Thanks Daniel.
On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 8:59 PM, Daniel Roßberg <danielmrossb...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> 2015-03-09 7:01 GMT+01:00 Kalpit Thakkar <ceasy...@gmail.com>:
> > Hi,
> > I am Kalpit Thakkar (nick : dracarys983).
>
> Welcome!
>
> > I would like to do the project "Object-oriented C++ Geometry API" as a
> > contribution to BRL-CAD. I have been studying some of the Geometry
> > primitives involved in BRL-CAD since the past few days. I have a good
> > experience of C++ programming and I am really interested in helping make
> the
> > API.
> >
> > I have worked on writing a simple path tracer and rendered standard OBJ
> > models from Stanford scanning repository (without shading / lighting) and
> > raytraced a simple Cornell Box with spheres using the same libraries
> written
> > in path tracer code (here I added lighting + shading code), as my honors
> > project. This was completely in C++.
> >
> > While doing this project, I did a lot of Object oriented programming and
> > made a small Geometry API for the project. So, while I'm looking at
> > raytracing projects in BRL-CAD as well, this is the project that caught
> my
> > attention first.
> >
> > I have submitted a patch for arb8's surface area function and one for
> > cross-product of two homogeneous vectors (4D).
> > Pray tell me what to do related to this project, I'll be right on it.
>
> You should have a look at the past efforts related to the C++ interface:
> - Andrei Popescu's open patches at BRL-CAD's SourceForge site.
> - Andrei's development log from his last year's GSoC project:
> http://brlcad.org/wiki/User:Popescu.andrei1991/devlogs2014
I'm getting myself acquainted with Andrei Popescu's work right now.
>
> - Related GCi tasks:
> http://www.google-melange.com/gci/org/google/gci2014/brlcad
I'll do a task or two from GCi then. Should I do more?
>
> The most important references for the current status of the C++ API
> are described in the wiki:
> http://brlcad.org/wiki/Object-oriented_interfaces
>
I already took a look at the wiki :)
> What is needed is a concept on how to go on.
>
I guess I'll start writing my proposal once I'm done with the tasks above!
Is that alright?
>
> Regards,
> Daniel
>
>
With Regards,
Kalpit Thakkar
B.Tech in Computer Science And Engineering
International Institute Of Information Technology, Hyderabad
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