Thank you! ... two questions. One, what do the renderings look like? Two, is
the performance any better if you give it more work?
Maybe compare: rt -o render_X.png -s2048
Cheers!
Sean
> On Mar 14, 2018, at 6:00 PM, Sreyansh Jain <sreyanshjai...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I've attached the screenshots for your reference. I hope this is what you
> were looking for.
>
> Warm Regards,
>
> Sreyansh Kumhar Jain
> 4th Year Undergraduate Student
> Department of Mechanical Engineering
> Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
> +91-9933958066
>
> sreyanshjai...@gmail.com
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>> On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 12:44 PM, Christopher Sean Morrison <brl...@mac.com>
>> wrote:
>> Screenshot? :)
>>
>> Ideally a comparison of superell from non-opencl next to the same rendered
>> via opencl…
>>
>> Cheers!
>> Sean
>>
>>
>>> On Mar 13, 2018, at 5:48 PM, Sreyansh Jain <sreyanshjai...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I've submitted the patch file. Do let me know suggestions for that, if any.
>>> I'll share the rough initial draft of the proposal for your review and
>>> recommendation soon.
>>>
>>>
>>> Warm Regards,
>>>
>>> Sreyansh Kumhar Jain
>>> 4th Year Undergraduate Student
>>> Department of Mechanical Engineering
>>> Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
>>> +91-9933958066
>>>
>>> sreyanshjai...@gmail.com
>>> Facebook | LinkedIn
>>>
>>>> On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 7:40 AM, Christopher Sean Morrison
>>>> <brl...@mac.com> wrote:
>>>> Sreyansh,
>>>>
>>>> Before moving onto other primitives, please submit a patch file with your
>>>> changes (including any new files) and demonstrate the superell working via
>>>> OpenCL…
>>>>
>>>> You should definitely be drafting a proposal for review at this point.
>>>> Proposal submissions opened today.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers!
>>>> Sean
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Mar 12, 2018, at 5:50 PM, Sreyansh Jain <sreyanshjai...@gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you so much for the detailed guidance. Having gone through all the
>>>>> reference codes given, I've successfully ported the SUPERELL primitive to
>>>>> OpenCL. I'll try to do the same for HYP and others as well before the
>>>>> final application deadline. Should I proceed with drafting the proposal
>>>>> for review or is there something else that needs to be done?
>>>>>
>>>>> Eagerly looking to your revert.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Warm Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Sreyansh Kumhar Jain
>>>>> 4th Year Undergraduate Student
>>>>> Department of Mechanical Engineering
>>>>> Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
>>>>> +91-9933958066
>>>>>
>>>>> sreyanshjai...@gmail.com
>>>>> Facebook | LinkedIn
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 10:56 PM, Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa
>>>>>> <vasco.co...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Hello!
>>>>>> You can start by implementing one of the primitives which hasn't been
>>>>>> ported over to OpenCL yet.
>>>>>> There were a lot of issues with porting the HRT primitive last year,
>>>>>> probably because of the solver, so I would advise you to try to port
>>>>>> something simpler like either HYP or SUPERELL which shouldn't have any
>>>>>> issues.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There is a quick reference guide to BRL-CAD MGED commands and primitives
>>>>>> here:
>>>>>> http://brlcad.org/w/images/5/52/MGED_Quick_Reference_Card.pdf
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here is a reference card for OpenCL 1.2 (what we currently use) commands
>>>>>> and language constructs:
>>>>>> https://www.khronos.org/files/opencl-1-2-quick-reference-card.pdf
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I code for BRL-CAD using the Linux operating system. The other
>>>>>> developers typically use either that or Mac OS X.
>>>>>> Make sure to setup your development environment and install OpenCL on
>>>>>> your system. This program might be of help since it queries the
>>>>>> installed OpenCL versions to determine the supported version, etc:
>>>>>> https://github.com/simleb/clinfo
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You should provide a patch for that primitive (HYP or SUPERELL) before
>>>>>> GSoC officially starts. It shouldn't be too hard to do since you can use
>>>>>> one of the other already ported primitives (like ELL) as a template. You
>>>>>> basically need to port the ray-primitive intersection (shot) code from C
>>>>>> to OpenCL and to provide the glue code which packs and unpacks that
>>>>>> primitive from the C side to the OpenCL side.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a task list, of things to do, for the OpenCL ray tracer here:
>>>>>> http://brlcad.org/wiki/User:Vasco.costa
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You can use this as a basis to write your actual proposal. Of the things
>>>>>> in that todo list I would say that PIPE, DSP, BOT plate mode, and BREPs
>>>>>> are the most significant.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Before you write the proposal and allocate time for the tasks you should
>>>>>> read the relevant code that you will have to port from ANSI C/C++ to
>>>>>> OpenCL to get an idea of the complexity of the tasks. Most of the
>>>>>> relevant code is located in this code tree:
>>>>>> https://svn.code.sf.net/p/brlcad/code/brlcad/trunk/src/librt/primitives/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 4:28 PM, Sreyansh Jain
>>>>>>> <sreyanshjai...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm new to the open source community but I'm well-versed with Python, C
>>>>>>> and CUDA while a beginner in OpenCL. I went through the project ideas
>>>>>>> list and I believe I can contribute to one on GPGPU Raytracing. Can you
>>>>>>> guide me on how to start contributing to these as of now. I hope I'm
>>>>>>> not that late.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Warm Regards,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sreyansh Kumhar Jain
>>>>>>> 4th Year Undergraduate
>>>>>>> IIT Kharagpur
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa
>>>>>> PhD in Computer Engineering (Computer Graphics)
>>>>>> Instituto Superior Técnico/University of Lisbon, Portugal
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