BRL-CAD was selected to participate in the 2013 Google Summer of Code Doc Camp. A team of contributors got together in California, brainstormed, and wrote an entire book for BRL-CAD in just a few days. They created a guide for contributing to BRL-CAD.
You will design a layout for the book. You will likely need to research the different structural elements in the book book (i.e., code blocks, blockquotes, special quotes for commands, for manpages, etc.) and everything around like a front page, the font, etc. You will likely need to use the actual Doc Camp book content (at least some pages) to demonstrate a complete layout design.
Submit your design as a .pdf, .odt, set of images, or ask about other formats. Submit an editable format so we can make changes if needed. You're welcome to submit a rendered preview too.
References:
- http://brlcad.org/wiki/Documentation
- http://flossmanuals.net/contributors-guide-to-brl-cad/
| File name/URL | File size | Date submitted | |
|---|---|---|---|
| front_page.png | 603.9 KB | December 10 2014 18:28 UTC | |
| front_page.psd | 2.9 MB | December 10 2014 18:28 UTC | |
| Book.pdf | 1.1 MB | December 10 2014 18:29 UTC | |
| Book.docx | 8.6 MB | December 11 2014 14:17 UTC |
I would like to work on this task.
This task has been assigned to Shashank Vaish. You have 100 hours to complete this task, good luck!
Sir, I am in a confusion. I am confused that if I am allowed to make the book layout in Photoshop or not because I saw one student who had completed this task but submitted a link to codepin.com.
Hey Shashank,
It's completely your wish, if you are comfortable with making layout in photoshop, go for it. There's no problem in that.
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I would like to work on this task.
This task has been assigned to Kristina Pironkova. You have 100 hours to complete this task, good luck!
Is this the book I have to work for ?
http://brlcad.org/~maths22/HACKING_BRL-CAD.pdf
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Fantastic work, Kristina! It looks great, we really like it! This is the guide http://flossmanuals.net/contributors-guide-to-brl-cad/ the book should be for. However, we appreciate your effort and we can adapt the content to your layout.
You have submitted the .psd file for the cover of the book, make sure you submit the .psd or the raw editing files used to create the rest of the book so we can later on adapt it to add our guide's content.
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Would it be a problem if the editable file is in docx format ?
Thank you.
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.docx format is ok, it covers all the formatting you set up. Thank you!