Discover the new release v23.06!

[hugtalbot]

SOFA v23.06 is released!

The SOFA team is glad to announce the v23.06 release!

What’s new?

• An open-source example of needle insertion available in the Cosserat plugin by @adagolodjo
• The new MatrixAssembly API is now available ([LinearSystem] Refactor matrix assembly #2777 by @alxbilger)
• Additional tools for multithreading by @alxbilger
  • [Core] Introduce parallel for each #3548
  • [MultiThreading] Introduce ParallelTetrahedronFEMForceField #3552
• A plugin to renderer your simulations in UnrealEngine5 by @epernod
• and many other improvements:
  • Examples easier to find @hugtalbot
  • Better user experience @damienmarchal
  • New methods and data for collision detection and constraint resolution @fredroy @fjourdes

Download it here
Read more about the release here

A big thank to @alxbilger 🥇, @fredroy 🥈, @damienmarchal 🥉, @maddin200, @bakpaul, @EulalieCoevoet, @epernod, @Ziemnono, @ziqiu-zeng, @olivier-roussel (new on SOFA 🚀 🚀) for their contributions and their involvement!

Thank you all for making the project thriving @mikelitu, @tolstoys19, @GriffTDG, @ZA123654, @Pablo-Paniagua, @SantiDiazC, @MarkWrobelUCL, @beamadapter, @LuyuHuang-AO, @iiianmeng, @AndyRay1998, @divybaid, @MingshanHe, @kklankers, @Debodebbie, @maddy-weaver, @oataga, @AngelicaScamarcia, @manueotti, @PiccioFra, @HoangGiang93, @SAIFI-Houda, @nhnhan92, @EricSanchezok, @jemmyjiang15, @ouafi98, @meimeimei1223, @CCxxCxCxCx, @Eric-Rupert, @JetsSimavDibris, @ScheiklP, @Heidari60, @iman-adibnazari, @dusevitch, @TBeckers, @Michele-Martini

Looking forward to seeing your achievement with SOFA at the SOFA Week 2023!

– The SOFA Consortium
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Changes

Changelog: https://github.com/sofa-framework/sofa/blob/v23.06/CHANGELOG.md#v230600
Diff with v22.12: v22.12...v23.06

Required dependencies

Windows

1. Install Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 Redistributable.
2. Install Python 3.8 + Numpy + Scipy if you want to use the SofaPython3 plugin or any of its dependers.
   Download and install Python 3.8 (amd64).
   Make sure to enable PIP installation and addition to PATH.
   Then, open a console and run python -V && python -m pip install numpy scipy

Linux

1. Install libopengl0

    sudo apt install libopengl0
   

2. Install Python 3.8 + Numpy + Scipy if you want to use the SofaPython3 plugin or any of its dependers.

    sudo apt install python3.8-dev python3-distutils
    curl -L https://bootstrap.pypa.io/pip/get-pip.py --output /tmp/get-pip3.py
    python3.8 /tmp/get-pip3.py
    python3.8 -m pip install --upgrade pip
    python3.8 -m pip install numpy scipy
   

MacOS

1. All core dependencies are included in the binaries.

2. Install Python 3.8 + Numpy + Scipy if you want to use the SofaPython3 plugin or any of its dependers.

    brew install [email protected]
    python3.8 -m pip install numpy scipy
   

Info for developers

SOFA binaries were generated using the following libraries:

	Qt	Boost	Eigen	Python	pybind11	Glew	Zlib	libPNG	libJPEG	libTIFF
Windows	5.12.8	1.71.0	3.3.7	3.8.10	2.6.2	1.13	1.2.8	1.6.18	6b	4.0.9
Linux	5.12.8	1.71.0	3.3.7	3.8.10	2.6.2	2.1.0	1.2.11	1.6.37	8c	4.1.0
MacOS	5.12.8	1.76.0	3.4.0	3.8.10	2.6.2	2.2.0	1.2.11	1.6.37	9e	4.3.0

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This discussion was created from the release v23.06.00.

[hugtalbot]

Dear all,

Do not forget to register and join us for the SOFA Week 2023 in Paris to showcase your latest SOFA simulation!
🔥 🔥 🔥

Symposium info: https://www.sofa-framework.org/sofa-events/sofa-week-2023/#Symposium
Awards info: https://www.sofa-framework.org/sofa-events/sofa-week-2023/#Awards
STC info: https://www.sofa-framework.org/sofa-events/sofa-week-2023/#STC

See you there!

–
The SOFA Consortium staff