====================== UI & Usability Changes ====================== .. contents:: Table of Contents :local: MantidPlot ---------- - MantidPlot's pyplot API has been removed. .. figure:: ../../images/WorkspaceWidgetSortSize.png :class: screenshot :align: right :figwidth: 70% Improvements ############ - Added functionality to sort based on Memory Size of the workspace Bugfixes ######## - A bug in the load dialog where bad filename input would cause the last file to be loaded has been fixed. - Fix crash when starting the Mantid VSI on MacOS. SliceViewer ----------- Improvements ############ - A peaks workspace can now be overlaid on the slice viewer when the non-orthogonal view is displayed. .. figure:: ../../images/NonOrthogonalPeaksSV.png :class: screenshot :align: center :figwidth: 70% DGS Planner ----------- New ### - DGSPlanner has an option to load the UB matrix from the Nexus file metadata Instrument View --------------- Improvements ############ .. figure:: ../../images/instrument-view.png :align: right :width: 700px The instrument view showing data from WISH. The `Instrument View `__ visualization tool in Mantid has undergone some major changes under-the-hood which has resulted in a smoother, more responsive interface. Instruments generally load faster as well. Below are a few noteworthy improvements to load times (as tested on Windows 10): +------------+-----------+ | Instrument | Speedup | +============+===========+ | WISH | 5x | +------------+-----------+ | BASIS | 5x | +------------+-----------+ | GEM | 4x | +------------+-----------+ | SANS2D | 3x | +------------+-----------+ | POLARIS | 3x | +------------+-----------+ | CNCS | 2x | +------------+-----------+ :ref:`Release 3.13.0 `