Hi Margaret,
> will investigate CMake online, should not be too hard, will first try to
> build all executables from source in Ubuntu 14.04, (I downloaded
> brlcad-7.24.2.tar.gz). Can you point me the documentation of the build
> process, such as : configure, make all, make install.
Like most open source software, see the README and/or INSTALL files. ;)
> Have investigated some of the source code, raytrace.h seems to be an
> important file to get familiar with,
> most of the data structure is similar to "union tree" which is like
> base-class derived-class kind of approach in C.
Indeed, old school tricks for “object-oriented C”.
> The src/libgcv directory already have something called bot which seems to be
> related to 4 file formats
> OTYPE_DXF OTYPE_OBJ OTYPE_SAT OTYPE_STL
> is the above 4 format done already? if not perhaps I can start with the one
> that is not yet finished? or perhaps some other simpler format.
You’re in the wrong directory. I believe you are referring to
src/libged/bot_dump.c which implements mged's bot_dump command. Unrelated.
Please revisit/recheck the list of filepaths provided on the wiki page and make
sure you’re using an SVN checkout.
> I also find the following link helpful
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CAD_file_formats
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CAD_file_formats>
In that list and important is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAD_data_exchange
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAD_data_exchange>
> But I did not investigate those format in detail.
That is one of many things you will need to do in order to make a successful
proposal.
> wonder if you can give me some hints of what is the best candidate format for
> this project.
Not really — that is your job to propose a best candidate — but we do keep
notes on our geometry conversion desires in our TODO file. There is a section
entitled CONVERTERS that pertain to our conversion interests.
Cheers!
Sean
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