Issue I421 [enhancement,resolved] New "early access" mode for accessing 8.1 (or 9.0?) features. The production release of the next version of SIMION, i.e. 8.1 (or 9.0?) is fairly far away; in fact, the 8.0.x updates are still very much in development. However, a few version 8.1 features are currently implemented and can be tried out now by placing SIMION 8.0.x in "early access" mode. To enable early access mode, you must have SIMION version 8.0.4-TEST7 or above (preferrably the latest development version). Enter the following into the bottom SIMION command bar: simion.early_access() The details of the 8.1 version of SIMION are still very much subject to change at this early stage, but the 8.1 version is currently planned to be an upgrade that can be purchased some time 2009 and will come with free 8.1.x updates. 8.0 users are being provided free access to the early access software until the formal release of the 8.1 version (after which 8.0 users can purchase the upgrade for continued use of the these early access features). Implemented in 8.0.4-TEST7/8.0.5-TEST. The following 8.1 features are already implemented: Programming: - Issue I422 - Manipulating PAs from Lua inside SIMION - Issue I496 - Manipulating workbenches from Lua in SIMION - Issue I498 - Resize SIMION window programatically. - Issue I243 - Manipulate/save/load View display programmatically. - Issue I518 - Access memory dump. Refining/Repulsion: - Issue I482 - Poisson solver (enhancement to Refine to take space-charge arrays) - Issue I503 - Fast Parallel .PA# refines (one solution per CPU core) - Issue I452.2 - New sim_repulsion_amount reserved variable. - Issue I452.3 - New ion_effective_charge reserved variable. Examples: - Issue I502 - New Bradbury-Nielson Grid example ("bradbury_nielson_grid") - Issue I499 - New induced current/charge example ("electrostatic_induction") - Issue I515 - PA instance jumping trick example ("nonideal_grid/pa_jump")
