NEWS

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forensicR 0.0.6 (2026-10-10)

• The README installation instruction points to the package repository.

forensicR 0.0.5

• The package now uses American English throughout. The furniture catalog is furniture_catalog() and every colour argument is now color.

forensicR 0.0.4

• The package description cites the references for the shooting reconstruction methods.
• The text labels of render_scene_3d() are drawn on a device that is closed, with its graphical parameters restored, as soon as the drawing function exits.

forensicR 0.0.3

• The test suite no longer hard-codes the package version.

forensicR 0.0.2

• render_scene_report(), render_scene_3d() and scene_report_skeleton() no longer write to the working directory by default; the output directory or file must be given.
• Vignettes and the report template only switch the png device to cairo on Linux, so they build on macOS without XQuartz.

forensicR 0.0.1

Initial development version.

• Scene mapping: coords_baseline(), coords_triangulation(), coords_polar(), plot_scene().
• Shooting reconstruction with uncertainty: impact_angle(), trajectory_from_angles(), trajectory_2pt(), trajectory_from_defect(), origin_zone(), intersect_trajectories(), trajectory_table(), plot_trajectories().
• Scene points carry an optional height z and a type (evidence, defect, bloodstain). Wall elevation views: wall_from_room(), plot_wall_elevation().
• Room outlines for plots: room_rect(), opening(); plan view can overlay the convergence cloud of trajectories.
• 3D reconstruction, schematic and to scale: render_scene_3d() (rayrender still image) and scene_3d_widget() (interactive rgl/WebGL widget); both optional dependencies.
• Segmented trajectories through intermediate targets: trajectory_path(), path_deflections() (measured deflection with Monte Carlo interval and joint consistency), assumed_segment() (explicitly flagged assumption). trajectory_2pt() is now anchored at its second point, the impact.
• Scene objects: furniture(), along_wall(), furniture_from_corners(), furniture_catalog(), furniture_table(), trajectory_obstructions(). Objects are schematic, to-scale, semi-transparent boxes drawn in every view; origin_zone() can exclude positions inside objects.
• Evidence documentation: evidence_log(), log_item(), log_custody(), file_hash(), death_scene_record().
• Four vignettes: getting started (one scene end to end), scene mapping, shooting reconstruction, reports and 3D.
• Reports: render_scene_report() renders one template to Word, PDF and HTML, each ending with a one-line provenance footer.