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Subject: CGAL 4.2 Beta 1 Released, Computational Geometry Algorithms Library
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The CGAL Open Source Project is pleased to announce the release 4.2 Beta 1
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of CGAL, the Computational Geometry Algorithms Library.
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CGAL version 4.2 Beta 1 is a public testing release. It should provide
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a solid ground to report bugs that need to be tackled before the
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release of the final version of CGAL 4.2 at the end of March.
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Besides fixes to existing packages, the following has changed since
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CGAL 4.1:
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o New compiler support
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Microsoft Windows Visual C++ compiler 2012 (VC11) is now supported.
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o The CGAL Manual generated with Doxygen
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The CGAL project publishes a beta version of the CGAL manual generated
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with Doxygen: http://doc.cgal.org/4.2/
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In future versions of CGAL, the manual generated with Doxygen is planned
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to replace the manual that is currently published at
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http://www.cgal.org/Manual/latest/
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See http://www.cgal.org/releases.html for a complete list of changes.
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The CGAL project is a collaborative effort to develop a robust,
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easy-to-use, and efficient C++ software library of geometric data
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structures and algorithms, like
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- triangulations (2D constrained triangulations and Delaunay
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triangulations in 2D and 3D, periodic triangulations),
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- Voronoi diagrams (for 2D and 3D points, 2D additively weighted
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Voronoi diagrams, and segment Voronoi diagrams),
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- Boolean operations on polygons and polyhedra,
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- regularized Boolean operations on polygons with curved arcs
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- arrangements of curves,
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- mesh generation (2D, 3D and surface mesh generation,
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surface mesh subdivision and parametrization),
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- alpha shapes (in 2D and 3D),
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- convex hull algorithms (in 2D, 3D and dD),
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- operations on polygons (straight skeleton and offset polygon),
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- search structures (kd trees for nearest neighbor search, and
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range and segment trees),
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- interpolation (natural neighbor interpolation and placement of
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streamlines),
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- optimization algorithms (smallest enclosing sphere of points or
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spheres, smallest enclosing ellipsoid of points, principal
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component analysis),
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- kinetic data structures
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Some modules are distributed under the terms of the LGPL Open Source
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license (GNU Lesser General Public License v3 or later versions).
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Most modules are distributed under the terms of the GPL Open Source
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license (GNU General Public License v3 or later versions).
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If your intended usage does not meet the criteria of the
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aforementioned licenses, a commercial license can be purchased from
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GeometryFactory (http://www.geometryfactory.com/).
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For further information and for downloading the library and its
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documentation, please visit the CGAL web site: http://www.cgal.org/
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