OpenSpirit^® ArcGIS Extension Version 2010
Release Notes
March 4, 2011

As part of its next generation tools, OpenSpirit is releasing the enhanced ArcGIS Extension 2010 enabling newer GIS based workflows.  New features include dynamic creation of layers from project data stores, in-memory feature classes, and improved handling of Coordinate Reference Systems.

Please review the User Guide for help installing the OpenSpirit ArcGIS Extension on ArcGIS 9.3.1 or 10 Service Pack 1.

Since the acquisition of OpenSpirit Corp by TIBCO Software our product names will be changing. The ArcGIS Extension will be renamed to TIBCO OpenSpirit Extension for ArcGIS in future releases of this product.

Release Highlights

• Simplified user workflows
• No need to create sessions in order to connect to OpenSpirit.
• Start an OpenSpirit data selector directly from the ArcGIS Extension.
• Improved treatment of coodinate systems
• Feature classes are created in the source data's original Coordinate Reference System.
• Any spatial event is sent in the original data's Coordinate Reference System, or optionally in the map Coordinate Reference System.
• Enhanced Capabilities
• Dynamically create feature classes from project data stores that represent wells, 2d seismic, and 3d seismic.
• Ability to drill down to view and broadcast data selection events for releated data from selected wells (e.g. log curves, picks, and checkshots) and seismic surveys (seismic datasets, horizons, and faults).
• Send and receive GIS events with all their field values and basic display properties.
• Features are created as in-memory feature classes and then saved as SDE, file geodatabase, or shape files if desired .

Certified Operating Systems and Prerequisites

• Windows XP (32 & 64 bit)
• Windows Vista (32 & 64 bit)
• Windows 7 (64 bit)
• Prerequisites:
• OpenSpirit v3.2.2 or higher
• ArcGIS Desktop (ArcView or ArcEdit license)
• version 9.3 SP1
• version 9.3.1 SP2
• version 10 SP1

Known Issues

The following are the most significant issues known at the time of the release of ArcGIS Extension 2010.

• The OpenSpirit ArcMap Extension must be uninstalled before upgrading ArcGIS from version 9.x to 10, then reinstalled after the ArcGIS upgrade is complete

• ArcMap crashes if the OpenSpirit help icon is selected before connecting to OpenSpirit (ESRI issue #NIMO64979).

• ArcMap 10 hangs after selecting transformations during "Add data from project" operations. This issue is fixed with ArcMap10 Service Pack 1.

• Uninstall the obsolete version of the OpenSpirit ArcGIS Extension to avoid conflicts. Steps to uninstall:

• Uninstall the old ArcGIS Extension by running %OSP_HOME%\external\OpenSpirit.NET\OpenSpirit.NET.msi.
• Select the "Remove OpenSpirit.NET v3.2" option and click Finish.
• If you are running the OpenSpirit Excel Adapter or a third-party application that needs the OpenSpirit .NET components then you will need to reinstall OpenSpirit .NET. Reinstall by running %OSP_HOME%\external\OpenSpirit.NET\OpenSpirit.NET.msi. Do not select the ArcView Extension Option.

• Save to SDE function requires an ArcEdit license.

• When working on ArcMap 10, the Table of Contents needs to be set on the "List By Drawing Order" tab for the GIS event to retrieve the selected objects properly..

• Unable to create a connection to SDE using the Add OpenSpirit Layers function. Workaround is to double-click on the selection rather than selecting and clicking Add.

• Grids are not sent from the ArcGIS Extension if they contain more than 5,000,000 cells. Workaround is to resample the grid so it has fewer than 5,000,000 cells before sending as a GIS event.

• ArcGIS displays NULL dates as 12/30/1899 12:00:00 AM or 12:00:00 AM.

• When saving in-memory features to shape files, ESRI only saves date information. It supplies a NULL time (or 12:00:00 AM) .

• For workflows involving Petrel: Petrel does not recognize holes in polygons. Petrel represents the hole as another polygon.

• Saving in-memory layers to SDE requires a name fewer than 25 characters.

• Broadcasting log curves and/or checkshots to ArcMap does not generate layers.

• Limitation on saving some NULL values to SDE. OpenWorks data stores may have 1.00000e+37 as a value indicating null, and Kingdom has -1.000000e+35. SDE does not allow values greater than 17 digits, so saving to SDE may fail. Workaround is to save to Shape file or file geodatabase.

• When switching the Select Type on the OpenSpirit Project Selector dialog, available layers for loading does not update so in some cases the OpenSpirit Project Selector dialog may erroneously show that seismic layers can be loaded for data sources that only support wells.

• When multiple Horizon Fault Boundaries are imported at once, the attributes Num_Points and Primary Z_Exists exhibits the attribues of only one of the objects.

• When broadcasting data from a Geoframe project with ft(0.1) as the units, a patch file is required. Contact OpenSpirit support to aquire the file and apply it to your v3.2.2 installation. The file is Unit.xml and it goes into %OSP_HOME%\xml\metadata\carto\ESRIWKT directory.

• Coordinate system transformation pop-up dialog may be hidden if the active window is not ArcMap.

Technical Support

Please refer to the following resources for OpenSpirit information:

Web Support	www.openspirit.com/support
FAQ's	www.openspirit.com/support/faqs
E-mail Support	support@openspirit.com

OpenSpirit ArcGIS Extension 2010 is designated with U.S. Department of Commerce Export Control Classification Number 5D992.b.1