Version History

Version 1.5 (10/25/2004)

• Tables have been modified so they are editable
  • Edited data can be replotted or saved
  • Tables show if they are user created data, from server (data or comptation) or read in from a file
• Added min, max and exp functions
• Temperature is now shown on plots
• Rewrote the 2D plotting package to be more extensible to future capabilities
  • Title, xAxis, yAxis, plot and legend are all movable objects which can be rendered in a default layout or moved and sized by the user
  • Double click to edit properties
  • Right-click to move one object before or behind other objects
  • Click and drag to open a menu to zoom in or zoom out or to zoom in just one axis
  • Can undo the last zoom
  • Can specify options for the linestyle, font for different objects, X and Y ranges and steps
  • Can rename plot legends and specify the legend grid
  • Can show uncertainities if specified with the data
• Added EXFOR data
  • Point data as (opposed to linear data) so addition is not supported
• Element is now a new layer with isotope underneath it
• Selecting multiple data for computations merges them instead of adds them
• Port may be specified for testing and possible multiple servers in the future
• Decreased server startup time from about 90 minutes to 30 seconds

Version 1.4 (1/16/2004)

• Sped up 2-D plotting by avoiding excessive checks.
• 2-D plots have their exponents moved closer to their axis
• Line widths chart option in 2-D plots
• Added computation ability.
  • Computation window is unique per session
  • History of commands implemented
  • 2-D data math added
  • Selecting more than one data set at a time for computations means they will be added together
  • Can store a computation as a variable
  • Can save/load computation sessions
• Tab delimited text file may be read in
  • Comment lines start with a #
  • One point per line
  • First line holds axis names
  • Data is separated by a blank line
  • Last comment line before the end of data is the plot name
• Evaluated cross sections may be heated up

Version 1.3 (9/24/2003)

• Added processed data
• Added 1-D Grid data type plots (boundary values)
• Added histogram data to display the processed data
• Added ability to specify location of 2D legends
• Added a Save Table command to save just one table to a file
• Added Save Picture to save a chart as a PNG image
• 3D and 4D plots will display scroll bars if the control panel is too small
• 2D plotted lines do not lose their color nor symbol when lines are added or deleted

Version 1.2 (6/6/2003)

• Added a Save All command under File menu
  • This saves all data to a tab deliminted file
  • You must have the modifyThread permission set in the .java.policy file

Version 1.1 (4/25/2003)

• Added ability to save and load preferences
  • Saving preferences saves the last 3D or 4D chart option changes and the first 2D plot displayed to a file called NADS.ini
  • Preferences will automatically be read in at startup
• Changes to 3D or 4D chart carry over to new plots

Version 1.0 Release (4/22/2003)

• Multiple 2D plots have been implemented.
  • Set preferences for adding behavior
  • Can add a 2D plot manually under the File menu
  • 2D Plots are deleted when their data has been emptied.

Version 1.0 Beta

• In the Data Viewer, you can now sort the isotopes by name, ZA or symbol. Right click on the target folder (i.e. "neutron") and select how you wish the tree to be sorted.
• FUDGE server now gives the data in a collapsed mode. For example, you only have to go down in the tree structure far enough until there is only 1 unique data set.
• Chart options for the 3D plot is no longer modal.
• About FUDGE in the Help menu shows the current version of FUDGE.
• Labels in the 3D and 4D plot should spaced a little better.
• Several administrative commands added to the server for better diagnostics and control of the server.
• Allows 3D and 4D plots to have axes show a log scale in which some of the values go negative. The excess points are thrown away.
• Moved Clear Plots from File Menu to Data Menu
• Added ability to plot 2D, 3D, and 4D histogram data
• Added ability to display 1D energy grid lines
• Can do limited plotting of processed data

Version 1.0 Alpha feature improvements from NDS 2000

• Data is retrieved in XML format with the use of FUDGE, a python program that can retrieve and manipulate ENDL data.
• Data is displayed with the use of a Java plot engine that allows for users to maniuplate the plot instead of looking at a fixed image of a plot
  • Supports 2D, 3D and 4D data
  • Allows for scaling and several plotting options
• Supports the new ENDL format which is not just neutron specific
• This new design allows for the NADS system to grow and change in many new directions in the future

NDS 2000 was created around 1997 to allow for ENDL formatted data to be viewed and downloaded from the web in a user friendly fashion.

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