STYLE: Change function names, add more comments, change LOG usage, remove regular assertion and add static assert

REFAC: Move parallel helper functions into ParallelUtils namespace, add more documentation and change some function names

Update git tag to the latest commit.

Add TBB as external dependency

See merge request iMSTK/iMSTK!315

Disable building tests for external dependencies

See merge request iMSTK/iMSTK!316

Update the vrpn to the latest to fix linux build

See merge request iMSTK/iMSTK!314

Disable building tests for the following external dependencies
- pthread
- vegaFEM
- g3log

a bug is fixed in the phthread repo https://gitlab.kitware.com/iMSTK/libpthread
Hence the change in the tag

The current version has compile issues on Ubuntu with gcc compiler.
This issue was fixed in vrpn parent repo

Rebase the 'improve-openhaptics' over latest vrpn master from vrpn parent repo

https://github.com/vrpn/vrpn.git

The new branch is 'improve-openhaptics-rebase' and the old branch is kept just in case!

Refactor pbd pipeline

See merge request iMSTK/iMSTK!307

ruiliang.gao authored 5 years ago and Sreekanth Arikatla committed 5 years ago

1) Visual Model Configuration
2) Swapped the Collision Interaction Pair since we only test Vert to Tri but not Tri to Vert
3) Adding pointer to the Solver to Collision Handler

ruiliang.gao authored 5 years ago and Sreekanth Arikatla committed 5 years ago

BUG: Fixed PBD Collision Handling by passing the collision constraints from CH to one PbdSolver and solve the constaints in the correct order.

ruiliang.gao authored 5 years ago and Sreekanth Arikatla committed 5 years ago

BUG: Fix the "memory access excpetion" by correcting the triangle - vertex order in TriangleVertexCollisionData

Its is not used. PBD object controlled by an external device should use ObjectControllerClass

Refactored from PBD pipeline