CSCI - Group meeting with Luke

With todays meeting, we meet with Luke and told him what he had done since we had last met.

Jun looked into the possibility of creating curvers , the algorithm he was using was the Bezir curve algorithm. This allows for there to be three points and create a curve using those three points. This is important for our project because without the possibilities to draw curves the program cannot move forward. This curve works, however Jun will also look into to see if their are other algorithms out there that are possibly better and more efficient.

Next we discussed possible ways of how the store a completed knot. If the knot is stored in steps this then allows for other functions to be used within our program. With the knot stored as steps a user can then undo their previous move and be back to the correct step. It also gives the possibility to add the function of giving a user a tied knot and then trying to work out the process of untying the knot.

Other points raised were how the final product may look. Phil raised the idea of having four viewports to give different perspectives of what the user is doing. One viewport would be a 3D perspective while other would be set perspective of certain angles/sides.

The menu and possible user shortcut keys were discussed for better user accessibility and manipulation. This menu could possibly contain a load and save function.

For our next meeting each of us will look into these areas:
Jun - continue looking into the curves and possible user interface
Allen - will look into the website and the data base
Phil - is looking at ways of representing the knots within some type of database
Tim - will gain a better understanding of C# and try and start the user manual format