[cad-linux] Fwd: [brlcad-news] BRL-CAD 7.12.4 is released

--- Christopher Sean Morrison <brlcad@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Christopher Sean Morrison <brlcad@xxxxxxx>
> Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:48:13 -0400
> To: brlcad-news@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [brlcad-news] BRL-CAD 7.12.4 is released
> 
> I'm happy to announce the availability of BRL-CAD 7.12.4.  This  
> release contains numerous enhancements to MGED's mirror command, now  
> with the ability to mirror an object across arbitrary vectors or  
> points along a standard axis.  Additionally, NIRT now has a new "gap"  
> option for reporting the empty spaces between objects with additional  
> formatting options being considered.  The release also has an  
> impressive new procedural database geometry tool for generating  
> vehicle tires.
> 
> This new 'tire' tool was developed by Cliff Yapp for the purpose of  
> creating highly detailed tires based on user-provided  
> specifications.  Given standard tire dimension information, the  
> program can generate a corresponding curved sidewall tire on a fitted  
> wheel and that optionally has detailed tread.  The results are  
> impressively realistic tires.
> 
> Since the 7.12.2 release, the following user-visible changes have  
> occurred:
> 
> * added '-l' list option to mged dbfindtree command
> * fixed minor memory leak during raytracing
> * added '-+ t' rtcheck option to produce text plot output
> * added gap reporting option to nirt
> * added mirror command to archer
> * improve behavior of interactive nirt backout command
> * renamed mged dbbinary command to binary
> * fixed rt/rtedge clipping bug
> * new mged mirror command options for arbitrary vectors
> * fix -k rt option to work for surface normal lighting
> * add tire proc-db for easy tire/wheel model creation
> * added query pixel support to the Windows framebuffer
> * mirror across a distance along a given axis in mged
> 
> Special thanks to Bob Parker, Cliff Yapp, Sean Morrison, and Daniel  
> Roßberg for their contributions made in this release.
> 
> This is a backwards-compatible source-only developer release.  See  
> http://brlcad.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/brlcad/brlcad/trunk/NEWS  
> for the full list of changes for each release.
> 
> 
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