IRC log for #brlcad on 20160805

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01:25.40 boj Hi, brlcad, sorry for my long time silence, during last two weeks, I attended SIGGRAPH 2016 held in LA, now I am back to work again. :-), and I will quickly give a short summary of my experience in SIGGRAPH, then I will give a short plan for my further work.
01:26.13 boj I will keep updating my blog as usual. :-)
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14:51.54 Notify 03BRL-CAD:bob1961 * 68585 (brlcad/trunk/src/tclscripts/archer/Archer.tcl brlcad/trunk/src/tclscripts/archer/ArcherCore.tcl): Update the code for setting the last selected directory.
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15:44.55 Notify 03BRL-CAD:ejno * 68587 (brlcad/branches/prep-cache/include/brep/bbnode.h brlcad/branches/prep-cache/include/brep/brnode.h and 7 others): use bu_heap pooling; currently all BB/BR nodes must be pooled although it doesn't provide a significant improvement except when loading from cache; need to determine whether a deleted node was created with pooling or not
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15:53.01 Notify 03BRL-CAD:starseeker * 68588 brlcad/trunk/CMakeLists.txt: Look for C++11 flags rather than C++98
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20:38.25 brlcad builds a list of the more customer relevant changes
21:02.16 starseeker brlcad: should we add a NEWS item for Bob's last little change there?
21:05.41 brlcad his comment didn't really explain what the impact was, presumably it (correctly) cd's to the dir of the db?
21:13.54 brlcad think I have a preliminary list of the most important changes, coincidentally aligns...
21:52.55 starseeker brlcad: as I understand it, it sets the default directory for the file open dialog in archer to the directory of the currently open database, if one was supplied (say) on the command line
21:56.15 brlcad preview of the more salient points, categorized: http://paste.ubuntu.com/22367011/
21:58.32 Notify 03BRL-CAD:starseeker * 68589 brlcad/trunk/regress/CMakeLists.txt: Checkpoint work on a CMake based replacement for repository.sh. Probably somewhere between 50% and 70% complete - don't have the WIN32 et. al. checks yet, but have versions of the rest of it.
21:59.20 starseeker what do we mean by "prefactory" FASTGEN4 export support? I was under the impression things were pretty good there...
22:00.23 brlcad the bullet was added when it was first done, and it's still somewhat untested (by anyone else) as far as I know
22:00.55 brlcad prefatory just means preliminary/initial/first stab
22:01.25 starseeker nods - was wondering if that doesn't do it justice, but lack of external testing is a fair point
22:01.26 brlcad but these aren't release notes -- this is just wittling down the NEWS list to the more important points (really the more important groupings of points)
22:01.37 starseeker nods - looking good
22:01.40 starseeker is reading now
22:01.54 brlcad basically what to talk about (release notes, slides, etc)
22:02.32 brlcad needs to be further condensed in many sections, expanded in others (nurbs)
22:03.13 starseeker looking good
22:04.26 brlcad for example, geometry processing -- would probably cherry pick a half dozen for slides, and summarize into 1-2 sentances for release notes, even though it has the most bullet points
22:04.48 starseeker nods
22:04.52 brlcad they're in rough priority order based on impact, anything look out of place?
22:05.27 brlcad only did one quick pass, so prbably a few mistakes
22:05.37 starseeker would probably put the joints stuff below geometry processing
22:05.45 starseeker but that's a judgement call
22:06.03 brlcad agrees, I'd just moved it! :)
22:06.18 brlcad datums too, imo
22:06.23 starseeker agrees
22:06.45 starseeker the new decimation code is borderline, but the odds are it'll get used seriously before joints will
22:07.36 starseeker PLY might be somewhat further down, depending on the audience
22:08.01 brlcad agree, but wanted to keep the converters together as a group since they make sense to present together
22:08.11 starseeker nods
22:08.22 starseeker other than that, looks pretty good
22:08.39 starseeker woof that's a lot of stuff
22:09.54 brlcad anything to remove?
22:11.07 starseeker the "modernize documents" and "improved DocBook" are a bit "under the hood"...
22:11.33 starseeker ditto the consistency line
22:11.50 starseeker techically visible, but not sure they need calling out here
22:12.39 starseeker would rather not stress the bb oriented robustness thing yet - that's kinda in the same camp as burst, technically improved but not where it needs to be
22:12.46 brlcad most of those just get grouped into "widespread documentation improvements" like the first bullet
22:14.03 starseeker isn't seeing anything else jump out
22:14.18 brlcad does bb exist yet?
22:14.24 starseeker the bb command? sure
22:14.31 brlcad it's not bbox?
22:14.37 starseeker don't think so...
22:15.00 starseeker yeah, bb
22:15.03 brlcad k
22:16.39 starseeker needs to see if he can get Eigen working underneath libbn using libbn's data... would probably help both the oriented bb and chull stuff
22:18.07 starseeker yawns - need to get outta here before I talk myself into trying to do the WIN32 scan logic
22:21.19 brlcad hehe
22:28.24 brlcad starseeker: should we be recommending 3dm import over step?
22:29.09 brlcad I know 3dm is better in general, but i suppose it's more a question of whether step import is knowingly problematic
22:29.12 brlcad could let them figure it out
22:58.14 brlcad made some progress consolidating: http://paste.ubuntu.com/22374067/
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