source: sasview/sansview/releases_notes.txt @ 0cbfaeb

Release Notes
=============

SansView 1.9

Package name: None
1- version 1.9
        - Release date: 05/25/2011
        - The SansView WORKS!!!
        - Much easier graphical user interface
        - Optimized for the speed and accuracy of the computation
        - Added Many shape, polymer, and other models including SphericalSLD, OnionExponetialShell, and even ReflectivityModels
        - Added Data Explorer to manage, plot, delete, or setup for computation
        - Added Instrumental resolution estimator (as a Tool)
        - Customizable Startup appearance
        - More functionalities on plot panels
        - Combined Modeling and Fitting
        - Save/open a SansView project or SansView analysis (subproject)
        - Start the SansView application from a data file by double-clicking or command line
        - Easy manipulation of data and plot
        - Provides Normalized residual plot
        - Added useful key-combinations to copy (fitpage), paste (fitpage), change fit-tolerance, etc.
        - Report
        - 2D masked circular averaging
        - 2D smearing calculation now uses dQ_parrellel and dQ_perpendicular
        - More Help
        - etc

        
        - Version 1.3
        
        - Improved the speed of loading 2D data.
        - Improved the speed of P*S calculations.
        - Added 2D smearing calculation for dQx and dQy given along the x-y axes.
        - MAC release
        - Implemented the invariant, volume fraction, and specific surface area computation.
        - Implemented the scattering length density calculator.
        - Re-structured 2D calculation to 2D reduced(Q) data rather than raw pixel data
        - Capable of Mask enhanced 2D calculation and fitting.
        - Added a 2D mask data editor.
        - Added inputs for the slit and pinhole resolution.
        - Added a slit size calculator.
        - Support more format options to save a graph.
        - Enable to display multiple data sets in one graph by loading a data into the graph.
        - Added a tool bar in a plot panel.
        
        - Previous Versions
        
        - Implemented P(r) inversion (Indirect Fourier transformations).
        - Improved fitting and model calculation speed by a factor of ten.
        - Supporting many more model functions.
        - Supporting P(Q)*S(Q) for most of the shape based form factors.
        - Added more distribution functions for the polydispersion calculations.
        - Added a bookmark feature so that the results of the calculation can be recalled later.
        - Q range reset button is added.
        - Added a color bar in 2D data plots.
        - Added a model function detail button for an easy access to the model help from the fitting panel.
        - Simultaneous fit of a number of different sets of data with/without the constraints. 
        - Loading and displaying 1D and 2D data of various formats.
        - 1D and 2D data fitting using Scipy or Park (a MC fitting optimizer) fit engine. 
        - 2D data manipulation and modeling. 
        - Supporting a number of standard model and model-independent functions including form factor and structure factor functions and their multiplications.  
        - Plug-in mechanism for data readers. 
        - Easy pop-up menu by mouse clicking on a given plot. 
        - Users arrange the various windows. 
        - Supporting varius 2D averaging methods : Circular, sectorslicer, annulus, boxsum, boxQx and boxQy.  
        - User defined Qrange (Qmin and Qmax) for both 1D and 2D data for fitting and modeling.  
        - The user can toggle between a number of different scales on all plots.
        - Support saving data in the formats of ASCII and xml.


2- Downloading and Installing
        
        *** Note: If you have EXE or ZIP SansView installer, you don't need any of the below. This is for installing the SansView from the source.
        
        2.1- System Requirements:
                - Python version >= 2.5 and < 3.0 should be running on the system
                - We uses Python2.5.4 for WIN, and Python2.6 for MAC

        2.2- Installing:
                - Get the code from svn://danse.us/sans/releases/sansview-1.9
                        (after all dependent packages/modules are installed/compiled, run 'python sansview.py' under the 'sansview-1.9' folder)
                - This application is also dependent on the following DANSE code:
                        svn://danse.us/sans/releases/calculator-0.9 (run 'python setup.py install' under the 'calculator-0.9' folder)
                        svn://danse.us/sans/releases/calculatorview-0.9 (run 'python setup.py install' under the 'calculatorview-0.9' folder)
                        svn://danse.us/sans/releases/Invariant-0.9 (run 'python setup.py install' under the 'Invariant-0.9' folder)
                        svn://danse.us/sans/releases/invariantview-0.9 (run 'python setup.py install' under the 'invariantview-0.1.1' folder)
                        svn://danse.us/sans/releases/guiframe-0.9 (run 'python setup.py install' under the 'guiframe-0.9' folder)
                        svn://danse.us/sans/releases/DataLoader-0.9 (run 'python setup.py install' under the 'DataLoader-0.9' folder)
                        svn://danse.us/sans/releases/park_integration-0.9 (run 'python setup.py install' under the 'park_integration-0.9' folder)
                        svn://danse.us/sans/releases/sansmodels-0.9 (run 'python setup.py install' under the 'sansmodels-0.9\src\' folder)
                        svn://danse.us/park/releases/park-1.2.1 (run 'python setup.py install' under the 'park-1.2.1' folder)
                svn://danse.us/common/releases/plottools-0.9 (run 'python setup.py install'under the 'plottools-0.9\trunk\' folder)
                svn://danse.us/common/releases/util-0.9 (run 'python setup.py install'under the 'util-0.1.5' folder)
                svn://danse.us/sans/releases/pr_inversion-0.9 (run 'python setup.py install'under the 'pr_inversion-0.9' folder)
                svn://danse.us/sans/releases/prview-0.9 (run 'python setup.py install'under the 'prview-0.9' folder)
                - The following modules are required:
                        * matplotlib = 0.99.0(WIN), 0.99.1(MAC)
                        * numpy = 1.4.1
                        * scipy >= 0.7.2
                        * wxpython 2.8.11 unicode
                        * lxml >= 2.2.2
                        * PIL (Python Image Library)
                        * Pyparsing (apply for bundling)
                        * periodictable = 1.3.0 (using 'easy_install periodictable')
                        * MinGW/Cygwin (for Windows) or other GNU compiler (gcc)
                        *Optional: setuptools, svn, Innosetup, py2exe(WIN),and/or py2app(MAC) to build App from the source.


3- Known Issues

        3.1- All systems:
                - None

        3.2- Windows:
                - None
                
        3.3- MAC:
                - None
                
        3.4- Linux:
                - None

4- Troubleshooting

        - None

5- Frequently Asked Questions

        - None

6- Installer download website

        - See: http://danse.chem.utk.edu/sansview.html