PS: I can't seem to get 'brlterm' to run as well(don't know how to). For
now I'm launching 'mged' directly from /usr/brlcad/dev-7.25.0/bin/mged.
Cheers,
Param Hanji
On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 8:01 AM Param Hanji <param.catchch...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Um running 'rt' gives me a message "view does not exist". The same message
> is displayed if I try any other primitive(like ell, sph as well). So maybe,
> it's an installation issue? However 'make check' gave me no errors.
>
> Also, I can't get a GUI to work. 'mged' starts and offers to attach either
> a text file or a null. But that's not an issue as I'm fine working with the
> command line. Just want to know how I can view the trace.
>
> Best,
> Param Hanji
>
> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 1:08 AM Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa <
> vasco.co...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> PS: I originally suggested the 'eto' primitive because it is useful to
>> design vehicle wheels. But other people who have been around here longer
>> than I have can better suggest you which primitives are most useful to
>> implement. Sean and Erik were my GSoC mentors last year. They should know
>> that better.
>>
>> Regards,
>> -Vasco Costa
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 7:30 PM, Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa <
>> vasco.co...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 11:28 AM, Param Hanji <param.catchch...@gmail.com
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I've managed to accelerate "librt/primitives/epa". I now need to create
>>>> an ID for it in "primitives/rt.cl". It's okay if I define it with ID
>>>> 40 right(on line 94)?
>>>>
>>>> I've also made changes to "primitives/common.cl",
>>>> "librt/CMakeLists.txt", "primitives/primitive_util.c" and
>>>> "primitives/epa/epa.c". Are there any other changes required?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Not that I can think of. Test the code (e.g. inside mged type 'make epa
>>> epa'; then render it with 'rt' with and without OpenCL acceleration). Can
>>> you get us a screenshot?
>>>
>>> Once everything is working ok you can create a patch in unified diff
>>> format e.g. with 'diff -Nurd' and then submit it to the BRL-CAD patch
>>> tracker at:
>>> https://sourceforge.net/p/brlcad/patches/
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>> -Vasco Costa
>>>
>>>
>>>> And grep really helped. Thank you :)
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 5:20 AM Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa <
>>>> vasco.co...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> PS: When I was starting out programming in this project I used the
>>>>> NetBeans IDE to browse the BRL-CAD source code so I could understand the
>>>>> code structure better. As a last resort grep is your friend...
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 10:25 PM, Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa <
>>>>> vasco.co...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> The primitives folder has the primitive implementation code. See
>>>>>> librt/primitives/primitive_util.c for the OpenCL C calls proper.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 7:10 AM, Param Hanji <
>>>>>> param.catchch...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I was going through the code in librt/primitives folder. The OpenCL
>>>>>>> specific code seems very unfamiliar to me.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Granted I'm new to OpenCL and large open source projects like this
>>>>>>> one, I still find it harder to understand than what I expected.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "ell.c" nor any of the other files here contain code to create and
>>>>>>> configure the OpenCL data structures(for device, kernel, context etc).
>>>>>>> There no function calls like clCreateContext, clGetPlatformIDs,
>>>>>>> clGetDeviceIDs.
>>>>>>> The .cl file also doesn't have kernel functions as well. So I just
>>>>>>> don't know where to start.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is my working of knowledge of OpenCL wrong/outdated? Are there
>>>>>>> resources I can refer to? Any help would be great. Thank you for your
>>>>>>> time!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>> Param Hanji
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa
>>>>>> PhD in Computer Engineering (Computer Graphics)
>>>>>> Instituto Superior Técnico/University of Lisbon, Portugal
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa
>>>>> PhD in Computer Engineering (Computer Graphics)
>>>>> Instituto Superior Técnico/University of Lisbon, Portugal
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa
>>> PhD in Computer Engineering (Computer Graphics)
>>> Instituto Superior Técnico/University of Lisbon, Portugal
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa
>> PhD in Computer Engineering (Computer Graphics)
>> Instituto Superior Técnico/University of Lisbon, Portugal
>>
>
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