irclog2html for #brlcad on 20060117

00:00.21 ``Erik I see no documentation indicating that it can talk syslog
00:04.22 pra5ad localhost sshd[27432] reverse mapping checking getaddrinfo for public-s.com failed - POSSIBLE BREAKIN ATTEMPT!
00:04.22 pra5ad localhost sshd[27432] (pam_unix) authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=211.125.70.86 user=root
00:04.22 pra5ad localhost sshd[27432] Failed password for root from 211.125.70.86 port 52662 ssh2
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00:06.06 pra5ad localhost /USR/SBIN/CRON[22486] (root) CMD ( run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
00:06.15 pra5ad is run every hour
00:06.19 pra5ad hrm
00:07.35 pra5ad run-parts isnt finding the script in cron.hourly
00:08.59 docelic pra5ad which script ?
00:09.41 pra5ad it's my own ( blah.sh ) with 755
00:10.01 pra5ad i can explicitly call it and it runs fine
00:10.18 docelic does it have #!/bin/sh at the top ?
00:10.24 pra5ad yes
00:12.30 docelic strange.. There's surely an obvious explanation, though :)
00:14.15 pra5ad hah
00:14.27 pra5ad it didnt like '_' in the filename
00:14.30 pra5ad :\
00:14.35 pra5ad all is well
00:15.36 pra5ad or perhaps the length.. whatever =)
01:16.58 justin_ 1/2" drywall is great for the biceps
04:10.03 brlcad pra5ad: i get a couple dozen various sorts of ssh intrusion attempts a day on the server, nothing abnormal unfortunately
04:10.39 brlcad important to disable root/admin ssh though and ensure you have decent passwords at the least
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04:39.29 brlcad updating just about every file, that time of year again
04:40.00 Weyland newbie here
04:40.07 brlcad hello Weyland
04:40.19 Weyland few "poke around" type questions if I can
04:40.23 Weyland Hi~!
04:40.53 brlcad fire away, someone's usually around to answer.. i'm usually around and will answer eventually
04:41.39 Weyland First, forgive me of this is in the PDFs or somewhere else... I saw the IRC channel and thought to ask and interact
04:41.45 Weyland thanks
04:42.10 Weyland Can BRLCAD create files that can be used by a CAM system like MasterCAM?
04:42.49 brlcad no problem
04:42.52 brlcad feel free to hang out ;)
04:43.02 brlcad (with a real irc client eventually, of course)
04:43.15 Weyland Ah, hold on, I can do that...
04:43.19 brlcad brl-cad has exporters for a variety of geometry formats
04:43.37 brlcad more than likely, one of them is one that mastercam can read
04:43.57 Weyland is there a link to an html list of them or do I need to keep opening pdfs?
04:44.20 brlcad g-acad g-dxf g-euclid1 g-jack g-nmg g-off g-stl g-vrml
04:44.23 brlcad g-adrt g-euclid g-iges g-nff g-obj g-shell.rect g-tankill g-x3d
04:44.46 Weyland kewl - stl adn iges
04:44.49 brlcad dxf, iges, stl, and obj are highly likely
04:44.51 Weyland and*
04:44.58 Weyland kewl
04:44.59 Weyland thanks
04:45.18 Weyland here, lemme get a client running and come back
04:45.30 brlcad mind you that those are all explicit/facetized geometry formats, not implicit like brl-cad prefers
04:45.46 brlcad but they'll usually get the job done
04:45.48 brlcad sure
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04:46.31 weyland better?
04:46.58 brlcad :)
04:47.03 weyland :)
04:47.05 weyland okay...
04:47.30 weyland realistically, how does BRLCAD compare to SolidWorks?
04:47.45 weyland or is there a comparison?
04:47.48 brlcad heh, that's a pretty involved question ;)
04:47.59 weyland Well, let me back up a minute
04:48.07 brlcad lemme see if I can find a link -- i went into some detail on a message thread somewhere
04:48.32 weyland I've been using SW and MasterCAM for a while and really like SW, and deal with mcam
04:48.42 weyland okay, kewl
04:49.01 weyland BUT~! I'm always looking for ways to do things natively in Linux...
04:49.20 weyland and have been looking for a good solid modeller in linux for some time
04:49.36 brlcad brl-cad will feel incredibly different in some respects .. it was designed for different purposes and with different methodologies
04:49.39 weyland SW is (for me) very quick and easy
04:49.47 brlcad that said, both can and do get the job done and are in production use
04:50.06 weyland I don't mind different methods
04:50.23 weyland it's the results and ease of use that matter to me
04:50.59 weyland after that, it's keeping on the lookout for ways to completely shed any ties to windows
04:51.24 weyland Well... after making sure to remain productive at the shop :)
04:51.52 brlcad here's one relevant thread: http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1273540&forum_id=362509
04:51.56 weyland Also, is BRL-CAD parametric?
04:52.15 brlcad brl-cad has the results, long long history of them
04:52.46 brlcad the ease of use depends on who you talk to -- from a sw background, you probably won't find it easy to use at least at first
04:53.36 weyland kewl, honesty. *THAT* I can work with... :)
04:54.04 weyland <PROTECTED>
04:54.25 brlcad mged is the primary modeler in brl-cad, one of about 400 tools in all
04:54.40 weyland In the end, I'll evaluate it anyway. I'm just looking for some insights up front
04:54.59 brlcad mged's interface leaves much to be desired, but it gets the job done for the experts quickly
04:55.22 brlcad new users tend to cry for a couple weeks, then start to appreciate it after they make it through the training
04:55.47 brlcad brl-cad does not have decent support for parametrics or expressions yet if that's what you meant
04:56.02 brlcad it's on the to do list
04:56.09 weyland what I mean is this -
04:56.30 brlcad it's not a brep modeler either ;)
04:56.42 brlcad though brep support is improving
04:57.22 brlcad it's very strongly implicit modeling based, CSG hierarchies from top to bottom
04:57.33 weyland In SW, I can choose a "feature" and change it's "properties" to change its size, and if there are other features that are linked to that one, they will all change similarly, without my having to go and choose each one individually.
04:57.49 weyland Does BRL-CAD have something similar?
04:58.14 weyland brep is not something I'm familiar with. definition?
04:58.43 brlcad that's parametrics and expressions, getting geometry to tie to other geometry and automatically resolve updates
04:58.52 brlcad it's a hot topic and wanted feature, but not yet a reality
04:59.02 weyland okay.
04:59.32 weyland is there an expected timeline?
05:00.10 brlcad with the nature of open source, hard to say -- depends a lot on the drive of the community
05:00.17 weyland understood
05:00.47 weyland just poking around, trying to get an idea of what's been going on and how things have been moving
05:01.10 brlcad that and managing the time constraints with the other priorities going on -- like the last couple months have been heavy getting the Windows port merged in cleanly
05:01.23 weyland :)
05:02.17 weyland I've been using EMC as a maching controller, and there's a similar situation with regard to getting threading for lathe going.
05:03.31 brlcad there was a couple guys highly interested in coupling brl-cad to emc or having it export gcode directly or indirectly for a while, the interests ebb and flow
05:03.56 weyland it would probably help both of you greatly
05:04.10 weyland EMC is really, really good
05:04.22 weyland weird learning curve, but worht it.
05:04.47 brlcad with the way most things in brl-cad are isolated into commands, writing bridges usually becomes a matter of writing an exporter
05:06.27 weyland right, right
05:07.19 brlcad biggest project under development right now is a revamped modeling interface, since that is brl-cad's weakest link generally speaking
05:07.38 weyland you mean like a better gui?
05:07.49 brlcad for all the mged does very well, there are several simple things from just an interface perspective that make it a pita
05:07.54 brlcad indeed I do
05:08.30 weyland right... I understand... still, I (personally) don't mind overmuch a CLI box
05:09.26 weyland SW *is* really nice in that its GUI is very quick and intuitive, but I don't mind a CLI if it is quick and good as well
05:09.53 brlcad the cli isn't going away, just a matter of making the gui-side much better and making the cli more discoverable as well
05:10.00 weyland kewl
05:10.11 brlcad the cli as it stands is probably mged's strongest point
05:10.50 brlcad several of brl-cad's expert modelers swear by it saying there are things they can do with it that they can't even begin to approach in pro/e, unigraphics
05:10.51 weyland CLI's usually are :)
05:11.11 weyland hmmm... okay
05:11.22 brlcad it is a fully scriptable and extendable environment as well
05:12.02 weyland I'm thinking that BRL-CAd is probably MUCH more powerful than *I'LL* ever need, but I'm still intrested
05:12.55 weyland Basically, I really would love to find something Linux based for my modelling
05:13.39 weyland SW is pretty much perfect for me, save for the windows thing...
05:14.20 brlcad learning to model using csg operations as your primary technique is often the hard part for users coming from a brep modeler like solidworks
05:14.58 weyland If you guys ever did get BRL-CAD to do CAM output (with or without EMC interface) THAT would be the cat's pajamas~!
05:15.01 brlcad yeah, trust me.. supporting windows isn't at the top of my list, but the masses do speak loudly and frequently
05:15.25 brlcad heh
05:15.47 weyland CSG? BREP? where can I find these defs?
05:16.05 weyland I'm not "trained" so miss a lot of meanings
05:16.54 brlcad moderately simple introduction to CSG on wikipedia and other places on the web
05:16.59 brlcad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructive_solid_geometry iirc
05:17.08 weyland Ah, okay, kewl
05:18.22 brlcad one or two bullets on various techniques here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_modeling
05:19.05 brlcad most modelers are some sort of hybrid system, even brl-cad, though brl-cad still has a massive foundation on CSG
05:19.56 brlcad whereas may of the other systems tend to promote feature brep modeling with parametrics
05:21.15 weyland AH~! Brep~! Now I get it.
05:21.42 weyland yes... brep + parametrics = sw
05:21.45 weyland got it
05:22.16 weyland actually very good articles
05:22.40 brlcad the fundamental mathematiccal differences are usually explicit vs implicit modeling, which is a little more involved to explain
05:24.26 weyland Well, I think I'll play around with it for a bit and see what happens
05:24.40 weyland Thanks very much for your time and efforts
05:24.41 brlcad you found the tutorial manuals?
05:24.48 weyland PDFs?
05:24.51 brlcad on the website
05:24.53 brlcad yeah
05:25.01 brlcad volume II in particular for getting started with mged
05:25.16 weyland yes, was using the first one and doing the sphere excercise
05:25.17 brlcad you won't likely be able to just jump in without going through some of the tutorials
05:25.26 weyland no chance :)
05:25.44 weyland no offense - but it's not at all intuitive :)
05:25.53 brlcad no offense taken
05:25.55 brlcad i agree
05:26.08 weyland still, it didn't take but a few minutes to get a few pages in of the tutorial
05:26.15 brlcad that's why a new modeler interface is a long-term-priority
05:26.31 weyland that's how I learned both SW and Mcam
05:26.41 weyland from the tutorials
05:27.27 weyland not that I really *know* either one, but I can use them for my purposes.
05:28.16 weyland Are you aware of anyone actually using BRL-CAD in a production machinine shop environment?
05:28.33 brlcad hmm
05:28.36 weyland - I'm a one man shop
05:28.55 weyland oops - machine shop
05:29.04 brlcad nobody specific comes to mind, but that's consdierably outside my realm of contacts :)
05:29.13 weyland okay, kewl
05:29.18 weyland thought to ask
05:29.54 brlcad there have been folks askeing specifically about cam/machining purposes
05:30.07 brlcad so I'd imagine yes as they are questions on use, not just passive interest
05:30.41 weyland actually, thinking on it, you might wanna get with the EMC guys and offer the package for inclusion with the EMC releases/CDs
05:30.44 brlcad more than happy to make brl-cad be what it needs to for it though ;)
05:30.57 weyland Good to hear :)
05:31.10 brlcad i spoke with the emc guys early last year for a little while
05:31.28 brlcad and there is mutual interest
05:31.36 weyland some new guys (really good guys, too) are involved these days
05:31.44 brlcad it's more a matter of getting more than myself interested involved in the actual coding ;)
05:31.45 weyland I think it could really benefit both of you
05:31.50 weyland :)
05:32.40 brlcad there are a couple major areas like that we can/should be more inolved with (FEA anyone?) but are strapped for time/people
05:32.41 weyland GraphiteOne was included and people started using it just because it was there.
05:32.44 pra5ad brlcad is just lazy
05:32.52 weyland lol
05:33.00 weyland I know I tried it.
05:33.05 weyland hated it, but I tried it
05:33.08 brlcad ~lart pra5ad
05:33.17 weyland lol
05:34.01 weyland Kinematics would be fantastic
05:34.04 weyland :)
05:34.18 brlcad there is rudimentary kinematics support actually
05:34.26 weyland and while yer at it, an open bar would be great too
05:34.33 brlcad not simple to use, but it's there -- has been used to make some movies
05:34.42 pra5ad we only serve sake
05:34.44 pra5ad just a heads up
05:34.45 weyland kewlio, didn't know that
05:34.53 weyland lol
05:34.58 weyland Damn. No Mead?
05:35.05 brlcad mm..
05:35.21 pra5ad talk to ``Erik the mad for mead
05:35.32 weyland brewing some now
05:35.43 weyland drinking some always
05:35.49 brlcad :)
05:36.22 weyland Well, gotta go, but I thank you for the honest info
05:36.30 weyland I'll be baq, I'm sure
05:36.32 brlcad no problem
05:36.43 weyland I'll check in here from time to time
05:36.48 brlcad keep an eye here or on the brlcad-news mailing list for announcements ;)
05:36.57 weyland will do
05:36.59 weyland Thanks
05:37.02 weyland nite
05:37.06 brlcad cya
05:46.45 brlcad heh, seriously? need more then
05:55.19 CIA-6 BRL-CAD: 03brlcad * 10brlcad/ (276 files in 47 dirs): fix the manpage commments via s/\.\/"/.\\\"/g
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06:20.53 CIA-6 BRL-CAD: 03brlcad * 10brlcad/misc/cvs2cl.pl: revert inadvertent mod that will break the script
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06:27.58 CIA-6 BRL-CAD: 03brlcad * 10brlcad/src/other/tkimg/base/configure: no need to put configure in cvs, especially if we're not using it
06:29.28 CIA-6 BRL-CAD: 03brlcad * 10brlcad/src/other/libtcl/unix/tclUnixFile.c: revert
06:31.13 CIA-6 BRL-CAD: 03brlcad * 10brlcad/src/libtclcad/tclcadAutoPath.c: revert
06:32.55 CIA-6 BRL-CAD: 03brlcad * 10brlcad/src/other/libtcl/win/configure: don't need configure, can be generated
06:33.19 CIA-6 BRL-CAD: 03brlcad * 10brlcad/src/other/libtcl/win/tclWinFCmd.c: revert
06:34.07 CIA-6 BRL-CAD: 03brlcad * 10brlcad/src/other/libtcl/tools/configure: don't need configure, can be generated
06:36.31 PKMOBILE (01:33:46) Enigma Geist: This "chuck kennedy" the site talks about...
06:36.31 PKMOBILE (01:33:52) MK: thats my dad
06:36.32 PKMOBILE (01:34:47) Enigma Geist: Kermit's your dad? O.O
06:36.32 PKMOBILE (01:34:53) MK: yeah
06:36.32 PKMOBILE (01:35:00) Enigma Geist: *jaw drops*
06:36.47 PKMOBILE i dont get it i swear!
06:39.52 CIA-6 BRL-CAD: 03brlcad * 10brlcad/src/other/libtk/unix/configure: don't need configure in cvs
06:40.55 CIA-6 BRL-CAD: 03brlcad * 10brlcad/src/other/libtcl/generic/ (tclFileName.c tclIOUtil.c): revert
06:41.55 CIA-6 BRL-CAD: 03brlcad * 10brlcad/src/other/libtk/win/configure: don't need configure in cvs
06:43.59 CIA-6 BRL-CAD: 03brlcad * 10brlcad/src/tclscripts/fs_dialog.tk: revert
06:51.20 brlcad PKMOBILE: heh
06:52.54 PKMOBILE i think hes starting to get old... he had me doing all these diagnostics trying to figure out why we couldnt connect to play a game and it turns out he disconnected his computer from the network the night before
06:53.29 brlcad mmm heh
06:54.34 CIA-6 BRL-CAD: 03brlcad * 10brlcad/src/other/ (iwidgets/configure libz/configure): don't need configure in cvs
06:55.16 PKMOBILE brlcad, did you ever put in that request for them to restore the database or should i redo it from scratch or what?
07:03.56 PKMOBILE i could also just pretty up the static page too
07:07.45 brlcad er, i did and they did
07:09.06 brlcad it's in a file iirc on node1
07:10.32 PKMOBILE oops
07:10.36 PKMOBILE didnt get the memo :-P
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21:42.32 cad692 Just want to confirm .... was I told yesterday that Windows distribution is anticipated within a few weeks?
21:51.43 archivist thats what the man said and why didnt you wait for an answer
23:33.56 brlcad archivist: heh indeed
23:34.52 archivist impatient people, they just dont know the ways of irc

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