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7.0.0-Release Candidate 13

This is the 7.0.0 Release Candidate 13. Below are listed the many bug fixes and updates that have gone into this release.

  • Release Date: AUG 05 2024
  • Expiration Date: OCT 05 2024

Known Issues

  • Undocking a widget, then using the native "close" button to hide the widget may crash DREAM3D-NX
  • An issue was identified with the monoclinic symmetry operators. Orientation calculations that depend on a monoclinic crystal symmetry may be incorrect.
  • After creating a visualization split view where the "Spreadsheet View" is the new view type, closing that split will cause DREAM3D-NX to possibly crash
  • The histogram generation in the "Compute Attribute Array Statistics" may possibly be erroneous. See https://github.com/BlueQuartzSoftware/simplnx/issues/1044 for more information.
  • Synthetic Building Filters are not yet implemented
  • This update breaks a lot of pipelines (and python codes if you were an early adopter) that were created using any DREAM3D-NX versions prior to RC-12. Warnings are emitted in the user interface if you load a pipeline that does not define the proper filter parameter keys. A suggestion is listed for each warning that should be close to the correct change. The user should make a back up of their pipeline before hand editing the pipeline in a text editor. You can also use the nxrunner --convert-output [path/to/d3dpipeline] to run a sanity check on your pipeline file.
  • Long visualization operations can lock up the GUI. Please be patient for those operations to end.

What's New in DREAM3D-NX

Key updates

  • Visualization Outline Glow

    DREAM3D-NX Visualization Outline Glow

    While you hover over a geometry in the 'Render Properties' tree view, the associated geometry will get a subtle outline within the 3D view.

  • Build Plate Annotation

    Build Plate Annotation

    If you are wanting to place a "Build Plate" or other Z plane inside the 3D View, you can now use the "Build Plate Annotation" to add one to your 3D view. There are options for both a square and circular build plate.

  • File System Parameter enhancements to track changes to the file

    UI Scaled Down

    Enhancements were added to the standard File System Parameter that allow the user to click a button to automatically reload the file's meta data or add a "watcher" that will do the reload each time the file system detects a change. This can be handy for monitoring a running simulation for example.

Other Enhancements and Fixes

In the below tables are summarized git logs from the commits since the last release. Each line should have a short code at the start of the line indicate a general area that the commit falls under. Also include is the Github Pull Request (PR) number. These can be fully reviewed at:

https://www.github.com/bluequartzsoftware/simplnx

https://www.github.com/bluequartzsoftware/DREAM3DNX

DREAM3D NX

  • BUG: Fix bug when creating visualization presets (#713) [e5be4867]
  • BUG: Fixed memory leak issues found when reloading pipelines (#712) [bbca06e3]
  • ENH: Adjust grouping of the quick access buttons at bottom of UI. [b070e7c4]
  • BUG: Fix incompatibilities in VtkBridge for Out-Of-Core APIs (#708) [c78ecc31]
  • PY: Update versions of EbsdLib, expected-lite and nod (#709) [4f2e10e1]
  • ENH: Add support for C++ 20 (#704) [7bbde202]
  • CI: Update CI Machines to use Qt 6.6.3 and Vtk 9.3.1 (#707) [aa8c3ade]
  • ENH: Visualization outline glow highlighting (#691) [286102a8]
  • ENH/BUG: Visualization copy/paste options (#696) [e196237f]
  • ENH: Circular build plate Annotation (#701) [5052752c]
  • ENH: Enable hover cells/points for images larger than 4K x 4K. (#703) [2f2fc743]
  • BUG: Cache data from color preset model roles to speed up proxy model searching (#702) [ca17c7fb]
  • BUG: Fix ruler tool picking bugs (#700) [b3c29f59]
  • Turn on word wrapping for preflight updated value labels [69799094]
  • Revert "BUG: Fix rendering of textures larger than 4K x 4K (#694)" [362479e8]
  • ENH: Render tetrahedral and hexahedral geometries properly (#695) [b98113f0]
  • CI: Update MacOS CI to use Qt 6.6.3 (#697) [c72aee70]
  • ENH: Remove unused code from the StyleSheet Editor [378ee3e1]
  • BUG: Support visibility in multiple split views for VXGlobalSource objects (#692) [8d1939f2]
  • BUG: Add popup warning messages about multi comp array support (#693) [9a7ab54b]
  • BUG: Fix rendering of textures larger than 4K x 4K (#694) [1957986d]
  • ENH: Disable collapsing the visualization settings widget section [cc3d7c14]
  • Updates for compatibility with INodeGeometry1D::findElementsContaintingVert api change (#690) [27e8bcd6]
  • ENH/BUG: Updates to ImportHDF5DataSetWidget (#689) [7034d580]
  • ENH: Fix Threshold widget QSpacer expansion rules. [e18bf991]
  • ENH: Build plate annotation (#687) [e42648ce]
  • VER: Update to RC-13 (#688) [880987a3]
  • Update Conda version [1a401740]
  • Clean up the NX Sphinx documentation generation [e160fadb]
  • Various install and conda changes [cf6607cb]
  • Documentation updates for RC12 [647df52d]
  • Start the release notes [3bbeedd9]

simplnx

  • ENH: Fix compile warnings in FilterUtilities. Init array in DataStore when resizing (#1026) [d534b18d]
  • ENH: Update NXRunner error messages to provide instructions for .json files (#1032) [5aa8dd5f]
  • ENH: Combine and Write STL Files - Allow user to select a Part Number Index to use for numbering. (#1024) [24a870f9]
  • CI: Fixed python tests on asan CI (#1031) [8eccc1bf]
  • CI: Updated nightly ASAN CI to use clang 14 (#1029) [37c3df57]
  • CI: Update GitHub CI to newer GCC & Clang versions. (#1028) [f05b3781]
  • BUG FIX: PeregrineHDF5Reader file system path and Array Type Fixes (#1025) [0332e709]
  • ENH: Allow Crop Image Geometry to only crop a specific dimension (#1021) [c3be139e]
  • BUG FIX: Remove Python plugin import error handling. (#1019) [b9d47447]
  • BUG: Fix Reading Shift File in AlignSectionsList (#1018) [ed04c3ac]
  • ENH: Various ReadPeregrineHDF5File Improvements (#1016) [8346cd36]
  • Fixed C++20 issue with template id in constructor starting in gcc 11 (#1015) [c62fa7f8]
  • ENH: Update required standard to C++20 (#1004) [31406a49]
  • PERF: Inline Keyword and Anonymous Namespace Cleanup (#1013) [639460e9]
  • DOC: ConvertHexGridToSquareGrid Doc Updates (#1014) [37e1159a]
  • COMP: Fix compiler warnings in ComputeSurfaceFeaturesTest (#1003) [8bc16916]
  • BUG: Fix out of core preferences file save bug (#1012) [5f1e159f]
  • BUG: KAM messages should only be printed at 1 a second. (#1008) [a6324cac]
  • FILTERS: Adding MeshIO reader and writers. (#1009) [74a06a32]
  • Remove submodule for geometry creation helper methods. (#1007) [3af3fd55]
  • ENH: Add the ability to resample images as they are read in as an image stack. (#1011) [a2aaa4cb]
  • ENH: Renaming DataAnalysisToolkit to NXDataAnalysisToolkit. (#1010) [1d9a483a]
  • FILTER: Add RemoveFlaggedEdges filter. Update other RemoveFlaggedXXX filters (#986) [d7190167]
  • ENH: Include additional geometry examples and tests. (#1006) [365acfd8]
  • FILTER: SliceTriangleGeometry & CreateAMScanPaths (#984) [8f241745]
  • ENH: More explicit details when a parameter does not validate. (#1005) [34a1c054]
  • ENH: Added a benchmark utility executable (#1002) [90feefba]
  • ENH: Adjust warning text for 0 step value in InitializeDataArray (#999) [cec98fca]
  • BUG: Update geometry find element functions to use static casting (#1000) [d86dbbdc]
  • FILTER/ENH: DBSCAN Filter and Clustering Cleanup (#994) [e0d0cf26]
  • ENH: Update Python Plugin Generation File Structure (#989) [40512e34]
  • BUG: Update node based geometry 'findElementSizes(bool)' family of functions (#991) [baf97023]
  • ENH: Reading OEM EBSD HDF5 Files should have better error messages generated (#996) [95f41e7b]
  • ENH: Added DataStructure::getDataAsUnsafe functions (#998) [788e0736]
  • Update vcpkg baseline for HDF5 1.14.4.3 (#997) [68d0e63f]
  • DOCS: Create Python tutorial covering basic usage and filter writing (#925) [07dab90b]
  • ENH: Small fixes for DREAM3D-NX RC-12 release (#988) [5592a973]
  • ENH: Small fixes for RC-12 release [b7958b48]