Versions

Details on the new features and updates listed here can be found after installing AUSTAL View in the help under „Einführung > Was ist neu“

Version 11

Version 11.0.5

• austal.exe and taldia.exe replaced – of the two versions of the files austal.exe and taldia.exe provided by the Federal Environment Agency, the slower version (gcc compiler) was included in version 11.0.0
• Restriction on exporting and printing output in path or file names with spaces or special characters removed

Version 11.0.0

Please note: Users of the multicore version of AUSTAL must also update: Download (File pk_mpi.3.3.0_AustalView_setup.exe)

New features

• Implementation of the new AUSTAL version 3.3.0
• Calculation of stack height according to TA Luft Annex 2 Number 14
• New BESTAL-Version implemented
• New building type polygonal building with inner courtyard („Holes“)
• New source parameter rf
• When exporting shape files, several layers can now be exported simultaneously
• Subdirectories can now also be searched when using the Import tool
• Maximum number of monitor points increased from 20 to 199
• The maximum length of building and source names has been extended to 16 characters. In addition, the numbering in the standard name of buildings and sources has been increased to 3 digits (e.g. GEB_001 instead of GEB_1).
• The maximum permitted number of grid cells has been increased from 300 to 400

Updates and bug fixes

• The quality level qs can now be selected up to the value 9 in the control system.
• When creating a new project, the last selected UTM or GK zone is set as the default value.
• When creating a user-defined grid, the third grid may have been shifted by one mesh, causing AUSTAL to abort.
• When outputting a concentration time series, the unit of the y-axis was not displayed correctly.
• Incorrect points were deleted when several monitor points were deleted at the same time.
• AUSTAL aborts if an outlet temperature tq > 10 is specified, but the source parameters dq and vq are missing. This is now checked in Details and an error message is displayed if necessary.
• In simulations with flat terrain, the error message Missing anemometer location was incorrectly displayed.
• Variable emissions: in time scenarios with uniform distribution, one hour was sometimes missing.
• The Move symbol was sometimes inactive.
• Building grid, terrain and time series files were not displayed in the „Save as“ dialogue
• The niederschlag.dmna file was not included in the zip backup by default.
• Output of the precipitation time series in niederschlag.dmna with two decimal places for more precise scalability to the mean value
• Sources with situation-dependent parameters (meteo matrix): Wind classes could only be selected from 1 to 9 instead of in 1m/s steps and the export/import of Excel files was added
• When exporting JPG images, the previously selected settings will be used in the selection
• Incorrect labelling of the weekdays in the „Emission scenario“ report has been fixed
• When selecting a colour palette for the hourly value NO2, the colour palette of the annual value was partially overwritten
• When restarting a calculation run in an existing project, the individually selected colour palettes were sometimes reset
• Checking for umlauts and symbols in the file path before starting the calculation run

Version 10.3

Version 10.3.0

New features

• Implementation of the new AUSTAL version 3.2.1
  • Drifting of raindrops can be considered with the WETDRIFT option
• WMS maps revised
  • Display problems with WMS maps fixed
  • List of WMS servers updatedt
• New entry Web License in the settings
  • If the new option is activated, the dialog for deactivating the web license is opened when the program is closed
• Odor evaluation revised
  • The zoom of the graphic window is maintained when running the odor evaluation
  • The display of the cell values is maintained when running the odor evaluation again
  • The last selected color palette of an odorant evaluation is automatically adopted for a further evaluation
  • Rectangular evaluation grids possible
  • Rounding of the emission center possible
  • Display of the expansion circle or ellipse now optional
  • Field boundaries are now checked before the evaluation program is started
• Computational grid
  • When creating a grid, it is automatically enlarged to include the position of the anemometer if necessary
  • Improved automatic creation of computational grids: Transition area now at least 4 grid cells wide
• Time scenarios
  • In the editor the support of meteorological data has been improved.

Updates and bug fixes

• Fixed a bug when creating the roughness file in the terrain calculator
• Fixed a bug when manually resizing the computational grid in the graphics window
• Updated format when exporting buildings in bodies.def format
• Fixed problems with importing buildings in DMNA format
• Problems with import of buildings in bodies.def format solved
• input of the source diameter parameter dq now possible with 3 decimal places
• no more error message if the anemometer location is in both inner grids
• export of vertical line sources to shape format improved
• error when creating the precipitation.dmna in case of data failure in AKTerm fixed
• Fixed a bug in the positioning of the odor evaluation grid
• Fixed a bug in the time scenario editor
• Update and bugfix in calculation of replacement anemometer position
• Fixed error in report output