v2.10.0rc2

What's Changed

• Updates for fully anisotropic mode solver by @momchil-flex in #2728
• Move mesh size validator to post_init_validator by @marc-flex in #2821
• Warn/error if too many structures are of the same medium by @momchil-flex in #2812
• docs: add charge tolerance spec by @daquinteroflex in #2815
• Warn if different media have the same name by @momchil-flex in #2813
• fix pec frame lengths by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #2798
• add discriminators to multiphysics medium to avoid sporadic benign error messages by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #2824
• MediumMonitor to return both permittivity and permeability profiles by @weiliangjin2021 in #2817
• propagate verbose argument to start function in webapi by @groberts-flex in #2825
• docs(charge): Fix rendering and missing dataclasses by @damiano-flex in #2826
• Make task names optional by @marcorudolphflex in #2822
• Non-isothermal charge simulations by @marc-flex in #2425
• Add tidy3d-extras install option by @caseyflex in #2788
• Stricter validation for mode solver bend radius by @caseyflex in #2832
• normalize_index adjoint fix by @yaugenst-flex in #2834
• More efficient mesh refinement in LayerRefinementSpec for interior-disjoint structures by @weiliangjin2021 in #2828
• restrict area for merging geometries for gap meshing by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #2833
• Lazy loading of data by @marcorudolphflex in #2830
• remove: adjoint plugin by @daquinteroflex in #2816
• Deprecation messages for semiconductor by @marc-flex in #2829
• Fix doping by @marc-flex in #2844
• deprecate: python 3.9 and update to 2.10.0rc2 by @daquinteroflex in #2840
• improve readability and composition of autograd web functions by @tylerflex in #2841
• feat: abstract simulation support plot_3d too by @majinge7846 in #2849
• patch: catch errors where flex_unit is None by @daquinteroflex in #2851
• fix(CM): long validation error by @daquinteroflex in #2836
• remove internal absorbers in reduced_simulation_copy by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #2842
• MediumMonitor in ModeSimulation by @weiliangjin2021 in #2855
• release: v2.10.0rc2 changes by @daquinteroflex in #2850
• fix: changelog for v2.10.0rc2 by @daquinteroflex in #2858

New Contributors

• @marcorudolphflex made their first contribution in #2822

Full Changelog: v2.10.0rc1...v2.10.0rc2

v2.10.0rc1

What's Changed

• Validate the number of grid points on modal plane by @weiliangjin2021 in #2700
• fix[adjoint]: fix diffraction data adjoint source creation by @groberts-flex in #2680
• adding to_file after uploading batch by @FilipeFcp in #2707
• update: dev version 2.10.0rc1 by @daquinteroflex in #2720
• only trigger symmetric adjoint simulation warning when grouping by more than 1 port by @groberts-flex in #2702
• RF development staging by @dmarek-flex in #2708
• Bug fix in CoaxialLumpedPort.to_source by @weiliangjin2021 in #2718
• KLayout DRC integration by @bzhangflex in #2586
• feat: add mil and inch units to plot_length_units by @yaugenst-flex in #2690
• set minimum discretization wavelength for cylinder and change adaptive spacing to scale with wavelength by @groberts-flex in #2706
• chore: pin trimesh>=4.6 by @yaugenst-flex in #2727
• autograd compatible s-matrix calculation by @tylerflex in #2572
• fix: validation of 'freqs' in component modelers by @dmarek-flex in #2723
• improve support for lossy transmission lines and complex reference impedances by @dmarek-flex in #2650
• DOCS: Add FreqRange to simulation.rst by @George-Guryev-flxcmp in #2704
• Polygon vertices cleanup and corner default distance threshold change by @weiliangjin2021 in #2725
• remove sources from adjoint postprocessing dummy simulation by @groberts-flex in #2731
• revert overly strict validation of 'freqs' by @dmarek-flex in #2732
• Fix for single frequency FieldMonitor by @FilipeFcp in #2697
• fix bug in TerminalComponentModeler.get_antenna_metrics_data by @dmarek-flex in #2733
• ABC boundary by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #2424
• add solver_version parameter to run_async and fix associated bug by @dmarek-flex in #2734
• data array autograd compatible method for endpoint extrapolation by @groberts-flex in #2735
• PEC gradient support for Box and PolySlab geometries by @groberts-flex in #2724
• Add taper support and refactor array-factor calculation by @George-Guryev-flxcmp in #2726
• feat[adjoint]: Add conductivity gradient for CustomMedium by @yaugenst-flex in #2582
• [FXC-1504]: Adding support for current density monitor by @marc-flex in #2651
• feat: Add natural convection BC by @damiano-flex in #2696
• Adding two delegated attrs to MultiPhysicsMedium by @momchil-flex in #2752
• ABC broadband by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #2721
• Fix: Address discrepancy between antenna_amps and taper ordering by @George-Guryev-flxcmp in #2757
• feature: scene support plot3d by @majinge7846 in #2730
• Fixed overlap_sort to use the correct value of conjugated_dot_product by @dmarek-flex in #2737
• feat: RF GUI <-> python client interoperabilty by @daquinteroflex in #2738
• fix: rf-migration propagate batch kwargs by @daquinteroflex in #2777
• tests(klayout): mock which in check_installation tests; add positive case by @yaugenst-flex in #2783
• ci: stabilize schema verification, normalize schemas, and reduce noise by @yaugenst-flex in #2784
• Adding DistributedGeneration to Charge by @marc-flex in #2781
• API documentation narrative improvement by @yuanshen-flexcompute in #2786
• RF task-name updates by @daquinteroflex in #2787
• fix: Update rf smatrix logic flow by @daquinteroflex in #2790
• fix: pass path_dir correctly to batch run by @dmarek-flex in #2792
• feat(adjoint): full adjoint support for dispersive models by @yaugenst-flex in #2746
• adjoint: add exception for NaN data in adjoint pipeline by @groberts-flex in #2772
• add priority to Bach, Job, and run_async by @QingengWei in #2758
• Prevent small bandwidth sources from popping up in terminal component by @groberts-flex in #2780
• Fix collision between removing nearly parallel intersections and remo… by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #2789
• fix: Further corrections on RF webapi support by @daquinteroflex in #2778
• Making sure fp_eps is float64 by @momchil-flex in #2796
• Autograd support for component modelers by @groberts-flex in #2779
• Microwave and RF documentation page by @yuanshen-flexcompute in #2791
• chore(deps): 🤖 Daily update poetry.lock by @github-actions[bot] in #2691
• rf: further touches pre-release by @daquinteroflex in #2799
• fix validation of run_only and element_mappings in the smatrix plugin by @dmarek-flex in #2803
• feat: initialize topology design regions from simulation geometry by @yaugenst-flex in #2795
• feat(adjoint): sidewall angle gradients by @yaugenst-flex in #2747
• refc: backwards-compatible componentmodeler run() and autograd-support by @yaugenst-flex in #2807
• Moving get_geo_inds to Grid by @momchil-flex in #2785
• Component equality check refactor by @momchil-flex in #2769
• fix: final 2.10.0rc1 changes by @daquinteroflex in #2806
• Fixing generation rate validator by @momchil-flex in #2809
• fix: Add real_cost to web.run CM console by @daquinteroflex in #2810
• docs: Update notebooks with rerun by @daquinteroflex in #2811

Full Changelog: v2.9.0...v2.10.0rc1

v2.9.1

Full Changelog: v2.9.0...v2.9.1

v2.9.0

What's Changed

• 🔧 🤖 Fix PR requirements state by @daquinteroflex in #2407
• Making normal requirement for tilted plane intersections less stringent by @momchil-flex in #2406
• 🎨 Add GUI and photonforge docs intro by @daquinteroflex in #2334
• feature[frontend]: improve printing of materials and material library by @groberts-flex in #2356
• Avoiding overflow in Simulation.num_cells by @momchil-flex in #2413
• 📚 Fix and upgrade documentation of latest by @daquinteroflex in #2417
• Some more autograd validators by @yaugenst-flex in #2419
• feat: add validation for units by @rahul-flex in #2335
• Fix:Error message for invalid task ID by @rahul-flex in #2345
• ✨ FEAT: Add reflection transformation with verification tests by @damianofranzo in #2414
• 🌈 📚 Update color scheme by @daquinteroflex in #2409
• maint[autograd]: validator for catching traced structures in ClipOperation by @yaugenst-flex in #2427
• feat[FieldData]: export to ZBF by @bzhangflex in #2397
• Vasily/refinement_region_clean by @vasilyzabelin in #2398
• Adding function NedeljkovicSorefMashanovich to docs by @marc-flex in #2432
• Fix bug when symmetry + non-symmetric boundary conditions are defined by @momchil-flex in #2429
• Change threshold for number of frequencies in EME for warning by @caseyflex in #2402
• Add support for 2D EME simulations by @caseyflex in #2410
• Add PermittivityMonitor to EMESimulation by @caseyflex in #2416
• fix[autograd]: remove frequency summing in CustomMedium gradient and … by @groberts-flex in #2430
• Adding refinement regions to the docs by @marc-flex in #2437
• fix[frontend]: fix computation of finite axis length for PolySlab by @groberts-flex in #2434
• Revert "Test slurm runners" by @daquinteroflex in #2442
• 🖌️ Final touches for docs color scheme by @daquinteroflex in #2439
• Delegate PEC check from MultiPhysicsMedium to its Optical Medium by @frederikschubertflex in #2431
• 🎨 Improve tab color on light style by @daquinteroflex in #2451
• ⚠️ RF License Validator Warning by @daquinteroflex in #2448
• 🔧 📚 Missing SourceTime API by @daquinteroflex in #2458
• linking FixedAngleSpec notebook to PlaneWave docstring by @FilipeFcp in #2454
• 🔧 ⚠️ Fix RF scope warning by @daquinteroflex in #2460
• Update RF threshold frequency by @weiliangjin2021 in #2464
• fix: set the width and height of the injected iframe for the plot_sim_3d function by @frederikschubertflex in #2462
• Fix a bug in capacitance when symmetry is present by @marc-flex in #2469
• fix multiphysics medium attribute lookup by @yaugenst-flex in #2468
• Last updates for 2.8.4 by @momchil-flex in #2459
• Momchil/latest 2 8 4 by @momchil-flex in #2470
• remove pulse amplitude and phase of forward source time in broadband adjoint source by @groberts-flex in #2466
• Min size autodetect by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #2325
• Gap automeshing by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #2390
• fix tests in develop by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #2474
• fix: NedeljkovicSorefMashanovich serialization by @yaugenst-flex in #2485
• adding eps_lim argument to plot_eps by @FilipeFcp in #2467
• only warning on VisualizationSpec color validation when matplotlib is not installed by @groberts-flex in #2488
• relax wave port bounds check by @dmarek-flex in #2452
• Making all adjoint helpers private by @yaugenst-flex in #2492
• Update changelog for EME precision improvements. by @caseyflex in #2499
• Remove gdspy by @frederikschubertflex in #2477
• Thin conductor thickness in LossyMetalMedium by @weiliangjin2021 in #2500
• Add AuxFieldTimeMonitor to api docs by @momchil-flex in #2491
• Structure priority option in structure overlapping region by @weiliangjin2021 in #2336
• fix: changelog by @yaugenst-flex in #2504
• Added resistance calculation by @marc-flex in #2476
• adjust adjoint source fwidth to decay before zero frequency when possible by @groberts-flex in #2455
• Custom heat source by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #2447
• Add Tidy3D Matplotlib Styles on Import by @frederikschubertflex in #2428
• fix: add delegation for necessary properties of a Simulation with MultiPhysicsMedium structures by @frederikschubertflex in #2487
• Fix to DC voltage source units for compatibility by @momchil-flex in #2507
• chore: add coverage report action to local tests by @frederikschubertflex in #2501
• fix shaping of custom medium derivatives by @groberts-flex in #2503
• Adding function to generate trimesh geometry from height p… by @tomflexcompute in #2479
• Allow kwargs to be used with autograd primitives by @bzhangflex in #2497
• Unsteady heat support by @marc-flex in #2388
• fix: interpolate_spline doctests by @yaugenst-flex in #2509
• chore(github): add script to determine test scope by @frederikschubertflex in #2510
• fix bug when inserting snapping points near sim min boundary by @dmarek-flex in #2513
• fix contains check for lumped element, which was too strict by @dmarek-flex in #2511
• fix[web]: use dedicated endpoint for web.delete_old() by @yaugenst-flex in #2457
• Upgrade ruff 0.5.5 -> 0.10.11 & review rules by @yaugenst-flex in #2486
• Add local subpixel integration by @caseyflex in #2494
• Minor improvement to import check for local subpixel by @caseyflex in #2516
• 🤖 📦 Tests in Docker Image by @daquinteroflex in #2404
• 🔧 Fix standalone testing permissions by @daquinteroflex in #2517
• 🔧 🤖 Ignore CI comments on PR label by @daquinteroflex in #2519
• Fix bug in EME simulations with bends by @caseyflex in #2515
• Fix field colocation in EMEModeSolverMonitor by @caseyflex in #2526
• Disable local subpixel by default by @caseyflex in #2521
• Bug fix for EME _extract_mode_solver_data introduced in last PR by @caseyflex in #2528
• Adding unsteady heat and custom source to changelog. by @marc-flex in #2532
• Adding heat, charge and conduction simulations to test/utils.py by @marc-flex in #2514
• update pre-commit hook by @dmarek-flex in #2536
• Limiting number of pytest workers to 4 by @bryance-flexcompute in #2533
• Adding monitor validations for Conduction simulations by @marc-flex in #2524
• Avoid interpolation errors with some xarray versions by @momchil-flex in #2538
• Validating that structure rotation in the mode solver can be done by @momchil-flex in #2534
• ⏫ Update to new version control by @daquinteroflex in #2540
• 🔧 Fix version li...

v2.9.0rc2

What's Changed

• Momchil/latest 2 8 4 by @momchil-flex in #2470
• Fixed bug when validating the grid near coax port by @dmarek-flex in #2541
• add grid refinement option and validation for WavePorts by @dmarek-flex in #2563
• Prevent arrow lengths from being too long by @jewettaijfc in #2576
• Bumping version to 2.9.0rc2 by @momchil-flex in #2580
• feat(autograd): add primitive for np.unwrap by @yaugenst-flex in #2593
• Fix to mode solver simulation reduction in web.upload by @momchil-flex in #2583
• Fix to plane wave with negative azimuth angle by @momchil-flex in #2592
• Partially reverting #2534 and reorganizing mode validation by @momchil-flex in #2590
• docs[webapi]: add missing webapi methods to docs and reorganize sections by @yaugenst-flex in #2588
• Adding some missing classes by @marc-flex in #2597
• feat: add Nunley variant to germanium material library by @yaugenst-flex in #2599
• refc[adjoint]: Refactor PoleResidue derivative calculation by @yaugenst-flex in #2585
• Revert to GaussianBeam.num_freqs = 1 by default by @momchil-flex in #2603
• perf(autograd): optimize grey_dilation with striding by @yaugenst-flex in #2589
• Add VolumeMesher and VOLUME_MESH task type by @momchil-flex in #2493
• clean up polygon intersection glitches VERSION 2 (using only shapely functions) (issue #2560) by @jewettaijfc in #2596
• fix(pytorch): Correct gradient for array-valued functions in wrapper by @yaugenst-flex in #2608
• ci(tidy3d): docker disk cleanup by @daquinteroflex in #2613
• a warning message is generated when num_layers <= 6 (instead of an error) by @jewettaijfc in #2606
• Fix: added missing desciptions of a few parameters in docstring by @George-Guryev-flxcmp in #2619
• Add option to use dispersion fitter without rich.progress by @caseyflex in #2258
• Move imaginary factor in MonitorData.get_amplitude() to internal adjoint calculation by @yaugenst-flex in #2627
• set vgpu task priority by @QingengWei in #2616
• ci: Enforce stricter pr-requirements-pass by @daquinteroflex in #2628
• ci: Not require local-tests to merge by @daquinteroflex in #2629
• Validating that simulation md5 stored in mesher task matches solver task by @momchil-flex in #2611
• ci: Fix concurrency failure by @daquinteroflex in #2631
• Feat: Add PointDipole.from_angles() by @saeedece in #2623
• ci: Yet another test of protection rules by @daquinteroflex in #2630
• Turning a few validators into root validators by @momchil-flex in #2632
• Electric field monitor for Charge by @marc-flex in #2566
• chore(deps): 🤖 Daily update poetry.lock by @github-actions[bot] in #2634
• Fix EME port modes symmetry expansion by @caseyflex in #2605
• Add interval_space to EMEFieldMonitor by @caseyflex in #2622
• ci: Standardise and create daily dependency updates by @daquinteroflex in #2633
• Enhance Custom Validator Error Messages with Object Names by @jewettaijfc in #2618
• ci: Rename to link to github actions index by @daquinteroflex in #2639
• ci: Skip diff-changes if fork by @daquinteroflex in #2645
• Add FreqRange utility class and unit tests (related issue #2529) by @George-Guryev in #2542
• feat(web): add nexus environment (FXC-1750) by @frederikschubertflex in #2643
• refactor: remove debug print statement from sim_data.py by @yaugenst-flex in #2652
• fix: wrongly decorated _validate_inplane_pec validator by @yaugenst-flex in #2653
• feat: Proper semantic versioning schema-change verification by @daquinteroflex in #2642
• ci: pr-requirements-tests only on PR events by @daquinteroflex in #2656
• Adding 'precision' option to Simulation by @momchil-flex in #2624
• Enable bulk PMC material by @weiliangjin2021 in #2502
• ci: forbid module-level import of scipy & matplotlib by @yaugenst-flex in #2658
• download files atomically from s3 by @jewettaijfc in #2649
• Warning about symmetry expansion in ModeSolver and ModeSimulation by @momchil-flex in #2626
• ci: Add merge_group trigger by @daquinteroflex in #2665
• ci: Remove concurrency conflicts by @daquinteroflex in #2667
• ci: Retrigger from reviews, but always verify-schema by @daquinteroflex in #2668
• fix[autograd]: sample fields along slab height and polygon edges by @yaugenst-flex in #2418
• fix(style): remove global styles that interfere with structure plots (FXC-1802) by @frederikschubertflex in #2659
• fix: solve most warnings in test suite & some deprecation warnings too by @yaugenst-flex in #2661
• Singularity correction at metallic edges by @weiliangjin2021 in #2498
• Last updates for 2.9.0rc2 by @momchil-flex in #2672

New Contributors

• @jewettaijfc made their first contribution in #2576
• @George-Guryev-flxcmp made their first contribution in #2619
• @saeedece made their first contribution in #2623
• @github-actions[bot] made their first contribution in #2634
• @George-Guryev made their first contribution in #2542

Full Changelog: v2.9.0rc1...v2.9.0rc2

v2.8.5

Full Changelog: v2.8.4...v2.8.5

v2.9.0rc1

What's Changed

• 🔧 🤖 Fix PR requirements state by @daquinteroflex in #2407
• Making normal requirement for tilted plane intersections less stringent by @momchil-flex in #2406
• 🎨 Add GUI and photonforge docs intro by @daquinteroflex in #2334
• feature[frontend]: improve printing of materials and material library by @groberts-flex in #2356
• Avoiding overflow in Simulation.num_cells by @momchil-flex in #2413
• 📚 Fix and upgrade documentation of latest by @daquinteroflex in #2417
• Some more autograd validators by @yaugenst-flex in #2419
• feat: add validation for units by @rahul-flex in #2335
• Fix:Error message for invalid task ID by @rahul-flex in #2345
• ✨ FEAT: Add reflection transformation with verification tests by @damianofranzo in #2414
• 🌈 📚 Update color scheme by @daquinteroflex in #2409
• maint[autograd]: validator for catching traced structures in ClipOperation by @yaugenst-flex in #2427
• feat[FieldData]: export to ZBF by @bzhangflex in #2397
• Vasily/refinement_region_clean by @vasilyzabelin in #2398
• Adding function NedeljkovicSorefMashanovich to docs by @marc-flex in #2432
• Fix bug when symmetry + non-symmetric boundary conditions are defined by @momchil-flex in #2429
• Change threshold for number of frequencies in EME for warning by @caseyflex in #2402
• Add support for 2D EME simulations by @caseyflex in #2410
• Add PermittivityMonitor to EMESimulation by @caseyflex in #2416
• fix[autograd]: remove frequency summing in CustomMedium gradient and … by @groberts-flex in #2430
• Adding refinement regions to the docs by @marc-flex in #2437
• fix[frontend]: fix computation of finite axis length for PolySlab by @groberts-flex in #2434
• Revert "Test slurm runners" by @daquinteroflex in #2442
• 🖌️ Final touches for docs color scheme by @daquinteroflex in #2439
• Delegate PEC check from MultiPhysicsMedium to its Optical Medium by @frederikschubertflex in #2431
• 🎨 Improve tab color on light style by @daquinteroflex in #2451
• ⚠️ RF License Validator Warning by @daquinteroflex in #2448
• 🔧 📚 Missing SourceTime API by @daquinteroflex in #2458
• linking FixedAngleSpec notebook to PlaneWave docstring by @FilipeFcp in #2454
• 🔧 ⚠️ Fix RF scope warning by @daquinteroflex in #2460
• Update RF threshold frequency by @weiliangjin2021 in #2464
• fix: set the width and height of the injected iframe for the plot_sim_3d function by @frederikschubertflex in #2462
• Fix a bug in capacitance when symmetry is present by @marc-flex in #2469
• fix multiphysics medium attribute lookup by @yaugenst-flex in #2468
• Last updates for 2.8.4 by @momchil-flex in #2459
• remove pulse amplitude and phase of forward source time in broadband adjoint source by @groberts-flex in #2466
• Min size autodetect by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #2325
• Gap automeshing by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #2390
• fix tests in develop by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #2474
• fix: NedeljkovicSorefMashanovich serialization by @yaugenst-flex in #2485
• adding eps_lim argument to plot_eps by @FilipeFcp in #2467
• only warning on VisualizationSpec color validation when matplotlib is not installed by @groberts-flex in #2488
• relax wave port bounds check by @dmarek-flex in #2452
• Making all adjoint helpers private by @yaugenst-flex in #2492
• Update changelog for EME precision improvements. by @caseyflex in #2499
• Remove gdspy by @frederikschubertflex in #2477
• Thin conductor thickness in LossyMetalMedium by @weiliangjin2021 in #2500
• Add AuxFieldTimeMonitor to api docs by @momchil-flex in #2491
• Structure priority option in structure overlapping region by @weiliangjin2021 in #2336
• fix: changelog by @yaugenst-flex in #2504
• Added resistance calculation by @marc-flex in #2476
• adjust adjoint source fwidth to decay before zero frequency when possible by @groberts-flex in #2455
• Custom heat source by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #2447
• Add Tidy3D Matplotlib Styles on Import by @frederikschubertflex in #2428
• fix: add delegation for necessary properties of a Simulation with MultiPhysicsMedium structures by @frederikschubertflex in #2487
• Fix to DC voltage source units for compatibility by @momchil-flex in #2507
• chore: add coverage report action to local tests by @frederikschubertflex in #2501
• fix shaping of custom medium derivatives by @groberts-flex in #2503
• Adding function to generate trimesh geometry from height p… by @tomflexcompute in #2479
• Allow kwargs to be used with autograd primitives by @bzhangflex in #2497
• Unsteady heat support by @marc-flex in #2388
• fix: interpolate_spline doctests by @yaugenst-flex in #2509
• chore(github): add script to determine test scope by @frederikschubertflex in #2510
• fix bug when inserting snapping points near sim min boundary by @dmarek-flex in #2513
• fix contains check for lumped element, which was too strict by @dmarek-flex in #2511
• fix[web]: use dedicated endpoint for web.delete_old() by @yaugenst-flex in #2457
• Upgrade ruff 0.5.5 -> 0.10.11 & review rules by @yaugenst-flex in #2486
• Add local subpixel integration by @caseyflex in #2494
• Minor improvement to import check for local subpixel by @caseyflex in #2516
• 🤖 📦 Tests in Docker Image by @daquinteroflex in #2404
• 🔧 Fix standalone testing permissions by @daquinteroflex in #2517
• 🔧 🤖 Ignore CI comments on PR label by @daquinteroflex in #2519
• Fix bug in EME simulations with bends by @caseyflex in #2515
• Fix field colocation in EMEModeSolverMonitor by @caseyflex in #2526
• Disable local subpixel by default by @caseyflex in #2521
• Bug fix for EME _extract_mode_solver_data introduced in last PR by @caseyflex in #2528
• Adding unsteady heat and custom source to changelog. by @marc-flex in #2532
• Adding heat, charge and conduction simulations to test/utils.py by @marc-flex in #2514
• update pre-commit hook by @dmarek-flex in #2536
• Limiting number of pytest workers to 4 by @bryance-flexcompute in #2533
• Adding monitor validations for Conduction simulations by @marc-flex in #2524
• Avoid interpolation errors with some xarray versions by @momchil-flex in #2538
• Validating that structure rotation in the mode solver can be done by @momchil-flex in #2534
• ⏫ Update to new version control by @daquinteroflex in #2540
• 🔧 Fix version linting by @daquinteroflex in #2548
• ⬆️ Up...

v2.8.4

What's Changed

• 🔧 🤖 Fix PR requirements state by @daquinteroflex in #2407
• Making normal requirement for tilted plane intersections less stringent by @momchil-flex in #2406
• 🎨 Add GUI and photonforge docs intro by @daquinteroflex in #2334
• feature[frontend]: improve printing of materials and material library by @groberts-flex in #2356
• Avoiding overflow in Simulation.num_cells by @momchil-flex in #2413
• 📚 Fix and upgrade documentation of latest by @daquinteroflex in #2417
• Some more autograd validators by @yaugenst-flex in #2419
• feat: add validation for units by @rahul-flex in #2335
• Fix:Error message for invalid task ID by @rahul-flex in #2345
• ✨ FEAT: Add reflection transformation with verification tests by @damianofranzo in #2414
• 🌈 📚 Update color scheme by @daquinteroflex in #2409
• maint[autograd]: validator for catching traced structures in ClipOperation by @yaugenst-flex in #2427
• feat[FieldData]: export to ZBF by @bzhangflex in #2397
• Vasily/refinement_region_clean by @vasilyzabelin in #2398
• Adding function NedeljkovicSorefMashanovich to docs by @marc-flex in #2432
• Fix bug when symmetry + non-symmetric boundary conditions are defined by @momchil-flex in #2429
• Change threshold for number of frequencies in EME for warning by @caseyflex in #2402
• Add support for 2D EME simulations by @caseyflex in #2410
• Add PermittivityMonitor to EMESimulation by @caseyflex in #2416
• fix[autograd]: remove frequency summing in CustomMedium gradient and … by @groberts-flex in #2430
• Adding refinement regions to the docs by @marc-flex in #2437
• fix[frontend]: fix computation of finite axis length for PolySlab by @groberts-flex in #2434
• Revert "Test slurm runners" by @daquinteroflex in #2442
• 🖌️ Final touches for docs color scheme by @daquinteroflex in #2439
• Delegate PEC check from MultiPhysicsMedium to its Optical Medium by @frederikschubertflex in #2431
• 🎨 Improve tab color on light style by @daquinteroflex in #2451
• ⚠️ RF License Validator Warning by @daquinteroflex in #2448
• 🔧 📚 Missing SourceTime API by @daquinteroflex in #2458
• linking FixedAngleSpec notebook to PlaneWave docstring by @FilipeFcp in #2454
• 🔧 ⚠️ Fix RF scope warning by @daquinteroflex in #2460
• Update RF threshold frequency by @weiliangjin2021 in #2464
• fix: set the width and height of the injected iframe for the plot_sim_3d function by @frederikschubertflex in #2462
• Fix a bug in capacitance when symmetry is present by @marc-flex in #2469
• fix multiphysics medium attribute lookup by @yaugenst-flex in #2468
• Last updates for 2.8.4 by @momchil-flex in #2459
• Momchil/latest 2 8 4 by @momchil-flex in #2470

New Contributors

• @damianofranzo made their first contribution in #2414
• @frederikschubertflex made their first contribution in #2431

Full Changelog: v2.8.3...v2.8.4

v2.8.3

What's Changed

• Fix doping plot in scene by @marc-flex in #2373
• Fix arrow curvature in bent sources/monitors by @lucas-flexcompute in #2376
• fix: cleanup temp figures after running anisotropic epsilon plotting tests by @bzhangflex in #2372
• feat: plot3d support stl by @majinge7846 in #2377
• enh[adjoint]: speed up interpolation of evaluate_flds_at by @yaugenst-flex in #2380
• SemiconductorMedium used directly as medium in Charge simulations by @marc-flex in #2383
• Change return values to None instead of ValueError by @marc-flex in #2384
• Select between virtual GPU and regular queue on Python client. by @yaugenst-flex in #2389
• fix a colorbar reverse bug by @majinge7846 in #2378
• ⏲️ Reduce CI tests trigger frequency by @daquinteroflex in #2391
• Add periodic repetition in EME simulations by @caseyflex in #2331
• Add permittivity monitor to mode simulation by @caseyflex in #2361
• fix[autograd]: always try to place adjoint monitors to catch problems locally by @yaugenst-flex in #2394
• 🔧 PR requirements pass on local-tests by @daquinteroflex in #2395
• GaussianPulse.from_frequency_range for maximizing amplitude in frequency range of interest by @weiliangjin2021 in #2393
• Differentiable spline interpolation by @yaugenst-flex in #2385
• fix[tests]: fix resource locking in adjoint plugin tests by @yaugenst-flex in #2400
• fix[autograd]: add boolean flag indicating adjoint runs by @yaugenst-flex in #2399
• fix[adjoint]: remove frequency summing in polyslab gradient calculation by @groberts-flex in #2386
• Vasily/bandgap_monitor_update by @vasilyzabelin in #2344
• enh[web]: make pay type selection case insensitive by @yaugenst-flex in #2401
• Final updates for 2.8.3 by @momchil-flex in #2405

Full Changelog: v2.8.2...v2.8.3

v2.8.2

What's Changed

• Add function to obtain cell values in UnstructuredGridDataset by @marc-flex in #2304
• feat[viz]: fill argument for sim.plot_structures() by @yaugenst-flex in #2313
• 📦 🤖 Include py3.13 tests by @daquinteroflex in #2330
• xarray>=2025.03 compatibility by @yaugenst-flex in #2332
• Adding option for Fermi-Dirac statistics by @marc-flex in #2242
• Add ContourPath averaging option to dielectric subpixel by @weiliangjin2021 in #2297
• Add validator to ensure that angle_phi is a multiple of pi when angle… by @momchil-flex in #2346
• Fix polyslab tests and add interior_angle property to PolySlab by @weiliangjin2021 in #2348
• Convenience function to add charge perturbations with Nedeljkovic Soref Mashanovich model by @marc-flex in #2312
• fix[adjoint]: Pass correct frequency for epsilon calculation in adjoint postprocessing by @yaugenst-flex in #2352
• fix[testing]: fixed test_geometry bounds checking tests by @groberts-flex in #2343
• Correct scaling for adjoint sources created from field monitors by @groberts-flex in #2338
• Add component selection to plot_eps by @bzhangflex in #2315
• Fix heat conductivity plot by @marc-flex in #2355
• Warn when mode solver pml covers a significant portion of the mode plane by @caseyflex in #2320
• Add aux field monitors by @caseyflex in #2309
• Better validation of TFSF sources, and enabling broadband by @momchil-flex in #2359
• Set angle_phi to multiple of np.pi / 2 if angle_rotation is used by @momchil-flex in #2363
• added ability to define a wave port using only a single voltage or current path by @dmarek-flex in #2351
• Change doping ramp-up default by @marc-flex in #2370
• Notebooks, changelog, schema, version bump for 2.8.2 by @momchil-flex in #2364

New Contributors

• @bzhangflex made their first contribution in #2315

Full Changelog: v2.8.1...v2.8.2