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[Jakub Kozdon <fldrivers@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Mário,

Actually I thinking about merging your code, so your request is great to 
see.

I tested (Linux 64 bit) you 6094 rev and it looks great. I remember when 
I getting raytraced renders by POV-Ray from Eagle and it tooks forever 
to get good looking render.

So I am looking forward to merging your code into dev branch.

I will try it on Windows where I sometime get a square shapes, but from 
my tests from Linux I can not get them, it render correct shapes.

Only footnote for future improvement, can you add dot style grid for all 
space (not only axis but all space for better imagine of board 
relationships)?

Thanks!

Jakub

Dne 15.6.2016 v 22:40 Mário Luzeiro napsal(a):
> Hi Cirilo, Chris,
>
> As I received so many requests from you ;)
> I implemented the features similar as you describe below.
> Please update, rebuild and retry with the latest updates from my branch.
>
> I found an easy and elegant way of implement it,
> with just some minimal changes.
> It only add a small overhead time (about 1s or less on some tests I did)
>
> So, the new features are:
> - Display the progress of raytracing render.
> - If user move with the mouse it will abort the render.
> - It also works on OpenGL mode, if a raytracing render is requested and during the render the mouse is moved,
> it will stop the render and back to OpenGL.
> - This also may fix possible issues on some systems that make the windows not responding because the render took too long. Now the windows is refreshed periodically with the redraws.
>
> Regards,
> Mario Luzeiro
> ________________________________________
> From: Cirilo Bernardo [cirilo.bernardo@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 15 June 2016 00:40
>
> Another possible tweak in the raytrace window is to show progress somehow.
> In SolidWorks this is done by showing a small black frame moving around as
> parts of the scene are refined. This is not essential though, only eyecandy,
> but it does help a little on long render jobs because the user can see that
> something is still happening.
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Chris Pavlina [pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 14 June 2016 20:15
>
> 3) Even at the faster speed, the raytracer is too slow and unresponsive.
>
> 3A) Raytracer UI responsiveness improvements. Allow the user to start dragging
> the PCB around even after the render has started, rather than going completely
> frozen during the render.
>
>
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