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qhull 3.1 2001/10/04 -- contents of qhull3.1.tgz

New features
 - Added option 'Qt' to triangulate non-simplicial facets
 - Added option 'TI file' to input data from file
 - Added option 'Q10' to prevent special processing for narrow distributions
        e.g., RBOX 1000 L100000 s G1e-6 t1001803691 | QHULL Tv Q10
 - Tried to compute Voronoi volumes ('Pv'). Requires dual face graph--not easy
        See Clarkson's hull program for code.

Changes to options
 - Added numtricoplanars to 'Fs'. Number of good, triangulated facets for 'Qt'
 - Added Zdelvertextot to 'Fs'.  If non-zero and Delaunay, input is degenerate
 - Qhull command ('FQ') may be repeated.
 - If 'TPn' and 'TWn' defined, trace the addition of point 'n'
     otherwise continue tracing (previously it stopped in 4-d)
 - Removed 'Ft' from qdelaunay.  Use 'Qt o' or 'qhull d QJ Qt' instead.
     For non-simplicial regions, 'Ft' does not satisify the Delaunay property.
 - If 'Po' or 'TVn', qhull checks outer planes.  Use 'Q5' to turn off.
 - If 'T4', print facet lists and check polygon after adding each point

Corrections to code
 - rbox: allow 'c' and 'd' with 's r', meshes, etc.
 - qh_findbest: redesigned as directed search. qh_findbesthorizon for coplanar
      qh_findbest is faster for many distributions
 - qh_findbestnew: redesigned to search horizon of coplanar best newfacets
      needed for distributions with a sharp edge,
          e.g., rbox 1000 s Z1 G1e-13 | qhull Tv
 - qh_findbest/qh_findbestnew: search neighbors of better horizon facets
      was needed for RBOX 1000 s Z1 G1e-13 t996564279 | qhull Tv
      and RBOX 1000 s W1e-13 P0 t996547055 | QHULL d Qbb Qc Tv
 - qh_findbest with noupper: could return an upperdelaunay facet if dist>qh.MINoutside.
 - qh_findbestnew: allow facet->upperdelaunay if dist > qh.MINoutside
 - qh_partitioncoplanar: call qh_partitionpoint if outside and perpendicular
      for distributions with a sharp edge
 - qh_partitionvisible: report precision error if all newfacets degenerate.
      was needed for RBOX 1000 s W1e-13 t995138628 | QHULL d
 - qh_createsimplex: clears qh.num_visible, may be non-zero with 'TRn QJ'

Changes to prompts, warnings, and statistics
 - For Delaunay & Voronoi, 's' reports deleted vertices due to facet merging.
   They were incorrectly reported as nearly incident points.
 - Warn if recompute centrum after constructing hull
 - Simplified narrow hull warning and print all digits of cosine.
     A narrow hull may lead to a point outside of the hull.
 - Print total vertices deleted instead of ave. per iteration (Zdelvertextot)
 - Improved tracing for qh_partitionpoint and qh_partitioncoplanar
 - Added number of distance tests for checking outer planes (qh_check_maxout)
 - Simplified "qhull precision error: Only n facets remain."
 - Included 'TRn' in the causes of a premature exit

Changes to documentation
 - README.txt: Added quickstart instructions for Visual C++
 - rbox: Added example of edge of narrow lens, rbox 1000 L100000 s G1e-6
 - Added cross references between options 'o' and 'p'.
 - qh-eg.html: added examples comparing 'Qt', 'QJ', and neither 'Qt' nor 'QJ'
        eg.15a.surface, eg.15b.triangle, eg.17a.delaunay.2, etc.
 - Reorganized and enhanced discussion of precision problems in qh_impre.htm
 - Fixed spelling errors [K. Briggs]
 - Fixed link errors, validated HTML, and spell checked [HomeSite]
 - Removed unnecessary #TOP links
 - Added source links to the qh-quick.htm's header and footer
 - qh-geom.htm, qh-poly.htm: add links to Voronoi functions in io.c
 - src/index.htm: Added how to search qhulllib.h for qhull options
 - qvoronoi.htm/qdelaun.htm: 'Fc' and 'FN' includes deleted vertices

Changes to URLs
 - Added http://www.voronoi.com and http://www.magic-software.com

Changes to code
 - qh_qhull: if 'TVn' or 'TCn' do not call qh_check_maxout and qh_nearcoplanar
 - reviewed time profile.  Qhull is slower.  Optimized qh_findbestnew()
 - qh_addpoint: Added warning note about avoiding a local minimum
 - qh_checkpolygon: report qh.facet_next error if NARROWhull & dist>MINoutside
 - qh_findbest: renamed "newfacets" parameter to "isnewfacets" since it is boolT
 - qh_findbest/qh_findbestnew: testhorizon even if !MERGING
        Otherwise qhull c D6 | qhull Q0 Tv assigns coplanar points
 - qh_resetlists: add qh_RESETvisible for qh_triangulate
 - qh_findbest: search better facets first.  Rewritten.
 - qh_findbest: increased minminsearch, always check coplanar facets.
        See: RBOX 1000 s Z1 G1e-13 t996564279 | QHULL Tv
 - qh_findbestnew: report precision error for deleted cones [rare event]
        e.g.:  RBOX 1000 s W1e-13 P0 t1001034076 | QHULL d Qbb Qc Tv
 - qh_findbesthorizon: search horizon of qh.coplanarset.  New.
 - qh_findbestsharp: replaced with qh_sharpnewfacets followed by qh_findbestnew
 - qh_partitionpoint, Delaunay sites can not be inside.  Otherwise points may
       be outside upperDelaunay facets yet not near-inside Delaunay facets
       See: RBOX s 1000 t993602376 | QHULL C-1e-3 d  Qbb FA Tv
 - qh_partitioncoplanar: call qh_findbest/qh_findbestnew with qh DELAUNAY
 - qh_printlists: format long lines
 - qh_printvertex: format long lines
 - user.h: tightened qh_WARNnarrow and qh_MAXnarrow.  Do not see problems
       until they are -1.0.
 - user.h: defined qh_DISToutside, qh_SEARCHdist, and qh_USEfindbestnew
 - qh_checkfacet: in 3-d, allow #ridges > #vertices.  Can get a vertex twice
   in a ridge list, e.g,  RBOX 1000 s W1e-13 t995849315 D2 | QHULL d Tc Tv

Changes to FAQ
 - Recommended use of triangulated output ('Qt')

Changes to distribution
 - Recompiled in Visual C++ 5.0 with optimization (as was version 2.6)
 - q_test: Added bad cases for Qhull and tests for new features

Changes to Qhull library
 - Added qh_triangulate() to poly2.c.  It triangulates the output.
 - Added option 'Q11' to copy normals and recompute centrums for tricoplanar facets
        'FP' may not print the nearest vertex for coplanar points
        Use option 'Q11' when adding points after qh_triangulate()
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