Re: gEDA-user: Gerbv with OpenGL

["evan foss" <evanfoss@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Dec 3, 2007 11:28 PM, Kai-Martin Knaak <kmk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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.

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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.

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