Changelog for package rviz_visual_tools

3.6.0 (2018-01-15)

Addresses Issue #49 - Default Constructor Not Nodelet Friendly
Added option to pass in a node handle in the constructor that defaults to
Reset marker should publish initialized quaternion
Improve code quality - add const, static, C++11 features, clang-format
Create demo executable for IMarkerSimple
Improve memory efficiency of functions
Contributors: Dave Coleman, Geoffrey Chiou, Victor Lamoine

3.5.1 (2017-12-25)

Normalize quaternion before storage
Fix for ambiguous function call to publishAxis
Add linking to visualization tools library for imarker_simple
Added arrow pub to take two points
Document clang-tidy
catkin lint
roslint applied
Clang-format again
Clang-tidy ALL
C++11 optimizations
Fix deprecated calls to convertFromXYZRPY
Add new convertPoseSafe() function
New convertFromXYZRPY() function to avoid deprecation warning
Allow to enable frame locking in the markers/markers arrays
Update license year
IMarkerSimple: set name and pose
New printTransformFull() function
Removed deprecated warning
New class for easily using 6dof imarkers
More options to tf_visual_tools
Update README.md
Contributors: Andy McEvoy, Dave Coleman, Fadri Furrer, Victor Lamoine

3.4.1 (2017-06-20)

Add dependency on QT5 for Ubuntu Zesty/Lunar support
Allow publishPath with std_msgs::ColorRGBA
Make INFO msg DEBUG
Contributors: Dave Coleman, Victor Lamoine

3.4.0 (2016-11-02)

Consolidated publishing into RemoteReciever class
Improve console output
Add RvizGui and KeyTool
Enable remote control from withing rviz_visual_tools
New publishPath() function
Shorten number of lines printTranslation() requires
Contributors: Dave Coleman

3.3.0 (2016-09-28)

BREAKING CHANGE: Make batch publishing enabled by default
Removed enableInternalBatchPublishing()
Removed triggerInternalBatchPublishAndDisable()
Deprecated triggerBatchPublish() in favor of function name trigger()
Deprecated triggerBatchPublishAndDisable()
Ability to trigger every x markers that are in queue, ideal in for loops
New waitForMarkerPub() function that takes timeout
Add std::move
Added Docker for Kinetic
Added delay to demo to allow rviz to load in Docker
Change the sphere marker type from SPHERE_LIST to SPHERE - This makes irregularly scaled spheres (i.e. ellipsoids) to be rendered correctly.
Contributors: Dave Coleman, Miguel Prada

3.2.0 (2016-07-14)

Catkin depend on eigen and tf conversions
New warning
Added EulerConvention enum
Added new convertFromXYZRPY() function
Added new tests
Contributors: Dave Coleman, Enrique Fernandez

3.1.0 (2016-07-06)

Switched publishPath() to use cylinders
Added new publishLineStrip() function
Added new publishPath() functions
Added new publishAxis() functions
Update screenshot
Broke publishPath() API for recent addition - incorrect Eigen vector used
New publishPath() function for Affine3d
New publishAxis() functions that use scale
New publishAxisInternal() function for more efficient publishing
New publishAxisPath() function for showing a series of coordinate axis
Added warning for batch publishing when not enabled
Bug fix in publishLines() for id incrementing
New scaleToString() function
Bug fix for scaling in coordinate axis
Improved demo to have multiple scales visualized
Revert "Remove graph msgs"
Contributors: Dave Coleman

3.0.0 (2016-06-29)

Improve Travis script
Upgrade to Eigen3 per ROS Kinetic requirements
New screenshot
Refactored entire scaling method - all sizes of shapes have been affected
Renamed scales
Removed const reference for primitive types in function headers
Cleaned up getScale() function
New publishSpheres function
Two new tests & screenshot
Deprecated size REGULAR
Number scale sizes
New intToRvizScale() function
New publishSpheres() functions for showing list of lines AND colors
New publishLines() functions for using LINE_LIST
New publishCylinder() function that uses scales
Bug fix for getVectorBetweenPoints() when vector is all zeros
New printTranslation() function
added intToRvizColor() for interfaces that do not directly depend on Rviz Visual Tools, such as OMPL
publishPath with vector of colors
Update demo
New variant of publishPath with vector of colors
New publishSphere() helper
Add eigen_stl_containers
Add missing breaks in switch statement
Add namespace to ease debugging ROS messages
Do not pass Eigen structures by value
Fix all vector<Eigen> to EigenSTL::vector_Vector3d as recommended by @VictorLamoine
Hide upstream package cast warning
Overload new operator for Eigen structures
Changing the angles will change the opening angle of the cone
Better way to turn on C++11, maybe?
Removed deprecated code for Kinetic
Began converting to C++11
Fix dead link to the documentation
New waitForMarkerPub() function
Fix bug in waitForSubscriber() introduced in previous commit
Added blocking constraint option in function waitForSubscriber
New publishLine() variant
ID for publishing rectangles
Optimize clearing and resizing vectors
Increase random color sampling attempts
Move variable declaration
Latched publisher
publishAxisLabeled arguments
Include path, boost typedef and class name are now up to date with the code.
New publishLine() variant
Optional latched publisher
ID for publishing rectangles
Optimize clearing and resizing vectors
Increase random color sampling attempts
Move variable declaration
publishAxisLabeled arguments order
Adds Publish Labeled Axis
Contributors: Abhijit Makhal, Dave Coleman, Naveed Usmani, Sow Papa Libasse, Victor Lamoine

2.2.0 (2016-04-28)

Created much better demo, added new screenshot
Numbered colors so that they can be matched in OMPL
New publishLine() function variants
Psychedelic mode
Prevent publishing empty marker arrays
Improved warning and error correction
New publishSphere function
Ability to set marker topic after constructor
Ability to force waiting for topic to connect
Added new posesEqual() function
Updated publishArrow() function
New publishPath function
New publishLine function
New publishCylinder that accepts two points
New publishText function
Removed redundant namespace names
New convertPointToPose function
Reduced output
Renamed line_marker_ to line_strip_marker_
Faster method for waiting for subscriber thread
Untested publishPath() modification
Fix to correctly use optional alpha color property
Change getColorScale to work from 0->1 instead of 0->100
Additional parameters to publishCuboid()
New color scale function for generated interpolated colors from RED->GREEN (1->100)
Contributors: Dave Coleman

2.1.0 (2016-02-09)

Allow publishArrow functions to specify ID
Contributors: Dave Coleman

2.0.3 (2016-01-10)

Renamed test to demo
Fix bug in random number generator
Noted a TODO
Documentation
Contributors: Dave Coleman

2.0.2 (2015-12-27)

Formatting
Removed unused var
roslint fixes
Contributors: Dave Coleman

2.0.1 (2015-12-05)

catkin lint cleanup
Updated travis badge
Updated README
Contributors: Dave Coleman

2.0.0 (2015-12-02)

Updated README
Add badges
Default true for enableBatchPublishing()
Renamed convertXYZRPY() to convertFromXYZRPY()
Changed roll pitch yall convention (fix)
Added preliminary unit tests
Hide include dependencies
New convertToXYZRPY function
Decrease wait time for topics to subscribe
New publishSphere and publishArrow functions
Added new thread safe pose conversion function
Auto format with clang
New publishSphere with frame_id function
New print transform functions
Fixed RPY error
New convert Affine3d to roll pitch yaw function
New tf_visual_tools functionality to help debug transforms
New parameter server isEnabled feature
Add id for wireframe cuboids
Namespaced publishWireframeCuboid
Helper function for publishAxisLabeled
New getBoolMap() function
New convertXYZRPY() function
Fix warnings
Fixed yellow
Fix internal publish bug
Check for empty parameter
New delayed publishing internal mode
added publishCuboid function for Eigen::Affine3d
New string vector param reading
added publishCuboid function for Eigen::Affine3d
Show whole param path
Added publish plane and cone
Renamed to publishAxisLabled()
New publishWireframeRectangle function
Fixed publishZArrow direction
New publishAxisWithLabel() function
Removed mute functionality
New publishWireframeRectangle() function
Improved memory reuse by utilizing member variables for conversion functions
Fixed ordering of functions in file
Added alpha values to fix planning scene visualization
Add WireframCuboid function to show oriented bounding boxes as computed ...
Made more function parameters passed by reference
Add color to wireframe
Add WireframCuboid function to show oriented bounding boxes as computed from PCL.
New generateRandomCuboid() function
Fixed formatting, added a PoseStamped version to publish[X|Y|Z]Arrow() functions
publishMesh() now has optional ID specification
Fixed generateRandomPose() bug
Added Eigen version of generateRandomPose()
changed floats to double in random pose struct, added publish block function to take pose
Updated rviz_visual_tools API
Deprecated publishRectangle() in favor of publishCuboid()
Added cyan and magenta
Added maintainer
Removed random pose bounds member variable in favor of using a funciton parameter
Added publish arrow functions
Added dark grey color
New publishLine function takes two Vector3's
added functionality to change bounds of random pose
New publishArrow function that allows stamped pose for arbitrary parent frames
added ArrayXXf to hold bounds on random pose
new publishLine function takes two Vector3's
Made yellow brighter
added marker array to rviz and modified generate random pose to give actual random pose
New publishArrow() functions
New batch publishing method - allows markers to be published in batches to reduce ROS messages being published
added method for displaying cuboids
added a clear overlay
New publishMesh function
Added Brown, Pink, and Lime Green colors
Copyright year
Contributors: Dave Coleman, Andy McEvoy, Jorge Canardo Alastuey

1.5.0 (2015-01-07)

New publishLine function
New publishText() function with Eigen pose
New publishAxis() feature
New publishRectangle() functions
New publishCylinder() functions
New convertPoint() functions
API: Renamed publishTest() to publishTests()
Fix CMakeLists
API Break: Change TRANSLUCENT2 to TRANSLUCENT_LIGHT
New convertPoint() function
New DEFAULT color to allow color selection to be disabled
Fix install space
Fix for publishRectangle() - zero scale size
Added new size const values
Contributors: Dave Coleman

1.4.0 (2014-10-31)

Renamed VisualTools to RvizVisualTools
Removed unnecessary dependency
Bugfix
Reduced debug output
New waitForSubscriber() function that checks for first subscriber to a publisher
New generateEmptyPose() function helper
Consolidated publishing rviz messages to central publishMarker() function
Contributors: Dave Coleman

1.3.1 (2014-10-27)

Added new publishSpheres function
Renamed rviz_colors to colors and rviz_scales to scales
Initial commit, forked from moveit_visual_tools
Contributors: Dave Coleman