Thanks for the patch Brennan, much appreciated. -nate
On 3/5/07, Brennan Sellner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've posted a patch > (https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1674168&group_id=42445&atid=433166) > to resolve a ray/cylinder collision issue present in Gazebo 0.7 (and still > present in SVN head, as far as I can tell): > > Rays that originate inside the inifinite extension of the cylinder are > always assumed to hit the cylinder end cap, regardless of the ray's > direction. This causes obvious problems with RayProximity-derived sensors > (such as the SICK). The patch simply adds a check to ensure that the > ray-plane intersection is within a radius of the center of the end cap. > Performance impact should be minimal (a few additions and a dot product). > > A test case for the problem can be found at: > http://ginger.autonomy.ri.cmu.edu/trestle/cylRay.world. Screenshots of a > slightly different test case are at: > http://ginger.autonomy.ri.cmu.edu/trestle/GazeboCylinder/ > > Cheers, > > -Brennan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Playerstage-gazebo mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/playerstage-gazebo > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Playerstage-gazebo mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/playerstage-gazebo
