@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ parts.each do |part| part_with_git_hash = "#{`git rev-parse HEAD`.chomp}_#{part}" #give the STL output a uniq ID based on git repo hash - +# this block prepares a snapshot picture of the part `cat <<EOF | mged -c #{DB} B #{part} ae 135 -35 180 @@ -298,16 +298,16 @@ zoom .30 saveview ./temp/#{part}.rt EOF` -`./temp/#{part}.rt -s1024` +`./temp/#{part}.rt -s1024` # calling the .rt file outputs a .pix file `mv #{part}.rt.pix ./temp/#{part}.rt.pix` # move this file to the temp directory -`pix-png -s1024 < ./temp/#{part}.rt.pix > ./parts/#{part_with_git_hash}.png` #generate a png from the rt file +`pix-png -s1024 < ./temp/#{part}.rt.pix > ./parts/#{part_with_git_hash}.png` #generate a png from the rt.pix file `open ./parts/#{part_with_git_hash}.png` # open the png in preview.app `g-stl -a #{tolerance_distance} -D #{tolerance_distance} -o ./parts/#{part_with_git_hash}.stl #{DB} #{part}` #this outputs the stl file for the part - -`stl-g ./temp/#{part}.stl ./temp/#{part}_proof.g` +#this block convers the STL from the previous step back into native BRL-CAD format, and then outputs a snapshot +`stl-g ./parts/#{part_with_git_hash}.stl ./temp/#{part}_proof.g` `cat <<EOF | mged -c ./temp/#{part}_proof.g B s.#{part} ae 135 -35 180 mged_controller.rb 92572793f679e5ee442f1e8d8ce72e8c4726995f mark mark@criticalmetrics.com http://github.com/famulus/decawell/commit/bd0c9a77862dbb474b3141e12e842c82994f5491 bd0c9a77862dbb474b3141e12e842c82994f5491 2009-08-22T11:30:47-07:00 2009-08-22T11:30:47-07:00 small fix 144e796a300a4acafe463e964d215980f5371988 mark mark@criticalmetrics.com