What's New for Users - mXrap 6.0.0
Last update: 14 November 2023
Gridlines rotate with the View
Select and Highlight Vertices in a Surface or Line Series in 3D
Depth Peeling Controls in the
3D Panel
Global controls that affect all 3D views
Improved Marker Symbol Dialog Box
Change the Location of
the Cache
Short story: Ask the mXrap team to upgrade your root folder, and then you can install and use Version 6. Be sure to check any site-specific Apps that you have in your root.
Version 6 is intended to be backwards and forward compatible with Version 5.
This means you can switch between Version 6.0 and Version 5 without compatibility issues.
Version 6.1 will bring changes that are incompatible with Version 5, so please help us upgrade you to Version 6.0 soon so we can ensure any problems are fixed before we move onwards into the future.
Contact support if you require a root folder, or help upgrading your own Apps.
Full support for Windows Server 2022+ and Windows 10+
We are unable to fully support old operating systems such as Windows Server 19, Windows Server 16 and Windows 7.
Many IT departments will be running Windows Server 16 on their Virtual Machines, so this could be an issue at some sites.
The simplest way to check if your computers are supported, is to run mXrap v6 and try it out. If mXrap detects problems, it will tell you.
WIBU recently announced a software update to address a CVE security issue (Common Vulnerability and Exposure) that relates to an exploit available from the SOCKS5 proxy. You may not have such a proxy configured, but in theory, Malware could use this issue as part of a combined attack.
https://cdn.wibu.com/fileadmin/wibu_downloads/security_advisories/AdvisoryWIBU-231017-01.pdf
The solution is to upgrade the CodeMeter Runtime to the latest version.
A link to the latest version of the CodeMeter Runtime can be found here:
https://downloads.mxrap.com/Dongles/CodeMeterRuntime.exe
or here: https://www.wibu.com/support/user/user-software.html
We’ve made many improvements to the way we load the Root folder and files from disk.
Our developers have been using Version 6 Beta for months, and the speed difference alone is such that we don't like switching back to Version 5. We hope you will also find Version 6 faster in your environment.
mXrap now works properly on higher resolution monitors. Version 5 relied on automatic scaling, so it could appear fuzzy and out of focus. Version 6 is now crisp and sharp.
We have also changed the GUI styling of mXrap (eg. the buttons and spacing look different). We aren't happy with the current state and hope to make some more changes in this area.
Note that the fixed-width font (used for numbers) has changed to the newest Microsoft font: "Cascadia Mono".
As a result, the width of columns and text might be different to before, and column widths may need to be adjusted.
Depending on your operating system, you may have been using Courier New or (more likely) Consolas in the past.
We have now added some helpful tips in mXrap. Try clicking the ? buttons to view the tips.
3D Tips | |
Chart Tips | |
Tableview Tips |
Version 5's 3D view could be confusing when looking at a plan view of your mine. Dragging the left mouse button up and down would rotate the view in such a way that your mine would end up sideways.
Starting from Version 6, dragging the view up and down will always rotate the mine vertically between a plan view and a section view.
Dragging the mouse side to side will always rotate the mine around the vertical axis.
To make navigation easier, you can:
Rotate the ViewMouse side-to-side Force Rotation: | |
Tilt the ViewMouse up-and-down Force Tilt: | |
Gridlines rotate with the View |
We’ve made an update to mXrap that improves several aspects regarding its display. A short list of the changes can be seen below.
Select and Highlight Vertices in a Surface or Line Series in 3D |
Depth Peeling Controls in the | |
Global controls that affect all 3D views | |
Depth Peeling Off | |
Depth Peeling On |
While choosing a Marker Style symbol, you can preview all symbols in a chosen colour.
Choose a Symbol | |
Preview in |
mXrap keeps a copy of a lot of data in your "User Profile" folders on the C: system disk. This can be problematic if your C: is running low on disk space.
You have always been able to choose another location to store this cache (eg on a larger data disk), however, Version 5 still stored quite a lot of stuff on the C:
Version 6 will now store all of its Cache where you choose, and, it will also detect and clean up unused cache files left behind in your User Profile.
Access the Settings | |
Change the Location of | |
Old cache auto-detected | |
Clearing old Cache files |
mXrap now supports more special characters, white spaces in file paths and deeper folder paths. Stricter file naming is also enforced.
If you have any issues regarding any special characters, please try to use plain ascii instead and let us know via support.
mXrap may read files from network drives, such as seismic event files. The username/password credentials for these network shares are sometimes forgotten by Windows, and mXrap Version 5 would fail to access the file and not tell you that there was a problem.
As of Version 6, mXrap will ask the user for the username and password if the Network share needs the credentials.
We’ve implemented a language translation system for translating Apps into different languages.
You can choose the language mXrap uses via the About dialog.
Click "About mXrap" | |
Choose a Language |
The current languages available for mXrap include English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Swedish.
We have only just started translating some Apps. If you are interested in contributing to the translations, please let us know.
Example: EnglishGeneral Analysis | |
Exemple: FrançaisAnalyse Générale |
