Getting started

Installation

Shape-Out 2 can be installed via multiple channels.

  1. Windows installer: Download the latest version for your architecture (i.e. Shape-Out_X.Y.Z_win_64bit_setup.exe) from the official release page.

  2. macOS: Download the latest version (Shape-Out_X.Y.Z.dmg or Shape-Out_X.Y.Z.pkg) from the official release page.

  3. Python 3.6 with pip: Shape-Out can easily be installed with pip:

    python3 -m pip install shapeout2
    

    To start Shape-Out, simply run python3 -m shapeout2 or shapeout2 in a command shell.

Update

Shape-Out automatically searches for updates (you may opt-out via the Help menu) and notifies the user when a new version is available.

  1. Windows installer: The older version of Shape-Out will be automatically uninstalled when installing a new version.

  2. macOS: The older version of Shape-Out will be automatically uninstalled when installing a new version.

  3. Python 3.6 and pip:

    pip install --upgrade shapeout2
    

How to cite

If you use Shape-Out in a scientific publication, please cite it with:

Paul Müller and others (2019), Shape-Out version 2.X.X: Graphical user interface for analysis and visualization of RT-DC data sets [Software]. Available at https://github.com/ZELLMECHANIK-DRESDEN/ShapeOut2.

If the journal does not accept and others, you can fill in the missing names from the credits file.