update to OptiX 7.1 SDK and CUDA 11, linux binaries to follow

Author: robertsulej

CHANGELOG.rst

@@ -1,6 +1,21 @@
 Release history
 ===============
 
+v0.9.0 - unreleased
+-------------------
+
+NVIDIA driver >= 450 is required to run this release.
+
+Added
+~~~~~
+
+- support for the normal buffer in AI denoiser
+
+Changes
+~~~~~~~
+
+- update to OptiX 7.1 SDK and CUDA 11 (note: CUDA toolkit is not required in your system to run PlotOptiX)
+
 `v0.8.2`_ - 2020-07-12
 ----------------------
 

README.rst

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ System Requirements
 -------------------
 
 - a `CUDA-enabled GPU <https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-gpus>`__ with compute capability 5.0 (Maxwell) to latest (Turing),
-  NVIDIA driver release >= v435
+  NVIDIA driver release >= v450
 - **Python 3 64-bit**
 - Windows:
    - `.NET Framework <https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-framework>`__ >= 4.6.1 (present in normally updated Windows)

examples/1_basic_plot_making/5_surface_plot.py

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def main():
     optix.update_camera("cam1", eye=eye)
 
     d = np.linalg.norm(optix.get_camera_target() - eye)
-    optix.setup_light("light1", color=10, radius=0.3 * d)
+    optix.setup_light("light1", color=8, radius=0.3 * d)
 
     optix.start()
     print("done")

plotoptix/__init__.py

@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 
 __author__  = "Robert Sulej, R&D Team <dev@rnd.team>"
 __status__  = "beta"
-__version__ = "0.8.2"
-__date__    = "12 July 2020"
+__version__ = "0.9.0"
+__date__    = "17 July 2020"
 
 import logging