This updates the libraries dependencies for VFX platform 2023, and adds various new libraries. It also enables Python bindings and switches from static to shared for various libraries. The precompiled libraries for all platforms will be updated to these new versions in the coming weeks. New: Fribidi 1.0.12 Harfbuzz 5.1.0 MaterialX 1.38.6 (shared lib with python bindings) Minizipng 3.0.7 Pybind11 2.10.1 Shaderc 2022.3 Vulkan 1.2.198 Updated: Boost 1.8.0 (shared lib) Cython 0.29.30 Numpy 1.23.2 OpenColorIO 2.2.0 (shared lib with python bindings) OpenImageIO 2.4.6.0 (shared lib with python bindings) OpenSubdiv 3.5.0 OpenVDB 10.0.0 (shared lib with python bindings) OSL 1.12.7.1 (enable nvptx backend) TBB (shared lib) USD 22.11 (shared lib with python bindings, enable hydra) yaml-cpp 0.8.0 Includes contributions by Ray Molenkamp, Brecht Van Lommel, Georgiy Markelov and Campbell Barton. Ref T99618
Mantaflow
Mantaflow is an open-source framework targeted at fluid simulation research in Computer Graphics. Its parallelized C++ solver core, python scene definition interface and plugin system allow for quickly prototyping and testing new algorithms.
In addition, it provides a toolbox of examples for deep learning experiments with fluids. E.g., it contains examples how to build convolutional neural network setups in conjunction with the tensorflow framework.
For more information on how to install, run and code with Mantaflow, please head over to our home page at http://mantaflow.com