Spartan Release '08 Notes

Version 1.1.2

• When licensing with an activation code as root user, the license key is now saved to a location that all users can access.
• Fixed submitting to external named queues.
• Monitor now reads the host table correctly.
• Fixed a crash that occurred when setting up remote hosts in the Preferences/Hosts tab.

Version 1.1.1

• A number of fixes to the new SM8 solvation model, including size/memory issues and a Methylene Chloride specific issue.
• Fixed bug which caused some window titles to not update properly when animating through molecule lists.
• Fixed "by formula" and "by isomer" options in the search SMD database dialog.
• Fixed screen print problem which caused red and blue to be reversed in Windows version.
• Updated CSD database interface. It now works with the 2009 CSD database release. Macintosh users may need to add a symlink/alias to their Cambridge application suite (contact Wavefunction Support for details).
• "T1" added to model list in inorganic element chooser.
• Reaction Dialog upgraded with multipliers for reactants and products.
• The cdx file reader now includes 2D to 3D conversion.
• Improved text handling in 3D area (atom labels). Rotation of large systems (such as peptides) displaying labels should be noticeably faster.
• Improved error reporting from backend crash recovery on Macintosh
• The "Parallel Setup tool" for the Macintosh updated for Leopard users encountering "Unable to allocate memory" errors. PLEASE NOTE: If you are not encountering this error there is no need to re-run the Parallel Setup tool.
• Fixed bug which causes expired activation/evaluation codes to block access to HASP keys.
• Fixed the TEMPERATURE=x keyword used to adjust thermodynamic properties.
• A number of fixes to IRC calculations.
• Property keywords now used correctly in QM energy profiles.
• Important fixes to the M06 series of functionals.
• ωB97 and M06 based functionals now default to a larger gridsize.
• Printing and error reporting issues improved.
• A Silicon parameter for G3(MP2) was fixed.
• Some methyl groups were not being averaged correctly in the NMR 2-D plots.
• RI-MP2 single point energies are now saved correctly.
• Installer now works on multi-core AMD cpus. Previously it would throw a "floating-point exception".

Version 1.0.0

• Initial version of Spartan '08