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authorGravatar Dirk Hohndel <dirk@hohndel.org>2013-05-13 17:06:36 -0500
committerGravatar Dirk Hohndel <dirk@hohndel.org>2013-05-13 17:06:36 -0500
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Documentation: update "Planning Dives"
Signed-off-by: Dirk Hohndel <dirk@hohndel.org>
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@@ -1059,16 +1059,17 @@ When you select dives and choose the exporting option from right click menu, you
Planning Dives
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-Subsurface supports planning of dives using open and closed circuit
-equipment. This allows users to experiment with different plans and see
-the effects of changing various parameters of the dives.
+Subsurface includes a still rather experimental dive planning feature
+that allows the creation of dive plans for both recreational scuba
+equipment (open circuit) and rebreathers (closed circuit
+equipment). This allows users to experiment with different plans and
+see the effects of changing various parameters of the dives.
[WARNING]
-Deco calculations with optionally displaying the ceiling is
-done using a new implementation of the Buhlmann ZH16 algorithm with
-gradient factors. Since the planner and our implementation of the
-decompression algorithms are new and have received only a limited amount
-of testing: +
+Deco calculations are done using a new implementation of the Buhlmann
+ZH16 algorithm with gradient factors. Since the planner and our
+implementation of the decompression algorithms are new and have received
+only a limited amount of testing: +
**WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND NOT TO PLAN DIVES SIMPLY BASED ON THE
RESULTS GIVEN HERE.**
@@ -1084,6 +1085,10 @@ In order to plan a dive some basic information needs to be entered:
- planned depths
- planned segment times
+New in version 3.1 (and missing on the screen shot) is an option to
+plan the last deco stop at 6m/20ft instead of the otherwise used final
+stop at 3m/10ft.
+
There is also other information available for those who
are familiar with dive planning or use closed circuit rebreathers.