Google Summer of Code/2017

GSoC 2017 With BRL-CAD

BRL-CAD was accepted as an umbrella mentoring organization for the Google Summer of Code!

Our umbrella accepted 10 students that prepared quality proposals and demonstrated commitment, with details below for those students that were successful. Students were selected for LibreCAD, Slic3r, BRL-CAD, and FreeCAD.

Accepted Projects

ORG: Simple Understandable Project Title (COPY this and leave it for others)

• Brief description (< 250 chars)
• Student: link to personal page, e.g., Your Real Name
• Abstract: link to your abstract, e.g., Abstract
• Project Plan: link to your project plan, e.g., User:your_wiki_name/GSoC2017/Project
• Dev Log: link to your dev logs, e.g., User:your_wiki_name/GSoC2017/Log

GPU Boolean Evaluation for CSG Ray-Tracing

• Implementing Boolean Evaluation for CSG ray-tracing in OpenCL
• Student: Marco Domingues
• Abstract
• Project Plan
• Dev Log

LibreCAD 3 plugin system

• Creation of a Lua plugin system that could create new entities with custom interaction, and add new import/export formats
• Student: Florian Roméo
• Abstract
• Project plan
• Dev log

Topological Naming in FreeCAD

• Attempt at developing a robust naming framework for topological features such as vertices, edges and faces in FreeCAD
• Student: Ajinkya Dahale
• Abstract: link to your abstract, e.g., Abstract
• Project Plan: User:ajinkyadahale/GSoC2017/Project
• Dev Log: User:ajinkyadahale/GSoC2017/Log

Rebar Addon for FreeCAD

• The main purpose of this project is to create a rebar addon for Arch Workbench of FreeCAD to ease up the process of creating reinforcement in structural element.
• Student: Amritpal Singh
• Abstract
• Project Plan
• Dev Log

Online Geometry Viewer Update

• This project aims to improve Online Geometry Viewer in different ways: UI update, code quality and improved model importing.
• Student: Oleksandr Dubenko
• Abstract
• Project Plan
• Dev Log

Annotations for the wireframe view

• The aim of the project is to enhance the representation of the wire frame views by adding annotations to the sketch.
• Student: Shubham Rathore
• Abstract
• Project Plan
• Dev Log

FreeCAD Part Design Workbench Refinement

• Adding test coverage for all Part Design tools, fixing bugs and improving functionality for some.
• Student: Kurt Kremitzki
• Abstract
• Project Plan
• Dev Log: kkremitzki.github.io/blog