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Soumitra Saxena

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<div dir="ltr">Hello all ! My name is Soumitra Saxena. I'm in my prefinal year , studying Electronics Engineering at the Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences , Pilani , India. I've taken a keen interest in Computer Graphics/OpenGL for the last 2 semesters and am very excited to apply for GSOC under Crystal Space. 
 Basic Terrain Generation has been a project of mine , both at a personal (<a href="https://medium.com/code-adventures/cccf50e961a9">https://medium.com/code-adventures/cccf50e961a9</a>) and academic level. I've also tried my hands on a basic planet generation using terrain maps (<a href="https://medium.com/code-adventures/9df442973626">https://medium.com/code-adventures/9df442973626</a>). 
  I've also done a bit of scripting and GUI implementation in Maya (toolkit for Cloud Generation) A GUI Editor for Terrain seems to be a fantastic addition to the Crystal Space interface. I thought of a rough prototype for a GUI Editor. Here is the rough map -   
 <div class="gmail_extra">A GUI Editor for Terrain -   
 
A 3D GUI Editor for Terrain , based on the flexibilities provided by the cseditor framework. Modelled on Maya’s Editor for Fluids and Terrain (kind of) . Single iSpace with panels containing  the Tools. Add flexibilities like toggle wireframe/textured , rotation , zoom , viewcube etc. Can even add quick view options like Isometric and Orthographic angles. The following tools can be provided for improved functionality , leveraging Crystal Space’s terrain handling libraries. We are basically making an interface so that a new user feels comfortable with terrain generation and does not have to worry about the pipeline behind it :
 
Tools to be implemented in the panels : 
1. Generate Mesh tool :
 a.Set number of cells and size of mesh.
 b.Generate Flat Terrain with standard material and proceed to Edit it using the Terrain Edit Tools.
 c. Set Properties like Max Height  , Mean height , Median height.
 d. Preloaded presets - Desert , Grassland , Ice 
 2. Generate Terrain tool:
 a. Load Heightmap and generate terrain , save values in the mesh to edit later.
 b. Set values like Max Height , weight and Resolution. 
 3. Material Properties :
 a. Set attributes like Material Color , Material Type ( Phong , Blinn etc)
 4..Edit Mesh tool :
 a. Selectable points in the mesh using Mouse pointer . On click , 3D Transformation tool appears , user can use deformations. Add option of toggling off texture (display wireframe).
 5. Paint Terrain tool :
 a. Splatting Textures - Select a splatting texture from a list of textures. Mouse cursor changes into the type of texture. Paint over the standard texture with the chosen texture.
 b. Choose from a variety of colors , terrain presets ( dust , grass , ice).
 6. Add Object Tool (maybe):
 a.