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diff --git a/Documentation/user-manual.txt b/Documentation/user-manual.txt index cd0cb1998..dac333b2f 100644 --- a/Documentation/user-manual.txt +++ b/Documentation/user-manual.txt @@ -1059,16 +1059,17 @@ When you select dives and choose the exporting option from right click menu, you Planning Dives -------------- -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. |