FEniCS

We have made the first coordinated release of FEniCS, version version 2009-04 code-named Automatic Augustin. This release adds experimental support for a new improved form language (UFL).

A New version of Viper, enabling much simpler integration with DOLFIN is out. The default behaviour of the viper application is now to read a single xml file containing either a Mesh, a MeshFunction or a FunctionPlotData. The video codec has been improved for run time videos, giving higher quality at the expense of file size.

A new version of FFC has been released. This version adds experimental support for the new UFL form language. FFC currently supports both the new UFL notation and the old FFC form notation, but support for the old FFC form notation will be removed in the next release.

A new version of DOLFIN has been released. This version adds experimental support for the new UFL form language. This version also adds new functionality for FSI (moving meshes) and experimental support for parallel partitioning and distribution of meshes.

A new version of UFC has been released. This version adds support for generation of UFC extension modules and is needed for the latest releases of DOLFIN, FFC and SyFi.

The first official release of the Unified Form Language is here. UFL brings a richer form language, automatic differentiation, and faster form compilation to FEniCS.

The release of SyFi 0.6.0 includes a rewritten version of SFC, which is now based on UFL. Most notable in this release is the capability for exploiting the automatic differentiation tools in UFL.