Release Note Ver.3.1.0(β)

Release Note Ver.3.1.0(β)

Basic changes and updates from version series 3.0 to 3.1.0(β):

• Implemented GrxUI as an Eclipse plug-in.
• ModelLoader was rewritten in C++. Because of that, model reading speed was greatly improved the compared to the series 3.0 that written in Java.
• Added a feature that supports creating model files on GrxUI.
• Started using CMake to generate makefiles and project files. This helped to make the directory structure clear and eazy-to-use.
• Server Management Panel (Server Manager View) was added to control the starting of CORBA servers on GrxUI.
• Bacame compatible with Ubuntu 8.10 .
• When a link has contact with another object, the contact-point and the contact-force of the simulator can now get through controller bridge.
• Simulating a robot mechanism that has a fixed joint other than "Root", is also supported now.
• Prevented generating a new VirtualRobot, when simulation is restarted.
• Specifying multiple ID names for --in-port/--out-port options in ControllerBridge is now supported.
• ControllerBridge now supports with multiple RTC's.
• "jointAxis" data type that used in sample models, was converted to "SfVec3f".