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Re: Open Source CAD Tool
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lugnet.cad
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Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:14:53 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Tim Courtney wrote:
> Everyone,
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> Today I ran across an open-source CAD tool on Make. Has anyone seen this yet?
> Is there potential for either 1) extending it to read LDraw files, 2) porting
> LDraw files over to this system, or 3) re-skinning the UI to allow people to
> build models using standard LDU increments, rotations, etc?
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> http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/12/make_projects_-_easy_3d_models_with.html
Actually, if you read the associated articles, you'll find that OpenSCAD (the
CAD tool mentioned) doesn't have an editing UI at all. It has a viewer for the
files, and the files are in a script format. So creating files involves writing
scripts. It actually seems comparable to writing POV code, but in a different
language, and with a different target audience.
--Travis
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| (...) This doesn't preclude importing/exporting to the LDraw format, though I wonder how the program would make sense of LDraw files given that they are just meshes. Converting LGEO's POV-Ray CSG parts to this format might be more productive. In (...) (15 years ago, 22-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| Everyone, Today I ran across an open-source CAD tool on Make. Has anyone seen this yet? Is there potential for either 1) extending it to read LDraw files, 2) porting LDraw files over to this system, or 3) re-skinning the UI to allow people to build (...) (15 years ago, 18-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad)
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