PhotoModeler PMR File Changes and Backwards Compatibility

Occasionally new versions of PhotoModeler will create PMR project files that older versions of PhotoModeler cannot read. i.e. The PMR files are not always backward compatible.

New program versions can always read old versions of PhotoModeler PMR project files. i.e. PMRs are always forward-compatible.

The table below shows all versions from 2017.0 on and if there are any file compatibility issues.

The ‘Compatibility Issue‘ column indicates if this version will write PMR files incompatible with previous versions. The possible values are:

  • none – means this version did not introduce any compatibility issues since the previous release.
  • all – means that this version will write PMR files incompatible with previous versions in all cases.
  • ‘object name’ – means that if you have a project that includes this object type (e.g. a cylinder), this version will write PMR files that are incompatible with previous versions (otherwise, it will be compatible).

 

Version Date Compatibility Issue
2024.2.0 June 20, 2024 none
2024.1.0 Mar 26, 2024 Import Objects
2024.0.0† Dec 5, 2023 Cloud Imports
2023.3.0 Aug 28, 2023 none
2023.2.0 May 1, 2023 none
2023.1.0 Jan 17, 2023 none
2023.0.0 Dec 12, 2022 all
2022.2.0 May 31, 2022 Point clouds
2022.1.1 Mar 2, 2022 none
2022.1.0 Feb 16, 2022 Point clouds and meshes, Imported objects
2022.0.0 Nov 2, 2021 all
2021.1.0 June 3, 2021 none
2021.0.2 March 31, 2021 none
2021.0.1 March 4, 2021 none
2021.0.0 Feb. 24, 2021 all
2020.2.0 June 15, 2020 none
2020.1.1 Apr. 1, 2020 none
2020.1.0 Mar. 18, 2020 none
2020.0.1 Dec. 17, 2019 none
2020.0.0 Nov 14, 2019 all
2019.1.2 Jun. 10, 2019 none
2019.1.1 May 13, 2019 Plane Surfaces
2019.1.0 Mar. 25, 2019 none
2019.0.1 Dec. 13, 2018 none
2019.0.0 Nov. 19, 2018 none
2018.1.2 Jul. 17, 2018 none
2018.1.1 Jun. 27, 2018 Image Sequences
2018.1.0 Apr. 11, 2018 none
2018.0.1 Jan. 23, 2018 Geographic System Definitions
2018.0.0 Dec. 14, 2017 none
2017.1.1 Sep. 25, 2017 all
2017.1.0 Aug. 22, 2017 Cylinders
2017.0.2 May 26, 2017 all
2017.0.1 May 4, 2017 none
2017.0.0 Apr. 10, 2017 none

 † The 2024.0.0 public release combines the changes from two non-public releases 2023.3.1 and 2023.3.2, along with the 2024.0.0 specific changes.

Examples:

  • If you save a PMR file with 2020.0.0 it cannot be read by any previous version.
  • If you save a PMR with 2020.0.0 it can be read by 2020.0.0 up to the present version – PhotoModeler is always forward compatible.
  • If you save a file with 2019.1.1 that does not have Plane Surfaces it can be read by 2018.0.0 but not 2017.1.1 or earlier (because of the ‘all’ in 2017.1.1).