Downloads¶
Note
If you are looking for our legacy version of Vapor 2.6, follow this link to the bottom of the page.
Weekly Build¶
Vapor builds installers on a weekly basis. These have new features that have not been tested, and may be unstable.
Current Stable Release: Vapor 3.2.0¶
February 3, 2020
Release notes for VAPOR-3.2.0
New Features:
- Flow Renderer
- Model Renderer
- New Transfer Function Editor
- Off screen rendering
- Performance optimization to Vapor’s DataMgr class
- Added support for stretched grids to vdccreate
- Added ability to color Volume Renderings with a secondary variable
- Increased Volume Rendering sampling rate maximum setting
- Updated 3rd party libraries
Installation Instructions¶
We encourage users of Vapor to install with the methods described here. If you’re a developer and would like to contribute, see the Building From Source <buildFromSource> section below.
Linux
Run the downloaded .sh script in a terminal window. It will prompt you as to where the binaries will be installed. For example:
% sh VAPOR3-3.0.0.beta-RH7.sh
OSX
Double click on the downloaded .dmg file. Once the Finder window pops up, drag the Vapor icon into the Applications folder.
Windows
Run the downloaded .exe file. A wizard will step you through the installer settings necessary for setup.
Sample Data¶
Dataset | Model | Grid Resolution | File Size |
DUKU | WRF | 181 x 166 x 35 | 734 MB |
Kauffman | ROMS | 226 x 642 x 43 | 495 MB |
Note
Users can download a 500 meter resolution image of NASA’s BigBlueMarble for use in Vapor’s Image Renderer.
Previous Releases¶
Vapor 3.1.0¶
July 5, 2019
Release notes for VAPOR-3.1.0
New Features:
- 3D Variable Support
- Direct Volume Renderer
- Isosurfaces
- Slice Renderer
- Wireframe Renderer
- Python variable engine
- Geotiff creation from Vapor renderings
- Support for MPAS-A and MOM6 models
Vapor 2¶
If you are interested in using Vapor 2, it can be downloaded after filling out a short survey.
Vapor 2 is deprecated, and we strongly encourage users to download the currently supported releases of Vapor 3.
Legacy documentation for Vapor 2 can be found here. Please note that this website is no longer supported, and some links may be broken. Use at your own discretion.