Difference between revisions of "Developer Documents"

Latest revision as of 01:01, 12 December 2017

Introduction[edit]

If you are going to contribute and wish to be the part of ongoing development of BRL-CAD, you are highly recommended to read following introductory article to let you know the current roadmap of the project.

An Introduction To New Developers

Developer FAQ[edit]

I'm interested in BRL-CAD development. How can I get involved?[edit]

• Join the IRC channel #brlcad at irc.freenode.net and/or the developer mailing list
• Read the developer's guide
• Start submitting patches

I'm trying to add a new file to the repository and I get an error on commit about mime types. What should I do?[edit]

You should set the mime type. See mime-types for more information.

Developer Examples[edit]

• Linking against a library
• Using db_walk_tree()
• GCV_Plugin_Tutorial
• Category:Code examples

Development Tips[edit]

• Compiling
• Emacs
• SVN+SSH

Development Projects[edit]

• Online Geometry
  • Online Geometry Viewer Project
    • OGV_on_FreeBSD
  • BRL-CAD Model Repository
• New GUI
  • OpenGL GUI Framework
• Geometry Engine / Server
  • BRL-CAD's core C++ interface
  • Geometry Service
    • Geometry Service Project
• Geometry Conversion
  • Pro/ENGINEER to BRL-CAD export plugin
  • ISO 103030 STEP Geometry Conversion Support
• Community Initiatives
  • Google Summer of Code
  • ESA Summer of Code in Space
  • Google Code In
  • Google Doc Camp
• Out-of-date Orphans
  • libpg : A parametrics/constraint library
  • libpc : Geometric Constraint Solving