Add CGAL features

[chessdenman]

Running Euclid on a Mac.
I am so sorry if this is a dumb question but Mac machines won't run UIKit.
Is there a way to run Euclid in a Mac app?
The first problem I come up with is laying my hands on a UIColor but might there be more later?
Chess Denman

[nicklockwood]

The example is iOS-only, but the Euclid library itself works fine on a Mac. You can substitute NSColor for UIColor in the example (or use Euclid's built-in Color type, which is platform agnostic).

[chessdenman]

Yes WOW that was a fantastic turn around time - I have managed to get it running. While I have got you on line. Do you have any plans to expand this library. I was wondering, for example if you had looked at CGal which has to be gold standard for all the things it can do. I am too much of a beginner in Cpp and Swift to able even to start on this but I have got here because of trying to port a python app that uses meshes and slicing to create GCode toolpaths for a 3d printer that prints in clay (so not a usual FDM type machine). I recon with Euclid and a port of CGal I'd have everything I need. Chess Chess Denman

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On Sun, Jan 14, 2024 at 9:29 PM Nick Lockwood ***@***.***> wrote: The example is iOS-only, but the Euclid library itself works fine on a Mac. You can substitute NSColor for UIColor in the example (or use Euclid's built-in Color type, which is platform agnostic). — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#109 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AFBHY5OINGKQNHEEVMKH4JTYORE3LAVCNFSM6AAAAABB2L7YIKVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMYTQOJRGA3TONJUGQ> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[nicklockwood]

I'm not familiar with CGal, so recreating its functions is not an explicit goal of the library. If there are any particular functions you need I can look at adding them though.

[chessdenman]

Dear Mr Lockwood. Wow. I have worked out (I think) that I can use the functions of Euclid as a slicer which was one use case. CGAL is an incredibly powerful library but it is fantastically opaque to use for the non expert and also very very hard to integrate - at least for me. Though it should be possible to work out how to create a library of c++ functions that are wrappers for bits of CGAL and then write bridging objective C stuff to swift. The possible additions that would be awesome are: https://doc.cgal.org/latest/Surface_mesh_segmentation/index.html#Chapter_3D_SurfaceSegmentation https://doc.cgal.org/latest/Surface_mesh_deformation/index.html#Chapter_SurfaceMeshDeformation Regards Chess Denman

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On Thu, Jan 18, 2024 at 7:33 AM Nick Lockwood ***@***.***> wrote: I'm not familiar with CGal, so recreating its functions is not an explicit goal of the library. If there are any particular functions you need I can look at adding them though. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#109 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AFBHY5L7IFKJKKIGWLIVADLYPDF3LAVCNFSM6AAAAABB2L7YIKVHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMYTQOJXHE2DMMRWGU> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>