Annotations: Implement more annotation support: labels, notes, and dimensions

The project is divided into three concepts:

  • extending the MGED and Archer commands to inculde the new annotation types:
  • calculating each type templet dimensions if nedded like the fields in the annotation box
  • drawing the new types in the wire frame view

extending the MGED and Archer commands to inculde the new Annotations types

  • New types of annotaions :
    • dimention line
    • multible lables in multible fields box
    • label in a box
    • single or multible line note in a box

  • the extending in mged will be like:

    mged> in Enter name of solid: annot_1 Enter solid type: annot Enter annotation type : dimension_line "sudo " Enter starting point of the dimention line Enter end point of the dimention line Enter dimension ( or the dimention can be calculated (this choice can be taken if the user wants to override the actual dimention )

  • all the annotions types should be entered in the same annotaion primative so this will require modifications on the current primative

  • We can consider the same approach of manual annotions as an example in the multible field annotion the usuer will provide the number of fields and the lables or we can consider half manual abrouch a spcific characteer like (@) when encounterd the program considers it the end of the field and the label existed in it and the end of this label vlist( this will help with the calculation of the the field ( cell ) dimentions so the user enters all the lables in the same line.( this can be discused withe the socity)

Example : Enter the text label: sudo1@sudo2 this annotation will be constructed from two vlist and calculte the dimentions accordingly.

  • The leader lines will be constructed in correspondance with each type.
  • rendering each primative type in wire frame.

calculating each type dimentions if nedded like the fields in the annotation box

  • in the case of the single line note in a box once the annotation became a vlist the containing box dimentions will be calculated doing simple mathematical operation on the vlist points coordinates

wedth=[(max X+const)-(min X+ const)] the same for the hight, since the box will be drawn with respect to the refrance point of the annotation just like the lable.

  • in the case of multible cells annotation if we considerd the half manual approch each label will be a separat vlist and the cell dimentions can be calcuated as above.

drawing the new types in the wire frame view

  • all the new types of annotaions will be converted to a vlist either inside the lable vlist or separate one and can be drawn in the same way as the lable .
  • For the rendering part, we will try to have annotation on a rendered image.

attatch the annotation to apoint from a solid

in this case the annotated opjects name hase to be selected and pass the point to be calculated as annotated point like the center of a circl and we have to make some call back function to recalculate the point at each change if the solid moves the annotaion will move with it .

Milestones

  • Fixing the wrong depiction with OpenGl in windows.
  • Extending the MGED and Archer commands to inculde the new Annotations types.
  • Calculating the needed dimentions for the new annotaions and implimenting the necessary leader lines.
  • Drawing the new types in wire frame view.
  • Documentation Support

fixing the wrong depiction with OpenGl in windows

currently the annotation representation is correct in Xwindow display manager where the annotation doesn't undergo rotations or zoon when the primative does but this is not the case in OpenGl this has to be fixed by identifing the cause of this problem which I expect will be because of the display matrix we have to assure that the annotations isn't defined in the primitive coordinate system.

Extending the MGED and Archer commands to inculde the new Annotations types.

in this case we are going to make a genrial input method for all types of line segments line_seg carc_seg nurb_seg bezier_seg.

Calculating the needed dimentions for the new annotaions and implimenting the necessary leader lines.

in the case of the box around the lable the calculation must be done after the lable Vlist is constructed and put the box points coordinates in the same Vlist or a separet one

Drawing the new types in wire frame view.

the represintation of the annotaions in the wire frame will be the same in the current annotation primative just adding the nessesary Vlists and functions nessesary to draw them.

Documentation Support

we are going to make a wiki pages to demonstrate the use of the modifications we created to make it easy to the user to use the annotaion primatve.

Time Table

Timeline

IN the bonding period I am trying to understand the code perfectly and make use of some experemnts and sociaty openions The time table of the coding period is not clear because the time needed for each task isn't known exactly

Deliverables :

Community bonding period

[ May 5 - May 20 ]:Review the pipeline Take inputs from the community Gain insight into the on screen rendering of the primitive

Coding period ( I aim to start coding from May 27 onwards)

  • [May 27 - June 7]:understanding the pipe line and trying to fix the wrong depiction in OpenGl
  • [June 7 - June 20]: writing functions to calculate and draw the box around the labels and modifing the mged commands
  • [June 20 - June 26]:Tests for the written functions
  • three days for university exams not known exactly because of the nature of the master degree combined with other branches in civil engineering.
  • [July 1 - July 20]:Implement support for all the line segments suggested by the socity
  • [July 20 - July 24]:Write the tests and solve any issue if arises
  • [July 28 - Aug 5]:Support for rendering the annotations
  • [Aug 5 - Aug 15]:ray trace simple annotation and adding the fiture to all types
  • [Aug 15 - Aug 20]:Write tests and clear any issue if arises
  • [Aug 20 - Aug 25]:Documentation support.

Personal Details

  • Name : Ali Haydar
  • Country : Province of Brescia (GMT+2)
  • Contact Details
    • Email : lgoogl696@gmail.com
    • University Email : a.haydar@studenti.unibs.it
    • IRC Nick : lois_googl
  • Education
    • Bachelor degree in civil engineering Al-Baath univeristy Syria
    • Master in civil and environmental engineering Brescia university Italy
  • Github:AliHaider93