[cad-linux] Re: Just...

On Sun, Mar 10, 2002 at 12:00:10PM +0530, Vishal Belsare wrote:
> Now, I am not any programmer. In fact I am from the one of fields most
> remote from comp. programming. I am an architect :-)). 

We learnt a whole lot of things from your field, you know?  As far as
I know, one of the most useful concepts in programming today, the
Design Patterns, come from the concepts devised by an architect,
Cristopher Alexander.

> And instead of *almost always* trying to make Autodesk software as a role
> model, could we free our thinking and develop ideas in alternative and
> possibly more productive direction? With no offence, I personally find
> AutoCAD too restrictive for any design process, too linear. And in my humble
> opinion that's exactly what design is not. Since this list is devoted to CAD
> for Linux, does it not suggest that here is a great opportunity to develop
> ideas anew? Linux and more generally the opensource movement itself has
> generated a great synergy. Isn't there scope for completely breaking away
> from traditions and explore new ideas in CAD?

I'm trying to do exactly that. :-) 

See a few messages from the past weeks about NetCAD or download
http://practicaltux.sourceforge.net/cad-0.0.2.tar.gz (it's just 10k).
I haven't been doing much work on it recently because the next step
involves skills I haven't yet (if any reader has experience in yacc,
lex and the creation of macro processors, feel free to say hello :-)
).

(By the way, anybody who's seen this approach cares to comment on it?
Sometimes I feel it leaves so many directions open that is hard to
tell which one to go, I'd really appreciate input.)

Massimiliano

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