IRC log for #brlcad on 20080319

00:13.24 starseeker uploads more screenshots
02:26.41 yukonbob starseeker: are both those models yours?
02:27.01 starseeker I did them as part of my training
02:28.13 yukonbob nice..
02:30.14 yukonbob pen is using pipes for the "plastic" body and the "metal" end where the ball point is hidden?
02:35.42 starseeker no, although that's probably a good idea
02:36.00 starseeker I thought about redoing the pen body with pipes, but have been working on other things
02:36.53 starseeker Pen was the first thing I really modeled, so I wasn't up on pipes yet ;-)
02:37.39 yukonbob so what did you use? I'm just looking at it and trying to reverse engineer your work :)
02:38.24 starseeker Ah :-). I think it was an eto at the very tip of the pen, a trc for the remainder of the "cap", an epa for the tapering tip, and then a cylinder when it got straighter
02:39.53 starseeker since it's a glass render, you can see the discontinuity where it switches from the epa to the rcc
02:40.11 starseeker I'm not sure, but pipe might be able to do a significantly better job of it
02:40.39 starseeker That's cool you thought of trying pipe too :-)
02:43.59 yukonbob it's a nice looking render even as is, though
02:44.23 starseeker thanks :-)
02:45.09 starseeker that one has more visual bang for the buck than the wheel, but the wheel was where I finally got the pattern tool to do something useful
02:45.40 starseeker Heh - people seem to like that openmoko import screenshot
02:46.53 yukonbob not surprising, considering it looks so "techy" :)
02:47.25 starseeker should have put up wireframe screenshots of cassini instead of renders ;-)
02:47.38 yukonbob re: pattern tool -- /me will have to look that up; How did you use it on that wheel?
02:48.17 starseeker pattern tool may not be the best way to do what I did - you see the divots around the edge of the wheel?
02:48.36 yukonbob on the tire?
02:48.39 starseeker yes
02:48.42 yukonbob like syping?
02:48.44 yukonbob ya.
02:49.07 starseeker those were done by placing one shape in the "right" place on the rim, and then patterning it around
02:50.04 yukonbob ah.... /me would use a script to do that (Tcl)... but I haven't tried the pattern tool -- it might be the way to go...
02:50.15 starseeker clone would probably be the right way
02:50.36 starseeker the pattern tool gui is not at all intuitive
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03:21.03 brlcad that background works out really nicely for the pen
03:25.47 starseeker likes that background color - need to save the settings :-)
03:28.28 starseeker It's so boring it will never conflict with any color anyone would actually want to use for something ;-)
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11:37.24 starseeker (reluctantly) concludes he can't chase these, which is a shame since they look like they have a LOT of info to start modeling with: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190206088276
11:37.46 starseeker I need to go to old railroad ships and dig in the rubbish piles, apparently
11:39.52 starseeker er/ships/shops
11:40.09 starseeker needs to wake up here...
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13:53.05 CIA-33 BRL-CAD: 03brlcad * r30537 10/brlcad/trunk/m4/compiler.m4: allow BC_SANITY_CHECK to take an argument so we can customize the message being printed
13:54.10 CIA-33 BRL-CAD: 03brlcad * r30538 10/brlcad/trunk/configure.ac: add a sanity check for the C++ compiler to make sure one is installed and working since we need one now, otherwise we'll just end up with more bizaree errors later on.
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15:31.39 brlcad hey d_rossberg -- you're enabled on the mentor dashboard now
15:31.58 brlcad there's not much to do/see until the student applications begin being processed
15:32.23 brlcad feel free to edit the ideas list if you see changes needed or would like to add other ideas (they don't have to go through me or anything)
15:34.12 d_rossberg brlcad: ok, maybe i'll play with the "show may location" option a little bit ;-)
15:34.41 brlcad :)
15:34.50 brlcad and don't forget to pick your shirt size ;)
15:34.58 brlcad it'll matter later..
15:35.29 d_rossberg this was easy
15:36.20 d_rossberg but where can be seen the locations of the mentors?
15:37.04 brlcad good question..
15:37.14 brlcad looks
15:40.18 d_rossberg maybe the mentors will be shown in the application phase
15:43.02 brlcad one of the admins is telling me that the map isn't published until near the end of the program
15:43.12 brlcad but he's not sure either
15:45.51 d_rossberg ah, as a replacement for a class photo
15:46.11 brlcad we do that too, at the summit
15:47.28 brlcad http://flickr.com/photos/mayhem/1518425696/
15:48.47 brlcad also http://www.vrmag.org/vartist/community/GOOGLE_SPONSORS_THE_DEVELOPMENT_OF_OPEN_SOURCE_PANORAMA_MAKING_SOFTWARE.html
15:49.14 clock_ brlcad: do they sponsor BRL-CAD?
15:49.53 brlcad clock_: yes, we're participating this year
15:49.55 brlcad (see topic)
16:28.11 yukonbob passes by, waves
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22:09.26 yukonbob looks in again, waves :)
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23:38.04 hippieindamakin8 hey while compiling the binaries.. there are loads of errors pertaining to the tk files
23:40.28 brlcad hippieindamakin8: sounds like you might not have the X11 headers installed
23:40.41 hippieindamakin8 yaya
23:40.53 brlcad that's a separate dev install on package-managing systems like ubuntu/debian
23:40.55 hippieindamakin8 again the same problem pertaining to X
23:41.18 hippieindamakin8 ya i am on ubtuntu..
23:41.32 brlcad so you'll need to apt get the X11-dev headers
23:41.39 brlcad I don't know the specific package name
23:42.03 hippieindamakin8 ya i am searching that
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