[cad-linux] Re: CAD for Schools (UK)

Does anyone know the address for brl-cad's svn repo?  Sourceforge only
shows CVS which is empty and attempting to use the common url format
that other projects use errors out.

I would like to checkout the Archer interface if possible

On 12/1/06, Lars O. Grobe <grobe@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > from my investigations so far it seems that Varkon has the parametrics,
>  > Salome has the integration of different modules and FreeCAD has the
> interface (but
> > not much else) Kreative3D has a nice wiki but no code. Isn't it about time
> > someone got these open source guys to co-operate?
>
> Hi!
>
> Actually there is a problem, as the programs mentioned address different
> need. I agree 100% that the big point for a working oss cad is
> cooperation between different projects. But it is not three cad systems
> that can be combined. Instead it is possible and useful to combine e.g.
> 2d-engine, 3d-(csg/...)-engine, object database, gui etc. The power of
> open source is that this is possible. If you try to enhance a 2d app
> with 3d, add 2d cad functionality to a modeler, etc, you will have some
> thankful users imediately (that is why I would still like to see such
> cooperation in a way of easy dataexchange at least), but get a
> suboptimal design which will be hard to evolve.
>
> By the way, that is why I am so excited about brlcad - as it is a
> package of small tools and libraries that other apps could refer to,
> without the need to take what is not wanted or needed. So e.g. a
> 3d-project such as freecad could easily use all its functionality.
>
> Lars.
>
>
>

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