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1Release Notes
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3
4SansView 2.1.1 (bug fixed)
5       
6        - Added DataInfo for data in the DataExplorer and plots
7        - Added Maximize/Restore button in the title bar of the graphs
8        - The 'x' button now works as deleting the graph
9        - Added a hide button in the toolbar of the graph panel
10        - Fixed some bugs and improved some behaviors in the batch/grid panel.
11        - Edit SUM Model from the menubar can now generate more than one sum model.
12        - Report can now be saved as a pdf format on WIN and MAC.
13        - Fixed many minor bugs.
14       
15        -version 2.1
16               
17        - Multiprocessor support(Windows)
18        - Simple custom model editor
19        - Advanced model editor
20        - Sum model editing panel
21        - 3D graphic (for 2d data/results) and legend moves with mouse
22        - New Tool: density to vol fraction calculator and Python file editor
23       
24        - version 2.0:
25
26        - Release date: 10/21/2011
27        - Batch Fit included.
28        - More Graph modifications.
29        - More options for the fit weighting.
30        - Added a Python (PyCrust) shell in the 'Tool' menu.
31        - The 'Startup Setting' in the View menu can remember the last data file folder.
32        - Updated the resolution computation for the gravitational effect and added TOF estimation  capability.
33        - Fixed the problem of displaying the fit results in the wrong parameter (with ParkMC FitEngine).
34       
35        - Previous Versions
36
37        - Pr Inversion: Fixed a missing Rg output
38        - Startup Setting: fixed a problem with DataExplorer ON/OFF
39        - Fixed a bug w/ 2D color map dialog
40        - Minor feature added: Enable to load a data folder from the command line       
41        - Much easier graphical user interface
42        - Optimized for the speed and accuracy of the computations
43        - Added Many shape, polymer, and other models including SphericalSLD, OnionExponetialShell, and even ReflectivityModels
44        - Added Data Explorer to manage, plot, delete, or setup for computation
45        - Added Instrumental resolution estimator (as a Tool)
46        - Customizable Startup appearance
47        - More functionalities on plot panels
48        - Combined Modeling and Fitting
49        - Save/open a SansView project or SansView analysis (subproject)
50        - Start the SansView application from a data file by double-clicking or from command line
51        - Easy manipulation of data and plot
52        - Provides Normalized residual plot
53        - Added useful key-combinations to copy (fitpage), paste (fitpage), change fit-tolerance, etc.
54        - Report
55        - 2D masked circular averaging
56        - 2D smearing calculation now uses dQ_parrellel and dQ_perpendicular
57        - Improved the speed of loading 2D data.
58        - Improved the speed of P*S calculations.
59        - Added 2D smearing calculation for dQx and dQy given along the x-y axes.
60        - MAC release
61        - Implemented the invariant, volume fraction, and specific surface area computation.
62        - Implemented the scattering length density calculator.
63        - Re-structured 2D calculation to 2D reduced(Q) data rather than raw pixel data
64        - Capable of Mask enhanced 2D calculation and fitting.
65        - Added a 2D mask data editor.
66        - Added inputs for the slit and pinhole resolution.
67        - Added a slit size calculator.
68        - Support more format options to save a graph.
69        - Enable to display multiple data sets in one graph by loading a data into the graph.
70        - Added a tool bar in a plot panel.
71        - Implemented P(r) inversion (Indirect Fourier transformations).
72        - Improved fitting and model calculation speed by a factor of ten.
73        - Supporting many more model functions.
74        - Supporting P(Q)*S(Q) for most of the shape based form factors.
75        - Added more distribution functions for the polydispersion calculations.
76        - Added a bookmark feature so that the results of the calculation can be recalled later.
77        - Q range reset button is added.
78        - Added a color bar in 2D data plots.
79        - Added a model function detail button for an easy access to the model help from the fitting panel.
80        - Simultaneous fit of a number of different sets of data with/without the constraints.
81        - Loading and displaying 1D and 2D data of various formats.
82        - 1D and 2D data fitting using Scipy or Park (a MC fitting optimizer) fit engine.
83        - 2D data manipulation and modeling.
84        - Supporting a number of standard model and model-independent functions including form factor and structure factor functions and their multiplications. 
85        - Plug-in mechanism for data readers.
86        - Easy pop-up menu by mouse clicking on a given plot.
87        - Users arrange the various windows.
88        - Supporting varius 2D averaging methods : Circular, sectorslicer, annulus, boxsum, boxQx and boxQy. 
89        - User defined Qrange (Qmin and Qmax) for both 1D and 2D data for fitting and modeling. 
90        - The user can toggle between a number of different scales on all plots.
91        - Support saving data in the formats of ASCII and xml.
92
93
942- Downloading and Installing
95       
96        *** Note: If you have EXE or ZIP SansView installer, you don't need any of the following.
97       
98        2.1- System Requirements:
99                - Python version >= 2.5 and < 3.0 should be running on the system
100                - We currently use Python 2.6
101
102        2.2- Installing from source:
103                - Get the code from https://sansviewproject.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/sansviewproject/releases/sansview-x.x.x
104                        - run 'python setup.py install' under the 'sansview-x.x.x' folder
105                        - run 'python sansview.py' under the 'sansview' folder.
106                - The following modules are required (version numbers are what are used in the release build):
107                        - wxPython 2.8.12.1 (NOTE: do NOT use version 2.9)
108                        - matplotlib 1.1.0  (NOTE: Mac build is using version 1.0.1)
109                        - SciPy 0.10.1
110                        - pisa 3.0.27 (NOTE Mac Version uses 3.0.33 BUT -- DO NOT USE ver 3.0.33 on windows: it will not work!)
111                        - setuptools 0.6c11
112
113                        (The following three are easily installed using easy_install)
114                        - lxml 2.3.0
115                        - numpy 1.6.1 (NOTE: Mac build is using version 1.5.1)
116                        - periodictable 1.3.0
117
118                        (The following are additional dependencies for Mac)
119                        - py2app
120
121                        (The following are additional dependencies for Windows)
122                        - comtypes 0.6.2 (for PDF support on windows systems)
123                        - pywin32 build 217 (to read ms office)
124                        - pyPdf 1.13
125                        - html5lib 0.95
126                        - reportlab 2.5
127                        - pyparsing 1.5.5 (required for periodictable and bundling)
128                        - PIL 1.1.7 (Python Image Library)
129                        - py2exe 0.6.9 (WIN)
130                        - svn
131                        - MinGW w/ gcc version 4.6.1 (WIN)
132                        - Innosetup (WIN).
133
134                        (On Windows, the following site has all the dependencies nicely packaged)
135                        http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/
136
137
1383- Known Issues
139
140        3.1- All systems:
141                - very old computers may not be able to run
142
143        3.2- Windows:
144                - None
145               
146        3.3- MAC:
147                - None
148               
149        3.4- Linux:
150                - None
151
1524- Troubleshooting
153
154        - None
155
1565- Frequently Asked Questions
157
158        - None
159
1606- Installer download website
161
162        - See: http://danse.chem.utk.edu/sansview.html
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