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--- 2009-09-29 Release 7.16.0 ---
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Considerable development continues towards improving BRL-CAD's
geometry support through the addition of several new geometry
importers. This release includes initial support for 3DM (Rhino3D)
files, OBJ (Alias Wavefront) files, and STEP geometry (ISO 10303,
AP203) files. Additionally, development on the Archer modeling tool
continues as MGED features are merged in and new features, such as
undo support and graphical editing, are expanded upon.
* initial step-g geometry importer - Keith Bowman
* added '-u' flag to 3dm-g - uses UUID for import names - Cliff Yapp
* improved fb-png and pix-png default gamma correction - Sean Morrison
* added a '-g' gamma correction option to pix-png - Sean Morrison
* added mged '-a' option for attaching display manager - Sean Morrison
* increased maximum size of framebuffer windows - Sean Morrison
* removed framebuffer option 'f' from interfaces - Sean Morrison
* reversed and simplified arguments to copyeval command - Bob Parker
* 3dm-g converter creates automatic top-level combination - Cliff Yapp
* added procedural 'human' generator command and gui plugin to archer
- Stephen Kennedy, Bob Parker
* added BoT commands to archer (e.g., bot_flip, bot_sync) - Bob Parker
* implemented support for sub-object erasures - Bob Parker
* changed Pro/E exporter to output unoriented BoT objects - Bob Parker
* fixed a rendering bug with left-handed BoT objects - Bob Parker
* pipe now validates independent of parameter order - Daniel Roßberg
* added '-r' color randomize option to 3dm-g importer - Cliff Yapp
* enhanced '-v' verbosity option in 3dm-g importer - Cliff Yapp
* readded -A & -o attribute options to 'draw' and 'erase' - Bob Parker
* fixed bug in 'E' command to show object names - John Anderson
* initial obj-g geometry importer - Erik Greenwald
* Pro/E export plugin creates a 'Proe_Name' attribute - Bob Parker
* enhanced rtedge with antialias and both side options - Sean Morrison
* search command now works in Archer - Cliff Yapp
* make_bb now handles empty combinations correctly - Bob Parker
* no more rtweight crashing when PWD or HOME are unset - Sean Morrison
* fixed "Invalid NMG" empty output bug in g-stl - Sean Morrison
* improved BoT raytracing with vertex validation - John Anderson
* fixed Mac OS X 10.5 OGL and X11 display manager crash affecting mged
- Sean Morrison, Mike Tegtmeyer, Tim Myers
* added experimental exporter to Panda3d EGG format - Erik Greenwald
* fixed compilation support for Mac OS X 10.5 - Sean Morrison
* new bb command creates & computes object bounding boxes - Cliff Yapp
* added -n "no-action" reporting option to edcodes & mvall - Bob Parker
* reordering of and additions to Archer button menu - Cliff Yapp
* extensive NURBS raytracing improvements - Keith Bowman, Cliff Yapp
* fixed mged bug when raytracing subpath context objects - Bob Parker
* added make_pnts for importing pnts data from file - Richard Weiss
* initial undo support for Archer - Bob Parker
* raytracers respect secondary ray overlap reporting - Sean Morrison
* add dynamic sampling for NURBS wireframe drawing - Cliff Yapp
* changed mged 'help' output formatting - Sean Morrison
* improved 'e_id' mged command help - Sean Morrison
* archer interactive editing support for most primitives - Bob Parker
* added '-v' to mged for version information - Erik Greenwald
* fixed the "scalloping" bug in the metaball primitive - Erik Greenwald
