[cad-linux] Re: Wine ...cad- open source CAD

Please take a look at ExoTKad (http://www.exotk.org)

IMHO this is one of the most promising cad for Linux, because it is
based on OpenCascade and QT 3.0. However, the author, while keeping the
possibility of creating the Linux version, is not a Linux guru and
cannot create RPMs. When I contacted him about the Linux version, he
askeed me if there are any takers that I know of that can create RPMs.

Definitely this CAD is a really good thing and already does a lot (STL,
IGES, 3DStudio import/output, modelling...all the things OpenCascade
does!), but probably needs some help with the Linux version

Any Linux programmers can help?


Dan Falck wrote:
> 
> I have had the same desire for good CAD/CAM under Linux.  Here is what I
> would like to see and why:
> 
> 1.  Open source- I have spent too much money in the past for software
> that doesn't grow with my needs.  Sometimes the companies go out of
> business- then my money or my companies money has been really wasted.
> With the source code open there is always the possibility of continuing on.
> 
> 2.  Scriptable, as in Python embedded in the application.  Once you
> start using a program, you will always come up with that little thing
> that could make you much more productive.  Autocad has Lisp, most CAD
> programs have macros.  I like Python, because I can understand it and it
> seems very powerful.
> 
> 3.  Good dimensioning capability (or ways of scripting dimensioning).
> For what I do I need good Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing.
> Dimensioning that looks professional and readable is a must.  Being able
> to specify the font of your choice is always good.
> 
> 4.  A command line.  A lot of companies have gotten away from this, but
> I don't know why.  I can be much more productive with the command line
> and mouse than with the mouse alone.
> 
> 5.  Predicable entity creation- lines, circles, offsets, etc...
> 
> 6.  Layers
> 
> I'm getting tired here, so let me go on more later, about what I
> like/wish for in  CAD/CAM programs.
> Right now, I'm starting to play with OpenCascade on Linux and am amazed
> at all of it's features.   I have played with Cliff's Freedraft in the
> past and see a lot of potential with it and OpenCascade source code.
> Last night, I skimmed the Draw manual that comes with OpenCascade and it
> looks like one could build a usable little CAD program with Tcl/Tk
> (maybe a slow one).
> 
> Thanks,
> Dan

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