[cad-linux] Re: FWD: gCAD3D 3D - CADCAM - software for Linux

I hope that I don't insert my foot in my mouth too much here, but here 
goes:
The author seems to be concentrating on an application that interests me 
a lot-  a CAM program(it generates G-code for cnc machinery).  He 
already has a commercial product called WinAPT that is similar. I have 
been in contact with the author and he says that he and another 
programmer are working on wire EDM modules to begin with.  The CAD part 
of the program is going to be free, with the post processors for CAM 
being commercial.  The author is German, so a lot of the menu items are 
in German.  I have been playing with the program with the Bablefish 
translator handy (cut and paste menu items to convert to English). It 
seemed to run with no major problems in RH 8.0, although I had to change 
permissions of some files that were set to root.

Thanks,
Dan


phrostie wrote:
> i have not had time to so much as download it, but the screenshots look good.
> does anyone else know anything about it?
> the latest version was released yesterday and i found the annoucement on 
> linuxtoday.
> gCAD3D-0.70.tar.gz (2003-06-25) 
> http://linuxtoday.com/developer/2003062701126NWGNRL
> 
> gCAD3D    3D - CADCAM - software for Linux
> http://www.cadcam.co.at/freiter/gCAD3D.htm
> http://www.gnome.org/softwaremap/projects/gcad3d
> 
> License:
> gCAD3D is free software under the GNU-LGPL.
> See http://www.opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-license.
> 
>

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