WaveDude Next 0.1.3

WaveDude Next is a 2D wave simulator for optics on Windows; the README describes it, and the manual is in the program under Help > Manual (F1).

New

• Play entry in the Simulation menu
• Pause the simulation on the timeline: new buttons
• Select all in the Edit menu, and Ctrl+A now works in the preview as well as in the project tree

Smoother

• Scenes with many emitters play back more smoothly
• Playback no longer stalls while the mouse moves
• Following a running simulation no longer stalls while the mouse moves

Fixed

• Menus: every entry has an access key of its own in all four languages
• Minor UI fixes

Download

• WaveDudeNext-0.1.3.exe (7 MB) needs the .NET 10 Desktop Runtime. If it is missing, Windows offers the download on the first start.
• WaveDudeNext-0.1.3-bundled.exe (140 MB) contains the runtime; nothing has to be installed.

Both run on 64-bit Windows 10 or 11 from any folder. GPU acceleration uses the OpenCL driver that is part of the usual graphics drivers; without one, the simulation runs on the CPU. MP4 export uses Windows Media Foundation, which Windows N editions get with the Media Feature Pack.

Problems and feature requests

Report them on the issue tracker with the system information from Help > About (the Copy button) and the log file WaveDudeNext.WPF.log from the program's folder.

License/copyright

WaveDude Next is based on Wave Dude 2D by Jeroen Vleggaar (Huygens Optics) and on 0x23's WaveSimulator2D. Free software under the GNU GPL v3 or later.

WaveDude Next 0.1.1

WaveDude Next is a 2D wave simulator for optics on Windows; the README describes it, and the manual is in the program under Help > Manual (F1).

What is new

• UI zoom (View > UI zoom, 0.5× to 3×, live). Windows render at their monitor's own scale.
• Memory warning (Simulation > Warn when a run does not fit in RAM): a preview run that would spill to disk asks first and offers the settings that make it fit.
• GPU runs 1.5–2× faster. The default project's run takes 2.7 s instead of about 4; a 1500 × 900 run of 10,000 steps 6.5 s instead of 13.4.
• Editing optical parts is smooth: dragging a part no longer stalls the window, and the preview follows an edit much sooner, especially for fibres.

Fixed

• Timeline brackets, ticks and the last frame drawn on whole pixels.
• Timeline and probe graph lines whole pixels at any display scale.
• A selected row in the Messages pane is readable at every level.

Download

• WaveDudeNext-0.1.1.exe (6 MB) needs the .NET 10 Desktop Runtime. If it is missing, Windows offers the download on the first start.
• WaveDudeNext-0.1.1-bundled.exe (146 MB) contains the runtime; nothing has to be installed.

Both run on 64-bit Windows 10 or 11 from any folder. GPU acceleration uses the OpenCL driver that is part of the usual graphics drivers; without one, the simulation runs on the CPU. MP4 export uses Windows Media Foundation, which Windows N editions get with the Media Feature Pack.

Problems

Report them on the issue tracker with the system information from Help > About (the Copy button) and the log file WaveDudeNext.WPF.log from the program's folder.

License/copyright

WaveDude Next is based on Wave Dude 2D by Jeroen Vleggaar (Huygens Optics) and on 0x23's WaveSimulator2D. Free software under the GNU GPL v3 or later.

WaveDude Next 0.1.0

WaveDude Next 0.1.0 is the first release. WaveDude Next is a 2D wave simulator for optics on Windows; the README describes it, and the manual is in the program under Help > Manual (F1).

Download

• WaveDudeNext-0.1.0.exe (6 MB) needs the .NET 10 Desktop Runtime. If it is missing, Windows offers the download on the first start.
• WaveDudeNext-0.1.0-bundled.exe (146 MB) contains the runtime; nothing has to be installed.

Both run on 64-bit Windows 10 or 11 from any folder. GPU acceleration uses the OpenCL driver that is part of the usual graphics drivers; without one, the simulation runs on the CPU. MP4 export uses Windows Media Foundation, which Windows N editions get with the Media Feature Pack.

Problems

Report them on the issue tracker with the system information from Help > About (the Copy button) and the log file WaveDudeNext.WPF.log from the program's folder.

License/copyright

WaveDude Next is based on Wave Dude 2D by Jeroen Vleggaar (Huygens Optics) and on 0x23's WaveSimulator2D. Free software under the GNU GPL v3 or later.