[cad-linux] Re: Status of BRL-CAD development (was Re: test)

BRL was probably the first(late 90s) cad app i tried on Linux.
it was where i first learned about solids, i'm glad it's still growing and in
development.  a more refined GUI wouldn't hurt, but what i always wanted to see
was a 2D module for detailing drawings.  

i know in the past this wasn't the the priority for BRL because it was a
simulation tool, but i really think you would attract a wider user base if this
could be explored.

just my .01999 USD

--- Christopher Sean Morrison <> wrote:

> 
> Things have been pretty busy with the BRL-CAD project with lots of  
> interesting parallel development efforts in progress.  I've not had  
> the time to send out our usual updates and announcements to the cad- 
> linux mailing lists of late simply because we've been busy working to  
> make things better.  For those wondering what we're working on,  
> though, our main development priorities are predominantly focused in  
> four main areas which you can read about at http://brlcad.org/BRL- 
> CAD_Priorities.png (727KB PNG).  That should give folks a good idea  
> for what our roadmap and priorities look like for the next couple years.
> 
> A couple new developers have joined the team recently and are quickly  
> getting up to speed with the codebase.  You can see one of the latest  
> offerings from them on our website ( http://brlcad.org ) that came  
> out of one individual's *training* nonetheless, where the developer  
> made a really nice automatic and accurate implicit tire generation  
> tool.  We've also been making great progress on our BREP/NURBS  
> implementation along with major effort going into refactoring our  
> sources for a new editor interface.
> 
> Also noteworthy, we're just finishing up our run in the 2008 Google  
> Summer of Code.  It was an outstanding summer where we had four  
> students working hard on various projects for BRL-CAD.  I intend to  
> send out more details about how that went later but  some highlights  
> of that effort are that we now have a new modeler interface under  
> development, several new primitives implemented, and the beginnings  
> of comprehensive parametric equation support for constraints.  Since  
> the program was so successful, this is something we'll likely  
> continue to participate in as a source for new features and (more  
> importantly) new developer talent.
> 
> Lots of folks (and I do mean lots) have made it very clear that they  
> want a better graphical user interface for BRL-CAD.  We've known this  
> for years and are working on making things drastically different and  
> much better.  We're a very large solid modeling package, though, with  
> a *lot* of functionality that the new interface needs to support.  We  
> of course will do things incrementally, but there is still a whole  
> lot of ground work required.  We're also in production use, so we're  
> very careful about testing everything to make sure our  
> representations are accurate, robust, and high-performance.  It's  
> going to take a while to do things right.
> 
> Cheers!
> Sean
> 
> p.s. The BRL-CAD_Priorities image is a work-in-progress and likely  
> will change, but the content is still pretty solid (no pun  
> intended).  If you'd like to help out, whether you are a developer or  
> not, please do get in touch.
> 
> 
> On Sep 13, 2008, at 4:55 AM, Patrick McLaughlin wrote:
> 
> > I'm still interested,  but not as a coder - primarily want to know  
> > what is
> > available and/or coming down the pipe in Linux based CAD
> >
> > Pat McLaughlin
> > Alberta, Canada
> >
> >
> > On September 10, 2008 06:16 pm, Moises CastrOporto wrote:
> >> Maybe active but only a little :)
> >> mOe:)
> >> 2008/9/10 john kosty <john_kosty@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >>> Testing...
> >>> this group still active?
> >>>
> >>>  John Kosty
> >>> 828 Ralph McGill Boulevard
> >>> Atlanta, Georgia 30306
> >>> 404.447.3608
> >>> john_kosty@xxxxxxxxx
> >
> 
> 
> 


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