Is there a git tag or branch to go with this release? I just want to be sure I checkout the proper sources. I guess I could just download the source tarball from the website.
Thanks -- Mike Jackson <www.bluequartz.net> On Mar 9, 2011, at 2:04 PM, David Partyka wrote: > Hello All, > > The ParaView team is pleased to announce the availability of the ParaView > 3.10.0 final binaries for download on the ParaView download page. > > http://paraview.org/paraview/resources/software.html > > Release Notes: > > ParaView 3.10 > > This release features notable developments, including mechanisms to > incorporate advanced rendering techniques, improved support for readers and > several usability enhancements and bug fixes. > > For the 3.10 release, we have added 60 new readers. The new readers include: > ANSYS, CGNS, Chombo, Dyna3D, Enzo, Mili, Miranda, Nastran, Pixie, Samrai, > Silo, and Tecplot Binary. A full listing of supported readers can be found in > the ParaView Users Guide. We also added the ability for developers to create > ParaView reader plugins from previously developed VisIt reader plugins. You > can find a full guide on how to do this on the VisIt Database Bridge: > http://www.paraview.org/Wiki/VisIt_Database_Bridge > > With this release we have rewritten the ParaView User's Guide and are making > it freely available for the first time. The complete guide can be obtained in > the help system or online at: > http://paraview.org/Wiki/ParaView/Users_Guide/Table_Of_Contents. > > We have included a Python-based calculator which makes it possible to write > operations using Python. The Python calculator uses NumPy, which lets you use > advanced functions such as gradients, curls, and divergence easily in > expressions. Also the NumPy module is packaged in the ParaView binary and is > importable from the ParaView Python shell. > > There should also be a marked performance improvement for users dealing with > large multi-block datasets. We have cleaned up the rendering pipeline to > better handle composite datasets, avoiding the appending of all blocks into a > single dataset as was done previously. > > To better utilize multiple cores on modern multi-core machines, by default > ParaView can now run using a parallel server, even for the built-in mode. > This enables the use of all the cores for parallel data processing, without > requiring the user to start a parallel server. ParaView binaries will also be > distributed using an MPI implementation, making this feature available to > users by simply downloading the binaries. Since this is an experimental > feature, it is off by default, but users can turn it on by checking the > Auto-MPI checkbox in the application settings dialog. > > Additionally, the 3.10 release includes several usability enhancements. 3D > View now supports smart context menus, accessed by right-clicking on any > object in the 3D View to change its color, representation, color map and > visibility. Left-clicking on an object in the 3D View makes it active in the > pipeline browser. Within the spreadsheet view, sorting is now supported and > an advanced parallel sorting algorithm ensures that none of the benefits of > the spreadsheet view, such as streaming and selection, are sacrificed. Python > tracing and macro controls are no longer hidden on the Python shell dialog > and instead are now easily found on the Tools menu. > > For developers interested in adding support for advanced multi-pass rendering > algorithms to ParaView, this release includes a major refactoring of > ParaView's rendering pipeline. View and representations have been redesigned > and users should see improved performance in client-server mode from reduced > interprocess communication during rendering. > > LANL's MantaView interactive ray tracing plugin has been restructured to make > it easier to use. Version 2.0 of the plugin is now multi-view capable and no > longer requires ParaView to be run in a client/server configuration. > Similarly both of LANL's streaming aware ParaView derived applications have > been merged into ParaView proper in the form of a new View plugin. The > underlying streaming algorithms have been rewritten to be more usable and > extensible. Both plugins are available in standard binary package for the > first time in this release. > > For an exhaustive list of the new features and bug-fixes, please refer to the > change log at: http://www.paraview.org/Bug/changelog_page.php. > > As always, we rely on your feedback to make ParaView better. 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