[Paraview-developers] FW: ParaView 5.3.0 release

[Scott, W Alan]

Congratulations from a user.  Good job team.

Alan

From: Manktelow, Kevin Lee
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 10:12 AM
To: Scott, W Alan <wascott at sandia.gov>
Subject: Re: ParaView 5.3.0 release


Thanks for getting this rolled out to us Alan.  I've been using 5.3.0 and once I resolved my white font issue it's been a real pleasure to use.  It feels a lot more polished -- even some of the defaults lighting and rendering settings seem a bit "prettier" (I'm sure the color map gurus loathe that).



Definitely a lot of noticeable and useful improvements here.

Please feel free to pass the message onto the rest of the team.

-Kevin

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From: Scott, W Alan
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2017 12:11 PM
To: <<Snip>>
Subject: ParaView 5.3.0 release

ParaView 5.3.0 has been released by Kitware and is now installed and the default here at Sandia on the SRN and SCN LANs. ParaView is a scientific visualization application installed at Sandia.

Standalone installs for, Windows, OS X and Linux are being worked on, and will be available for download within a week at computing.sandia.gov  (https://computing.sandia.gov/paraview/getting_paraview).


ParaView 5.3.0 is medium level upgrade, with the following enhancements that stand out to me.

The CGNS reader now works correctly for single input files.  This includes CGNS datasets with missing or incorrect ZoneIterativeData_t.  Future work will make the CGNS reader work correctly in parallel.

OSPRay, a built in ray tracer, is now available in ParaView from the Properties tab.  This feature is a work in progress, and I would say the featureset is alpha quality.

Anti-aliasing for lines has been implemented and turned on by default.  Settings are Edit/ Settings/  Render View / Use FXAA.  This works local and remote server.


Enhancements from the 5.2.0 release (that I did not release here at Sandia).

Sources/ Ruler has been enhanced, allowing users to measure distances between points or cells.  Try turning on Auto Apply, and the ruler will automatically update.  Also, hitting the number 1 sets the beginning placement for the ruler, 2 sets the ending point for the ruler.  There are also many improvements still to come with this tool.

A generic Edit/ Reload Files menu option has been added.  This works on all readers.

Hidden line removal has been enhanced and is now available.  Find this at the bottom of the Properties tab - Hidden Line Removal.  Test with Sources/ Wavelet, then render with Wireframe.  This fails on large data, remote server, which is why it is turned off by default.

Kitware's release notes for 5.2.0 are located here:  https://blog.kitware.com/paraview-5-2-0-release-notes/, and the release notes for 5.3.0 are located here: https://blog.kitware.com/paraview-5-3-0-release-notes/, as well as through the ParaView help menu.

If you have any questions or issues, please send an e-mail to paraview-help at sandia.gov<mailto:paraview-help at sandia.gov>.

Thanks,

Alan

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