crowd:it – Changelog

Fixes

• Fixed a bug, where it was sometimes possible to create invalid heatmap settings
• Agents now need to walk slower than both the given absolute and relative velocity limit to be considered in congestion
• Fixed a bug where the charting window crashed in rare cases
• Fixed a bug where agents always walked to the center of a portal to cross it

Features

• Reworked default color scheme
• Keep original values when exporting raw csv data from chart
• Show the floors of a simulation object in the tree hierarchy

Fixes

• Ensure paths contain no circular references before simulating
• Use density to select among waitingzones when applying the less crowded selection process
• Removed duplicate warnings when checking if elements in a path are reachable
• Fixed a bug, where an integrity check falsely claimed that elements in a path are not reachable
• Correctly import dxf files where a UCS is defined
• Allow paths to start with pathsnippets that start with an origin
• Agents now cannot get stuck in walls that overlap with elevators
• Fixed a bug, where items were skipped when a path started with a pathsnippet

Fixes

• Fixed a bug, where the probabilities in pathsnippets were not correctly shown in the tree hierarchy

Features

• Improved evasion in sorted queues
• It is now always possible to assign probabilities to pathsnippet members - previously this was only possible with the may visit heuristic
• Replaced pathsnippet heuristic with the new pathsnippet order, which allows to traverse pathsnippets in a random order
• Added legend for agent color by path
• Allow creating evaluation objects without simulation results
• Show the names of a set's selection processes in the tree hierarchy
• Show the probabilities of a pathsnippet's members in the tree hierarchy

Fixes

• Fixed a bug, where unsorted queues did not work with groups
• Fixed a bug, where agents avoided some regions when walking on a diagonal directed scaled area
• Fixed a bug, where the name of exported dxf files was sometimes incomprehensible
• Fixed a bug, where invalid data series were not deleted, even though crowd:it claimed it would delete them
• Fixed a bug, where crowd:it crashed when pasting clipboard content into the pathsnippet table
• Fixed a bug, where sometimes a floor was replaced, even though the user canceled the process
• Stop the tree hierarchy from freezing, when elements are updated
• Fixed a bug, where the member table in the sets window falsely claimed that the members are not valid

Fixes

• Added a new summary table that allows to evaluate elevators on a per-floor basis
• The elevator summary now correctly evaluates agents that evaded outside elevators on intermediate floors
• Fixed a bug, where the origin-destination summary displayed dubious results when a start time was set
• Polished the "Create Chart" - Wizard
• Made wording for elevator summaries more clear
• Fixed a bug where sometimes agents stuck together in elevators

Features

• Introduced meeting zones: Allow to clear a waitingzone when the capacity is reached
• Allow agents that travel with an elevator to temporarily step out of the elevator when evading deboarding agents
• Agents can be colored by their navigation mode now
• Write the agent's group and path id when exporting tripwire data as csv

Fixes

• Fixed a bug, where crowdit crashed when empty pathsnippets were present during the integrity checks prior to simulating
• Fixed a bug where the start time was not correctly handled when creating tripwire summaries
• Agents now evade in origins even if they don't have a path
• Fixed a bug where agents did not properly evade when other agents were deboarding an elevator
• Correctly evaluate the capacity when queuing for nested sets where some items are dropped by the selection process

Fixes

• Fixed a bug where opening a report including social distancing lead to an error
• Use the correct start time in several locations
• Fixed a bug where it was not possible to create charts for statistical runs in the german version of the software
• Fixed a bug were the simulation crashed when an agent with a very large torso size entered a queue with many small agents
• Fixed a bug where agents could get stuck in sorted queues if the queue was in a very tight space
• Fixed a bug where agents got stuck in unsorted queues if an agent tried to leave the queue but was blocked by other agents
• Correctly evade when agents leave an elevator
• Fixed a bug where the distance selection mode was not always evaluated correctly when coming from an elevator

Fixes

• Fixed a bug where crowd:it crashed after deleting simulation results
• Fixed a bug, where the cell grid was displaced in various scenarios
• Draw object labels on all floors where a simulation object is visible
• Allow the entire simulation time in certain time pickers
• Consider portals when navigating on their target floor
• Correctly navigate towards a portal if an agent is far away from the portal

Fixes

• Fixed a bug, where the Sets-Window crashed when adding a new set and pressing enter
• Fixed a bug, where the Sets-Window crashed when deleting multiple members from a set by pressing the delete-key
• Correctly calculate first and last entry for evaluation summaries
• Fixed a bug, where the selection process window crashed under very specific circumstances
• Fixed a bug where evaluations were drawn on all floors while being moved
• Disallow time pickers for video reports and heatmaps to exceed the simulation time
• Fixed a bug, where inconsistent settings for social distancing crashed crowd:it
• Fixed a bug where selection processes were not correctly evaluated when using nested sets
• Made movement of agents waiting for an elevator more natural
• Ensure that agents always correctly overstep the waiting line in sorted queues

Features

• Slightly improved the selection process UI
• Allow pathsnippets and sets to be a direct successor of itself

Fixes

• Made the calculation of scatter charts more robust
• Fixed a bug where crowd:it crashed when an object that was not a member of a set was referenced in a selection mode
• Fixed a bug where crowdit crashed when pasting data to tables that was improperly formatted
• Fixed a bug were not all skipped sets were written as simulation output
• Display all sets that were skipped at the same time
• Show duplicate warnings only once
• Correctly calculate threshold in selection processes when agents in groups revisit the same set several times
• Correctly evade other agents in origins and waitingzones
• Fixed a bug where groups could not enter waitingzones
• Don't crash when an agent skips the last set on their path

Features

• Increased scrolling speed in some of the windows
• Allow to select simulation objects in the floor plan using quickselect
• Allow starting pathsnippets with origins

Fixes

• Fixed a bug where crowd:it crashed when the default system language is not english or german
• Fixed a bug where crowd:it crashed when entering an invalid value in the default value field for elevators
• Correct dxf-export of floor files that originally came from a dxf-file that contained blocks
• Fixed bad displayed dialog windows when reimporting a floor by adding scrollbars
• Translated some text to german that was only available in english
• Warn before simulating when a path or pathsnippet spans two floors, but no floor connectors are contained in the path
• Warn before simulating when the geometry of origins or waitingzones intersects itself
• Fixed a bug, where renaming a simulation object removed its settings in the selection processes
• Fixed a bug where crowd:it crashed when making objects that are not selected in the floorplan invisible via quickselect
• Correctly calculate threshold in selection processes when agents are in groups
• Disallow to sidestep a portal

Features

• Added a reset button to the agent visualization dialog
• Agents now skip a set if the selection process does not return any members
• Display sets that were skipped by an agent in the agent statistics
• Added data series for agents inside evaluations by persona

Fixes

• Disable certain menu items when no floors are loaded
• Fixed a bug, where sometimes crowd:it crashed when renaming objects via quickselect
• Don't make the table that shows all navigation states ridiculously small
• Allow the simulation time to wrap around 00:00:00
• Fixed weird queueing behaviour in unsorted queues
• Fixed a bug, where agents sometimes got stuck in sorted queues, when personas with vastly different torso sizes were used

Features

• Added an option to color agents by persona
• Added Icon + Text to show drag&drop areas when no project or floor is present

Fixes

• Correctly update the Quickselect window when deleting elements
• Fixed a bug, where selecting members from a path/path snippet that contained the same member several times lead to an error
• Fixed a bug, where replacing and renaming a floor removed evaluations
• Format numbers in textfields to two decimal places
• Fixed a bug, where the bounds of a screenshot exported from evaluations were too large
• Fine-tuned, how the selection processes of nested sets are evaluated
• Don't wait out premovement time again, if an origin is used as intermediate destination
• Fixed a bug, where agents got stuck when queueing for origins
• Correctly account for agents revisiting a set multiple times

Features

• It is now possible to replace a floor with a new floor that doesn't contain all assigned simulation objects

Fixes

• Fixed a bug, where the simulation results were not loaded after canceling the simulation calculation
• Fixed calculation of OD Summaries
• Fixed columns for Tripwire Tour Tables
• Fixed the filter in the "Add to Set" - Dialog
• Fixed a bug where agents got stuck on stairs

Features

• Allow personas to ignore certain types of simulation object

Fixes

• Disabled edit action in quickselect
• Fixed a bug where agents got stuck on stairs

Fixes

• Allow capacity for pathsnippets that use the MayVisit heuristic
• Fixed a bug where barcharts sometimes crashed

Features

• See the total number of generated agents before running a simulation
• Allow to set a capacity for pathsnippets

Fixes

• Fixed a bug, where portals were not drawn on the connected floor
• Fixed a bug that made it impossible to open a file where a persona was renamed

Fixes

• Fixed a bug where the logo was not shown in screenshots or videos
• Fixed an error that occurred when opening crowd:it on MAC
• Fixed an error that occurred when opening crowd:it for the first time

Features

• Introduced offline version
• Usability improvements

Features

• Introduced german language
• Usability improvements

Fixes

• Fixed a bug, where wrong values were displayed in path summaries, if a start time was set
• Fixed a bug that caused queues to break, when queueing around very sharp edges

Fixes

• Fixed a rare bug that lead to agents being stuck on escalators
• Fixed a bug where agents sometimes didn't find a waitingspot in waitingzones

Fixes

• Improved performance of selection processes by applying a preprocessing step

Fixes

• Fixed a bug where it was possible to create portals that don't connect Floors
• Fixed a bug where agents got stuck in portals
• Fixed demand mode in selection processes: Don't select a member, when the threshold is set to 0

Features

• Added "only for navigation" option to scaled areas
• Improved tripwire UI
• Enable double click for evaluations

Fixes

• Fixed several minor bugs
• Performance improvements

Fixes

• Fixed a bug where crowd:it crashed when someone tried to open certain "hint" Dialogs
• Fixed a bug where it was impossible to simulate more than the default time

Fixes

• Fixed a bug that caused simulations to crash
• Fixed a bug where crowd:it crashed, when the agent to follow in a video report was not present
• Fixed a bug where the selected agents were not shown in screenshots

Fixes

• Fixed a bug that made it impossible to load a crowd:it project

Features

• Improved Forms: Added preview for Dialogs that create or edit Stairs, Escalators, Queues, Portals and Tripwires
• Improved Summary Tables
• Updated to Java 11

Features

• Improved Form Dialogs
• Allow to copy warning and error messages in some dialogs
• Enabled copy and paste support in more tables

Fixes

• Fixed several minor bugs

Fix

• Corrected an issue with initializing color manager for heatmaps
• Corrected an issue with updating tables
• Corrected an issue with deleting background images
• Correct behaviour if a origin has no intervals

Fix

• Added a circular check to path validation

Fix

• Fixed an issue where a project couldn't be loaded when it contained a background image

Fix

• Fixed an issue with reseting data series after evaluation settings change

Fix

• Corrected behaviour when aborting file conversion
• Corrected behaviour of "Congestion summary table"
• Corrected read trajectory task displayed percentage
• Corrected behaviour of double clicking on simulation objects
• Many minor bugs

Fix

• Corrected an rare issue with stuck agents after stepping alternatively

Fix

• Corrected an rare issue with stuck agents on escalators
• Corrected an issue where "All at once" for premovement time intervals was ignored
• Corrected an issue within navigation

Fix

• Corrected an issue with renaming origins
• Corrected an issue with displaying labels of simulation objects

Fix

• Fixed an issue with exporting videos

Fix

• Fixed an issue with parsing waitingzones
• Fixed an issue with the build process

Feature

• Improved validation inside intervals table in forms
• Warn user when closing crowd:it while the simulation calculation is running
• Display persona details in simulation parameters (result) table
• Display errors in other tabs of form

Features

• Option to have multiple populations within one project
• Scheduled waiting behaviour
• Improved origin, waitingzone and destination form
• Improved summary creation
• Many new predefined charts and evaluations

Fixes

• Correct behaviour in charting dialog
• Corrected issues with group movement

Fix

• Corrected an issue with creating multiple sets after each other in the same dialog

Fix

• Corrected an issue with writing multi assigned simulation objects to file
• QuickSelect "edit" multiple no longer renames the simulation objects

Fix

• An issue with exporting videos

Features

• Redesign of origin and waitingzone configuration dialogs
• Configuration option for agent and trace coloring in video export and screenshot dialog
• Improved set filter configuration user interface
• Improve result table content.
• Many additional data series and predefined chart

Performance Improvements

• Improve performance of chart dialog

Fixes

• Correct behaviour if there is no way to reach its next destination for a agent
• Many minor issues

Fix

• Corrected an issue with converting old files with queues without direction to new file format version

Feature

• Improved validation for torso diameters (Settings form + simulation results)

Feature

• Add population predefined charts (premovement & velocity distribution)
• Improve support for slightly not rectangular stairs and escalators

Fix

• Corrected an small issue with the updating process

Fix

• Corrected an issue with checking if pedestrian reached there final destination
• Corrected an issue with predefined chart axis labels

Fix

• Corrected a small issue in the update process

Features

• Redesign Sets table
• Redesign workflow charts
• Improved congestion evaluation (ignore waiting peds and defined threshold on stairs)
• Improved behaviour in sorted and unsorted queues
• Support for single-step stairs
• Improve social distancing support
• Allow pedestrians within a origin to be generate at the same timestep as all other pedestrians in this origin within a premovement time interval

Bugfix

• Add lost functionality to rename sets back

Bugfix

• Correct drawing arrow of tripwire
• Correct get final destination for old files

Bugfix

• Correct an issue with calibrating background images
• Correct an issue with parsing axis of saved charts
• Hide some feature still in beta mode

Features

• New elevator evaluations (Waiting, boarding, traveling and deboarding time and stop counter)
• New elevator data series (Pedestrians waiting before elevator per floor and pedestrians inside elevator)
• New queueing data series (No of pedestrians currently queuing, Queuing duration per pedestrian)
• New information about next destination of a pedestrian
• New arrival data series at evaluation polygons
• New option to create a portal leading to the same floor to allow "one way streets"
• New option xBest in selection processes for set

Performance improvements

• Improved validation performance in Path table
• Improved rendering performance
• Improved video export and screenshot export performance

Bugfix

• Corrected popup menu on right click on non selected simulation object
• Corrected dxf import for grouped objects that are on different layers
• Corrected renaming via quickselect for sets, pathsnippets and paths
• Corrected and issue with reading closest from file for best filters

Bugfix

• Correct a minor problem with exiting escalators / stairs
• Many minor bug fixes

Feature

• Improved popup menu for path creation when clicking on overlapping simulation objects

Performance improvement

• Improved rendering performance for pedestrians
• Improved popup menu for path creation when clicking on overlapping simulation objects
• Corrected an issue with updating the properties table for selected pedestrians

Bugfix

• Corrected an issue with updating the properties table for selected pedestrians

Bugfix

• Corrected an issue with updating the properties table for selected pedestrians

Bugfix

• Corrected an rare issue with arcs in imported dxf files
• Corrected an issue with exporting videos following traced agents

Bugfix

• Corrected an issue with detecting old heuristics

Bugfix

• Corrected an issue with importing closed polylines with only 2 points
• Corrected an issue with adding new set members to sets with old heuristics

Bugfix

• Corrected an issue with calculating congestion duration

Bugfix

• Display "Referenced by" again in sets table
• Corrected an issue with displaying legends for color agents by ...

Feature

• Removed check for additional parallelization of stair railings
• Improved error message display

Bugfix

• Corrected an issue with sets tables

Feature

• Improved support of old heuristics for sets

Bugfix

• Corrected minor issues with set table

Bugfix

• Corrected small issues with file conversion from file format 0.8 to 0.9
• Corrected display of old heuristics
• Corrected display of popupmenu in pedestrian details table

Bugfix

• Corrected an issue with parsing simulation files

Features

• Integration of new file format 0.9
• Converter from file format 0.8 to 0.9
• Remove option to set object to queue for
•  Reworked selection option for set members

Bugfix

• Corrected an issue with pedstrians stepping back on a stair if there is an congestion

Feature

• Add new predefined chart "floor exit times"

Bugfix

• Add new predefined chart "floor exit times"
• Correct behaviour when switching between data series in refine data tab

Bugfix

• Corrected a small issue with data series for portals

Feature

• New agent behaviour and representation
• Charts from each simulation object are now available

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• Corrected an issue with switching between data series in refine data tab

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• Update update process
• Many small fixes

postvis

• Correct an issue with displaying category data series in charts

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• Correct an issue with displaying category data series in charts

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• Improve behavior of pedestrian statistics table
• Corrected behavior when importing charts without fixed axis
• Corrected behavior of screenshot and video export dialogs (again)

postvis

• Corrected behavior of screenshot and video export dialogs
• Some optical changes on screenshot and video export dialogs

postvis

• Corrected a small issue with aborting social distance exposure calculation
• Correct size of social distancing circle display
• Correct a lot of other minor issues

postvis

• Corrected an issue with the default value for heatmap calculation in screenshots

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• Corrected an issue with reopening saved charts
• Corrected an issue with congestion duration calculation with premovement times

postvis

• Reworked chart creation process and added additional functionality to create custom bar charts

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• Corrected a rare issue with stepping on rotated stairs

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• Correct dxf import for polylines with less than two vertices

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• Block quick select while running any action
• Improved error handling
• Various small bug fixes for video export

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• Improved error handling
• Improved collision detection
• Cleanup walking modes to allow to add more states in the future

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•  Improve collision detection for corner cases
•  Improve navigation field interpolation
• Correct behaviour when stepping over short stairs (less than 4 treads)
• Correct behaviour when evading for pedestrians with highly different torso sizes
•  Correct behaviour for stairs stacked on top of each other
•  Correct rounding issues when stepping over portals

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• Improved evasive behaviour in waitingzones near walls
• Improved behaviour in unsorted queuing areas
• Improved boarding behaviour in elevators

postvis

• New congestion duration heatmap and data series for charts
• New option to copy chart data to clipboard
• New powered by open source software dialog
• Improve start screen and licence dialog
• Improved error handling for unknown errors
• Improved quick select performance
• Improved pedestrian rendering performance

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• Improved social distancing behavior
• Improved collision check when stepping over portals
• Improved navigation to waiting spots

postvis

• Correct ui behaviour on macOS
• Charting: Move buttons to a position suitable for macOS
• Improve unknown error handling
• Correct behaviour of data series "floor exit times"

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• Correct check for two overlapping line shaped simulation objects

postvis

• Correct heatmap tooltip

postvis

• Fixed an issue with the floor background coloring for scenarios with a single floor

postvis

• Fixed an issue with export screenshots and videos

postvis

• Improve escalator behaviour: No fixed lanes and switch floor on half of the escalator
• Portals are drawn on connected floor
• Heatmaps: Select if pedestrians are ignored in premovement time
• First statistical run data series: simulation time percentiles

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• Improve menu: Reduction of the menu with the help of toggle menu items 
• Addtional preview panel in video and screenshot export dialogs
• Option to set size of screenshots directly in dialog
• Many QuickSelect performance improvements
• Improved naming when creating mulitple simulation object

postvis

• Fixed an small validation issue in the waiting zone form

postvis

• Fixed an issue with replacing floors with floors with different name

postvis

• Speed up floor import
• Improve simulation object click and selection behaviour

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• Option to set social distance value in simulation settings form
• New Heatmaptype: time within social distance
• Option to evaluate and display “exposure time” of pedestrians
• Screenshot and Video Dialog: Choose folder after pressing “export”
• Addtional option to add floors via tab pane
• Hide and Show option for simulation objects in quickselect
• Option to reload current simulation project
• Some small ui adjustments and bugfixes

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• Fixes an issue with opening crowd:it on mac

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• Fixes a potential issue with file validation

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• Improved visualization of floor connecting stairs
• Additional density option “Standard density”
• Improved voronoi density calculation
• Zoom factor is adjustable in export dialogs
• Allow to convert floors to dxf files
• Remove jumping around in set colors dialog

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• Pedestrians switch floor on half of the stair
• Improved evasive behaviour on stairs
• Improved collision detection on floor connecting stairs
• Improved evasive behaviour in front of elevators

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• Fixed an issue with renaming elevators
• Fixed an layout issue in the select data for chart dialog
• Fixed the default size of the hierachie dialog

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• Fixed an issue with displaying the form of newly created directed scaled areas  
• Fixed an issue with escalator creation

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• Change heatmap settings in video and screenshot dialogs 
• Evaluation polygons, rectangles and tripwires can be viewed, added, changed and deleted without simulation results
• Additional information of “number of visits” in area summary tables
• Design information panel: Right click on simulation object id opens default popupmenu
• Tree hierarchie is not expanded as default and shows default popupmenu on rightclick on elements
• Small fix for evaluations for long scenarios

postvis

• Additional option to unsorted queue for simulation object
• Additional option to queue for multiple simulation objects
• Additional option to set a direction vector for queues
• Some small visual adjustments and fixes

kernel

• Additional option to unsorted queue for simulation object
• Additional option to queue for multiple simulation objects
• Additional option to set a direction vector for queues
• Many performance improvements

postvis

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• New Heuristic MayVisist for PathSnippets
• Additional information panel provided in the design phase of simulation
• Transparent simulation objects are now non-clickable
• Fixed a bug with disabled sub menu entries on mac

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• It is only allowed to open existing files
• Fixed the apply issue in some of the chart forms

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• Edit functionallity for  simulation design forms when simulation results are present
• Remove unit in default axis labels
• Many small fixes

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• Sorted pedestrian generation is speed up

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• Fixed an issue where agents got stuck for no reason
  

postvis

• Fix an issue with reopening the heatmap dialog
  

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• Input fields for time now behave more intuitively
• The floor import dialog has improved support for keyboard inputs
• Charts generated directly from evaluations now have their name in the title

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• Agents in Origins are by default placed more densely
• Fixes a rare issue where larger agents couldn’t access a better position because of their geometry

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• Fixed a issue with high resolution
• Fixed stair repair on file opening

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• Sorted Birth Cells for Origins is now selected by default to improve performance in high-density situations
• Performance of scenarios with many sets and path snippets has been improved
• Renaming an interval now also renames the interval in the interval matrix
• Replacing the floor-plan or inserting a new floor between two existing floors can now be done using the floor tab context menu
• When exporting videos or screenshots, the name of the floor can be included in the image
• Evaluations can now be copied to other floors
• QuickSelect supports searching for PathSnippets
• Simulation objects can now be removed from Sets via their context menu
• Users can now edit Sets even when they are referenced
• Fixed issues with the custom heatmap colors dialog
• Validation of stairs was made stricter to match the kernel
• DXF-files using blocks with a user-coordinate-system were not imported correctly
• Many small fixes and improvements

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• When a single agent is born in an Origin interval, it will be placed in the center of the Origin to better support modelling chairs
• When the Capacity of a Waiting Zone is 1, agents will always wait in the center
• To match natural densities even closer, repulsion parameters have been calibrated and will be used for newly created projects
• Performance for certain scenarios has been improved 
• The flow rate of escalators has been reduced 
• Sometimes agents in front of crowded stairs were behaving wrong, this has been fixed.

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• Fixed an issue with editing the color stop values of custom color schemes for heatmaps

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• Heatmaps can be configured with customized colorschemes
• The standard color scheme for heatmaps has been changed to a clean blue one
• Tripwire Tour Table now also contains the “Number of Agents” for each leg of the tour
• Voronoi density is only calculated for certain evaluation areas
• Multiple dataseries can be added to a chart at once
• Users can navigate the floor plan with arrow keys as well
• Complex geometry is simplified on import
• Many small UX improvements
• Fixed selecting a path with the mouse
• Fixed drawing issues for stairs and portals

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• Fixed a rare case where the “closest”-heuristic did not yield the expected object.

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• Allow slow Agents to enter and move on stairs

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• When a Logo was set, right clicking didn’t work properly anymore
• When highlighting a Simulation Object in the PathHierarchy, crowd:it showed an error message
• Taking multiple screenshots or videos of Rectangles didn’t work
• Selecting Queuing Areas has been improved

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• Agents were able to walk along a Path that had Itinerary Items on other floors on them. If that is the case now, the agent stops.

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