Released on September 4, 2024, as a pivotal maintenance update in the 28 series, Golden Software Surfer v28.1.248 (x64) elevates scientific visualization with refined 3D viewing tools, enhanced formatting, and workflow optimizations, empowering geologists, engineers, and researchers to create precise contour maps and surface models from complex datasets.
Key Highlights
- 3D View Bounding Boxes – Generate customizable boxes around axis extents, volume renders, or isosurfaces for focused analysis and clipping in complex scenes.
- Copy/Paste Format – Streamline styling by copying and pasting properties across objects, saving time on multi-layer maps and 3D visualizations.
- Navigation Triad Flexibility – Position the interactive triad in any window corner for intuitive 3D orientation, especially on dual-monitor setups.
- Opacity Controls in 3D – New fixed-color opacity options for isosurfaces, vector contours, and drillhole colors, enabling layered transparency without rendering artifacts.
- Drillhole Visualization Upgrades – Improved contact point creation, editing, and export for subsurface modeling, with Voxler CLR colormap compatibility for seamless cross-tool workflows.
- Export & UI Enhancements – Updated PDF/WMF/EMF exports without scaling issues; frame templates in Samples folder; keyboard shortcuts and icon consistency with Grapher.
- Stability Fixes – Resolved environment water level extents, smooth lighting on grid surfaces, base map legend readability, and comma decimal separator handling.
System Requirements
- Windows 10/11 64-bit
- 1 GB RAM minimum (4 GB+ recommended)
- 1024 x 768 or higher resolution with 16-bit color
- 500 MB free disk space