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<html>
<head>
<TITLE>Smokeview Release Notes</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" >
<h2>Smokeview Release Notes</h2>
<p><hr size="1">
<p>
<h3>Most Recent Documentation/Downloads</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://pages.nist.gov/fds-smv/downloads.html">Downloads</a><br>
<li><a href="https://pages.nist.gov/fds-smv/manuals.html">Documentation</a><br>
<li><a href="https://pages.nist.gov/fds-smv/smv_readme.html">Smokeview release notes (this page)</a>
</ul>
<h3>Release Notes</h3>
<ul>
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<p><li>6.9.4 - (build: <a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/releases/tag/SMV-6.9.4">SMV-6.9.4-0-g000da4533-release</a>) November 14, 2024
<br><strong>Enhancement</strong>
<ol>
<li>add the program fds2fed for building fractional effective dose (FED) slices from CO, CO2 and O2 slices
<li>add an option to display tag IDs and values for selected particles
</ol>
<strong>Usability</strong>
<ol>
<li>speed up blockage drawing for cases that have many hidden blockage faces
<li>add a keyboard shortcut for toggling between original and fast blockage drawing
<li>add an option to pad colorbar labels with zeros to make the number of digits to the right of the decimal the same
<li>remove the decimal from colorbar labels when all digits to the right of the decimal are zero
<li>use final simulation time to determine render image label length (when using time)
<li>speed up boundary file loading and unloading
<li>speed up 3D smoke file loading for cases with smoke/fire below cutoffs
<li>when truncating slice values, add an option to drop triangles whose vertex values exceed truncation values
<li>improve the dialog box for specifying meshes used for loading data
</ol>
<strong>Fix</strong>
<ol>
<li>fix to boundary file to csv output routine
<li>fix cell centered boundary file display on external surfaces
<li>corrections to boundary file display for patches on mesh boundaries
<li>fix show/hide boundary file menu items
<li>fix boundary file visualization for cases with removable blockages
<li>correction boundary, particle and slice file loading for files larger than 4GB (ie requiring 64 bit integers to store file indices)
<li>correct non-direction slice coordintates for 1D cell centered slices -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/1928">Smokeview issue 1928</a>)
<li>fix file leak (file opened but not closed)
<li>remove some memory leaks
<li>correction to the 'u' keyboard shortcut for reloading files
<li>fix screen freeze when the open file dialog box is used to open smv files at startup
<li>fix to the '$' keyboard shortcut used for forcing smoke to be opaque
</ol>
<p><li>6.9.3 - (build: <a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/releases/tag/SMV-6.9.3">SMV-6.9.3-0-gc9109b6c2-release</a>) Apr 30, 2024
<br><strong>Fix</strong>
<ol>
<li>fix to menu display -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/12848">FDS issue 12848</a>)
</ol>
<p><li>6.9.2 - (build: <a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/releases/tag/SMV-6.9.2"> SMV-6.9.2-0-g796b08e-release</a>) Apr 25, 2024
<br><strong>Usability</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>add -trirates command line argument for outputting 3D smoke triangle rates
</ol>
<strong>Fixes</strong>
<ol>
<li>fix to 3D slice, vector slice menu entries
<li>fix to 3D vector slice display -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/12839">FDS issue 12839</a>)
<li>fix geometry coloring when color is specified on the &GEOM input line -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/1869">Smokeview issue 1869</a>)
</ol>
<p><li>6.9.1 - (build: <a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/releases/tag/SMV-6.9.1"> SMV-6.9.1-0-gd0b04d001-release</a>) Apr 9, 2024
<br><strong>Usability</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>add script keywords SETSLICEAVERAGE and OUTPUTSLICEDATA for averaging slice files and for outputting slice data to a spreadsheet.
<li>add more digits to load size, time and rate output
</ol>
<strong>Fixes</strong>
<ol>
<li>fix to time frame display when two files types are displayed with different output time steps
<li>fix to cell centered boundary file bounds computation
<li>display boundary files on blockages that are on mesh boundaries -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/1845">Smokeview issue 1845</a>)
</ol>
<p><li>6.9.0 - (build: <a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/releases/tag/SMV-6.9.0"> SMV-6.9.0-0-g1225e3d-release</a>) Mar 20, 2024
<br><strong>Enhancements</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>add smokeview script keyword, LOADSMOKERENDER, to render smoke files given a start frame and skip frame amount
</ol>
<strong>Usability</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>remove menus for loading all x, y, z slice files - add dialog for loading all x, y, z slice files
<li>overhaul bound computation routines to allow .bnd files to be consolidated into one .gbnd file
<li>add GPUOFF script keyword for turning off GPU
<li>streamline bounds dialog box
<li>add ZLIB labels to boundary, slice and 3d smoke files when these files are compressed
<li>use level set colorbar when loading a level set slice
<li>draw geometry outline with color cyan if grid lines are also drawn
<li>flip 'fire line (level set)' colorbar
<li>change default geometry outline offset distance to 0.1*dz where dz is the vertical dimension of a grid cell
<li>add -large option for large geometry cases - skips some steps when processing geometry
<li>search for a valid bin directory if smokeview being used is not part of an installation
<li>add option to output colorbar data in csv format
<li>add script commands for setting clipping planes, SETCLIPX, SETCLIPY, SETCLIPZ, SETCLIPMODE
</ol>
<strong>Fixes</strong>
<ol>
<li>fix to isosurface coloring
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/1819">Smokeview issue 1819</a>)
<li>fix to geometry boundary file display if a boundary file does not exist
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/1804">Smokeview issue 1804</a>)
<li> fix plot3d isosurface colorbar labels
<li>fix typo in cell centered slice vector drawing routine -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/12396">FDS issue 12396</a>)
<li>fix to loading boundary files when min/max's are set in the .ini file
<li>fix to various output file display for cases with restart files
<li>correct blockage visibilty when displaying a boundary file and hiding mesh data
<li>swap $ and ALT $ shortcuts
<li>fix various problems identified by Intel sanitize option
<li>change vent offset to improve display
<li>fix to LOADPARTICLES script command
<li>fix to particle loading from a script
<li>don't draw regular outlines and cface outlines at the same time
<li>speed up slice file loading for last slice
<li>fix to terrain display for cases with T_END=0.0
<li>fix smoke color when temperature is less than the critical temperature
<li>don't draw cfaces and terrain at the same time -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/1601">Smokeview issue 1601</a>)
<li>fix clip plane when used with viewpoints -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/1600">Smokeview issue 1600</a>)
<li>fix to boundary file dialog box when geom boundary files are loaded -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/1559">Smokeview issue 1559</a>)
<li>fix 'u' when boundary files are loaded - addresses smokeview issue 1558
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/1558">Smokeview issue 1558</a>)
</ol>
<p><li>6.8.0 - (build: <a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/releases/tag/SMV-6.8.0"> SMV-6.8.0-0-gd02fd6867-release</a>) Apr 17, 2023
<br><strong>Usability</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>add option to pause tour at a keyframe
<li>add option to generate 2D plots using slice file data averaged over a time interval and/or a region
<li>speed up startup by reading csv data in the background
<li>add option to generate 2D plots of CFAST csv data
<li>add option to output 2D slice data to a csv file
<li>add script commands for showing/hiding devices
<li>add next/previous buttons to a colorbar dialog box
<li>speed up slice, boundary, PLOT3D and particle color changes when bounds change by keeping caching data
<li>remove slice file drawing artifacts when slices intersect
<li>show blockage outlines at fds input file locations if 'q' key was toggled to fds location
<li>add keyboard shortcuts for manipulating clipping planes
<li>add <CTRL> <HOME> keyboard shortcut for selecting a dialog box field
<li>add option to override 3D smoke file cutoffs
<li>output max 3D smoke/fire values found
</ol>
<strong>Fixes</strong>
<ol>
<li>fix menu version of 'q' keyboard shortcut
<li>draw slice outlines and vertices using foreground color if solid shading is also drawn to improve visibility
<li>fix problem with outlines showing up in slicefiles
<li>fix when loading multiple slices (set colors on each call)
<li>fix option to make vector spacing uniform
<li>fix vector skipping when adjacent meshes have different resolutions
<li>fix file name assigned by RENDERDOUBLEONCE script keyword -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/11436">FDS issue 11436</a>)
<li>use more exact 3D smoke correction
<li>fix line width for mesh outlines when drawing grids -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/11374">FDS issue 11374</a>)
<li>fix problem with show/hide slice menus
<li>fix to particle object drawing when using floating point color indices
<li>fix to cfast vent display
<li>use clipping planes stored with view points unless clipping planes are currently defined
</ol>
<p><li>6.7.21 - (build: <a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/releases/tag/SMV6.7.21"> SMV6.7.21-0-gccbc51da-release</a>) June 21, 2022
<br><strong>Fixes</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>preserve clipping plane state when changing viewpoints -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/1366">Smokeview issue 1366</a>)
<li>fix isosuface display when drawing cface geometry
</ol>
<p><li>6.7.20 - (build: <a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/releases/tag/SMV6.7.20"> SMV6.7.20-0-g0172953fd-release</a>) June 21, 2022
<br><strong>Fixes</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>fix crash occuring when there are no particles in particle files
<li>fix crash occuring when loading particles while a case is running
</ol>
<p><li>6.7.19 - (build: <a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/releases/tag/SMV6.7.19"> SMV6.7.19-0-g6d3363037-release</a>) May 25, 2022
<br><strong>Enhancements</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>add option to display 2D plots of slice file data
</ol>
<strong>Usability</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>when soot and fire are loaded use soot to set fire opacity
<li>read hoc and fuel name from the .smv file instead of the .out file
<li>parallelize 3D smoke input
<li>don't show terrain and OBSTs at the same time
<li>add script commands SETSLICEBOUNDS and SETBOUNDBOUNDS for setting slice and boundry file bounds
<li>allow quantity labels to be blank for V2_ part and PLOT3D ini keywords
<li>allow the scene to be viewed at arbitrary times
<li>improve colorbar label display
<li>make terrain vector slice terrain slice drawing consistent
<li>allow arbitrary names for 3D soot files (files with extinction coef > 0.0)
<li>use mass extinction coefficient for setting smoke opacity
<li>select and drag the time bar proportional to time not the time frame
</ol>
<strong>Fixes</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>fix crash when there are no particles in particle files
<li>hide faces shared by OBSTs at mesh boundaries
<li>fix crash when loading particles while a case is running
<li>correct length of the file buffer passed to GetOpenFilename
<li>fix colorbar selection when run from a script -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/1315">Smokeview issue 1315</a>)
<li>fix colorbar display when segmented display is used
<li>fix to -help and -help_all command line options
<li>improve the strategy for which part of an agl terrain slice and terrain vector slice to show
<li>make vector slice file unloading more efficient
<li>draw blockages if boundary files are not drawn due to time bounds parameters
<li>fix to terrain 3D surface drawing when there are multiple horizontal rows of meshes
<li>fix to PLOT3D display when using non-default variables <em>i.e.</em> not using U-VEL, V-VEL W-VEL <em>etc.</em>
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/1231">Smokeview issue 1231</a>)
<li>fix problem with restoring split colorbar state from ini file settings -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/1229">Smokeview issue 1229</a>)
<li>fix to clipping plane when toggling between viewpoints -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/10070">FDS issue 10070</a>)
<li>fix to the CYCLE button in the viewpoint dialog box -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/10069">FDS issue 10069</a>)
<li>remove extraneous widget for setting slice colorbar digits and associated variables -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/10344">FDS issue 10344</a>)
<li>fix check (use >= instead of > ) for determinging whether terrain elevation is within a mesh
<li>improve near and far depth plane computation
<li>fix to PLOT3D colorbar label display -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/10176">FDS issue 10176</a>)
</ol>
<p><li>6.7.18 - (build: <a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/releases/tag/SMV6.7.18"> SMV6.7.18-0-gdce043cd7-release</a>) November 17, 2021
<br><strong>Enhancements</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>add option to output values when drawing slice files
</ol>
<strong>Usability</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>remove clipping limits - allow any value to be set for min and max clipping planes -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/10037">FDS issue 10037</a>)
<li>add option to view scene from any tour position, a generalization of a previous option that only allowed you to view the scene from keyframes
<li>turn on outline view when showing cfaces
<li>improve slice and vector slice menus
<li>add widget for setting number of slice file value digits
<li>implement option to draw or not draw geometry inside and outside of the FDS domain for terrain geometries
</ol>
<strong>Fixes</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>always keep hrrrpuv and temperature smoke cutoff widgets enabled
<li>make tour point distribution uniform
<li>fix to 360 rendering when rendered in a script
<li>fix to load slice render script command when generating 360 images
<li>save render resolution type to ini file
<li>fix crash caused by TICKS ini keyword -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/1210">Smokeview issue 1210</a>)
<li>fixes to geometry dialog box
<li>fixes to geometry terrain image display
<li>elevation coloring for terrain geometries
<li>fix crash when viewing an OBST terrain case
<li>fix problem when cases have embedded meshes
<li>corrections to geometry vector slice files
<li>fix geometry boundary file display
<li>fix problem with vector slice coloring
<li>fix when reloading slice files from the bound dialog box
<li>fix parsing of SHOWEXTREMEDATA .ini parameter -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/1173">Smokeview issue 1173</a>)
<li>fix crash when unloading geometry vector slice files
</ol>
<p><li>6.7.17 - (build: <a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/releases/tag/SMV6.7.17"> SMV6.7.17-0-g45b228fe9-release</a>) June 2, 2021
<br><strong>Fixes</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>correction to scene scaling on the Mac
</ol>
<p><li>6.7.16 - (build: <a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/releases/tag/SMV6.7.16"> SMV6.7.16-0-g485e0cd19-release</a>) June 1, 2021
<br><strong>Enhancements</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>add an option to display a bounding box around a device -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/1095">Smokeview issue 1095</a>)
<li>add a command line option, -make_movie, to open a movie generating dialog box
<li>add an option to draw geometry bounding boxes in place of geometry
<li>add option to time average device and hrrpuv data
<li>add 'p'shortcut for switching between device quantities (if PLOT3D or particles are not loaded)
<li>add default viewpoints for each side of the scene. Make the view from the top the default for terrain cases
<li>add 2D plots for for hrrpuv and device values. These plots may be shown by toggling the 'A' key
<li>add 2D histogram plots of particle, slice, boundary and PLOT3D values
<li>add degree symbol to Mac version of smokeview
</ol>
<strong>Usability</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>add 'n' keyboard shortcut for showing cface normal vectors
<li>add 'O' keyboard shortcut for toggling outline/shaded geometry view
<li>add option to specify number of grid location digits displayed
<li>show blockages when portions of boundary files disappear due to data chopping
<li>change fire 50% opacity depth to 3.0 m, fire temperature cutoff to 600 C
<li>don't show timebar when drawing bounding boxes when moving the scene
<li>draw scene outline and obst bounding box outline wwhen moving scene
<li>add option ('B' keyboard shortcut, -big command line option) to hide scene and data when moving scene - for big cases
<li>read and classify geometry files in parallel
<li>connect geometry colors to cface drawing
<li>add an option to open a case contained with a directory
<li>use cfaces geometry file when drawing geometry boundary files
<li>add option to force fixed point colorbar labels
<li>preserve time state when reloading all file types (if simulation is paused, it will remain pasued after a reload)
<li>refresh dialog boxes periocally on linux and osx versions to avoid visual artifacts
<li>improve and simplify data bounds dialog boxes
<li>improve computation of near and far clipping planes
<li>reduce time required to input terrain textures. display first terrain texture by default
<li>add a command line option to ignore slice files
<li>improve timebar layout
<li>add zoom widget to circular tour dialog box
<li>add -1x command line for the Mac smokeview to use the original scaling
<li>add widgest for controlling frame skipping when drawing 3D smoke
<li>allow one to create custom profiles by saving smokeview.ini to the .smokeview direcory in the user's home directtory
<li>add option to set the number of digits displayed in the colorbar
</ol>
<strong>Fixes</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>fix crash when invoking smokeview without arguments
<li>fix problem when using script command to load cell centered slice files
<li>fix to cell centered fed slice generation
<li>fix problem when using a script command to load cell centered slice files
<li>fix vector slice display when slices are on a mesh boundary -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/1141">Smokeview issue 1141</a>)
<li>fix to LOADFILES script command when loading particles
<li>correct truncation view for particle, boundary, slice and PLOT3D files
<li>fix memory allocation for fed isosurfaces
<li>fix memory leak when loading/unloading particle, slice, boundary, isosurface and PLOT3D files
<li>fix ALT d and ALT w shortcuts
<li>fix to I shortcut for toggling slice file visibility in blockages
<li>fix to 'H' keyboard shortcut for toggling slice and vecteor slice visibility
<li>fix to 'b' shortcut for toggline boundary file visibility
<li>correct geometry triangle location classification (interior, extieror to fds domain)
<li>fix to bounding box display when drawing cfaces
<li>compute domain bounds using mesh bounds AND geometry bounds in order to fix near/far clipping plane problem
<li>fix problem with setting geometry slice bounds
<li>fix cell centered slice bound computation
<li>fix near clipping plane computation to improve visualization when objects are close to the observer
<li>fix transparency for cface geometry display
<li>fix problem with SETVIEWPOINT script command
<li>fix bug in texture display on retangular geometric surfaces
<li>correction to min/max depth computation for geometry cases
<li>fixes to LOADSLICERENDER script command for geometry slices
<li>fix a problem with the LOADSLCF CELL_CENTERED script option
</ol>
<p><li>6.7.15 - (build: <a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/releases/tag/SMV6.7.15">SMV6.7.15-0-g4fa68dd</a>) August 10, 2020
<br>The Mac/OSX version of Smokeview requires the XQuartz library
which can be downloaded and installed at <a href="https://www.xquartz.org/">www.xquartz.org</a>.
<br><strong>Enhancements</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>add LOADSLICERENDER keyword to load a slice file and render one time step at a time, for very large cases
</ol>
<strong>Usability</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>use p for switching particle view types, P for switching PLOT3D file types
<li>move colorbar dialog box from display to file/data
<li>add 'T' short cut for toggling time bar label besteen s and h:m:s
<li>improve display of colorbar labels, add dialog control for specifying the number of digits displayed
<li>add dialog widgets for controlling terrain visibility, line width, vetex size and offset
<li>smokeview source: remove 'T' shortcut for toggling texture coloring - now always use texture coloring for displaying slice and boundary files
<li>improve terrain surface visualization
<li>add a show/hide menu for terrain textures and geometry,
check whether terrain texture images have any transparent pixels
<li>implement overlaying of partially transparent textures
<li>add option to specify color on the &GEOM line
<li>add support for averaging geomettry slice data -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/8117">FDS issue 8117</a>)
</ol>
<strong>Fixes</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>fix problem with duplicate slice menus -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/1004">Smokeview issue 1004</a>)
<li>fix problem with geometry boundary file loading
<li>fix problem with colorbar placement (was abutting againste the righ side of window)
<li>fix crash occurring when casename.smv file does not exist
<li>fix problem with terrain vector slice display
<li>fix problem with vector slice menu display -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/8362">FDS issue 8362</a>)
<li>fix problem with terrain slice menu generation
<li>fix probem with transparency in geometry case
<li>correct error computing geometry bounding box
</ol>
<p><li>6.7.14 - (build: <a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/releases/tag/SMV6.7.14">SMV6.7.14-0-g568693b6a</a>) March 5, 2020
<br><strong>Usability</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>allow any mass exinction coefficient greater than 1 when viewing volume rendered smoke
</ol>
<strong>Fixes</strong>
<ol>
<li>fix test for 'soot density' slice files when viewing volume rendered smoke
<li>remove some test menu items only used for testing
</ol>
<p><li>6.7.13 - (build: <a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/releases/tag/SMV6.7.13">SMV6.7.13-0-g2f2625934</a>) February 28, 2020
<br><strong>Enhancements</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>read in terrain elevations from files generated by FDS rather than computing them in smokeview.
This results in faster start times
<li>add option to map slice data to colors using a power law - ((val-valmin)/(valmax-valmin))^b
</ol>
<strong>Usability</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>add dialog widgets for displaying terrain normals and grid
<li>add widget for specifying slice offset (no longer using parameter passed from fds)
<li>add keyboard shortcut, 'l' (lower case L) for reloading files
<li>add option to display fds input file title
<li>output slice file data in json format
</ol>
<strong>Fixes</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>fix spacing when using horizontal colorbars
<li>fix to zoom dialog box -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/8069">FDS issue 8069</a>)
<li>hide terrain slice when displaying terrain vectors
<li>fix multiple loading of slice files
<li>fix crash when reloading particles and slices
<li>use a %g formmat code to output more digits of precision and exponent range when outputting global particle bounds
<li>fix problem with slice colorbar labels when data is compressed
</ol>
<p><li>6.7.12 - (build: <a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/releases/tag/SMV6.7.12">SMV6.7.12-0-g99500c7</a>) December 19, 2019
<br><strong>Usability</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>add short cuts '{' and '}' for loading the previous PLOT3D time and next PLOT3D time respectively -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/905">Smokeview issue 905</a>)
<li>add add option to output more boundary file, slice file, PLOT3D colorbar label decimals
<li>add ini parameter for tour avatar visibility
</ol>
<strong>Fixes</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>allow user to change slice bounds when in research mode
<li>add menu item to select whether boundary files are displayed on interior mesh interfaces (default do not display) -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/7836">FDS issue 7836</a>)
<li>fix problem with -skipframe command line argument
<li>fix problem with VIEW[X|Y|Z][MIN|MAX] smokeview script keywords
<li>fix problem with horizontal and vertical colorbar visibility ini keyword -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/895">Smokeview issue 895</a>)
</ol>
<p><li>6.7.11 - (build: <a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/releases/tag/SMV6.7.11">SMV6.7.11-0-gf5596d9</a>) November 15, 2019
<br><strong>Usability</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>add option to set number of boundary and slice file colorbar decimal digits -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/795">Smokeview issue 795</a>)
<li>add option to set number of user tick label decimal digits -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/879">Smokeview issue 879</a>)
<li>add a warning message when the fed colorbar is used and the min/max bounds are different than 0/3 -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/7773">FDS issue 7773</a>)
</ol>
<strong>Fixes</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>corrections so that research mode occurs by default -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/888">Smokeview issue 888</a>)
<li>draw an 'X' through a circular vent when it is closed - to be consistent with other vent types -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/883">Smokeview issue 883</a>)
<li>normalize g vector before computing equivalent spherical coordinate -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/885">Smokeview issue 885</a>)
</ol>
<p><li>6.7.10 - (build: <a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/releases/tag/SMV6.7.10">SMV6.7.10-0-g8f828ebe2</a>) October 21, 2019
<br><strong>Usability</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>implement script commands (VIEWXMIN, VIEWXMAX, VIEWYMIN, VIEWYMAX, VIEWZMIN, VIEWZMAX) for setting views towards 6 sides of a scene
<li>hide immersed geometry when hide all menu item is selected
<li>add dialog box entries for specifying geometry surf and geometry selection colors
<li>draw cut cell slices along with other slices.
</ol>
<strong>Fixes</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>correct script keyword for setting position and view direction, changed its name from POSVIEW to XYZVIEW
<li>fix save clip state to ini file correctly
<li>fix cfast target coloring -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/865">Smokeview issue 865</a>)
<li>cleanup: remove endian conversion option - we have no big endian computers and had no way to test this option
</ol>
<p><li>6.7.9 - (build: <a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/releases/tag/SMV6.7.9">SMV6.7.9-0-gff5aa47a1</a>) September 6, 2019
<br><strong>Enhancement</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>add option to visualize zone fire target temperatures generated by cfast
<li>add option to visualize wall temperatures generated by cfast (a zone fire boundary file)
</ol>
<strong>Usability</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>make slice and zone temperature bounds consistent
<li>show grid menu even for cases without blockages
</ol>
<strong>Fixes</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>correct wind vector display
<li>when computing cfast vent velocity bounds skip over times when the vent is closed (has zero area) -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/cfast/issues/1172">CFAST issue 1172</a>)
</ol>
<p><li>6.7.8 - (build: <a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/releases/tag/SMV6.7.8">SMV6.7.8-0-g606e86703</a>) August 7, 2019
<br><strong>Usability</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>improve unload particle menu layout
<li>display both zone temperature layers by default
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/cfast/issues/1288">cfast issue 1288</a>)
<li>load particle files in parallel by default for cases with 64 for more meshes
</ol>
<strong>Fixes</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>fixes to evac <em>particle</em> loading -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/7513">FDS issue 7513</a>)
</ol>
<p><li>6.7.7 - (build: <a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/releases/tag/SMV6.7.7">SMV6.7.7-0-gd24929f5c</a>) July 22, 2019
<br><strong>Usability</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>add option to load particle files in parallel
<li>speed up particle loading by using bound data precomputed by fds
and reducing the number of memory allocations used for particles
<li>improve display of fire/soot/co2, combine soot and co2 using respective opacities
<li>add option to increase fire opacity (as a multiple of soot opacity) when drawing smoke and fire
<li>add ALT X short cut for shrinking all dialogs
<li>add smokeview script keywords for rendering to html
<li>corrections and improvements to smoke/fire/co2 visualization
<li>add option to specify the initial position and speed for a circular tour -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/7306">FDS issue 7306</a>)
<li>add option to offset geometry
</ol>
<strong>Fixes</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>skip over malformed PL3D lines to prevent startup crashes -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/7454">FDS issue 7454</a>)
<li>fix problem with undefined variable when opening a boundary file - addresses smokeview issue 827
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/827">Smokeview issue 827</a>)
<li>keep the view of a clipped scene from being reset when the scene is moved -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/7315">FDS issue 7315</a>)
<li>correction to boundary file bound computation when structure and non-structured boundary files exist
<li>corrections to windrose computations
<li>corrections to windrose computations
<li>enbable tour controls when adding a new tour
<li>correction to array indices used to display cell centered slice files -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/7266">FDS issue 7266</a>)
<li>correct boundary file display when thin blockages occur on interior mesh boundaries -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/5680">FDS issue 5680</a>)
<li>speed up boundary geometry file drawing (don't compute normals)
<li>improve/simplify global_times array initialization (fixes problem with duplicate render frames)
<li>speed up blockage to terrain computation
</ol>
<p><li>6.7.6 - (build: <a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/releases/tag/SMV6.7.6">SMV6.7.6-0-g0e04aaf</a>) Mar 8, 2019
<br><strong>Usability</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>only load soot if opacity is non-zero
<li>use spherical cooridinates to represent light direction (azimuth, elevation),
correction to update light routine
</ol>
<strong>Fixes</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>fix evacuation file loading -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/7233">FDS issue 7233</a>)
<li>fix problem reloading particles
<li>fix problem with colorbar label scaling when the minimum value is close to but not equal to zero
<li>fix problem reading in RAMP keeyword - don't allocate memory when there arn't any ramps
<li>fix problem with particle coloring when smokeview objects are used -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/7169">FDS issue 7169</a>)
</ol>
<p><li>6.7.5 - (build: <a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/releases/tag/SMV6.7.5">SMV6.7.5-0-g92555b8</a>) Feb 12, 2019
<br><strong>Fixes</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>corrections to osx entry of smokeview Makefile for osx builds so smokeview will run on mojave systems
</ol>
<p><li>6.7.4 - (build: <a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/releases/tag/SMV6.7.4">SMV6.7.4-0-gedc2e76</a>) Feb 4, 2019
<br><strong>Fixes</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>decrease double click time so that the scene doesn't disappear unexpectedly
</ol>
<p><li>6.7.3 - (build: <a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/releases/tag/SMV6.7.3">SMV6.7.3-0-gd96b4c6</a>) Jan 31, 2019
<br><strong>Usability</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>usability: remove some warning messages when files referenced in the .smv file do not exist
</ol>
<strong>Fixes</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>fix problem causing max smoke blending option to crash
<li>correct scene orientation problem when window header is double-clicked
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/7100">FDS issue 7100</a>)
<li>correct geometry colors (texture mapping was being applied incorrectly)
</ol>
<p><li>6.7.2 - (build: <a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/releases/tag/SMV6.7.2">SMV6.7.2-0-g27edf21</a>) Dec 20, 2018
<br><strong>Enhancements</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>color isosurface using a QUANTITY2 on the &ISOF line
<li>improve isosurface display by adjusting opacity according to surface orientation with respect to the observer (make surface more opaque when the surface is along the line of sight)
<li>add script command, POSVIEW, for specifying the position and azimuth and elevation view angles
<li>add dialog box entries for specifying the min and max time when displaying wind data as a windrose
<li>add script command to test rgb color values at a specified location
</ol>
<strong>Usability</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>load slice files with C (load times are quicker)
<li>speed up geometry boundary file loading by using C instead of Fortran for I/O
<li>change geometry/isosurface outline offset from 5 to 1
<li>add a widget for specifying the isosurface outline offset
<li>add widgets for controlling boundary file lighting/colors/normals
<li>speed up isosurface file loading
<li>add < and > keyboard shortcuts for increasing/descreaing vector point size
<li>move 'max blending' checkbox to top level of 3D smoke dialog box
<li>scale light colors in dialog box from 0 to 255 rather than 0.0 to 1.0
<li>show geometry triangles outside of the domain by default
<li>add dialog box for specitying lighting
<li>speed up vector slice file loading by only updating arrays when last vector slice is loaded
<li>remove 3D smokeview menus that load more than one 3D smoke type
<li>add button to make movie dialog box for outputting ffmpeg command used
<li>simplify output when loading slice files
<li>change default geometry view option to solid only
<li>speed up the loading of 3D smoke files
<li>improve the show/hide boundary menus for exterior walls
<li>output file size when loading particle files
<li>speed up particle file loading -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/655">Smokeview issue 655</a>)
<li>improve layout of boundary, isosurface and slice file display settings dialog boxes
<li>simplify 3D smoke dialog box
</ol>
<strong>Fixes</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>fix problem loading particles files when minimum load time > 0.0
<li>fix script recording so that file load when recording a script -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/765">Smokeview issue 765</a>)
<li>correct location of call of routine that outputs slice data
<li>correct implementation of PLOT3DPROPS script command
<li>turn off isosurface multi-threading when running a script
<li>corrections to isosurface norm computation
<li>scale vectors when computing cross product to prevent underflow
<li>fix problem with 'u' key (file reloading) when there are geometry slices
<li>add more precision to 360 renderig when mapping images to final image
<li>fix 3D smoke size file generation -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/6899">FDS issue 6899</a>)
<li>correct colorbar display when using research mode
<li>change outline view behavior so that outines are always visible -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/711">Smokeview issue 711</a>)
<li>change outline view behvior so that outines are always visible -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/711">Smokeview issue 711</a>)
<li>correct problem with boundary file display on exterior surfaces -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/708">Smokeview issue 708</a>)
<li>correct 360 rendering so colors are consistent
<li>fix visualization when only only fire is displayed
<li>use vent data provided by cfast (no longer use vent profile computed by smokeview)
<li>fix load all x/y/z slice option (was loading 3D slices)
<li>correction to 3D smoke loading for one mesh cases when scripts are used
<li>fix particle reloading when using research mode
<li>correction to geometry slice unloading
<li>fixes to geometry slice and geometry boundary bound computations for coloring data
<li>don't draw circular vents when drawing a boundary file -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/6621">FDS issue 6632</a>)
<li>correct show/hide dialog box for geometry slice and geometry boundary files -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/6621">FDS issue 6596</a>)
<li>fix geometry boundary surface drawing -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/6596">FDS issue 6596</a>)
<li>fix : draw slices consistently when loading slices individually vs loading all at once -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/6593">FDS issue 6593</a>)
<li>fix subscript error in specifying y coordinates -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/6589">FDS issue 6589</a>)
<li>fix problem with skipping frames when rendering with the render dialog box -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/6435">FDS issue 6435</a>)
<li>fix problem with rendering current frame using the render dialog box -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/6578">FDS issue 6578</a>)
</ol>
<p><li>6.7.1 - (build: <a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/releases/tag/SMV6.7.1">SMV6.7.1-0-gde22a3a</a>) June 22, 2018
<br><strong>Usability</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>add horizontal and vertical colorbar entries to colobar type menu
<li>add mesh label to output when reading in 3D smoke files
</ol>
<p><li>6.7.0 - (build: <a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/releases/tag/SMV6.7.0">SMV6.7.0-0-g4d6d68c</a>) June 21, 2018
<br><strong>Usability</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>add ':' shortcut for toggling timebar overlap region
</ol>
<strong>Fixes</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>corrections to geometry slice menus
<li>make input of terrain cases more efficient
<li>turn on option to display horizontal colorbar
</ol>
<p><li>6.6.5 - (build: <a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/releases/tag/SMV6.6.5">SMV6.6.5-0-g008cf1d</a>) June 19, 2018
<br><strong>Enhancement</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>add option to overlap the timebar with the smokeview scene.
This option is activated using the display dialog box.
<li>add option to display a horizontal colorbar. This option is activated by pressing the ',' key.
<li>add option to display user ticks inside the domain
<li>add an option to change the scene aperature by pressing the SHIFT key while moving
the mouse up and down. The '.' key is used to lock left/right motion when moving the mouse so that only the aperture changes.
</ol>
<br><strong>Usability</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>shorten startup time required to for terrain cases
<li>improve layout of the render dialog box
</ol>
<br><strong>Fixes</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>fix problem reading particle files when a case is running (was not reading the entire file)
<li>fixes to the 360 rendering option
<li>output boundary data to a sparead sheet file when bounds are set -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/6446">FDS issue 6446</a>)
<li>fix problem with multi-slice show/hide menu
<li>fix 3D smokeview menu when selecting '-' in the 3D smoke menu -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/597">Smokeview issue 597</a>)
</ol>
<p><li>6.6.4 - (build: <a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/releases/tag/SMV6.6.4">SMV6.6.4-0-g7331116</a>) May 15, 2018
<br><strong>Usability</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>improve 3D smoke dialog layout
<li> only show immersed geometry dialog box if there is immersed geometry
<li> obtain header info from .sf files (used to generate slice file menus) if not found in the .smv file (generated by an older version of fds)
<li> add option to draw a windrose using adjacent device data,
add windrose start/skip parameters to the ini file
<li> switch order of slice and vector slice load menu items -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/568">Smokeview issue 568</a>)
<li> add options to show/hide geometry that is completely outside the domain and show/hide geometry that is partially or completely inside the domain
<li> add widget for specifying co2 opacity for use with 3D smoke
<li> usabilityi: add smoke3D menu item load all soot/hrrpuv/co2 or soot/temp/co2 3D smoke files
<li>add a dialog box for specifying boundary geometry file parameters
<li>improve geometry boundary menus
<li>output script errors (if any) at end, update script error image
<li>output error image file if viewpoint does not exist when running a script -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/536">Smokeview issue 536</a>)
</ol>
<br><strong>Fixes</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>fix problem with missing slice and vector slice file menu entries -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/572">Smokeview issue 572</a>)
<li>add missing fclose statements that were causing multiple files to be open
<li>tighten tolerance used to determine whether two time steps are the same
<li>fixes to geometry display when there are not any time frames
(made a change to fds to not output a geometry time frame if the frame doesn't have any vertices or triangles)
<li> correction to cutcell geometry data loading
<li> add error checking to prevent subscript out of bound errors when outputting geometry slices
<li> update the scene and dialog box correctly when the ZAXISANGLES .ini parameter is read in
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/552">Smokeview issue 552</a>)
<li> fix problem with RENDERALL script command -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/6172">FDS issue 6172</a>)
<li> fix thouse5 smokeview script to use new soot labels in .smv file
<li> corrections to dialog box for specifying scene orientation -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/552">Smokeview issue 552</a>)
<li> fix typo in direction vector labels
a4c45c1 smv vv: test smokebot
<li> fix problem with slice menus for U-VEL, V-VEL and W-VEL quantities -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/544">Smokeview issue 544</a>)
<li> bug fixes and code cleanup for immersed boundary/slice dialog box
<li>corrections to clipping portion of merge/rendering routine
<li>correct logic in routine that checks for file existence
</ol>
<p><li>6.6.3 - (build: <a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/releases/tag/SMV6.6.3">SMV6.6.3-0-gc63bf29</a>) February 23, 2018
<br><strong>Usability</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>no longer use file modification times to determine if the boundary and slice info files
(now named chid.binfo and chic.sinfo respectively) are out of date.
FDS will now overwrite these cache files when it runs a case so that Smokeview will automatically
recreate them when it first runs a case.
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/5969">FDS issue 5969</a>)
</ol>
<strong>Fixes</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>fix problem with showing and hiding of blockages -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/528">Smokeview issue 528</a>)
<li>corrections to render image option when generating images that are a multiple of the scene image.
Improve the layout of the render image dialog box.
</ol>
<p><li>6.6.2 - (build: <a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/releases/tag/SMV6.6.2">SMV6.6.2-1-g97e0403</a>) February 7, 2018
<br><strong>Usability</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>add the gravity vector visibility to state .ini file
<li>add option to automatically flip colorbar (or not) for slice visibility files -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/520">Smokeview issue 520</a>)
<li>add Load All menu entries to Slice and Vector slice menus -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/502">Smokeview issue 502</a>)
<li>add dialog widgets for specifying vent and slice file display offsets
<li>add a dialog widget for specifying the time offset -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/5841">FDS issue 5841</a>)
<li>add option to remove duplicate boundary slices -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/486">Smokeview issue 486</a>)
<li>show slices in solid and gas by default when 3D heat transfer is active -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/5782">FDS issue 5782</a>)
<li>swap shortcut keys u and U for doing a full or incremental load (u now does a full reload)
</ol>
<strong>Fixes</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>corrections to logic coloring data when reloading boundary files -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/5932">FDS issue 5932</a>)
<li>fix menu initialization logic for when there are missing slice files -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/519">Smokeview issue 519</a>)
<li>fix problem that occurs when the smokeview window is shrunk to a zero width or height
<li>fix cell centered slice and vector slice display for 3D slice files -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/513">Smokeview issue 513</a>)
<li>fix ALT d short cut for opening the display dialog box -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/5945">FDS issue 5945</a>)
<li>improve display of multiple slice files (remove visual artifacts by improve slice file sorting) -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/513">Smokeview issue 511</a>)
<li>prevent a division by zero when computing the scene's aspect ratio
<li>update slice file bounds when changing whether the slice file is visible within a solid or not -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/488">Smokeview issue 488</a>)
<li>turn off smoke culling on the mac, was causing crashes
</ol>
<p><li>6.6.1 - (build: <a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/releases/tag/SMV6.6.1">SMV6.6.1-2-gcee0e5d</a>) November 29, 2017
<br><strong>Enhancemments</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>add an option for loading slice, boundary and 3D smoke files incrementally (only those time steps that are
new since the last time a load has occurred)
<li>add option to edit colorbar by selecting and moving nodes in colorbar path
<li>add MOV (quicktime) to possible movie file types
</ol>
<strong>Usability</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>add option to reverse tour path
<li>add option for specifying immersed geometry line width
<li>improve layout of touring dialog box, add Button for copying an existing tour, eliminate relative view direction widgets
<li>implement DEL key when editing text a dialog box
<li>add quicktime compatibility option to all platforms (not just on the Mac), if quicktime compatibility is set then only allow creation of mp4 files (only ones supported by quicktime)
</ol>
<strong>Fixes</strong><br>
<ol>
<li> fix problem with defining scratch directory -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/5736">FDS issue 5736</a>)
<li>fix problem causing memory overrun
<li>fix problem with toggling CAD mode with 'q' key -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/472">Smokeview issue 472</a>)
<li>fix scene rotation when using scaling - addresses FDS issue 5681
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/5681">FDS issue 5681</a>)
<li>correct offset distances used to display of boundary file -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/5679">FDS issue 5679</a>)
<li>fix problem when number of isosurfaces is less than the number of meshes
<li>prevent divsion by 0 when leveling scene with '~' key
</ol>
<p><li>6.6.0 - (build: <a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/releases/tag/SMV6.6.0">SMV6.6.0-7-g28a3D96</a>) October 31, 2017
<br><strong>Enhancemments</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>add a colorbar named 'fire 3' for representing more realistic fire colors
<li>add option to distribute colorbar nodes uniformly
<li>enhancment: add a utility named env2mod for creating environment modules from Linux or OSX bash scripts
</ol>
<strong>Usability</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>add option to display all 3D slice files for visualizing fire and smoke
<li>hide hrrpuv cutoff label by default
<li>add Settings menu items that point to various dialog boxes
<li>hide hrrpuv cutoff label by default
<li>add option to lock volume rendering smoke visuliazation when moving scene
<li>place Mesh Load/Unload and Show/Hide menu items into separate sub-menus to make visualization
of large cases easier
<li>add a dialog box for specifying time and frame number for loading volume rendered smoke/fire
<li>prevent frame location from resetting when making frame location visible
<li>make fire transparency widget available for all fire types -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/424">Smokeview issue 424</a>)
<li>add a colorbar named cool for visualizing fire
</ol>
<strong>Fixes</strong><br>
<ol>
<li>fix timebar drag when a title safe area is added to the screen -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/5613">FDS issue 5613</a>)
<li>fix help display for antialias shortcut -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/5585">FDS issue 5585</a>)
<li>corrections to 3D smoke file compression in smokezip and display in smokeview
<li>correction to timebar drag region when a title safe area is selected
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/5613">FDS issue 5613</a>)
<li>add error checking when drawing boundary files -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/5497">FDS issue 5497</a>)
<li>corrections to vol render initialization
<li>correct rounding computation for tick label display when numbers are negative -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/5532">FDS issue 5532</a>)
<li>corrections to rendering code
<li> correct RENDERDOUBLEONCE script keyword so that it outputs to the directory specified by the RENDERDIR script keyword -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/4441">FDS issue 4441</a>)
</ol>
<p><li>6.5.5 - (build: <a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/releases/tag/SMV6.5.5">SMV6.5.5-2-gf88f65e</a>) September 15, 2017
<ol>
<li>enhancement: add option to display device id -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/issues/384">SMV issue 384</a>)
<li>usability: add compiler version to About menu item and -v output
<li>usability: increase volume rendered fire setting to 50
<li>fix: fix smoke color -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/5430">FDS issue 5430</a>)
<li>fix: corrections to render file generation -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/5371">FDS issue 5371</a>)
<li>fix: check for NULL pointers when creating a blockage blanking array texture map
<li>fix: fix problem defining load menus for volume rendered smoke files
</ol>
<p><li>6.5.4 - (build: <a href="https://github.com/firemodels/smv/releases/tag/SMV6.5.4">SMV6.5.4-4-g4e1f876</a> ) August 10, 2017
<ol>
<li> enhancement: add option to visualize both zone temperature layers
<li> enhancement: add option to rotate scene about the center of active clipping planes -
(<a href="https://github.com/firemodels/fds/issues/5256">FDS issue 5256</a>)