomesh tiles (legacy feature - please use SLPK instead)
• Better notification badges on the trees for mesh status