I did not expected that these versions a= re so different, however I might be able to help with simpler tasks. I've d= one a bit of programming and already, I'm using pcb with some of my local p= atches. The biggest problem is that I never worked on GUIs / openGL.

If You could tell me what are the tasks ahead then I can check whe= re I can do something - it would be really nice to have a mainline with ful= l 3D rendering. Some time ago I've tried to check if it is possible to inco= rporate opengl code to pcb-rnd, but it turns out that it is out of my reach= .

By the way I was comparing both versions and= I found some differences (not sure if this is planned or not). With Peters= openGL version I can draw tracks on soldermask layer (create holes in sold= ermask), while with mainline pcb it is impossible. Mainline also does not d= raws already created soldermask tracks, that are in pcb file:

Layer(12 "bottom soldermask")

.....

)

Is that really the case? I think that it was wo= rking with mainline before.

Best Regards,

Micha= el Widlok

Dnia 29 kwietnia 2018 16:36 Chad Parker (<= a href=3D"mailto:parker DOT charles AT gmail DOT com">parker DOT charles AT gmail DOT com) [v= ia geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <= geda-user AT delorie DOT com> napi= sa=C5=82(a):

Hi Michael-
Peter= 's work is pretty impressive! Yes, the plan is to merge his work, but it's = unclear how long it might take to do so. Peter has been really busy with wo= rk, but he was able to push his branches over to the main pcb repository an= d rebase them against a recent version. So, some progress has been made in = that direction, however, there's still a fair bit of work required to get i= t into master. I periodically look into it, but, it's a lot to digest. He d= id a lot of parallel work, so, we need to partition it into manageable chun= ks for merging. We'd love some help with that if you're interested :)
Cheers,
--Chad

On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 8:33 AM, michalwd1979 (michalwd1979 AT o2 DOT pl) [= via = geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com><= /span> wrote:
Hello,
Up to now I was using opengl version of = PCB from Peter's Clifton branch: http://repo.or.cz/w/geda-pcb/= pcjc2.git
Recently I compiled newest version of mainline = PCB and it turns out that it also has 3D ball in GUI, however 3D rendering = of board is different - mainline does not places layers on different = heights.

My question is: will Peters code be = merged into mainline at some time? From time to time I was using screenshot= s from Peter's opengl version in my reports, but now it seems that this bra= nch is (almost) dead. I don't know opengl good enough to check the differen= ces of both versions, so I don't know what exactly is done differently and = is it even possible to merge.
Best Regards,
Mic= hael Widlok

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