<div>Hello All,</div><div><br></div><div>The VTK team is pleased to announce the availability of VTK 5.6.1 for download on the VTK download page (<a href="http://vtk.org/VTK/resources/software.html" target="_blank">http://vtk.org/VTK/resources/software.html</a>).</div>
<div><br></div><div>VTK 5.6.1 is a patch release over 5.6.0 with a small set of improvements. Some of noteworthy improvements/fixes are:</div><div><br></div><div>VTK now includes NetCDF 4.1.1 allowing users to take advantage of the latest enhancements to NetCDF. Additionally the C++ version of the library is now also included.</div>
<div><br></div><div>A new file format called MPAS has been added. It is a netcdf based reader for ocean and atmosphere data sets. </div><div><br></div><div>Charts have significant improvements when plotting data on multiple axes in the same plot (up to four), and improved layout of the axes. Initial support for linked selection has also been added to the charts in VTK and ParaView. Support for alpha blending in parallel coordinates plots has also been added.</div>
<div><br></div><div>We also cleaned up VTK's build and install rules so that developers shouldn't have to worry about 'rpath' anymore. Also "make install" has been vastly improved on all platforms.</div>
<div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse">As always, we value your feedback. Please report any issues on the VTK mailing list (<a href="http://www.vtk.org/VTK/help/mailing.html" style="color:rgb(42, 93, 176)" target="_blank">http://www.vtk.org/VTK/help/mailing.html</a>) or the vtk bug tracker (<a href="http://vtk.org/Bug" style="color:rgb(42, 93, 176)" target="_blank">vtk.org/Bug</a>).</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse">Thanks!</span></div>
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