GLIMPSE-CE v2.1 Release! (Full Package and ModelInterface)

[DLoughlin]

GLIMPSE-CE (Community Edition) is a graphical user interface for GCAM. The new 2.1 release (located here: https://github.com/DLoughlin/GLIMPSE-CE/releases/tag/v2.1-2026.04.17).

This release includes the full GLIMPSE-CE v2.1 package (Windows) and a stand-alone version of the GLIMPSE-CE ModelInterface (cross-platform). The zip file for the full package includes the Amazon Corretto Java Runtime Environment. The GLIMPSE-CE v2.1 package includes GCAM/GCAM-USA 8.2. Documentation will be released in mid-2026.

GLIMPSE-CE v2.1 updates since v2.0 include:

• Improvements to stability and the user experience
• Improved tracking of the GCAM execution process and movement of terminal windows to a console
• Significant speed improvements, including startup and in features such as mapping
• Enhancements to chart customization and a new type of chart: stacked percentages
• Clipboard and export usability enhancements
• On-the-fly updates to ScenarioBuilder and ModelInterface font sizes
• Improved preferences management

GLIMPSE-CE v2.0 updates since v1.0 include:

ScenarioBuilder:

• New material-style look-and-feel
• Support for pasting values from clipboard into New Scenario Component Creator table
• Improved differencing feature for comparing the configuration files of two scenarios
• Tracking GCAM queue completion process
• Stop button for terminating GCAM execution from the Graphical User Interface
• Integrated console for capturing output from GLIMPSE, GCAM, and the ModelInterface

ModelInterface:

• New Manage Database features, including deleting scenarios (!) and auto-zipping scenario XMLs on export
• User-configurable default file editors for XML, CSV, and TXT files
• Enable/disable auto-generation of charts
• Breakout chart view
• More robust options for drag-n-drop to Excel and copying table data to the clipboard
• Please see the announcement in the discussion area for additional information.
• To report bugs or request new features, please use the Issues and Discussions sections of the website.

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