IRC log for #brlcad on 20161220

00:05.46 caen23 hmm... apparently bitdefender (and maybe others) mark some files from brl-cad as threats https://codein.withgoogle.com/dashboard/task-instances/6594523692007424/
00:05.49 gcibot [WANT TO CODE? START HERE] Compile and Install BRL-CAD || 3 days || Code, Documentation || BRL-CAD || Beginner task
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03:03.38 starseeker ``Erik: cool!
03:06.47 starseeker not sure if it's right (if the first report is supposed to be only svn commits?) but that's a neat idea
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07:09.11 Apra I had posted a comment 2 days ago in my task but I think no one has seen it...I have just 20 minutes left for my task...Its regarding T-Shirt designing for BRL-CAD
07:36.37 andromeda-galaxy Apra: link?
07:37.16 Apra https://codein.withgoogle.com/dashboard/task-instances/5194521237258240/
07:37.23 gcibot Design a t-shirt for BRL-CAD || 3 days || Outreach / Research || BRL-CAD
07:37.31 andromeda-galaxy Apra: if you reclaim it I will extend the tim
07:38.13 Apra re-claimed
07:38.58 andromeda-galaxy Apra: time added!
07:39.04 andromeda-galaxy no idea why it was not reviewed for so long, sorry
07:39.24 andromeda-galaxy I tend not to review the design tasks b/c I usually miss things on them (stick to more code-oriented ones). sorry!
07:39.28 Apra Never mind
07:39.36 andromeda-galaxy (although we have fewer of those than usual this year...)
07:39.36 Apra its ok :)
07:40.16 andromeda-galaxy brlcad: btw if we do not have a docker container anywhere I will create/mentor a task to set one up
07:41.30 andromeda-galaxy Apra: hope somebody looks at it soon ;)
07:41.57 Apra Yeah...even I hope the same :D
07:42.56 Apra andromeda-galaxy: You were one of the grand-finalist last year...Isn't it?
07:44.09 andromeda-galaxy Apra: yeah, a bunch of the old students are mentoring now. I was one of the winners the last 2 years brlcad participated (2013/2014)
07:44.46 Apra oh..how many codeing tasks did you complete...just curious :)
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07:48.40 andromeda-galaxy Apra: it is hard to remember exact numbers (+ I did do some design/modelling/documentation/etc. especially during 2014). but I think probably somewhere in the 25-40 area?
07:49.10 Apra 25-40 tasks?
07:49.36 andromeda-galaxy yeah, about that, I think
07:50.48 Apra Thats actually great....Its hard for me to manage that much of a time coz I having exams too but still i am trying to do my best
07:51.43 Apra and, the most important is I am this enjoying open-source :D
07:51.57 Apra *enjoying this
07:52.05 andromeda-galaxy yeah, exams are annoying. that year I had fewer in-class exams I vaguely remember, which was nice. but yeah, the most important thing is to enjoy this and get involved!
07:53.52 Apra My aim was to complete ~20 tasks till 1st Jan...but just ~10 tasks till now
07:54.04 andromeda-galaxy Apra: also the contest overall does seem a little bit more low-key this year. And I feel like we haven't been doing as great a job of stocking tasks as we should be for you all to work on (I admit to not having been great about this so far...)
07:54.16 andromeda-galaxy sounds like a good plan
07:54.50 andromeda-galaxy sorry to delay you with the lack of recent review on design tasks
07:55.04 andromeda-galaxy waiting for review is always a little too bad ;)
07:55.09 Apra Thats ohk :)
07:55.23 Apra It must be the mentors were busy too
07:56.17 andromeda-galaxy presumably. thanks for the patience! btw if you want to get started doing more coding tasks I'll be around and would be glad to get you pointed in the right direction
07:58.04 Apra Yeah, I can concentrate upon codeing tasks, when my dad comes in the weekend coz he has the laptop and stays out of station, and my pc is quite full and slow, so it just crashes with vb
07:58.32 andromeda-galaxy ah, yeah. Okay, in that caes I might not be as much help since I've never built brlcad on windows
07:58.35 andromeda-galaxy only linuxes
07:58.37 Apra and i dont have a free space to just dual boot ubuntu with windows
07:59.20 Apra Else I had plan to make the plugins for LibreCAD 3
07:59.27 andromeda-galaxy ah yeah, that's hard
07:59.29 andromeda-galaxy too bad
08:00.50 Apra hmm, and yeah even caen23 is there for codeing tasks for windows...he asked me to install visual studio and cmake but once again luck didn't favour
08:02.05 andromeda-galaxy oh yeah, I saw that conversation. it is too bad that getting dev envs (overall) set up on windows is so difficult
08:03.06 Apra just another query the place where the comments and all are visible in GCI..it doesn't reload automatically is there any fix for it?
08:03.21 Apra right
08:05.31 andromeda-galaxy the task page on the website?
08:05.36 Apra Yeah
08:05.40 andromeda-galaxy I'm not super-familiar with the new system, so I don't really know
08:05.54 andromeda-galaxy (2014 was the last year that Google used Melange for GCI)
08:06.34 Apra oh...I need to click on the refresh button every time I want updates or rather press ctrl + r
08:09.56 Apra Till the mentors look into my task...can you tell me whats opencl and how is it related to c?
08:11.18 andromeda-galaxy so roughly,
08:11.19 Apra As I developed an interest for this task: https://codein.withgoogle.com/tasks/5116035485138944/?sp-organization=4814441002565632&sp-is_beginner=False&sp-categories=1
08:11.21 gcibot Convert a single function from C to OpenCL (hyperboloid) || 3 days || Code || BRL-CAD
08:11.36 andromeda-galaxy C is a programming language that you can use to write code that will be compiled to run on your computer, right?
08:11.47 andromeda-galaxy but computers nowadays tends to have fairly sophisticated coprocessors, like fancy graphics cards
08:11.49 Apra Yeah
08:11.57 andromeda-galaxy (or fpgas, or Xeon Phis or whatever, but mostly GPUs)
08:12.13 Apra Yeah GPUs
08:12.13 andromeda-galaxy so the idea of OpenCL is that it is a language for writing code that doesn't necessarily run on the cpu like most code does
08:12.31 andromeda-galaxy so you write these "kernels" in this sort of c-ish language that are compiled to be able to run on the gpu
08:12.46 Apra ohk...so where does it run?
08:12.56 Apra ohk
08:13.00 andromeda-galaxy but this actually turns out to be very different from "normal" C programming because the main advantage of gpus is basically that they can do tons and tons of small operations in parallel
08:13.19 andromeda-galaxy so you have to write code that does tons of stuff in parallel *and stays synchronized*
08:13.33 andromeda-galaxy and to make it even worse, they usually have lots of different levels of memory available and not very much for each individual shader unit
08:13.38 Apra seems challenging
08:13.43 andromeda-galaxy so you have to manually deal with the memory heirarchy
08:13.46 andromeda-galaxy so it's pretty annoying
08:13.58 andromeda-galaxy but it can make great speedups and be a lot of fun!
08:14.06 andromeda-galaxy I definitely don't want to discourage you from working on those tasks
08:15.16 Apra Yeah have programmed on Java for 2-3 years and now learning an outdated c++ which is taught in school(borland c++)
08:17.01 Apra Basically I love programming...but when i opened up the .c file i got nervous- it was some 400+ lines i guess...though much of it were filled by comments so just wanted to ask you about it
08:18.10 Apra But header files like raytrace.h are these library there in c programs?
08:19.42 andromeda-galaxy header files contain declarations of functions defined elsewhere. "public" header files like the ones in include/ are usually used basically as interfaces to other libraries, yes
08:20.16 andromeda-galaxy so I am not involved with the opencl effort/that task, but looking at the sample that is provided, I don't think that you have to convert the whole 400+line file---basically just the shot/norm functions?
08:22.50 Apra Just the 2 functions?
08:23.49 andromeda-galaxy so like I said I am not the authority on this
08:24.08 andromeda-galaxy but if you look at the ehy files that are provided, the opencl version only has ehy_shot and ehy_norm while the regular c version has a bunch of other useful functions
08:24.56 Apra yeah, thats true
08:25.14 Apra just two functions in opencl
08:29.44 Apra can you give me the irc nicks of the mentors?
08:30.06 andromeda-galaxy so Sean is brlcad
08:30.30 andromeda-galaxy I am apparently on there even though I don't know much about the task:) mentors were selected pretty much at random apart from any particular requests, I think
08:30.54 andromeda-galaxy I don't have the other nicks off the top of my head
08:30.55 Apra oh
08:31.08 andromeda-galaxy but probably just ask in here about the opencl effort overall and somebody working on it will show up
08:31.41 Apra what do you think should I read some opencl tutorial?
08:31.52 andromeda-galaxy that would probably be useful preparation
08:32.50 Apra ohkk..i would then read some of them
08:33.51 Apra aren't ther any participants other than me spamming the brlcad irc page :P ?
08:34.26 andromeda-galaxy yeah the irc channel has been unusually quite...
08:35.32 Apra I guess its this time only...how was it when you had been a participant?
08:35.51 andromeda-galaxy the irc channel was definitely way busier
08:36.20 andromeda-galaxy I feel like the contest overall for brlcad at least was somewhat busier as well. it definitely was on the code side of things, but we had more available and reasonable tasks at that time, I think
08:36.40 Apra ohh
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08:41.22 Apra btw it was a nice talking you :)
08:41.31 andromeda-galaxy nice to talk to you also :)
08:41.57 andromeda-galaxy good luck! and I hope you enjoy your student time at gci as much as I did
08:43.26 Apra yeah...thanks :)
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08:45.23 gcibot Design a t-shirt for BRL-CAD || 3 days || Outreach / Research || BRL-CAD
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08:47.05 shivam Hii everyone
08:47.20 andromeda-galaxy Hi Guest41973!
08:47.53 andromeda-galaxy :q
08:47.55 Guest41973 I m new in gci.
08:47.55 andromeda-galaxy :q
08:48.08 andromeda-galaxy (sorry wrong window)
08:48.11 andromeda-galaxy nice to see you!
08:49.30 shivam_ Means
08:49.44 andromeda-galaxy Guest41973: are you working on anything in particular right now?
08:50.10 shivam_ Yes
08:51.04 shivam_ https://www.irccloud.com/pastebin/YmodfmNz
08:51.52 andromeda-galaxy neat ;) I hope you find gci fun!
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08:53.32 Guest41973 Yes!!
08:54.04 andromeda-galaxy great!
08:56.06 Apra You need to submit a .psd or .svg or any other file that you have created the t-shirt in....if you have taken pictures from internet then you might need to submit a .txt file citing its source and a .png preview of your file in the GCI page
08:56.21 andromeda-galaxy Apra: hmm?
08:56.31 Apra Yes
08:56.56 Apra same task...so I can help here I guess?
08:57.35 andromeda-galaxy ah, I see. makes sense
08:58.01 andromeda-galaxy Guest41973: I am a mentor but I'm not great at reviewing/working on the design tasks, Apra is another student working on the same task
08:58.34 Apra Hello Guest41973 nice to meet you :)
09:23.34 Apra andromeda-galaxy do you see tasks for open-scad?
09:24.16 Apra coz I have made a space-ship...
09:25.16 Apra I am trying to do other tasks, till my mentors are free
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10:04.56 caen23 compilation on windows is actually rather straight-forward
10:05.58 caen23 common problems these days have been 1) some bugs on our part (but compilation proceeded and reported the errors correctly); 2) people unable to click next next to install program; and 3) some guy whose antivirus detected some files as infected :-??
10:07.02 caen23 the bugs, we could've done something about (i fixed them last week), and we could update the wiki article on compiling to give step-by-step instructions for windows
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10:07.18 caen23 i wanted to do that, but i figured it might be a good gci task
10:11.20 caen23 as for other coding tasks, i'm curious how many of the students who completed compilation have taken any other programming task
10:12.05 caen23 every time i check the task instances page, i only see "compile from source" and "design a banner"
10:15.42 Apra caen23: compilation of what? brl-cad?
10:16.15 caen23 yes
10:16.30 caen23 and i guess other projects, but i didn't try others
10:17.01 caen23 by the way, i checked out your task
10:17.21 caen23 the latest files are psds. could you send some pngs? i don't have photoshop installed
10:18.06 caen23 actually, no need, macos seems to be able to quick view psds without photoshop nice
10:20.55 caen23 Apra: if you're here, i can try to reiterate some of the feedback you got from the other mentors
10:22.30 Apra Yeah sure
10:22.46 Apra just a minute and i 'll be available
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10:35.08 Apra So caen23 you wanted the png...right?
10:35.36 caen23 i don't need it anymore
10:36.38 Apra so now what?
10:36.44 caen23 anyway, the first problem is with your writing of BRL-CAD, both on the back and on the front
10:37.05 caen23 you used a shade of red that's different from the pink-ish color found in the logo
10:37.14 caen23 and makes it look bad
10:37.30 Apra ok...now its clear
10:39.30 caen23 second problem is with the assets (i.e. other images) you used to create your design. in your file "website.txt", you are listing direct links to the images. what we need are links to pages which contain the images and provide aditional information (such as licensing information)
10:40.35 caen23 so for example, if you got the image from here http://www.deviantart.com/art/Xurkitree-649456200 . we need this link, but instead, you gave us this link http://img14.deviantart.net/c844/i/2016/339/c/f/xurkitree_by_squeakysponge-daqo3m0.png
10:42.38 caen23 if all we have is an image, we can't decide if we are allowed to use that image for marketing purposes (that is, if the author does not specifically allow you to use it, he might force you to stop making those t-shirts; we need to make sure that doesn't happen)
10:43.20 Apra So how can I get the license part?
10:44.10 caen23 well, you need to search for it on the website where you fond the image
10:44.17 caen23 s/fond/found
10:44.59 Apra i didn't get the 2nd msg s/fond/found
10:45.17 caen23 it was a typo
10:45.24 caen23 don't mind the second message
10:45.32 Apra yeah...ok
10:46.00 caen23 let's put it another way. how did you arrive to the image with the flags?
10:46.53 Apra Just a normal image search
10:47.38 Apra http://www.clipartbest.com/clipart-LTKp9xzAc In this link we can see the download option which means you can use it anywhere...right?
10:48.29 caen23 no, not at all. in order to be able to use it anywhere, it needs a licence which explicitly says that you are allowed to do that
10:49.12 Apra oh..i didn't know that...anyways so do I need to contact the author?
10:49.25 caen23 for example, if you go here https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tux.svg
10:49.39 caen23 you can see there's a Permission row
10:49.47 caen23 and it says "The copyright holder of this file allows anyone to use it for any purpose, provided that you acknowledge lewing@isc.tamu.edu and The GIMP if someone asks.
10:50.11 caen23 that's what allows you to use it for your design, not the simple download button
10:52.02 Apra got it....but for the gear file there isn't any license statement...so do I need to ask for its license?
10:54.31 caen23 i am not entirely sure, but i believe that the licensing information needs to be somewhere public. so an email between you two might not be enough. but i'm not sure
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10:56.32 Apra http://www.clipartbest.com/cliparts/LTK/p9x/LTKp9xzAc.svg
10:56.53 Apra Just go to this link and then inspect element
10:57.31 caen23 what do you want me to see?
10:57.52 Apra sth like "<path d="M411.1,256c0-23.9,14.8-42.8,36.9-55.8c-4-13.3-9.3-26.2-15.8-38.2c-24.9,6.5-45-3.2-62-20.2c-16.9-16.9-22.1-37.1-15.6-62 C342.6,73.3,329.8,68,316.4,64c-13,22.2-36.4,36.9-60.4,36.9c-23.9,0-47.4-14.7-60.4-36.9c-13.4,4-26.2,9.3-38.2,15.8 c6.5,24.9,1.3,45-15.6,62c-16.9,16.9-37.1,26.7-61.9,20.2C73.3,174,68,186.8,64,200.2c22.2,13,37,31.9,37,55.8 c0,23.9-14.8,47.4-37,60.4c4,13.4,9.3,26.2,15.8,38.2c24.9-6.5,45-1.3,61.9,1
10:57.58 Apra Whats it?
10:59.08 caen23 svg is a vector format. that is, it represents the image as a list of primitive shapes, which are generated on the fly, as opposed to a list of pixels in something like jpg or png
11:00.02 Apra ok...i am thinking of making this gear myself
11:01.22 caen23 you can give that a try
11:03.57 Apra another thing when I image search it....there comes sth called black box...and nothing comes out...give it a try
11:04.43 caen23 i didn't get you
11:04.45 caen23 what should i try?
11:04.53 Apra image search
11:05.13 Apra like when you go to this link http://www.clipartbest.com/cliparts/LTK/p9x/LTKp9xzAc.svg
11:05.26 Apra click right mouse button and image search
11:06.36 caen23 i don't have image search
11:09.55 Apra Search google for image?
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11:17.44 Apra open the link and then right click on the image and click on search google for image
11:18.38 Apra does google search for black box?
11:22.32 caen23 i don't have the menu
11:23.09 Apra ok
11:23.11 caen23 however, it might just search for a black pixel, which is why you get black boxes
11:23.24 Apra anyways another query
11:23.48 Apra i have got 2 different website which uses this gear
11:23.51 Apra http://www.curiousrubik.com/crm/marketing-automation/
11:24.19 Apra https://www.google.co.in/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=14&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjAjLKv04LRAhUEq48KHeinBeAQFghBMA0&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youngdynamics.nl%2F&usg=AFQjCNFZACGuarmJbiuEEaj-w-vlQV_5xg&sig2=jQZvinKqIb8dI0QxvZMWrQ
11:24.41 Apra Omit the above link
11:24.43 Apra http://www.youngdynamics.nl/
11:25.11 caen23 how do you know it's the exact same gear?
11:25.34 caen23 even if it looks similar, some things might be a bit different
11:25.43 Apra ohh
11:25.45 caen23 maybe it's thicker, maybe the spacing is different
11:26.03 Apra Yeah it can be
11:26.15 caen23 and even if it's the same image, if someone else uses it (without permission), this proves nothing
11:26.18 caen23 we still can't use it
11:26.22 caen23 without proepr licensing
11:27.41 Apra ohk...got it
11:29.08 Apra https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cog_font_awesome.svg
11:29.30 Apra I think this file has a proper license...right?
11:29.52 caen23 yes
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11:38.03 Apra and can you give me flags of world which can be used
11:40.16 caen23 you'll have to find those yourself
11:42.35 Apra ok
11:43.32 Apra https://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-free-stock-photo-flags-world-240-flags-image541435
11:43.57 Apra Does this link have any license?
11:46.34 caen23 it should be fine
11:46.35 caen23 https://www.dreamstime.com/terms#royaltyfree
11:48.17 Apra cool is the t-shirt ok?
11:50.12 caen23 well, apply all the changes we talked about
11:50.17 caen23 and submit it again
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12:09.42 Apra caen23 I have fixed it...now the colors
12:10.02 caen23 great
12:10.17 Apra colors should be same?
12:10.59 caen23 yes, they should be the same shade as the one on the logo
12:11.04 caen23 the pink-ish color
12:11.13 caen23 you should be able to clone the color in photoshop
12:14.29 Apra http://imgur.com/a/HS5Vj
12:16.53 caen23 ok, good job on making the changes we talked about
12:17.10 caen23 by the way, you still need to stick the urls to the images you used in a file, and upload that to gci
12:17.21 caen23 you also need to upload the psd and a png preview
12:18.00 Apra yeah...I am saving all the files now, waiting for your approval :)
12:18.32 caen23 what i would change is, i would make the brl-cad logo stick out better on the front (it currently feels crammed)
12:18.40 caen23 and i also don't think the elements are aligned vertically
12:19.18 caen23 for example on the front, the text and the gear seem misaligned to me
12:22.21 Apra "elements are aligned vertically" didn't get it
12:23.50 caen23 i think the text "uniting the world through..." is a bit to the right, compared to the gear
12:24.11 caen23 their middles are not on the same axis
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12:31.22 Apra ok...shifted a little to the left
12:32.02 caen23 you shouldn't shift a little to the left
12:32.34 caen23 i'm pretty sure photoshop has some form of alignment guides, which should allow you to see the axis and properly align it
12:37.57 Apra http://imgur.com/a/e9bAT
12:38.41 caen23 that doesn't look like it
12:39.20 Apra That's grid to align everything
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12:40.12 Apra http://imgur.com/a/RlUUW
12:44.34 Apra caen23 is it ok?
12:45.12 caen23 honestly, it doesn't look ok to me, but i don't know how to bring up the guides to make it properly aligned
12:45.38 caen23 also, the thing about the logo being crammed still applies
12:45.59 Apra View>Show>Grid
12:46.20 caen23 but that's just my opinion, you should upload what you have and see what the other mentors have to say
12:46.34 caen23 i don't mean the grids you showed me, i mean the guides i am refering to
12:46.36 Apra logo crammed..I didn't get you?
12:47.09 caen23 the logo doesn't stand out inside the gear
12:47.13 caen23 it's easy to overlook
12:47.37 Apra ok...wait let me think what could be done
12:51.59 Apra http://imgur.com/a/w4FtB
12:52.28 Apra how about it now?
12:52.39 Apra logo part
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12:55.35 caen23 seems better
12:56.50 caen23 although it looks misaligned as well, and did it looks like you made the logo narrower
12:56.58 Apra http://imgur.com/a/8KtQB ?
12:57.32 Apra Yeah narrow...so do I flatten it?
12:58.09 caen23 yeah, i don't know, i would say submit these changes and wait for review
12:58.17 Apra ok :)
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13:38.38 Apra caen23 I had a question that I also asked andromeda-galaxy...my GCI launcher doesn't reload automatically...is there any fix for it?
13:38.55 caen23 i don't know what a gci launcher is
13:38.59 caen23 the start page?
13:39.43 Apra yep...the age where we attach files,comments and receive them too
13:39.49 Apra *page
13:41.10 caen23 the app is made by google, not much we could help with
13:41.26 Apra oh
13:41.47 caen23 i think brlcad can open a ticket, but i'm not sure the other mentors can
13:42.03 Apra a ticket?
13:42.46 caen23 a message to let them know about this, and hopefully they'll fix it
13:43.33 Apra ohh...getting to learn many new terms
13:45.30 caen23 tickets are usually opened on a bug tracker (it does what it says it does). don't know if google has one for gci
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14:20.44 Matt__ I need help
14:20.57 Matt__ I am using Archer 7.26.0 and I am trying to convert the .g file to either a .stl, .step, or .iges but when using the g-stl/step/iges I receive the error invalid command name. I need to convert this file ASAP
14:22.20 Matt__ I have tried "g-iges -o file.iges file.g object"
14:23.00 Matt__ and that returns the error message "invalid command name "g-iges""
14:26.52 caen23 Matt__: i don't think that program is available from mged
14:27.01 caen23 archer* instead of mged
14:27.11 caen23 you need to run it from the command line
14:27.28 Matt__ in the cmd prompt?
14:28.07 caen23 yes
14:29.42 caen23 also, if you go to Help > Archer Man Pages, you can see different sections on the left
14:30.06 caen23 MGED (mann) are available from mged, Programs (man1) are available from the command line
14:30.58 Matt__ I'm very new to BRL, I have only ever used Catia v5 r20 and Solidworks 14-16
14:32.07 caen23 yup, i was just pointing out one place where you can get help
14:34.34 Matt__ ok, so I used the command in CMD prompt and it syas "g-iges: No such file or directory"
14:34.56 Matt__ It is there and it does exist
14:35.26 caen23 ./g-iges?
14:35.40 caen23 if g-iges is in the current directory and you're not on windows
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14:39.17 Matt__ Im on windows, but I do not understand the ./g-iges?
14:40.24 Matt__ the CMD prompt is at C:\Users\MyName\Documents\BRLCAD 7.26.0\bin>
14:40.52 Matt__ then I entered g-iges -o file.iges file.g object
14:41.26 Matt__ that returned the error "g-iges: no such file or directory"
14:42.23 Matt__ underneath that it says "ERROR: unable to open geometry database file ((g-iges)"
14:43.52 caen23 by cmd prompt, i mean the windows cmd prompt
14:43.54 caen23 not mged
14:44.05 caen23 sorry, not archer*
14:44.29 Matt__ correct, I am using the windows CMD prompt, not archer or mged
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14:44.53 caen23 hmm... then maybe "g-iges"? with the quotation marks
14:47.52 Matt__ no luck with the quotes around g-iges
14:48.45 caen23 how about g-iges.exe?
14:51.01 caen23 ooh, actually, the command works, but the parameters must be wrong
14:52.43 caen23 is the path to file.g correct?
14:55.36 Apra caen23 I want you to look into this:
14:55.41 Apra https://codein.withgoogle.com/tasks/6070732056428544/?sp-organization=4814441002565632&sp-is_beginner=False
14:55.43 gcibot Import geometry from BRL-CAD to OpenSCAD, report || 3 days || Outreach / Research || BRL-CAD
14:55.46 Apra and
14:55.55 Apra https://codein.withgoogle.com/tasks/6324242635292672/?sp-organization=4814441002565632&sp-is_beginner=False
14:55.56 gcibot Import geometry from BRL-CAD to OpenSCAD, report || 3 days || Outreach / Research || BRL-CAD
14:56.12 Apra aren't these same but 2 different tasks?
14:57.46 Apra Just mentors are different :P
15:00.34 caen23 i think you're right
15:03.47 Apra hmm...you should remove one of them
15:06.43 caen23 not really, it doesn't matter
15:07.06 caen23 and only the org admin can remove/publish tasks
15:07.13 Apra ohh
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15:23.20 Apra what does the org admin mean? The admin of BRL-CAD?
15:23.45 caen23 yes
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15:26.19 arsh hello
15:26.26 arsh is there any mentor ?
15:28.22 Apra yes...there are you just need to ask your question
15:31.22 arsh oh ! i got it . thanks
15:31.38 Apra yeah
15:32.35 arsh can you tell me that the one who is in the top 10 leader list ........ how many task has been done by the one who is at the last no.
15:34.00 Apra I don't know...coz I am a participant
15:34.28 arsh and why there are only 9 students in the list instead of 10
15:36.28 Apra I thought the mentors would review and select the finalists on 30th...I don't think any leader board like this exits
15:36.41 Apra till now
15:37.34 arsh i think , may be
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15:42.28 Apra btw, how many tasks did you do?
15:43.56 arsh 4
15:44.14 Apra <PROTECTED>
15:44.40 arsh you tell ?
15:44.46 Apra 8
15:46.23 Apra It is not the quantity that the mentors look for, they look for the quality...
15:46.30 arsh yes
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17:18.01 nmz787 sounds like Matt__ didn't have the BRLCAD 'bin' directory on their system/environment PATH
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17:35.05 caen23 nmz787: no
17:35.24 caen23 it launched properly, but the path to the .g file was wrong
17:36.09 caen23 the error messages were/are very bad tho
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17:47.42 nmz787 caen23: ah, now I see
17:49.06 caen23 nmz787: if you have the binaries, you can give it a try with a non-existent .g file
17:55.42 nmz787 caen23: well, i'm on linux at the moment, and it pretty obviously prints the filename which is incorrect/non-existent
17:59.30 caen23 uh, even on macos, i still get `g-iges: No such file or directory`
18:01.10 caen23 i do get the .g below as well, but the misleading g-iges error is there too
18:06.24 nmz787 oh, I always read error logs from bottom to top
18:06.29 nmz787 well, often if not always
18:07.42 nmz787 (in some programs I write, I sometimes even reverse the order of errors, so I can start reading from the last output of the program backwards... rather than searching for the beginning of interesting things (or warnings/errors)
19:15.01 nmz787 "renamed 'make_bb' mged command name to 'bb' - Cliff Yapp" :( now I guess I need to have error-handling to provide seemless backwards compatibility
19:28.31 nmz787 hrmm, now it seems the bb command doesn't work :(
19:29.33 nmz787 http://pastebin.com/pevvziTC
19:29.57 nmz787 I list my object, then I call 'bb' on that object, and get 3 error messages
19:31.00 nmz787 starseeker: any ideas? you seem to be the one who made the method rename
19:45.47 Apra @nmz787 which task is this?
20:11.29 nmz787 Apra: it's a bug I am running into with personal projects
20:12.31 nmz787 and indeed, I am using 7.24.0 on my working environment
20:13.47 nmz787 Apra: are there unit-tests for bb (maybe they're still named with the old name, make_bb) ?
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20:31.52 nmz787 starseeker: I think the problem is that you didn't simply rename the command, rather, the command itself seems to have changed... bb <object name> now prints the box dimensions, while before it actually created an bounding-box object which you then listed the dimensions of
20:34.22 nmz787 starseeker: old usage seems to work with 'bb -c'... so my issue seems solved... but it would be nice if the docs were updated
20:35.40 nmz787 starseeker: i.e. add a new command on the wiki, and link to the existing old command, and link to the new command in the old command's page (https://brlcad.org/wiki/MGED_CMD_make_bb)
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