[Paraview] ANN: ParaView 3.12.0 RC-2 available for download

[David Partyka]

Master, git checkout 'v3.12.0-RC2'

On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 2:17 PM, Michael Jackson <
mike.jackson at bluequartz.net> wrote:

> Which git branch should we be cloning from in order to get this release?
> ___________________________________________________________
> Mike Jackson                    Principal Software Engineer
> BlueQuartz Software                            Dayton, Ohio
> mike.jackson at bluequartz.net              www.bluequartz.net
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> On Sep 29, 2011, at 3:39 PM, David Partyka wrote:
>
> > The ParaView team is pleased to announce the availability of the ParaView
> 3.12.0 Release Candidate 2 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > We value your feedback. Please use http://paraview.uservoice.com/ or
> click on the "Tell us what you think" link on paraview.org to leave your
> feedback and vote for new features.
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