User:KeshaSShah/GSoC13/Reports

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Week 0

April 19 to April 22

  • Joined #brlcad channel on IRC
  • Subscribed to mailing list
  • Introduced myself to the community through mailing list
  • Downloaded Source Code
  • Compiled it successfully from the source using cmake
  • Made an account on SVN.
  • Had a glance at source folder and caught my eyes on an instance of duplication.
  • Made first patch and submitted it.
  • Looked through project ideas and found Code Refacoring most interesting and suitable for me.

April 23 to April 30

  • University Final Exams

May 1

  • Checked out some TODO task in the domain of Code Reducing and Refactoring.
  • Picked up moving LIBWBD comments.
  • Used the command "" to find out the comments that neede to be moved.
  • Within just 10 minutes, I was able to successfully move all comments and submitted another patch
  • Discussed with Sean about my interest when he encouraged me to explore converting and processing geometry.

May 2

  • Read tutorial I and then IV on Converting Geometry and recieved some basic idea on STEP and other convertors available for importing and exporting between different CAD softwares.
  • Gone through project ideas again and liked two more ideas-namely Improving STEP Library and STEP AP242 Parser.

May 3

  • Proposal Submission Deadline on melange.
  • Made my User-Wiki-pages
  • Uploaded proposal on Melange and embedded wiki links in it.