[cad-linux] BRL-CAD Release 7.24.0, Archer Alpha

From: Christopher Sean Morrison <brlcad@xxxxxxx>
To: cad-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 23:56:07 -0400

After nearly an entire year's worth of intense collaborative effort, the 7.24.0 
major release of BRL-CAD is now available for download.  More information 
including detailed itemization of changes is available at:

http://brlcad.org/d/node/186 

This is the alpha release unveiling of Archer/MGED, a preliminary interface 
update to BRL-CAD's graphical geometry editor.  Some highlights include an 
integrated graphical tree view, a single window framework, drag and drop 
geometry editing, information panels, shortcut buttons, improved polygonal mesh 
and 2D sketch editing, level of detail wireframes, NURBS shaded display 
support, and much more.

As alpha software, this new MGED prototype aims to provide functional feature 
parity with the antecedent MGED interface while introducing changes.  Prior to 
upcoming beta testing where the emphasis is predominantly on stability and 
usability, this alpha status solicits feedback from the community on capability 
and features.  Feedback may be provided by writing to devs@xxxxxxxxxx

This release also includes various improvements to BRL-CAD's ray tracing 
infrastructure including CPU thread affinity locking for faster performance, 
more consistent grazing hit behavior, expanded volume and surface area 
calculations, numerous bug fixes, and more robust NURBS evaluation. 

Thank you to all that have contributed towards this release including Aaron 
Keesing, Akshay Kashyap, Andrei Popescu, Daniel Roßberg, Tom Browder, Carl 
Moore, Cliff Yapp, Jordi Sayol, Chris Dueck, Keith Bowman, Nick Reed, Bob 
Parker, Richard Weiss, and Sean Morrison. Special thanks to GSoC student Kesha 
Shah for her efforts helping prepare release notes as well.

This is a backwards-compatible release with binaries provided for Windows, Mac 
OS X, and Linux. Please visit our website to download the latest version: 
http://brlcad.org/d/download

[cad-linux] BRL-CAD Release 7.24.0, Archer Alpha

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