Citation

@misc{mifit7,
  author =    "Russ Athay and Bradley Smith and Jon Christopher and John Badger",
  title =     "MIFit+ Sofware for Protein Crystallography",
  year =      2008,
  publisher = "Rigaku Americas Corporation",
  address =   "San Diego, CA, USA",
  url =       "http://www.rigaku.com/software/mifit.html"
}

MIFit+ 7.1 Release Notes

Released June 12, 2008.

Changes

• Added ability to control parameters of secondary structure rendering
• Changes to OpenGL initialization (only affects some graphics configurations)
• Fixed alignment of insertion code field in PDB export
• Fixed crash when mouseover Solid Surface item in models context menu (only on Linux)
• Fixed dictionary editor loosing planes when an atom was deleted
• Fixed exported bond orders in dictionary editor
• Fixed exporting to cif file in dictionary editor
• Fixed loading of config.db when MIFit installed on some NFS mounts
• Fixed periodic boundary mis-calculation in sphere contouring method
• Fixed problem removing hydrogens from a ligand in dictionary editor
• Fixed setting of dictionary editor entry name when imported from mol file

MIFit+ 7 Release Notes

Released April 25, 2008.

Changes

• Split models/residues/atoms navigation tree now available for academic and commercial users
• Automated notification when upgrades are available (disabled by default for consortium users)
• Error annotations from MIExpert are automatically read from PDB file
• Ability to create/control solid surfaces from tree
• Fixed error displaying active site plot
• Fixed error deleting hydrogens in dictionary editor
• Misc. fixes and performance enhancements

MIFit+ 6.1 Release Notes

Released March 21, 2008.

Changes

• Fixed problem loading ligand PDB file into dictionary (4687)
• Fixed map grid size not being honored from mlw file (4688)
• Fixed problem fitting both models when two models are loaded (4689)
• Fixed flicker when rotate molecule on Windows only
• Recognize MTZ column labels for precomputed structure factors from Buster
• Fixed problem loading info from CRYST1 record in PDB (only affected maps from phs files)
• Fixed bond-order values from mol files not being maintained (4050)
• Fixed editing of cell/spacegroup on maps
• Fixed refinement with alternate location atoms
• Added surface transparency and coloring by distance to a residue or ligand
• Improved detection and selection of OpenGL graphics modes
• Modified interface to OpenEye ligand fitting for a bug in flynn
• Multiple residue renumbering in one action
• Fixed crash in Rama Plot (which was "demonstrated" at ASC meeting)
• Optionally turn off navigation window
• Sequence and navigation window display settings automatically saved in preferences
• Error list from refinement and cocrystal solution jobs saved in PDB file
• Automatically load error list from PDB file
• More random testing (which found a few rarely-occuring crashes)
• Fixed miscellaneous performance and memory issues

MIFit+ 6 Release Notes

Released February 12, 2008.

Changes

• Quicker and easier model and map loading
  • Load multiple models and maps in one action (by menu or command-line)
  • Create regular and difference maps in one step
  • Recognizes standard MTZ files output by REFMAC
  • Automatic MTZ column selection by map type
  • Maps differentiated in models tree
  • Customizable contour settings
• Stability and performance improvements
  • Stress testing using automatic randomized operations
  • Functional testing using scripted operation sequences
• Reorganized menus for better usability
• New application icon

MIFit+ 5 Release Notes

Released October 5, 2007.

Changes

• Interactive Ramachandran plot (Consortium only)
• Custom job control for running external crystallographic applications (Consortium only)
• Chain segmentation preferences
• Stability of navigation tree
• Molecular Replacement - space group selection for CCP4/PHASER runs and sequence insertion code handling in CCP4/MOLREP runs

MIFit+ 4 Release Notes

Released September 14, 2007.

Changes

• Solid surface rendering
• Interface to automated image data processing
• Automation applications packaged as MIExpert and available from command-line
• Visual cue for model Show/Hide status
• Diming of non-active models under user control
• Improved cut-and-paste between models
• Updated File/Preferences menu
• Job/Report/Write Ligand Density Maps allows user-controlled border around ligand maps
• Job/Molecular Replacement allows input of intensity data in various formats
• Stability and efficiency of navigation tree
• Ligand dictionary editor rendering decoupled from main canvas
• Reliability and stability of session file handling