GeomSS Files

GeomSS 0.2.00 Release Notes:
September 6, 2015
by: Joseph A. Huwaldt

GeomSS (Geometry Scripting System) is a geometry modeling and scripting system written in Java. It uses the BeanShell scripting language to allow the user to write scripts which can create and analyze complex geometries that include NURBS curves and surfaces. This is especially important for geometry modeling tasks that must be repeated over and over with small or parametric variations.

This update adds support for triangles as a first-class geometry object.
* Added support for triangles as an elemental type in GeomSS.  There are new Triangle classes and a TriangleList to represent a collection of triangles.
* PointArray objects can now be triangulated and converted into a TriangleList.
* Added the ability to read/write some triangle file formats including binary STL, and Cart3D ASCII TRI.
* Added support for approximating general super-ellipses with dissimilar exponents. The program could already exactly produce super-ellipses with like exponents on each term.
* Changed GeomReader objects to accept whatever the geometry units are when writing geometry to non-unit aware file formats (rather than converting the geometry to a default set of units as was done before).  This allows the user much more control (and was what was originally intended).
* Updated to JOGL version 2.3.1 and Java3D version 1.6.0-pre12.
* Fixed a few obscure bugs.
* Improved the API documentation in many places.
* Rewrote the “buildWing.bsh” example script to demonstrate more features including writing an STL file.