[cad-linux-dev] Re: uber-converter
- From: "Lee Harding" <lee.harding@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <cad-linux-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 12:20:38 -0700
Did you even look at the translation kit docs?
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[mailto:cad-linux-dev-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eric Wilhelm
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Subject: [cad-linux-dev] Re: uber-converter
# The following was supposedly scribed by
# Lee Harding
# on Tuesday 08 June 2004 12:17 pm:
>Does is make sense to go through a central format to convert LandXML to
>SVG? Of course it doesn't.
Why not?
From a programming standpoint, it makes a lot of sense. If
LandXML->UberFoo=20
is a well-defined translation and UberFoo->SVG is a well-defined
translation,=20
what's the difference to a "I just want to convert LandXML into SVG"
user? =20
Very little. But if that user were to become an "I just want to convert
LandXML into DXF" user, the programmer has to start all over and replace
all=20
of the SVG-write code with DXF-write code.
>For many conversions a supplier/receiver
>chain will do a better job than going through the central exchange.
Call it a chain if you want. Point is: if the hub is between 8 nodes,
you=20
have 28 chains ready to go (8 choose 2.)
>Consider multi-hop conversion like LandXML to PNG (through SVG, or some
>other intermediate format) -- isn't it desirable to make this as
>painless as possible?
Yes! If we have UberFoo->PNG and LandXML->UberFoo, we don't have to go=20
through SVG.
Also, note that there is nothing that says something has to go directly=20
through the hub. If you want to make 7 various SVG read/write filters,
we=20
could just connect SVG into the hub and it's essentially the same as
each of=20
the 7 being spokes (now it's 8+7 spokes, so 15 choose 2 =3D 105!) I
imagine=20
that you would get a more feature-filled conversion by not going through
the=20
somewhat limited SVG, but I never said pragmatism was bad.
--Eric
--=20
"You can't win. You can't break even. You can't quit."
--Ginsberg's Restatement of the Three Laws of Thermodynamics
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