This release brings numerous new features, bug fixes, and documentation improvements to PyVista. Key new features include adding tolerance to UnstructuredGrid.merge, introducing pyvista.XdmfReader, adding texture features, implementing fast merge PolyData, and adding several new examples such as Hertzian contact, CFD, electronics cooling, and a pump bracket. Additionally, important bug fixes and behavior changes include resolving Trame import issues, fixing renderer scaling, improving UI state defaults, and enhancing the performance of Trame camera sync. We would like to extend our gratitude to all volunteers and contributors for their continuous support in developing and maintaining PyVista. A special thank you goes out to the new contributors who joined us in this release! What's Changed Breaking Changes Make DataSet.cell a generator by @MatthewFlamm in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4082 ### New Features Add tolerance to UnstructuredGrid.merge by @tkoyama010 in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4085 Add Hertzian contact example by @akaszynski in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4124 Add pyvista.XdmfReader by @tkoyama010 in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/2839 Feat/add connectivity methods by @beroda in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/3643 Add texture features by @akaszynski in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4179 Add 'connected' argument to 'Plotter.add_lines' to create a series of connected lines by @p-j-smith in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4214 Fast merge PolyData by @akaszynski in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4227 Add tubes CFD example by @akaszynski in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4229 Add electronics cooling example by @akaszynski in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4235 Add simple aero bracket by @akaszynski in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4258 Add pump bracket example by @akaszynski in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4255 Add clear_data option for edge extraction by @banesullivan in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4294 Show scalar bar if scalar_bar_args are passed by @banesullivan in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4295 Pass cell data in to_tetrahedra by @MatthewFlamm in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4311 Add icosphere by @akaszynski in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4330 Lazy reader imports by @akaszynski in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4337 Ensure UnstructuredGrid.cells are read only by @akaszynski in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4329 Deprecate offset in UnstructuredGrid by @akaszynski in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4331 Add clean unstructured grid by @akaszynski in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4367 Add iterative closest point by @akaszynski in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4361 Add a simple example to project points to a plane by @akaszynski in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4374 Add extract_cells_by_type by @banesullivan in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4204 ### Bug fixes or behavior changes [HOTFIX] Resolve trame import issues by @banesullivan in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/3943 Patch contextmanagers to handle exceptions by @banesullivan in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/3966 [HOTFIX] Propagate Trame UI controls to all views by @banesullivan in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/3983 Fix renderer scaling by @banesullivan in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/3990 Pass texture coordinates when wrapping Trimesh object by @Kiord in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/3992 Improve UI state defaults by @banesullivan in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/3993 Improve trame server launching by @banesullivan in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4000 Typo's on the Trame User Guide by @mdtanker in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4004 Fix bug of get_data_range method in Table class. by @tkoyama010 in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4052 [HOTFIX] update_scalar_bar_range by @banesullivan in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4035 vtkFiltersParallelDIY2 ModuleNotFoundError -> ImportError by @banesullivan in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4054 Stop plotter from reopening by @akaszynski in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4102 Update trame-client in requirements_test.txt by @akaszynski in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4110 Fix Plotter docs by @banesullivan in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/3968 Add trame prefix support for JupyterHub services by @banesullivan in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4149 Fix add_mesh_box_clip event parsing by @banesullivan in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4152 Fix/rectangle to polygon by @hippo91 in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4145 Disable anti-aliasing on cells example and fix doc path for CI by @beroda in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4160 trivial import to register ipykernel by @akaszynski in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4172 Fix update_scalar_bar_range() with named scalar bar by @adeak in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/3626 Support number of labels and fmt in show_bounds by @banesullivan in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/3977 Fix JupyterHub service proxy prefix issue by @banesullivan in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4210 Enforce value range testing for properties by @akaszynski in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4226 Improve performance of Trame camera sync by @banesullivan in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4223 Fix tubes example by @akaszynski in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4248 Add PointSet guards by @akaszynski in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4225 Fix add_composite use within add_mesh by @banesullivan in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4261 Add Sequence to DataSet[Attributes] __setitem__ typing by @MatthewFlamm in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4278 Allow Sequences in RectilinearGrid by @MatthewFlamm in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4315 Fix linkchecker workflow and make file by @germa89 in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4327 Do not show edges with render_lines_as_tubes by @akaszynski in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4358 Resolve issues with imageio 2.28.1 by @akaszynski in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4375 ### Documentation Fix remaining stale reference to FULL_DOC_BUILD by @adeak in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/3957 Fix pyinstaller.rst docs by @akaszynski in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/3989 🎉 Add NumFOCUS affiliation status by @banesullivan in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/3999 Fix a small typo by @tkoyama010 in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4003 Automated PR: Update Local Intersphinx by @github-actions in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4076 Fix a small typo by @tkoyama010 in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4084 Set VTK 9.0 as the minimum supported version by @mwtoews in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4018 Add "Sponsored by NumFOCUS" badge by @tkoyama010 in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4049 Drop Python 3.7 by @mwtoews in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/3938 Change source links to github by @akaszynski in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4113 Apply blackdoc to python source by @akaszynski in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4119 Apply typo fix using codespell v2.2.4 by @tkoyama010 in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4122 Use a docstring length of 75 by @akaszynski in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4129 Add pydocstringformatter by @akaszynski in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4125 Start using vale and move docs source by @akaszynski in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4118 Fix NumFOCUS affiliation badge by @banesullivan in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4139 Fix pyvista_banner_small.png path by @tkoyama010 in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4140 Add example changing mapped scalars by @banesullivan in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4138 Fix a small typo by @tkoyama010 in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4143 Add pyFBS to the external examples by @akaszynski in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4157 Link to pytest-pyvista in docs by @MatthewFlamm in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4153 Integrate Vale for documentation by @akaszynski in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4150 Add black-doc to pre-commit by @akaszynski in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4120 Fix small reStructuredText format error by @tkoyama010 in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4169 Move Matplotlib to hard requirement by @tkoyama010 in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4156 Enforce docstring type and default consistency by @akaszynski in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4155 Add magnetic field example by @akaszynski in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/3058 Automated PR: Update Local Intersphinx by @github-actions in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4213 Fix a small typo by @tkoyama010 in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4217 Add Trims trailing whitespace in pre-commit-hooks by @tkoyama010 in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4211 Typo fix by @tkoyama010 in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4237 Generalize pure VTK example by @banesullivan in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4234 Fix typo by @tkoyama010 in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4256 Transifex's Web Application's Domain Change by @tkoyama010 in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4264 Add topoGenesis to the external examples by @tkoyama010 in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4268 Update windows doc building command. by @AlejandroFernandezLuces in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4276 Enable vale by @akaszynski in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4281 Bump sphinx to v6.1.3 by @akaszynski in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4282 Support for multi version documentation by @AlejandroFernandezLuces in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/3862 Fix specular values in examples by @tkoyama010 in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4287 Remove flask examples by @banesullivan in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4299 Typo fix by @tkoyama010 in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4322 Disable anti-aliasing on openfoam cooling example by @akaszynski in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4321 Fix the edit this page link by @akaszynski in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4320 Automated PR: Update Local Intersphinx by @github-actions in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4362 Use fullname for autosummary by @akaszynski in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4368 Improve pyvista.StructuredGrid example by @natsuwater in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4365 Fix plot output of docstring by @tkoyama010 in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4383 ### Maintenance Update pre-commit hooks by @github-actions in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/3959 Test with Python 3.11 by @banesullivan in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/3944 MAINT: Add pyvistaqt integration test by @larsoner in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/3967 Update pre-commit hooks by @github-actions in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4005 Update pre-commit hooks by @github-actions in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4041 Add .codacy.yml to exclude examples and tests by @tkoyama010 in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4011 removed _add_row_array by @Chaitu-Tatipamula in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4056 Add bug branch name to bug flag by @tkoyama010 in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4053 Remove unused argument categories by @tkoyama010 in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4012 Speed up PVDReader for files with many time points by @MatthewFlamm in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/3946 Remove codecov for integration tests by @akaszynski in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4111 Use default matplotlib rcparams during testing by @MatthewFlamm in https://github.com/pyvista/pyvista/pull/4108 Update

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