[brlcad-devel] Support for CSG boolean evaluation in OpenCL

[Marco Domingues]

Hello everyone!

My name is Marco Domingues and I am a student at Instituto Superior Técnico (Portugal), where i am taking a degree in Computer Graphics. I am currently working on my Master Thesis on GPU Boolean Evaluation for CSG ray tracing, under the orientation of Vasco Costa, who introduced me to the BRL-CAD project.

I’m looking forward to contribute to the project by implementing the boolean evaluation for CSG ray tracing in OpenCL, continuing the work that has been done to optimize the ray tracing process of BRL-CAD.

Cheers!
Marco

[Christopher Sean Morrison]

Post by Marco Domingues
My name is Marco Domingues and I am a student at Instituto Superior Técnico (Portugal), where i am taking a degree in Computer Graphics. I am currently working on my Master Thesis on GPU Boolean Evaluation for CSG ray tracing, under the orientation of Vasco Costa, who introduced me to the BRL-CAD project.

Welcome Marco!

Post by Marco Domingues
I’m looking forward to contribute to the project by implementing the boolean evaluation for CSG ray tracing in OpenCL, continuing the work that has been done to optimize the ray tracing process of BRL-CAD.

I’m thrilled to meet you and am seriously looking forward to your project. Vasco made phenomenal progress in an area that is desperately needed (ray trace acceleration) for our production users. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you need help with anything. Thank you for taking on this project and to Vasco for his efforts mentoring and supporting you.

If you need help getting started, I suggest spending just a couple hours to work through the MGED tutorial series first (on the website). That will introduce you to some of the basics. Trying to model something near you (e.g., a trashcan) is usually a shocking effort for new users too. Beyond that, feel free to lean on others to get your questions answered and progress accelerated.

Cheers!
Sean