Hello Utkarsh<br><br>The memory inspector is an excellent addition, I just tried it. Thank you<br>Philippe<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 10:26 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:utkarsh.ayachit@kitware.com">utkarsh.ayachit@kitware.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Folks,<br>
<br>
ParaView 3.14.0, Release Candidate #2 is now available for download<br>
(<a href="http://paraview.org/paraview/resources/software.html" target="_blank">http://paraview.org/paraview/resources/software.html</a>). (You read it<br>
right, Release Candidate #1 had a very short life span of couple of<br>
hours. We nabbed a pesky bug that showed up on Windows just in time.)<br>
These notes give a summary of the major additions to this release. The<br>
detailed change-log can be found at<br>
<a href="http://paraview.org/Bug/changelog_page.php" target="_blank">http://paraview.org/Bug/changelog_page.php</a>.<br>
<br>
'Find Data' dialog used to select elements using queries has been<br>
totally redesigned. The new design makes it possible to use complex<br>
queries to select elements including combining multiple test cases<br>
using boolean operations. More information:<br>
<a href="http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Users_Guide/Query_Data" target="_blank">http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Users_Guide/Query_Data</a>.<br>
<br>
A new 'Memory Inspector' panel was added to make it easier for users<br>
running on large cluster to identify and debug memory related issues<br>
by providing a mechanism to track the memory used on all the nodes.<br>
More information:<br>
<a href="http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Users_Guide/Memory_Inspector" target="_blank">http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Users_Guide/Memory_Inspector</a>.<br>
<br>
Extending ParaView's charting capabilities, we have added a new<br>
scatter plot matrix view, allowing visualization of multiple<br>
dimensions of your data in one compact form, allowing you to spot<br>
patterns in the small scatter plots, change focus to those plots of<br>
interest and perform basic selection. More information:<br>
<a href="http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Displaying_Data#Plot_Matrix_View" target="_blank">http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Displaying_Data#Plot_Matrix_View</a>.<br>
<br>
The color editor used to edit lookup tables/color tables used for<br>
scalar mapping was completely redesigned to enable editing the color<br>
and opacity functions independently. Additionally, one can now specify<br>
smoothly varying opacity functions very easily. More information:<br>
<a href="http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Displaying_Data#Color_Transfer_Functions" target="_blank">http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Displaying_Data#Color_Transfer_Functions</a>.<br>
Also, when coloring with an unsigned char array representing RGBA,<br>
it's now possible to render polygonal geometry using the opacity<br>
specified by the alpha component of the scalar array.<br>
<br>
To make it easier to deal with a large number of views at the same<br>
time, ParaView now supports creating multiple tabs for placing views.<br>
This enables rapid switching of views laid out on a tile-display by<br>
simply switching the active tab. More information:<br>
<a href="http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Displaying_Data#Multiple_Views" target="_blank">http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Displaying_Data#Multiple_Views</a>.<br>
<br>
With improvements to the view layout framework, it is now possible to<br>
change the layout of views using Python. More information:<br>
<a href="http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Python_Scripting#Updating_View_Layout" target="_blank">http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Python_Scripting#Updating_View_Layout</a>.<br>
<br>
3.14 includes enhancements to the Plugin framework enabling developers<br>
to provide documentation for their plugins. The documentation for the<br>
plugins shows up in the default application help window accessible<br>
from the Tools menu. More information:<br>
<a href="http://paraview.org/Wiki/Plugin_HowTo#Adding_Documentation_for_Plugins" target="_blank">http://paraview.org/Wiki/Plugin_HowTo#Adding_Documentation_for_Plugins</a>.<br>
<br>
ParaView Server Configuration Script (pvsc) files is the de-facto<br>
mechanism in ParaView to connect to different remote computing sites.<br>
With 3.14, we have added a pvsc distribution mechanism that makes it<br>
easier for site maintainers and ParaView users alike to<br>
distribute/obtain configuration files for different sites. More<br>
information: <a href="http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Distributing_Server_Configuration_Files" target="_blank">http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Distributing_Server_Configuration_Files</a>.<br>
<br>
Several other usability enhancements were made to this release. For<br>
example, it is now possible to easily copy values such as ranges,<br>
bounds, etc. from the information tab, statics inspector, spreadsheet<br>
view, to the clipboard. To make it easier to find items in variables<br>
lists and trees, one can use Ctrl+F to popup a search widget that<br>
searches through the selected widget. More information:<br>
<a href="http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Users_Guide/Introduction#Features" target="_blank">http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Users_Guide/Introduction#Features</a>.<br>
<br>
Also all inspector panels including information tab, display tab and,<br>
properties tab are now dockable.<br>
<br>
Netcdf4 has been updated to 4.1.2, making it possible to access hdf5<br>
backed netcdf formats.<br>
<br>
This release also includes two new experimental features:<br>
* Collaboration: this adds support to connect multiple clients to the<br>
same server (pvserver) for collaborative visualization.<br>
* Multi-Servers: this adds support to the ParaView client to connect<br>
to multiple remote servers at the same time to build separate<br>
pipelines on the connected servers using the same client.<br>
Note that these are both experimental features and should be<br>
considered as 'alpha'. More information:<br>
<a href="http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Collaboration" target="_blank">http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Collaboration</a>.<br>
<br>
Utkarsh<br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><font color="#888888">Philippe Pébay, PhD<br></font><font color="#888888">Director of Visualization and High Performance Computing /<br>
</font><font color="#888888">Directeur de la Visualisation et du Calcul Haute Performance<br>
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