In this thesis, I present a new platform-independent, open source, intuitive
graphical user interface for TopMod, an application designed for interacting with
3-dimensional manifold meshes represented by a Doubly Linked Face List (DLFL).
This new interface, created using the Trolltech Qt user interface library, enables
users to construct and interact with complex manifold meshes much faster and more
easily than was previously possible. I also present a method for the rapid creation
of a successful online community of users and developers, by integrating a variety
of open source web-based software packages. The new website, which includes a
discussion forum, a news blog, a collaborative user and developer wiki, and a source
code repository and release manager, received an average of 250 unique visits per
day during the first two months of its existence, and it continues to be utilized by a
variety of users and developers worldwide.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:tamu.edu/oai:repository.tamu.edu:1969.1/85977 |
| Date | 10 October 2008 |
| Creators | Morris, David Victor |
| Contributors | Akleman, Ergun |
| Publisher | Texas A&M University |
| Source Sets | Texas A and M University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Book, Thesis, Electronic Thesis, text |
| Format | electronic, born digital |
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