3.7

Mantid 3.7.2 Release Notes

This is a patch release that corrects some significant issues since version 3.7.1.

The main changes are:

  • Update of Facilities.xml for live data at SNS on CORELLI, NOMAD, POWGEN, and VISION.
  • Updated TOPAZ instrument geometry
  • Updated CNCS instrument geometry
  • Fixed compilation issue of MPIAlgorithms
  • Added usage tracking to interfaces
  • Fixed broken beam center finder for ISIS SANS
  • Made LoadCanSAS1D compliant with CanSAS standard
  • Fix for saving process notes in SaveCanSAS1D
  • Fix for loading of 2D data with LoadRKH
  • Fix handling of multi-period event-type data for LARMOR
  • Fix crash for ISIS SANS reduction in batch mode
  • Fix initial position for beam centre finder for LARMOR
  • Fix engineering diffraction interface crash

Citation

Please cite any usage of Mantid as follows:

Changes in this version

  • 16897 New IDF for TOPAZ
  • 16906 Update live data urls for ADARA beamlines
  • 16933 New IDF for CNCS
  • 16973 Updated LoadInstrument calls in VisionReduction algorithm
  • NOMAD geometry
  • 16987 Update VisionReduction.py
  • 16946 Register VSI usage with UsageService
  • 16575 Add usage tracking to interfaces and plotting tools
  • 16539 MPI Algorithms broken in v3.7.1
  • 17002 Loading data without Idev in LoadCanSAS causes Mantid to crash
  • 16894 SASProcessNote not stored correctly by SaveCanSAS1D
  • 16879 LoadRKH crashes when loading valid RKH file
  • 16863 ISIS SANS GUI improvements
  • 16787 ISIS SANS GUI does not load LARMOR mult-period event files
  • 16759 Beam Center Finder seems to not work for LARMOR any longer
  • 17088 Engineering diffraction interface crashes on new install

Summary of impact

Issue Impact Solution Side Effect Probablility
16897 TOPAZ installed bank21 New TOPAZ idf low
16906 ADARA live data url changes Modify urls in Facilities.xml low
16933 CNCS recalibrated detector positions New CNCS idf low
16973 Vision reduction Enable RewriteSpectraMap in reduction low
16986 Vision reduction fails for missing python import Fix import in VisionReduction.py low
16575 Monitor interface usage Add usage tracking to interfaces low
16946 Monitor VSI usage Register VSI usage with UsageService low
16539 MPIAlgorithms broke Fix up BroadcastWorkspace and GatherWorkspace low
17002 LoadCanSAS1D broken for data without Idev entry Make Idev optional for LoadCanSAS1D low
16894 SasProcessNote saved incorrectly in SaveCanSAS1D Fix mistake in XML syntax low
16879 LoadRKH does not select correct 2D loading strategy Make strategy selection more robust low
16863 ISIS SANS Batch cannot handle bad character in output Hedge for bad characters low
16863 Beam center finder provides bad initial angle for LARMOR Take sign into account in angle calculation low
16787 Larmor multi-period event file rejected by SANS reduction Fix run number detection for ISIS SANS files low
16759 Beam centre finder is broken in release 3.7.1 Fix geometry description of pizza-slice mask low
17088 Mantid crashes because of too early enginerring prompt Fix having prompt appearing too early low