VESTA 3.5.6 has been released

[Koichi Momma]

Dear VESTA users,

Firstly I hope you are all keeping safe and well.

VESTA 3.5.6 is now available from
http://jp-minerals.org/vesta/

I am afraid I didn't write release announcements to this mailing list since ver. 3.5.2.
So here is a list of changes since ver. 3.5.2.
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• Dec. 20 2020 ver. 3.5.6
  
  • Fixed crash when reading some of PDB, XSF, and VASP files.
  • Fixed a bug that the sign of electronic potential-energy densities v(r) was flipped.
  • Fixed crash on Linux when specifying a transformation matrix with its determinant 0.
  • Changed the default value of U_iso/B_iso to 0 and the default type to U_iso.
  • When exporting cif files, write '?' instead of values of U_iso/B_iso if they are not changed from their default value 0.
  • Enabled to read 2nd and subsequent volumetric data in the XSF files.
  • Fixed an issue that calculation of site potentials and Madelung energy failed on Linux since ver. 3.4.8. (Restored the MADEL program missing since ver. 3.4.8.)
• Sep. 26 2020 ver. 3.5.5
  
  • Fixed a regression in v3.5.3 and v3.5.4 that d-spacing of lattice planes were not correctly shown in dialog boxes.
• Sep. 24 2020 ver. 3.5.4
  
  • Enabled to use cyclic color scheme when coloring isosurfaces by phases.
  • Enabled to export coordination polyhedra, crystal shape, and isosurfaces to *.stl file.
  • Fixed a regression in v3.5.3 that wrong (larger) value of multiplicity of a site was displayed due to too strict comparison of coordinates.
• Aug. 23 2020 ver. 3.5.3
  
  • Fixed a bug specific to Windows versions after v3.4.8 that calculation of bond distances was wrong. To address these compiler related bugs, revert the build setting to monolithic executable file.
  • Fixed a regression since v3.5.1 that sorted structure factors might have wrong phases, resulted in strange output when calculating model electron/nuclear densities.

May you all have a wonderful holiday season!
Koichi

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