Release notes#

This document contains the release notes for the PySpeos project.

0.8.0 - May 08, 2026#

Refactor source class

#690

Sensor

#691

Optical prop texture

#848

Project properties

#869

Part body face refactor

#874

Simulation properties

#876

Intensitysensor

#653

Core - simulation - add stop_computation method

#819

Support combining multi xmp vtp

#830

Display Source

#858

Use server 26r1

#862

Launcher supports finding the latest version

#890

Add fill parameters

#892

Prepare to use speos 261 sp1

#926

Add supporting ambient uniform & agent instruction

#940

Preparation for 26R1

#818

Nightly fails

#871

Preview scale

#883

Core level - Volume Optical Property - fix error when committing a vop to none whereas previously committed to another type (like opaque)

#913

Regression texture

#941

Update ``CONTRIBUTORS.md`` with the latest contributors

#832, #843

Add new doc section

#953

Bump the doc-deps group with 3 updates

#816

Bump notebook from 7.5.1 to 7.5.2 in the jupyter-deps group

#817

Bump the doc-deps group with 2 updates

#823, #834, #878

Bump notebook from 7.5.2 to 7.5.3 in the jupyter-deps group

#835

Bump psutil from 7.2.1 to 7.2.2

#836

Update pyvista[jupyter] requirement from <0.47,>=0.43 to >=0.43,<0.48

#852

Supporting Python 3.14

#859

Bump the doc-deps group across 1 directory with 2 updates

#866

Bump notebook from 7.5.3 to 7.5.4 in the jupyter-deps group

#879

Bump jupyterlab from 4.5.5 to 4.5.6 in the doc-deps group

#885

Bump ansys-api-speos from 0.16.0 to 0.16.1

#887

Bump notebook from 7.5.4 to 7.5.5 in the jupyter-deps group

#888

Bump pytest-cov from 7.0.0 to 7.1.0 in the test-deps group

#914

Bump nbconvert from 7.17.0 to 7.17.1 in the doc-deps group

#930

Bump pytest from 9.0.2 to 9.0.3 in the test-deps group

#931

Bump notebook from 7.5.5 to 7.5.6

#947

Bump jupyterlab from 4.5.6 to 4.5.7

#948

Pre-commit autoupdate

#812, #826, #846, #847, #854, #856, #891, #895, #917, #925, #936, #944

Update CHANGELOG for v0.7.1

#814

Bump actions/checkout from 6.0.1 to 6.0.2

#821

Bump actions/setup-python from 6.1.0 to 6.2.0

#822

Bump dev version into v0.8.dev0

#825

Adding back jupyter check following nbconvert release

#828

Update missing or outdated files

#831

Bump ansys/actions from 10.2.3 to 10.2.4

#833

Add dependabot cooldown settings

#838

Update CHANGELOG for v0.7.2

#842

Bump docker/login-action from 3.6.0 to 3.7.0

#844

Bump actions/upload-artifact from 6.0.0 to 7.0.0

#863

Bump docker/login-action from 3.7.0 to 4.0.0

#877

Bump pyvista/setup-headless-display-action from 4.2 to 4.3

#884

Bump actions/download-artifact from 7.0.0 to 8.0.1

#886

Update CHANGELOG for v0.7.3

#889

Add type check job and cleanup mypy refs

#894

Bump codecov/codecov-action from 5.5.2 to 6.0.0

#915, #929

Split into dedicated workflows

#918

Bump astral-sh/setup-uv from 7.3.0 to 8.0.0

#921

Bump docker/login-action from 4.0.0 to 4.1.0

#922

Bump ansys/actions from 10.2.5 to 10.2.12

#923, #942

Add job to check action security

#924

Update license metadata in pyproject.toml

#927

Bump pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish from 1.13.0 to 1.14.0

#928

Cleanup readme, pyproject and main workflow

#932

Bump actions/upload-artifact from 7.0.0 to 7.0.1

#934

Bump astral-sh/setup-uv from 8.0.0 to 8.1.0

#935

Update dependabot cooldown configuration

#951

Bump ansys/actions into v10.3.0

#952

Further updates/support for intensity sensor

#673

Refactor natural light source data checks

#920

Do not use unneeded typing.override

#946

0.7.3 - March 23, 2026#

Remove upper-limit on grpc requirements

#880

0.7.2 - February 06, 2026#

Source ambient environment

#808

Source ambient environment - In 0.7

#841

Add Gaussian function and update R and T parts

#837

Add Gaussian function and update R and T parts - in 0.7

#840

Speos launcher using pim - fix issue when getting target from channel

#827

Speos launcher using pim - fix issue when getting target from channel - In 0.7

#839

0.7.1 - January 13, 2026#

Add supporting virtual bsdf bench

#763

Bump ansys-sphinx-theme[autoapi] from 1.6.3 to 1.6.4 in the doc-deps group

#793

Bump pytest from 9.0.1 to 9.0.2 in the test-deps group

#795

Bump the jupyter-deps group across 1 directory with 2 updates

#807

Bump psutil from 7.1.3 to 7.2.1

#809

Exclude vbb test from nightly run with 251

#801

Nightly run

#811

Rework logic around vtk-osmesa

#774

Bump ansys/actions from 10.2.2 to 10.2.3

#791

Bump actions/checkout from 6.0.0 to 6.0.1

#792

Bump codecov/codecov-action from 5.5.1 to 5.5.2

#794

Update CHANGELOG for v0.7.0

#796

Bump dev version into v0.7.dev0

#797

Bump actions/download-artifact from 6.0.0 to 7.0.0

#798

Bump actions/upload-artifact from 5.0.0 to 6.0.0

#799

Pre-commit autoupdate

#800, #805

Update year in headers

#810

0.7.0 - December 12, 2025#

Update vtk-osmesa version to 9.3.1

#756

Use grpc secure channel

#783

Bump the doc-deps group with 2 updates

#723

Bump pytest-cov from 6.3.0 to 7.0.0 in the test-deps group

#724

Update grpcio requirement from <1.75,>=1.50.0 to >=1.50.0,<1.76 in the grpc-deps group

#735

Bump psutil from 7.0.0 to 7.1.0

#737

Bump the jupyter-deps group across 1 directory with 2 updates

#753, #781

Use autoapi target of ansys-sphinx-theme

#754

Update grpcio requirement from <1.76,>=1.50.0 to >=1.50.0,<1.77 in the grpc-deps group

#766

Bump psutil from 7.1.0 to 7.1.3

#771

Bump pytest from 8.4.2 to 9.0.0 in the test-deps group

#773

Bump the doc-deps group across 1 directory with 5 updates

#789

Update CONTRIBUTORS.md with the latest contributors

#744

Fix typo in CONTRIBUTING.md

#786

Update CHANGELOG for v0.6.2

#721

Pre-commit autoupdate

#725, #757, #782, #790

Update CHANGELOG for v0.6.3

#732

Add vulnerability check

#738

Add security policy file

#739

Add backwards compatibility test

#740, #741

Bump ansys/actions from 10.0.20 to 10.1.2

#745

Bump ansys/actions from 10.1.3 to 10.1.4

#750

Bump docker/login-action from 3.5.0 to 3.6.0

#751

Bump peter-evans/create-or-update-comment from 4.0.0 to 5.0.0

#752

Bump actions/upload-artifact from 4.6.2 to 5.0.0

#764

Bump actions/download-artifact from 5.0.0 to 6.0.0

#765

Update missing or outdated files

#769

Bump ansys/actions from 10.1.4 to 10.1.5

#770

Adjust ansys tools path dependency

#777

Bump actions/checkout from 5.0.0 to 6.0.0

#779

Bump actions/setup-python from 6.0.0 to 6.1.0

#784

Bump ansys/actions from 10.1.5 to 10.2.2

#787

Subprocess related line of codes

#726

0.6.3 - September 18, 2025#

Append not supported scene data instance

#727

Append not supported scene data instance (#727)

#730

Adapt docker run command for 25R2 sp2

#722

Adapt docker run 25 r2sp2

#729

Adapt docker run 25 r2sp2 (#729)

#731

0.6.2 - September 11, 2025#

Add HTML context metadata

#718

Pre-commit autoupdate

#716

Update CHANGELOG for v0.6.1

#720

0.6.1 - September 11, 2025#

Update grpcio requirement from <1.71,>=1.50.0 to >=1.50.0,<1.73 in the grpc-deps group

#617

Bump the jupyter-deps group across 1 directory with 2 updates

#659, #700

Update pyvista requirement from <0.46,>=0.40.0 to >=0.40.0,<0.47 in the graphics-deps group

#695

Update pyvista[jupyter] requirement from <0.46,>=0.43 to >=0.43,<0.47

#697

Update grpcio requirement from <1.73,>=1.50.0 to >=1.50.0,<1.75 in the grpc-deps group

#698

Install comtypes only for windows

#704

Bump the test-deps group with 2 updates

#714

Bump the doc-deps group across 1 directory with 5 updates

#715

Update readme, support features info

#670

Subpart commit modified to work when updating an existing subpart

#664

Change default version to 252

#687

Handle specificities of new server 25R2 SP1 and backward compatibility with previous servers.

#717

Pre-commit autoupdate

#638, #689, #707

Update changelog for v0.6.0

#665

Update docker tag to 252 for doc stage

#668

Bump ansys/actions from 10.0.12 to 10.0.13

#674

Pin vtk-osmesa version

#675

Bump docker/login-action from 3.4.0 to 3.5.0

#692

Bump ansys/actions from 10.0.13 to 10.0.14

#693

Bump actions/download-artifact from 4.3.0 to 5.0.0

#694

Bump actions/checkout from 4.2.2 to 5.0.0

#701

Bump codecov/codecov-action from 5.4.3 to 5.5.0

#702

Bump pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish from 1.12.4 to 1.13.0

#709

Bump actions/labeler from 5.0.0 to 6.0.1

#710

Bump actions/setup-python from 5.6.0 to 6.0.0

#711

Bump codecov/codecov-action from 5.5.0 to 5.5.1

#712

Bump ansys/actions from 10.0.14 to 10.0.20

#713

Core - sub part - check that modifying sub part’s axis system i…

#671

0.6.0 - July 15, 2025#

Kernel - facestub - add create_batch and read_batch methods

#369

enhance the project preview: luminaire, surface, rayfile

#561

lightexpert

#592

Add 3d irradiance

#595

Add version warnings

#608

Spectralbsdf

#614

Add method to export simulation

#629

Add natural light

#633

Add export result as vtp files

#643

Add cad visual data property

#661

bump ansys-api-speos from 0.14.2 to 0.15.2

#589

bump the doc-deps group with 3 updates

#604

bump notebook from 7.4.2 to 7.4.3 in the jupyter-deps group across 1 directory

#609

Bump ansys-sphinx-theme from 1.5.0 to 1.5.2 in the doc-deps group

#616

Bump pytest from 8.3.5 to 8.4.0 in the test-deps group

#618

Bump pytest-cov from 6.1.1 to 6.2.1 in the test-deps group

#623

Bump pytest from 8.4.0 to 8.4.1 in the test-deps group

#637

Add badges into readme.rst

#610

Adjust missing examples

#612

add message size to nighly ci

#600

Only reset the _visual_data when graphics_available is true

#621

Read empty mesh when no body at root and subpart.1

#632

Duplicated feature that is already inside the _features list

#636

640 camera with distortion v2 to v4

#644

Sim export_unittest for windows

#655

Kernel - faceactions - check if batch is available on server - if available use batch project _fill_bodies

#656

Print of protobuf messages containing special characters

#663

update CHANGELOG for v0.5.0

#597

bump dev version into v0.6.dev0

#598

pre-commit autoupdate

#599

update CHANGELOG for v0.5.1

#602

bump ansys/actions from 9.0.11 to 9.0.13

#606

Pre-commit autoupdate

#611, #619

Bump ansys/actions into v10.0.3

#613

Bump ansys/actions from 10.0.3 to 10.0.8

#615

Bump ansys/actions from 10.0.8 to 10.0.11

#622

Update dependabot cfg and code owners

#627

Bump ansys/actions from 10.0.11 to 10.0.12

#649

Add several tests for file transfer api

#652

0.5.1 - May 28, 2025#

coding error, switch to correct order

#601

0.5.0 - May 26, 2025#

geopath property

#551

bsdf

#581

update protobuf requirement from <6,>=3.20 to >=3.20,<7 in the grpc-deps group

#500

update pyvista requirement from <0.45,>=0.40.0 to >=0.40.0,<0.46

#562

update pyvista[jupyter] requirement from <0.45,>=0.43 to >=0.43,<0.46

#563

bump notebook from 7.3.3 to 7.4.1

#566

bump the doc-deps group across 1 directory with 2 updates

#571

bump notebook from 7.4.1 to 7.4.2 in the jupyter-deps group

#584

bump the doc-deps group across 1 directory with 3 updates

#587

Update CONTRIBUTORS.md with the latest contributors

#568

improve project example

#572

Adjust prism example to new style

#576

adjust part.py example to match new style

#580

Integration direction display and adjust docstrings

#570

unittest update based on bug 1229712

#579

pre-commit autoupdate

#552, #578, #585, #591

update CHANGELOG for v0.4.0

#558

bump dev version

#559

bump ansys/actions from 9.0.2 to 9.0.6 in the actions group

#560

bump the actions group with 2 updates

#567

bump ansys action version with quarto fix

#573

update dependabot configuration

#574

update code owners

#577

bump ansys/actions from 9.0.7 to 9.0.9

#582

bump codecov/codecov-action from 5.4.2 to 5.4.3

#590

bump ansys/actions from 9.0.9 to 9.0.11

#596

improve type hints

#564

0.4.0 - April 17, 2025#

Feat/add local launcher

#454

add screenshot in pyvista related methods

#521

enhance the project preview: irrad, rad, camera sensor features

#528

switch to ansys tools and decouple requirements

#532

bump ansys-sphinx-theme from 1.3.3 to 1.4.2 in the doc-deps group

#524

bump pytest-cov from 6.0.0 to 6.1.0

#533

bump pytest-cov from 6.1.0 to 6.1.1

#542

bump psutil from 6.1.1 to 7.0.0

#555

Update example combine-speos.py

#499

open-results adjustments

#538

adjust source example

#543

adjust simulation example

#545

remote instance

#553

adjust sensor.py example

#554

issue with nightly pipeline

#534

Graphs not showing with Ansys visualizer

#537

improve examples and tests due to more errors raised by the new SpeosRPC server

#546

remove code-style job to use precommit.ci

#523

update CHANGELOG for v0.3.0

#525

bump dev version into v0.4.dev0

#526

pre-commit autoupdate

#529, #541

bump ansys/actions from 8 to 9 in the actions group

#544

Rename CONTRUBUTORS.md to CONTRIBUTORS.md

#548

remove strong upper bound on build dep

#549

pin actions version with full commit hash

#557

0.3.0 - March 28, 2025#

provide a way for the user to limit number of threads

#508

bump pytest from 8.3.4 to 8.3.5

#484

bump the doc-deps group across 1 directory with 4 updates

#509

bump notebook from 7.3.2 to 7.3.3

#510

fix 404 page when download example as python script

#514

add example assets button

#518

fix path to download assets

#522

core layer loading a camera sensor

#503

doc: Adjust server launch command

#505

update CHANGELOG for v0.2.0

#490

update CHANGELOG for v0.2.1

#492

remove ruff E ignores

#495

remove ruff ignores F

#506

ruff n

#507

ruff TD002, TD003

#512

0.2.1 - March 06, 2025#

add mandatory token to release-github

#491

0.2.0 - March 06, 2025#

documentation review changes

#483

add missing notebook dependency

#488

add project required info

#470

update CHANGELOG for v0.1.1

#473

update organization name

#486

remove ignores for PTH

#474

Remove ruff ignore for “D”, pydocstyle

#482

0.1.1 - 2025-02-25#

Maintenance#

  • update CHANGELOG for v0.1.0 #471

  • bump dev version into v0.2.dev0 #472

0.1.0 - 2025-02-24#

Dependencies#

  • bump the doc-deps group across 1 directory with 4 updates #452

Documentation#

  • Documentation review #455

  • fix broken inner links #465

  • fix make.bat clean call #466

Fixed#

  • missing get method for optical properties #434

  • examples local run path was incorrect #451

Maintenance#

  • add new jobs and cleanup workflows #425

  • general update/addition of files at project root level #427

  • update python versions and dependencies #443

  • add nightly workflow #444

  • update code owners #448

  • update labeler #456

  • cleanup repo #459

Miscellaneous#

  • avoid mutable value as default value in function #436

  • update architecture #445

  • remove docker compose and update doc #449

  • use __getitem__ in SpeosClient #461

  • the core sensor, source, simulation class name #462