This page lists changes that were made in the 1.2.x series of visualization (C Turtle).

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1.2.2 (2010-11-22)

rviz
- fixed crash when a sensor_msgs/PointCloud is received that has a channel with a values array that is a different size than the points array (r33966)
- PointCloud2 display now filters out nan values completely, rather than just moving them to someplace you'll never see. Improves performance for rectangular sensor-based clouds (like stereo or the kinect). (r33978)
- Fixed performance problems with high datarate, large size point clouds like those that come from the kinect (r33994)
- Fixed threading crash caused by LaserScan/PointCloud/PointCloud2 displays (<<Ticket(ros-pkg,4426)>>, r34027, r34028)

1.2.1 (2010-10-5)

rxbag_plugins
- bug fix for displaying images with rgb8 encoding <<Ticket(ros-pkg 4415)>>
- bug fix for plotting integers <<Ticket(ros 3028)>>

Marker Display
- Support for new visualization_msgs/Marker types and members
  - MESH_RESOURCE marker type that can load meshes from disk/web
  - TEXT_VIEW_FACING marker type for displaying text
  - TRIANGLE_LIST marker type for displaying "triangle soup"
  - frame_locked option for markers, which automatically retransforms them into a frame every update cycle
  - Support for per-point color for POINT, CUBE_LIST, LINE_LIST and LINE_STRIP markers. Does not yet support per-point alpha though the capability exists in the message.
  - All documented at rviz/DisplayTypes/Marker
New PointCloud2 display
LaserScan/PointCloud/PointCloud2 color/position transformation is now pluggable
- Loading of fields related to transforming intensity into color is not backwards compatible with the boxturtle version, please update your config files
TF Display
- Added Frame Timeout option which will fade out frames that have not received data within a certain amount of time. Defaults to 15 seconds.
Ogre.log file is now suppressed by default, with a command line options -l to turn it on
A dialog is now shown when rviz cannot connect to the master
Support for COLLADA meshes and materials

POINT, CUBE_LIST, LINE_LIST and LINE_STRIP markers no longer throw away messages with empty points members
Relative paths now work when passed to the -d command line option
Fixed support for the mesh scale attribute in a URDF
Receiving images, both in image_view and rviz no longer generates mipmaps, which was using a large amount of CPU
URDF loading of spheres now uses the radius correctly, instead of treating it as a diameter
Reduced the tf cache length to 60 seconds to significantly reduce memory usage
Exits cleanly if an exception is thrown during startup

ImageView: R and B channels were being swapped on CompressedImage message export
PlotView bug fixes
- reopening configure frame no longer clears plot
- disabled drag & drop on configure frame due to wxPython bug
- fixed CSV export when striding
- chart fixes (e.g. axis label widths; no data or zero range display)