
OCTA8.4.1 release note
2022/06/30

* The following problem has been fixed.
   When the array partial read function of binary UDF data is enabled, 
  editing the data after the deleted record will result in invalid data.
   After deleting some array data, the array data cannot be added more 
  than the number of reload.
   Fixed a bug when the file name contains spaces.

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OCTA8.4 release note

2021/05/28

Changes from OCTA8.3

1. ENGINES

 * COGNAC 10.1.2

 * SUSHI Ver.11.0 Revision 200530

 * KAPSEL-4.10 (compiled without FFTW)

 * MUFFIN (OCTA-BBS < BBS for Japanese < MUFFIN < Upload < Elastica Win64)
   (muffin5e_elastica_mod.exe)
   PyMuffin

 * NAPLES (12052020)

  For more details, see the engine release notes, or OCTA BBS (http://octa.jp/).

2. GOURMET 4.4.0

 * The new features added in OCTA U2M (Kakutyo OCTA) are included in this version.
   Refer to the U2M manuals for details.

 * Python has been updated to 3.7.
   On Windows, we use Python3.7 installer and all the required packages have been installed by pip command.
   On Linux, we compiled Python3.7.10 source files on CentOS 7. Numpy, scipy and numba packages have been installed by pip command.
   On Linux distributions other than Redhat and CentOS (Stream), building of the Python and GOURMET module are required.
   On Linux, AITool is not available.

 * Java runtime environment is changed to OpenJDK11 JRE(AdoptOpenJDK).

 * Fixed the memory leak which arose by the porting work of Python version up.

 * The following new tools are included:
   AITool (for Windows only)
   ImageLoader

 For Software License Agreement, see License.txt.

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OCTA8.3 release note

2017/12/08

Changes from OCTA8.2

1. ENGINES

 * COGNAC Version 9.2.3

 * SUSHI Version 10.54

 * Pasta Version 2.9.1

 * KAPSEL Version 3.32

 * MUFFIN5
   muffin5.act was fixed.

 * VANILLA Version 1.0 is included.(new)

  For more details, see the engine release notes, or OCTA BBS (http://octa.jp/).

 * All actions and scripts in action and python directories were converted
   from Python 2 code to Python 3 code. The converted actions and scripts are 
   located in action3 and python3 directories respectively. There are the old 
   actions and scripts for Python 2 in action2 and python2 directories. The 
   actions and scripts work in the action3 and python3 directories.

2. GOURMET 4.3.3 

  * Python used in GOURMET was updated to 3 (3.6), so all actions and python scripts 
    in GOURMET and ENGINES were converted to version 3.

 For Windows edition, the following external application or library is updated.

 * Miniconda3-4.3.14 (numpy,scipy,scikit-learn and tensorflow are included).

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OCTA8.2 release note

2016/08/08

Changes from OCTA8.1.1

1. ENGINES

 * COGNAC Version 9.0.3

  For more details, see the engine release note, or OCTA BBS (http://octa.jp/).

2. GOURMET 4.3.1 

 New features:

  * OpenGL:Drawing speed for points and lines is improved.

  * Java and Python-C interface programs is modified not to use of sub-interpreter functions.

  * GOURMET is modified to terminate without a confirmation dialog.

 Fixed problem:

 * A compilation error with VC2015 is fixed.

 For Windows edition, the following external application or library is updated.

 * Miniconda2 v4.1.5(numpy,scipy and scikit-learn are included).

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OCTA8.1.1 release note

2016/05/08

Changes from OCTA8.1

1. ENGINES

 * COGNAC Version 9.0.2.1
   A problem of cognac module compiled for x64 is fixed.
   Export_LAMMPS.py is updated.

 * SUSHI Version 10.51

 * MUFFIN Version 5.1.1 Revised Version
   A bug at morphology import from SUSHI result udf file is fixed.

 * KAPSEL Version 3.31 

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OCTA8.1 release note

2016/02/08

Changes from OCTA8

1. ENGINES

 * COGNAC Version 9.0.2

 * SUSHI Version 10.4

 * Pasta Version 2.9

 * MUFFIN Version 5.1 Revised Version

 * KAPSEL Version 3.30 

 * NAPLES rev29092014
  This version supports parallel calculation by OpenMP.
  The environment variable "OMP_NUM_THREADS" is needed in advance.

  For more details, see the engine release note, or OCTA BBS (http://octa.jp/).

2. GOURMET 4.2.2 

 New features:
  * The following methods were added in Cognac Atom and Bond drawing class.
    These methods contribute to speeding up drawing.

    Setting metjhod for atom
      atom.setObjectIdFlag(flag)
    Drawing method for atom
      atom.drawMol(index=[],attr=-1,type='line',moltypedic=0,atomtypedic=0,coord=0)
      atom.drawAtom(index=[],attr=-1,type='line',moltypedic=0,atomtypedic=0,coord=0)
    Setting method for bond
      bond.setObjectIdFlag(flag)
    Drawing method for bond
      bond.drawMol(index=[],attr=-1,type='line',
                      moltypedic=0,atomtypedic=0,bondtypedic=0,coord=0,maxlen=0.0)
      bond.drawBond(index=[],attr=-1,type='line',
                      moltypedic=0,atomtypedic=0,bondtypedic=0,coord=0,maxlen=0.0)

 Fixed problem:

 * Each temporary file for reading/writing UDF file is now assigned a unique name
   when multiple number of engines which are linked with the "libplatform" library are executed simultaneously,

 * Fixed building error in VC2010 (view3d/uogl/src/uogl_draw.cpp).

 For Windows edition, the following external application and library have been upgraded.

 * Python v2.7.10

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OCTA8 release note

2015/03/01

Changes from OCTA2013

1. ENGINES

 * COGNAC Version 8.4 
 * SUSHI Version 10.0 
 * Pasta Version 2.8.3 
 * MUFFIN Version 5 Revised Version
   Added new functions to "PhaseSeparation(FDM)". Partial revision of the manuals of "PhaseSeparation" and "Elastica".

 * KAPSEL Version 3.20 

 * SpaghettiCord is included.(new)

 * OCTAWeb3 is included.(new)

  For more details, see the engine release note, or OCTA BBS (http://octa.jp/).

2. GOURMET 4.2.0 

 The following external application and library have been upgraded.

 * JOGL v2.2.4

 Additional features:
 * Added the following features to the Python extention module(COGNAC Drawing:multi-bond drawing)
    bond.setMaxBondDrawMult(max_bond_number)
    bond.setMaxSearchBond(search_number)
  
 * SUSHI10 Obstacle operation actions are added.

 Fixed problem:
 * Library "libplatform" compiled with VC2013 creates a problem which affects receiving a file location pointer from ifstream.
   The user cannot obtain proper UDF record number. Fixed.

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2014/01/17

1. The latest OCTA2013 has the following engines:

  COGNAC Version 8.3.3
  SUSHI Version 9.2
  KAPSEL Version 3.07

  For more information, see the release note of each engine, or OCTA BBS(http://octa.jp/).


2. GOURMET version 4.1.8

  Additional features:
  * Added features to the Python extended module
    writeImage(filepath)
    writeViewInfo(filepath)
    readViewInfo(filepath)

  * Modifications in the configure script setting
    Compilation with --mno-cygwin option can be configured by the configure script with --with-mno-cygwin.

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2013/06/01

Changes from OCTA2010 Rev.2

1. The latest OCTA2013 has the following engines:

  COGNAC Version 8.3.1
  SUSHI Version 9.1
  KAPSEL Version 2.1, 3.0
  PASTA revised version

  For more information, see the release note of each engine, or OCTA BBS(http://octa.jp/).


2. GOURMET version 4.1.4 has been upgraded to 4.1.6.

  Fixed problem:
  * When European language is selected on Windows OS, 
    a UDF fle is now readable/writable, and Python script is processed normally. 
  * The drawing function has been fine-tuned.

  The following external application has been upgraded.
  * Java Runtime Version 7

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OCTA2010 Rev.2 release note

2012/07/07

Changes from OCTA2010 Rev.1

1. ENGINE

  The following modules of Naples are replaced.
    naplesOCTA(.exe)
    naplesgwOCTA(.exe)
    The lists of Naples module on Linux and Windows are identical to each other.


2. GOURMET

  Fixed problem:
  * GOURMET (including python extended libraries) can read and write 
    a large UDF files ( > 2GByte) on Windows x86 or x64 and on Linux x64.

  Additional features:
  * Changes in installation on Linux
    Compilation of GOURMET programs start from running the confiure script.
    The configure script is attached for CognacUtility.

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OCTA2010 Rev.1 release note

2011/03/11

Changes since OCTA2010

1. The latest OCTA2010 has the following engines:

  COGNAC version 7.1.2
  SUSHI Version 8.14

 For detail information of the changes, see the release note of each engine,
 or OCTA BBS(http://octa.jp/).

2. GOURMET version 4.1.3 is updated to 4.1.4.

  Fixed problem:
  * It is impossible to read UDF file, when the file is placed 
    in multi-byte character directory path.
  
  Additional features:
  * Clipping function (clip_plane) is added to drawing function.
  * File export/import functions for the drawing object is available.

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2010/08/08

Changes since OCTA2007

1. The following engine updates are included:

  COGNAC version 7.1.1
  SUSHI Version 8.13

 See the release notes for the changes.

2. GOURMET updates from 4.1.2 to 4.1.3

    You can use 64bit mode Gourmet.
    We prepared installer for win64.
    You can compile the libraries on 64 bit Linux.
  
