Merge branch 'main' into release/0.60

Author: akaszynski

README.rst

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     :target: https://pypi.org/project/ansys-mapdl-core/
 
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+
+Overview
+--------
+The PyMAPDL project supports Pythonic access to MAPDL to be able to
+communicate with the MAPDL process directly from Python. The latest
+ansys-mapdl-core package enables a more comprehensive interface with
+MAPDL and supports:
+
+- All the features of the original module (e.g. pythonic commands,
+  interactive sessions).
+- Remote connections to MAPDL from anywhere via gRPC.
+- Direct access to MAPDL arrays, meshes, and geometry as Python
+  objects.
+- Low level access to the MAPDL solver through APDL math in a scipy
+  like interface.
+
+Here's a quick demo of PyMAPDL within VSCode:
+
+.. image:: https://github.com/pyansys/pymapdl/raw/fix/auto_complete_vscode/doc/landing_page_demo.gif
+
+PyMAPDL works within Jupyter Notebooks, the standard Python console,
+or in batch mode on Windows, Linux, and even Mac OS.
 
 Documentation and Issues
 ------------------------
@@ -22,6 +49,7 @@ Please feel free to post issues and other questions at `PyMAPDL Issues
 to post questions and code.
 
 
+
 Project Transition - Legacy Support
 -----------------------------------
 This project was formerly known as ``pyansys``, and we'd like to thank

ansys/mapdl/core/__init__.py

@@ -28,11 +28,6 @@
 
 from ansys.mapdl.core import examples
 
-# from ansys.mapdl.core.xpl import ansXpl
-# from ansys.mapdl.core.math import MapdlMath
-
-# from ansys.mapdl.core.mapdl_azure import MapdlAzure, JupyterAzureClient
-
 _HAS_ANSYS = _check_has_ansys()
 
 # Setup data directory
@@ -47,7 +42,3 @@
 
 except:  # pragma: no cover
     pass
-
-
-if "ANSJUPHUB_VER" in os.environ:
-    from ansys.mapdl.core.jupyter import launch_mapdl_on_cluster as launch_mapdl