Geosoft mapping software for geophysics, geology, geochemistry
 

Oasis montaj 6.4.2 Release Notes

September 25, 2007

Oasis montaj 6.4.2 is a scheduled software update that addresses software improvements and corrects reported issues with Oasis montaj.

Create a 3D PDF

New to this version is the ability to export a 3D subsurface view as a PDF file. Within Adobe Acrobat you are able to interact with the 3D view. It can be zoomed, rotated and individual data layers may be toggled off and on, or made transparent. This PDF export provides a simple way for you to share 3D subsurface data with colleagues and allow them the opportunity to interact with the data.

Try this sample pdf containing a 3D view and learn how to create a 3d pdf

(Download as a zip file. Requires Acrobat Reader 8.1 to view the 3D content)

GM-SYS

GM-SYS Profile adds the ability to build time sections and a new Time to Depth conversion tool. Now users have the ability to load seismic time sections, build models in time using all of the GM-SYS tools. And by assigning velocities a Time model can be converted to a Depth model. The cursor tracks between the time and depth windows so that changes made in one window are immediately reflected in the other window.

GMSYS 3D Modeling has a new Joint Inversion capability. Users can select any or all of the 6 gravity gradient tensor components plus magnetic and "normal" gravity to constrain the inversion process.

Installing the Update

Previous release notes

How to update your software

To download and install the new release online:

All maintained users can upgrade online in Oasis montaj. On the Help menu in Oasis montaj, click Check for updates… and follow the instructions on the dialog boxes as they appear.

To download and then install the 6.4.2 release offline:

Go to the Oasis montaj updates page and download the Oasis montaj 6.4.2 Update. Unzip and run the exe file. Follow the instructions on the dialogs as they appear. The offline file for 6.4.2 is very large and may take some time to download.

Enhancements and Bug Fixes

Oasis montaj
7065 Cannot open map: The post_... object does not exist in the "c:\...map\VIEWS\Data" storage.
9687 LOOKUPDBCH GX - to import an array channel then only the 1st element of the array is imported, the rest of the array is not imported.
9850 Basemap.gx, Map templates; when creating polar maps the lat long annotations are poor
11987 Y location of bottom left point is always 0 when extracting a section grid from a voxel.
11992 Producing an ERS grid from a US Survey Feet GDB can produce wrong results
11868 ABORT using IP QC tool. <sListStationNPairsDg_IP> 
11907 XYZ Import Template; remove Nice Number option.
11660 Exporting a map to JPG with auto-recolour on causes banding
11728 Improved error/warning message when a grid has less small dynamic range
11534 Import a CSV file with 1040 channels not importing correctly
11570 Update of the import of newer USGS SDTS DEM Grid (*.ddf) files where Min and Max ranges are incorrect
11593 Can't import database that contains foreign characters in the channel headers
11424 Improved performance on grid reprojections.
11468 Geosoft License Manager Abort when copy and pasting license codes to transfer <sGeneralFileFormExt_GUI> 
11486 Abort while using gridrepj.gx; plotting a grid to a map. <sInitProj_IPJ> 
11510 Corrected some extra line work issues within some MapInfo Tab files
11250 Export profile figure from GDB clips map boundaries.
11320 Corrected problem with turning off drawing of edges on polygons and editing. Colour fill is offset.
11326 GIS Legend Editor: Exception thrown when opening legend info for any shape file
11356 The grid values from right-clicking on my map and the gridvalue.gx are different in a Lat/Long, warped, N-S centered map.
11153 ABORT in Geosoft License Manager and in Oasis <sDecryptCRYPT>
11209 Corrected strange behavior between groups in the data view when masking groups using a polygon mask.
11014 Corrected inability to turn Groups on/off in the View Group Manager when editing a group.
11021 Can't subset a  refidded gdb using DBSUBSET with the Remove Mask Dummies parameters set to "All Dummies".
11044 Abort <sAggList_MAP> when  trying to create a colour bar (colorbar.gx)
11051 Corrected problem with some Voxel section grids being incorrectly georeferenced.
11102 Corrected optimization problem when creating some voxels. Occasionally get gaps in the voxel where data should be.
11122 .NET/OM crash when creating map from template and scanning an open GDB for xy
11123 Views in the View/Group Manager Tool keep expanding and retracting after running GX
10918 Cannot select and delete an entire view using Delete button in view/group manager when in shadow cursor mode.
10926 Range Classified Symbol with mapinfo.gfn not working correctly
10960 Empty L0 line in GDB causes IGRF GX to fail
10974 Sun shading lost when isosurfaces are displayed within a 3D view
11005 Abort <MapTemplate::GetViewType> when trying to create a new map from a template in the map library and cannot find logo
11006 Abort <IMapTemplate::ipCreate> when trying to create a new map from a template
10821 Abort <SetLn_VV> When selecting Data/export/other in some GDB's when selecting "Include line names as data" to Yes
10870 Changing the projection on an ER Mapper grid (setimgprj.gx), the changes are reflected in the .gi file, but do not appear in the .ers header file.
10749 The symbols group does not appear in the AGG group boxes in some cases after the colour bar is drawn.
10758 Boundary is invalid in the required projection error when re-projecting data/grids from Geographic WGS84 to a polar projection
10450 Abort <SHAPEFILEFDB : The thread tried to read from or write to a virtual address; LabelFeatureLayers>  while draping a LYR file on to a topo GRD in 3D.
12164 Error in application notes in fftspec.gx, Power spectrum should read natural log of the power
12165 Error in application notes of fftout.gx, Expression log10(r*r i*i), should read log(r*r i*i), since it is the natural log that is calculated
Geophysics
11557 SEG-Y Reader v6.4.1: Not licensed with Geophysics extension...
10964 Two-channel lookup skips value when times mis-match and when close to previous/next day
Geochemistry
9881 Geochem import from Excel - have to set assay channels one by one
11162 Get error: "Error in storage "Triplot_Co*2_Mo/50_Cr". Invalid file name. (Error 0x800300fc)" trying to use a math function as the axes of the triplot tool
10909 Links between maps and triplot/scatter plot tools not functioning correctly
Drillhole Plotting
11810 Too many decimals in Compositing Tool
11722 Zone coloured Collar Symbols in Plan Maps, when you click "Define" it asks you to browse – in previous version (6.4.0) it would create the file for you.
11727 Label Lines for drillhole labels have dotted circle inside the collar symbol
11738  Entry locations not working correctly on a section map
11775 The new azimuth/dip/length is not being used after editing a drillhole and redrawing
11796 Improved case consistency when naming the extensions of new plan, strip log and voxel variogram maps
11594 Voxel variogram model is only working for spherical model in some cases
11628 Symbols plot incorrectly after changing value in the channel used to define the collar symbol when using String Classified Symbols
11446 Background colour for Pattern Attributes not saved/rendered for Numeric Bands and Text Bands
11447 Not all available codes given as options in Text Value drop-down list in Text Bands definition dialog
11287 Drillhole depth ticks offset text even when text and ticks are plotted on opposite sides of hole trace
11295 Text ticks are hidden by rock code colours in all circumstances, in sections
11299 Select codes option list does not include all options in some cases
11315 When plotting a strip log (using a Bar Plot Type with a channel that only contains 1 value) the bar plot will not show up at the bottom of the strip log.
11230 The collar symbol size can be defined in two places but only one value is used
11048 In the DHCOMPOSITEDB.GX - 2nd dialog won't go back when clicking [<Back] if there is no channel listed in the selection
11049 Program does not retain changes when setting a default rock code file in DHPREFERENCES.GX and then editing the Rock Codes
11124 Abort <FreeContextMenu_GPOBJ>  when re-creating an existing strip log map/section
10971 The 'Clip grid to hole extents with border' option in the DH3D GX doesn't work correctly
10474 Abort <MFC80U> when creating a drillhole map, and recreating a section
Induced Polarization
12002 N-spacings are not correctly located for A-spacings of  3 or 4 in some cases
11743 Error importing Iris Elrec-Pro IP Dump file. "Error Reading instrument dump file for record #2. The A-Spacing".
11574 Non-numerical Array Type and Control channel values completely deleted in database after channel selection in IPQC tool.
11595 Station/Transmitter does not update properly when toggling between lines which do not span identical total survey distances.
11464 Average Duplicate samples and error message "Requested offset (), length(), type() exceeds elements used ()."
11498 Instrument dump file from Scintrex IPR12 - multiple lines - two successions of data for same line, only second succession of data is imported, first is overwritten
11022 Placing a grid into a pseudosection plot, get error: "illegal clipping elevation for ...grd. This value must be less than *"
10999 The Z value written to the last row in the TOPO file is always the same as the first value when exporting to DCIP2D files
11007 Corrected error message, Illegal Clipping elevation -210 for grid D:\...grd. This value must be less than *
10672 Using mixed array vs standard array, and plotting pseudosections. Pseudo-sections from just N and Stn values get bad section when using wrong N values
Geophysics Levelling
11164 Abort <sStartNext_VVV> when running STATLEV.GX
MAGMAP Filtering
11004 FFT2SPCFLT.GX aborts when either of the two General Filter parameters are missing.
Grav/Mag Interpretation
11067 Projection info not copied to database coord channels from grids
Gravity & Terrain Corr.
11910 Corrected some documentation and other issues dealing with the grredter.gx when shipborne survey option is selected
UX-Detect
11935 Corrected problem with the ucenoise.gx, using US Survey Feet and map reporting metres and no projection. Error "GetGroupExtent_MVIEW: Invalid Group Name
9657 Not calculating the footprint coverage correctly, ucefootprintcov.gx 
11985 The vaplot.gx is not licensed to plot maps from the array viewer.
11563 The plotted symbol that makes up the coverage plots outside of the boundary and causes for the calculated coverage to be incorrect, ucefootprintcov.gx
11596 Error message when gx is run more then once. :'LockSymb_DB: invalid symbol lock', ucefootprintcov.gx
11616 Error message when gx is run and the selection to plot to the current map is selected. Error: SetGroupExtClipPLY_MVIEW : Invalid Extended ClipPLY number.", ucefootprintcov.gx
11497 At ends of lines there are gaps inside boundary, ucefootprintcov.gx
11508 Manual correction dialog needs clarification. escape takes you out of digitizing and done proceeds with processing, ucenavcorr.gx
11509 The No button and the Cancel buttons do the same thing, ucenavcorr.gx
11133 New 'jump correction" button- should say 'manual correction' like it used to, jumps isn't as obvious, navcorr.gx
10898 When the quality values are up to 10, the legend colour for 10 is white which is not a good colour to view a symbol with on the line path, ucenavcorr.gx
11373 The uceanalyzetarget does not provide all the gridding parameters to the on-the-fly gridding for the user to input.
11379 The crosses showing the cross overs are not coinciding with the path cross overs, ucenavcross
11380 The ucenavcorr.gx should deselect the original layers on the map
11381 The ucefootprintcov.gx, Ignores cultural mask file if the filename has a space.
11388 The uceheight.gx should show the user entered height on the map, not the line name. 
11391 The ucefootprintcov.gx,  Doesn't recognize data on the first line if it slightly goes outside bounds, will always show % coverage less than true.
11395 For the interactive mode, the map is not opened by the GX.  The user has to open it prior to running the GX. Uceanalyzetargets.gx
11397 The previous current database is always being read in, and if that GDB does not have an X & Y channel it crashes,  uceoffsetmult.gx
11399 Empty groups in the truth table cause VV errors, uceprove.gx
11400 If there are no images at all, it gives error message, ucetargetattrib.gx
11409 The R61 import, adjust profiles not working correctly, uceimport.gx
11411 The R61 import, "Lat and Long channels are switched in the tutorial data, uceimport.gx
11412 Added ability for the v3dsymb.gx to make a copy and allow the mask not to be of class Mask.
11416 Added description in help for doing straight line correction,  ucenavcorr.gx
11367 If the output cultural mask file doesn't exist, the user should not be able to select the Append option as a validation, uceculturalmask.gx
10790 The field "Target Line" should be called "Target Group", ucemapcomp.gx
GMSYS Adv. Profile Modeling
11780 Select SI units and create a new model, asked for the Magnetic field strength in A/m, and not nanoTesla?
GMSYS-3D Modeling
11873 Error computing upward continue distance for models with subsurface observations.
11671 GMS3CLOSE: Model Explorer persists when there is no open model.
11681 Forward calc on Gyz fails because it can't find the observed grid.
11687 Change dialog label in GMS3CX to "density/susc".
Depth To Basement
11648 The gmsmodsol.gx missing from Pdepth menu
Plug-In for MapInfo
10991 Help buttons in Geosoft menu dialogs are disabled.