What's New in RadVis 1.1b ========================= This is a maintenance release. Most of the bugs fixed in this release are user interface behaviour issues. BETA Release information ------------------------ This is a beta release of DESIRE RadVis 1.1. The final release is scheduled for 30th July 2004. This release has been labelled as a beta because there are few outstanding issue (see below) of a mostly cosmetic nature that remain to be fixed and the development team will be on vacation until the 19th July 2004. 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 ------------ The following features are new in release 1.1b: * X3D file format (VRML 2004 - ISO/IEC FDIS 19775:2004) is now supported for 3D geometry, in addition to ISO VRML97. See 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 --------- The following bugs have been addressed since 1.0 (Provisional Acceptance): #4 If the background has been 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. Known Issues ------------ The following issues will be fixed in the official 1.1 release: #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 Dragging and dropping a project file into the 3D view from a location other than the RadVis installation "data" directory will result in RadVis not locating the Columbus model or background unless the full URL paths are specified in the project file, or the geometry files are copied so that they are located relative to their definitions in the project file. Dragging a link/alias to a project file onto the 3D view will similarly fail. The correct intended behaviour is that RadVis should search in its data directory for files that it otherwise cannot find relative to project files. If RadVis still cannot find a file, it should prompt the user to locate it rather than issue a "model not found" error message. Consequences of work in progress towards the 1.1 release: # The dosimeter sometimes stops being updated. Detaching and reattaching the dosimeter will usually start it working again # The dosimeter sometimes shows a cone for a purely scalar dataset (related to #12 above) and does not respect an override (e.g. user wants boxes only) made in the Options dialog for any data set. # A detached dosimeter representation appears occassionally where the HUD would normally be, even when the HUD is off. # As a consequence of #12, non-directional boxes are also rotated relative to the view, and sometimes clip their corners. # It is possible to load a geometry file even when no project has been loaded by dragging and dropping it on the 3D view.