These release notes describe and illustrate the features
of this latest release of Deep Exploration CAD and Standard Editions.
They address any issues not discussed in the Help reference or Readme
documentation and they include information regarding installation.
For a list of bug fixes, please see the Right Hemisphere
Support - Knowledgebase.
For the Release Notes for 64bit Deep Exploration, please see 64Bit Release Notes.
Alpha channel in a texture map acts like a transparency map when applied to the Diffuse map in Deep Exploration.
Subtitles are shown outside the output window.
Installation
Installation whilst maintaining a version of Deep Exploration 5.0.x on the same machine
DE 5.7 installs into a separate folder by default. In addition, there are separate start menu entries for each. For DE 5.6 users, your product activation codes will be used, so there is no need to re-activate. Thumbnails however, will need to be re-generated as these are stored separate from existing.
Upgrading to Deep Exploration 5.7
When upgrading to Deep Exploration 5.7.3, please uninstall the previous Deep Exploration build and then install the latest build.
Notes
Before installing Deep Exploration, we advise closing
all applications.
For network installation and deployment instructions, please see the Right Hemisphere
Support - Knowledgebase.
For a network FAQ, please see the Right Hemisphere
Support - Knowledgebase.
For the Standalone License Activation Guide, please see the Right Hemisphere
Support - Knowledgebase.
For a Standalone License FAQ, please see the Right Hemisphere
Support - Knowledgebase.
All customers using Deep Exploration version 5.7 will,
at a minimum, require Adobe Reader 8.1 for PDF Publishing.
Note: For users with Microsoft Windows 2000 operating
system, you will require all of the latest Microsoft Windows 2000 operating
system updates to be installed before installing Deep Exploration 5.7.
Without the required updates, the Deep Exploration 5.7. installer will
fail.
For Deep Exploration 5.7. silent install :
DeepExploration.exe /v"/passive ALLUSERS=1"
For the combined module ( ensuring that the file exists
for Deep View or that you are going to do the regsvr32 after for Deep
View ) :
The Help reference information is available from the
Deep Exploration menu and by pressing F1 on your keyboard within Deep
Exploration.
Product Versions
The version number scheme is 1.2.3.4567 where:
1 = Major version indicator. This would be incremented
for a major release.
2 = Minor release that indicates new feature release between major
releases.
3 = Indicates a patch that includes fixes only.
4567 = Build number as an identification of the build
that is released.