What's New in RadVis 1.1b2
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This is a maintenance release. Most of the bugs fixed in this release
are user interface behaviour issues.
BETA Release information
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This is a beta 2 release of DESIRE RadVis 1.1. The final release will
be made by the end of August 2004. This release has been labelled as
a beta because there are some minor outstanding issue (see below) of
a mostly cosmetic nature that remain to be fixed and formal testing
has not been completed.
We recommend that users update to version 1.1 when it is released and
encourage users to submit bug reports should any currently
unidentified issues surface.
New Features
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The following features are new in release 1.1:
* X3D file format (VRML 2004 - ISO/IEC FDIS 19775:2004) is now supported
for 3D geometry, in addition to ISO VRML97. See http://www.web3d.org/
for details about X3D.
* 3D geometry files can be dragged and dropped onto the 3D view as a
shortcut for the File > Replace Model... menu item.
Bug Fixes
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The following bugs have been addressed since 1.0 (Provisional Acceptance):
#4 If the background has been turned off (View > Background), the box
geometry representation is very difficult to see if the user selects
View > Box.
#5 The predefined viewpoints do not work as the user would expect when
in examine navigation mode.
#6 Overall mouse interaction after detaching the dosimeter when in examine
navigation mode is incorrect.
#7 Sometimes when detaching the dosimeter from body, the cone/box geometry
in the HUD disappears.
#8 The detached dosimeter is difficult to use in conjunction with the
Columbus model because it appears too far in front of the user when it
is initially detached.
#9 The Forward/Back buttons in the project chooser should be disabled when
the user is already at the last/first project in the list.
#10 The direction indicated in the HUD representation when using a detached
dosimeter is not updated when the user moves relative to the location,
so the direction that it points in is incorrect relative to the view.
#11 When viewing data that is not interpolated, undefined values are shown
as having value 0, whereas they should be shown as undefined.
#12 If no direction is set in the data set then should revert to showing a
box in the HUD if the previously displayed set used a cone.
#13 When RadVis is unable to locate a geoemetry files in the expected
location then it asks the user to locate it rather than just failing to
load the file.
# Default transparency for slices is 10% rather than 50%
# Improved memory management when performing memory intensive operations
(e.g. loading data sets and pre-processing volumes).
# Unit in HUD now shown for general sets (e.g. temperature).
# Viewpoints now correctly working together with the detached dosimeter
# Interactive behaviour of detatched dosimeter improved (easier to use and
HUD representation of dosimeter values points in correct direction
relative to the view)
# Optimised dosimeter update behaviour, which also results in smoother
rendering overall
# Sun in background was not drawn properly
# Interpolated/Uninterpolated menu items are updated to indicate which
is active
