GeoStudio 2012, May 2012 Release

GeoStudio 2012, May 2012 Release

version 8.0.3.5825

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Below are the changes made to GeoStudio since the previous release.

All Products

• Feature: GeoStudio now supports files larger than 2GB.
• Feature: Sketch Text can now be colored just like other Sketch objects.
• Feature: Right-click in Windows Explorer and choose "New - GeoStudio Document" to create a new (empty) .gsz file using your default template.
• Feature: If GeoStudio 2007 and GeoStudio 2012 are both installed, right-click on a .gsz file and choose "Open with", and you will have the option to open with either GeoStudio version.
• Feature: In KeyIn Analyses when the root item is selected, you can now see who last saved the file, the revision number, the file version, and the version of GeoStudio that was used to save the file. These properties are also included in reports generated using View Report. The "Last Modified By" property is also displayed on the Start Page when a file is open.
• Feature: Added online help (F1) to the License Manager.
• Change: GeoStudio now uses port 80 for license activation rather than port 8888, to make activation easier for companies that block port 8888.
• Bug fix: Several bugs were fixed which could cause GeoStudio to crash under various scenarios.
• Bug fix: GeoStudio could crash on Windows XP when switching to Results View.
• Bug fix: At very small zoom factors some labels would appear extra large.
• Bug fix: The mouse scroll wheel would not work if GeoStudio was open in a secondary monitor to the left of the primary monitor.
• Bug fix: Region labels were covered by any other shaded area, such as contours, liquefaction zones, etc.
• Bug fix: In a particular Draw mode (e.g., Draw Initial Water Table), the view preference for the object being drawn is now disabled.
• Bug fix: Some controls (such as the "Time" list for initial conditions on the Settings tab of KeyIn Analyses) would not be displayed after switching tabs.
• Bug fix: When upgrading an older file, sketch text that uses the REPORT function (such as displaying a list of materials) would not upgrade properly.
• Bug fix: It was not possible to open a file created with version 5 or earlier.
• Bug fix: On computers where the locale settings were configured such that the decimal character was something other than a period, some controls would not allow any numbers to be entered other than whole integers. This bug affected KeyIn Points in all products, as well as a number of dialogs in SLOPE/W.
• Bug fix: When creating a new file from a template, GeoStudio would actually open and edit the template itself rather than just using it as the base for a new file.
• Bug fix: GeoStudio setup now enforces XP SP3 as the minimum operating system.
• Bug fix: The Set Page and Set Units and Scale dialog boxes would not update when changing to Imperial Units.
• Bug fix: The Analysis Explorer window now supports changing analyses using the arrow keys, without losing focus.
• Bug fix: The Start Page would not refresh when project properties were changed using KeyIn Analyses, such as changing the Title, Author or Comments.

SLOPE/W

• Feature: The Slip Surface docking window now has a context menu with an option to "Select Critical Slip Surface".
• Change: Previously results for non-critical slip surfaces would not be available if the file was opened in a version of GeoStudio other than the one that originally solved the analysis. Now results will be shown, and the Solve Manager window will indicate if they may be out of date because of differences between versions or because of changes in a parent analysis.
• Bug fix: When a Shear Normal strength function is used, a resulting negative cohesion could cause the solver to stop.
• Bug fix: In geometry with a vertical wall or with a tension crack, slip surfaces and safety maps may not display properly.
• Bug fix: Add-Ins can now use GetParam to retrieve a material's Unit Weight.
• Bug fix: Computed reinforcement values were incorrect when the "F of S Dependent" option was set to Yes for a Reinforcement Load.
• Bug fix: The solver would crash if an analysis was selected that does both slip surface optimization and probabilistic.
• Bug fix: The solver was throwing out some valid slip surface results.
• Bug fix: The solver will now compute a factor of safety even with only one slice.
• Bug fix: GeoStudio could crash in Result View when the Safety Factor is 0 for some slices in a Finite Element stability analysis.
• Bug fix: When cloning a SLOPE/W analysis, the slip surface data was not being copied over to the new analysis.

SEEP/W

• Bug fix: For boundary conditions using a Total Head vs Volume boundary function—which always have the "Potential Seepage Face Review" option selected—the solver will now only perform a review when y < elevation. This restores the behavior used in GeoStudio 2007.

SIGMA/W

• Bug fix: Under certain conditions, no liquefaction shading would be displayed even when there were liquefaction zones.