HemoSpat News

HemoSpat version 2.0.1 has been released to address three larger bugs which don’t have workarounds – one with the 3D viewer & object scaling, one concerning commas as decimal points in the Quick Stain Entry window, and one with custom export transform entry.

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This release also fixes several smaller bugs with the UI, the 3D Viewer, and the Save As function. No new functionality was added.

License holders may download the latest versions from their dashboard on the user site.

Thank you to those who have reported bugs, made suggestions, and tested fixes so far!

(Please see the release notes for more details)

I am extremely pleased to announce the release of HemoSpat 2.0 for macOS 13, macOS 14, Windows 10, and Windows 11.

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For a variety of reasons it has been a very long time in development, so it feels great to finally get this new version released.

HemoSpat 2.0 brings new features, a new user website, and a change in licensing.

(Please see the release notes for details of the changes in HemoSpat 2.0.)

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A new Bloodstain Pattern Analysis textbook called Handbook of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis is available for pre-order! It is slated for release on 13 December 2024.



Handbook of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
Handbook of Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
by Toby L. Wolson (Editor)

This book is the result of many years of work by dozens of authors — all managed & edited by Toby Wolson. I was thrilled to have been asked to contribute a chapter about using software for BPA with a focus on HemoSpat. I wrote & submitted my work in 2021, so it will be good to finally close this chapter.

I really hope practitioners & students find this book useful in their work. It will likely become the standard textbook for preparing for the International Association for Identification (IAI) Bloodstain Pattern Analyst Certification exam.

I look forward to receiving the physical book!

Disclaimer: The authors did not receive any money for writing for this book, nor do we receive anything from sales. The links here, however, are Amazon affiliate links.

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HemoSpat 2.0 introduces several new features to the Surface Editor to make it easier to create and preview surfaces.

A 3D preview of the surfaces was added which works much like the new 3D Viewer. The standard views are available using the buttons in the tool bar. You can switch between 2D and 3D previews using the tabs at the bottom.

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HemoSpat has had the capability to export a project to 3D formats such as COLLADA and OBJ for a very long time, but the in-application project viewer was restricted to 2D.

HemoSpat 2.0 introduces a 3D viewer so you can visualize your project in 3D right within the program. The goal is to provide a simple, clean viewer for 3D data. (I do not intend to provide a full 3D editor, because that is outside the scope of HemoSpat and there are many software projects better suited to that.)

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