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grit

Mon, Mar 11, 2019 3:10 PM

Hi!

What do you think of breaking OpenSCAD source into three parts, namely
Model, View and Controller as per Wikipedia article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%E2%80%93view%E2%80%93controller
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%E2%80%93view%E2%80%93controller ?

I can see some immediate advantages :

We can have several models executing in parallel on multiprocessor and
multi core machines.
We can queue finished computed models for viewing later on some device
with a screen - all we need is the vertices for the view.
The code will be easier to find: e.g. in folder
view->search->replace->replace.cpp have all functionality regarding that
single menu item to replace code. Compare that with the current structure,
where all code is in one place in folder src.
The controller will on behalf of the user execute changes in the model
and display it by using the view.
We can break the big mainwin.cc into several sub-controllers to do the
work confined to a small responsibility for a particular sub-controller.
I think Qt:s Signal and Slots can co-exist with the controllers - we just
need to assign certain responsibilities for the sub-controllers.
Your advantages...

Off course there will be some disadvantages as well:
8. The code will be in limbo for a long time when some of the code is well
structured and some is as the old structure.
9. It takes time to break up code that may have several responsibilities
now.
10. It is boring to rewrite something that just works.
11. Your disadvantages...

//Best regards Henrik

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Hi! What do you think of breaking OpenSCAD source into three parts, namely Model, View and Controller as per Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%E2%80%93view%E2%80%93controller <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%E2%80%93view%E2%80%93controller> ? I can see some immediate advantages : 1. We can have several models executing in parallel on multiprocessor and multi core machines. 2. We can queue finished computed models for viewing later on some device with a screen - all we need is the vertices for the view. 3. The code will be easier to find: e.g. in folder view->search->replace->replace.cpp have all functionality regarding that single menu item to replace code. Compare that with the current structure, where all code is in one place in folder src. 4. The controller will on behalf of the user execute changes in the model and display it by using the view. 5. We can break the big mainwin.cc into several sub-controllers to do the work confined to a small responsibility for a particular sub-controller. 6. I think Qt:s Signal and Slots can co-exist with the controllers - we just need to assign certain responsibilities for the sub-controllers. 7. Your advantages... Off course there will be some disadvantages as well: 8. The code will be in limbo for a long time when some of the code is well structured and some is as the old structure. 9. It takes time to break up code that may have several responsibilities now. 10. It is boring to rewrite something that just works. 11. Your disadvantages... //Best regards Henrik -- Sent from: http://forum.openscad.org/

MK

Marius Kintel

Mon, Mar 11, 2019 3:48 PM

MVC is mainly a UI paradigm and OpenSCAD does largely follow this with a few exceptions; e.g. there is view logic in the PolySet class, the controller is very heavy, there isn't 100% separation between pure model (AST) and operations on the model etc.
I believe all of this can be refactored piece by piece; the main challenge will be testing that the result is correct, as we don't have any automated UI testing.

In short: Worth trying, but perhaps think about a testing strategy first.

-Marius

MVC is mainly a UI paradigm and OpenSCAD does largely follow this with a few exceptions; e.g. there is view logic in the PolySet class, the controller is very heavy, there isn't 100% separation between pure model (AST) and operations on the model etc. I believe all of this can be refactored piece by piece; the main challenge will be testing that the result is correct, as we don't have any automated UI testing. In short: Worth trying, but perhaps think about a testing strategy first. -Marius

WA

William Adams

Mon, Mar 11, 2019 4:22 PM

I would be thrilled to have more control of things in the controller /
customizer angle.

In particular, direct support for units, so that a user could plug in a
dimension with units and have the display update to an object of that size
along with textual displays of the current dimensions, then if the units
displayed are changed, the displayed numbers are recalculated so as to
display the dimensions for the current object in the selected units.

William

On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 11:49 AM Marius Kintel marius@kintel.net wrote:

MVC is mainly a UI paradigm and OpenSCAD does largely follow this with a
few exceptions; e.g. there is view logic in the PolySet class, the
controller is very heavy, there isn't 100% separation between pure model
(AST) and operations on the model etc.
I believe all of this can be refactored piece by piece; the main challenge
will be testing that the result is correct, as we don't have any automated
UI testing.

In short: Worth trying, but perhaps think about a testing strategy first.

-Marius

OpenSCAD mailing list
Discuss@lists.openscad.org
http://lists.openscad.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.openscad.org

I would be thrilled to have more control of things in the controller / customizer angle. In particular, direct support for units, so that a user could plug in a dimension with units and have the display update to an object of that size along with textual displays of the current dimensions, then if the units displayed are changed, the displayed numbers are recalculated so as to display the dimensions for the current object in the selected units. William On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 11:49 AM Marius Kintel <marius@kintel.net> wrote: > MVC is mainly a UI paradigm and OpenSCAD does largely follow this with a > few exceptions; e.g. there is view logic in the PolySet class, the > controller is very heavy, there isn't 100% separation between pure model > (AST) and operations on the model etc. > I believe all of this can be refactored piece by piece; the main challenge > will be testing that the result is correct, as we don't have any automated > UI testing. > > In short: Worth trying, but perhaps think about a testing strategy first. > > -Marius > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > Discuss@lists.openscad.org > http://lists.openscad.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.openscad.org >

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grit

Tue, Mar 12, 2019 7:34 PM

William Adams-2 wrote

I would be thrilled to have more control of things in the controller /
customizer angle.

In particular, direct support for units, so that a user could plug in a
dimension with units and have the display update to an object of that size
along with textual displays of the current dimensions, then if the units
displayed are changed, the displayed numbers are recalculated so as to
display the dimensions for the current object in the selected units.

William

That is really exiting and doable for many OpenSCAD models. I think of an
example
that may not display correctly though: if you have drawn a shape of a heart
with
exact radii and scale the object by entering new units, the radii may not
follow the
change in dimension as expected; thus if the appearance of the object is
good
enough - then fine; but if the exact radii is needed, then you may have to
try and test
a few times to get the right size.

On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 11:49 AM Marius Kintel <

marius@

> wrote:

MVC is mainly a UI paradigm and OpenSCAD does largely follow this with a
few exceptions; e.g. there is view logic in the PolySet class, the
controller is very heavy, there isn't 100% separation between pure model
(AST) and operations on the model etc.
I believe all of this can be refactored piece by piece; the main
challenge
will be testing that the result is correct, as we don't have any
automated
UI testing.

In short: Worth trying, but perhaps think about a testing strategy first.

-Marius

Good that OpenSCAD seems to follow the paradigm (it is there but not
explicit with
controller in class names etc). All right... didn't think of the automated
UI testing.
Well a folder structure could at least make it easier to find the right
files for newcomers
so my suggestion with the paradigm could just be to set up a structure of
folders in
,for example, three levels for all files in src.

//Henrik

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William Adams-2 wrote > I would be thrilled to have more control of things in the controller / > customizer angle. > > In particular, direct support for units, so that a user could plug in a > dimension with units and have the display update to an object of that size > along with textual displays of the current dimensions, then if the units > displayed are changed, the displayed numbers are recalculated so as to > display the dimensions for the current object in the selected units. > > William That is really exiting and doable for many OpenSCAD models. I think of an example that may not display correctly though: if you have drawn a shape of a heart with exact radii and scale the object by entering new units, the radii may not follow the change in dimension as expected; thus if the appearance of the object is good enough - then fine; but if the exact radii is needed, then you may have to try and test a few times to get the right size. > On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 11:49 AM Marius Kintel < > marius@ > > wrote: > >> MVC is mainly a UI paradigm and OpenSCAD does largely follow this with a >> few exceptions; e.g. there is view logic in the PolySet class, the >> controller is very heavy, there isn't 100% separation between pure model >> (AST) and operations on the model etc. >> I believe all of this can be refactored piece by piece; the main >> challenge >> will be testing that the result is correct, as we don't have any >> automated >> UI testing. >> >> In short: Worth trying, but perhaps think about a testing strategy first. >> >> -Marius Good that OpenSCAD seems to follow the paradigm (it is there but not explicit with controller in class names etc). All right... didn't think of the automated UI testing. Well a folder structure could at least make it easier to find the right files for newcomers so my suggestion with the paradigm could just be to set up a structure of folders in ,for example, three levels for all files in src. //Henrik -- Sent from: http://forum.openscad.org/

WA

William Adams

Wed, Mar 13, 2019 3:24 PM

Is it possible to control the application window size and placement of
OpenCAD when it's launched?

Or to turn on/off various interface options such as the text editor and
customizer?

On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 3:42 PM grit henwist@gmail.com wrote:

William Adams-2 wrote

I would be thrilled to have more control of things in the controller /
customizer angle.

In particular, direct support for units, so that a user could plug in a
dimension with units and have the display update to an object of that

size

along with textual displays of the current dimensions, then if the units
displayed are changed, the displayed numbers are recalculated so as to
display the dimensions for the current object in the selected units.

William

That is really exiting and doable for many OpenSCAD models. I think of an
example
that may not display correctly though: if you have drawn a shape of a heart
with
exact radii and scale the object by entering new units, the radii may not
follow the
change in dimension as expected; thus if the appearance of the object is
good
enough - then fine; but if the exact radii is needed, then you may have to
try and test
a few times to get the right size.

On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 11:49 AM Marius Kintel <

marius@

> wrote:

MVC is mainly a UI paradigm and OpenSCAD does largely follow this with a
few exceptions; e.g. there is view logic in the PolySet class, the
controller is very heavy, there isn't 100% separation between pure model
(AST) and operations on the model etc.
I believe all of this can be refactored piece by piece; the main
challenge
will be testing that the result is correct, as we don't have any
automated
UI testing.

In short: Worth trying, but perhaps think about a testing strategy

first.

-Marius

Good that OpenSCAD seems to follow the paradigm (it is there but not
explicit with
controller in class names etc). All right... didn't think of the automated
UI testing.
Well a folder structure could at least make it easier to find the right
files for newcomers
so my suggestion with the paradigm could just be to set up a structure of
folders in
,for example, three levels for all files in src.

//Henrik

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Is it possible to control the application window size and placement of OpenCAD when it's launched? Or to turn on/off various interface options such as the text editor and customizer? On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 3:42 PM grit <henwist@gmail.com> wrote: > William Adams-2 wrote > > I would be thrilled to have more control of things in the controller / > > customizer angle. > > > > In particular, direct support for units, so that a user could plug in a > > dimension with units and have the display update to an object of that > size > > along with textual displays of the current dimensions, then if the units > > displayed are changed, the displayed numbers are recalculated so as to > > display the dimensions for the current object in the selected units. > > > > William > > That is really exiting and doable for many OpenSCAD models. I think of an > example > that may not display correctly though: if you have drawn a shape of a heart > with > exact radii and scale the object by entering new units, the radii may not > follow the > change in dimension as expected; thus if the appearance of the object is > good > enough - then fine; but if the exact radii is needed, then you may have to > try and test > a few times to get the right size. > > > > > On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 11:49 AM Marius Kintel < > > > marius@ > > > > wrote: > > > >> MVC is mainly a UI paradigm and OpenSCAD does largely follow this with a > >> few exceptions; e.g. there is view logic in the PolySet class, the > >> controller is very heavy, there isn't 100% separation between pure model > >> (AST) and operations on the model etc. > >> I believe all of this can be refactored piece by piece; the main > >> challenge > >> will be testing that the result is correct, as we don't have any > >> automated > >> UI testing. > >> > >> In short: Worth trying, but perhaps think about a testing strategy > first. > >> > >> -Marius > > Good that OpenSCAD seems to follow the paradigm (it is there but not > explicit with > controller in class names etc). All right... didn't think of the automated > UI testing. > Well a folder structure could at least make it easier to find the right > files for newcomers > so my suggestion with the paradigm could just be to set up a structure of > folders in > ,for example, three levels for all files in src. > > //Henrik > > > > -- > Sent from: http://forum.openscad.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > Discuss@lists.openscad.org > http://lists.openscad.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.openscad.org >

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MichaelAtOz

Wed, Mar 13, 2019 9:09 PM

William Adams-2 wrote

Is it possible to control the application window size and placement of
OpenCAD when it's launched?

Or to turn on/off various interface options such as the text editor and
customizer?

ATM* on Windows all that is in the registry, the same will be somewhere on
other platforms.
*-there is an issue proposing to move it to n .ini file.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

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William Adams-2 wrote > Is it possible to control the application window size and placement of > OpenCAD when it's launched? > > Or to turn on/off various interface options such as the text editor and > customizer? ATM* on Windows all that is in the registry, the same will be somewhere on other platforms. *-there is an issue proposing to move it to n .ini file. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OpenSCAD] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OpenSCAD\OpenSCAD] "recentFileList"=hex(7):43,00EDIT... "lastOpenDirName"="C:/Users/EDIT... [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OpenSCAD\OpenSCAD\3dview] "colorscheme"="Cornfield" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OpenSCAD\OpenSCAD\advanced] "openCSGLimit"="1000000000" "undockableWindows"="true" "mdi"="true" "enable_opencsg_opengl1x"="true" "cgalCacheSize"="2147483647" "polysetCacheSize"="2147483647" "reorderWindows"="true" "forceGoldfeather"="true" "opencsg_show_warning"="false" "enableSoundNotification"="true" "localization"="true" "enableParameterCheck"="false" "cgalCacheSizeMB"="2047" "polysetCacheSizeMB"="2047" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OpenSCAD\OpenSCAD\design] "autoReload"="false" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OpenSCAD\OpenSCAD\editor] "fontsize"=dword:0000000a "ctrlmousewheelzoom"="false" "editortype"="QScintilla Editor" "syntaxhighlight"="Visual Studio" "fontfamily"="Courier New" "backspaceUnindents"="true" "showWhitespacesSize"="9" "lineWrap"="Char" "lineWrapVisualizationEnd"="Text" "indentationWidth"="2" "tabWidth"="2" "lineWrapIndentationStyle"="Same" "lineWrapVisualizationBegin"="Border" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OpenSCAD\OpenSCAD\feature] "concat"="true" "text"="true" "lc-for-c"="true" "lc-else"="true" "lc-each"="true" "svg-import"="true" "customizer"="true" "echo"="true" "assert"="true" "amf-import"="true" "thread-traversal"="true" "input-driver"="true" "3mf-import"="true" "3mf-export"="true" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OpenSCAD\OpenSCAD\InputDriver] [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OpenSCAD\OpenSCAD\InputDriver\axis] "translateX"="+1" "translateY"="-2" "translateZ"="-3" "rotateX"="+4" "rotateY"="-5" "rotateZ"="-6" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OpenSCAD\OpenSCAD\InputDriver\button] "1"="viewActionResetView" "2"="viewActionViewAll" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OpenSCAD\OpenSCAD\launcher] "showOnStartup"="true" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OpenSCAD\OpenSCAD\view] "orthogonalProjection"="true" "showCrosshairs"="false" "showAxes"="true" "hideEditor"="false" "showEdges"="false" "hideConsole"="false" "hideToolbar"="false" "showScaleProportional"="true" "hideCustomizer"="true" [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OpenSCAD\OpenSCAD\window] "size"="@Size(1484 1051)" "position"="@Point(86 2)" "state"=hex:40,00,42,00,79,00,74,00,65,00,41,00,72,00,72,00,61,00,79,00,28,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,fd,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,a6,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,f2,00,\ fc,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,fb,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,14,00,00,00,65,\ 00,00,00,64,00,00,00,69,00,00,00,74,00,00,00,6f,00,00,00,72,00,00,00,44,00,\ 00,00,6f,00,00,00,63,00,00,00,6b,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,12,00,00,00,00,\ 00,03,00,f2,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,6d,00,00,00,ff,00,ff,00,ff,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,43,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,fc,00,02,00,00,\ 00,00,00,00,00,01,00,fb,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,1a,00,00,00,70,00,00,00,61,00,\ 00,00,72,00,00,00,61,00,00,00,6d,00,00,00,65,00,00,00,74,00,00,00,65,00,00,\ 00,72,00,00,00,44,00,00,00,6f,00,00,00,63,00,00,00,6b,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\ 00,00,12,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,8a,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,8a,00,00,00,ff,00,ff,\ 00,ff,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,22,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,\ 60,00,fc,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,fb,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,16,00,00,\ 00,63,00,00,00,6f,00,00,00,6e,00,00,00,73,00,00,00,6f,00,00,00,6c,00,00,00,\ 65,00,00,00,44,00,00,00,6f,00,00,00,63,00,00,00,6b,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,02,\ 00,aa,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,22,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,48,00,00,00,ff,00,ff,00,\ ff,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,22,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,8e,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,\ 00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,\ fc,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,29,00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OpenSCAD\OpenSCAD\window\splitter1sizes] "size"=dword:00000002 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OpenSCAD\OpenSCAD\window\splitter1sizes\1] "entry"=dword:00000188 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OpenSCAD\OpenSCAD\window\splitter1sizes\2] "entry"=dword:0000018a [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OpenSCAD\OpenSCAD\window\splitter2sizes] "size"=dword:00000002 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OpenSCAD\OpenSCAD\window\splitter2sizes\1] "entry"=dword:00000176 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OpenSCAD\OpenSCAD\window\splitter2sizes\2] "entry"=dword:0000009d ----- Admin - email* me if you need anything, or if I've done something stupid... * click on my MichaelAtOz label, there is a link to email me. 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William Adams

Thu, Mar 14, 2019 12:22 PM

Oh. Darn. No option to use some options passed in when the application is
started / called?

William

On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 5:17 PM MichaelAtOz oz.at.michael@gmail.com wrote:

William Adams-2 wrote

Is it possible to control the application window size and placement of
OpenCAD when it's launched?

Or to turn on/off various interface options such as the text editor and
customizer?

ATM* on Windows all that is in the registry, the same will be somewhere on
other platforms.
*-there is an issue proposing to move it to n .ini file.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OpenSCAD]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OpenSCAD\OpenSCAD]
"recentFileList"=hex(7):43,00EDIT...
"lastOpenDirName"="C:/Users/EDIT...

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OpenSCAD\OpenSCAD\3dview]
"colorscheme"="Cornfield"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OpenSCAD\OpenSCAD\advanced]
"openCSGLimit"="1000000000"
"undockableWindows"="true"
"mdi"="true"
"enable_opencsg_opengl1x"="true"
"cgalCacheSize"="2147483647"
"polysetCacheSize"="2147483647"
"reorderWindows"="true"
"forceGoldfeather"="true"
"opencsg_show_warning"="false"
"enableSoundNotification"="true"
"localization"="true"
"enableParameterCheck"="false"
"cgalCacheSizeMB"="2047"
"polysetCacheSizeMB"="2047"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OpenSCAD\OpenSCAD\design]
"autoReload"="false"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OpenSCAD\OpenSCAD\editor]
"fontsize"=dword:0000000a
"ctrlmousewheelzoom"="false"
"editortype"="QScintilla Editor"
"syntaxhighlight"="Visual Studio"
"fontfamily"="Courier New"
"backspaceUnindents"="true"
"showWhitespacesSize"="9"
"lineWrap"="Char"
"lineWrapVisualizationEnd"="Text"
"indentationWidth"="2"
"tabWidth"="2"
"lineWrapIndentationStyle"="Same"
"lineWrapVisualizationBegin"="Border"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OpenSCAD\OpenSCAD\feature]
"concat"="true"
"text"="true"
"lc-for-c"="true"
"lc-else"="true"
"lc-each"="true"
"svg-import"="true"
"customizer"="true"
"echo"="true"
"assert"="true"
"amf-import"="true"
"thread-traversal"="true"
"input-driver"="true"
"3mf-import"="true"
"3mf-export"="true"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OpenSCAD\OpenSCAD\InputDriver]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OpenSCAD\OpenSCAD\InputDriver\axis]
"translateX"="+1"
"translateY"="-2"
"translateZ"="-3"
"rotateX"="+4"
"rotateY"="-5"
"rotateZ"="-6"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OpenSCAD\OpenSCAD\InputDriver\button]
"1"="viewActionResetView"
"2"="viewActionViewAll"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OpenSCAD\OpenSCAD\launcher]
"showOnStartup"="true"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OpenSCAD\OpenSCAD\view]
"orthogonalProjection"="true"
"showCrosshairs"="false"
"showAxes"="true"
"hideEditor"="false"
"showEdges"="false"
"hideConsole"="false"
"hideToolbar"="false"
"showScaleProportional"="true"
"hideCustomizer"="true"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\OpenSCAD\OpenSCAD\window]
"size"="@Size(1484 1051)"
"position"="@Point(86 2)"

"state"=hex:40,00,42,00,79,00,74,00,65,00,41,00,72,00,72,00,61,00,79,00,28,00,\