Vizard Location Problem

[schaubh]

I tried to run the example script scenarioAttLocPoint.py without changing anything and create a bin file for Vizard. Unfortunately when I open the file in Vizard I'm not able to see any cone coming from the Boulder location. Indeed, if I look at the view menu there is no location object already present and I have to manually edit and add it in order to see it.
Moreover, if I add the location and try to save it as a new bin file through the Vizard menu, then it still doesn't show up the location even when I upload this new bin file. I tried also other scripts and it has the same behavior. It seems that the only features that Vizard uploads from the bin file are the ones directly related to the spacecraft object (its motion and related effectors, sensors and locations).
Has anyone faced the same problem? What could be the issue? (I'm using Mac OS and Vizard 2.1.1)

[schaubh]

Good catch. In the code

vizSupport.addLocation(viz, stationName="Boulder Station"
, parentBodyName=earth.planetName
, r_GP_P=groundStation.r_LP_P_Init
, fieldOfView=np.radians(160.)
, color='pink'
, range=2000.0*1000 # meters
)

change earth.planetName to earth.displayName. That will make the Earth location work again. We changed the celestial body naming a while back to not show long spice related names like earth_planet_data, and show Earth instead. If you look in Vizard under View/Display Console Log you see the error message that the location did not find the parent body to be attached to.