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

[Utkarsh Ayachit]

Ivo,

The bug should be fixed in 3.12. I've pushed a fix to the git
repository http://paraview.org/Bug/view.php?id=12690

Utkarsh

On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Ivo Roghair <ivoroghair at gmail.com> wrote:
> No problem, you can use it for anything you want to.
>
> Ivo
>
> On 10/31/2011 03:09 PM, Utkarsh Ayachit wrote:
>>
>> 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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