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Z-MAP Plus 2003.12.0

Release Notes

Contents of the Release Notes

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

New Features in the 2003.12.0 Release. . . . . . . . . 7

Known Issues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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Introduction

The Z-MAP Plus R2003.12.0 release focuses on these objectives:

• Improved performance, design, and stability

• Improved performance with the OpenWorks upgrade to Oracle 8.1.7.4• True color display capability on all platforms: With the 2003.3 release for Linux, Z-MAP Plus

supported true color (to be compatible with Linux 24-bit graphics devices). Advances in

graphics hardware from Sun now support true color, prompting requests for a true-color

release.

• Usability improvements through additional and redesigned workflow icons, as well as

enhancements in the workflows for opening SeisWorks horizons as grids and saving Z-MAP

Plus grids as horizons

Applications and Utilities DeliveredThe following tables show the Z-MAP Plus applications and utilities delivered in Release

2003.12.0.

Included No Longer Included

Applications Z-MAP Plus1

PowerView

ZCL

ZGF Picture Viewer

3D Viewer (optional)

1. Linux only: In this release, the Surveys (Canadian) options are not included in the

Z-MAP Plus Features menu.

Contouring Assistant

Utilities Pointset Builder

Flowlines/Orthogonal Contour

Overpost Resolution (New)

Source Priority

Hardcopy

Hardcopy Batch

Convert a ZGF to a DXF

Smart Data Reduction

Convert a ZGF to a DGN

ZPIO

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System Requirements

Operating System and Third-Party Software Elements

The following table describes the operating systems and third-party software upgrades supported

for Release 2003.12:

Product/Package

Solaris IRIX Linux

Certified OS SunOS 5.8 (Solaris 8.0 OperatingEnvironment 0202) plus patch

108940-52 or higher (Motif patch

for Z-Map Plus)1

1. You can download Sun patches from www.sunsolve.sun.com. A username and password are required.

6.5.11m RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1

(Advanced Workstation 2.1)

Either kernel patch level

2.4.9e12smp or 2.4.9e24smp2

Full install

2. The command to show the kernel patch isuname -a. The symmetric multi-processor is smp, and the single

processor machine is 2.4.9-e.12 or 2.4.9e.24.

Adobe AcrobatReader

5.x 4.x 5.x

CDE 1.4 1.4 N/A

Exceed 8.0.0.0 8.0.0.0 8.0.0.0

Exceed 3D 8.0.0.0 8.0.0.0 8.0.0.0

FLEXlm 7.2e 7.2e 7.2g

DesktopEnvironment

CDE N/A RedHat Gnome or KDE3

3. The Sawfish window manager is recommended.

Motif 2.1 2.1 2.1

OpenGL 1.2.1 1.2 N/A

Oracle 8.1.7.4 8.1.7.4 8.1.7.4

X11 R6.4 R6.4 R6.4

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Hardware Requirements

Z-MAP Plus Release 2003.12.0 is designed to work on systems that meet the following minimum

hardware requirements:

Installation Disk Space Requirements

The space requirements for a complete Z-MAP Plus installation are:

Recommended Browser: Netscape 4.7 or Higher

Landmark recommends that you use Netscape 4.7 or later to take full advantage of the navigation

features of the Help > Help browser-based, context-sensitive help system. Older versions of Netscape do not support many important help features. The RedHat operating system ships with

Netscape 4.7 as the default browser. The context-sensitive online help augments a full range of

PDF-format online manuals, which you view with the Acrobat Reader application included with

the release.

Solaris IRIX Linux

Model • Blade 1000

• Blade 2000

• Octane (with V12

graphics)

• Octane 2 (with V12

graphics)

Professional Workstation

class PC with Pentium III or

IV (or equivalent chip, such

as equivalent AMD Athlon

chip)

Graphicscards

• XVR 500

• XVR 1000

• Expert 3D1

1. Variations of the Expert 3D card are not supported, such as the Expert 3D Lite.

Most SGI graphics cards

supported, although you may

encounter problems with

cards that have textured

memory.

• Matrox G400/G450/G550

• ATI FireGL4

• nVidia

Solaris IRIX Linux

Disk space 300 MB 270 MB 290 MB

RAM 512 MB 512 MB 256 MB (512 MB for muchimproved performance with

large datasets)

Swap space Standalone: 500 MB

Servers: 500 MB + 200 MB per client

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Installation

For step-by-step installation instructions, see the following documents.

• Installing Z-MAP Plus with OpenWorks — Use the Release 2003.12 Release Notes, these

release notes, and the installation and operation instructions in the Z-MAP PlusInstallationand Configuration Guide.

• Installing Z-MAP Plus standalone (without OpenWorks) — Use these release notes and the

installation and operation instructions in the Z-MAP Plus Installation and Configuration

Guide.

Permissions Needed to Install This Release

Log in as root to install the software. Use the command su - root and not su to get to root so you

do not inherit permissions and environments from any login except root.

For a successful installation, you must have write permission for the target directory. If you have

do not have write permissions for all of the files in the target directory, some files are not removed

during installation. This combination of old and new files compromises the installation.

If you install OpenWorks while you are logged in as root, you must set full permissions on several

directories in the OpenWorks tree if you want to install Z-MAP Plus or other products at a later

time, when you are not logged in as root. Set full permission on the following directories:

• $OWHOME/bitmaps and its contents

• $OWHOME/revisions

• $OWHOME/templates and its contents• $OWHOME/lib

Updating the MappingLauncher.dat File

If you are updating Z-MAP Plus from a previous version (so that your home directory contains a

MappingLauncher.dat file), delete the MappingLauncher.dat file before you launch Z-MAPPlus R2003.12.0

for the first time. The application automatically generates an updated version of MappingLauncher.dat .

Failure to remove the old MappingLauncher.dat file causes the Z-MAP Plus Command Menu to reflect

obsolete menu options.

Installing the Acrobat Reader

Be sure to install the Adobe Acrobat Reader before you install Z-MAP Plus.

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Getting Licenses

FLEXlm 7.2e license management software from Globetrotter supplies licenses to run Z-MAP

Plus—FLEXlm 7.2e for Solaris and IRIX workstations and FLEXlm 7.2g for Linux workstations.

Software versioning is implemented in the license file (license.dat ). License files from previous

releases of Z-MAP Plus 2003.x work with Z-MAP Plus R2003.12.0. If your license file predatesR2003.x, you must get a new license.dat file from your Landmark representative before you can

use Z-MAP Plus R2003.12.0.

If you request a license, make sure you have the 12-character host ID for your system or systems

(servers and clients) as well as server host names. To obtain a host ID, use the lmhostid

command.

Z-MAP Plus has three licensing option groups:

• ZFULL — Complete Z-MAP Plus Suite

• ZSEIS — Z-MAP Plus Seismic Suite

• ZENG — Z-MAP Plus Reservoir Engineering Suite

Each new Z-MAP Plus license file contains ZMAPPLUS, ZCL, and ZMS feature lines plus one of

the following feature groups — ZFULL, ZSEIS or ZENG.

If you purchase the OpenVision 3D Viewer option, your license file should also contain the

following entry: ZMAP_3DVIEW.

For complete license installation and configuration information, see the FLEX License Manager

CD-ROM.

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New Features in the 2003.12.0 Release

True Color

Z-MAP Plus now displays images in True Color on any system set to display True Color, no matter

which platform you use. When you print images or save them as CGM files, a standard 256-color

palette is still used. The addition of True Color capability for Solaris and IRIX systems

standardizes Z-MAP Plus functionality on all supported platforms.

Opening SeisWorks Horizons as Grids

If you open SeisWorks horizons as grids in Z-MAP Plus, you now select the horizons to import in

much the same way you would select horizons in SeisWorks. You can also filter or search the

horizon list by using the wildcards *, ?, and [ ]. (For more information, see the “SeisWorks” topic

in the “File” section of the Z-MAP Plus Reference Manual .)

The dialog box for saving grids as SeisWorks horizons also has search and filter capabilities for

managing the horizon list. (For more information, see the “SeisWorks File” topic under “Save As”

in the “File” section of the Z-MAP Plus Reference Manual .)

New Icons

Three shortcut icons have been added to the top of the Z-MAP Plus window and one icon has been

updated to be more recognizable:

• File Manager — To start the File Manager, click the new File Manager icon (or select File > Manager in the Z-MAP Plus window). Use the File Manager to

quickly copy, move, and delete virtually any type of file you create in Z-MAP Plus.

You can also use the File Manager to compress MFDs and ZGFs.

• Open SeisWorks Data — To display the dialog box for opening a SeisWorks

horizon as a grid, click the new Open SeisWorks Data icon (or select File > Open

> SeisWorks in the Z-MAP Plus window).

• Save to SeisWorks — To display the dialog box for saving grids as SeisWorks

horizons, click the new Save to SeisWorks icon (or select File > Save As >

SeisWorks File in the Z-MAP Plus window).

• Open Picture — To display the dialog box for opening a picture, click the newly

designed Open Picture icon (or select File > Open > Picture Open in the Z-MAP

Plus window).

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Known Issues

This section describes problems that were noted during testing and describes differences between

the functionality of R2003.12.0 and previous releases.

Problems from Improperly Closing Windows and Dialog Boxes

It is very important that you close windows and dialog boxes properly, by clicking the OK or Save

button or by selecting Exit or Close from the application window menu.

If you attempt to close a window or dialog box with the Window Manager Close menu option or

the X-Windows Close button, serious problems may result.

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Well Symbol Replaced by “X”

If your maps display an “X” in place of the expected well symbol, it is likely that Z-MAP Plus is

not able to locate the extended symbol set.

Beginning with release 2003.0, Z-MAP Plus uses the OpenWorks symbol set. Z-MAP Plus and OpenWorks look for symbols in the /OW_SYS_DATA/owsymbols directory,

with the as specified in the $OWHOME/conf/owdir.dat file.

The symbols known in Z-MAP Plus as the extended symbol set are installed in the

$ZYCORHOME/OW_SYS_DATA/owsymbols directory. For a Z-MAP Plus and OpenWorks

installation, this is probably not the same OW_SYS_DATA directory specified by the $OWHOME/

conf/owdir.dat file.

For an OpenWorks Installation: Copy the symbol files located in the $ZYCORHOME/

OW_SYS_DATA/owsymbols directory into the OW_SYS_DATA/owsymbols directory that is

specified in the $OWHOME/conf/owdir.dat file. This enables Z-MAP Plus and OpenWorks to use

the extended symbols. (The extended symbol files follow the format sh:.SYM ,where is a six-digit number.)

For a Standalone Z-MAP Plus Installation: If your standalone Z-MAP Plus installation does

not have access to the extended symbols, check the $ZYCORHOME/conf/owdir.dat file to see

where Z-MAP Plus expects the symbols to be located. Verify that the actual location of the

symbols corresponds to the location specified by the owdir.dat file.

Fault File Field Irregularities When Saving to OpenWorks

OpenWorks writes one copy of each basic field type for each fault. If you save either a centerline

or polygonal fault to OpenWorks, only the first instance of each required field type is saved. For example, let’s say you create an alternative dip field in a centerline fault with a data operation and

name it Dip2. OpenWorks does not save the new field if a Dip field already exists. OpenWorks

saves the first one it finds and ignores the rest. Z-MAP Plus reports all fields it cannot save in the

System window.

Also note that saved fields revert to their default field names. For example, if you rename a field,

OpenWorks uses the default, original name to save the field.

There is a problem report against OpenWorks to fix this problem.

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Program Fails on Saving Grid to Large 3D SeisWorks Project

In the current release, you cannot save a grid as a horizon to a SeisWorks 3D project that contains

a large survey. For example, the conversion process fails in the following circumstances: You select

File > Save As > SeisWorks File, select a large 3D SeisWorks project as the destination (a project

that contains a survey with 10,000 lines and 10,000 traces), finish specifying the input values, thenclick OK to create the horizon. The program hangs or closes abruptly, and the new horizon is not

saved.

The problem is limited to large 3D SeisWorks projects and to the File > Save As > SeisWorks File

operation. The exact limit for an acceptably sized destination project has not been determined.

(D/E 305807)

WORKAROUND #1 — If the grid you are converting is a subset of a large 3D survey, create a

3D project in SeisWorks that is at least as extensive as the grid. Use the new project as the

destination in the File > Save As > SeisWorks File operation. Create a mapping file in the new

project and convert the horizon to map points by using the Map It dialog box (accessible by

selecting Mapping > Mapit).

WORKAROUND #2 — Copy the grid from the source MFD to OpenWorks. Create or open a

mapping file in SeisWorks, then select Mapping > Read from Database, and use the SeisWorks/

Read from Database dialog box to import the grid into the mapping file.

Finally, select Mapping > Convert MapData to Horizon in SeisWorks, anduse the Convert Map

Data to Horizon dialog box to convert the map points to a horizon.

WORKAROUND #3 — Export the grid as x,y,z data by selecting Operations >

Data Operations > Grid to Data in Z-MAP Plus. Import the x,y,z data to SeisWorks by using the

SeisWorks Horizon Import/Export utility. (To display this utility, select Horizons >

Horizon Import/Export [Hie] in the Seismic Project Manager Command Menu).Finally, select Mapping > Mapit and use the Map It dialog box to grid the points.

Help: Fonts in Browser-Based Help Are Too Close Together

Set your Netscape browser preferences (Edit > Preferences) to display fonts in 14 point or smaller

type. 18 point fonts make the lines appear very close together and may be more difficult to read.

Program Fails on Deletion of Range Edit Equation

Z-MAP Plus hangs if you delete the only range edit equation you have defined for a data selectionoperation. That is, the program stops responding if you delete the only defined equation in the

SELECT – RANGE EDIT EQUATIONS DISPLAY dialog box (displayed if you select

Operations > Data Operations > Data Selection to display the SELECT dialog box, then you

click the Range Edit: Arrow icon). (D/E 167990)

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Extra Large Basemap Features Window

If the Basemap Features window appears much too large, comment out the following line (or

something similar to it) in your .Xdefaults file:

ZMAPPLUS*fontlist: -*-helvetica-bold-r-normal--14-*-*-*-p-*-*-*1

Solaris/Linux: Dialog Box Position Changes with Each New Display

If you run Z-MAP Plus on a Solaris or Linux system and display a dialog box multiple times, the

dialog box appears in a new position each time it appears. With each appearance, the dialog box is

slightly lower and further to the right of its previous position.

WORKAROUND: To correct this problem on a Solaris system, add the following line to your

.Xdefaults file:

Dtwm*positionIsFrame: False

The problem is corrected once you log off and log on again.

Linux: Xterm Window for Z-MAP Plus; Log Files for Other Applications

No xterm window appears for Z-MAP Plus in R2003.12.0. Z-MAP Plus writes errors and session

information to the zmapplus.zlog file in the project directory. Z-MAP Plus launcher error messages

are written to the MappingLauncher.zlog file.

All other applications delivered in R2003.12.0 have xterm windows, which display errors and

session information. This information is available for real-time viewing, but is not saved in any log

file. (No set.zlog, zcl.zlog, or zgfviewer.zlog files are produced.)

Linux: Using Button 3 with Matrox 450 Dual Head Graphics Cards

If you have a Matrox 450 dual head graphics card, clicking Mouse Button 3 (MB3) may cause the

monitors to suddenly appear blank (solid black). To restore normal viewing, move the mouse

slightly. If you encounter this problem, make sure you have installed the latest drivers from the

graphics card manufacturer.

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Troubleshooting Netscape Version Problems

SGI is shipping Netscape 4.05 as part of the OS. This older version of Netscape does not contain

the same modern functionality used in the Help system. For this reason, Landmark suggests that

you use Netscape 4.7 or later. Because the IRIX operating system is set to automatically launch the

Netscape 4.05, contradictions can produce unexpected results. Here are some tips to help you avoid known version problems:

1. Be sure you have enough swap space to start Netscape.

2. Set the BROWSER environment variable and include the name of the executable file at the end

of the directory path. You must launch Z-MAP Plus from the same terminal or X-window in which

you set the environment variable.

3. If you launched an earlier version of Netscape before you made the BROWSER settings, a file

named Netscape was created that contains parameters for the first version you launched. The

following error message (or something similar) appears:

netscape: program is version 4.61, but resources are version

4.05

This means there is an inappropriate “Netscape” file installed

in the YourDirectory . Check these environment variables and

the directories to which they point:

$XAPPLRESDIR

$XFILESEARCHEPATH

$XUSERFILESSEARCHPATH

Also, check for this file in your home directory, or in the

directory called YourDirectory somewhere in

YourNetworkDirectory

If you get this message, set the three environment variables to the directory that contains the

version of Netscape you want to use. Do not include the name of the executable file at the end of

the path. Next, delete the file named Netscape from the path indicated in the last paragraph. To find

that file, navigate to the directory given by the error message and use the following command:

find . -name Netscape -print

Running the help system with Netscape requires more swap space than most systems allot.

Landmarkrecommends that you use at least 500 MBof swap space to run Netscape and the Z-MAPPlus help system. You can avoid running low on swap space by launching Netscape from outside

the program.

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Trademarks

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ARIES, Asset Development Center, Asset Development Centre, Automate, BLITZ, BLITZPAK, CasingSeat,

CDDM, COMPASS, Corporate Data Archiver, Corporate Data Store, DataStar, DBPlot, Decision Suite,

Decisionarium, DecisionDesktop, DecisionSpace, DecisionSpace AssetPlanner, DecisionSpace AssetView,

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eLandmark, Engineer’s Data Model, Engineer's Desktop, EOS-PAK, EPM, Executive Assistant, ezFault, ezSurface,

ezTracker, FastTrack, FZAP!, GeoDataLoad, GeoGraphix (stylized), GeoGraphix Exploration System, GeoLink,

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SeisXchange, Sierra, Sierra (design), SigmaView, SimResults, SIVA, Spatializer, SpecDecomp, StrataAmp,

StrataMap, Stratamodel, StrataSim, StratWorks, StressCheck, STRUCT, Surf & Connect, SynTool,

System Start for Servers, SystemStart, SystemStart for Clients, System Start for Servers, SystemStart for Storage,

T2B, TDQ, Team Workspace, TeamView, TERAS, Total Drilling Performance, TOW/cs The Oilfield Workstation,

Trend Form Gridding, Turbo Synthetics, VIP, VIP-COMP, VIP-CORE, VIP-DUAL, VIP-ENCORE,

VIP-EXECUTIVE, VIP-Local Grid Refinement, VIP-THERM, WavX, Web Editor, Web OpenWorks, Wellbase,

Wellbore Planner, Wellbore Planner Connect, WELLCAT, WELLPLAN, WellXchange, WOW, Xsection, Xsource,You're in Control. Experience the difference, ZAP!, and Z-MAP Plus are trademarks, registered trademarks or service

marks of Landmark Graphics Corporation or Magic Earth, Inc.

All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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