On Monday 12 September 2005 02:30 pm, Karel Kulhavy wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 12:27:19PM -0400, Marvin Dickens wrote:
> > On Monday 12 September 2005 06:29 am, Kovács Levente wrote:
> > > On Tue, 06 Sep 2005 00:11:50 -0400
> > >
> > > Dan McMahill <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > I'm not able to suggest alternatives, but I'm curious, what is the
> > > > problem with qcad?
> > >
> > > It segfaults when you turn on the grid... at least for me on Debian
> > > stable. And the UI is a little bit awkward...
> > >
> > > However, this is the only tool for free... :-(
> > >
> > > Levente
> >
> > QCAD does not segfault for us when we turn on the grid (We are using
> > SuSE 9.2 and 9.3). In fact, it performs as advertised and is a good
> > 2D CAD package. We use QCAD in our design flow and further, like it.
> > It is easy to use and the UI is not as bad as a lot of 2D CAD packages
> > that I've seen that cost $. The output is excellent and to scale if you
> > use a printer that is designed to print with a high degree of accuracy
> > (In other words, the output is as good as the printer that is used to
> > produce the output).
> >
> > Our problem with CAD on Linux is that there are no viable 3D CAD
> > applications available except those that cost $. Our interest in 3D
>
> BRL-CAD is not viable?
> For Ronja it's viable:
> http://ronja.twibright.com/3d/
>
> And BRL-CAD has special personality :)
> http://ronja.twibright.com/old_news.php
> ("Ronja employs BRL-CAD as 3D modeling tool")
>
> > CAD is for the purpose of modeling complex designs - Some of the
> > devices that we build are rather complex and the ability to see what
> > we have in 3D makes a real difference throughout the entire design
> > process. Currently, we are looking at purchasing Varicad which
> > appears, at least on the surface, to do a decent job at 3D. Most likely,
> > we will be purchasing a couples of Varicad seats before the end of the
> > month.
>
> After having learned it just a bit, I wouldn't step away from BRL-CAD now
> :) BRL-CAD simply rulez for me (and is GPL of course).
>
> CL<
Karel,
Your example of what you all are doing with BRL-CAD is *very* nice. We have it
loaded on two machines, but the UI is right out of the late 1980's or
early 1990's. In your experience, how bad was the curve to being able to
produce the output I saw on the link you provided in terms of man hours for
someone who is CAD savvy?
Regards
Marvin
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