• The New Graphical User Interface
• Online Help Is Available From Inside MOSES
• General Changes
• Pictures
• String Functions
• Customization
• What No Longer Works
• What Answers Will Change

New Grahical User Interface:

Information can be obtained for other types of elements in a MOSES model in a similar fashion. Clicking on a panel element will show the area and coordinates of the ends of the panel. Clicking on a mooring line connector element will show the diameter and weight per length of the element. To use this new feature, simply specify &PICTURE -RENDER GL from the MOSES command prompt, or select "Do gl Pictures" from the "Pictures" menu on the MOSES toolbar. Click Here to see the documentation. Also, you may want to look into a better video card. Click here for a discussion.

Online Help Is Available From Inside MOSES:

General Changes:

• The program MAINTAIN has been retired. Most of its functionality have been put into the installer and the remaining tasks are now in the MOSES Customize menu.

String Functions:

• The &DATE string function has been removed from the documentation and new options, DATE and T_OF_DAY have been added to the &INFO string function. This function returns the 24 hour time of day. Click Here to see the documentation.
• Several new values have been added to the &COMPARTMENT string function. Click Here to see the documentation.
• Several new values have been added to the &CLASS string function. Click Here to see the documentation.
• Several new values have been added to the &ELEMENT string function. Click Here to see the documentation.

Several new string functions have been added:

• A new string function, &PIECE, has been added to return information about pieces. Click Here to see the documentation.
• A new string function, &PANEL, has been added to return information about panels. Click Here to see the documentation.
• A new string function, &ENV, has been added to return information about the environment. Click Here to see the documentation.
• A new string function, &SLAM, has been added to return information about slam events. Click Here to see the documentation.
• A new string function, &LOADG, has been added to return information about load groupd. Click Here to see the documentation.

Pictures:

• The ways to alter a given view of a picture has changed. One now uses the the cursor and display keys to move around in a picture. Click Here to see documentation of the new scheme.
• A new type of color Selector, flooded, has been added to the picture color selection. This allows one to show the flooded beams. Click Here to see the documentation.
• The -POINTS and -CONNECTORs options of &PICTURE have changed. In the past, one could specify YES or NO and then either all of the objects or none of them would be plotted. Now, one can specify a selector and only those selected will be plotted. Also, a new option -ONE_VERTEX has been added. This controls showing the "single vertex" lines such as load groups. Click Here to see the documentation.

Customization:

What No Longer Works:

What Answers Will Change: