Whats new in Percept

Version v1.6.0

With Percept v1.6.0 you have now the possibility to tare the volume of the volume measurement zone in the interactive project visualization. This allows you to exclude the volume of static objects, e.g. pillars or walls. Furthermore we improved the registration process, if you are not happy with the registration result you can now go back and keep the current transformation as starting point instead of starting from scratch. Also we updated the installation guide to include Rancher Desktop on Windows, an alternative way to manage Docker containers and worked on improving the overall experience:

The major changes are:

  • Option to tare the volume inside the 3D live viewer

  • When redoing the registration you can now use the previous generated transformation as starting point

  • Installation guide includes Rancher Desktop for Windows

  • Performance and stability improvements

Version v1.5.0

With Percept v1.5.0 we mainly focused on the overall performance of percept, added a feature to collect system and project information to attach to your support request and slight user interface improvements. Furthermore we resolved an issue causing MQTT to stop sending messages after around one week of operation and adding the possibility to enter localhost as MQTT broker hostname.

The major changes are:

  • Option to create a system report including system information and project related information to attach to your support request

  • Updated user interface for the zone output in the project visualization

  • Enable 127.0.0.1 and localhost as MQTT broker hostname

  • Resolved issue causing that MQTT messages are not send

  • Performance and stability improvements

Version v1.4.1

With Percept v1.4.1 we changed the interaction with docker to prevent a potential security risk

The major changes are: * Changed interaction with docker * Documentation update on how to revert docker configuration changes made by Percept before v1.4.1

Version v1.4.0

With Percept v1.4.0 we added the project migrator to our web user interface. Added new features to Projects e.g. autostart a project with the start of Percept and improved the performance of projects with a large number of zones.

The major changes are:

  • Web user interface for the project migrator introduced in v1.3.0

  • Autostart of projects with the start of Percept

  • Possibility to rename a project

  • Introduction of parameter sets in the advanced setting page, as a starting point to help you find suitable parameters for your application

  • Option to export the transformation of registered/aligned point clouds

  • Performance improvements for projects with a large number of zones

Version v1.3.0

With Percept v1.3.0 we updated the auto alignment feature to estimate the ground level and therefore move the point cloud so that it aligns with the grid. Also we provide a first version of our project converter, helping you move your old Percept projects to the new version used.

The major changes are:

  • Auto alignment also aligns the point cloud on the grid

  • Auto alignment is included into semi-automatic registration

  • Project converter to convert older Percept projects to current version used

Version v1.2.0

With Percept v1.2.0 we introduce a new Zone Type, the Volume Measurement Zone, added improvements to the user interface and improved the overall performance.

The major changes are:

  • New Volume Measurement Zone, this zone is dedicated to measure the volume of materials inside a zone

Example Volume Zone
Figure 1. Image shows an example of the volume measurement zone and the measured volume in the state display

  • Functionality to copy a zone in the zone editing stage, so that you can easily create multiple zones with the same settings

  • Unified the process how to start Percept for Windows and Ubuntu

Version v1.1.0

With Percept v1.1.0 we added the capability to auto align the point cloud in the alignment step, added more options for the point cloud coloring and improved upon the error handling.

The major changes are:

  • Auto align the point cloud onto the grid in the alignment step

  • Additional coloring options for coloring the point cloud

  • Improved error handling and error messages

  • Overall stability improvements