Pyslvs v20.11.0

Features:

• Fix the error caused by hanging slider joint. (#41)
• Fix slider input function. (github issue #40)

Development:

• Support Python 3.9.
• Remove psutil requirement.
• Remove Windows testing on Travis CI.

Pyslvs v20.10.0

Features:

• Improve performance of meta-heuristic algorithms.
• New solver backend.

Development:

• Unify "true" and "false" to lowercase in docstring.
• Use "isinstance" instead of "type" for checking types.
• Test suite enhancement.
• Parallelism synthesis.

Known issue:

• Slider input is not finished yet.

Pyslvs v20.08.0

Features:

• Fix the error of Yaml dumper.
• Change the definition of Path Signature: The mapping of stroke and curvature.

Development:

• Raise NotImplementedError instead of ellipse on abstract methods.

Pyslvs v20.07.0

Features:

• Fix canvas selection and display error.
• Generate calculation script after parser script. (github issue #35)
• Support parallel linkage. (github issue #36)
• Skip auto preview paths when saving file.
• Implement plotting function for slider paths.
• Implement final vector animation.
• Remove wavelet function.
• Add extra curve fitting function powered by SciPy.
• Some corrections of the main canvas.

Development:

• Extra SciPy requirement.
• Remove unessential __all__ list.

Pyslvs v20.06.0

Features:

• Polar plotting function and joint viewer.
• Animation function for the paths of inputs page.
• "Append path" function for the path of dimensional synthesis page.
• Remove deprecated "show solutions" buttons.
• Fix GUI crash on AppImage. (github issue #34)

Development:

• Support MSVC versions 1910~1916 and 1920~1926.
• Improvement of UI and QRC file generating.
• Annotated object attributes are placed in class definition uniformly instead of method blocks.
• Use immutable "Mapping" replace "Dict" when no need to change the content.

Pyslvs v20.05.0

Features:

• Remove context menu of record list. The functions replaced with buttons.
• Support incomplete path works with derivative function.

Development:

• Make "python-solvespace" as an extra requirement.
• Remove "return none" annotation from all typing.

Pyslvs v20.04.0

Features:

• Fix relocate function and increase accuracy of its spinbox.
• The zoom bar has been isolated.
• Add grid mode toggle button at the main window.
• Remove not useful functions.
• Add "report issue" action on the main menubar.
• UI improvement for "inputs" page.

Development:

• Use Matplotlib instead of PyQtChart.
• Fix the error of auto preview path.
• Fix the bug of topological algorithm. (github issue #33)

Pyslvs v20.03.0

Features:

• Dimensional synthesis result preview:
  • Add path comparison page.
  • Support monochrome mode.
• Change color of target path.
• More clearer command line interface.
• Fix incorrect "new link" conditions.
• Add ordered simples option of planar linkage synthesis.

Development:

• New graph searching method for polygon link from kernel.
• Remove docstring gap between class definition.
• Remove one instance limit.

Pyslvs v20.02.0

Features:

• Fix file loader error during loading algorithm results.
• Fix the touching area of target point moving.
• Improve load target path function.
• "Shape only" synthesis mode.
• DWT synthesis mode. (alpha)

Development:

• Renamed enum constant as uppercase.
• Change Makefile command name:
  • For package: suffix pack.
    • build change to pack
    • clean change to clean-pack
    • test change to test-pack
  • For kernel: no suffix.
    • build-kernel change to build
    • clean-kernel change to clean
    • test-kernel change to test
  • The default command all change to build only.
    Use make test-pack instead of make.
• Rewrite and fix file loader.
• Use "apimd" module to generate the API doc.
  • New Makefile command "doc".

Pyslvs v20.01.0

Features:

• "Relocate" dialog options for editing point position.
• Fix commas error of expression table on GUI.
• Fix "Add Point" action on menu bar.
• UI contraction of synthesis panels.

Development:

• Create QRotatableView API.
• Fix dependencies compatibility.
• Add utility modules for entities dialogs.