7.0.0-Release Candidate 13

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

Known Issues

  • Long visualization operations can lock up the GUI. Please be patient for those operations to end.

  • Synthetic Building Filters are not yet implemented

New Features (Stand Alone Version)

  • Build Plate Annotation

  • Visualization outline glow

  • Support Tetahedral and Hexahedral geometries in the visualization

  • File System Parameter enhancements to track changes to the file

New Features (Anaconda Version)

  • New File Readers: Abaqus (.inp), Ansys (.node & .ele), Gmsh (.msh), Salome (.med), TetGen (.msh) and VTK (.vtu)

  • New File Writers: Abaqus (.inp), Ansys (.node & .ele), Gmsh (.msh), Salome (.med), TetGen (.msh) and VTK (.vtu)

Fixed Issues

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]