[Soc-2008-dev] Week 5 report

[Ian Thompson]

Week 5 Report
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This Week
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Integrated the completion script into Blender as a menu item
(shortcuts still to add). Suggestions are cached and updated as the
user types/deletes text. Built a UI for choosing suggestions and
updating the list.

Also added messages to warn the user when a file is changed externally
when editing a file-linked Text object or when the file is deleted.
The messages provide options for reloading or saving over changes. A
Text object can also be detached (made internal only) from a deleted
or changed file.

Next Week
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Build a system for scripts to register keys in the Text space.
Continue tweaking and improving the plugin scripts. Find internet
access while I'm away! Work on a documentation script.

Issues
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I'm away from home for two weeks so may struggle to be online but will try.

Schedule
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On schedule at the moment.



2008/6/27 André Pinto <andresusanopinto at gmail.com>:
> ==== Week 5 ====
>
> == this week ==
> This week I developed (as planned) the SimpleDeform modifier
> which allows to apply bend, taper and twist functions to objects.
>
> == Next ==
> Next week Ill improve the simpledeform..
> add vertex weights, and a few more options to make them easier usable
>
> If I have time ill start looking on code to do sphere cast.. so that I
> can solve the problem of keptDist on shrinkwrap.
>
> == issues ==
> During this week I also had a few chats with members on #blendercoders
> about the simpledeform and it seems the main problem is usability ..
> like developping manipulators to control the modifier options, and
> other easier configurable things.. tough since blender 2.5 is going to
> be about UI, I am not developping any efforts on that area.
>
> == schedule ==
> last exam was this week (I hope :) )
> Going to have more time from now on
>
>
> 2008/6/27 Kent Mein <kent.mein at gmail.com>:
>>
>> On Jun 27, 2008, at 11:50 AM, Davide Vercelli wrote:
>>>
>>> Next week
>>> ---------
>>> Last week I mentioned I wanted to distribute a couple of Python
>>> scripts so that people could test environment maps and area lights.
>>> But the scripts I've used so far are very hackish and Blender tends to
>>> slow down a great deal when dealing with thousands of lights in 3d
>>> view, especially oriented lights that require a lot of additional
>>> drawing; so right now I'm not sure if it's worth the trouble to polish
>>> them. As Kent suggested, it could be better to code some C code
>>> directly, maybe improving it later. I think I'm going to change my
>>> plans and will do this next week; support for specularity and diffuse
>>> lighting will come afterwards.
>>>
>>
>> I just wanted to point out I didn't say it has to be done in c.
>> What's needed is a nice way for users to add/edit/modify these
>> large numbers of lights.  If you think c is the way to go with it
>> thats fine,
>> if you think python works better though go with that.
>>
>> Also since you have your own tree, I say add them in now with maybe
>> a readme.
>> Don't feel bad about moving them later or removing
>> them and replacing them with other code.
>>
>> Kent
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