WinDisp Files

Please note that this program is a geophysical data processing package and is not connected with the public domain GIS package distributed by FAO. For that package you should go to http://www.fao.org/giews/english/windisp/windisp.htm

Full Install Version 5.06 (28th September, 2010)

This install set is for the latest version of WinDisp. Download this file to an empty install directory (eg C:\Installs\WinDisp), double click the WinDisp_5)05_full_install.exe, enter the required password and the program will be installed on your system.

   Full WinDisp Install (12,162KB)

Latest Version 5.06.197 (21st May, 2013) NB only use this update after running the full 5.05 or later installer!

   WinDisp Update Install (7,397KB) 

•  5.6.194:

•  Fixed bug in converting res3dinv model format to UBC format

•  Fixed problem with DOI grid masking operation for long IP lines

•  Draped IP topo display now saves the draped pseudosection grid files

•  Added an option to fill  3d model with a constant value inside a loaded facet model file

•  Fixed bug in handling dxf files with large numbers of blocks

•  Changed handling of saved projection definitions so that new layouts have no projection defined

•  Fixed bug in generating inversion topo from grid files

•  Fixed bug in generating log contours for resistivity for IP wizard import

•  Improved triangulation code to improve speed in loading and displaying 3D draped models

•  Modified 3d inversion creation interface to improve handling of topo data

•  Modified MGinv3D interface to use new utilities to handle joint Gne/Guv inversions

•  Modified tiling process to handle joint inversions (NB requires installation of MGinv3D version 1.21)

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•  5.6.142-179:

•  Improved automatic contour generation process

•  Added control over contour line interpolation interval

•  Improved contour labelling and added control over curvature limit for displaying labels

•  Removed length restriction for horizontal colour bars in multipanel displays

•  Fixed bug in labelling banded colour scale bar

•  Fixed bug in viewing 3d model oblique sections when a new model is loaded which has fewer layers

•  Modified oblique baseline display to skip non-varying baseline coordinates

•  Added a grouping option for character field display of 3D drillhole data

•  Fixed bug in exporting transformed Loke trapezoidal 3D models

•  Removed inbuilt smoothing of vertical and horizontal gradient grid filters (previous filter results can be obtained by setting smoothing parameter to be 1)

•  Fixed subscript error in converting EMax Air CDI data

•  Fixed bug in exporting transformed 3D models

•  Added an option to select a single line for display of EM profiles in multi-panel displays

•  Updated extraction of connections string for ODBC DSN-less data sources

•  Added multi-line export to grid profile utility

•  Added ERM name to projection definitions form

•  Modified projections form to simplify naming and saving projections

•  Modified ERMapper grid export to allow specification of projection from image export and posting gridding

•  Modified colour table handling to copy any tbl file used to a standard location in the AppData folder 

•  Added option to read ASEG-GDF data column names for posting of delimited text data files

•  Improved handling of definition of coordinate projection definition form

•  Added an option to append panel definitions to an existing multipanel display

•  Added support for compressed GeoTIFF files

•  Added support for Newmont binary grid files

•  Fixed bug in application of cross-strike filter width in FFT strike filer

•  Fixed display of lat/lon labels using fixed number of digits

•  Modified CDI conversion code to ignore null values

•  Fixed bug in appending 3d models with drillhole data when appended model has a different scale

•  Improved drillhole dip sign convention specification for 3d drillholes

•  Fixed bug in handling drillholes with collar dip information and no survey information

•  Added IGRF intensity grid calculation as Grid operation transform

•  Added cross-strike filtering option for FFT strike filter

•  Added option to use log scaling for displaying images

•  Fixed bug in 3D sections display when using topo grids with a coordinate transform defined

•  Added support for drillhole files in Geosolutions binary format

•  Added Text() data posting macro to add a text field

•  Fixed bug in BMP export from 3DModeller form

•  Fixed bug in reading some Surfer7 grid files

•  Added an option to rotate Y axis labels

•  Fixed bug in handling fields with spaces in csv data files

•  Fixed bug in dealing with null data values in EM profile data files

•  Fixed bug in forward calculation of 3D model files

•  Fixed bug in appending 3D model files

•  Fixed bug in displaying multi-dipole IP data

•  Fixed label offset placement for X axis titles

•  Fixed bug in handling colour tables when performing multipanel image export

•  Fixed bug in appending dxf files to existing 3D models

•  5.6.131-140:

•  Fixed bug in displaying horizontal banded colour scale bar

•  Added option to label centre value of banded colour bar

•  Added a multi-pdf/csf option to export of 3D model sections

•  Added an option to label banded colour bar using centre value of range

•  Fixed bug in shape file display always splitting polygons into separate objects

•  Fixed bug in generating UBC inversions

•  Added support for ERMapper/Geoimage colour LUT files

•  Added an option to drape images under topo in the multipanel display

•  Added an option to export draped image as a Geosoft grid file

•  Added an option to define along-line station coordinate using a reference point and line azimuth for display of EM profiles

•  Fixed bugs in generating UBC inversion output

•  Modified Data posting to handle new EmaxAir CDI data files

•  Fixed bug with generating ERMapper grids from Grid Transforms

•  5.6.130: Various minor bug fixes and updates

•  Added an option to separate Shapefile polygons into separate objects with name specified using dbf field

•  Fixed bug in generating UBC inversion files

•  5.6.124: Added an option to generate inversion runs with modified parameters to reuse an existing mtx

•  Regrouped the inversion form layout to make it easier to distinguish parameters that can be modified without requiring a new mtx

•  Fixed bugs with the handling of the use of a file to generate the topography

•  Added an option to handle point value drillhole assay files

•  Fixed bug in stabilised RTP calculation

•  5.6.123: Added utility to recalculate Bouguer gravity using geoidal height

•  Revamped mag/grav inversion setup form

•  Added support for using gdb files to set up mag/grav inversions

•  Added support for joint inversion of Falcon Gne/Guv data

•  5.6.119: Added options for quick add of drillholes and fault planes to 3DViewer

•  5.6.117: Fixed bug in exporting draped model as XYZ in 3DModeller

•  5.6.114: Fixed bug in exporting multipanel images with a baseline shift specified

•  5.6.112:  Fixed bug in displaying bottom labels for drillholes in 3DModeller

•  5.6.110:  Implemented minimum curvature gridding option for CDI conversion process

•  5.6.109:  Added an option to copy the Topo file definitions to all panels in the multi-panel display

•  Fixed bug in handling Datamine prism import

•  Added an option to use column names for mag/grav inversion setup form

•  Added functionality to create new folders on mag/grav inversion setup form

•  Added an option to generate egb registration files for multipanel raster image export

•  Added new inversion style and  background removal options to the mag/grav inversion creation form for MGinv3D

•  Added an option to control the number of data values per cell to the mag/grav inversion creation form

•  Moved the option to control clipping data posting from the Options menu to the Coordinate specification form

•  Added Datum description to the datum selection form

•  Fixed bug in exporting ERmapper grids from 3DModeller form

•  Updated the IGRF coefficients

•  Fixed bug in specifying bounds for constrained inversions

•  Added an option to create reference model weighting file to the 3DModeller form

•  Added an option to the 3DModeller form to create a bounds file from the current model file

•  Fixed bug in inversion tiling setup when only tiling a subset of the regional model

•  Added support for displaying more raster image formats

•  Added support for reading egb and grf raster definitions files for multi-panel and 3D section display

•  Added writing grf and egb raster definition files when exporting 3D model sections

•  Added a multi-panel display of inverted resistivity and chargeability models when importing IP inversion files

•  Added an option to copy the Oblique baseline definitions to all image panels in the multi-panel display

•  Made some minor improvements to the refined tiling inversion setup process

•  Modified geographic transform code to handle multiple images

•  Fixed problem in handling SRTM grid conversion when they cross the 180E/180W longitude line

•  Add a grid origin shift option to the Grid Operation transform

•  Fixed bug in generating CDI images using depth defined as RL at centre of layer

•  Added an option to drape 3D DXF files under topo

•  Modified inversion tiling process to generate model and error grids

•  Modified grid stitching code to handle a closed stitching path

•  Added an option to output cell centre or cell corner XYZ values in model section export

•  Fixed bug in export XYZ format section files from 3DModeller form

•  Fixed bug in exporting res3dinv models in xyz format

•  Fixed bug in picking draped model values in 3DModeller View Model tab

•  Increased the maximum number of 3D section grid to 256

•  Fixed bug in multi-line gridding for data files with Geosoft Line definitions

•  Revised code for generating CDI grids from supplied xyz data files

•  Revamped process for converting gdb TEM files to AMIRA format

•  Improved variable RTP to handle large variations in field direction

•  Added stabilisation option to RTE transform

•  Fixed bug in 3D gridding

•  Fixed bug in loading survey data when not all holes have survey data defined

•  Added initial support for VTK POLYDATA facet file

•  Added an AGC option to the Grid Operation transform

•  Fixed bug in exporting xyz values for draped 3D models

•  Added option to calculate vertical integral for the total gradient transform (and vice versa)

•  Added multi-slice option to VRMI transform to reduce amplitude reversal problems

•  Added support for three secondary 3d model files and filtering to be applied for generating primary model

•  Fixed bug in displaying drillholes where the azimuth has 2*Pi change at 0N

•  Implemented option to mask 3D model using the currently loaded facet file

•  Added an option to colour 3D point displays using a colour legend

•  Implemented prism display mode for 3d point data files representing block models

•  Added a new popup menu item to the posting form to copy the current display settings to all remaining defined posting values

•  Added support for new version of Datamine binary files

•  Fixed bug in displaying 3D extruded shape files

•  Modified implementation of stabilized RTP

•  Fixed a bug in using rotated inversion setups when using sensor height grids

•  Improved handling of tile maximum sizes

•  Display information on tile and tile size on mesh display form in mag inversion setup utility

•  Modified VRMI transform to stabilize the calculation for low magnetic latitudes

•  Fixed bug in determining mesh limits for multiple 3D section grids

•  Changed font to fix display problems under Windows 7

•  Fixed bug in displaying default res and IP contour list files

•  Added buttons to delete current default res/IP display definitions files

•  Fixed bug in 3d gridding of multiple section grids when some are turned off

•  Add options to selectively control Copy All popup menu on 3D sections form to allow copy to all, all panels turned on and all panels turned off

•  Revamped Geographic grid transform to use multi-stage transform process

•  Added trend removal option to Grid Operation transform

•  Revamped facet file batch conversion utility to use multi-stage transform process

•  Improved xyz digitizing process for grid values and multi-panel displays

•  Fixed bug in performing multipanel grid transforms where the grids have differing cell sizes 

•  Fixed bug in loading data from Geosoft gdb databases

•  Added option to measure length of multi-line segment by right-clicking endpoints with measurement tool

•  Fixed bug in handling more than 256 posted data fields

•  Implemented amplitude stabilization for the RTP grid transform for low latitudes

•  Implemented a variable RTP grid transform for grids covering large areas

•  Added an option to allow CDI depths to be defined as the top of a layer instead of the bottom

•  Modified IP display wizard and IP batch utility to automatically convert res2dinv IP inversion files

•  Added the option to specify a default resistivity and chargeability contour list file for use in the IP wizard

•  Added the option to use a specified contour list file when generating IP pseudosections using the IP wizard

•  Add the option to specify contour list files for resistivity and chargeability when using the IP batch processing utility

•  Fixed bug in calculation of volumes on 3DModeller form

•  Fixed interpolation overshoot problem when converting 3d models to UBC format

•  Fixed bug in importing the latest version of res2dinv files containing topography

•  Improved the handling of RadAlt and GPS definitions in the mag/grav inversion setup process

•  Expanded maximum array limits to allow handling of larger data files

•  Fixed bug in 3DModeller form in the operation loading drillhole data into the current model

•  Fixed bug in calculation of log spectral slope grid transform

•  Added Apparent mag susc grid transform

•  Fixed bug in 3DModeller form which resulted in permission error for some mesh files

•  Improved 3D model mesh definition form

•  Improved handling of topo data on mag/grav file creation form

•  Added an option to mask 3D models using MapInfo polygon files

•  Modified the % magnetite to density conversion for 3D models to prompt for a background density value

•  Fixed a bug in generating res2dinv models which have multiple dipoles sizes

•  Added a multi-grid transform option to the multipanel definition form

•  Added options to control cell subdivision when converting draped models to UBC format

•  Added TDX derivative grid transform option to Tilt filter transform

•  Implemented an option to generate CDI grids for line data not sorted by station

•  Implemented support for export of tiled MGinv3D inversions

•  Fixed bug in importing pole-dipole res2dinv inversion files

•  Fixed bug in displaying line interpretation features in 3DViewer

•  Fixed problem when selecting large numbers of files for Batch Conversion Utility

•  Fixed bug in calculation of total gradient using FFT

•  Fixed bug in display of profile modeller bodies in 3DViewer

•  Fixed bug in export of profile modeller bodies

•  Added support for creation of MGinv3d mag/grav inversion files

•  Fixed bug in depth label for res3dinv draped sections in 3DModeller

•  Added Vector Residual Magnetic Intensity transform

•  Fixed display problems for pole-pole IP data

•  Increased the maximum number of EM channels to 512

•  Added an option to convert VPmg models to UBC format

•  Added the ability to load assay data values into a VPmg model

•  Added the ability to use drillhole events to constrain basement in VPmg models

•  Added an option to load and display drillhole event files

•  Updated Zonge IP inversion input to handle new format IPM files

•  Improved code for labelling contours

•  Added support for displaying Micromine file as 3D data in 3DModeller

•  Added an option to set histogram cutoff value to use when updating a histogram on the Image form

•  Modified file naming convention for oblique grid export from 3DModeller when section is NS or EW

•  Fixed bug in using layers when displaying 3D DXF files

•  Fixed bug in z coordinates for exported oblique section grids

•  Added an option to mask IP inversion grids when importing them using the IP import utility

•  Added an option to the 3DModeller to generate multipanel display of 2d model and drillhole sections

•  Added an option to the 3DModeller to display the current 2d model section in the 3DViewer

•  Added an option to the 3DModeller to display the current 2d drillhole section in the 3DViewer

•  Fixed bug in loading resinv3d models

•  Modified 3DModeller to allow interactive display of the current section in 3DViewer

•  Modified 3DModeller form to allow it to read 2D UBC IP mesh files

•  Fixed bugs in export of current section to 2D UBC IP model file format

•  Fixed bug which flipped ERMapper grids

•  Fixed transparency issue with MapInfo export from multi-panel display

•  Fixed bug in export of 3D model sections as DCIP2D models

•  Added support for RAW coordinate type in ERMapper grids

•  Fixed bug in terrain correction calculation

•  Added range stretch option for Grid Operation transform

•  Added button on the Grid Definitions form to determine data statistics for the current grid

•  Modified the "<" and ">" Grid Operation transforms to allow a non-null value to use to replace grid data values

•  Added x and y offset values to improve default placement of logo and location bitmaps and legend text

•  Fixed bug in generating colour legend labels for banded colour images

•  Added option to shift the position of the logo from its default location

•  Added support for converting UBC 2D IP files where the obs and pre files are mixed old and new formats

•  Added an option to calculate elastic moduli when drape converting S/P grids

•  Added option to fill model using selected attribute from a MapInfo file

•  Added an option to use a density grid when calculating the terrain correction

• Added the option to print paneled plots to a pdf file

•  Fixed bug in converting observed data points to UBC model when x and y cell sizes are different

•  Added zone based terrain correction process to 3D Files form in 3DModeller

•  Added an option to start a new layout in a specified folder

•  Made minor modifications to main display form

•  Added a new Grid operation to use a topo surface defined in one grid to drape the values in a second grid

•  Added an option in 3DViewer to clip facetted bodies at current volume limits

•  Fixed bug in code for splitting facetted bodies in 3DViewer

•  Added an option to convert CDI data files which have a single depth/conductivity per line

•  Added option to combine 3D objects into a single dxf file when exporting multiple nodes in the 3DViewer

•  Added a utility to view and convert CDF data files

•  Added support for UBC MT inversion models

•  Added option to export posted data in simple ASEG-GDF format

•  Improved export of 3d model data in xyz format

•  Fixed bug in importing UBC IP inversion files with varying transmitter dipoles

•  Allowed for calculation of DOI when only the chargeability inversion is varied

•  Fixed bug in 3D gridding of section grids

•  Fixed bug in displaying long lines from shape files in 3DModeller

•  Changed export of shape files to apply defined coordinate projection to coordinates

•  Fixed bug in exporting selected 3d model depth slices in 3DModeller

•  Added an option to apply a fault shift to an existing 3d model

•  Extended AMIRA export from the Posting form to allow multi-component data to be exported

•  Increased maximum number of 3D sections grids to 128

•  Added a new popup menu item on the posting form to enable automatic adding of data columns starting with a specified string

•  Added support for reading AEMspace fault interp files in 3DViewer

•  Improved terrain correction calculation

•  Improved model interpolation process when exporting transformed UBC models from 3DModeller

•  Fixed bug in reporting model values in 3DModeller when displaying topo draped sections

•  Fixed bug in exporting transformed models from 3DViewer

•  Axis suffix is now displayed for both x and y axes in multipanel plots

Documentation Files

   WinDisp workshop notes  (8,175KB)

   WinDisp IP workshop notes  (4,178KB)

   WinDisp IP workshop data  (1,545KB)

   WinDisp mag3d Inversion workshop  (1,485KB)

   WinDisp mag3d Inversion data  (18.3MB)

General notes on UBC inversions  (48KB)

Mag and Gravity inversion process  (6,129KB)

Mag and Gravity inversion process datasets  (67,343KB)

   Using the SEG-Y Utility  (729KB)

   Seismic Colour Table  (1KB)

Utility Files

The following files contain utility programs called by the IP and mag3d inversion batch files created by WinDisp. The utilities should be extracted from the self-extracting archive files and placed in a directory which is included in the PATH environment variable on your computer. (To find out what directories are included in your PATH, start an MSDOS command prompt, type in PATH and hit Enter).

   IP Inversion Utilities (2,667KB, revised 17/10/2011)

   EMflowtoGrd (230KB, revised 23/8/2005)

   MAG/GRAV Inversion Utilities (2,363KB, revised 23/3/2011)

   em1dfm Inversion Utilities (1,181KB, revised 4/5/2004)

   Line split utility (175KB, 28/4/2005)

   Grid to BMP conversion utility (245KB, 7/7/2004)

   ggCalc utility 2.0.7 (5,087KB, 6/8/2012)

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