On Mar 27, 2015, at 10:27 AM, Kalpit Thakkar <ceasy...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You gave me a suggestion to add an option to bot_dump command to output
> surface normals. Now, the fact is, it already has one (a flag -n) to output
> the normals when exporting to OBJ. I also found a message regarding it
> pointing to brlcad/trunk/NEWS -- here it is :
> http://ehc.ac/p/brlcad/mailman/message/23913956/
It was added for one format, but bot_dump supports many formats. So there
is/was still more work needed to optionally export normals for the other
formats.
> After a lot of journey, searching and running through call hierarchies in the
> code (thanks to Eclipse for that), I found "setup.c" in mged directory in
> src. Phew! I found the cmdtab there and added the command. And it works now.
> :)
>
> You can find more details about it here : brlcaddev.wordpress.com
>
> I have uploaded the patch. Hoping to submit as many as I can before Monday. :D
Kudos for documenting your progress as you explore and go along too. That is
basically what most open source projects like to see as it gives insights into
decisions that are otherwise often not apparent. Well done!
Cheers!
Sean
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