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Target 6.1 Release Notes

November 30, 2004

Installing the Update

What's new

Enhancements and Bug Fixes

Previous release notes


How to install the Target 6.1 Update

To download and install the new release online:

In Target, on the Help menu, click the Check for updates… option. Follow the instructions on the dialogs as they appear.

To download and then install the 6.1 release offline:

Go to the Downloads page and download "Oasis montaj Update 6.1" (which includes the Target update files). Unzip and run the exe file. Follow the instructions on the dialogs as they appear. The offline file for 6.1 is very large (190 MB) and make take some time to download.

New in Target 6.1

New Features

Target 6.1 includes several new features:

  • Structure analysis additions – Addition of Stereonet plots and Fracture density plots. Structural codes can be used to colour code all displays in these plots.
  • Select holes based on values in a collar table channel.
  • Select of holes based on a polygon (PLY) file.
  • Create a subset drill project, using The currently selected holes, or holes selected from the two-panel selection tool.
  • Plot holes to an existing 3D view in a map.

Enhanced Features

Target includes a number of enhancements to existing features, including:

  • The support of vertical exaggeration of holes in the 3D viewer and the addition of fracture density plots to the strip log.
  • Improvements to Strip log tool positioning
  • Plotting grids and images to angled sections (i.e. sections not running N-S or E-N) has been made simpler. In angled sections the along-section coordinate X=0 location been modified to be the center of the section view. This location is exactly the location specified in the GUI as the section location, so no calculation is necessary to determine which (East, North) location corresponds to the origin. Now it is only necessary to know the distance "D" between the section center location (which you know) and the grid origin location (which you should also know). Next, modify the grid header so that the X origin is at "-D", and the grid will plot correctly
  • The QAQC tool now reports for each database unregistered holes
  • Up to three topography profiles can now be specified in section plots
  • Additional minor enhancements and bug fixes

New in Oasis montaj 6.1 System

  • Drag and drop – Users can now drag .GRD files, .MAP files and .GDB files directly from Windows Explorer and drop them into Oasis montaj for display. Users can also drag XYZ files and drop them into an open GDB file. Items on the Project explorer bar may also be dragged and dropped.
  • Improved plotting to existing 3D views.
  • Addition of Vertical exaggeration support in the 3D viewer.
  • Improvements to the Project Explorer Metadata Tool.
  • Map Group attributes can now be set to a fixed size independent of the view scale of the map. When zooming in, for example, the text size in a group will not grow but will remain the same size on the screen.
  • Group visibility scale limits. Individual groups may now be made visible at specific scales. While zooming, if the map scale is outside the range, the group is not drawn.
  • Added a browsing feature for all file selection operations. Now when you are selecting files, those already in Project Explorer will display list of files from project explorer first, with "find" option to search file system.
  • SVG support for Map export.
  • New – GRIDHIST.GX , plot a histogram of a grid to a map.

Chimera Geochemistry Extension upgrades

  • The CHRANGECATDB.GX has been added. This GX is useful for transforming data prior to doing multi-symbol plots such as with the CHROSE GX, since all the data is transformed into the same range and individual scaling is not required for each channel

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Enhancements and Bug Fixes

The bug fixes for Target and the Chimera extension are listed below. Oasis montaj also includes a number of enhancements and bug fixes that may affect Target. For additional information of these changes, see the Oasis montaj 6.1 release notes.

Software enhancements and bug fixes

Target
1887 Added additional information to Composite database on how the weighting channel works
2388 Request to select holes based on a mask channel.
2389 Cannot specify dummy on XLS import
2421 Request to have ability to set swap file directory.
2496 Get a Lock_EDB : Database cannot be locked twice error when exporting to an LAS file.
2621 Cannot clear mask in all drillhole databases
3697 Cannot control the width of Strip Log columns
4586 DH_east, DH_min are not displayed in collar database
4823 Improved documentation on how to use the Plan Map Reference Elevation
4931 Not importing Access Database with memo fields correctly
5007 Abort Creating a section with 2 decimal places to down hole postings; strcpy_GS
5012 Not all the channels are displayed when importing into collar database
5042 Abort while opening a project that contains drillhole data in plan, section and 3D; <sSmoothPointsGDIXPD>
5050 Rangrid not gridding correctly when creating a grid on a plan map
5121 Target survey parameters are not calculated when the HoleID channel contains unsupported characters
5315 Corrected documentation grammar in acqhole.gx
5358 Get the error "Error creating drill hole map. Illegal base view definition." when creating some sections
Oasis montaj
2304 Added trend angle for regridding a grid
2358 Added support for export database to an ArcView shape file
2551 Back button not working on impasc.gx
2524 Geoid_AGD66 associated with AGD84 but not with AGD66.
2768 Corrected Help description of maximum gap to interpolate in the regrid.gx
2860 Abort hGetPolyPLY_GENMVU; Using the polygen.gx.
2911 Colours and element selection not retained when plotting profile from database window to map
3721 Incorrect starting positioning with the Dynashade tool
3859 CSV export from a resampled database; export starts at about 1500 fid down the GDB.
3872 Improved warning messages when creating lines with flight numbers
4098 Export template button should ask if the selected o0 file is to be overwritten
4224 Split Window option under Profile window doesn't work, nothing happens.
4269 Savegdb.gx asks you three times to overwrite when saving to existing file
4270 Modify projection settings in meta browser are not saved to the grid/gdb/map
4360 Not loading view correctly; loaddbvu.gx
4367 Abort when closing down a workspace. Memory Leak hCreat_VVV
4373 No warning when files being used by another person over network
4390 Date not assigned correctly for blocked binary data import
4427 Abort when opening a project. CDOC_Cell::sSetYRangeProf
4436 Path name longer than 64 characters gets cut off in Save ALL dialog box
4450 Missing Swap File MAX settings in advanced settings
4480 Gridsamp and gridprof give dummy values on cell on the edges of some grids
4503 Save changes to horizontal axis in All-Panel options doesn't
4531 Missing menu item in image section, grid to 3D view
4548 Abort sMarkGroup_MVIEW
4571 Not saving channel name after closing the database
4584 Error message when using the anomaly profile picking tool, X and/or Y are undefined
4599 Data linking with shadow cursors not working when the layer is hidden
4607 Script error: "Unable to find Object Type Grid" because of the Automatic Grid Display
4613 Added in ability to set a channel as the fiducial on import of a blocked binary file
4618 Copy/Paste function pastes in unpredictable ways/locations
4635 Snap to Grid is always on
4653 Abort when moving a group item on a map. sIsPropScaledItem_MGROUP
4669 Columns with spaces in headers give error: Field "Header" was not found in table "[Table name]; import XLS
4692 Abort after deleted the .sbf file in Oasis.
4716 Profile views not being saved
4767 No channels are displayed when importing via script
4777 Colour legend bar will only update once when you change the grid colour distribution
4782 Abort; <Destr_OBJ>
4795 Project file name is not on the top of the OM window anymore
4796 Abort viewing a map; d_gdixpd/gdibridge
4797 Scroll bar in the Meta Data Browser not working
4815 Unable to set default PROFILE_ARRAY_COLORS
4836 Minor tick marks for log/linear profile are incorrect
4838 Status bar not updated to current map view when changing map windows
4858 Import XLS error, Error on line 9 of the impdbado.i4 ADO template file when channel names had commas
4866 GRIDMASK.GX doesn't correctly mask a section grid
4887 Any map with a 3D View will be momentarily inverted while redrawing.
4892 Can't apply database formula to single line for large datasets
4899 Abort while trying to display a shaded relief image; <Index_SHD>
4900 Pasting automatically zooms to last item pasted
4905 Abort when GDB window is dragged closed so that only the title bar is visible; <CFRM_CellBase::SetSplit>
4910 Exported JPG, TIFF loose any inserted graphics at any resolution above 177 dpi.
4911 Blocked Binary Import; Dummy parameter does not remove dummy values.
4912 Abort running importbb.gx when the Blocked Binary Import using bad template file; <SetLn_VV>
4914 Must press enter to save values in a GDB cell
4919 6.0 script to create new database recorded in 6.0 will not run
4941 Corrected some error messages still referring to workspaces instead of Projects
4947 Bigrid will overwrite existing grid without prompting in advanced dialog
4958 Abort; sStartRaster_GDIXPD during map editing.
4961 Gridmask.gx not honouring Exclusive polygon
4968 Changing fiducial increment of a UShort type channel causes the interpolated values to be incorrect.
4974 Abort while exporting to jpeg, sDrawPolyPolyLineGDIPRIM
4976 Abort while trying to open a GWS <CCTL_Prof::ComputeXLocation>
4979 Abort while using grid knit; <sFindNeighboursIMU>
4980 ERS export has incorrect null value
4982 Corrected help file spelling error, GRIDFILL.GX
4983 Abort; sCreateAllTools_GPUTIL ; opening an older gws-file
4985 Plotting problems HP 500 plotter and EMF imported images
4996 Dynashade doesn't work on dual monitor setup
5014 Abort while trying to apply a mask to a view; VIEWCLIP.GX <sSetClipArea_GDIXPD>
5023 Corrected help files in AIRYROOT.gx
5038 elicense stops users from changing time zones
5049 Abort; CCTL_ChTri::OnPaint; trying to load a colour channel in Triplot
5060 Abort while trying to convert a 600 MB DEM to a GRD; gridcopy.gx; <sGetVV_DEMXGD>
5074 Abort when trying to open up Oasis; <sAddRecord_LTB>
5083 Abort while running a math expression. Block Overflow [bee77e8]in Free_MP.
5084 Updated GX Developer documentation on metadata
5115 Global setting for dummy values on all channels
5127 Abort. hCreat_MM
5138 Abort while Printing <sDrawPolyPolyLineGDIPRIM>
5171 Abort and error messages while using a map on a network drive. <sAddStorage_AP>
5176 Abort while printing; <sEndRaster_GDIXPD>
5181 Print Preview not calculating X,Y settings when selecting fit to page
5198 Abort when opening an existing workspace. <CDOC_Map_Viewport::RefreshBitmap>
5213 Grids with a GDA94/MGA## projection are referred to in OASIS as SUTM##
5216 Dynashade only works if map is maximized, full screen.
5223 Histogram creation failed. Image Top left coordinate > bottom right coordinate error on some created ERS files
5226 Abort, hCreat_MA, when putting a logo on a map
5284 Abort. sAddRecord_LTB
5307 Closegdb.gx does not save the change to the gdb
5322 Incorrect location of plate model in map and 3D view
5328 Abort while exiting montaj; Check_REF
5347 Improved status bar for dealing with large databases with random data
5367 Gridbool.gx does not support ERS and Colour grids
5386 Scripting errors when running from OMS. sUnLockSymb_DB
5412 Increased the maximum number of characters per line
5435  Abort while using lookup1 gx ; szAddErrorAP
5451 Abort opening gdb ; CDOC_Cell::sSetYRangeProf
5470 Confirming saving of a grid does not save map changes
5507 Map exports do not work in OMS
5517 Oasis appears to freeze up while trying to import a 400MB XYZ file
5518 Abort when trying to use his own custom gfn ; sPolyFill_GDIPRIM
5650 Geotif and Arcview TIF Exports are not georeferenced when original map has no projection set.

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