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docs/changes.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ## Main changes
 
-- pep8 parsing with pylint and general cleanup of the code.
+- `pep8` parsing with pylint and general cleanup of the code.
 - `Volume(np_array)` does not need array to be transposed anymore. **Warning: this may cause flipping of the x-z axes!**
 
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@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
 ### `pointcloud.py`
 - bug fix in `clone()`
 - added `labels2D()`
-- added logscale for `cmap(..., logscale=True)`
+- added logscale for colormapping in method `cmap(..., logscale=True)`
+- added explicit label formatting for scalarbars, @XushanLu
 
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 ### `mesh.py`
@@ -56,13 +57,24 @@
 ## Examples
 
 ### New/Revised
+examples/basic/input_box.py
+examples/basic/pca_ellipse.py
+examples/advanced/capping_mesh.py
+examples/volumetric/numpy2volume2.py
+examples/volumetric/numpy2volume1.py
+examples/pyplot/fourier_epicycles.py
+examples/pyplot/histo_pca.py
+examples/pyplot/histo_1d_b.py
+examples/other/flag_labels.py
+examples/other/remesh_tetgen.py
+examples/other/pymeshlab2.py
 
 ### Deleted
 
 ### Broken
 examples/basic/multiwindows2.py
 examples/simulations/lorenz.py
-
+examples/simulations/orbitals.py
 
 
 

examples/other/pymeshlab2.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """pymeshlab interoperability example:
 Surface reconstruction by ball pivoting"""
 import pymeshlab  # pip install pymeshlab==2021.10
-import vedo 
+import vedo
 
 pts = vedo.Mesh(vedo.dataurl+'cow.vtk').points() # numpy array of vertices
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 ms.add_mesh(m)
 
 p = pymeshlab.Percentage(2)
-ms.surface_reconstruction_ball_pivoting(ballradius=p)
+ms.generate_surface_reconstruction_ball_pivoting(ballradius=p)
 # ms.compute_normals_for_point_sets()
 
 mlab_mesh = ms.current_mesh()

vedo/utils.py

@@ -1735,10 +1735,29 @@ def vtkCameraToK3D(vtkcam):
 
 
 def makeTicks(x0, x1, N=None, labels=None, digits=None, logscale=False, useformat=""):
-    """Internal use."""
-    # useformat eg: ":.2f", check out https://mkaz.blog/code/python-string-format-cookbook/
+    """
+    Generate numeric labels for the [x0, x1] range.
+
+    The format specifier could be in the format:
+
+        :[[fill]align][sign][#][0][width][,][.precision][type]
 
+    where, the options are:
+
+        fill        =  any character
+        align       =  < | > | = | ^
+        sign        =  + | - | " "
+        width       =  integer
+        precision   =  integer
+        type        =  b | c | d | e | E | f | F | g | G | n | o | s | x | X | %
+
+    E.g.: useformat=":.2f"
+    """
     # Copyright M. Musy, 2021, license: MIT.
+    #
+    # useformat eg: ":.2f", check out:
+    # https://mkaz.blog/code/python-string-format-cookbook/
+    # https://www.programiz.com/python-programming/methods/built-in/format
 
     if x1 <= x0:
         # vedo.printc("Error in makeTicks(): x0 >= x1", x0,x1, c='r')

vedo/version.py

@@ -1 +1 @@
-_version='2022.2.3.dev14'
+_version='2022.3.0'