Hi Kai-Martin, I agree to better not have another HID which replicates 99% of the GTK HID code base, OTOH, it would be nice to be able to configure pcb to have an OpenGl transparent look.
./configure --enable-opengl ? Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. On Sun, 2008-06-15 at 17:54 +0000, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: > On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 18:30:33 +0200, Bert Timmerman wrote: > > > Would it be an idea to modify this patch into a OpenGL-HID version ? > > Please, not another HID! It is already a pain with the current two. As a > user you never know if a certain wart is associated with the common > infrastructure or just with the HID. Some usability tips apply only to > one of the HIDS. The GTK-HID has the tendency to lag behind. No active > developer feels responsible specifically for the GTK-HID. > > IMHO, the new gerbv shows the way to go: If some important feature is too > slow on some hardware, there should be a switch available in the running > application. Transparent rendering of tracks is a good example for this. > If it works at sufficient speed, it is a real bonus in usability. > OpenGL is also a case where you can't know in advance whether or not you > end up with the speed of a racing snail. Even fast, contemporary hardware > may include graphic card for which there is no accelerated driver > available. On the other hand, with proper drivers OpenGL can yield > blitzing results even on somewhat aged hardware. I am regularly amazed > about the performance of the 3D mechanical CAD application varicad. > Pretty complex structures with literally thousands of polygons pan and > rotate way faster in 3D than my current pcb layouts do in 2D. > > ---<(kaimartin)>--- _______________________________________________ geda-dev mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-dev
