v0.69.3

🚀 New Example, CLI Enhancement & Stability Improvements!

This release includes a new stochastic example, an enhancement to the PyMAPDL converter CLI, and various internal improvements to keep things running smoothly.

🔥 What's New

• 🎲 Added Stochastic Example – Thanks to @moe-ad for this contribution!
  Details ➡️ #3648

• 🖥️ Enhanced PyMAPDL Converter CLI – Now supports passing strings directly!
  Details ➡️ #3679

  Example usage:

  $ echo -ne "/prep7" | pymapdl convert -oc
  mapdl.prep7()

• 😶 Added muted context manager - To mute MAPDL response reliably.
  Details ➡️ #3760

Example usage:

with mapdl.muted:
    mapdl.prep7() # There is no response!

• 🛠️ CI/CD Enhancements – Improved internal processes for better stability.
• 🐛 Bug Fixes – Various fixes to enhance reliability.

Thanks for using PyMAPDL! 🚀

What's Changed

New Features

• chore: update CHANGELOG for v0.69.2 by @pyansys-ci-bot in #3688
• feat: add stochastic fem example by @moe-ad in #3648
• feat: improving performance of save_selection by @germa89 in #3697
• test: adding tests asserting None are translated to "None". by @germa89 in #3694
• refactor: make cli testing not depending on MAPDL. by @germa89 in #3678
• test: improving testing performance by @germa89 in #3703
• feat: allow passing strings to the converter from the terminal by @germa89 in #3679
• feat: speed up requires_package using caching by @germa89 in #3705
• feat: avoiding reconnecting if MAPDL exited already by @germa89 in #3708
• feat: adding opened attribute by @germa89 in #3731
• test: improving pool testing by @germa89 in #3736
• feat: adding muted context manager by @germa89 in #3760
• refactor: removing warnings by @germa89 in #3763

Bug fixes or behavior changes

• fix: avoid MAPDL commands execution when gRPC connection fails. by @germa89 in #3686
• fix: using cached version for remove lock on exit by @germa89 in #3709
• fix: sfem example typo errors by @moe-ad in #3711
• fix: allow numpy types for parameters by @germa89 in #3720
• fix: ram units by @germa89 in #3730
• fix: harfrq command by @germa89 in #3729
• fix: exiting on class deletion by @germa89 in #3738
• fix: problem with the load_table method by @kmkoshy in #3745
• fix: do all the cleaning commands before cleaning the database, so we avoid having to issue /POST1. by @germa89 in #3747
• fix: Bug located in VSEL using KSWP field by @kmkoshy in #3753
• fix: Improve error handling in *GET method and enhance output logging by @germa89 in #3758
• fix: avoid returning output when using input grpc method by @germa89 in #3759
• fix: removig star from command name in changelog by @germa89 in #3769

Documentation

• ci: pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #3710
• ci: pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #3723
• docs: homogenizing commit/branches/pull request prefix by @germa89 in #3737

Maintenance

• ci: skipping non-student versions when running on remote by @germa89 in #3690
• ci: adding memory limitation to MAPDL command line by @germa89 in #3693
• build: bump grpcio from 1.69.0 to 1.70.0 in the grpc-deps group by @dependabot in #3699
• build: bump imageio from 2.36.1 to 2.37.0 in the documentation group by @dependabot in #3700
• build: bump numpy from 2.2.1 to 2.2.2 in the minimal group by @dependabot in #3698
• build: bump the documentation group across 1 directory with 3 updates by @dependabot in #3727
• build: update sphinx-autodoc-typehints to 3.0.1 by @germa89 in #3733
• build: bump sphinx-gallery from 0.18.0 to 0.19.0 in the documentation group by @dependabot in #3743
• build: bump pyansys-tools-report from 0.8.1 to 0.8.2 in the testing group by @dependabot in #3744
• build: bump the minimal group with 2 updates by @dependabot in #3742
• ci: improving testing by @germa89 in #3716
• ci: pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #3749
• ci: pre-commit autoupdate by @pre-commit-ci in #3765
• build: bump the core group across 1 directory with 2 updates by @dependabot in #3761
• ci: enhance CI testing by summarizing tests durations by @germa89 in #3754
• build: bump the documentation group across 1 directory with 2 updates by @dependabot in #3766
• ci: using python3.12 as main testing python version by @germa89 in #3767
• build: temporary avoid flit latest version by @SMoraisAnsys in #3771

Full Changelog: v0.69.2...v0.69.3