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The latest release is V5.152A (Build 1698.0).
Updated the Alignment input to allow for specifying "Caster" or "Inclination" (where applicable).
Updated and corrected all the geometry calculations for uprights with one or two swivels.
Add the kingpin upright style for the old type knuckle/kingpin/upright design.
 V5.150F (Build 1689.5).
Changed the wheel alignment terminolgy for rear suspensions. "Inclination" is now used instead of "Caster".
Added the "Dual axis strut" as used by some Renault and Honda vehicles.
Updated the centre link steering to allow for the tie rods to be connected above or below the centre link.
Corrected a bug which caused an exception when closing the shock and spring chassis input dialog for live axle.
Updated the upright ISO Graphic to display correctly when not using the default SusProg3D axis system.
Updated various input dialogs to correct the tab sequence.
Updated the antiroll bar inputs to consolidate the link length data into the main antirollbar input dialog.
Updated the Excel export functions to export the spring and arb rates (in addition to the wheel rates).
On a technical note, the functions to read a data file have been updated to use heap instead of stack memory.
Updated the graphic display of the undertray, chassis datum, track surface and wheel for transparency.
Added a torsion bar option for strut suspension.
Updated and fixed the graphic print function.
Fixed the antirollbar link orientation calculation error.
Added back the steering options for rear suspension types that had the option deleted.
For the trailing arm and 3 link rear suspension, the trailing arm chassis mount offset didn't save. Fixed.

 V5.140H (Build 1625.7).
GUI updated to support display scale settings 125% to 200%.
Corrected the live axle chassis and links input dialogs that defaulted all values to zero.
Corrected the coil spring input dialog to save the opposite side spring when symmetric.
Updated the Results and enabled selection (Ctrl-A) and copy (Ctrl-C) functionality.
Corrected the axis display to clearly show when the data file axis differed from the current settings.
Added a "Point to line" function to the Tools -> Misc to check if three points are co-linear.
Updated the CAD2Susprog tool to correctly show the item captions and defaulted all numeric inputs to use the number of decimal places setting.
Updated all the FileRead DLLs to link through the portal axle data.
Updated the CAD2Susprog tool to correctly show the spindle length.
Updated all the Geometry -> Upright and Geometry -> Strut inputs with updated captions, fixed the graphic display when using inch measurements, and deleted the input for the sprindle reference.
Corrected the suspension link calculations to correctly handle calculating the square root of a negative number rather than causing a calculation failure.

V5.132

Renamed the CMM utility to CAD2SusProg and added additional inputs and calculations.
Added a display option to orient the view along the steering gear axis.
Updated ECalc to preselect the appropriate calculations.
Corrected the results output for the bellcrank rotation angle.
Added to the wheel and tyre input to allow for individual mounting offset definitions.
Updated the display of trailing arm to draw a line representation.
Updated the display of trailing arm types that use an additional toe control link to draw the toe link.
Updated the trailing arm calculations to support the Kia Carnival rear suspension.
Updated the Mustang caster link calculations to support the 2020 Mustang Shelby GT500.

V5.130

Added the option to specify the steering turn angle using steering wheel rotation.
Fixed the setting brake and torque distribution bug.
Fixed the rear geometry wheel location and alignment bug.
Fixed the live axle roll centre calculation bug.
Fixed the antirollbar link length bug.
Fixed the display of invalid driveshaft and shockabsorber artifacts.
Fixed the input of the lateral link coordinates for trailing arm with lateral links.
Added the Pitman arm steering (go-kart style) for all A-arm and Strut suspensions.

V5.125

Added an extra Geometry Configuration option for all suspension and steering linkages.
Added the steering wheel rotation to the Excel exports for ToeOutInTurn data.
Updated About to identify Windows 11 Version 22H2.
Fixed a bug that sometimes caused an exception when reading the SusProg3D settings.
Fixed a heading text error in the toeout in turn results.
Fixed a bug that corrupted the Ford Twin I-Beam steering input.
Updated the struts to allow for the strut-knuckle pivot bolt to be either upper or lower.
Fixed a bug that caused a helper spring to have the wrong type of end style and coil count.
Updated drawing the helper spring to change the colour to red when solid.
Fixed a bug that incorrectly calculated the body spring seat dimension when calculating the spring for any option except "Calculated".
Added rectangular section springs and rearranged the coil spring input form.
Changed the sequence the various results data is collated.
Update the strut input form to better identify the strut-knuckle pivot and adjustment bolts.
Fixed the "Ancestor for ExcelApplication not found" bug.
Fixed the "ExcelApplication Access violation" bug.

V5.124

A new Excel group tab added.
Added new A-arm design and dimensioning functions.
Fixed a bug displaying large numbers (-1E6 > values > 1E6).
Added extra validation in the CMM tool for spindle coordinates.
Added extra validation for live axle link lengths.
Added the depiction of the track surface to the graphic.
Added alternative Excel range name prefix, 'SPG'.
Added a new live axle bellcrank anti-roll bar configuration.

V5.122

Updated the threaded calculations to use task manager.
Updated the calculation threads to pass errors back to the main thread.
Updated the Excel interface with additional error reporting.
Updated the registration interface with additional error reporting.

V5.120

Updated About to identify Windows 11.
All calculations now performed in a dedicated CPU thread.
Extended the caster calculation limit from 0.5R to 0.8R (28.6 degrees to 45.8 degrees).
Corrected a bug in eCalc and vCalc
Corrected the terminology in Dynamic Results from 'Roll couple distribution' to 'Roll stiffness distribution'
Corrected a compiler bug with Excel2Input and Excel2CMM
Fixed a bug in the trailing arm with lateral links geometry calculation.
Fixed a bug in the Delphi IDE that caused some dialogs to not open correctly.
Fixed a bug calculating caster with an upper A-arm and a lower "virtual" A-arm.

[V5.118

Mumford links are now full asymmetric.
Watts links are now full asymmetric.
Updated the Upright, Strut, Trailing Arm and Axle input dialogs and updated the graphic.
Replaced the CHM format help file with eWriter help file.
Added a "Stacked" option to the Display Control.
Refactored the MonoWheel code to improve performance.
Added a Cascade option to better display all open inputs.
Added an option to view the bellcrank centred in the screen viewing along the bellcrank axis.
Fixed a few instances where the font size didn't scale correctly on hi dpi devices.
The preferred minimum OS is Windows 10 Creators Update Version 1703 Build 15063 Released March 2017

V5.114

Added the Chapman strut rear suspension.
Updated the strut instant centre calculations.
Fixed a corrupted steering gear input form data display when using styles.s

V5.125M (Build 1531.12).

Added an extra Geometry Configuration option for all suspension and steering linkages.
Added the steering wheel rotation to the Excel exports for ToeOutInTurn data.
Updated About to identify Windows 11 Version 22H2.
Fixed a bug that sometimes caused an exception when reading the SusProg3D settings.
Fixed a heading text error in the toeout in turn results.
Fixed a bug that corrupted the Ford Twin I-Beam steering input.
Updated the struts to allow for the strut-knuckle pivot bolt to be either upper or lower.
Fixed a bug that caused a helper spring to have the wrong type of end style and coil count.
Updated drawing the helper spring to change the colour to red when solid.
Fixed a bug that incorrectly calculated the body spring seat dimension when calculating the spring for any option except "Calculated".
Added rectangular section springs and rearranged the coil spring input form.
Changed the sequence the various results data is collated.
Update the strut input form to better identify the strut-knuckle pivot and adjustment bolts.
Fixed the "Ancestor for ExcelApplication not found" bug.
Fixed the "ExcelApplication Access violation" bug.

V5.124 notes

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Version 5.124 has a number of enhancements.

Thanks to all of those who made comments and suggestions.

In no particular order.

V5.124A (Build 1525.0)

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Added new A-arm design and dimensioning functions.
Additional styles will be added as requested.
Thanks to Jeff for this one.

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Added a new live axle bellcrank anti-roll bar configuration.
This is the configuration used in the Australian SuperUtes category.
Thanks to Edbert for this one.

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A new Excel group tab added.
All the Excel related tabs have been moved into their own group tab.

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Fixed a bug displaying large numbers (-1E6 > values > 1E6).
Thanks to Bruce for this one.

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Added extra validation in the CMM tool for spindle coordinates

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Added extra validation for live axle link lengths

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Added the depiction of the track surface to the graphic.

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Added alternative Excel range name prefix, 'SPG'
This is specifically for the German language version of Excel where range names starting with 'S3D' are invalid.
Thanks to Michel for this one.

Your feedback and suggestions are always appreciated.


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Version 5.114 has a number of enhancements.

Thanks to all of those who made comments and suggestions.

In no particular order.

V5.114A (Build 1431.0)

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Added the Chapman strut.
Typically used on the rear of the Lotus Elite (Lotus 14) and Lotus 15.
Thanks to Jamie for this suggestion.

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Updated the strut instant centre calculations.
Instead of using individual calculations for each different strut configuration, the strut instant centre calculations now use the common generic independent suspension calculation.
This was originally implemented back in Jan '15 for all "non-strut" independent suspensions when a number of bespoke calculations were replaced with a single calculation method.

Your feedback and suggestions are always appreciated.


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