On Dec 3, 2007 11:28 PM, Kai-Martin Knaak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:47:03 -0500, evan foss wrote: > > > What about brlcad? It has been in development for decades on Unix and > > now quite a while on Linux. > > http://my.brlcad.org/ > > BRL-CAD is focused on 3D modelling but lacks 2D functions. Last time I > checked, the manual didn't even mention a way to obtain a 2D drawing from > a 3D model, let alone semi automatic dimensioning. The introduction > states: > > /--------------- > Although BRL-CAD has been used for a wide variety of engineering and > graphics applications, the package's primary purpose continues to be the > support of (1) ballistic and (2) electromagnetic analyses. > \----------------
Well it is a creation of the US defense department. > > In addition, the user interface is not very intuitive. A simple > cylindrical mug takes 14 pages in the manual. Yes this is a very good point. > > ---<(kaimartin)>--- > -- > Kai-Martin Knaak tel: +49-511-762-2895 > Universität Hannover, Inst. für Quantenoptik fax: +49-511-762-2211 > Welfengarten 1, 30167 Hannover http://www.iqo.uni-hannover.de > GPG key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=Knaak+kmk&op=get > > > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > geda-user@moria.seul.org > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user > This is going a little off topic but has anyone here used the stuff at http://www.linuxcnc.org/ to do 2D work? I thought at least one of the g-code editors there is capable of 2D stuff. -- http://www.coe.neu.edu/~efoss/ http://evanfoss.googlepages.com/ _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user