Towards optimistic version control in architecture: A high-level design for a program that implements diffing, patching, and merging for openNURBS 3D models

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Nicholas Rawlings, Dimitris Papanikolaou
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Abstract

The ability of architects to collaborate and work in parallel on digital assets is limited by pessimistic strategies for managing shared files. The software engineering community has worked around this problem by adopting optimistic version control techniques, which rely on the ability to diff, patch, and merge versions of the files they manage. Unfortunately, the diffing, patching, and merging algorithms in existing version control systems are designed to work with text, and not with the types of files, such as 3D models, most commonly used by architects. This paper presents a high-level design for a command line program capable of diffing, patching, and merging openNURBS models, an open source 3D model format that enjoys widespread use among architects and other designers. Key algorithms are illustrated through simple geometric examples, and future plans to integrate the program into an existing version control system are described.
在架构中实现乐观的版本控制:为 openNURBS 3D 模型实现差异、修补和合并的高级程序设计
架构师在数字资产上进行协作和并行工作的能力受到管理共享文件的悲观策略的限制。软件工程社区通过采用乐观的版本控制技术来解决这个问题,这种技术依赖于他们所管理的文件的区分、修补和合并版本的能力。不幸的是,现有版本控制系统中的差异、修补和合并算法被设计为处理文本,而不是处理架构师最常用的文件类型,例如3D模型。本文介绍了一个命令行程序的高级设计,该程序能够区分、修补和合并openNURBS模型。openNURBS模型是一种开源的3D模型格式,在建筑师和其他设计人员中广泛使用。通过简单的几何例子说明了关键算法,并描述了将该程序集成到现有版本控制系统中的未来计划。
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