NEWS

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Version 7.4.0 - February2020

This release requires opencascade 7.4.0

* jupyter : improved webgl display, added utility fonctions (abb, oobb, mass computation etc.), fixed edges display wrong line type (dash)

* display : added PySide2 to the backend list

* DataExchange : fixes step loader when more than one root

* DataExchange : added SVG exporter (possibility to render svg in jupyter)

* wrapper : fixed for Standard_Integer parameters returned by reference

* wrapper : improved wrapper for NCollection_DataMap

* wrapper : removed unnecessary %nodefaultctor swig directive, that prevent using default constructor for many classes

* demos : many fixes, improvements, and new examples

* lgtm and codacy quality fixes

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Version 7.4.0rc1 - December 2019

This release requires opencascade 7.4.0

* wrapper : small fix in __repr__ method overload

* wrapper : ported the old Addon subpackage to benefit from 3d fonts

* wrapper : added GetLabelName method to TDF_Label class to fix step part names

* display : tesselator computes mesh if not already done

* webgl : html and js fixes in x3dom and threejs renderers, simple_server uses flask if available

* minor lgtm fixes

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Version 7.4.0beta2 - December 2019

This release requires opencascade 7.4.0

* wrapper: add mssigin class Shape_Upgrade_UnifySameDomain

* wrapper: fixed docstring to hide deprecated handle stuff

* wrapper: fixed wrong HSEQUENCE wrapper

* ci/cd: moved from Travis/Appveyor to MS Azure

* code clean-up

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Version 7.4.0beta - December 2019

This release requires opencascade 7.4.0

* Port to opencascade 7.4.0

* Dropped SMESH support.

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Version 0.18.2 - December 2019

This release requires oce-0.18 or higher

* wrapper : fixes

* jupyter renderer

THIS RELEASE IS THE LAST ONE DEPENDING ON OCE 0.18x

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Version 0.18.1 - December 2017

This release requires oce-0.18 or oce-0.18.1.

* wrapper : adds a docstring for each module, fixed Addon documentation,

* wrapper : new OffscreenRenderer class, to export to image without any GUI
manager installed

* wrapper : new TextureItem, LineItem and ImageItem classes for overlayered
items

* wrapper : Add missing DrawText method from Visual3d_Layer module

* wrapper : support for smesh 6.7.5

* new examples : heithgmap, face recognition, 3d to 2d screen coordinates,
overlayered lines-text-images, raytracing, camera projection, import
STEP file with colors,

* examples : example to rst script, in order to provide a description for
each example, in rst format

* webgl : x3dom and threejs minors fixes/enhancement, simple_server fixes

* gui : fix SimpleGui position at startup, wx fixes

* ci/cd : upload each successfull travis or appveyor built to anaconda cloud,
tagged using the branch name

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Version 0.18 - June 2017

This release requires oce-0.18 or oce-0.18.1.

* wrapper : support oce-0.18 (upstream occt 6.9.1)

* wrapper : support smesh 6.7.4

* wrapper : support for packages Voxel, NIS, DataExchange related

* new examples : background image, emmenthaler, ais_shape downcast,
  core_display_z_transparency, clipping plane, bounding box computation
  using mesh, STEP compound loading, surfacic mesh, volumic mesh, mesh traverse,
  added a fast loading STL example

* many minor bugfixes

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Version 0.17.3 - March 2017

This release requires oce-0.17.0, oce-0.17.1, oce-0.17.2 or
oce-0.17.3. Prefer the latter.

* wrapper : new GEAOMAlgo_Splitter, and related example, from Salome 8.2

* examples : core_geometry_line_properties, 

* webgl : toggle visibility feature for 3js renderer, teselator clean up,
increased default deviation (i.e. decreased default quality), set precision to 4 digits,
speed up generation for json and xml exporters

* ci/cd : many conda and appveyor fixes/improvements

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Version 0.17.2 - January 2017

This release requires oce-0.17.0 or oce-0.17.1 or oce-0.17.2. Prefer the latter.

* webgl: upgrade three.js to r83; use https for three.js library

* webgl: X3D quality improvements; use https; replaced IndexedFaceSet with TriangleSet

* examples: added point cloud and glsl examples

* gui: osx qtDisplay supports Retina displays

* gui: fixed a regression in qtDisplay

* gui: fixed PySide support

* ci/cd: travis upoads nightly builds to http://anaconda.com/tpaviot, conda packages
on appveyor are available for download as artifacts

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Version 0.17.1 - December 2016

This release requires oce-0.17.0 or oce-0.17.1 or oce-0.17.2. Prefer the latter.

* gui: fix of the resizing issue of the qtViewer widget

* wrapper: Add class local properties #356

* wrapper: Fixed string representation #353

* wrapper: Fix incorrect array size #355

* wrapper: BRep 3d font support and related example

* webgl: major refactoring of threejs and webgl renderers
 (webserver, contour edge rendering, multishape, mesh quality, colr and transparency)

* wrapper: proper __repr__ function for pythonocc objects

* gui: PyQt signals and related example

* gui: cursor pan, zoom, rotate in the Qt viewer #335

* wrapper: fixes for BOPCol and BOPAlgo packages

* examples: ported algotopia examples, bisector, geomplate

* minor fixes

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Version 0.17 - Septembre 2016

This release requires oce-0.17.0 or oce-0.17.1 or oce-0.17.2. Prefer the latter.

* port to oce-0.17.x

* memory management fixes

* New examples: AIS_ColoredShape, 2d_fillet, inertia properties, edge_color, 

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Version 0.16.5 - May 2016

This release requires oce-0.16.0 or oce-0.16.1

* Exception handling fix

* pyqt 4 and 5 fixes

* OCCViewer fixes (py3k, DisplayVector)

* New examples : minimal distance, boolean operations,
fillet operations, splinecage, topology_traverse

* New modules made available from TKCAF, TKSTEP and TKSTEPBase

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Version 0.16.4 - April 2016

This release requires oce-0.16.0 or oce-0.16.1

* New memeory management system : previous pythonocc released
suffered from memory issues (leaks). The release introduces a
much better way to deal with the OCE handles

* wx and pyqt5 fixes

* minor fixes to the webgl renderers

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Version 0.16.3 - January 2016

This release requires oce-0.16.0 or oce-0.16.1

* New examples: visualization_overpaint_viewerer,
visualization_graphic3d_custom_opengl.py, matplotlib_box,
parallel_slicer, topology_glue

* PyQt5 support

* Improvements and fixes to the Tesselator class:
Computation of edges, Interface to Vertices, Normals, and Triangles

* minor portability fixes/improvements.

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Version 0.16.2 - July 2015

This release requires oce-0.16.0 or oce-0.16.1

* New examples : display_quality, surface_from_curve, export_to_image,
shape_pickling, display_linewidth, prs3d_customization, textured_shape,
faircurve, topology_prism, topology_pipe, evolved_shape, draft_angle,
through_section, topology_face, topology_edge, vertex_filleting,
export_to_EF(PDF, PS, tex, SVG)

* Mingw64 compilation fix

* Fixed wrapper for Standard_Boolean returned by reference as parameters

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Version 0.16.1 - June 2015

This release requires oce-0.16.0 or oce-0.16.1

* WebGL upgrades and improvements, for both Three.js and x3dom, new webgl examples

* used deque in garbage collector rather than python lists

* pyside fix on Windows

* qt viewer improvements

* added classic bottle example

* wrapper fix for C++ const Standard_Integer & parameters

* wrapper fix for default values ;

* minor cmake fixes/improvements

* new wrapper for : MeshVS, OCAF STEP and IGES 

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Version 0.16.0 - November 2014

This release requires oce-0.16.0

* Support for latest oce release (0.16.0)

* major code refactoring, including examples

* completed WebGl three.js work

* added x3dom renderer and x3d export feature

* improved project quality (travis-ci, pylint check, pep8 compliancy,
  removed old and/or untested code)

* sphinx based documentation, both for api documentation and getting started

* python3 support