[brlcad-devel] GSoc 2017: Advanced Sketch Primitive Editor

[Charu Tak]

Hello,

I am Charu Tak and I want to contribute to the project " Advanced Sketch
Primitive Editor <http://brlcad.org/wiki/Advanced_Sketch_Primitive_Editor>
".
I have a background in C++, CAD and SOLIDWORKS.

I have gone through the project description and I have few questions.

1. Other than C++, basic knowledge of geometry what other pre-requisites are
there to take up the project?

2. Other than the the links on the project page, where should I refer to
for getting a clearer idea for the project.

Regards,

Charu Tak
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[Daniel Roßberg]

Hi Charu,

Nice to hear that you are interested in one of our projects.

Hello,

Post by Charu Tak
I am Charu Tak and I want to contribute to the project " Advanced Sketch
Primitive Editor <http://brlcad.org/wiki/Advanced_Sketch_Primitive_Editor>
".
I have a background in C++, CAD and SOLIDWORKS.
I have gone through the project description and I have few questions.
1. Other than C++, basic knowledge of geometry what other pre-requisites are
there to take up the project?

First, you should make yourself familiar with BRL-CAD. Read through our
web site. I would recommend to click every link and see what's behind it.
Download the sources from our Subversion repository, compile, and install
them. A how-to is on our web site.

Play a little bit with the BRL-CAD programs, create geometries, etc.. You
can use the tutorials on our web site for guidance...

Post by Charu Tak
2. Other than the the links on the project page, where should I refer to
for getting a clearer idea for the project.

...Then you could have a closer look at the sketch primitive in BRL-CAD.
Crete some of them, make 3D objects from them (extrude). Have a look at
the existing sketch editor. Look at the implementation of the sketch
primitive to get an idea on how it works.

After exploring what's there and how it works and based on the descriptions
on the project page and some discussions with the developers on the mailing
list and IRC you should be able to write down a proposal for an own
project. You can create an account for our wiki and put you project plan
at a sub-page of your user-page. We linked the accepted proposals of the
last GSoCs in our wiki. They are good references on how to write a GSoC
project proposal.


Regards,
Daniel