tomflexcompute

> @tomflexcompute feel free to reassign, break up, however you see fit. Thanks! We do have a [benchmark](https://github.com/flexcompute/tidy3d-examples/blob/master/mmi_benchmark/mmi_lumerical_benchmark.ipynb) comparison but not sure if we want to make it public?

I think we can use this notebook to test https://www.flexcompute.com/tidy3d/examples/notebooks/90OpticalHybrid/

Yeah `plot()` does work correctly in most cases but sometimes there is a warning about mesh being not watertight and the plot would be incorrect, even though the simulation itself...

MC is looking into it. Their schedule is pretty tight too so not sure if we will have it done within, say, a week or two, but will update here...

We do have comparisons with other solvers but not sure if we can make them publically available due to legal concerns. Our case studies are almost all based on papers...

> @tomflexcompute if this is simply not achievable, we can just close it. Thanks. Need to do a bit research on it. Maybe it's doable.

Thanks @tylerflex for organizing the user feedback. In one incident just yesterday, a user tried to define a Near2FarAngleMonitor but apparently got a validation error. Somehow he referenced the 1.6.3...

I see that there is a test for `from_url` in test_dispersion_fitter.py using some mock data. Maybe it's worth it to have another test using data directly from refractiveindex.io?

It seems like refractiveindex.io updates their website links from time to time.

When I click this `[CSV - comma separated]` button it directly downloads the csv file without opening a new page. Clicking the `[Full database record]` button does open a webpage...