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@jlblancoc jlblancoc released this 22 Apr 07:00
· 189 commits to develop since this release
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0.7.0 (2023-04-21)

  • Automatic detection of collision shapes
  • Add turtlebot world demo
  • Rely on custom build of Box2D to increase the maximum polygon vertices count (8 to 12).
  • fix inconsistent use_sim_time value for ROS 2 (it should be false)
  • Expose shadow rendering parameters in the XML world file
  • Abort simulation on exceptions in headless mode too
  • ROS 1 and 2 nodes now quit cleanly and quickly with SIGINT
  • Add ros2 launch for turtlebot world demo
  • Automatic determination of zmin/zmax for blocks if not explicitly set in XML
  • Force c++17 for python module
  • Exit simulator on exceptions in GUI-related threads
  • More automated testing
  • Add unit tests in C++ too
  • Refactor collision shape determination
  • New UI checkbox: show collision shapes
  • Allow simply geometry definitions without external 3D model file for "blocks"
  • Light options are now under XML tag.
  • Largest default physics simulation timestep changed from 50ms to 5ms
  • GUI: change light direction
  • Add GUI checkbox to enable/disable shadows
  • Add rplidar A2 sensor model