Fornjot

The main thrust of last week's development was the continuing cleanup of the object construction code (#1249). This remains a high priority, as it's blocking work on boolean operations (#42, #43, #44), which are the next step on the way to making Fornjot actually useful.

I might actually be in the middle of a breakthrough. I've had an idea last week (described here), which could solve most of the issues with the object construction code. I've been prototyping this idea in a local branch, and so far haven't hit any blockers. It's too early to tell, really, but I'm optimistic!

Sponsors

Fornjot is supported by @webtrax-oz, @lthiery, @ahdinosaur, @Yatekii, @martindederer, @hobofan, @thawkins, @bollian, @rozgo, @reivilibre, and my other awesome sponsors. Thank you!

End-user improvements

Improvements to Fornjot and its documentation that are visible to end users.

• Display more errors in the GUI and display more information about them (#1405)

Ecosystem improvements

Improvements to Fornjot components that are relevant to developers building on top of those. These have an indirect effect on end users, through fixed bugs and improved robustness.

fj-kernel

• Move validation to separate service (#1403, #1404)
• Continue cleanup of object construction code (#1406, #1407, #1408, #1409)
• Rename GlobalVertex::from_position to new (#1410)
• Touch up documentation of objects (#1411)

Internal Improvements

Improvements that are relevant to developers working on Fornjot itself.

• Update dependencies (#1397, #1398, #1399, #1400, #1402)