[Paraview] ANN: ParaView 3.12.0 RC-3 available for download

Utkarsh Ayachit utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com
Mon Oct 31 10:09:20 EDT 2011


Thanks Ivo. I was able to reproduce the problem. I would like to add a
regression test to VTK for this type of files. Can I use your sample
dataset and add it to the VTKData (and/or ParaViewData) repositoriies?

Utkarsh

On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Ivo Roghair <ivoroghair at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> Please accept my apologies if this message has reached you before (I sent a
> similar reply to the 3.12RC2 announcement but it seems to have been rejected
> from the list due to file size).
> When I try and load an ascii .vtu file with multiple 'pieces' (to account
> for multiple separate meshes), the 3.12 versions crash with a segmentation
> fault on Ubuntu 11.04 Linux 64 bit (using the provided binaries from the
> site). Such files have never been a problem before (versions 3.2 - 3.10.1).
> I attached a smaller example this time.
>
> Kind regards,
> Ivo
> 2011/10/28 David Partyka <david.partyka at kitware.com>
>>
>> The ParaView team is pleased to announce the availability of the ParaView
>> 3.12.0 Release Candidate 3 binaries for download on the ParaView
>> (http://paraview.org/paraview/resources/software.html). ParaView 3.12 can be
>> considered as a bug-fix release with over 180 issues resolved. The detailed
>> list can be found
>> at http://www.paraview.org/Bug/changelog_page.php?version_id=85.
>> With Python being one of the preferred means of interacting with ParaView,
>> we've added support to create animation tracks that use Python scripts to
>> build highly customized animations.
>> Plugins support is one of the strong points of ParaView and with this
>> release, we've made it easier to load deployed plugins on the server
>> processes as well. All distributed plugins are now listed on the client as
>> well as the server side.
>> The release includes updates to LANL's streaming framework.
>> The multiresolution streaming view now automatically adjusts resolution
>> to match the projected image size. Also, VTK filters are now able to modify
>> meta-information which means they can modify the data while still allowing
>> the streaming framework to cull and prioritize pieces. An example is a new
>> spherical warp filter that projects flat data onto the globe while correctly
>> tracking piece bounding boxes.
>> Also, there are updates to support users of the cosmology and windblade
>> formats. For example the MaskPoints filter (used to place glyphs and in
>> other places) was updated with new options that improve random sampling in
>> parallel. Likewise VTK's Gaussian Splatter filter is now exposed in ParaView
>> which makes it easy to visualize point set data with imaging filters. The
>> cosmo and windblade readers have also been revised.
>> This version includes some major changes under the covers. ParaView 3.12
>> includes improvements to the underpinnings of ParaView ServerManager. The
>> communication layer under the ParaView ServerManager was upgraded to
>> minimize communication as well as making it easier to debug and trace
>> messages being exchanged between client and server. We now use
>> Google Protocol Buffers, for example, to exchange messages between client
>> and server.
>> In addition, there are several small but notable improvements included in
>> this release for example, the views now use caching to avoid re-renders from
>> repaints due to menus and dialogs popup up on the screen; volume rendering
>> of uniform grids now supports shading; ability to enable specular highlights
>> when using scalar coloring and others.
>> The updated userguide can be accessed
>> at: http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Users_Guide/Table_Of_Contents
>> Or in PDF form
>> at: http://paraview.org/files/v3.12/ParaView%20Users%20Guide%20v3.12.pdf
>> The development team has adopted a git-workflow-based development process
>> that is integrated with the ParaView Bug Tracker (http://paraview.org/Bug).
>> The workflow enables us to track every change that goes into ParaView and
>> maintain a stable repository.
>> Additionally, the following issues have been addressed since RC2.
>> 12670 SPTimeseries tests failing
>> 12636 fix incompatibility with OCCT 6.5.2
>> 12678 Build issues using external png on OSX
>> 12667 cross compilation fails
>> 12671 Prism now working correctly in client-server mode.
>> 12630 Default PARAVIEW_INSTALL_THIRD_PARTY_LIBRARIES to OFF
>> 12652 coprocessing writers menu is not enabled after creating a filter and
>> hitting the Apply button
>> 12650 Multiple file plot over line seg faults
>> 12651 Crash toggling displayed variables plot over line.
>> 12638 ServerConfiguration XML (PVSC) not correctly using random default
>> values.
>> 12626 remove cosmo plugin
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