v2.8.0rc1

What's Changed

• Introduced RF material library to microwave plugins by @QimingFlex in #1756
• 🗻 complex polyslab autograd support by @tylerflex in #1790
• 🗻 autograd specify background permittivity of structure by @tylerflex in #1789
• Introduce the DirectivityMonitor and DirectivityData classes by @QimingFlex in #1724
• Enabling electrostatic simulations by @marc-flex in #1561
• update CHANGELOG.md by @dmarek-flex in #1794
• Fixed docstrings for directivitydata and custom source by @QimingFlex in #1797
• Docstring - HeatCharge docstring error by @marc-flex in #1798
• 🍒 pick bugfix from develop by @dmarek-flex in #1803
• added plot_units to simulation and scene classes by @dmarek-flex in #1811
• expose power wave amplitude computations by @dmarek-flex in #1826
• Fixed bug in HeatChargeSimulation.plot() when we have global sources by @marc-flex in #1839
• Merge develop into pre/2.8 by @yaugenst-flex in #1846
• 🔧 Weird commit checkout issue on sync by @daquinteroflex in #1853
• feature: Check credit balance and daily free balance by @magiWei in #1843
• prioritize snapping points in AutoGrid by @dmarek-flex in #1831
• HeatChargeSimulation backward compatibility by @marc-flex in #1841
• add WavePorts by @dmarek-flex in #1741
• break_statuses add aborted by @magiWei in #1857
• Validate the use of dielectrics only in RectangularDielectric by @lucas-flexcompute in #1859
• Introduced axial ratio to DirectivityMonitor by @QimingFlex in #1860
• Move dispersion fitter implementation to components by @caseyflex in #1875
• Raise error early when port source is snapped into PML by @weiliangjin2021 in #1895
• Merge develop into 2.8 by @momchil-flex in #1905
• ComponentModeler.batch_data and pathdir enhancements by @tylerflex in #1932
• fixed bug that replaced all lumped elements in simulations, when using TerminalComponentModeler by @dmarek-flex in #1953
• Make BatchData a mapping by @yaugenst-flex in #1960
• Redesigning Design Methods with Bayesian Optimisation by @m-bone in #1762
• Fixed invalid s-parameters from wave port. by @QimingFlex in #1904
• Add validation and repair for TriangleMesh with inward-facing normals by @caseyflex in #1976
• mode solver preconditioner improvement and turning off incidence matrix by @weiliangjin2021 in #1928
• Construct medium from a transfer function by @dmarek-flex in #1974
• fix bug when setting 'path_dir' in ComponentModeler by @dmarek-flex in #1990
• fixed bug where lumped elements were not being removed in Simulation.subsection by @dmarek-flex in #1995
• fix invalid geometry created in 'subdivide' by @dmarek-flex in #1993
• fix field projection discrepancy by @dmarek-flex in #2005
• Add LossyMetalMedium and subpixel options for lossy_metal including SIBC by @weiliangjin2021 in #1886
• Convert several mode solver methods to staticmethods by @weiliangjin2021 in #2008
• Skip geometry validation in simulation subsection and mode solver reduction by @weiliangjin2021 in #2022
• rename autograd_background_permittivity to background_permittivity by @tylerflex in #2030
• New Monitor._to_solver_monitor property used internally in the backend by @momchil-flex in #2021
• Mode solver improvement for simulations at low-frequency containing metals by @weiliangjin2021 in #2023
• add internal construct smatrix by @dmarek-flex in #2037
• mode_spec.precision default to auto by @weiliangjin2021 in #2031
• fix for issue where subdivide was creating very small polygons by @dmarek-flex in #2029
• expanded lumped elements by @dmarek-flex in #1980
• Fix to bend modes when grid is not symmetric w.r.t. plane center by @momchil-flex in #2026
• Silence graphene warning from checking fit at high freq by @caseyflex in #1938
• fixed mistake from previous PR that added internal construct smatrix by @dmarek-flex in #2063
• Merge/develop 2 8 by @momchil-flex in #2079
• If no sources set the runtime based on index of 1 by @momchil-flex in #2081
• Show WebAPI system warning message. by @magiWei in #2075
• PolySlab rotated and translated methods that return PolySlab by @momchil-flex in #2089
• changed the default choice of frequency when plotting permittivity by @dmarek-flex in #2091
• Add interp validator to custom current source by @yaugenst-flex in #2093
• Simplify interp validator by @yaugenst-flex in #2096
• better plot_grid by @tylerflex in #2097
• Fix another geos error in _filter_structures_plane by @weiliangjin2021 in #2098
• automatic mode rotation for bent waveguide by @QimingFlex in #2028
• auto grab permittivity inside and outside PolySlab and Cylinder by @tylerflex in #2080
• fix attrs bug with inf by @tylerflex in #2099
• fix link by @FilipeFcp in #2094
• Add more robust gauge choice for high-order modes by @lucas-flexcompute in #2018
• MeshOverrideStructure only Box by @tylerflex in #2107
• Clear cached property when validation is off by @weiliangjin2021 in #2108
• Adding 'fields' argument to ModeSolver and ModeSolverMonitor by @momchil-flex in #2110
• Allow double precision mode solver in EME. by @caseyflex in #2117
• Fixed angle simulations by @dbochkov-flexcompute in #1954
• call metadata api after uploading file by @magiWei in #2114
• Run the mode solver through the regular webapi functions by @momchil-flex in #2115
• Bump pytorch version because <=2.1 does not have cpuonly py312 wheels by @yaugenst-flex in #2118
• refactor gradient calculations to use DerivativeSurfaceMesh by @tylerflex in #2056
• Remove unused env by @magiWei in #2121
• Merge/develop 2 8 by @momchil-flex in #2120
• Adding ElectromagneticFieldData._check_fields_stored by @momchil-flex in #2122
• Raising instead of warning if cost could not be estimated by @momchil-flex in #2126
• Convert JaxSimulation to Simulation if passed in mode solver by @momchil-flex in #2127
• Thread-safe creation of temp dir by @momchil-flex in #2128

Full Changelog: v2.7.8...v2.8.0rc1