Release Notes 1.0.7
Groundhog GDS Viewer©

Overview: 
Groundhog GDS Viewer© is an application that is used to visualize VLSI chips saved in the GDSII format. 

Purpose:
The main focus of the product is to use alpha blending techniques to visualize the data, version the industry standard of stipling patterns. We believe that by using alpha blending we will allow better understanding of the chips that our clients will be using. By using alpha blending it also lends to the ability to visualize heirarchy of the chip.

Issue Summary:
 - Fixed a bug that wasn't syncing the preferences correctly
 - Fixed a problem with some bounding box calculations
 - Fixed a bug where the user preferences were wiped when loading a new chip
 - Made some optimizations in the way the application draws
 - Made some UI enhancements to main drawing window
 - Added ability for default settings to be loaded on start up
 - Added a solo function to the main UI to help user locate certain layers
 - Added a structure heirarchy view to be used for locating structures and visualize    heirary 
 - Added more preferences for the user to change and save
 - Added ability to toggle the amount of heirarchy wished to be drawn
 - Added a UI tab to view Structure References
 - Made some optimizations in the printing cabapility

End-User Impact:
 - Older preferences may not open correctly in newer version of applications
 - User will no longer see all gray layers upon load up
 - User will notice some UI changes

Notes:
There are no changes to the process of installing the application, as it stands right now you can install the program via the online installer located at http://projects.conklusion.com/publish/

Disclaimers:
We take no responsibility if data is lost, time is lost, or computer crashes due to application crashes. Use application at your own risk.

Contact:
If you wish to get support, wish to report a bug or suggest an enhancement please direct your emails to one of the following:
rappin13@gmail.com
firnmacar@gmail.com
sumner@xmission.com
brodie.bruce@gmail.com
tim.manwill@utah.edu