2.4

Released August 9, 2023

This release includes a new tool along with several new features and improved integrations. Read more about the new features here.

New Tool:

New: Added Table Builder Tool for OLGA Data
- Allows tablular display of parametric studies or a single case
- Table Builder supports adding columns such as branch name, and controllers, so that the same data across multiple branches or controllers (e.g., pressure profile, controller output) can be compared
- Table data can be plotted as X-Y Plots

New Features & Enhancements:

Improved: Plotting Tool Enhancements
- Added new plot style with greater accessibility for users with color vision deficiency
- Added checkbox to check or uncheck all variables in a group
- The user can now zoom a single axis using the mouse wheel over an axis
- Improved styling for timestamp overlay on profile plot video export
- Parametric plot series can now be re-ordered
- Improved legend placement control for stack plots
- Calculated variables using the SLICE functions are now supported in X-Y plots
New: Enhanced Parametric Study tool
- Added file preview feature which highlights changes to base case
- Added a table-based view for covariant variables allowing you to copy and paste data from Excel
New: Calculation Enhancements
- Added the ability to duplicate calculations
- Added a NUMBERVALUE function to calculations that can convert a text value to a number. This is useful to convert string values such as CASE INFO or CASE TITLE if they are used to store numeric metadata about the case
Improved: Allow FREECORP corrosion simulation to continue when some sources are missing
Improved: Added support for Pressure-Enthalpy PVT tables in the PVT Files hub
Improved: Added support for logging into obot with Active Directory
New: Added the ability to clone a PI tag collection

Bug Fixes:

Fixed: Several Plotting Issues
- Parametric plots missing series x-values when some cases are missing variables
- Problems duplicating parametric plots
- Several bugs with time and distance sliders on profile plots
- The user can now select times and/or distances on X-Y plots with profiles
Fixed: Several LedaFlow issues
- Handling of additional LedaFlow variables and better handling of time offsets
- LedaFlow running in non-English language cultures
- Problem preventing LedaFlow series from being used on X-Y plots
Fixed: Several minor issues with Imported Data Tool including handling of invalid data and updating plots when series are changed
Fixed: Issue where water phase was hidden in PVT tool
Improved: Application stability by preventing crashes

Update 1

General:

Improved: Added support for OLGA 2022.1 and 2023.1
Improved: Added support for Library statement for global geometry
Improved: Performance of spreadsheet multi-variable interface in parametric studies
Fixed: Several crashing bugs throughout flotools, including Imported Data Tool, Design Basis Tool, and Parametric Study Tool

Table Builder Tool:

Fixed: Several bugs impacting performance
Fixed: Handling of changes to calculated variable unit types
Fixed: Aggregation function bugs that resulted in always computing zeroes

Plotting Tool:

Fixed: Consolidate X axes now works when copying to clipboard
Fixed: Combined series offsets when exporting to CSV
Fixed: Bug when using manual offsets for combined profile series caused constituent series lose offset causing overlap
Fixed: Could not uncheck Show Units in X Axis
Fixed: Units for momentum flux were changed to Pressure
Fixed: Series reordering on stacked plots

2.3

Released July 6, 2022

This release includes several new features and integrations. Read more about the new features here.

Plotting & Reporting:

New: Support for combining series across branches to act on all series as one
New: Display plots in stacks to allow for easy comparison of plot data for trend, profile, X-Y, and parametric plots
New: Support for LedaFlow up to version 2.8
- Support for a single workspace per LedaFlow database
- Supports simulations with up to 50,000 time values
New: Parametric plots now support multiple Y variables (and multiple Y axes)
Improved: Rendering of absolute date/time axis
Fixed: Elevation profile now plots on a profile plot in simulation time mode

Historian Integration:

New: Login/Password based authentication support for PI
New: Allow historian tag descriptions and units to be saved

Bug Fixes:

Fixed: Several minor bugs with field data simulations, design basis report, and other features.
Fixed: Support for long path names
Fixed: Crashes on plot matrix when select all is used with N/A plots
Fixed: Water temperature profile map was not working
Fixed: Wall material property limits on conductivity are too strict
Fixed: Material library was not working

Update 1

Fixed: Crash when selecting variables on an incomplete parametric plot
Fixed: Inconsistencies with time and distance sliders and animation on profile plots

Update 2

Improved: User calculations can now be duplicated

Bug Fixes:

Fixed: Power function now includes scalar base
Fixed: Reynolds Number is now correct if mixture is either all gas or all liquid
Fixed: Issues with plots where modifying one thing modifies duplicates
Fixed: Duplicating a parametric plot now maintains styles
Fixed: Time slider was resetting to first value when switching plots
Fixed: Black Oil Tool tab file creation was crashing flotools
Fixed: Several other bugs causing application crashes

Update 3

Bug Fixes:

Fixed: Problems with LedaFlow and imported data running in non-US/English cultures
Fixed: Problem with duplicated variables in LedaFlow

Update 4

Plotting & Reporting:

Improved: Profile variables resulting from calculations using SLICE function can now be used in X-Y plots
Improved: LedaFlow profile variables can be plotted against each other in X-Y plots
Fixed: Several other minor bugs in plotting

Bug Fixes:

Fixed: Bug that resulted in PI connection settings to get scrambled on reboot

2.2

Released October 26, 2021

This release includes several new features and tools. Read more about the new tools here

New: Added Equivalent Soil Thickness tool
New: Add online historians as data sources into flotools (includes support for PI Asset Framework)
New: Field Data Simulation Tool
New: Design Basis Report Tool

Imported Data:

New: Import data from PI Historian

Plotting & Reporting:

New: Plot historian data in clock time mode with data and time on X Axis
New: Convert OLGA simulation data to clock time with a clock time offset
New: Switch back and forth between clock time and simulation (relative) time
New: Improved speed for loading calculations

Freecorp:

Fixed: Fixed a bug that was preventing valid cases from being usable in the tool

Update 1

Improved: Tag collections can now have descriptions and unit types saved for each tag. This allows the data to be imported with the saved names and unit types instead of cryptic tag names.
Improved: Field data simulation can now use gas standard flow rate and liquid standard flow rate as appropriate.
Improved: Field data simulation now shows the phase for standard flowrates when mapping values.
Fixed: Errors when the path is too long
Fixed: Plots were not rendered if some plot data was not available
Fixed: Crashes running the design basis report
Fixed: Field data simulation now remembers variable mapping
Fixed: Field data simulation error when generating file

2.1

Released June 28, 2019

New: Added Equivalent Soil Thickness tool
New: Added Wall Builder Tool
New: Added U-Value Tool
New: Added offline checkout capability for licenses and tokens

Imported Data:

Improved: Added support for imported series with one data point.

Riser geometry:

Improved: Added support for building walls and updated calculations

Black Oil:

Improved: Added API Gravity option for input

Plotting:

Fixed: Issue with series label in parametric plots
Fixed: Issue with trig calculation functions
Improved: Switched all plot trackers to multi series tracker
Improved: Added tracker snapshot when clicking on plot
Improved: Added click copy paste functionality for tracker snapshot and Min/Max/Avg Values

Parsing:

Fixed: Possible infinite loops when parsing Olga Networks
Fixed: Crashing when loading input parameters that have errors
Fixed: Erros with duplicate statments in TPL and PPL files

Update 1

Fixed: Fixed issues in parsing OLGA outputs for some European region settings
Fixed: Fixed OLGA statement generated from Water Temperature Profile Tool
Fixed: Fixed API Gravity option in the Black Oil Model
Fixed: Fixed bug that could cause holdup plots to not work

Update 2

Improved: Parametric studies now recursively evaluate expressions allowing for more complex calculation strings
Fixed: Fixed issues in parsing OLGA 2019 files when restart files are used
Fixed: Fixed an issue in If-Then-Else that would cause calculations to fail under some conditions

Update 4

New: Ability to vary line styles before colors when setting up plot styles
Improved: Significant improvement in variable selector load times when opening cases with large numbers of output variables
Improved: Active plot style change is remembered across workspaces
Improved: Tracker copies all values when the x-axis value is clicked
Improved: Button to copy all data from the stats panel at once
Fixed: Fixed occasional crash during copy to clipboard action and added feedback if copy fails

Update 5

Improved: Add support for OLGA key files up to the OLGA 2020 version
Fixed: Fixed licensing issues on enterprise networks for improved security

Update 6 (2.1.5.5756)

Fixed: Fixed error opening PVT files

2.0

Released November 16, 2017

This was a major update and includes too many new features, improvements, and fixes to list here. Read our release announcement for an overview of what’s included in the update.

Update 1

Plotting Dashboard

Improved: Fixed problem where reloading cases can take a very long time to complete.
Fixed: Some calculations using profile reduction functions (MINVALUE(), MAXVALUE(), FIRST(), LAST(), etc.) would not work correctly on profiles without a time dimension.
Fixed: Some calculations using arithmetic (+, -, *, /, etc.) would not work correctly when operating on profiles with different lengths.

Riser Builder

Improved: Adding new wall layers uses the current unit set’s units instead of pre-defined defaults.
Fixed: Fixed elevation profile when generating OLGA statements in LENGTH/ELEVATION mode.
Fixed: Pipes are now numbered in ascending order when generating OLGA statements.

Update 2

Fixed: Crash when running on Windows 7 with .NET Framework 4.5.2 or older.

Update 3

New: Specify the color palette used when building plots
New: Change the colors of phases in a 3D Holdup plot
New: Drag and drop plots between dashboards
New: New option to show the timestamp on a 3D holdup plot
New: Added optional numeric rounding for the series variable in a parametric plot
Improved: New controls around displaying units and subscripts in axis titles
Improved: New option to reset to use the “unit set default” unit in a series or plot
Improved: Rename the labels shown for X axis values in a parametric plot
Improved: New controls for sizing and placement of custom logos in plot styles
Fixed: Fixed bug where copied CSV data would not paste into Excel correctly
Fixed: Fixed unit conversion on series variable when exporting a parametric plot to Excel
Fixed: Fixed bug where an exported video of a 3D holdup plot might not include all time steps
Fixed: Fixed bug where the list of variables could become permanently corrupted
Fixed: Fixed layer positioning on profile plots when length basis is Horizontal Distance
Fixed: Fixed problem where the list of variables would not refresh to include a new calculation under certain situations
Fixed: Fixed incorrect calculation in GetSectionLength() function
Fixed: Fixed branch joining when ABSPOSITION is used

Update 4

Fixed: Fixed bug where Parametric Studies tool could crash upon startup.

Update 5

Fixed: Fixed licensing bug that incorrectly prevented access to flotools.

Update 6

Fixed: Licensing bug fix for western hemisphere

1.7

Released January 9, 2017

New: Export to Excel: Export any plot to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet as a table of data or similarly-styled chart
New: PVT Table Visualization Tool: Visualize fluid data from .tab files as a 3D surface and perform related calculations
New: 3D Holdup Plots: Visualize multi-phase holdup along a pipeline in 3D and add associated annotations (pigs, valves, etc.)
Improved: Faster data loading and much less memory usage when working in flotools
Improved: Many bug fixes and improvements in the calculations framework
Improved: New units for Power, Mass, Mass flow rate, and others

Note: There were so many small fixes and improvements in this release that listing them here would have been pointless. You wouldn’t have read them all. Just know that there were a *lot* of fixed bugs and minor improvements that made this one of the most significant flotools updates we’ve ever released. If you have a question about a particular feature or bug feel free to contact us.

Update 1

Fixed: Issue where certain types of tab files could not be loaded.
Fixed: Issue that caused trends and profiles to fail to load if their associated tab file failed to load

Update 2

Improved: Trendline series titles can be changed
Fixed: Issue where DTHYD* did not show up in variable list
Fixed: Issue where calculated variables that reference a lookup table did not calculate correctly in certain situations
Fixed: Issue where trends and profiles would not load if input file was not available
Fixed: Issue where variables were always shown with an asterisk when exporting to Excel
Fixed: Rare crash when removing multiple annotations from a plot
Fixed: Issue where trendline titles were not loaded correctly

Update 3

Fixed: Profile merging did not work correctly in certain situations
Fixed: Crash when exporting a video of certain profile plots
Fixed: Error message when selecting variables after cases have been added to or removed from the workspace
Improved: Better auto-generated series title for Imported Data series

Update 4

Fixed: Cross plot points could be shown with an incorrect case label or value
New: Add trend layers on profiles viewed as trends
New: Calculate across distance in a parametric plot’s profile variable
Improved: Tab file data is no longer loaded when loading variable catalog
Improved: Much faster loading of directories and files in Quick Access view
Fixed: Crash when plotting calculated variable with user inputs in two different plots
Fixed: Bug where saving a new workspace over an old workspace could migrate data from the old workspace into the new
Fixed: Crash loading case files when connections specification is invalid
Fixed: Crash when double-clicking N/A cell in a plot matrix
Fixed: Crash when adding certain layers/points of interest to a non-time-varying profile
Fixed: Crash when the data is not available for a plot with layers
Fixed: Tracker interpolation when a profile is reversed
Fixed: Bug where reassigning cases cancels any prior additions or removals
Fixed: Crash when parametric study’s base case is removed from the workspace
Fixed: Bug where calculations could fail in certain situations
Fixed: Crash when selecting obot jobs
Fixed: A number of crashes when creating or editing calculated variables
Fixed: Crash loading cross plot data in certain situations
Fixed: Bug where certain POSITION-based variables would not plot correctly

1.6

Released February 15, 2016

New: Well plots: create plots for production, completions, and drilling engineers
New: Completely redesigned plot export
New: ROL and RHOMIX calculated variables
New: Rectangle and Ellipse annotations
Improved: Streamlined start screen for quickly creating workspaces
Improved: Dedicated menu for managing custom plot styles
Improved: Faster variable catalog loading, especially with saved workspaces

Parametric studies

New: Edit a study variable after it is created
New: Option to skip existing cases when generating study cases
Improved: Generated case files preserve line breaks from the original file
Improved: Identify variables by statement number in addition to label and name
Improved: Identify variables linked to Node statements (in addition to Branch statements)
Improved: Study variables are grouped by property name by default
Fixed: Changes to study name and description were not always saved

Styles

New: Completely new menu for editing, saving, and sharing custom styles
New: Added a built-in dark theme
New: Added tiered settings for font sizes based on plot width
Improved: Styles contain separate settings for document and presentation export modes
Fixed: Custom styles are remembered when a workspace is opened on another computer

Start screen

New: Streamlined, more intuitive design
Improved: Search in a specific folder
Improved: Button to refresh the folder list

Annotations & Points of Interest

New: Rectangle and Ellipse annotations
New: Points of Interest categories for separators and other network component types
Improved: Added ‘Reset to default’ and ‘No color’ options for annotation colors that support them
Fixed: Values properly update when changing X or Y unit type
Fixed: Series area annotation was not rendered correctly in certain situations
Fixed: Colors are reloaded when the style’s annotation font color changes

Calculations

New: ROL and RHOMIX built-in calculated variables
New: No longer marked as ‘Preview’
Fixed: Crash if two definition variables had the same name

Other

New: Right-click option to copy a plot’s image or data from dashboard view
New: Option to reverse axis values in ‘Format’ panel
New: Option to hide titles in ‘Format’ panel
Improved: Option to paste as ‘PNG’ when pasting an image into Microsoft Office applications
Improved: Faster loading of cross plots when they are first created
Improved: Marker color matches line color when line color changes
Improved: Imported trend or profile series also show up as X-Y series
Improved: Axis labels do not overlap when plot size is small
Fixed: Visual inconsistencies while creating surge volume plots
Fixed: Problems in certain situations when working with cross plots that have category X or series variables
Fixed: Some files would be reloaded even when they hadn’t changed
Fixed: Rare problem calculating horizontal distances for a profile
Fixed: Plots with a hydrate curve would sometimes show up empty
Fixed: Plot units are remembered when opening a workspace on another computer when that workspace uses a custom unit set
Fixed: Chart border was not present when exporting a plot’s image
Fixed: Plot previews did not match exported images in certain situations
Fixed: Using the scroll wheel to zoom a plot could result in a negative zoom
Fixed: Trendline equations were improperly formatted when certain terms were zero
Fixed: Rare crash in surge volume plots with multiple series

Update 1

New: Redesigned UI for building calculations
New: Add user inputs to calculations. For example, atmospheric pressure when calculating a gauge pressure or a tuning factor in an empirical calculation.
New: Edit a calculation directly from the Series panel
New: SURGEVOL calculation function
New: AREA built-in calculated variable
Improved: Greatly improved performance when drawing and rendering plots. This is most noticeable when viewing dashboards with many plots.
Improved: Change to a different branch (in the Series panel) even when a corresponding pipe or section is not available in that branch
Improved: Specify a specific unit to use when processing a calculation. For example, empirical correlations that require a specific unit.
Improved: New look and feel in various places, including Annotations, Units, Styles, and more
Improved: Calculated variables can be created that can use input variables from multiple cases.
Improved: New units, including:
- Electric conductivity: S/cm, mS/cm
- Mass flow rate: g/s
- Time: ms
- Liquid volume flow rate: L/m, mL/m
- Dynamic viscosity: Pa*s, mPa*s
- Torque: N*cm, mN*m
- Length: um (micrometer)
Fixed: Bug where “Group” and “Change all to this” buttons would not update correctly
Fixed: Crashes when loading certain malformed files
Fixed: Problem where values in a PARAMETERS statement could not be used in a cross plot
Fixed: Problem where variables could load very slowly with the calculation library contained an invalid or incomplete calculation
Fixed: Duplicate variable names are no longer allowed in a calculation
Fixed: Removed the built-in calculation ROL because it was incorrect.
Fixed: Calculated variables no longer appear when their formulas are invalid or incomplete
Fixed: Crash when exporting videos of X-Y plots in certain situations
Fixed: Crash when merging well plots
Fixed: Crash when ungrouping time slider when one series does not vary with time
Fixed: Bug that disallowed crossing a non-calculated variable against a calculated variable in X-Y plots

Update 2

New: Option to view a profile as a trend
New: Add multiple lines to a profile using the ‘Choose times…’ option
New: Button to create a workspace with no cases
Improved: Unit text for minutes changed from ‘m’ to ‘min’
Improved: New units for Distance: cm, in, mm, µm
Improved: Added support for additional input file variables in a cross plot
Improved: Faster plot matrix rendering
Improved: New plots take the size of other plots in the dashboard when first created
Improved: Added tool tip in dashboard view for long plot titles
Improved: Do not apped unit type when generating a parametric study and the varying parameter’s unit type is Unknown
Improved: Automatic detection of OLGA 5-style input files
Improved: Removed unnecessary precision from Series panel dropdown lists
Fixed: Bug that caused time slider text to fail to update
Fixed: Bug that caused computed case variables to be unusable in a cross plot with a case filter applied
Fixed: Bug that caused time sliders to fail to group when the sliders have a different number of values
Fixed: Invalid trendline calculation on profiles that do not vary with time (e.g. elevation profile)
Fixed: Fixed crash when pasting into Imported Data after selecting a row header
Fixed: Incorrect handling of repeated labels when listing input file variables for a cross plot
Fixed: Rare crash when the data for a calculated variable is not available
Fixed: Grouping and ungrouping the Initial Volume property for Surge Volume plots did not work correctly

1.5

Released August 8, 2015

New: Parametric studies tool – build parametric studies easily from an existing base case
New: Merge plots together by drag and drop from the dashboard
New: THYD and DTHYD calculated variables (requires entering a hydrate curve)
New: Reynold’s number and Froude number calculated variables

Improved: Added bbl/h and STB/h volume rate units
Improved: Added OLGA 2014.3 support
Improved: Added support for Windows 10 & .NET Framework 4.6
Fixed: Fixed crash when using specified surge volume drain rates
Fixed: Fixed registration issues when using an internet proxy
Fixed: Fixed crash when exporting videos at custom sizes
Fixed: Fixed crash when adding layers to plots of certain calculated variables
Fixed: Fixed crash under certain conditions when plotting calculated phase-based variables
Fixed: Fixed issue where the Case Name variable in Cross Plots would sometimes go missing
Fixed: Fixed problem where an incorrect input file could be loaded if a case contains multiple input files of the same name with different extensions (i.e. both a .key and a .genkey file)
Fixed: A layer point at the beginning of the first section of a branch now shows up correctly for section variables (in the middle of the first section)
Fixed: ‘Specify output unit type’ box is remembered when building a calculation
Fixed: Fixed problem where axis scaling could become very crowded when changing unit types
Fixed: Fixed certain cases where Nodes layer would not display correctly

Update 2

Improved: Browsing for cases is faster, especially with network drives
Fixed: Values were occasionally double-quoted when generating a parametric study.
Fixed: Workspace could not be saved when a cross plot had an incomplete filter.
Fixed: Surge volume setup panel text did not show up correctly in rare situations.
Fixed: Some plots in a dashboard would not load correctly in rare situations.

Update 3

New: Added SLICE() and ROUND() functions for calculated variables.
Improved: Scanned folders are no longer converted to their full UNC path
Fixed: Added support for loading variables with spaces in their names.
Fixed: Rare crash on startup when installer didn’t install correctly.
Fixed: Problem reading input files when a unit was not specified on STARTTIME or ENDTIME.

1.4

Released April 7, 2015
Read the release announcement for more details.

New: WYSIWYG plot editing – plots are displayed exactly as they will be exported
New: Points of Interest – easily add annotations calling out important points on a plot
New: Plot Gallery – quickly switch between plots in a dashboard or create a new plot
New: Image, Series Highlight, and Series Area annotations
Improved: Easily remove a series from the variable list by clicking its check box
Improved: Snap annotations to other annotations or to points of interest
Improved: Annotations can be reordered
Improved: Annotations can be assigned a value on a secondary Y axis
Improved: Many new annotation formatting options
Improved: Added support for OLGA 2014.1 and 2014.2
Improved: Added Pa/m, bar/m, psi/m, atm/m, atm/h, bar/h, and psi/h units for pressure difference
Improved: Imported Data no longer requires you to choose a series type
Improved: C-Factor can be plotting in SI and English units
Fixed: Some unit conversions did not have enough significant figure
Fixed: Default unit types for VALVOP and ANGLE variables
Fixed: Span time window now works correctly
Fixed: Cross plots X axis would not use the correct units when the X variable was a profile that did not vary with time

Update 1

New: Added button to quickly edit axis scale
Improved: Clicking the auto-zoom button (or pressing the ‘R’ key) once does not reset a manually typed in axis scale. Clicking a second time (or pressing ‘R’ again) resets the manually typed in axis scale.
Improved: Time slider can be grouped even when ppl has different number of time values
Improved: Added button to manually type in a zoom value
Improved: Add a text box attached to a point of interest by clicking twice: once to select the point of interest then again to place the text box.
Improved: Added GPM unit and changed default units for liquid volume and liquid volume rate in the Oilfield unit set to bbl and bbl/d, respectively.
Improved: More organized color selection dialog for series colors
Fixed: Double-clicking a tpl or ppl file did not show the new plot window
Fixed: Reassigning the folder of a set of cases did not work
Fixed: The wrong plot was selected when clicking ‘Export multiple…’ in certain situations
Fixed: Incorrect export DPI was used when exporting via the ‘Save image…’ menu item
Fixed: Some scalar variables did not load correctly when simulation time was specified in seconds
Fixed: Incorrect font sizes were shown in annotations panel
Fixed: Fixed bug calculating profile distances when SECTION=
Fixed: Various crashes in certain situations

Update 2

New: Save videos of time-varying Profile and X-Y plots
New: Generate and plot hydrate curves using one of three industry-standard correlations
New: Calculate hydrate temperature suppression using the Heriot-Watt correlation
Improved: Much faster loading when the list of recent workspaces is long
Improved: Added Series and Filter variables to default cross plot titles
Improved: Added time/distance value when hovering over X-Y plot
Improved: Layer callouts can be turned on and off
Fixed: Crash on Windows 7 when opening the calculations window
Fixed: Cross plot series reordering did not work correctly
Fixed: Incorrect unit mapping on ACQOLKEX and ACQWLKEX variables
Fixed: Rare crash when reloading cases

1.3

Released January 15, 2015

New: Custom Calculations – create new variables calculated from other variables
New: Plot Matrix – quickly and easily multiply plots across cases, branches, or variables in a workspace
New: Multiple Selection – drag and drop, duplicate, or delete multiple plots at once
New: Cut/Copy/Paste – cut, copy, and paste plots from one dashboard to another
Improved: Dashboards show the plot type via a colored bar on the plot icon
Improved: Series colors no longer repeat when another series is removed
Improved: Faster loading of dashboards in certain situations
Improved: Performance improvements when adding and removing cases from the workspace
Fixed: Problems when adding trendlines (lines of best fit) to series other than the first series in a plot
Fixed: Last used export style is always remembered

Update 1

New: Different unit types for long and short distances called Distance and Length, respectively. This allows you to set the default unit for long and short distances independently, such as kilometers for elevation profiles and centimeters for diameters.
New: LOG() and LN() functions in calculations
New: New layer: U-value changes
Improved: Time values are rounded automatically when shown in the legend
Improved: Annotations no longer disappear when the Y unit changes on a plot
Improved: When two cases have the same name in different folders, the folder name is shown to distinguish one from the other
Improved: X-Y series can be created from any two variables in the same case. As an example, this enable an X-Y plot of Pressure vs. Valve Opening.
Improved: Profile Length Basis and Reverse options can be ungrouped
Improved: Much smaller workspace file size for workspaces with many cross plots
Fixed: Y axis scaling is preserved when moving or removing series in a plot
Fixed: Cross plot values were shown out of order in certain situations
Fixed: Selecting all plots in a plot matrix via Ctrl+A wouldn’t actually select all plots in certain situations
Fixed: Cross plots using certain types of profile variables were calculated incorrectly (rare)
Fixed: GetPigExitTime() function in calculations was not being calculated correctly
Fixed: Crash when attempting to crawl a folder when the user doesn’t have permission to view that folder
Fixed: Creating workspace from an obot job
Fixed: Problem displaying trendlines (lines of best fit) on plots with multiple Y axes

1.2

Released November 17, 2014

New: Trendlines – add a trendline to any plot
New: Notes – add notes to any plot and view all notes at once from the dashboard
Improved: Metric document sizes when exporting plot images
Improved: Faster startup
Improved: Status bar for viewing files that are being loaded
Improved: Check mark in variable list for already-plotted variables
Fixed: Crash when opening file from root folder of a drive
Fixed: Failure loading files with incorrect number of points
Fixed: Rare problem where axis labels would show lots of zeros
Fixed: Crash when using cross plots on Windows 7
Fixed: Rare situation in which a plot may never load
Fixed: TW_### variables were loaded with incorrect units.

1.1

Released August 29, 2014
Update 3

New: Option to manually adjust profile offsets (branch merging) in profile plots
New: Option to manually adjust time offset in trend plots
New: Change axis titles and units by clicking on the axis title in the plot
New: Add cases to a workspace by dragging and dropping
New: Plot all variables in a group with one click
New: Cases can be reassigned to a different folder
Improved: Multiple profiles on one plot can be set to the same time value with one click
Improved: Automatic axis scaling algorithm now always sets Min/Max to major steps
Improved: Support for folders with the same name when filtering cases in a cross plot
Improved: Hide plot titles and subtitles when exporting
Improved: Add a chart border when exporting
Improved: Performance improvement for some calculated variables
Fixed: Crash when closing flotools or saving a workspace and 1) the workspace file is in use by someone else, or 2) the network connection is unavailable or has been reset.
Fixed: flotools became unresponsive when the same value for axis scale minimum and maximum was entered
Fixed: Crash when reloading a profile and the number of time values has decreased
Fixed: Inputs were not loaded when STARTTIME was not specified for a simulation
Fixed: Elevation profile variable would not show up in rare situations
Fixed: Pig displacement volume and pig timing variables failed to calculate under certain situations
Fixed: Rare bug calculating incorrect average values in cross plots
Fixed: The subtitle on a cross plot did not export correctly
Fixed: Duplicate legend options in Export screen are removed. Use the Format panel instead.

Update 2

Fixed: Crash when creating cross plot or X-Y plots on Windows 7
Fixed: Profiles would sometimes merge branches incorrectly when viewing in ‘Horizontal Distance’ profile basis

Update 1

Fixed: Unable to plot from OLGA 5 files in certain situations
Fixed: Layers weren’t copied when duplicating a plot

Initial Release

New: Import and plot data by copying and pasting from Excel
New: Min/Max/Average toolbar in plot view
New: First profile added to a plot is shown at the last time point in a file, second profile of the same variable is shown at the second-to-last time point, third profile is shown at the third-to-last time point, etc.
New: Mixture Density (RHOMIX), Residence Time, and C-Factor calculated variables
New: Variable description shown when hovering over variable name
New: Added profile variables loaded from input file (e.g. you can now plot a profile of ambient temperature from the input file)
New: Support for Windows Metafile format when copying a plot image to clipboard
Improved: Loading times when plotting multiple variables in a new plot
Improved: Loading times when changing options in the Series panel
Improved: Performance for calculated variables
Improved: Performance for workspaces with many cases
Improved: Time sliders can be grouped when not all series have time values
Improved: Searching for files now supports quoted terms (e.g. you can search for “A Folder With Spaces In Its Name”)
Improved: Cross plot variable list now shows only variables from the cases selected in the cross plot
Improved: Cross plot variable list shows variables from the restart file’s input file, when necessary
Fixed: flotools interpreted files with the same name but different letter casing as different cases (e.g. Case1 vs. case1)
Fixed: Pigging layer showed incorrect labels when pig travels upstream in a branch
Fixed: Crash when adding or removing cases from the workspace
Fixed: Reordering series in a cross plot from the Series panel did not work
Fixed: Time slider for profiles was missing values in certain situations

1.0

Released August 1, 2014
New in 1.0.4

Improvements to the pig timing layer
Fixed problem causing flotools to use 2-3% of CPU when not being used

New in 1.0.3

Fixed issue causing the ‘Positions’ layer to display incorrectly with OLGA 5 cases

New in 1.0.2

Fixed issue that could cause flotools to deactivate when connected to an unknown network connection

New in 1.0.1

Opening a .tpl or .ppl file in flotools automatically creates a workspace with that file
Duplicate a dashboard by right-clicking on a dashboard title
Added case name to point hover labels in cross plots

New in 1.0.0

Initial commercial release
A license key is required to access the application
New look and feel throughout the application
Improved VPN and shared drive support: plots can be viewed when the case files cannot be loaded or have been deleted
Improved workspace loading speed, especially over VPN
Added option to choose image quality when exporting plot images
Fixed major and minor Y axis step options
Numerous other bug fixes and small improvements

0.9

New in 0.9.19

Fixed flickering when duplicating or moving a plot in a dashboard
Fixed crash when opening the formatting panel with an incomplete cross plot

New in 0.9.18

Added units to Y axis titles

New in 0.9.17

X-Y plots
Axis differentiation: superscripts and colors are used to denote the axis used by a series when a plot has multiple Y axes
Improved print quality of exported plot images
Fixed scaling issues for plots with secondary axes, especially when annotations are present
Cross plot titles show up as ‘Y vs. X’ instead of ‘X vs. Y’
Length basis options are copied correctly when duplicating a plot
Fixed bug when placing text box annotations
Fixed crash when reloading data in a workspace and a case’s directory is missing
Fixed crash under certain conditions when editing annotations
Fixed display problems when filtering the variable list

New in 0.9.16

Fixed crash when exporting trend or profile plot data

New in 0.9.15

Choose between pipeline length and horizontal distance for profile plots
New annotation types: Text box, Arrow, Vertical area, and Horizontal area
Cross plots now support text values (e.g. Case Name, PROJECT, TITLE, INFO, etc.)
Cross plots now work with or without a Series variable
Added search boxes for drop-down options in Series panel
Improved filtering in variables listing
Profile Location option for cross plot variables now works as expected
Fixed incorrect unit on MFPHC variable

New in 0.9.14

Fixed crash creating cross plots when running under Windows 7

New in 0.9.13

Axis number formatting options (Number, Scientific, Percentage, etc.)
All tick marks on secondary axes line up with the primary axis when automatic axis scaling is enabled
Hold shift while hovering over a plot to interpolate points
Improved units formatting (e.g. C -> °C, m3 -> m³)
New Pressure units: kPaa, kPag, MPa, MPaa, and MPag
Automatic scaling for profile plots now takes the entire time series (not just the displayed time slice) into account

Other fixes:

Automatic scaling now takes annotations into account
Removed confirmation dialog when removing a series from a plot
Improvement to CSV export for trends and profiles
Extended support for branch joining when plotting OLGA 5 cases
Fixed crashes that could occur while plotting data that takes a long time to load
Fixed crash when moving plots in a dashboard
Fixed bug where grouping options would reset in variable list unexpectedly
Fixed crash when clicking in the legend when the legend has been moved
Fixed scaling issue when a plot has been manually scaled and the default unit set changes

New in 0.9.12

Minor bug fixes

New in 0.9.11

Fix for crash upon clicking Series button

New in 0.9.10

Logarithmic axes
Y axis on the right-hand side of a plot
Plot time series from input files
Reordering plots in a dashboard
Dashboard tab reordering
Fixed bug calculating secondary Y axis titles
Fixed bug reconstructing elevation coordinates in elevation profiles
Fixed bug where layers would show up incorrectly in certain situations

New in 0.9.9

Administrative privileges are no longer required when installing flotools
Fixed a problem that caused calculated variables to fail to load in certain situations
Fixed a problem loading branch connectivity (branch merge nodes) from OLGA 5 files

New in 0.9.8

Significant performance improvements and bug fixes in the crawler, including decreased memory and CPU usage
Plot styles, including custom logos, new legend options, text sizes, and custom colors
Unit types shown in axis titles by default
Fixed bug where searching sometimes shows folders that do not exist
Fixed crash when searching and a folder does not exist

New in 0.9.7

Removed dependency on .NET Framework 4.5

New in 0.9.6

Fixed a bug that caused changes in the Y axis to apply to multiple plots after duplicating those plots.
Fixed a problem causing Start menu shortcuts to become orphaned after an update (applies after the next update).
Performance fixes for cross plots and workspaces with many cases.
Fixed a bug that caused cross plot filter values to display in an incorrect unit.

New in 0.9.5

Significant improvements to load time and general responsiveness
When refreshing a workspace, only cases that have changed are reloaded
Added support for grouping time series with slightly different values
Fixed a bug causing plots for running cases to show up empty after refreshing the workspace
Reduced memory usage when loading many files
Numerous other bug fixes and improvements

New in 0.9.4

Fixed incorrect cross plot values when using the ‘Average’ and ‘Integrate’ calculation types
Fixed bug causing the series variable time window in a cross plot to fail to save correctly

New in 0.9.3

Copy CSV to clipboard
Batch image export
Profile time value shown on series and plot titles
Only cases with outputs (.tpl or .ppl) shown in the files list
Cases ordered alphabetically in files list
New integration option for calculating cross plot values
Pause/resume crawling via right-click menu on tray icon
Improved input variation detection for cross plots, especially for OLGA 5 simulations
Fixed problems loading calculated variables while a simulation is running
Fixed problems loading certain TPL and PPL files
Cross plots values are exported to CSV with the correct units

New in 0.9.2

Added support for OLGA 5 PPL files
Added new volume units: Cubic feet (ft^3) and million cubic feet (Mcft)

New in 0.9.1

Fixed a bug causing some files to take an extremely long time to open

New in 0.9.0

Initial release