The newest AERO version
At the moment AERO is at Version 1.7.0. This version has the
following additional features compared to V1.6.0:
- Objects are selectable by mouse
- Scrolling by mouse is enabled, too
- Play backward function in animation window
- Confirmation for 'delete all sync points' is required
- In batch mode, gernerating raytrace output is supported
- Improved documentation
- Background color uses default background
- Some more bug fixes and smaller improvements
- XPM library not needed anymore
- Easier installation process
(Remark: There was a version 1.6.1 announced after 1.6.0. This version
has been cancelled. We stepped directly to 1.7.0. I hope this didn't
confuse anybody.)
Here is an excerpt of the CHANGES file that shows the changes
from V1.6.0 to V1.7.0:
Date: Apr 95
Changed File: Editor.c
Comment: Added TODO list.
Date: 28. Apr 95
Changed File: Animation.c Welt.h
Comment: Added a backward-play functionality.
Date: 1. Aug 95
Changed File: Editor.h
Comment: Inserted option '-h' to get some help about allowed
parameters.
Date: 10 Aug 95
Changed File: Editor.c Animation.c
Comment: Inserted option '-r' for raytracer output while in
batch mode. The selected raytracer is POVray 2.x.
Date: 18. Aug 95
Changed File: animat.c
Comment: Background color for normal mode and red-green mode
are now independant. In red-green mode it is still
white, in normal mode it is taken from the widget
resource.
Date: 23. Aug 95
Changed File: Makefile.sun5
Comment: Added options '-L/usr/ucblib -R/usr/ucblib -lucb' to
the Makefile. Thanks to William Reiken for this hint.
Date: 25. Aug 95
Changed File: Editor.c Editor.h ObjektAktionen.c Hilfroutinen.c
Animation.c app-defaults/XAero
Comment: To Delete all sync-points a confirmation is now
required. 'Select next group' functionality is also
added.
Date: 11. Sep 95
Changed File: darstellung.c visualisierung.h Editor.c Animation.c
ObjektAktionen.c
Comment: Object selection and offset scrolling by mouse added.
Thanks to Arijan Siska for the basic implementation.
Date: 14. Sep 95
Changed File: ZusGesObjekte.c
Comment: Planes are not allowed in grouped objects. This bug is
now fixed.
Date: 2. Okt 95
Changed File: ObjektAktionen.c
Comment: If some parameters of a 'rod link' are changed, the
length of the rod is now recalculated automatically.
Date: 9. Nov 95
Changed File: ObjektAktionen.c
Comment: Creating links and 'directed forces' now uses object
selection by mouse.
Date: 20. Aug 96
Changed Files: Menu.c Editor.c HilfsRoutinen.c
Comment: Replaced raytracer selection again to get rid off the
need for the xpm-library. Now there are simple Athena
toggle widgets.
Date: 21. Aug 96
Changed Files: Makefile.solaris (was Makefile.sun5)
Comment: Cleaned up. The use of libucb caused the file selector
to fail. Partly static linking now possible.
Date: 26. Aug 96
Changed Files: Makefile.sunos (was Makefile.sun4)
Comment: Resembles now Makefile.solaris2.x.
Date: 27. Aug 96
Changed Files: io.c gleichungsloeser.c kollision.c invserv.c animat.c
Comment: Some fixes to avoid compiler warnings.
Date: 29. Aug 96
Changed Files: animat.c darstellung.c rayausg.c inventor.c invserv.c
Comment: Some declarations made static to avoid conflicts in
the future.
Date: 29. Aug 96
Changed Files: ausgabe.h beruehrung.h bewegungsgleichungen.h
folgeschrittberechnung.h gleichungsloeser.h integration.h
io.h koerper.h kollision.h kollisionsbehandlung.h kraft.h
materialien.h stoss.h vektor.h
Comment: Functions declared extern to avoid conflicts when
including these header files.
Date: 29. Aug 96
Changed Files: Makefile.sunos Makefile.solaris Makefile.iris4d
Makefile.decstation
Comment: More or less redesign of the Makefiles, compilation
should be easier now.
Date: 30. Aug 96
Changed Files: README INSTALL
Comment: More elaborate explanations.
Date: 31. Aug 96
Changed Files: README.fwf (new), README.inventor, FAQ
Comment: Still some more information.
There are some minor changes scheduled for the future. E.g. the
synchronisation between AERO and the Inventor process should be
improved. All in all, the inventor part in conjunction with PVM needs
some additional work to get it more user friendly. A rather major
modification will be the translation of the German comments to
English. However, this will take some time. There is interest of some
people to include additional raytracing backends in AERO.
Hartmut Keller
Last modified: Sat Aug 31 19:43:28 1996