SciChart WPF Changelog

SC-8280 Resolved NullReferenceException in SciChart 3D when interacting with the Legend under specific conditions

SC-8249 Fixed issues in the drawing engine, improving fallback to software rendering when hardware acceleration is unsupported

SC-8233 Applied additional fix to MVVM Axis API for consistent AxisAlignment binding

SC-8219 Fixed rendering distortion in SciChart 3D when using Z-Axis Up mode

SC-7551 Improved precision when converting from Double to DateTime

SC-8251 Fixed AccessViolationException when disposing SciChartSurface

SC-8222 Fixed background color of axis labels for TooltipModifier3D when switching between themes

SC-8162 Fixed AccessViolationException when disposing SciChart3DSurface

SC-8140 Fixed AccessViolationException occurring when closing a window with SciChart3DSurface3D

SC-8233 Fixed the issue with misaligned secondary axes with MVVM API in some cases

SC-8214 Fixed the issue when TextSize of Annotations was different on an exported chart

SC-8040 Fixed 1px-wide gaps that appeared in Digital lines in some cases

SC-7616 Fixed CompositeAnnotation displaying issue with TabControl

Extended the API of TooltipModifier3D with properties to show/hide labels on axes and show/hide the tooltip; implemented the corresponding behaviors

SC-8146 Added support for dynamic styling of ticks drawing on Axes with VisualXccelerator Engine

SC-8154 Added font-related properties to AxisMarkerAnnotationViewModel

SC-8217 Added bindings for the Background, Foreground, BorderBrush, and BorderThickness properties of the SciChart 3D Legend to the corresponding properties of LegendModifier3D

Updated dependencies for the SciChart.Wpf.UI library and SciChart ExamplesDemo to include the latest vulnerability fixes in the log4net library

SC-7275 Fixed an issue where a single column in FastColumnRenderableSeries appeared very thin

SC-7911 Fixed serialization of LineAnnotations in SciChartSurface

SC-8066 Fixed a crash during validation of ticks range in LogarithmicNumericTickProvider

SC-8117 Fixed System.ArgumentException when setting VisibleRangeLimit if Axes were synchronized

SC-8123 Fixed an issue where StackedMountainSeries would crash when series in different stacking groups had different X-values count

SC-8147 Fixed LabelPlacement on AxisLabel with left-aligned Y-axes

SC-7746 Fixed a crash on example export if the export path is invalid in the Examples Demo App

SC-7725 Added Application Manifest to the Examples Demo App to support DPI awareness

SC-8002 Fixed an issue with UniformXYDataSeries not updating correctly with ImpossibleMode enabled

SC-8003 Fixed an issue when chart grid would disappear with Axis MVVM API under specific circumstances

SC-7659 Added rendering of special numeric values (such as Double.MaxValue, Double.MinValue) to viewport edges for FastMountainRenderableSeries and FastLineRenderableSeries using the VisualXccelerator renderer

SC-7904 Implemented configuring of AxisTitle visibility in SciChart3D through the AxisPlane API

SC-7924 Added LightingController API to the Viewport3D class in SciChart3D that allows control over scene lighting

SC-7844 Added support for the Foreground property on Axes, which now works alongside the TickTextBrush property

Updated several documentation articles

SC-6229 Fixed an issue where DataDistributionCalculators did not update data distribution flags in the FIFO mode after certain operations with data

SC-8030 Resolved issues with special numeric values (such as Double.MaxValue, Double.MinValue) not being recognized during VisibleRange calculations for Axes

SC-7908 Fixed a regression where Axis3D.IsLabelCullingEnabled had no effect

SC-7949 Fixed binding issues in SciChartLegend that caused BindingErrors in the Output window

SC-8026 Fixed an issue where DataDistributionCalculators did not update the DataContainsNaN flag on data removal

SC-8047 Corrected chart offset when setting AxisAlignment via a Style using Axis MVVM API

SC-8049 Resolved an issue when an exception was thrown when manually disposing SciChartSurface objects

SC-8052 Fixed an issue where 2D charts appeared with missing lines on exported images when downscaling occurred

Updated documentation articles

SC-7983 Fixed an issue where AxisMarkers, when used with SeriesValueModifier, would not appear for RenderableSeries if the MVVM API was utilized

SC-8001 Fixed an issue where Offset and Scale filters would throw an exception when applied to a DataSeries containing unsorted data

SC-7799 Fixed the appearance issues of a digital (stepped) FastBandRenderableSeries when few data points are visible in the viewport

SC-7841 Resolved an issue with the incorrect rendering of FastBandRenderableSeries when Y1 values are identical

SC-7960 Fixed a System.AccessViolationException occurring when a WaterfallDataSeries3D with an increased number of slices (Z Values) is assigned to a WaterfallRenderableSeries3D

SC-7444 Improved the RenderContext2D.DrawText API by adding support for multi-line text

SC-7445 Added support for templating the content of FastStripeRenderableSeries via the StripeContentTemplate property

SC-7049 Implemented several diagonal-picking algorithms for the SurfaceMesh3D series, selectable via the GridPartitionMethod property. This enhancement allows for optimized SurfaceMesh3D rendering for specific datasets

SC-7920 Fixed a rendering issue where using auto-ranging would result in incorrect initial rendering of FastStripeRenderableSeries

SC-7918 Corrected a rendering failure in the hardware-accelerated renderer for thin lines of FastStripeRenderableSeries when zoomed in significantly

SC-7916 Fixed a native exception that occurred when attempting to render any XYY data on a non-licensed PC

SC-7897 Resolved an exception issue related to the MVVM Axis API in certain scenarios

SC-7896 Addressed a rendering issue where software renderers would display thin stripes of FastStripeRenderableSeries with a stroke color, even when StrokeThickness was set to 0

SC-7444 Fixed an issue where escape characters in a string would cause an exception in the RenderContext2D.DrawText API

SC-7919 Corrected width synchronization issues between two charts in the "Spectrogram Chart Demo"

SC-7905 Resolved an issue with opening hyperlinks in the WPF Examples Demo for .NET and .NET Core

SC-7798 Fixed a missing file issue in the exported solution for the "1 Billion FIFO" example

Addressed an issue where axes would remain visible on the surface after being removed through the Axes MVVM API

Updated "Gantt Chart" Example: Implemented a simplified approach for a more user-friendly experience

SC-7868 Resolved an issue where OneWay binding to the VisualXcceleratorEngine.IsEnabled property was unintentionally removed when setting the property internally

SC-7845 Resolved a specific issue resulting in the duplication of Y-Axes when utilizing the MVVM Axis API under certain conditions

SC-7856 Fixed an intermittent exception that occurred during the Y-Axis range calculation process

SC-7850 Fixed a regression in the Y-Axis range calculation for StackedSeries, particularly when Double.NaN values were present in Y-Values

SC-7866 Fixed an issue causing inaccurate Fill color in FastStripeRenderableSeries for 1px-wide Rectangles when using software renderers

SC-7833 Fixed resampling artifacts in FastStripeRenderableSeries that were previously observed

Improved rendering error logging for better clarity and diagnostics

Clarified error messages when creating DataSeries with unsupported data types

Enhanced Dispose pattern implementation in SciChart 3D with improved management of locks and managed resources

SC-7622 Added the ability to exclude a RenderableSeries3D from hit-testing by setting the IsHitTestVisible property

SC-7554 Fixed autoranging behavior that would ignore ZeroLineY for FastColumnRenderableSeries, FastImpulseRenderableSeries and StackedSeries

SC-7719 Fixed an issue when SciChartSurface would not pull new RenderableSeries from a bound collection through SeriesBinding after Unload/Load

SC-7800 Fixed an issue when VerticalSliceModifier wouldn't hide VerticalLines when disabled

SC-7830 Fixed an issue when SciChartSurface would throw a SynchronizationLockException during rendering if there were no axes

SC-7838 Fixed incorrect behavior of StackedSeries when ZeroLineY was smaller or greater than Y-values in a series

Added the possibility to turn off resampling for FastStripeRenderableSeries using the ResamplingMode property

SC-7734 Fixed failing of example export on some PCs due to missing trailing slash in the export path

SC-7792 Fixed a NullReferenceException in SciChart3D when hit-testing invisible or not yet rendered RenderableSeries3D objects

SC-7749 Fixed InvalidCastException with StripeDataSeries when data points number exceeded size of the viewport

SC-7739 Fixed the issue with serialization of AnnotationCollection that would cause the default XML Serializer to skip other properties in the same class

SC-7815 Fixed the issue when WaterfallRenderableSeries3D threw ArithmeticOperation Exception when hit-tested while invisible or before the first render

SC-7647 Fixed the issue when repeated adding and removing of WaterfallRenderableSeries3D slowed down series creation time

SC-7648 Added support of Logarithmic X-Axis with WaterfallRenderableSeries3D

SC-7727 Added support of Logarithmic Z-Axis with WaterfallRenderableSeries3D

SC-7630 Fixed an issue when hit-test would fail for some slices of WaterfallRenderableSeries3D

SC-7726 Fixed an issue when WaterfallRenderableSeries3D would ignore Z-values when passed into DataSeries constructor

SC-7771 Fixed filling of WaterfallRenderableSeries3D with gradient brush when Y-Axis range contained negative part

SC-7790 Added default shape for ColumnRenderableSeries3D and ImpulseRenderableSeries3D

SC-7748 Fixed an issue when SciChartSurface would not pull new Annotations from a bound collection through AnnotationBinding after Unload/Load

SC-7750 Fixed tooltips for Stacked Series showing AccumulatedValue instead of Y-Value in some use-cases

SC-7779 Fixed rendering of Stacked Series with ZeroLineY

SC-7795 Fixed incorrect rendering of 100% StackedColumnRenderableSeries with negative Y-values

SC-7796 Fixed incorrect rendering of 100% StackedColumnRenderableSeries when ZeroLineY is set

Updated documentation articles

SC-7766 Fixed an issue when Stroke was not applied to WaterfallRenderableSeries3D when StrokeColorMapping was not provided

SC-7764 Fixed a NullReferenceException when zooming in at the edges of a StackedColumns chart

SC-7763 Added disposal of inner textures for WaterfallRenderableSeries3D

SC-7750 Fixed an issue when Tooltips would show accumulated value for StackedSeries instead of a data value

SC-7720 Fixed AccessViolationException when LabelProvider returns an empty string in SciChart 3D

SC-7716 Fixed AccessViolationException during LineSeries rendering when DataSeries contains Double.NaN values only

SC-7697 Fixed misaligned tooltips with StackedColumns and DateTimeAxis

SC-7651 Fixed an issue when ChartModifiers would force focus to SciChartSurface

SC-7646 Fixed default bindings for Axes and RenderableSeries in SciChart 2D MVVM API

SC-7617 Fixed an issue when WaterfallRenderableSeries3D didn't update when properties of WaterfallDataSeries changed

SC-7456 Fixed PaletteProvider for FastStripeRenderableSeries

SC-7567 Fixed an issue when SciChartToolbar2D (Examples Demo) would produce a NullReferenceException when used with SciChart MVVM API for Axes

SC-7613 Fixed an issue with hit-testing of Waterfall 3D Series

SC-7613 Fixed an issue when selected slices of Waterfall 3D Series would change after the chart is rotated

SC-7527 Fixed an issue in SciChart 3D when Axis Plane Border would appear incorrectly with Right-Handed Coordinate System

SC-7547 Fixed an issue when Tooltips would not appear for Stacked Column Series with CategoryDateTimeAxis

SC-7608 Fixed an issue Rollover and Legend would wort incorrectly with CategoryDateTimeAxis in some use-cases

SC-7609 Fixed an issue when a series that used HlcDataSeries would not appear with CategoryDateTimeAxis

SC-7563 Fixed an issue when ChartModifiers with overlays (like RolloverModifier) would remain on top of a chart after the used ModifierKey was released

SC-7493 Fixed an issue when a series that used OhlcDataSeries would appear with gaps when there is large number of data points

Added a new article “Breaking Changes in SciChart WPF SDK v8”

Added a new article “What’s New in SciChart WPF SDK v8”

Added a set of introductory tutorials for SciChart 3D

New DPI-Aware SciChartSurface Example in Sandbox

Key Bindings for ChartModifiers

Multiple Application Domains Support

Faster VisualXcceleratorEngine Startup, Async Startup and auto cleanup

Configurable Orientation for Axis Labels and Titles in SciChart 3D

Configurable 3D Axis Cube

Added Styling for Axis Titles in SciChart 3D

5x Faster Line Chart loading with Slim Line Series

Improved error handling in SciChart 2D and 3D

Improved AnnotationCreationModifier to not change internally the selectable and editable state of a new Annotation

Update the article “Startup Application Performance”

Updated the article “Enabling The Visual Xccelerator Engine”

WPF Examples Export with NuGet Packages

Updated Homepage for the SciChart WPF Examples App

Improved 2D Text Drawing API

Multiple UI Threads Support

New 3D Axis Label, Title positioning algorithm in SciChart 3D

SC-7475 Fixed an issue when Text Color was ignored in custom TextEntities if chart background was assigned a light color

SC-7454 Fixed incorrect behavior of XyAxisPlane.DrawLabelsMode when Z-Axis is pointing upward

SC-7047 Fixed an issue with 3DAxis.PlaneBorder not applying when Right-Handed coordinate system

SC-7318 Fixed an issue when XAxis remained cached by RenderableSeries even after being removed from SciChartSurface

SC-7299 Fixed a crash in XyzDataSeries with FastBubbleRenderableSeries.AutoZRange=”True”

SC-7226 Fixed a crash in SciChartSurface c-tor when VxRenderer is not supported

SC-7350 Fixed AnnotationCreationModifier to stop setting IsSelected, IsEditable internally to mark a created annotation

SC-6761, SC-6971 Fixed intermittent misalignment between Axis ticks & gridlines with VisualXccelerator Renderer in SciChart 2D

Visibility of RenderableSeries can be controlled through the Visibility property

Added a new example that demonstrates how to dynamically add and remove Objects loaded from .OBJ files onto a 3D Scene. Please find the full source code on SciChart GitHub

Added a new example that demonstrates how to create a chart with fixed Aspect Ratio. Please find the full source code on SciChart GitHub

Added a new example that demonstrates how to maintain Aspect Ratio of chart grid. Please find the full source code on SciChart GitHub

Added drawing of backside by default to “Simple Polar 3D Chart” example

Implemented IDataSeries.Clear(true) for UniformXyDataSeries that allows for optional full releasing of memory when a DataSeries is cleared.

Mouse Cursor shape can be changed for TradingAnnotations now, by overriding the GetSelectedCursor() method (SC-7145)

Preventing GPU Capability Log

SC-7234 Amended NoLockTimer in “FIFO 1 Billion Points Demo” example, resolving rendering artefacts in the example

SC-7150 Improved validation on views related to Example Export. Also improves Example Export to reference latest official NuGet

Improved Navy/Dark theme switching for ExternalDependencies and Examples Demo

Changed AxisTitle3D orientation in SciChart 3D

Improved lighting for large 3D SurfaceMeshes (512 x 512 or larger)

SC-7312 Fixed example issue when chart Legend cut off large numbers

SC-7218 Fixed binding errors in the “Axis and Annotations MVVM Binding” example

Fixed an issue when exporting “FIFO 1 Billion Points Demo” example

SC-7180 Fixed regression with ranging of BoxPlotSeries with a single bar

SC-7163 Fixed ObjectModelSource.StreamSource property

SC-7134 Fixed an issue when 3D Object files could not be loaded from a resource file with relative URI

SC-6938 Fixed a memory leak that occurred under some conditions in MouseManager

SC-7096 Fixed VerticalSliceModifier Tooltips disappearing after changing layout in a DockPanel

SC-7095 Fixed memory leak that occurred when SciChartSurface.Dispose() was called directly

SC-6785 Fixed memory leak when IDataSeries.Clear(true) is called on a FIFO DataSeries

Fixed the issue when GPUCapabilitiesTester properties could not be properly initialized

Hotfixes for text rendering in SciChart 3D

SC-7308 Fixed binding error when PointMarker3D was set in MVVM scenario

SC-7255 Fixed crash on removing custom 3D Objects from the SceneObjects collection

SC-7239 Fixed incorrect formatting of some tick labels on LogarithmicNumericAxis when the ScientificNotation property was set to “Normalized”

SC-7230 Fixed memory error that caused AccessViolationException when XyzDataSeries3D is enlarged

SC-7228 Fixed the issue when VerticalSliceModifier Tooltips disappeared when Annotations Collection was cleared

SC-7218 Fixed a binding error in TexAnnotationViewModel

SC-7209 Fixed AccessViolationException when multiple UI threads used with native resamplers enabled

SC-6810 Fixed bug condition when Axis range grew continuously with empty chart

SC-7176 Fixed incorrect calculations of MinXSpacing in DataDistributionCalculator for unevenly spaced data. Also fixes regression issue with relative width of Column series

SC-6813 Fixed Font Binding issue in SciChartLegend

Updated several documentation articles following customer feedback

Improved quality of text in SciChart 3D with light themes since the 7.0-beta

SC-7072 Fixed an issue that caused a small offset to be applied to SurfaceMesh series position. Also, fixed small gap that appeared between XY and ZY planes in 3D World Box

SC-7077 Fixed minor issues related to Themes

SC-7068 Fixed a silent exception in MountainDrawingProvider with PaletteProvider and VxRenderer. It occured when a color texture reached maximal possible size

SC-6881 Fixed the issue when LogAxis draw series incorrectly because of precision loss in coordinate calculators

SC-6919 Fixed the issue when FastMountainRenderableSeries with ZeroLineY=0 was rendered with artifacts when LogarithmicNumericAxis was used as YAxis

3D Chart Z-Axis Up mode, allowing rotation of 3D Viewport orientation

Completely new 3D Text Rendering, supporting Japanese, Korean, Russian, Arabic characters and Unicode

Interactive 3D Chart editing data with mouse example

.NET 6.0 Support, multi targeting .NET 4.6.2, netCore 3.1

Improved security - C++ Assemblies now signed

SC-6879 Fixed an issue when it wasn’t possible to delete a Vertical Line Annotation when used through VerticalSliceModifier in the Demo App

SC-6705 Fixed an issue with data updates in “Fifo 1 Billion Points Demo” in the Demo App

SC-7072 Fixed an issue that caused a small offset to be applied to SurfaceMesh series position. Also, fixed small gap that appeared between XY and ZY planes in 3D World Box

SC-7077 Fixed minor issues related to Themes

SC-7068 Fixed a silent exception in MountainDrawingProvider with PaletteProvider and VxRenderer. It occured when a color texture reached maximal possible size

SC-6881 Fixed the issue when LogAxis draw series incorrectly because of precision loss in coordinate calculators

SC-6919 Fixed the issue when FastMountainRenderableSeries with ZeroLineY=0 was rendered with artifacts when LogarithmicNumericAxis was used as YAxis

SC-6957 Fixed cut-off digits when drawn with the VisualXccelerator renderer

SC-6536 Fixed an issue when Gradient Brushes couldn’t be applied to a Column Series using PaletteProvider

SC-6786 Fixed incorrect Digital Line Series rendering when there are gaps in data

SC-6527 Fixed an issue in SciChart 3D when hiding Axis Labels would also hide Axis Titles

SC-6485 Fixed an issue with ZeroLineY property ignored by Column Series with Logarithmic Y Axis

SC-6584 Fixed a regression issue with FillRectangle() method in the RenderContext API

SC-6666 Fixed an issue when exporting a chart with Xaml Renderer would cause an exception

SC-6598 Fixed an issue with dynamically added Annotations on a Polar Chart

SC-6631 Fixed an issue when a Series wouldn’t appear on a chart when it was checked in Chart Legend

SC-6657 Fixed blurriness of Sprites with VisualXccelerator renderer

SC-6658 Improved performance of 2D charts in some scenarios

SC-6714 Fixed an issue when charts appeared blank when built from Source Code

SC-6757 Fixed an issue with text size within a Composite Annotation on an exported image

SC-6755 Fixed a crash when exporting a chart with Annotations in the Demo App

Complete rebrand of the SciChart WPF Examples Suite theme