CGal
The public CGAL repository, see the README below (by CGAL)
orb-trackball
A parametric optical trackball device (by dpapavas)
CGal | orb-trackball | |
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4,558 | 26 | |
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10.0 | 2.6 | |
1 day ago | 7 months ago | |
C++ | C | |
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
CGal
Posts with mentions or reviews of CGal.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-10-09.
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The Orb: a parametric trackball with BTU mounted ball and keyboard switches for buttons
But I doubt any of this will ever run on the GPU... Multi-threading on the other hand, is already implemented and it works on the Gamma side, but I had to switch it off by default because CGAL doesn't seem to be there yet (see here for more). It does mostly work though, at least for the polyhedral operation which is what matters, although it may not be the great speed-up you expect it to be.
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New to photogrammetry, getting started?
git clone https://github.com/CGAL/cgal.git
orb-trackball
Posts with mentions or reviews of orb-trackball.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-10-31.
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A clamp mount accessory for the Lagrange
Additionally, I've designed a mountable pedestal for my Orb trackball. It simply mounts onto the bridge assembly as well, making the trackball reachable with a minimal pivot of the hand. It also allows the trackball to rotate in place, so it can be oriented for most comfortable operation.
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Split keyboard - Trackball positioning
I had both my Expert Mouse and the Orb I'm now using, between the two halves of my Ergodox and now my Lagrange. Ergonomically, it is, I think, the natural choice, but perhaps the separation between the halves is larger than average in my setup.
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Gamma: scripted CAD with Lua and Scheme language support
It's currently quite stable and can be used productively if you can manage to build it. It should support many platforms, but currently is developed solely on Linux. An example of what it can do, can be seen in the Orb trackball. See the project page for more details.
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The Orb: a parametric trackball with BTU mounted ball and keyboard switches for buttons
The Orb is a trackball, designed from scratch with a PMW3389 optical sensor, BTU mounts for the ball and Kailh Choc switches for the buttons. It's rather compact, so it doesn't have any separate wheels, but a key can be assigned to turn the ball into a set of high resolution wheels, for the horizontal and vertical directions. Apart from that, it also features a micro-USB port, so you can use whatever length cable suits your needs. See the project page for more information, including some building instructions, if you want to make one yourself and a few more photos.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing CGal and orb-trackball you can also consider the following projects:
GLM - OpenGL Mathematics (GLM)
daqtyl
Eigen
curv - a language for making art using mathematics
ExprTK - C++ Mathematical Expression Parsing And Evaluation Library https://www.partow.net/programming/exprtk/index.html
scad-clj - OpenSCAD DSL in Clojure
Wykobi - Wykobi C++ Computational Geometry Library https://www.wykobi.com
fornjot - Early-stage b-rep CAD kernel, written in the Rust programming language.
ceres-solver - A large scale non-linear optimization library
lagrange-keyboard - A configurable, handwired, ergonomic keyboard
Boost.Multiprecision - Boost.Multiprecision
meshoptimizer - Mesh optimization library that makes meshes smaller and faster to render