Hello,
We are proud to announce version 6.9.0 of Mantid. Installation packages can be found on our download page<https://download.mantidproject.org/> along with updated instructions for installing the latest release via Conda. You can also access the source code on the GitHub release page<https://github.com/mantidproject/mantid/releases/tag/v6.9.0>.
This release includes a wide array of updates, bugfixes, and new features, which build on the functionality of Mantid.
Highlights for this release include:
* Significant improvement to the performance of LoadAscii algorithm
* A new algorithm, IntegratePeaksShoeboxTOF, for integrating single-crystal Bragg peaks in a workspace using a shoebox
* The ability to do 1D peak finding using FindPeaksConvolve
* The ability to open the SliceViewer directly from Indirect and Inelastic Interfaces for output data
Please take a look at the release notes<https://docs.mantidproject.org/nightly/release/v6.9.0/index.html>, which are filled with details of all the changes and improvements in many other areas. The development team has put a great effort into making all of these improvements and we would like to thank all of our beta testers for their time and effort helping us to make this another reliable version. Thank you to everyone that has reported any issues to us and please keep on reporting any problems you have on our forum<https://forum.mantidproject.org/> or by email on mantid-help(a)mantidproject.org<mailto:mantid-help@mantidproject.org>.
Kind regards,
The Mantid Team
Sarah Foxley
Mantid Team Leader and Mantid Project Manager
Science and Technology Facilities Council
Phone - 01235 446938
sarah.foxley(a)stfc.ukri.org<mailto:sarah.foxley@stfc.ukri.org>
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Hello,
We are proud to announce version 6.8.0 of Mantid. Installation packages can be found on our download page<https://download.mantidproject.org/> along with updated instructions for installing the latest release via Conda. You can also access the source code on the GitHub release page<https://github.com/mantidproject/mantid/releases/tag/v6.8.0>.
This release includes a wide array of updates, bugfixes, and new features, which build on the functionality of Mantid.
Highlights for this release include:
* Upgrading the Python version to 3.10
* Autoscaling options have been added to the SliceViewer
* New algorithms BayesQuasi2 and BayesStretch2 based on the quickBayes package
* New algorithm FindSXPeaksConvolve to find single-crystal Bragg peaks in instruments with RectangularDetectors
* Algorithms SANSTubeCalibration and SANSTubeMerge have been added for calibrating the SANS2D instrument at ISIS
Please take a look at the release notes<https://docs.mantidproject.org/nightly/release/v6.8.0/index.html>, which are filled with details of all the changes and improvements in many other areas. The development team has put a great effort into making all of these improvements and we would like to thank all of our beta testers for their time and effort helping us to make this another reliable version. Thank you to everyone that has reported any issues to us and please keep on reporting any problems you have on our forum<https://forum.mantidproject.org/> or by email on mantid-help(a)mantidproject.org<mailto:mantid-help@mantidproject.org>.
Kind regards,
The Mantid Team
Sarah Foxley
Scientific Software Engineer & Mantid Project Manager
Science and Technology Facilities Council
Phone - 01235 446938
sarah.foxley(a)stfc.ukri.org<mailto:sarah.foxley@stfc.ukri.org>
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Hello,
We are proud to announce version 6.5.0 of Mantid is now available. Installation packages can be found on our download page<https://download.mantidproject.org/>. You can also access the source code on the GitHub release page<https://github.com/mantidproject/mantid/releases/tag/v6.4.0>. Please take a look at the release notes<https://docs.mantidproject.org/v6.5.0/release/v6.5.0/index.html>, which are filled with details of all of the changes and improvements in many other areas. The development team has put a great effort into making all of these improvements and we would like to thank all of our beta testers for their time and effort helping us to make this another reliable version. Thank you to everyone that has reported any issues to us and please keep on reporting any problems you have on our forum<https://forum.mantidproject.org/> or by email on mantid-help(a)mantidproject.org<http://mantid-help@mantidproject.org>.
.rpm and .deb no longer available
This and future releases will no longer provide an .rpm for Red Hat and a .deb for Ubuntu. The new Linux tarball provided will work on both of these systems and has the advantage of not being tied to ancient system libraries that have held up internal updates. The new tarball can also be extracted and run anywhere, so does not require root permissions to install.
Installation on IDAaaS at ISIS: Along with the IDAaaS team we have made some changes so that the latest version will be installed alongside the previous version so that the version will no longer be pinned and the most recent and previous version will be available simultaneously.
New Landing Page (www.mantidproject.org)
We have also taken this opportunity to publish a new front page for mantidproject.org<https://mantidproject.org/>. This new page replaces the ancient wiki pages where any relevant content has been migrated to docs.mantidproject.org<https://docs.mantidproject.org/> to be versioned with the code. We have captured a snapshot of the old pages and these are available at archive.mantidproject.org<https://archive.mantidproject.org/> should they be required. If you notice any content that you find in the archive pages that should be in docs then please let us know.
Kind regards,
Mantid Development Team
Dr Martyn Gigg (He/Him)
[pronunciation: mar-tyn gigg]
ISIS Data Reduction Team Lead
Science and Technology Facilities Council
martyn.gigg(a)stfc.ac.uk<mailto:martyn.gigg@stfc.ac.uk>
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Hello,
We are proud to announce version 6.4.0 of Mantid is now available. Installation packages can be found on our download page<https://download.mantidproject.org/>. You can also access the source code on the GitHub release page<https://github.com/mantidproject/mantid/releases/tag/v6.4.0>.
Packaging & Installation
As advertised in v6.3.0 we have reworked our installer packages for this release. Changes include:
- Windows and macOS packages are now named MantidWorkbench-6.4.0 with the appropriate extension. Other than this they are used in the same manner.
- A new linux tarball ,``mantidworkbench-6.4.0.tar.xz``, now supports many Linux distributions and should work on any 2010+ distribution. This can simply be unpacked with `tar xJf mantidworkbench-6.4.0.tar.xz ` and can reside anywhere without requiring root privileges.
Last Release of .rpm and .deb
This release will be the last time we provide an .rpm for Red Hat and a .deb for Ubuntu. The new Linux tarball provided above will work on both of these systems and has the advantage of not being tied to ancient system libraries that have held up internal updates. The new tarball can also be extracted and run anywhere, so does not require root permissions to install.
Please take a look at the release notes<https://docs.mantidproject.org/v6.4.0/release/v6.4.0/index.html>, which are filled with details of all of the changes and improvements in many other areas. The development team has put a great effort into making all of these improvements and we would like to thank all of our beta testers for their time and effort helping us to make this another reliable version. Thank you to everyone that has reported any issues to us and please keep on reporting any problems you have on our forum<https://forum.mantidproject.org/> or by email on mantid-help(a)mantidproject.org<http://mantid-help@mantidproject.org>.
Installation on IDAaaS at ISIS: The version will remain pinned at whatever version you are using. Please contact support(a)analysis.stfc.ac.uk<mailto:support@analysis.stfc.ac.uk> to arrange for the environment for your group to be updated at a convenient time.
Kind regards,
Mantid Development Team
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Mantid Imaging 2.3 has been released on 25 Feb 2022. Mantid Imaging is a graphical toolkit for processing neutron imaging and tomography data written in Python 3. It provides an easy-to-use graphical interface to a wide range of pre/post-processing operations, tilt correction and reconstruction algorithms, accommodating for tomography users with varying data complexity and image analysis background knowledge. It utilises a flexible plugin system that allows easy integration of external software and has allowed us to re-use software widely known in the neutron tomography community.
This release brings some significant new features:
Bad data indicators
Show pixel values that can cause issues during reconstruction, NaNs (not a number) caused by missing data or invalid maths operations and non-positive values caused by noise or issues with dark frame subtraction.
Beam hardening correction
Mantid Imaging now implements a linearization correction to compensate for the beam hardening effect.
Dataset side-bar
The main window now shows a tree-view of loaded datasets and their stacks. Internally Mantid Imaging now has a more structured view of the loaded data, which will allow further user interface improvements.
User interface improvements
The parameter controls in operations and reconstruction windows now have finer step sizes and better defaults. Auto preview in the reconstruction window can be disabled.
A full list of changes can be found at:
https://mantidproject.github.io/mantidimaging/release_notes/2.3.html
Installation instructions can be found at:
https://mantidproject.github.io/mantidimaging/installation.html
Source code:
https://github.com/mantidproject/mantidimaging
Sam Tygier
Science and Technology Facilities Council
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Hello,
We are proud to announce version 6.3.0 of Mantid is now available. Installation packages can be found on our download page<https://download.mantidproject.org/>. You can also access the source code on GitHub release page<https://github.com/mantidproject/mantid/releases/tag/v6.3.0>.
One particular aspect of this release we would like to highlight is that it is now possible to install a Python package, called mantid, that gives access to the Mantid algorithms and workspaces without bringing along the GUI. The package is available through the widely-used package manager Conda thereby making it easy to install mantid alongside other Python packages. Please see the Conda installation instructions<https://download.mantidproject.org/conda.html> for how to access the packages.
Please take a look at the release notes<https://docs.mantidproject.org/v6.3.0/release/v6.3.0/index.html>, which are filled with details of all of the changes and improvements in many other areas. The development team has put a great effort into making all of these improvements and we would like to thank all of our beta testers for their time and effort helping us to make this another reliable version. Thank you to everyone that has reported any issues to us and please keep on reporting any problems you have on our forum<https://forum.mantidproject.org/> or by email on mantid-help(a)mantidproject.org<http://mantid-help@mantidproject.org>.
Installation on IDAaaS at ISIS: The version will remain pinned at 6.2.0. Please contact support(a)analysis.stfc.ac.uk<mailto:support@analysis.stfc.ac.uk> to arrange for the environment for your group to be updated at a convenient time.
Kind regards,
Mantid Development Team
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Hello,
As we cannot get together in person this year we would like to announce that the Mantid collaboration are holding a virtual Users Workshop as 2 half-day sessions on 29th/30th November 2021 over Zoom. The focus of the workshop will be:
1. To present an update on the new governance model for Mantid
2. To present updates since the previous meeting from each facility
3. To present changes in mantid since the last meeting along with upcoming projects
4. To share best practice and encourage collaboration.
A draft agenda can be seen at https://www.mantidproject.org/Category_Users_Workshop_2021.html along with the registration form to be given access to the Zoom links for each session.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Kind regards,
Dr Martyn Gigg (He/Him)
ISIS Data Reduction Team Lead
Science and Technology Facilities Council
martyn.gigg(a)stfc.ac.uk<mailto:martyn.gigg@stfc.ac.uk>
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Hello,
We are proud to announce version 6.2.0 of Mantid.
This release sees many new features added or improved to extend the functionality of Mantid for users. Some significant new features including:
* Superplot, a new widget that facilitates over-plotting and data comparison for a large number of workspaces.
* The ablity to plot CSGObjects as Sample shapes and merge shapes for greater complexity.
* In MSlice you can now enable powder (Bragg) peaks on cut plots.
* Maxent Dual Plotting for Frequency Domain Analysis allowing raw and reconstructed data to be plotted together along with the frequency domain data.
* A new widget and workspace plugin, the Workspace Calculator. This allows users to quickly perform binary operations on selected workspace pairs, optionally with scaling.
These are just some of the many improvements in this release, so please take a look at the release notes<https://docs.mantidproject.org/v6.2.0/release/v6.2.0/index.html>, which are filled with details of the important changes and improvements in many areas. The development team has put a great effort into making all of these improvements within Mantid, and we would like to thank all of our beta testers for their time and effort helping us to make this another reliable version of Mantid.
Throughout the Mantid project we put a lot of effort into ensuring Mantid is a robust and reliable product. Thank you to everyone that has reported any issues to us. Please keep on reporting any problems you have, or crashes that occur on our forum<https://forum.mantidproject.org/>.
Installation packages can be found on our download page<https://download.mantidproject.org/>. You can also access the source code on GitHub release page<https://github.com/mantidproject/mantid/releases/tag/v6.2.0>.
Installation on IDAaaS at ISIS: The version will remain pinned at 6.1.0. Please contact support(a)analysis.stfc.ac.uk<mailto:support@analysis.stfc.ac.uk> to arrange for the environment for your group to be updated at a convenient time.
Kind regards,
Mantid Development Team
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