Commandline interface (Curve generation via CLI only atm)

[bindir]/src/pfcrender lsys –it 5 –rules "F_+F_+F_+F_ F F+F+F-F-F + + - - _ _"

Actions are listed as positional arguments and executed in order. Names correspond to the plugins that get executed. Currently available:

• lsys : Generate a model string from an iterated Lindenmayer system. Uses stringsubst from the fxtlib
• stdout : Dump model string to console
• svg : Export model to a SVG file (experimental)
• pdf : Export model to a PDF file (experimental)

Plugins can have switches (syntax –optname optvalue) for configuration. Execute pfcrender -h for info on what is available. All switches are cached and re-read on the next execution so they have to be provided only on changes, except for the following

Special commandline switches, which are NEVER cached:

• –batch : Runs all supplied positional arguments and exits, without entering GUI mode
• –clear : Clears all cached options

Building on Linux/Apple

• git clone –recursive https://github.com/garandor/pfcrender
• cd pfcrender/bin
• cmake ..
• make && ctest -V
• ./pfcrender options

Building on Windows (e.g. VS 2015 64bit Toolchain)

• git clone –recursive https://github.com/garandor/pfcrender
• cd pfcrender/bin
• cmake .. -G<GENERATOR, e.g. "Visual Studio 14 2015 Win64"> -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=<PATH_TO_TOOLCHAIN_SPECIFIC_QT_INSTALLATION, e.g. E:.10.0\5.10.0>
• msbuild /p:configuration=Release ALL_BUILD.vcxproj
• cd Release
• pfcrender.exe options

Documentation

Rationale and a writeup about this project can be found in my Bachelor's Thesis

The documentation for this project is hosted on GitHub Pages and re-generated by doxygen on every master branch commit build on Travis CI

Dependencies

• Qt5.8 or newer, as QSGRenderNode functionality is used
• QNanoPainter Currently used in the form of a private patched fork
• The fxtlib's stringsubst module is used for import of curves from L-Systems