Release Notes ============= SansView 1.9 Package name: None 1- version 1.9 - Release date: 05/25/2011 - New graphical user interface - Version 1.3.1 - 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. - Fixed minor bugs. -Version 1.3.0 - 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 2.1- System Requirements: - Python version >= 2.5 and < 3.0 should be running on the system 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/common/elements/releases/elements-1.2 (run 'python setup.py install'under the 'elements-1.2' 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 * numpy = 1.4.1 * scipy >= 0.7.2 * wxpython 2.8.11 unicode * lxml * PIL (Python Image Library) * Pyparsing (apply for bundling) * MinGW (for windows) or other GNU compiler (gcc) 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- Other Resources - See: http://danse.chem.utk.edu/sansview.html