Viewbox revision history

Version 4.1.5.1. (released 27 September2025)

Several minor bugs and glitches fixed.
Fixed line width bug when exporting to PPT.
Added function to automatically find symmetric points in a Template.
Video creation now supports interpolation of object movement.

Version 4.1.5.0. (released 29 August 2025)

Added Axis Planes.
Added Ruler Intersections that show distances at which the ruler line intersects objects in 3D.
Changes in Graphics of Templates:
- Custom line stippling.
- Line stippling and line thickness now in pixels or mm. You may need to adjust your template files.
- Added 'Circle Sector' graphic type, to replace 'Pie' and 'Arc' (deprecated).
Digitized points now have a preferred projection direction, for determining the correct surface, when projecting as semilandmarks.
Improved area measurement of slice sections on meshes. Area measurements of 'external' sections are now flagged as negative.
Updated and extended scripting language.
Scripts can be pre-loaded and called using shortcut keys.
Updated Help file.
Several minor improvements in user interface and features.
Several bugs fixed.

Version 4.1.4.1. (released 16 March 2025)

Improved mesh repair.
Added function to select isolated triangles.
Added function to clip voxel values to a specific range.
Bugs fixed:
- 'Range Error' and other bugs when digitizing some templates
- Wrong font size when exporting to a bitmap file

Version 4.1.4.0. (released 1 March 2025)

Higher-quality 2D drawing with antialiasing.
Higher-quality icons and cursors for high-DPI screens.
Mesh cut line can be copied/pasted between meshes.
Volume adaptive markers can be hidden.
Updated TWAIN support.
Bugs fixed:
- 'Export as Image' produced corrupt result
- 'String list' error during loading
- 'Send to Powerpoint' did not show measurements on 64bit systems

Version 4.1.3.1. (released 21 January 2025)

Bug fix and minor update. Fixed:
- software freezing when rendering volumes in some adapters
- 'range check' errors when starting Viewbox
- OpenGL sometimes not properly detected

Version 4.1.3.0. (released 12 January 2025)

Bug fix and minor update.
Increased 2D resolution when digitizing on-screen to 0.01 mm.
Updated exporting to PowerPoint, to support font size change without word wrap.
Added shadows in 3D.
Updated lighting model in 3D.
Added non-rigid mesh alignment.
Added mesh alignment by isolines.
Added colour maps. Improved colour map editor.
Updated PCA Viewer to compute residuals of regression and create exaggerated shapes.
Added Option for diagonal size of screen monitor, to adjust size in 2D display.
Improved Code Editor. Multiple tabs, undo/redo, more functions supported.
Several bug fixes.

Version 4.1.2.1. (released 15 January 2024)

Bug fix and minor update.

Version 4.1.2.0. (released 6 January 2024)

Bug fix and minor update.
Added script editor with Pascal-like language (work in progress).
Computes curvature on meshes.
Selection of mesh vertices.
Creates mesh slices along a path and computes section area.
Better support of DICOM data.
Computes volume thresholding automatically.
Multiple volume rendering.
Calculates fractal dimension using box counting.
Aligns images using mutual information.

Version 4.1.0.12. (released 30 May 2021)

Bug fix and minor update.
Fixes bug that would not read slice thickness from some DICOM files.
Added function to flatten mesh with minimal distortion.
Added function to calculate signed angle in 3D.

Version 4.1.0.11. (released 17 April 2021)

Bug fix and minor update.
Fixes bug that would not load STL files in some 64-bit installations.
Fixes bug that would not load some DICOM slices of a Series.
Added mesh undo capability and option to set the number of undos that are available.
Added Threshold function for images.
Improved colour-map editing.
Colour-maps can be reversed in Mesh Alignment window.
Mesh normals are correctly transformed when freezing the mesh.

Version 4.1.0.10. (released 28 February 2021)

Major upgrade.

Please note:

This version installs in the 'Program Files' folder and places user files in a newly created 'My Documents/dHAL Viewbox 4' folder. This implies that installing this version will not overwrite your previous version. It is recommended that you keep both versions until you are certain that you have migrated all your files. Backup your system before deleting any previous folders or files!
However, if you have been using the BETA version, no actions are necessary, as the BETA version was already using the same installation folders as the new version.
This version has numerous updates, additions and improvements, including:
64-bit version for 64-bit systems, allowing larger memory access.
Support for High-DPI screens.
Better Unicode support.
Better DICOM support.
Mesh functions (booleans, convex hull, hole filling, fairing, cutting, symmetry plane, offset surface (hollowing), and others).
Improved rendering of meshes.
New types of Derived and Digitized Points in Templates.
New options for drawing PCA plots.
Alignment of multiple meshes by ICP.

Version 4.0.1.7. (released 13 March 2013)

Added line thickness and line colour to PCA Viewer Plots.
Improved TPS grid drawing and now TPS grids are also exported to 3D PDF.
Updated ambient occlusion.
Updated 3D PDF export to export texture of meshes as well.
Corrected volume renderings and mesh creation for anisotropic voxels.
Added point relocation feature.
Updated Digitise window.

Version 4.0.1.6. (released 13 September 2012)

Added 3D PDF export. All 3D graphics can be exported to a 3D PDF file except for volumes, TPS grids and some other minor objects.
Added option to animate Ortho Slices in movies.
Added option to specify size of datasets that are created in PCA Viewer. 'Create Datasets' now creates the average dataset as well.
Added option to specify decimal point when exporting data, in case data needs to be imported into software that do not recognize decimal digits other than dot.
Numerous bug fixes and small improvements.

Version 4.0.1.5. (released 21 July 2012)

Added 'CurveIntersection' for Derived points.
Added line to show the direction of pure size change in Form Space.
Changed localization system. Languages can be added and supported by users easily, just be editing a text file.
Name of VBR folder was changed to 'Templates' folder.
Added capability to distribute points on selected parts of mesh surfaces in a random fashion.
Added capability to slide points on mesh surfaces until they are uniformly distributed on the mesh.
Added debug log feature, to log program progress and facilitate debugging.
Added support for hardware multisample antialiasing.
Added mesh merging feature.
Numerous bug fixes and small improvements.

Version 4.0.1.0. (released 1 July 2011)

Official release of version 4.

Version 4.0.0.98. (released 24 April 2009)

Added support for hardware accelerated (GPU) volume rendering. Requires graphics card with shader support and OpenGL 2 and above. Nvidia 8 and 9 series cards recommended.