Release notes v2.0.0a1

Quick Overview

• Pre-release of the v2.0.0 version of the library.

• Switched to pygfx for rendering instead of vtk.

• Added support for various new actors including VectorField, Slicer, Triangle, Disk, Ellipsoid, Line, Axes, and more.

• Introduced new primitives and utilities for actor creation.

• Improved shader and material handling.

• Enhanced documentation and test coverage.

• Fixed various bugs and improved compatibility with existing code.

Details

GitHub stats for 2024/12/11 - 2025/06/19 (tag: v0.12.0)

These lists are automatically generated, and may be incomplete or contain duplicates.

The following 4 authors contributed 146 commits.

• Maharshi Gor

• Manish Reddy Rakasi

• Mohamed Agour

• Serge Koudoro

We closed a total of 103 issues, 45 pull requests and 58 regular issues; this is the full list (generated with the script tools/github_stats.py):

Pull Requests (45):

• PR #1006: test: fix doctest issues

• PR #1000: ENH: Test cases and Tutorial for VectorField

• PR #997: NF: Surface actor introduced.

• PR #1004: BF: Long key press event None fixed

• PR #1003: doc: fix doc generation and docstring

• PR #996: NF: Volume slicer with affine

• PR #1002: build(deps): bump codecov/codecov-action from 5.0.2 to 5.4.3 in the actions group

• PR #957: Extra parameters for compatibility - StatefulSurface in Dipy

• PR #995: NF: VectorField with arrows and thick lines

• PR #992: NF: Vector field actor

• PR #993: BF: remove legacy VTK warning handling

• PR #990: RF: Added position argument for text actor and name fix.

• PR #980: NF: Slicer Actor

• PR #991: NF: Adding Triangle actor.

• PR #988: NF: Adding disk actor

• PR #984: NF: added ellipsoid actor

• PR #989: CI: integration of numpydoc in precommit

• PR #983: Fix line actor colors

• PR #979: Adding line actor

• PR #981: NF: Adding the axes actor

• PR #970: NF: Adding text actor and its requirements

• PR #969: NF: Qt support and window test cases.

• PR #978: Relying on pygfx shaders for non-shader geometries

• PR #977: BF: Fixed package name for jupyter_rfb

• PR #968: NF: Adding point actor and all its requirements.

• PR #976: fix: shader compatibility issue temp fix.

• PR #967: NF: All shape actors based on primitives

• PR #963: NF: Adding actor for frustum, TEST: Adding uni tests for frustum actor

• PR #965: Changing color range from 0-255 o 0-1

• PR #962: NF: actor_from_primitive

• PR #964: RF: install wgpu and mesa driver for ubuntu CI’s

• PR #959: added actor for cylinder

• PR #960: NF: shaders and materials modifiable & added smooth/flat shading

• PR #958: Adding box actor

• PR #956: RF: Examples working properly

• PR #954: RF: Enable Test for v2 branch

• PR #955: RF: Flatten the window folder to the file

• PR #946: NF: Sphere, Geometry & Material

• PR #953: RF: Lib introduced to consolidate the pygfx imports

• PR #950: Adding utils.py and transform.py needed by prim_actors

• PR #951: CI: Remove old script

• PR #952: RF: Code Spell Fixed

• PR #949: Release 0.12.0 preparation

• PR #947: RF: update some settings files

• PR #948: CI: pin vtk<9.4.0

Issues (58):

• #1005: BF: Limit increased.

• #1006: test: fix doctest issues

• #1000: ENH: Test cases and Tutorial for VectorField

• #997: NF: Surface actor introduced.

• #1004: BF: Long key press event None fixed

• #1003: doc: fix doc generation and docstring

• #985: NF: Adding Image actor.

• #996: NF: Volume slicer with affine

• #1002: build(deps): bump codecov/codecov-action from 5.0.2 to 5.4.3 in the actions group

• #957: Extra parameters for compatibility - StatefulSurface in Dipy

• #995: NF: VectorField with arrows and thick lines

• #992: NF: Vector field actor

• #993: BF: remove legacy VTK warning handling

• #986: [WIP] NF: Peaks actor initial setup

• #990: RF: Added position argument for text actor and name fix.

• #980: NF: Slicer Actor

• #991: NF: Adding Triangle actor.

• #988: NF: Adding disk actor

• #984: NF: added ellipsoid actor

• #989: CI: integration of numpydoc in precommit

• #983: Fix line actor colors

• #982: Line Actor creates issue if not pass the colors

• #979: Adding line actor

• #981: NF: Adding the axes actor

• #970: NF: Adding text actor and its requirements

• #969: NF: Qt support and window test cases.

• #978: Relying on pygfx shaders for non-shader geometries

• #942: dipy has a problem calling fury

• #977: BF: Fixed package name for jupyter_rfb

• #968: NF: Adding point actor and all its requirements.

• #976: fix: shader compatibility issue temp fix.

• #973: Visualization not updating

• #967: NF: All shape actors based on primitives

• #963: NF: Adding actor for frustum, TEST: Adding uni tests for frustum actor

• #966: NF: Adding actor for tetrahedron, TEST: Adding uni tests for tetrahedron actor

• #965: Changing color range from 0-255 o 0-1

• #962: NF: actor_from_primitive

• #964: RF: install wgpu and mesa driver for ubuntu CI’s

• #961: Restored actors visual tests

• #959: added actor for cylinder

• #960: NF: shaders and materials modifiable & added smooth/flat shading

• #958: Adding box actor

• #956: RF: Examples working properly

• #954: RF: Enable Test for v2 branch

• #955: RF: Flatten the window folder to the file

• #946: NF: Sphere, Geometry & Material

• #953: RF: Lib introduced to consolidate the pygfx imports

• #950: Adding utils.py and transform.py needed by prim_actors

• #870: Issue with Navbar in the documentation site

• #872: The dev version is not appropriate.

• #951: CI: Remove old script

• #952: RF: Code Spell Fixed

• #949: Release 0.12.0 preparation

• #947: RF: update some settings files

• #948: CI: pin vtk<9.4.0

• #875: Make PyGLTFLib an optional dependency

• #873: Make PyGLTFLib an optional dependency

• #941: Fix: Resolve Documentation Generation HTTP Error