Endeavour Update Page
If you encounter a problem with your installation of ENDEAVOUR,
please check first, if your version is up-to-date. You find the latest update
information below. In other cases, contact CRYSTAL IMPACT:
support@crystalimpact.com.
Version 1.7f
Once you have obtained one or multiple ENDEAVOUR licences, you should visit
this page from time to time, especially if you have deactivated the "Check for
Online Update" option. (Cf. command "Options" in the"Tools" menu, "Desktop"
page of "Options" dialog.) If any bugfixes or (minor) improvements are
available, you can download the concerning files from here.
The current version is 1.7f, released on March 7, 2012.
If you are still using an earlier version (which can be
checked by selecting "About Endeavour..." from the "Help" menu), please perform
the following steps:
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If ENDEAVOUR is running, please save any open documents and close the program.
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Download the compressed update file by clicking on the link below.
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Double-click on the file and extract all files to your ENDEAVOUR program
directory (e.g. "C:\Program Files\Endeavour"), replacing any existing files.
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Restart ENDEAVOUR.
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You can check whether the update was successful by selecting "About
Endeavour..." from the "Help" menu. The Endeavour version displayed in the
first line should be "1.7f".
Download Endeavour-Update-17f.exe
(March 7, 2012 - 17.1 MB)
Enhancements in version 1.7f
- This version was released on March 7, 2012.
- Several bugs have been fixed. Compare "Known Bugs" page.
Enhancements in version 1.7d and 1.7e
Enhancements in version 1.7c
- A fourth page has been added to the Diffraction Data Import dialog listing the imported
reflections or peaks and giving the user the chance to filter erroneous reflections
or peaks as well as the option for zero-point correction (which was requested
in previous versions after finishing the dialog).
- Several bugs have been fixed. Compare "Known Bugs" page.
Enhancements in version 1.7b
- A bug (some missing atomic form factors for electron diffraction) has been fixed. Compare "Known Bugs" page.
Enhancements in version 1.7a
- The automatic check for available updates has been improved. Especially under Microsoft
Windows Vista you will not be prompted unless an update is in fact available.
- Some bugs have been fixed. Compare "Known Bugs" page.
Enhancements in version 1.7
- Optimizations for structure solution from electron diffraction data
- Extended support for single crystal diffraction data (|F(hkl)|, F^2(hkl) and I(hkl))
- Merging of symmetry-correlated or Friedel reflections imported from hkl data files
- Option for influence reduction of I(hkl) (or |F(hkl)|) differences if I(hkl) > 0
- New "Diffraction Data Import" wizard to choose and check the diffraction data file
format, to enter cell parameters (if necessary) and to define settings such as radiation
type, wavelength etc.
- Improved functions to export reflection parameters and peaks from tables of reflections
and peaks, rsp. New command to save diffraction data in the File/Save As submenu.
- New tutorial chapter demonstrating structure solution from electron and other single
crystal diffraction data
- Several bugs have been fixed. Compare "Known Bugs" page.
Enhancements in version 1.6
- Automatic adjustment of all structure solution calculation parameters
- Calculated profile function can be used instead of peaks for R-factor calculation,
in order to avoid peak assignment problems
- Automatic determination of space group from structural model (no need to adjust
tolerance parameters anymore!)
- Settings for the structure visualization "Autobuild" function (e.g. molecules,
polyhedra) can now be adjusted automatically, taking into account the "chemistry"
of the compound under investigation
- New separate pane for configuration list in Endeavour window
- Chapter "Tips&Tricks" in the manual now contains a lot more hints on what you
could do if your structure is not directly solved by Endeavour
- Minimum interatomic distances for all element pair combinations (derived from
Pearson's Crystal Data) are now implemented
(no need for manual adjustment of parameters for the simple repulsion potential anymore)
- Several bugs have been fixed. Compare "Known Bugs" page.
Enhancements in version 1.5a
Enhancements in version 1.5
- Many advanced parameters that are used for the treatment of molecules or single
atoms during structure solution as well as settings for the treatment of peaks,
the calculation of the R-value and for optimization can now be edited by the user
via the "Advanced Settings for Structure Solution" dialog, which is available from
the "Structure Solution Wizard".
- Zero-point correction after import of peak data (optional).
- Automatic checking of peak correlations (optional, active by default).
- A separate command to open a molecule structure file to avoid misleading when solving
a crystal structure that contains molecules. ("File/New
Molecule..."; the first has been renamed to "File/New Structure Solution".)
- Acrobat Reader (PDF) references are now available for kernel scripting language
and structure data file formats from the Help menu.
- New desktop design like in Diamond 3 (menus, toolbars, configuration list, data
sheet).
Enhancements in version 1.4a
Enhancements in version 1.4
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Molecules can now be rotated around a reference atom which
has been fixed to a certain position.
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The structure solution wizard has been significantly improved
concerning the handling of molecules. For example, you can place and fix (and
optionally allow rotation of) molecules at certain positions by clicking
on the "Place molecule(s)..." button on page 2 of the structure solution wizard
(formerly named "Advanced settings...").
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Before the actual structure solution calculation is started,
Endeavour now compares the peak positions calculated from the unit cell
parameters to the experimental values and displays a warning if a large
deviation is found.
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Some internal optimization parameters have been optimized.
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Some bugs have been fixed. Compare "Known
Bugs" page.
Enhancements in version 1.3b
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A bug that could lead to negative counts on the "Define atoms in unit cell"
page (Page 3 of 7 of "Preparation of structure solution" wizard) has been
fixed.
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A bug that allowed the option "Local refinement", if all atoms were placed but
contained at least some unfixed parameters, has been fixed.
Enhancements in version 1.3a
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A bug affecting the fixing of atom coordinates to special positions has been
fixed.
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The problem concerning the online update on Windows 98/ME systems has been
resolved.
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Some minor bugs have been fixed.
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