CGDB Peer Review

CGDB Peer Review

Data Currently Under Peer Review - v36

This is a preliminary data release. It is being released to reviewers only at this time. You have the right to review and question the data. The review period is limited to 21 days for this release. Please do not quote, copy or distribute this data until you receive notification that the data has been approved.

CGDB peer review format

The format of this review is based on the IGDB peer review but modified for the more detailed CGDB data. Please report bugs and provide feedback on these reports if you want to see data in a different way or summarized in a different fashion.

Files for peer review

The number of modification might include editorial only modifications which does not show up in the database file. Peer review is only for products with new measured values.

Start peer review: 5/14/2025
End peer review: 6/7/2025

  • Hunter Douglas - 7 new shade material
  • GALE Pacific - 11 new shade layers 

Information for all products are available in a single zip-file.

Instructions for viewing the peer review files

The number of modification might include editorial only modifications which does not show up in the database file. Peer review is only for products with new measured values.

The steps that you should take are the following:

  • Save the zipped peer review files to a local folder on your computer.
  • Unzip the peer review file (one or more mdb files for specific WINDOW versions, Wx_y_zz-CGDB-##_0-Only.mdb, spectral graphs, and properties tables) to the same folder or another folder of your choice. The graphs and properties table are for your quick review of the data. Note that there is a folder /XML that the database is referencing, so if you move the .mdb to a different location, you will have to move the /XML folder to the same location.
  • Start WINDOW.
    • There is one or more WINDOW databases that can be used for this review, named to indicate which version of WINDOW to use, e.g. for use with WINDOW 7.8.74 the mdb is named W7_8_74-CGDB-##_0_Only.mdb, where ## is the CGDB version number being reviewed. 
    • Use the appropriate WINDOW database for the version of WINDOW that you are running
  • In WINDOW select File|Open from the menu. This brings up a standard "Open" window.
  • In the Open window, browse to the appropriate WINDOW database (as shown above) to open it.
  • Once you have opened the WINDOW database, go to Libraries|Shade Material, and you will see the Shade Material records for this release. To see the shade layers you have to go to Libraries|Shade Layers.