[cad-linux] Re: Open CASCADE Version 4.0


keith frost wrote:
> 
> ok, let see if this comes thru a little more readable.
> 
> Open CASCADE Version 4.0 Now Available for Free
> Downloading
> 
> The latest version of Open CASCADE includes advanced
> data exchange capabilities such as shape healing and
> extended data exchange, improved modeling algorithms
> and a development environment that can be used for
> working
> with applications that are non-Open CASCADE dependent.
> 
> Open CASCADE Certified Version 4.0 incorporates many
> enhancements from both Open CASCADE developers and
> outside contributors; including corrections stemming
> from customer projects. It runs under Windows 2000 and
> Linux
> Intel 2.4, as well as under Windows NT/9x, SGI IRIX
> 6.4 and Sun Solaris 2.6.
> 
> The new version is simpler to install since code,
> binaries, samples and documentation can be downloaded
> either
> separately, as needed, or all at once. The software
> components can easily be compiled on a wide variety of
> platforms
> using standard open-source utilities (Automake,
> Autoconf), opening the door to a greater number of
> potential
> contributors.
> 
> Click now to download
> 
> Read the complete press release
> 


I should re-read things twice before posting...

A few info that I hope might be interesting:

1. AFAIK there is only one complete 3D CAD application  based on
OpenCascade for Linux, http://www.collabcad.com , and it looks like the
latest beta ( beta 1.0 was not working for me) 1.5 is currently out for
Windows only. 

2. I have heard Varicad 8.0 for Linux should be out early in December,
with (finally) IGES import and rewritten kernel (yeah - circles will be
circles and not approximations by segments!)

3. Realsoft3D for Linux runs pretty well and I am using it to generate 
nice pictures from IGES files either from Catia or Varicad. Take a look 
to http://www.slot.it  -- the two images on the left and right are made 
by importing VariCAD IGES with Realsoft3D.

Hope this is of some help.

Maurizio

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