Release 0.4.2 (#456)

* initial whatsnew/v0.4.2.rst

* More useful error message in spectral_utils if SMARTS isn't installed correctly

* Squashed commit of the following:

commit 93b39ef
Merge: 165d163 d882e16
Author: cdeline <[email protected]>
Date:   Thu Mar 9 18:23:34 2023 -0700

    Merge branch '417_instructions' of https://github.com/NREL/bifacial_radiance into 417_instructions

commit 165d163
Author: cdeline <[email protected]>
Date:   Thu Mar 9 18:23:24 2023 -0700

    update whatsnew

commit 2f6e478
Author: cdeline <[email protected]>
Date:   Thu Mar 9 16:54:40 2023 -0700

    update PATH


commit cee8eca
Author: cdeline <[email protected]>
Date:   Thu Mar 9 15:32:17 2023 -0700

    Update Github CI to pull new Radiance 5.3

commit 8f713f2
Author: cdeline <[email protected]>
Date:   Thu Mar 9 15:12:00 2023 -0700

    Update instructions for Radiance pointing to new github repo.  Fixes #417

commit 311a457
Author: Silvana Ovaitt <[email protected]>
Date:   Thu Mar 9 15:12:04 2023 -0700

    pytest.yaml update

commit d882e16
Merge: 6fb291c b94375e
Author: Silvana Ovaitt <[email protected]>
Date:   Thu Mar 9 16:58:45 2023 -0700

    Merge branch '417_instructions' of https://github.com/NREL/bifacial_radiance into 417_instructions


commit 52694c3
Author: cdeline <[email protected]>
Date:   Thu Mar 9 15:12:00 2023 -0700

    Update instructions for Radiance pointing to new github repo.  Fixes #417

* footer_items warning... 2 of 34

* 421 save image (#455)

* add saveImage to ModuleObj to duplicate objview

* Initial module saveImage workflow integrated with modelchain. Not fully tested.  First whack at _getDesiredIndex

* First cut at saveImage in SceneObj

* SceneObj.saveImage is coded and working.

* update saveImage in modelchain. Make simulationParamsDict['saveImage'] =  True in GUI.
Tested and working for GUI examples so far..

* what's new for #422

* add pytests for saveImage.  Fixes #421

* cleanup prep for multiSceneObj:
- remove self.sceneRAD, nMods, nRows from RadianceObj
- remove 'clearance_height' as entry in trackerdict (get it from 'scene' entry)
- add 'name' input parameter to SceneObj as placeholder (automatically set to Scene0)

* example notebook 1 now runs SceneObj.saveImage at the end.

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Co-authored-by: Silvana Ovaitt <[email protected]>

* Doc updates

* 434 notebooks (#454)

* Fix notebook headings
* Fixes #434.  update whatsnew
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Co-authored-by: Silvana Ovaitt <[email protected]>

* minor cleanup

* Fix the example gallery links

* update requirements.txt using pur

* Revert requirements.txt.  Quick bugfix

* Deprecating Py3.7 support. Update requirements.txt.  Fixes dependabot pulls #448 and #425.

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Co-authored-by: Silvana Ovaitt <[email protected]>

Author: cdeline

docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/pending.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+.. _whatsnew_0430:
+
+v0.4.3 (XX / XX / 2023)
+------------------------
+Release of new version including ...
+
+
+API Changes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+*A new function can now be called to compile results and report out final irradiance and performance data: :py:class:`~bifacial_radiance.RadianceObj.compileResults`.
+*Multiple modules and rows can now be selected in a single analysis scan. ``modWanted`` and ``rowWanted`` inputs in :py:class:`~bifacial_radiance.RadianceObj.analysis1axis` can now be a list, to select multiple rows and modules for scans. (:issue:`405`)(:pull:`408`)
+*To support multiple modules and row scans for 1axis simulations, outputs like Wm2Front are now stored in ``trackerdict``.``Results``  (:issue:`405`)(:pull:`408`)
+
+
+Enhancements
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+Bug fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+Documentation
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* Edge effects evaluation tutorial 23, with the new functionality of multiple modules/rows on the same analysis scan.
+
+
+Contributors
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+* Silvana Ayala (:ghuser:`shirubana`)
+* Chris Deline (:ghuser:`cdeline`)

docs/sphinx/source/whatsnew/v0.4.2.rst

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 .. _whatsnew_0420:
 
+
 v0.4.2 (03 / 10 / 2023)
+
 ------------------------
 Documentation, bug fix and enhancement update
 
 
 
+
 Bug fixes
 ~~~~~~~~~
 * Return functionality that existed previous to 0.4.0:  :py:class:`~bifacial_radiance.ModuleObj`. ``text`` can be manually passed in, over-riding the module object definition.  This was mistakenly removed during the moduleObj refactor in v0.4.0. (:pull:`413`)(:issue:`390`)
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 *  :py:class:`~bifacial_radiance.RadianceObj`. ``nMods`` and ``nRows`` internal attributes have been removed. These are now defined per :py:class:`~bifacial_radiance.SceneObj`. ``sceneDict``  (:pull:`455`)
 *  ``trackerdict[index]['clearance_height']`` attribute has been removed. These are available inside the ``trackerdict[index]['scene']``  :py:class:`~bifacial_radiance.SceneObj`. ``sceneDict``   (:pull:`455`)
 
+
 Documentation
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 * readthedocs now has an example notebook gallery  (:pull:`440`)
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+
 Contributors
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
 * Silvana Ovaitt (:ghuser:`shirubana`)