#Brl cad mged code

The resulting SlackBuild script has been submitted and is currently awaiting approval.īRL-CAD includes a 'Geometry Editor' called 'mged' that is command-line based, and a GUI interface called 'archer'. desktop file to include BRL-CAD in the menu, and two small scripts in /etc/profile.d/ to include the directory with the BRL-CAD binaries in the PATH variable. This is the fun part of writing SlackBuilds I also needed to write two patches: one to build it on 13.0, as it stumbled on a bug in gcc 4.3.3, and another to get it working on -current, because of the new libpng library that introduces some incompatibilities. I found a SlackBuild script for BRL-CAD for Slackware 12.2 on but I had to change a few things to get it working.įirst of all, the base directory ('') had to be changed to /opt/brlcad, as /usr caused some conflicts with existing libraries and man-pages.

#Brl cad mged code

(Do check the source code for ping.c and you'll find his name there as the author in December, 1983…)īRL-CAD is described on its homepage like this:īRL-CAD is a powerful cross-platform Open Source combinatorial Constructive Solid Geometry (CSG) solid modeling system that includes interactive 3D solid geometry editing, high-performance ray-tracing support for rendering and geometric analysis, network-distributed framebuffer support, image and signal-processing tools, path-tracing and photon mapping support for realistic image synthesis, a system performance analysis benchmark suite, an embedded scripting interface, and libraries for robust high-performance geometric representation and analysis.Īs the description says, it includes a ray-tracing module to create good-looking images of your designs.

One of the original creators was Mike Muuss, who also invented the program that has probably been installed on more computers than anything else: the 'ping' utility. May 9th, 2010 by Niels Horn in CAD, SlackwareīRL-CAD is an open-source solid modeling program originally created by the US Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, that later became the Army Research Laboratory. Bodybuilding culturisme Niels Horn's BlogRandom thoughts, tips & tricks about Slackware-Linux, Lego and Star Wars