Google Summer of Code/2023

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GSoC 2023 With BRL-CAD[edit]

BRL-CAD was accepted as an umbrella mentoring organization for the Google Summer of Code! This year, we accepted 5 students to work on IfcOpenShell, BRL-CAD, KiCad, Appleseed and OpenSCAD.

Accepted Projects[edit]

NURBS Editing Support in BRL-CAD[edit]

  • Description: NURBS is a basic function for BRL-CAD and BRL-CAD has support for some functions based on brep using openNURBS library. Beyond basic operations such as rotation and translation, the BRL-CAD core has no ability to edit them. This project would implement support for creating and editing geometry and topology in the BRL-CAD core, thus creating the prerequisites to handle them with higher level (i.e. GUI) tools.
  • Org: BRL-CAD
  • Student: GregoryLi
  • Abstract
  • Project Plan
  • Dev Log


Updating Appleseed: Python 3 and Dependencies[edit]

  • Description: The Appleseed project needs to update its Python codebase from Python 2 to Python 3 and update the PyQT code and GUI to PyQT6. The update will include updating the Boost C++ Libraries and ensuring compatibility with other dependencies. The project aims to ensure the long-term sustainability of Appleseed by modernizing the codebase and improving the user experience.
  • Org: Appleseed
  • Student: Sai Abhiram Alluri
  • Abstract
  • Project Plan
  • Dev Log
  • Project Report

VDB Rendering for BRL-CAD[edit]

  • Description: VDB is a volumetric, sparse and hierarchical data structure which can be used for volumetric rendering, simulation and computational solid geometry (CSG). This project aims to add a VDB as a new entity for volumetric data into BRL-CAD. Additionally, the VDB structure would be used to render volumetric data with ray tracing.
  • Org: BRL-CAD
  • Student: Caio José Dos Santos Brito
  • Abstract
  • Project Plane
  • Dev Log
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