[cad-linux] Re: Open-source Parametric software for Architects

According to Dr. H.K.Suhas, Senior Technical Director of the National 
Indian Informatics Centre, CAD Group, Collabcad
( http://www.collabcad.com ) will be out again for Linux at the end of 
Year 2002.

Regards
Maurizio

Vishal wrote:
> Death before dishonor. But neither before breakfast.
> ________________________________________
> 
> From: "Hundiak, Arthur" <ahundiak@xxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 6:49 PM
> 
> 
> <<I think what stopped the various open source CAD projects is the sheer
> magnitude of the task.>>
> 
> That indeed is very true Arthur. Such an undertaking is far from a small
> army task. Starting new open source projects each time a person gets an
> 'idea & vision' doesnt seem a good idea. Should be better to join exisiting
> promising projects parallel to one's interests & contribute. It is time open
> source grew up from a huge pile of small time experiments to something *big
> scale*. If it can be managed, a *real full-fledged open source CAD system*
> should do the thing for the morale of open source philosophy & practice.
> 
> <<Back in the nineties our company produced an outstanding 2D/3D fully
> parametric associative extendible drafting/modeling/production package.
> It's currently being used to design, model and build the Navy's latest
> warship (the LPD 17 class).>>
> 
> You possibly could give us more insight into this? A technical insight I
> mean. One observation & suggestion I desire to make is, could we have more
> technically detailed inputs here? CAD system developers (I am sure there are
> many who lurk here silently) could give comments on possible & feasible
> approaches.
> 
> <<The source code consists of approximately 40,000 (yes forty thousand)
> files.  And some of these files contain thousands of lines of code.>>
> 
> :-) Expected. But then don't tell us that it is impossible or not worth it
> to materialize such a dream.
> 
> 
> regards,
> 
> v i s h a l .
> [ a  v i r t u a l l y  t r i v i a l  n o t h i n g ]
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