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Note: This is version 18.04g; it requires the same or greater GHS version. These files should be copied into your GHS program directory. |
UPDATES 18.04g - Added "Zone ID" to damage stability summary of flooding sets. - Removed unintentional notes in the report of tanks changing type (since 18.04f only). 18.04f - Added options to set zero trim or allow damaged trim for DND damage criterion - SI permission granted if tank gauging system is used - GLM library called before each test run - Improved GHSERIAL.DLL supports Modbus Function Code 8. - Viewer button fixed - Fixed a bug with WDF tanks flooding sets 18.04e - new "IceWt" button to set weights due to icing in specific locations 18.04d - DND Damage criteria now applies wind heeling moment in the direction of list - Clear flooding sets now clears WDF tanks as well if applicable. 18.04c - Flooding Sets now include an option for damage control using WDF tanks 18.04b - Reduced likelyhood of a Sensor Interface time-out error. 18.04a - Heel angle calculated from draft sensors wasn't always correct if sensor readings weren't in meters. 18.04 - New options include weight and buoyancy curves in LS plots even with LS limits. - Fixed Roll angle must be first error when DND Damage was combined with Flooding Sets. - Option for constant ROLL and WIND values for DND Damage 16.94h - Pop-up righting arm plot was incorrectly suppressed for Energy Stability Button if "Include table" was checked. - Initialized wind pressure for weather stability criterion to 504 Pa per IMO IS2008. Previously uninitialized. 16.94g - Options added to Weather stability setup to accomodate 46 CFR 28.575. 16.94f - GLM MAKER now copies MAXVCGO.DAT and LSLIMO.DAT to the GLM folder. 16.94e - Changes to grain stability to prevent errors caused by capsize. 16.94d - Dialog clarifications for ROLL parameters. - Small improvement to the Dry Cargo dialog, description column is now read-only so it updates while the dialog is still open. 16.94c - "Use latest release version" now refers to 18.50. - LS Noplot option no longer affects the "LS Curve" button. 16.94b - Alternate draft line location wasn't working correctly (since 16.88f). 16.94a - "All but In Port" option added to limit stability criterion to operating modes. 16.94 - New checkbox to show individual fixed weight lateral plane areas in the HMMT REPORT IMO SWR 16.92 - Fixed a bug in wind pressure calculation when units set to Short Tons. 16.90a - Clarifying updates to dialogs for crane lifting mode. 16.90 - Improved documentation for tank load limiting options. 16.88r - Load Line dialog shows current setting when it starts. - Load line displacement check now working without a load line mark location. 16.88p - Use latest release version now refers to 18.00. 16.88o - Lifting stability with Light Crane works with BV\RINA criterion again. - Report images are now scaled to fit the page. Requires version 18.08+. 16.88n - Fixed crane hook drop-down list; and weight name for Other hook load. - Grain Stability wasn't heeling the grain cargo to the specified angle. 16.88l - Tank Gauging Setups can now be customised for each Alternate Tank Configuration - variable ll-t, ll-t, ll-v were created as string type instead of length type. (since 16.66i) 16.88k - Fixed a bug which prevented configurers from testing their GLM. - Since GHS 17.76 only. Requires GHS 17.82 16.88j - Added crane stability options for DNV Rule updates in 2018. 16.88i - Added option to password protect GLM. 16.88h - Optional terminating angle FLD in Anchor Handling RISE limit. 16.88g - Use latest release version now refers to 17.50. - Critical Point file added to Anchor Handling criterion. 16.88f - Fixed keel draft report at a single location. 16.88e - IMO SWR stability with FSMExtra now respects Upright checkbox. 16.88d - Improved downflooding limit options for MODU stability. 16.88c - Added mass inertia input to Append Body dialog. - Added mass inertia input to Add Fixed Weights dialog. 16.88 - New button to update the temperature for tank contents. 16.86w - Updated GLMRETRO.EXE to be compatible with latest RGSTYLE.DAT. 16.86v - Added tooltips for max heel and max heel for MAXVCG input fields. 16.86u - GLM reports avoid minuscule Light Ship weight changes when assessing MAXVCG pass/fail. 16.86t - Crane lifting modes which are linked to operating modes are now removed from the Lifting Mode dialog - Upper boundary for Lifting mode number in custom operating modes changed from 6 to 8 16.86s - Added option to also change At-Sea MAXVCG data set when Hopper button switches tank type. 16.86r - Added terminating angle choices for RA limit in General Intact stability. 16.86q - Fixed parts of the report which didn't respect the crane's azimuth angle definition. 16.86o - Added damage stability from Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) Large Commercial Yacht Code (LY2) 16.86n - Added support for checking damage stability in both directions. 16.86l - Improved crane stability dialog. Exposed lifting criterion options for 46CFR173.020. 16.86k - Support for Modbus 32-bit floating point addresses. 16.86j - Weather stability option for NIVC 5-86, EQU in steady wind < 14 (instead of 16) 16.86i - New button to open (flood) or close (intact) a hopper tank. 16.86h - New lifting criterion option for 46 CFR 173.020 for exposed waters. - New damage stability criterion for 46 CFR 174.320 for hopper dredges. 16.86g - Stability button color is now set by mode on initial loading when not At-Sea. - Crane falls graphic now maintains orientation relative to the crane boom. 16.86f - Tank load tracking wasn't enabled if no other tracked warnings were present. 16.86e - COOT no longer includes a check without the hook load - Cargo legend now appears anytime there is more than 1 cargo type. 16.86d - Improved button order and restored fixed radius crane mode. 16.86c - New option to distinguish deck edge from margin line in General Intact stability setup. - Added button for Lifting Beam and changed weight name to avoid conflicts. - Fixed user-defined crane elements for vessels with one crane. 16.86b - Increased the number of editable tank descriptions to 50. 16.82b - Improved options for Energy stability subtitle and limit title. 16.82 - Modu stability option for HMMT report at EQU. - New Area limit for Damage Stability. 16.68k - Additional FSM options for Fi-fi and Tow stability. - Added a 5th special stability criterion slot. 16.68j - FSM Upright is now optional for Fi-fi, Tow, and Anchor stability. 16.68g - New heeling moment options for condition wind speed. 16.68f - Stinger segment CG angle and transverse offset don't reset to 0. - New options for wind input on certain crane stability criteria. 16.68d - New lifting stability summary and Ballast Advisor improvements. 16.22o - New Stinger options to separate tension location from boom position. 16.22n - New option to suppress rendering button in the GLM. 16.22m - New option to lookup crane capacity based on boom elevation. - Displacement verification for load line. - CG removed from detailed Int. Stages report. 16.22k - Improved error handling for attempts to overwrite Read-Only condition files. - Added transverse offset for CRANE Rotating Upperworks center of gravity. 16.22j - Added option to include details of intermediate flooding stages in report. - Crane Criteria for EM 385 added: Min. Freeboard & Bottom Immersion. 16.22i - Added 3 additional load line slots. (6 total) 16.22h - Improved intermediate flooding when manually selected flooded tanks. 16.22g - New Option to perform LS in report without deflection. - Corrected crane wire spool azimuth angle. 16.22f - Added MODU wind gradient option. 16.22e - Eliminated warning for operating modes without MAXVCG data. 16.22d - Corrected draft report that shows P & S values. 16.21 - Additional stinger configuration options. 16.18 - Towing is now available in the external max VCG mode selection. 16.16 - Improved documentation of Footer and Logo files. - Fixed operator advice for trim limits. 16.14 - Improved documentation of Energy Stability options. - Improved data entry for tank sounding/ullage. - New option to disable flooding and damage in the GLM. - GLM Manual improvements. 15.78 - Range of stability option added to Energy Stability setup for 46CFR28.570a7. 15.77 - Added tool tip for SpGr input for Load Lines. 15.76 - Added limit options in MODU stability for DNV-GL criteria. 15.75 - Grain stability revisions for MSC.23(59). 15.74 - Revisions to damage stability with wind. 15.73 - Tank load limits can now be set for SPGR/Load instead of just Contents/Load. 15.72 - Crane stability pages now include position and load information in subtitle. 15.707 - Hold limits and shear corrections can include weights with specified prefixes. 15.706 - Effective radius included in crane position summary on first page of report. 15.705 - Critical point warning for damage stability. Floodht damage limit. 15.70 - Support for tanks with moveable bulkheads (in Special Applications). 15.608 - New Options in Gas Carrier damage stability. 15.60 - Add-Weight button function updated to include adding weight categories. 15.583 - New Visibility check and update to Shear Correction options. 15.582 - Additional options in Basic Stability criterion setup. 15.580 - Hold weight limit functions can use drafts at any location, not only midship. 15.560 - Towing criterion option: change status of critical points 15.559 - Turn criterion option to use either CB or CLP 15.54 - LS options for omitting shear or moment column in table 15.53 - User modeling of extra crane elements available. 15.529 - Crane wire spool and payout available. 15.528 - General stability criterion options include area to max w/o wind. 15.526 - SWR on-screen plot was showing heeling arms prior to gust (did not affect reports). 15.524 - Heeling Moment report option for Basic Stability. 15.508 - More options in SPS and MODU damage stability criteria. 15.505 - Number of passengers to be specified by operator, if left blank in configuration. 15.500 - Trim limits can be configured to vary as a function of draft. 15.252 - Tanks can be selected by contents and/or names for logging of load changes under Sensor Interface. 15.250 - Deflection (if on) restored after reports. Deflection on/off button provided. 15.249 - Weight inertia (rotational) added as a button option. 15.247 - More options added to OSV damage driterion. 15.245 - Weight Moment and Inertia reports may show totals only (optionally). 15.244 - Option to use BL draft for IMO Roll calculation regardless of draft reporting method. 15.231 - Anchor-handling criterion now allows operator input of heeling moment. 15.23 - Support for LPA on ADDED weight items. 15.223 - Sensor Interface now identifies sensor input values with magnitudes greater than or equal 64537 as indicating a non-functioning sensor. 15.22 - Variant weight units available in LOAD STATUS reports. 15.209 - An additional weight unit can be added to the dropdown menu (to mix metric and English units). 15.208 - Installation of graphics library facilitated with GHSOS. 15.207 - BV NR608 2.3 Lifting criterion added. 15.206 - Rendered geometry viewer included in the Information menu. 15.205 - Anchor-handling criterion added. 15.204 - Towing and FiFi criteria now start the RA curve at equilibrium as the default option. 15.202 - Sensor Interface: Load Log folder name can now be changed by the operator 15.201 - Generic OSV Damage Stability criterion added. 15.20 - Sensor Interface now supports the Kongsberg NCA DL 94 master/slave communication protocol. 15.14 - Sensor Interface recognizes the input value -999 as a signal to ignore the sensor. 15.129 - Additional options in the Towing Stability setup for addressing various versions of this criterion. 15.126 - Added freeboard for GM-based criteria (C170170) is now configurable. 15.124 - Sensor Interface: trim and heel user inputs may be set from draft sensors (optionally). 15.122 - "Deflection-removed" message is now supressed after LS is computed via Load Editor. 15.121 - Sensor Interface automatically shows trim & heel override inputs when sounding or pressure inputs are present. 15.12C - Frozen tanks now restored to frozen type after flooding. 15.12B - Crane azimuth angle redefinition is available for zero-forward. 15.085 - Append Body with non-uniform weight distribution was showing undefined variable. 15.083 - Two sets of Trim limits can be configured for different operating modes. 15.082 - Crane stow-mode options allow operator to change cradle location easily. 15.081 - Sensor Interface allows access to multiple firlds of same ID record. NEMA type support. 15.029 - Sensor Interface includes multiple-system capability and additional functions for receiving cranes angles and loads 15.028 - Sensor Interface write-back of either weight or volume is available in FILE mode. 15.026 - Sensor Interface with specified heel/trim sometimes caused undefined draft in reports. 15.025 - DRAFT report with zero trim limit was stopping before the report finished. 15.024 - Reports with flooding were sometimes incomplete. New configuration switch to omit LS when doing damage. 15.021 - Sensor Interface module: Trim and Heel fields added for better matching of tank soundings 15.02 - Energy stability option to start RA table at equilibrium. WDF switch option. 15.008 - New Alarm File option (Special Applications) 15.004 - Explanation added about associating crane lifting modes with operating modes. 15.003 - Sensor Interface extended to optionally write file of tank loads in FILE-based mode. 15.002 - MODU optional title used in summary reports. 15.001 - Uses GLM 15.00A. 14.941 - New option in energy stability for angle to max being relative to equilibrium. 14.94 - New options in MODU stability criterion for start and end of stability range. 14.861 - Added report options for weight moments and rotational moments of inertia. 14.849 - Option added to Energy criterion to allow going beyond RA0. 14.848 - Option added to SWR weather criterion to stop at RA0. 14.847 - Compatibility with the version 14.50 restored. 14.846 - Crane sheave radius taken into account in load tables. 14.843 - Variable-location draft marks can now be at three locations fwd and aft. 14.82A - New damage stability option for upright FSM. 14.829 - Crane boom stow angles were not preserved between configuration sessions. 14.828 - Weight of crane main block was not moving with the boom when the load was on another hook. 14.827 - New option in lifting criteria to omit deck-immersion check. 14.826 - Motion Suppression tanks can now be converted to intact. 14.825 - For the Weather criterion, the user can supply a custom roll angle calculation (see Cfg/Keel Characteristics). 14.824 - In the IGC damage criterion an option now exists to unconditionally run the RA curve out to RA0. 14.821 - Pressure unit choices for Motion Suppression tanks are now available to the operator. 14.82 - Centers of gravity of boom and other non-load crane elements were not being rotated when a hook other than the main hook was carrying the load. 14.803 - Base strength limit can now be named by configurer. Current strength limit mode is now recorded in cnd file & restored when retrieved. 14.802 - Lifting criteria are now accessible in Special Stability. 14.801 - Corrected discrepancy between report and screen drafts with large deflection. 14.80 - Added Modbus TCP/IP support for level sensor I/O. 14.707 - Added an option to have tracking of load line and trim bypassed during damage stability. 14.705 - Range terminating angle is now selectable in Weather stability. 14.70 - Additional options for MODU stability. 14.688 - The button for additional strength limits now accesses separate limits for at-sea and in-port operating modes. 14.685 - LOAD STATUS report options likewise extended to include Ref Ht and FSM. 14.684 - Initial settings for Load Editor Sounding column extended to include Ref Ht and FSM. 14.682 - New feature: Button for additional strength limits. 14.681 - Option to show torsion % in addition to LS % data box. 14.667 - Fixed rare "tank not found" error message after report. 14.665 - MODU criterion now offers its own icing wind speed. - Improved button placement when "both" left & right is selected 14.663 - SI now provides for user-adjustable delay between tries on initial serial-port connections. - SI Individual Settings dialog - blanks allowed instead of field numbers for protocols that do not use fields. 14.66 - A ballast log file feature is now available in the Sensor Interface (SI) module. 14.562 - GPS location button now available. 14.56 - In the OSV damage criterion, the area termination angle now includes FLD. 14.549 - Damage wind stability evaluation for single flooded case was not including extra limits on negative freeboard. 14.546 - Sensor Interface now supports MODBUS master. 14.545 - Damage criteria involving wind have more options. 14.543 - Extra options added for OSV damage criteria. 14.542 - User stability run files now protected against variable-name conflicts. 14.541 - Up to four damage criteria can now be configured in the same GLM. 14.54 - LSLIM file name for first custom mode has been restored to LSLIMC.DAT. 14.528 - Option for area limit added to Offshore Supply Vessel damage criterion. 14.527 - Export button provides for writing a file of data from GHS variables. 14.526 - Stinger (pipe/cable laying) modeling now accommodates up to three articulating sections. 14.525 - Boom max weight increased to 9999 LT to accommodate booms over 999 LT. 14.524 - Option added in Damage wind stability setup for "no capsize" being acceptable if RA0 comes before FLD. 14.523 - Option added in MODU stability setup for "no flood pt immersion" being acceptable. 14.522 - Small Condition Graphic improvements. 14.521 - Crane track roller distribution now accepts zero track widths and works with tieback. 14.52 - Tieback forces for cranes now show in screen LS graph whether or not a report has been generated. 14.509 - Off-mode buttons were not returning to gray in come cases. 14.508 - Quick Check button now goes gray in modes where no maxvcg data is present. 14.507 - Button colors for custom modes are now active. 14.506 - Lifting Mode is now offered as an additional mode restriction for Damage stability. 14.505 - "Tracks-only" crane weight distribution now takes front & back roller distributions. 14.504 - Crane button for changing stow position now available. 14.503 - New tracks-only crane weight distribution available. 14.502 - All tank gauging now uses the Sensor Interface module. 14.501 - With multiple cranes, crane radius in title on first page was sometimes not updated until crane activated. 14.50 - Hookload drop crane criterion was not restoring lightship TCG precisely when light ship weight item was very small. 14.443 - Sensor Interface: Send button now appears only in MODBUS mode. 14.442 - Sensor Interface: correction to VIGO connection. 14.441 - Sensor Interface: change in VIGO serial type designation. 14.42 - Removed vulnerability to tank selection residuals in CFG files. 14.384 - New button text-size option. Stability button colors now keyed to mode. 14.383 - Option added for tank pressure sensors that perform density corrections. 14.382 - Jackup max water depth increased to 999 feet (304 m). 14.381 - Weight category option for adjustable objects. 14.38 - Towing criterion without user HMMT input was stopping during its calculation. 14.369 - Initial VCG of adjustable legs corrected. 14.368 - Additional weights associated with adjustable objects preserved in condition files. 14.367 - Additional weights can be assigned to adjustable objects. 14.366 - Weight limits are now available for adjustable objects. 14.365 - Counterballast lifting criterion for protected waters now uses 1.0 residual area ratio. 14.364 - The Adjust Object function with linked objects corrected. 14.363 - The Adjust Object function now preserves tank settings and is compatible with weight categories. 14.362 - Several options added to the multibody Object Adjust function. 14.361 - ABS Heavy-Lift Crane criteria added. 14.36 - Crane sheave radius option added for complex cranes. - Draft sensor scale factor made effective. 14.306 - Musasino protocol added to tank gauging system options. 14.305 - Crane upperworks offset now allowed to be negative. 14.304 - LR version title was not being reset when reverting from LR version. - Correct-Heel button now checks for unreasonably large TCG of added weight. 14.303 - Fixed undefined variable when adding special flood points via the button. 14.302 - Fixed undefined variable when switching data folders (since 14.288 only). 14.301 - Crane tables for other than main hook when given in terms of radius were converting to inaccurate elevation angles). 14.30 - Fixed undefined-variable error (since 14.287 only). 14.288 - Added to the Docs menu is an option to declare another user manual. 14.287 - Note in GLM_MAKER revised to indicate Reinstall.exe instead of the obsolete Organize.exe. 14.286 - Stop due to undefined variable in energy criterion fixed. 14.285 - Added optional area limit to energy criteria: area to 30 degrees. 14.284 - Fixed Sensor Interface abort that happened when using multi-word contents descriptions. 14.283 - Deleted need for Criter2.lib (which was there only for testing purposes). 14.282 - Flooding sets with frozen tanks now correctly return the tanks to frozen type after flooding. 14.281 - DNV Heavy lift criterion now has option to use wind in both parts. - Added weights for appended bodies are now protected from editing outside of the Append Body button function. 14.28 - The AddWt button dialog has been improved to protect weight items created elsewhere and to retain the values pertaining to distributed weights for later inspection or editing. 14.242 - When multiple complex cranes are present, their current positions are listed at the beginning of the report. 14.241 - BV/RINA lifting criterion is available for "light" cranes. |