On Mar 14, 2015, at 7:33 PM, Djimeli Konrad <djkonr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3 March 2015 at 03:46, Christopher Sean Morrison <brl...@mac.com> wrote:
>
> Robust and complete geometry conversion is indeed a priority/good project to
> work on. If your C++ skills are strong, you may want to consider a second
> proposal to work on BRL-CAD’s STEP support. This could be for our STEP
> importer (mesh import, non-solid import, ap203e2, ap214), STEP exporter
> (ap214, ap242), or something for our STEPcode sister org (you could introduce
> yourself on their mailing list). Having two proposals will improve chances
> of not getting selected due to mentor prioritization.
That was poorly worded… Having two proposals will help someone’s chances of
getting selected (as it shows commitment), so long as they’re both complete,
well researched, and well written. ;)
Better to have one complete than two incomplete. Better to have two complete.
Not a guarantee of anything, but it helps. Having less than one or more than
two is not helpful. Having any number of proposals without a patch makes
developers sad.
> I would be applying for two projects and I am equally very interested
> in working on either
If you submit two, please do put one sentence near the top of your proposals to
indicate which is your primary preference and which is a secondary, e.g., if
you had to choose.
> - Developing X3D Importer (BRL-CAD)
> - Enabling support for STEP Multiple Protocol Parsing (STEPcode)
> In order to develop an x3d importer, I have been doing some study on
> nurbs to be able to add support for nurbs surface and other nurbs
> capabilities supported by x3d.
NURBS support in X3D is not widely implemented by some other X3D readers.
Polygonal mesh geometry will be far more common, which can import as BoT or NMG
depending on the type of mesh.
> I would also like to know if the BRL-CAD developers involved with
> STEP are also part of the STEPcode mailing list and if it would suffice
> posting any STEP related questions on the STEPcode mailing list?
We helped establish the STEPcode community, so several of our devs are familiar
with the STEPcode sources, but they are a separate project. You should most
definitely post questions about STEPcode to their mailing list, regardless.
Cheers!
Sean
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