DIRSIG 4.4.2 is here!

The Final Release of DIRSIG 4.4.2 is out. This release is primarily a maintenance release to address a few bugs in the 4.4.1 release.

The following is a summary of fixes and features added in this release:

• Significant performance improvements to LIDAR simulations (~20x faster)
• Adaptive sampling support in the Graphical User Interface (GUI)
• Data-drive focal plane support in the Graphical User Interface (GUI)
• Improvements to graphical "Simulation Preview" tool
• New extended-area, directly viewable sources
• New "Refinery" scene
• 10 new demonstrations
• Bug fixes related to using the "Classic" atmosphere model
• Improved compatibility with MODTRAN5 2.0.0
• Issues with platforms on space based platforms
• Issues with platforms on the ground looking at exo-atmospheric objects
• Scene Editor upgrades
• New "General" tab with preview image
• Option for implicit scene "base directory" using the location of the .scene file
• More meta-data than just the scene "name"
• Platform Editor upgrades
• New tabbed layout of the focal plane editor
• Improved data-driven detector array geometry support

We wish to thank those early adopter users for their participation in this release. And we invite you all to give the new features in 4.4.2 a try. It is available for immediate download on myDIRSIG.

Scott and Adam

The DIRSIG Team