Graphscad
Would you like to react to this message? Create an account in a few clicks or log in to continue.

Graphscad

Graphscad : The Graphic Nodal Editor for OpenScad
 
HomeLatest imagesSearchRegisterLog in

 

 Scalability and versioning issues

Go down 
2 posters
AuthorMessage
ChrisLT




Messages : 45
Date d'inscription : 2017-01-30
Localisation : Newbury, Berkshire, England

Scalability and versioning issues Empty
PostSubject: Scalability and versioning issues   Scalability and versioning issues Icon_minitimeMon 20 Feb - 12:59

I have a concern about the scalability of GraphSCAD. It supports modularisation of models, such as the NACA aerofoil examples. (However, as I mentioned before, it can get very confused if the files aren't all in the same folder.) But it doesn't, as far as I know, support versioning of nodes, or the addition of user-written nodes anywhere except in the plugins folder. And each node needs a corresponding icon, so it isn't obvious to me how the 'node library' can be easily extended.
I'm thinking that a model might have something like an 'include' or 'use' statement to add non-standard nodes. This would need to be interpreted by GraphSCAD when it reopened the .scad file. A corresponding 'include' command could be added to GraphSCAD's file menu.

One circumstance I have struggled with is that if I create a new node type in, say, GraphSCAD_ubu_v1.0.6/plugins , how can I access it when GraphSCAD_ubu_v1.0.7 comes out? I have to copy both its files into the new folder tree of v1.0.7 (which, I note is called 0.0.7)

By the way, GraphSCAD can crash with no warning or error message if a node file has an error. For instance, I had a declaration c='Hello World' ' which had two closing quotation marks. When I ran GraphSCAD it simply terminated. This is, maybe, a fault of the Python interpreter, but is unhelpful.
Back to top Go down
Admin
Admin



Messages : 59
Date d'inscription : 2017-01-08

Scalability and versioning issues Empty
PostSubject: Re: Scalability and versioning issues   Scalability and versioning issues Icon_minitimeWed 22 Feb - 18:10

Sorry for late answar. was very busy.

you're right. In fact the plan is to put icons and nodes in same directory.
I will create a preference dialog to be able to add multiple paths for nodes plugins.






Back to top Go down
https://graphscad.forumotion.com
 
Scalability and versioning issues
Back to top 
Page 1 of 1

Permissions in this forum:You cannot reply to topics in this forum
Graphscad :: Issues-
Jump to: