Ready-0.3

Changes in version 0.3 (released June 2012)

Reaction-diffusion can now be run on the surface of meshes, or in a volume of tetrahedral cells. Load the *.vtu files to see examples.
New menu commands:
    File > Reload from Disk : reloads the current pattern file from the saved version on disk.
    File > Import Mesh : imports mesh files (*.obj, *.vtp, *.vtu) as surfaces to run RD on.
    File > Export Mesh : exports a mesh file (*.obj, *.vtp) from the current contoured surface or displacement-mapped surface.
    File > Export Image : exports an image file (*.png, *.jpg) from the current slice or 2D system.
    File > Start Recording... : saves an image every frame, for making videos.
    File > Stop Recording : stops saving images.
    Action > Blank : sets all the chemicals to zero.
    Action > View Full Kernel : shows the full OpenCL kernel that gets created from a formula rule. 
File > New Pattern now offers to create a new image (1D, 2D or 3D) or mesh dataset (geodesic sphere, torus, tetrahedral mesh, triangular tiling, hexagonal tiling, rhombille tiling or Penrose tiling).
New patterns:
    bunny.vtu, lion.vtu, showing RD systems running on the surface of polygonal meshes.
    Bays_3D.vti, implements a 3D cellular automaton.
    Ising_regime.vti, showing how tiny variation can grow into large meanders in the FitzHugh-Nagumo system.
    Gray-Scott/U-Skate/Munafo_glider.vti, Robert Munafo's glider after which the U-Skate world is named.
    Gray-Scott/parameter-map.vti, showing how the parameters affect the Gray-Scott system.
    Turing1952/spots_noisy.vti, showing the effect of noise on Turing patterns.
    Gray-Scott/Lesmes_noisy.vti, showing how noise can change the behavior of reaction-diffusion systems.
    Gray-Scott/noisy_solitons_mitosis.vti, showing how noise can trigger solitons to replicate.
    mutually-catalytic_spots.vti, where big spots can only replicate if full of small spots.
    parameter_modulation_demo.vti, showing how values in an extra chemical can be used to modulate the parameters of a system in an 'R' shape.
    parameter_modulation_demo2.vti, showing how values in an extra chemical can be used to modulate the parameters of a system in a circular shape.
    life_torus.vtu, showing Conway's Game of Life on a torus covered with quadilaterals.
    PenroseTilings/life.vtu, showing the Life rule B3/S23 running on a Penrose tiling.
    heat_equation_interpolation.vti, showing how the heat equation can interpolate between spatial values.
    complex_Ginzburg-Landau.vti, a model of superconductivity that shows the onset of spiral waves.
    wave_equation.vti, showing the spreading of a ripple. 
Changes to the render settings:
    use_image_interpolation=false now gives voxelised Minecraft-style rendering in 3D.
    New entries:
        show_color_scale: allows the color scale legend to be turned off.
        color_displacement_mapped_surface: allows the displacement-mapped surface (for 2D images) to be colored using the image.
        show_cell_edges: allows the edges of the cells to be shown.
        show_bounding_box: allows the bounding box to be shown or hidden. 
Changes to the overlays:
    New overlay shape: pixel, for specifying cells directly.
    New overlay fill: linear_gradient, for values that follow a linear ramp.
    New overlay fill: radial_gradient, for for values that vary depending on the distance from the center.
    Each overlay element can now contain multiple shape specifiers. 
Pattern files (*.vti, *.vtu) can now be loaded into Paraview correctly, with named chemicals ('a', 'b', etc.). There they can be visualized by volume rendering, or contoured in various ways.
Ready has a new (much nicer!) icon.
New option for image-based systems: wrap, to toggle toroidal wrap-around on/off.