Matt, just as a suggestion - you might try to break your conversion code into small working increments and write a small test program to incrementally test the conversion algorithms. So at this point your program might only draw the lines, or polygons, ... This way you always have something to show and can post and get feedback on each step - sort of the agile/XP approach. Can sympathize with your PhD situation - been there and survived.
Matt Squires wrote:
Hi all!
One of the key, oft-proven principles of Open Source development is "Release Early, Release Often". This is important because it makes it easier for other people to help you.
I think for our Google Summer of Code students, it will be vital for their learning about Open Source processes to go through at least a couple releases, so they can see how this works in practice.
I know it's a bit different from what we're trained in school to do; in school you have a due date and you (in theory) work on your assignment in secret from other students, and turn it in at the end. Open Source is very different; it's like you take your half-finished assignment to the clubhouse and trade answers with everyone else, and the more you cross-check with each other, the more likely everyone is to get a perfect score. ;-)
Anyway, with the 0.42 release wrapping up, we're at a point where we're ready to integrate work from the Google Summer of Code students.
Michael, David, Greg, and Matthew, can each of you report in on where you are in your work, how we can help you, and what you might be able to add to CVS within the next week or so?
(Also, if you have any questions about getting access to or using CVS, please just ask and we'll get you set up.)
Thanks, Bryce
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Hi,
I was making good progress and then the group that funds my PhD research said they would take away funding unless we demonstrate some specific details. Needless to say my evenings are now spent in the lab instead of coding. I was importing most common elements common to dxf and svg, and was starting work on elements that were not common. The deadline is Aug 10th for the funding, so after then I hope to hit SOC hard after the 10th and finish it up. As far as exporting from SVG to DXF, there is some coding but as I understand the finer points of the two formats there is not much more than parsing the data and then saving to a file.
I will try to make some time to release some code that can be tested for the import. However don't hold your breath...
Matt
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