Google Summer of Code/2015

GSoC 2015 With BRL-CAD

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

We accepted 12 exceptional students that prepared quality proposals and demonstrated commitment through quality patches. Once again as an umbrella org, 4 of those students were selected for associated orgs LibreCAD, LinuxCNC, STEPcode, and OpenSCAD.

Accepted Projects

Sigourney: a Boolean Weaver for BRL-CAD

• OpenCL-based accelerated ray trace rendering
• Student: Vasco Costa
• Abstract
• Project Proposal
• Development Logs

Online Geometry Viewer (OGV)

• Geometry Model Viewer on Web
• Student: Deepak
• Abstract
• Project Proposal
• Development Logs

Online Geometry Viewer (OGV): Backend

• Geometry Model Viewer on Web: Backend Development
• Student: Shubham Chauhan
• Abstract
• Project Proposal (Original)
• Production Ready Plan
• Development Logs

Synchronize Wiki with Docbook

• 1-line project summary (<80 chars)
• Student: Hitesh Sofat
• Abstract
• Project Proposal
• Development Logs

G to POV-Ray Geometry Converter

• 1-line project summary (<80 chars)
• Student: Gurwinder Singh
• Abstract
• Project Proposal
• Development Logs

OpenSCAD Importer

• Converting OpenSCAD geometry into BRL-CAD format
• Student: Andrei Ilinca
• Abstract
• Project Proposal
• Development Logs

Object-Oriented C++ Geometry API

• Adding Volume, Centroid and Surface Area functions for primitives (Enhancing GE)
• Student : Kalpit Thakkar
• Mentor : Daniel Roßberg (d_rossberg)
• Abstract
• Project Proposal
• Development Logs