[Paraview] ANN: ParaView 4.0.1 is available for download

Wed Jun 19 12:40:09 EDT 2013

Both version will work.

The version ParaView-4.0.1-Darwin-64bin.dmg works on Leopard, Snow Leopard,
Lion and Mountain Lion, but it is using Python 2.6 from the system.
In some use case Python 2.6 may not be enough and users may want to rely on
a 2.7 version.
If so, they should download ParaView-4.0.1-Lion-Python27-64bit.dmg,
although this version will only work on Lion and Mountain Lion when Python
2.7 was introduced.

The reason for that new "Lion-Python27" version is for ParaViewWeb which
seems to have an issue with Python 2.6 due to the twisted library that we
are using...

Seb

On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Adam Dershowitz
<adershowitz at exponent.com>wrote:

>  I just went to download the new binary for Mac, and there are two
> versions on the site:
> ParaView-4.0.1-Darwin-64bin.dmg
> ParaView-4.0.1-Lion-Python27-64bit.dmg
>
>  I want to install on a Mac running 10.8.4 (Mountain Lion).  It has
> Python 27, included.  Which is the more appropriate version to install?
>
>  Thanks,
>
>
>  -- Adam
>
>
>   From: Utkarsh Ayachit <utkarsh.ayachit at kitware.com>
> Date: Monday, June 17, 2013 8:08 AM
> To: ParaView <paraview at paraview.org>, ParaView Developers <
> paraview-developers at paraview.org>
> Subject: [Paraview] ANN: ParaView 4.0.1 is available for download
>
>   Folks,
>
>  ParaView 4.0.1 is now available for download
> (http://paraview.org/paraview/resources/software.php). For those looking
> to checkout the source
> from  the git repository, the tag name is "v4.0.1" (or simply use the
> "release" branch).
> This release marks the first change in the major version number since
> 2007. Unlike the change
> from 2 to 3, however, this release is not a major departure from the 3
> series, but marks a
> milestone in the gradual progression of ParaView UI and framework since
> 2007.
> These notes highlight some of the major enhacements in this version that
> addresses over 100 issues since the most recent release
> (http://paraview.org/Bug/changelog_page.php). ParaView 4.0.1 is based on
> VTK 6.0
> and hence includes all the fixes and enhancements that went into the VTK
> 6.0
> release. (If you're wondering what happened to 4.0.0: we nabbed an issue
> as the binaries
> were being built for 4.0.0 and hence we decided to put out 4.0.1 instead).
>
>  *Enhancements for Visualizing Multi-block Datasets*
> This release introduces a new way for interacting with multi-block
> datasets,
> making it easier to change display parameters such as visibility, color,
> and
> opacity for multi-block datasets. Using the Multi-Block Inspector, users
> can now
> specify such properties on a per-block basis. By treating the multi-block
> hierarchy as a basic scene-graph, properties specifications can be
> inherited,
> thus avoiding the need to explicitly specify overrides for all blocks.
>
>  Block properties can also be changed using the context menu in the 3D
> view. By
> selecting multiple blocks, one can change properties for all the selected
> blocks
> using the context menu. Refer to this blog post to get started
> (http://www.kitware.com/blog/posts/view/503).
>
>  *Enhancements to the Properties Panel*
> The Properties panel has been undergoing changes in the past few releases.
> This
> release includes further cleanups, bug-fixes and enhancements including a
> newer
> and cleaner look for the Properties panel with the ability to  group
> widgets
> based on functionality. The plugin framework has now been extended to
> enable
> users to add custom widgets for the new properties panel. Refer to this
> blog
> post covering how to effectively use the new panel
> (http://www.kitware.com/blog/home/post/491). Developers are referred to
> ParaView
> Wiki (http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Properties_Panel) for additional
> details.
>
>  *Extended annotations with mathtext*
> One of the most requested features on ParaView User Voice (
> http://paraview.uservoice.com)
> was the ability to add mathematical markup to annotation text. ParaView
> can now
> use the equation rendering support in the matplotlib package to generate
> mathematical equations in selected text fields. The support for mathtext
> was
> added in 3.98 and has been expanded in this release to include chart
> titles,
> scalar bar title and labels, along with text sources. ParaView binaries
> come
> bundled with matplotlib. Siimply use $<math-text>$ as the text to use.
> Anything
> containing the $...$ symbols will be treated as math-text and rendered
> using
> matplotlib. Refer to this blog post (
> http://www.kitware.com/blog/home/post/509).
>
>  *Exporting vector graphics*
> One of the most requested features on ParaView User Voice
> (http://paraview.uservoice.com) was to add support for vector graphics.
> With
> this release, it is now possible to export scenes from 3D views and charts
> as
> postscript, eps, pdf, or svg vector graphics. All text and annotations
> such as
> scalar bars, cube-axes, and curves in charts are exported as vector
> graphics,
> thus ensuring crisp reproduction for publications. 3D surfaces and volumes,
> however, must remain embedded as a rasterized image in the resulting output
> file. Refer to this blog post for more details
> (http://www.kitware.com/blog/home/post/508).
>
>  *Completely redesigned ParaViewWeb*
> Using Web-based technologies for 3D interactive visualization is now
> easier than
> ever before with the totally redesigned ParaViewWeb. ParaViewWeb is a
> collection
> of components that enables the use of ParaView's visualization and data
> analysis
> capabilities within Web applications and is now simply a part of ParaView
> source
> (and binary) packages. Using the latest HTML 5.0 based technologies, such
> as
> WebSocket, and WebGL, ParaViewWeb enables communication with a ParaView
> server
> running on a remote visualization node or cluster using a lightweight
> JavaScript
> API. Using this API, Web applications can easily embed interactive 3D
> visualization components. Application developers can write simple Python
> scripts
> to extend the server capabilities including creating custom visualization
> pipelines. Updated documentation and examples coming soon, so stay tuned.
>
>  *Enhancement to CoProcessing Modules*
> ParaView’s CoProcessing support has undergone several usability
> improvements
> with the ability to build adapters externally, and cleanups to the Python
> coprocessing modules and scripts. Additional details will soon be
> available in
> form a Catalyst/CoProcessing Users Guide in the near future.
>
>  *Improvements to Scalar Bar (Color Legend)*
> We have added several new enhancements to scalar bar in this release.
> Besides
> general improvements in the appearance and label rendering, the scalar bar
> now
> has the ability to accept MathText (similar to LaTeX) for the title,
> subtitle,
> and annotation text. Similar to including MathText in chart titles and text
> sources in previous release, any text that enclosed within dollar ($)
> signs,
> ($...$) will be presumed to be MathText. This requires Python support with
> matplotlib available, which is included in the distributed binaries. You
> can now
> include Greek letters and other math symbols in your legend.
>
>  Another new feature is that colormaps may now be marked to indicate that
> their
> domains are ratio or interval-scaled (i.e., continuous, as in previous
> versions
> of ParaView) or categorical (also called nominal). Categorical colormaps
> are not
> shown as a continuous range of colors but as a discrete set of color
> swatches.
> You may set the text to accompany each value in the Annotations tab of the
> color
> legend editor. Arrays that hold categorical data (where there are no more
> than
> 32 unique values stored across all array entries) will automatically have
> annotations added when you open the color legend editor. When switching a
> colormap between ratio and categorical modes, the color set-points in the
> continuous color bar are used as the colors to assign to categorical
> values; the
> default blue-to-red colormap has only 2 color set-points, so if you switch
> from
> this preset to a categorical colormap, you will see only 2 color swatches:
> red
> and blue. However, another new feature is that several categorical colormap
> presets have been added, including the Brewer palettes. You may wish to
> choose
> one of these presets (which will automatically switch the colormap to
> categorical mode).
>
>  *Documentation*
> Starting with this release, we will now be providing online documentation
> for
> the Python and JavaScript API along with the C++ API online. The
> documentation
> can be accessed from
> http://www.paraview.org/paraview/help/api-documentation.html.
>
>  *Nightly binaries*
>  For users interested into trying out the latest and greatest
> developments for
> ParaView as the development team works on them without building from
> source,
> they can download the nightly builds from the ParaView download page
> (http://paraview.org//paraview/resources/software.php).
>
>  As always, we look forward to your feedback (
> http://paraview.uservoice.com).
> Also stay tuned to the Kitware Blog (http://www.kitware.com/blog/) for
> more
> details on Catalyst and ParaViewWeb.
>
>  *The ParaView Team*
>
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