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@cyrush cyrush released this 07 Nov 00:31
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Ascent 0.6.0 - Released 2020-11-06

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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