Hey, thanks. I'll look into it.
For the DSP code, I had a few doubts regarding how to approach the
recursion of isect_ray_dsp_bb() for its children and also for the add_seg()
function. How do you propose I get it reviewed by you?
Warm Regards,
*Sreyansh Kumhar Jain*
4th Year Undergraduate Student
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
*+91-9933958066*
[email protected]
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On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 5:51 AM, Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa <
[email protected]> wrote:
> In case you still have issues with your development environment setup, I
> have made this virtual disk image:
> https://mega.nz/#!za5GASRZ!t8jkYok9_6Jg9j5Evga0UESaMZ3H46gHYYhuwcjHg9M
>
> The file is compressed with 7-zip. You can run the Virtual Disk Image
> (.vdi) inside Virtual Box. The .vdi includes Ubuntu 18.04, BRL-CAD r70379,
> and all the dependencies (including X11, OpenGL, OpenCL). It also includes
> a compiled version of BRL-CAD which has working OpenCL support.
>
> username: public
> password: public
>
> The BRL-CAD sources are located in '~/brlcad'.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> On Wed, May 16, 2018 at 4:06 PM, Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Yes -z1 is supposed to enable OpenCL mode if it's compiled in.
>> Make sure you install the appropriate package dependencies. Besides the
>> ones I cited before, check out the INSTALL guide in the BRL-CAD Wiki:
>> http://brlcad.org/wiki/Compiling
>>
>> On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 7:48 PM, Sreyansh Jain <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I've managed to work out the above problem. I've started working on dsp
>>> shot routine.
>>> For MGED, I couldn't find anything for -z1 flag in 'man rt' command.
>>> What is the exact command for using OpenCL? I tried many but I'm not sure
>>> which one is correct, one of them being 'rt -z1 -z -s2048 -H32'.
>>>
>>> Warm Regards,
>>>
>>> *Sreyansh Kumhar Jain*
>>> 4th Year Undergraduate Student
>>> Department of Mechanical Engineering
>>> Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
>>> *+91-9933958066*
>>>
>>> [email protected]
>>> Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/sreyansh.sonu> | LinkedIn
>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/sreyansh-kumhar-jain-a61428104/>
>>>
>>> On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 9:53 PM, Sreyansh Jain <[email protected]
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> It isn't. It is taking almost the same time for rt -o and rt -z
>>>> command. And with rt -z1, raytrace fails.
>>>> It isn't compiling Tk, Iwidgets, etc. and so there is no geometry
>>>> window coming up.
>>>>
>>>> Warm Regards,
>>>>
>>>> *Sreyansh Kumhar Jain*
>>>> 4th Year Undergraduate Student
>>>> Department of Mechanical Engineering
>>>> Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
>>>> *+91-9933958066*
>>>>
>>>> [email protected]
>>>> Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/sreyansh.sonu> | LinkedIn
>>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/sreyansh-kumhar-jain-a61428104/>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 9:37 PM, Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Cool!
>>>>> Make sure to send that application log later though. So we can see if
>>>>> it's actually using OpenCL mode properly.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 7:51 PM, Sreyansh Jain <
>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Apparently, I've problem which is stated here:
>>>>>> https://sourceforge.net/p/brlcad/discussion/362510/thread/49279c58/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> While retracing, I found that the only difference I made was directly
>>>>>> using
>>>>>> *$ sudo apt install clinfo cmake g++ libx11-dev subversion*
>>>>>> instead of
>>>>>> *$ sudo bash apt install clinfo cmake g++ libx11-dev subversion*
>>>>>> because latter gave this error: */usr/bin/apt: /usr/bin/apt: cannot
>>>>>> execute binary file*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rest all commands are exactly the same!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Warm Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *Sreyansh Kumhar Jain*
>>>>>> 4th Year Undergraduate Student
>>>>>> Department of Mechanical Engineering
>>>>>> Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
>>>>>> *+91-9933958066*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>> Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/sreyansh.sonu> | LinkedIn
>>>>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/sreyansh-kumhar-jain-a61428104/>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 12:08 AM, Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa <
>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cool, but make sure to show us an MGED log file with the OpenCL
>>>>>>> render mode on.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> BTW, I tested the BRL-CAD OpenCL branch, and, it compiles & runs on
>>>>>>> the latest Ubuntu 18.04 LTS with the AMD APP SDK. But the package
>>>>>>> dependencies to get it to recognize X11 and OpenGL are kinda convoluted.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 7:10 PM, Sreyansh Jain <
>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hey, it's working! I started from scratch for everything. Now that
>>>>>>>> I've set it up, I'll start working with developing codes and their
>>>>>>>> performance check simultaneously.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Warm Regards,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *Sreyansh Kumhar Jain*
>>>>>>>> 4th Year Undergraduate Student
>>>>>>>> Department of Mechanical Engineering
>>>>>>>> Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
>>>>>>>> *+91-9933958066*
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>>>> Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/sreyansh.sonu> | LinkedIn
>>>>>>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/sreyansh-kumhar-jain-a61428104/>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 10:15 PM, Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa <
>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> In case you have issues with downloading the AMD APP SDK
>>>>>>>>> executable, here's a link to the .tar.bz2:
>>>>>>>>> https://drive.google.com/open?id=1wFzg1vohDHeebZn14IK12KOhbodS-zvS
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 2:35 PM, Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa <
>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Did you make sure you updated the sources.list and did an "sudo
>>>>>>>>>> apt update; sudo apt upgrade"?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Note: Because Ubuntu 17.04 is EOL'ed you'll have to change the
>>>>>>>>>> sources.list to get apt-get to work properly. see:
>>>>>>>>>> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/48324701/google-compute-
>>>>>>>>>> engine-ubuntu-17-04-zesty-does-no-longer-have-a-release-file
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> As for the AMD APP SDK (OpenCL) download page, yeah it seems to
>>>>>>>>>> be broken:
>>>>>>>>>> https://community.amd.com/community/devgurus/opencl
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thankfully I had a copy of it around here. I've put it up here:
>>>>>>>>>> https://drive.google.com/open?id=1NZ6Z6j4aRHlZpBrjJHeSwdmu-L
>>>>>>>>>> JgEpSa
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 5:37 AM, Sreyansh Jain <
>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I tried with Ubuntu 17.04 but the error still remains the same.
>>>>>>>>>>> I believe it is unable to read *expscan.h* file where perplex
>>>>>>>>>>> template is defined. It is showing the same with both the latest as
>>>>>>>>>>> well as
>>>>>>>>>>> the r70379 version.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> In file included from /usr/brlcad/src/other/stepcode
>>>>>>>>>>>> /src/express/express.c:86:0:
>>>>>>>>>>>> /usr/brlcad/src/other/stepcode/src/express/parse_data.h:5:5:
>>>>>>>>>>>> error: unknown type name ‘perplex_t’
>>>>>>>>>>>> perplex_t scanner;
>>>>>>>>>>>> ^~~~~~~~~
>>>>>>>>>>>> /usr/brlcad/src/other/stepcode/src/express/express.c: In
>>>>>>>>>>>> function ‘PARSERrun’:
>>>>>>>>>>>> /usr/brlcad/src/other/stepcode/src/express/express.c:621:5:
>>>>>>>>>>>> error: unknown type name ‘perplex_t’
>>>>>>>>>>>> perplex_t scanner = perplexFileScanner( fp );
>>>>>>>>>>>> ^~~~~~~~~
>>>>>>>>>>>> src/other/stepcode/src/express/CMakeFiles/express.dir/build.make:529:
>>>>>>>>>>>> recipe for target 'src/other/stepcode/src/expres
>>>>>>>>>>>> s/CMakeFiles/express.dir/express.c.o' failed
>>>>>>>>>>>> make[2]: *** [src/other/stepcode/src/expres
>>>>>>>>>>>> s/CMakeFiles/express.dir/express.c.o] Error 1
>>>>>>>>>>>> CMakeFiles/Makefile2:4685: recipe for target
>>>>>>>>>>>> 'src/other/stepcode/src/express/CMakeFiles/express.dir/all'
>>>>>>>>>>>> failed
>>>>>>>>>>>> make[1]: ***
>>>>>>>>>>>> [src/other/stepcode/src/express/CMakeFiles/express.dir/all]
>>>>>>>>>>>> Error 2
>>>>>>>>>>>> Makefile:160: recipe for target 'all' failed
>>>>>>>>>>>> make: *** [all] Error 2
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Also, the link you mentioned https://developer.amd.com/amd-
>>>>>>>>>>> accelerated-parallel-processing-app-sdk/ doesn't exist as of
>>>>>>>>>>> now.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I've started with converting the HYP shot routine and will check
>>>>>>>>>>> its performance once my working development environment develops.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Also, I went through the instructions to be followed and will
>>>>>>>>>>> make it a point to give updates more frequently. Meanwhile, I had a
>>>>>>>>>>> few
>>>>>>>>>>> queries, both general and specific:
>>>>>>>>>>> - For acceptance as mentioned here
>>>>>>>>>>> <http://brlcad.org/wiki/Summer_of_Code/Acceptance>, is there a
>>>>>>>>>>> specific format (eg. in hard copy) or just a general mail in
>>>>>>>>>>> writing would
>>>>>>>>>>> do?
>>>>>>>>>>> - For daily updates, do I start a new thread with just my
>>>>>>>>>>> mentor and org-admin or in the group (also, in gsocax or in BRL-CAD
>>>>>>>>>>> developer mailing list?)
>>>>>>>>>>> - Would you prefer mail or other communication channel for
>>>>>>>>>>> daily update? And any preferred timings for interaction?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Warm Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> *Sreyansh Kumhar Jain*
>>>>>>>>>>> 4th Year Undergraduate Student
>>>>>>>>>>> Department of Mechanical Engineering
>>>>>>>>>>> Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
>>>>>>>>>>> *+91-9933958066*
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>>>>>>> Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/sreyansh.sonu> | LinkedIn
>>>>>>>>>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/sreyansh-kumhar-jain-a61428104/>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 8:42 AM, Sreyansh Jain <
>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> @Sean - Disabling bundled build does help a lot if not
>>>>>>>>>>>> completely.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> @Vasco - Thank you for the detailed instructions. While working
>>>>>>>>>>>> with r30379 version on Ubuntu 16.04, I got the following few
>>>>>>>>>>>> errors as
>>>>>>>>>>>> mentioned in the list attached. I've mentioned both 'make' and
>>>>>>>>>>>> 'make -j4'
>>>>>>>>>>>> results with the hope of better understanding. While I try to
>>>>>>>>>>>> tweak the
>>>>>>>>>>>> code a bit to make it work (like using expscan.h file content), it
>>>>>>>>>>>> somehow
>>>>>>>>>>>> leads to even more errors. Any clue? I'll now try doing these on
>>>>>>>>>>>> Ubuntu
>>>>>>>>>>>> 17.04 the way you mentioned.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Also, since the deadline is approaching regarding the final
>>>>>>>>>>>> proposal submission, do let me know if there are any changes to be
>>>>>>>>>>>> made in
>>>>>>>>>>>> the rough draft I submitted.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Warm Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> *Sreyansh Kumhar Jain*
>>>>>>>>>>>> 4th Year Undergraduate Student
>>>>>>>>>>>> Department of Mechanical Engineering
>>>>>>>>>>>> Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
>>>>>>>>>>>> *+91-9933958066*
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>>>>>>>> Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/sreyansh.sonu> | LinkedIn
>>>>>>>>>>>> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/sreyansh-kumhar-jain-a61428104/>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 9:46 AM, Christopher Sean Morrison <
>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mar 21, 2018, at 11:22 AM, Sreyansh Jain <
>>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I've tried symlinking awk to both gawk(4.1.3) and mawk, but I
>>>>>>>>>>>>> still get the same error. I'm using Ubuntu 16.04.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Also, I've made the changes in the proposal. Now that I'm
>>>>>>>>>>>>> aware roughly about the tasks to be done, I think it's better to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> stick to
>>>>>>>>>>>>> either one of BOT plate mode or BREP support. If time permits,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'll do the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> other. I'll do a bit of detailed background study in both cases
>>>>>>>>>>>>> to check
>>>>>>>>>>>>> which one should be plausible in the given time frame and update
>>>>>>>>>>>>> it in the
>>>>>>>>>>>>> proposal accordingly.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> There’s apparently some issue with our bundled libpng sources
>>>>>>>>>>>>> on your system. Does disabling bundled build work? We usually
>>>>>>>>>>>>> recommend
>>>>>>>>>>>>> bundled for simplicity, but the default should work too.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Delete/Recreate
>>>>>>>>>>>>> your build directory, then reconfigure:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> cd to the brlcad sources directory
>>>>>>>>>>>>> rm -rf build
>>>>>>>>>>>>> mkdir build
>>>>>>>>>>>>> cd build
>>>>>>>>>>>>> cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBRLCAD_ENABLE_OPENCL=ON
>>>>>>>>>>>>> make
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cheers!
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sean
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>> PhD in Computer Engineering (Computer Graphics)
>>>>>>>>>> Instituto Superior Técnico/University of Lisbon, Portugal
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa
>>>>>>>>> PhD in Computer Engineering (Computer Graphics)
>>>>>>>>> Instituto Superior Técnico/University of Lisbon, Portugal
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>>>>> PhD in Computer Engineering (Computer Graphics)
>>>>> Instituto Superior Técnico/University of Lisbon, Portugal
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>> Instituto Superior Técnico/University of Lisbon, Portugal
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