User:Phoenix/GSoc2012/Reports

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Revision as of 08:37, 2 May 2012 by Phoenix (talk | contribs) (Original development timeline)

Log

Community Bonding

  • May 2
    • Downloaded the source code of the latest revision from svn checkout and got more familiar with subversion.
    • Compiled and built the source both in Ubuntu and Windows (Visual Studio) successfully.

Original development timeline

  • - May 21 (~4 weeks)
    • Study materials on NURBS/BREP etc
    • Read the codes in librt/primitives
    • Get familiar to OpenNURBS
    • Fix some bugs and make patches
    • Implement a method for convenient testing (finished)
  • May 21 - June 10 (~3 weeks)
    • Modify implemented conversions if not finished
      • pipe
      • sph, ell, tor, hyp
      • eto, extrude, revolve, etc.
  • June 11 - June 18 (~1 week)
    • Final examination week in our school
  • June 19 - July 1 (~2 weeks)
    • Still work on existing conversions
    • Work on non-origin primitives
      • Deduce transformation matrices
      • Apply the transformation
      • Test the results and write documents
  • July 1 - July 29 (~4 weeks)
    • Add new conversions to missing primitives
      • Test whether it works well
      • Write clear documents
      • From easy ones to hard ones
    • July 1 - July 8 (1 week)
      • rec
      • ars
      • half
      • ell1
    • July 8 - July 15 (1 week)
      • metaball
      • pnts
      • part
      • grip
    • July 15 - July 22 (1 week)
      • superell
      • cline
    • July 22 - July 29 (1 week)
      • hf
      • other missing primitives
  • July 29 - August 13 (~2 week)
    • Write a convert for whole
      • Write a function to walk the tree
      • Add a command to MGED
      • Discussions and documents
    • Test the work and fix bugs
  • August 13 - August 20 (~1 week)
    • Pencil down data
      • Improve documentation
      • Evaluations
  • Post-GSoc
    • Further involvement with BRL-CAD :)