Re: [Bf-committers] [GSoC 2018]Idea -- Fast Import / Export for selected formats

2018-03-08 Thread Campbell Barton
On Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 7:53 PM, Paul Melis wrote: > Hi Campbell, > > On 08-03-18 04:48, Campbell Barton wrote: >> >> Supporting C/C++ in an add-on means there is technically nothing >> stopping someone from bundling an entire library. >> >> While it's possible this makes

Re: [Bf-committers] [GSoC 2018]Idea -- Fast Import / Export for selected formats

2018-03-08 Thread Paul Melis
Hi Campbell, On 08-03-18 04:48, Campbell Barton wrote: Supporting C/C++ in an add-on means there is technically nothing stopping someone from bundling an entire library. While it's possible this makes sense in some cases, it introduces issues with having to properly integrate a library into

Re: [Bf-committers] [GSoC 2018]Idea -- Fast Import / Export for selected formats

2018-03-07 Thread Campbell Barton
Supporting C/C++ in an add-on means there is technically nothing stopping someone from bundling an entire library. While it's possible this makes sense in some cases, it introduces issues with having to properly integrate a library into Blender (workaround constraints in the API, even bugs).

Re: [Bf-committers] [GSoC 2018]Idea -- Fast Import / Export for selected formats

2018-03-07 Thread Paul Melis
Hi, This might not be fully using the same technical approach, but see https://github.com/paulmelis/blender-ply-import for another way of doing faster PLY imports. Regards, Paul On 14-02-18 03:35, Campbell Barton wrote: Hi, your question is too general, best do some research into this topic

Re: [Bf-committers] [GSoC 2018]Idea -- Fast Import / Export for selected formats

2018-02-13 Thread Campbell Barton
Hi, your question is too general, best do some research into this topic and ask more detailed questions as you need. Suggestions. - Read over PLY and STL source code. - Find bottleneck's that compiled code could help with. - Apply the patch D2835 (linked from the idea's page) and try make a

[Bf-committers] [GSoC 2018]Idea -- Fast Import / Export for selected formats

2018-02-13 Thread 4649tz
Hi,     I am Ze Dang,a junior studying in Wuhan Institution of Technology,China.     I read the confirmed ideas and found that the idea - Fast Import / Export for selected formats which I was really interested in. I think I have been equipped with the requirements written on the page.    But