0.6.0
Ascent 0.6.0 - Released 2020-11-06
ascent-v0.6.0-src-with-blt.tar.gz
includes submodules.
Release Highlights
Added
- Added support for Devil Ray (high-order) ray tracer
- Added vector operations
- composite vector (create vector from three scalars)
- vector component (extract scalar component)
- Allow no refinement for high-order meshes
- Added support for multiple topologies (e.g., volume and particles in the same mesh)
- Added support for AMR Nesting relationships (Blueprint Nestsets)
- Added optional
num_files
parameter to the Relay Extract. See the Relay Extract Docs for more details. - Added an AscentViewer Widget for Jupyter
- Added new CUDA device link logic to help bottle CUDA dependencies for downstream use
- Added support for
exa
prefix style filters
Changed
- Modified Cinema output so it can be viewed without a webserver
- Removed default behavior of publishing individual vector components when vectors were three separate arrays. This can be achieved by using the vector component filter
- Changed Docker Images to leverage Jupyter lab
- Tutorial updates
- Rendering improvements