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licensed Map3D users to download the latest update. Updates are
regularly posted as modifications and corrections are made. The
details you enter in this form will be used to keep track of which
release of Map3D you are currently using so you can be notified of
any bug fixes, modifications and/or updates.
Windows Vista problems? The first thing you
need to do is to disable "desktop composition" for Map3D. This is
done by right clicking on the icon or menu item you use to start
Map3D and go to "Properties > Compatibility" then check
"Disable Desktop Composition". All other problems seem to be related
to new security restrictions. You may have to set Map3D to run with administrator privileges so
that Vista will permit Map3D to access the hard disk. You
may also have to set macro security on low in Excel so
that Vista will permit Map3D to run Excel macros. Finally you may have to download
and install the Safenet drivers as indicated in the next
paragraph.
Key problems? Have a
look at EndUserTroubleshooting.pdf
Safenet Inc. (Rainbow Technologies) has released updated drivers for
the SentinelSuperpro dongle. The latest Sentinel drivers can be
downloaded from the Safenet website at http://www.safenet-inc.com/support/tech/sentinel.asp#
These drivers support both
32 and 64 bit computers.
Download problems? These
files are available on an anonymous ftp site as www.map3d.com/ftp/setup.exe
- www.map3d.com/ftp/map3d.zip
- www.map3d.com/ftp/Map3D.chm
- www.map3d.com/ftp/Map3D_Help.pdf
- www.map3d.com/ftp/Map3D_Help.exe
and can be downloaded using WS_FTP (www.ipswitch.com) or other
products simply by logging in as an anonymous client. You could also
use shareware products like GetRight (www.getright.com) that allow you to resume
interrupted downloads from where they left off. Normally you only
need to download the updated executables (check the radio button for
map3d.zip) as you do not need to update the help files and sentinel
drivers etc. every time there are modifications to
Map3D.
Map3D Support
Questionnaire - This questionnaire is posted here in an effort
to improve Map3D and enhance support to users! Please take a few
minutes to answer the questions.
14 August, 2008:
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Bug fix to display of
values for in-plane principal
stress s1i and
s3i
.
26
July, 2008:
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Bug
fix to plotting of strains for hyperbolic backfill.
29 April, 2008:
·
Modifications
to "CAD > Edit > Move Vertices to X, Y, Z and Plane" -
construction line are now extruded to the plane tangent to the
construction line.
This allows difficult shapes to be flattened for easier
construction without loosing geometric shape.
·
Questions
regarding inactive and unused blocks not being visible have been
corrected so they onloy appear when necessary.
·
Correction
to discretization routine - Warning message about subdividing long
sides of block was issued in error.
16 April, 2008:
·
Modifications
to Construction line,DDLoop
and FFLoop routines to handle more complex shapes including
duplicate lines and retraced lines.
14 April, 2008:
·
Miscellaneous
fine tuning and bug fixes to many routines
including:
·
Further
refinements to DDLoop and FFLoop routines to handle more complex
shapes and finer meshing.
·
Refinements
to construction line routines including DXF
converter.
·
Go
to CAD on main menu bar.
·
Translucent
button on Hbl toolbar.
2 April, 2008:
·
Miscellaneous
fine tuning and bug fixes to many routines
including:
·
Bug
fixes to Excel dump routine.
·
Refinement
to DDLoop and FFLoop routines to handle more complex shapes and
finer meshing.
·
Ctrl+Z
and Ctrl+Y for undo/redo.
·
Bug
fix to ERR/LSS calculation routine.
·
Multiple
extrusions using CAD > Build > Offset enabled by holding shift
key.
·
Bug
fix to absolute/induced strain routine.
·
Improved
shift key selection editing.
22
December, 2007:
·
Map3D
version 54 features new enhancements to solve problems and build
models faster:
·
New Probability of failure plots in the Strength
Factor Menu.
o
By specifying the uncertainty one has in the failure
criterion, prediction reliability can be estimated using probability
theory.
o
This feature has been setup for contouring of
rockmass, in-plane and ubiquitous plane
failure.
·
New 32-bit z-buffering to eliminate rear and front
clipping and better
display.
o
The near and far clipping region has been
extended.
·
New mining-induced strain and Mining-Induced stress
plots.
o
The change in stress and strain from the pre-mining
condition can now be
plotted.
·
New Construction-Line Smoothing
options.
o
Smoothing for angular deviations as well as point
spacing.
·
New Right-Click editing in CAD interface (as per 30
Nov/07).
·
New user controlled toolbar button sizes (small,
medium and large size
buttons).
30 November, 2007:
- New
right-click editing functionality:
- Right-click
on blocks, grids or construction lines for editing (CAD >
Edit).
- Hold
the Shift key (during right-click) for multiple
selections.
- Hold
the Alt key (during right-click) to automatically repeat the
previous editing function.
- Right-click
on contours for plot options.
- Program
dimensions increased to accommodate 166666 blocks.
Miscellaneous
bug fixes including the following and more:
- Excel
plotting and Output selected grid components debugged to support
multiple grid planes.
- Cline
merge during results viewing stage.
- Tools
> Mouse Wheel Reversed option.
- OpenGL
Interactive editing enhanced to provide improved visual clues
during building functions.
20 November, 2007:
-
OpenGL support for Intel 965 chipset X3100
graphics.
- Miscellaneous
bug fixes including:
- Place Ore in stopes and stopes are hidden if
Hide > Solids
on - implement dialogue to address this.
-
Orientation
not labelled on banner for Dsub - fixed
- Excel
and User function changes when you press Less or More -
fixed.
-
No Save prompt after input file
merge - fixed.
- View
> View X-Y model repositioned incorrectly - fixed.
- Edit
> Copy and Move x,y,z > positioned too far
off to the right - fixed.
- Tools
> Configure Contour Bar > Excel button added.
23 March, 2007:
- CAD
> Edit > Entity Properties - DD's extruded without prompting
for extrusion vector if mixed DD's and FF's are selected - bug
fix.
- Sometimes
tool-tips appear beneath tool-bars - bug fix.
- CAD
> Edit > Material Properties - Sometimes host material #1
appears as Elasto-Plastic - bug fix.
- Course
example file HUNG2-36 has inactive gouge material #2 instead
Fault-Gouge - fixed.
12 March, 2007:
-
Turn on grids with GoToCAD, open new input or plot
any component with no grids already
on.
- Plot > Strength Factors > Ubiquitous
Parameters > UCS -
bug fixed.
- CAD > Snap> Grid/Cursor Setup
interactive edit plotted
snap grid at wrong location - bug fixed.
- CAD > Edit > Subdivide Edge errors for
construction
lines - bug fixed.
- Map3D
Non-Linear points inside excavation not identified properly - bug
fixed.
7 December, 2006:
- New
Plot > Strength Factors > Excess In-plane normal
stress ( 3 s1i - s3i ) including trajectory display.
Useful parameter for evaluating stability around drives.
- Larger
toolbar buttons.
- Bug
fix CAD > Edit > Scale interactive display.
- Bug
fix Excel plotting routines:
- could
not select new points after plotting multiple mining
steps.
- support
for more than 26 columns.
- Plot
> Displacement > dmi and
dmu (In-plane maximum and
Ubiquitous-plane maximum displacement) calculated incorrectly -
fixed.
20 October, 2006:
- Miscellaneous
bug fixes to Excel plotting routines.
6 June, 2006:
- Plot
> Surface Components > ERR did not colour contour - bug
fixed.
- Extrude
DD into FF block did not prompt for extrusion vector - bug
fixed.
- Point and line grids did not light source shade
- fixed.
- Very short line grids detected and drawn as
points grids.
- File > Output > Selected Grid Components
and Plot > Excel Plot (Grids) created duplicate points for line
grids - bug fixed.
26 April, 2006:
- Release
of Version 53.
- New
CAD > Edit > Subdivide Edge implemented for 3D
blocks, DD planes and clines. This enables easy repair
of miss-built entities.
- New
Show and Hide Keyword Filters added to Visualization Database.
This allows visualization points to be filtered for display and
plane fitting.
- New
Point Grids - to show individual stress points.
- Miscellaneous
bug fixes related to Snap Grid, Go to CAD, Excel plotting, Edit
Undo/Redo.
- Updated HTML and
Ebook Manual.
- Updated
PDF Manual includes previously incomplete and missing
sections.
-
Other formats available on request.
7 April, 2006:
- Interactive
object picking using "View > Length", "Plot > Excel >
Polyline", "File > Output Selected Grid Components >
Polyline" and "File > Output Selected Surface Components >
Polyline" command did not pick edges of elements, always
picked corners - bug fixed.
- Point
grids were not plotted - now are plotted as 3-D spheres (as in
Visualization. Point grids are created by specifying the same
point 4 times for a Grid Plane, or 2 times for a Grid
Line.
27 March, 2006:
- Hyperbolic
backfill model gives incorrect results for thickness not equal to
one - fixed for correct results for any value of
thickness.
- Hyperbolic
backfill model gives tensile stresses when "Elastic only" is
checked - fixed for correct results with "Elastic
only".
8 March, 2006:
- Hide
Toolbar - UHall modified to unhide all grids as well as
blocks.
- EXCEL
would not plot from Map3D when minimized - fixed.
- Mouse
capture released after point pick while EXCEL plotting.
- Drag
Polyline out caused display rotation while EXCEL plotting - fixed.
- EXCEL
plotting set to skip blanked interiors of excavations.
- Plot
> Miscellaneous > Dgrid and Dgrid/Lgrid recalculated for
each mining step.
- Unclosed
blocks occurred for more than 32768 surfaces - fixed.
- Visualization
> Make Pnt failed when Visualization > User File not open -
fixed.
- Picking
routines rewritten with finer control over entities nearest front
of display.
18 January, 2006:
- Plot
> User > Range not updating display - fixed.
- CAD
> Build > FFLoop & DDLoop - loop complete message not
displayed - fixed.
- CAD
> Build > FFLoop creates odd shapes - fixed.
- Build
toolbar closes after build - should stay open -
fixed.
- CAD
> Build > Gplane > Fixed grid spacing cased Gid Inactive
- fixed.
- Disk
performance test causes program crash - fixed.
- CAD
> Build > DDLoop extrude to FF not always
prompting for extrusion vector - fixed.
- Plot
> Surface Components > Off - button added.
- Excel
Polyline plots extrapolated too far for small interpolation widths
giving erroneous point - fixed.
- Seismic
plotting with Min versus Max reversed - fixed.
- Contact
checking failed for certain shapes -
fixed.
10 January, 2006:
- Miscellaneous
minor bug-fixes. regarding tangent and intersection snapping and
text strings.
6 January,
2006:
- New
"Visual editing" database tools.
- Map3D
Visualization routines now support OLE (Object Linking and
Embedding).
- Items
such as graphics files, documents, spreadsheets etc. can be
attached to Map3D Visualization points.
- These
can be activated or modified by picking with the right mouse
button.
- These
can be displayed as before by picking with the left mouse
button.
- New
Map3D > Help menu items:
- Miscellaneous
bug-fixes relating to user interaction with dialogue
boxes.
23 December, 2005:
- New
interactive visual editing - CAD > Edit functions now show
modified geometry interactively.
- New
CAD > Edit > Move Vertices function.
- New
CAD > Edit > Vmove Search Width function.
- Improved
Build Offset function for DD construction.
- Bug
fix to Hcl routine.
15 December, 2005:
- Refinements
to closure checking routines for narrow shaped elements.
- Further
corrections to DD extrusion to FF routine.
14 December, 2005:
- Correction
to DD extrusion to FF routine.
- Hide
grids in groups by name.
- Clines
saved with File > Output Screen Image function.
- Support
for 200 colours in View > Hide Colours (Hbl routine).
- Specify
plane by interactive picking normal to element in Visualization
> Plane function.
13 December, 2005:
- Correction
to non-OpenGL interactive graphics interface - coordinate
picking fixed.
12 December, 2005:
- User
defined coordinate system grid drawn at wrong location - bug
fixed.
9 December, 2005:
- Bug
in merge geometries fixed.
- Crossing
box entity selection refined for entities partially clipped out of
view.
7 December, 2005:
- PRam
bug fix.
- Correction
to intersection routines.
- Correction
for unclosed surface detection.
2 December, 2005:
- Correction
for unclosed surface detection.
1
December, 2005:
- Map3D
version 52 features many enhancements to solve problems and build
models faster:
- New
Excel plotting routines support selected points and user defined
lines.
- New
CAD > Snap > User Defined Coordinate system,
Tools > Pick Box Size, Plot > Options >
Topo-Contours.
- Undo/Redo
buttons on build toolbar so that complex DDLoop and FFLoop can be
easily re-meshed.
- Remove
Vertex/Insert Vertex routines now supplement the Smooth function
for construction lines.
- Improved
highlighting of unclosed blocks - these are now marked with a bold
white outline.
- Plot
> Polygon Box supplements Average Box routine for finding
average and maximum contour values.
- CAD
> Edit > Group command now merges multiple blocks into one -
interior surfaces automatically deleted.
17 September,
2005:
- Corrections
to intersection and closure checking routines.
13
September, 2005:
- File
Save - block renumbering fixed to keep original block numbers
instead of incrementing by +10.
- DDLoop
- routine fixed so it does not
miss interior zones (refer to www.map3d.com/t-pillar.htm
- Plot > User - routine now accepts UCS, phi
and q as arguments.
- Plot - Contours can now be topographically
scaled to magnitude (refer to Plot > Plot Options >
Topo-Contours
- CAD - point picking bug fix - sometimes the
wrong point was selected.
- CAD - allow picking of grid lines.
- CAD - Construction line smoothing fix.
- Plot - internal points plotted in error -
fixed.
- Many other miscellaneous bugs
fixed.
9 June, 2005:
- Bug
fix for interior grid point detection.
- Bug
fix for DD element solver routines.
26 May,
2005:
- Bug
fix for very large jobs.
30 April,
2005:
- Optional
generatation of individual blocks in FFLoop.
- AutoCAD
LWPolyline import - additional bugs fixed.
19 April,
2005:
- Analysis
> Options > P-ram - Physical memory allocation routines
fixed.
- Plot
> Options > Blank - Excavation interior blanking and
detection fixed.
- AutoCAD
LWPolyline import incomplete - fixed.
21
February, 2005:
- Grid
discretization incomplete - fixed.
25 January,
2005:
- New
tutorial examples in all help files.
- Miscellaneous
minor bug fixes.
20 January,
2005:
- DDLoop
routine failed to build individual triangles - fixed.
- Demo
version failed to execute - fixed.
- New
HTML Help file format.
- PDF
Map3D Manual.
- Electronic-book
Map3D Manual.
17 January,
2005:
- Map3D
Version 51.
- Note
that Windows NT4.0 and Windows 98 are not supported by this new
release.
- Space-bar
to repeat last Edit or Build command.
- Tools
> Pick-box Size.
- Tools
> Shift-key Selection.
- User
defined plots include: UCS and PHI as well as F1,F2...F8 user
defined material parameters.
- DDLoop
routine now supports simulataneous construction of multiple
internal or external loops.
- DDLoop
routine now supports internal gridding for improved element
generation.
- New
CAD > Pack and Renumber Blocks routine.
- New
Analysis > Options > Physical RAM - Allows access to large
amount of RAM.
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