deal.II Newsletter #150
Rene Gassmoeller
Hello everyone!
This is deal.II newsletter #150.
It automatically reports recently merged features and discussions about the deal.II finite element library.
Below you find a list of recently proposed or merged features:
#11596: Fix ThreadLocalStorage assigment operators (proposed by nmuch)
#11595: Make the special ReferenceCell objects objects, not enums. (proposed by bangerth)
#11594: DataOut: update ghost values (proposed by peterrum)
#11593: Compile subdivided_hyper_rectangle_with_simplices ... (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#11592: Added support for gmsh library and openlab API (proposed by luca-heltai)
#11590: simplex: face_interpolation for FE_Poly (proposed by marcfehling)
#11588: Enable VtkFlags::write_higher_order_cells for simplices (proposed by peterrum)
#11586: Use VTK nomenclature. (proposed by agrayver; merged)
#11582: Python wrappers for simplex and mixed meshes (proposed by agrayver)
#11581: [WIP] Add step-3-simplex (proposed by peterrum)
#11580: Provide abstract interface to p::d::Triangulation::load()/save() (proposed by elauksap; merged)
#11579: Use both quadratic element and quadrature mapping in simplex/step-38 (proposed by lwy5515; merged)
#11578: Enable MGTwoLevelTransfer::reinit_geometric_transfer for FECollections (proposed by peterrum)
#11577: [WIP] Store particles in vector container (proposed by gassmoeller)
#11576: Implement ReferenceCell::vertex_faces() (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#11575: Step 68 simplex (proposed by blaisb; merged)
#11574: Add warning to convert_hypercube_to_simplex_mesh (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#11573: Rename test output (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#11572: Generalize VectorTools::get_position_vector for simplex meshes (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#11571: Add new test for MappingFEField for simplex meshes (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#11570: Return the box of support points instead of only the vertices. (proposed by luca-heltai; merged)
#11569: A simplex test for step-38 (proposed by lwy5515; merged)
#11568: Change the loop of the bounding lines in set_all_manifold_ids (proposed by lwy5515; merged)
#11567: Fix: single test output dir per test (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#11566: Triangulation::get_manifold(): assert that manifold has been attached (proposed by peterrum)
#11565: Work on MappingFEField for simplex meshes (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#11563: Work on higher-order MappingFE (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#11562: Add Step-04.cc converted to Simplex (proposed by oguevremont; merged)
#11560: minor doc change for Simplex::FE_P (proposed by tjhei; merged)
#11559: improve Simplex:QGauss error message (proposed by tjhei; merged)
#11558: Convert step-23 to a simplex test (proposed by ifumagalli; merged)
#11557: Fix DoFTools::extract_boundary_dof() for simplex meshes (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#11556: Move two free functions into class ReferenceCell. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#11555: Implement ReferenceCell::unit_normal_vectors() (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#11554: Consistent nonlocal access error messages (proposed by sebproell; merged)
#11553: Generalize communicate_locally_moved_vertices() (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#11552: Step 40 as a simplex test (proposed by michelebucelli)
#11551: Step 17 as a simplex test (proposed by michelebucelli)
#11550: Add assert to p:f:T::create_triangulation() (proposed by peterrum; merged)
#11549: Added test for FENothingxFENothing and FEQxFEQ constraints. (proposed by marcfehling)
#11548: simplex: hanging node tests (proposed by marcfehling; merged)
#11547: simplex: line_dof_identities for FE_P (proposed by marcfehling; merged)
#11546: Barycentric polynomials (proposed by drwells; merged)
#11545: Convert step-20 to a simplex test (proposed by lpsaavedra; merged)
#11544: Convert ReferenceCell::Type to a class. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#11543: Make code slightly easier to read. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#11542: Use the correct type for a variable. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#11541: Use the correct mapping for a finite element. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#11539: Use linear Q1 mapping even in places where we know that that may be wrong (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#11538: Use default constructed linear mapping. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#11537: Remove some unnecessary #include files. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#11534: add step-55 as a simplex test (proposed by tjhei; merged)
#11531: cell bounding box tests for Simplex grids in 2d and 3d (proposed by nicola-giuliani; merged)
#11528: simplex: vertex_dof_identities for FE_P (proposed by marcfehling; merged)
#11527: simplex: compare_for_domination (proposed by marcfehling; merged)
#11526: Simplify code flow. Add a bit of documentation. (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#11525: Unit test for GridTools::compute_point_locations in simplex meshes (proposed by lwy5515; merged)
#11514: MappingFE::transform_real_to_unit_cell() (proposed by luca-heltai; merged)
#11484: Tutorial step-01 with simplices support. (proposed by eliasstudiert; merged)
#11443: Store particle locations in the PropertyPool (proposed by bangerth; merged)
#11389: GridGenerator::convert_hypercube_to_simplex_mesh(): manifold_id (proposed by eliasstudiert; merged)
And this is a list of recently opened or closed discussions:
#11591 Bug in exchange_ghost_particles (opened)
#11589 Use a more efficient container for p::DistributedTriangulationBase::local_cell_relations (opened)
#11587 Potential bug in ThreadLocalStorage (opened)
#11585 Support high-order Lagrange VTK in DataOut (opened)
#11584 VTK support for rational Bezier cells (opened)
#11583 Make gmsh format store manifold ids. (opened)
#11564 Generalize (FE|Mapping|Q)Collection for mixed meshes (opened)
#11561 Please support oneTBB (opened)
#11535 set_all_manifold_ids does not work in simplices (closed)
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