SyMSpace | Change Log

Version v1.2.10214
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General

• Python packages, which are distributed as zip or egg files can be loaded
  • Only zip and egg files in the Python functions directory are considered
  • If multiple versions of the same package are detected only the latest is loaded
  • File names have to meet a specific pattern e.g.: lcm_general-1.0.300-py3.6.zip
•  Python package to perform tolerance analysis has been added (experimental state)
•  Reporting has been extended to further use latex distributions (e.g. Tex Live)
•  The output of report compiling has been added to the console and error detection
•  The behaviour of the PyTPeriodicMatrix “fromFit” method has been aligned with the TPeriodic/-Matrix implementation

Optimizer

• The Optimizer wrapper and optimizer scripts have been updated
  • Excel file import/export
  • Bokeh plotting of individuals
• Optimizer macros have been added
  • Fill buffer with individuals from other optimizations
  • Fill buffer with individuals from Excel files
  • Fill buffer with custom defined individuals (via GUI Input-Window)
  • Fill archive individuals from Excel files
  • Custom export of archive and problem individuals from Excel files
  • Custom comparison plots of archive and problem individuals

JobManager

• The Python Job capabilities have been extended
  • Additional files and directories (same as Python modules/packages) can be added to a Job
  • All zip and egg files in the Job directory are automatically unpacked
  • “preJob” and “postJob” methods can be defined
  • Result file handling has been added
  • Variation feature: create multiple jobs with different parameters
• Python Docker Jobs for local or cluster (Linux only) computation can be created
• Deadlocks when using new HTCondor versions, if Python was not recognized, have been resolved
• An interface to remote submit jobs on submit-server has been added
• The error handling for the interface to new HTCondor versions has been improved

User interface

• The 3D rotation of embedded matplotlib plots (Preview double-click feature) has been enabled
• “Run Macro” menu entry has been added to the Optimizer GUI (Requires config: OptimizerDebug=true)
• Macro to run tasks (update, reset, gen./del. DocFiles) on all project indices has been added
• The problem of closing the Optimizer, while saving is in progress, has been resolved
• The problems if Python is not recognized have been resolved
• Deadlocks during runtime have been resolved

Help

• More Help-Tutorials have been added
  • Distributable (Docker) Python functions
  • Electromagnetic and mechanical simulation videos (via LCM channel on youtube.com)

Installer

• The installer comes bundled with a Python 3.6.5 environment (as a replacement for Anaconda/SyMConda36)

Requirements

• Java Version 1.8 or higher
• (Optional) Matlab Version R2017b or higher
• (Optional) Python Version 3.6.5 with the Python Package Jep Version 3.6.3