changes.md

June 30, 2026 · View on GitHub

This page records the full change history of the project, newest first. For the latest highlights, see the README.

(2026.06.30) Added rigidbody support based on Painless Differentiable Rotation Dynamics.
(2026.06.30) Added sand support.
(2026.06.30) Achieved 2x performance improvement with help of feedback from @Hurleyworks.
(2026.04.30) Added Blender Add-on support. See the documentation.

(2025.12.18) Added native Windows standalone executable build support (Video).
(2025.11.26) Added large-woven.ipynb (Video) to large scale examples.
(2025.11.12) Added five-twist.ipynb (Video) and large-five-twist.ipynb (Video) showcasing over 180M count. See large scale examples.
(2025.10.03) Massive refactor of the codebase (Markdown). Note that this change includes breaking changes to our Python APIs.
(2025.08.09) Added a hindsight note in eigensystem analysis to acknowledge prior work by Poya et al. (2023).
(2025.05.01) Simulation states now can be saved and loaded (Video).
(2025.04.02) Added 9 examples. See the catalogue.
(2025.03.03) Added a budget table on AWS.
(2025.02.28) Added a reference branch and a Docker image of our TOG paper.
(2025.02.26) Added Floating Point-Rounding Errors in ACCD in hindsight.
(2025.02.07) Updated the trapped example (Video) with squishy balls.
(2025.01.08) Added a domino example (Video).
(2025.01.05) Added a single twist example (Video).

(2024.12.31) Added full documentation for Python APIs, parameters, and log files (GitHub Pages).
(2024.12.27) Line search for strain limiting is improved (Markdown).
(2024.12.23) Added (Bug Fixes and Updates).
(2024.12.21) Added a house of cards example (Video).
(2024.12.18) Added a frictional contact example: armadillo sliding on the slope (Video).
(2024.12.18) Added a hindsight noting that the tilt angle was not $30^\circ $, but rather \$ 26.57^\circ$.
(2024.12.16) Removed thrust dependencies to fix runtime errors for the driver version 560.94 (Issue Link).