disabled ODE as the default backend

updated all files for a new release


git-svn-id: https://pycam.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/pycam/trunk@297 bbaffbd6-741e-11dd-a85d-61de82d9cad9

Changelog

-Version 0.2.3 - UNRELEASED
+Version 0.2.3 - 2010-04-05
  * GUI change: tool and process settings can be combined into tasks
- * added "material allowance" support for non-ODE calculations
- * added export of EMC tool definitions
  * store configured settings to a file in the user's home directory
- * fixed "overlap" calculation
+ * added "material allowance" support for non-ODE calculations
+ * added export of EMC2 tool definitions
  * added a warning dialog (GUI) for missing dependencies during startup (especially useful for Windows)
  * improved GUI for model scaling
  * allow to configure if the tool should move inside/along/around the boundary limits
+ * fixed "overlap" calculation
  * prevent invalid input values (zero tool radius, ...)
  * fixed a bug that could rarely cause eternal loops of the PushCutter
  * reduced memory consumption of toolpaths for python 2.6 or above
+ * disabled ODE as the default computation backend (due to this bug:
+   http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2973876&group_id=24884&atid=382799)
 
 Version 0.2.2 - 2010-03-17
  * added a graphical installer for Windows (via distutils)

README.TXT

@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ Features:
       ** STL
 
     * Exporters:
+      ** STL
       ** GCODE
+      ** EMC2 tool defintion (tbl)
 
     * Visualization:
       ** OpenGL

debian/changelog

+pycam (0.2.3-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * new upstream release
+
+ -- Lars Kruse <devel@sumpfralle.de>  Mon, 05 Apr 2010 02:48:36 +0200
+
 pycam (0.2.2-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Initial debianization of r243 of the SVN repo on sourceforge

pycam/Gui/Project.py

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ COLORS = {
 }
 
 PREFERENCES_DEFAULTS = {
-        "enable_ode": True,
+        "enable_ode": False,
         "boundary_mode": -1,
         "unit": "mm",
         "show_model": True,

pycam/Gui/gtk-interface/pycam-project.ui

@@ -2261,6 +2261,9 @@ This combination is added to the above task list.</property>
                                 <property name="visible">True</property>
                                 <property name="can_focus">True</property>
                                 <property name="receives_default">False</property>
+                                <property name="tooltip_text" translatable="yes">The toolpath generation is based on detecting collisions.
+The Open-Dynamic-Engine (ODE) is an alternative to the manual computation of these collisions.
+It is significantly faster, but the current release of ODE contains a nasty bug that rarely causes erroneous toolpaths at the corner of the model. Thus ODE is disabled by default.</property>
                                 <property name="draw_indicator">True</property>
                               </object>
                               <packing>
@@ -2875,7 +2878,7 @@ This combination is added to the above task list.</property>
     <property name="gravity">center</property>
     <property name="has_separator">False</property>
     <property name="program_name">PyCAM</property>
-    <property name="version">0.2.2</property>
+    <property name="version">0.2.3</property>
     <property name="copyright" translatable="yes">Copyright &#xA9; 2008-2010 Lode Leroy
 Copyright &#xA9; 2010 Lars Kruse</property>
     <property name="comments" translatable="yes">Toolpath Generation for 3-Axis CNC machining</property>

setup.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import os.path
 
 setup(
     name="pycam",
-    version="0.2.2",
+    version="0.2.3",
     license="GPL v3",
     description="Open Source CAM - Toolpath Generation for 3-Axis CNC machining",
     author="Lode Leroy",