On 30 April 2018 at 17:33, michalwd1= 979 (michalwd1979 AT o2 DOT pl) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <ged= a-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

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Thank You Chad,
I did not expected that these versions a= re so different, however I might be able to help with simpler tasks. I'= ve done a bit of programming and already, I'm using pcb with some of my= local patches. The biggest problem is that I never worked on GUIs / openGL= .
If You could tell me what are the tasks ahead then I can c= heck where I can do something - it would be really nice to have a mainline = with full 3D rendering. Some time ago I've tried to check if it is poss= ible to incorporate 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 h= oles in soldermask), while with mainline pcb it is impossible. Mainline als= o does not draws already created soldermask tracks, that are in pcb file:
Layer(12 "bottom soldermask")
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Is that really the case?=C2=A0 = I think that it was working with mainline before.
Best Regard= s,
Michael Widlok

Dnia 29 kwietnia 2018 16:36 Cha= d Parker (par= ker DOT charles AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> napisa=C5=82(a= ):
Hi Michael-
Peter's work is pretty impressi= ve! Yes, the plan is to merge his work, but it's unclear how long it mi= ght take to do so. Peter has been really busy with work, but he was able to= push his branches over to the main pcb repository and rebase them against = a recent version. So, some progress has been made in that direction, howeve= r, there's still a fair bit of work required to get it into master. I p= eriodically look into it, but, it's a lot to digest. He did a lot of pa= rallel work, so, we need to partition it into manageable chunks 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 (michalwd197= 9 AT o2 DOT pl) [via geda-user@= delorie.com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
Hello,
Up to now I was using opengl version of PCB from Peter's Clifton = branch:=C2=A0http://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=C2= =A0 - mainline does not places layers on different heights.
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My question is: will Peters code be merged into mainline at = some time? From time to time I was using screenshots from Peter's openg= l version in my reports, but now it seems that this branch is (almost) dead= . I don't know opengl good enough to check the differences of both vers= ions, so I don't know what exactly is done differently and is it even p= ossible to merge.
Best Regards,
Michael Widlok= =C2=A0 =C2=A0