STEM 7.2
includes the following new features, in addition to numerous background enhancements,
with an overriding objective to make the software easier to learn by targeting known
barriers:
- A re-designed Click and click again toolbar allows newly-created model
elements to be positioned directly by moving the cursor and then clicking again
- A new Connection tool provides a more intuitive and visual method of linking
elements [than the obscure Ctrl-drag-and-drop method], coupled with a simpler interface
for connecting Transformation inputs
- A new Text Box tool allows you to add headings and explanatory notes alongside
the icons in a view (‘free text in views’), making the principles of a model more
evident to colleagues and clients
- A new Results export wizard enables you to link STEM results data into
Excel charts with just a few clicks, creating an Excel workbook from the data in
selected charts or results views in STEM
- A new Auto-column format option (for new charts of aggregate results such
as traffic volume, revenue, capex and opex) overrides the standard line format with
overlapping columns (for multiple scenarios, results or elements) or stacked columns
(for one result over multiple elements).
This release is fully compatible with models created in version 7.1, but models
saved with STEM 7.2 cannot be read by STEM 7.1 or earlier versions. STEM 7.2 is
now superseded by the STEM 7.2d maintenance release.