Known problems with BriCad V0.83R117

• XFree 2.1 dies when using certain bricks.

  This is a bug in the X server. A workaround is currently in progress. For the time being, no X11R5 linked Linux binaries will be available.

• The grid is slightly misaligned when models exceed the window size.

• There's a missing vertical edge when placing an 1x1 left beneath the L4x4 wing.

  I have no idea what is causing that.

• Hidden line removal for the coupling piece doesn't work.

• Rotateable bricks in .compose objects do not work for nxm bricks with n<>m or slicehints

  This in an internal problem which should only concern brick designers, and won't be noticed by the end user.

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Things to do in upcoming releases

• change from 16bit masks to 32bit
  ( init.c/CalcBrickSize(), bparse.c/.slicehint)
• provide keyboard shortcuts for menu entries
• change Left,Down,... to 0,90,180,270 internally
• rework boot screen
• make source -Wall clean
• investigate possibilities of using pre-rendered (ray traced) bitmaps in addition to the built-in iso3D engine
• add support for Cursor Left/Right keys in Load/Save requester text fields

V0.90

• Switch from internal brick description language to LISP-based language. I'm currently testing the Elk 3.0 scheme interpreter, which looks very promising and will most probably be chosen for the new brick description language.

> V0.90

• add support for putting models upside-down
• unify brick lib so that bricks rotated sideways can be derived from the same brick definition as normal bricks
• add more rotational freedom

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