[cad-linux] Re: cad-linux still alive [if only on life-support...]

Hi John,

There is a cad you can look at

CADEMIA - http://www.cademia.org/frontend/index.php?sub=29

from their dev page

About CADEMIA
CADEMIA pioneers new ways
Existing software tools for the planning process have severe limitations: They 
are restricted in openness, they are dependent on the platform, they are 
complex to use and to program and the users have a limited exertion of 
influence on the further development.
As a solution, a new platform for geometry-oriented AEC applications has been 
developed at Bauhaus University Weimar: CADEMIA. While CADEMIA was originally 
written for teaching and research purposes it is now available as open source 
software. A long time experience in the development of these systems in the 
building industry forms the base on which CADEMIA is built.

CADEMIA is written in JAVA and consists of approx. 800 classes in the existing 
Version 1.0 . It is modular and thus very flexible, meaning it can easily be 
extended. This way additional functions can be added as moduls.

CADEMIA can easily be integrated into existing applications. Interfaces and 
methods of interaction and serialization of data have been developed.

The source code needed for development will be published in the download 
section shortly

William

>>> john_kosty@xxxxxxxxx 02/25/09 4:00 AM >>>
From: Moises CastrOporto <moises.castroporto@xxxxxxxxx>
/snip/
It´s a live out there??
Nice regards
mOe:)
Still live [and -- sort of -- alive...] lo' these many moons...  But I've 
attached a screendump of the list's archive page:  a little depressing to see 
just how inactive this one's been for the past couple o' years.  I'm wondering 
how to breathe some life into this subject.  I attend my local LUG maybe two 
times per year -- meetings are monthly.  Everytime I stand up during the 
Q&A/other segment toward the end and ask my usual questions:  Who here deals 
with CAD on *ANY* basis; regular or otherwise?  Who here is interested in 
helping to further the cause?  Usually generates maybe five minutes of 
conversation and then nothing until I go again six months later.  Sigh...

I agree w/ Phrostie:  PythonCAD & BRL-CAD appear to have the most ongoing 
activity and most promising futures in this arena.  Eric Willhelm [Wilhelm?] of 
PythonCAD has been, by and large, a one-man show and has soldiered on for some 
time now.  If I were a "coder" -- rather than a "script-kiddie" -- I'd love to 
contribute.  Then again, since Python *is*, after all, a "scripting" language, 
I guess I'm just making excuses...  :-)  Please drop by his site and give him 
some feedback.  I'm sure he could use the encouragement. 

Best,

jk

PS:  Also attached a screengrab of the archive page for 
cad-linux-dev@freelists.  I wasn't even aware of that sub-group until today -- 
or, at least, I'd forgotten about it.

PPS:  Anyone here installed [and play-tested] Varkon in, oh, the last five 
years?  I believe that was my last install and try-out.  Would be nice if some 
add'l academics would sign on.  Seems like it would be a useful addition to 
universities and researchers world-wide but then I'm continually surprised at 
just how LITTLE interest there is for FOSS-CAD in academia.  WTF?  I just don't 
get it.  Too many commercial vendors continually flooding them with freebies?

John Kosty
828 Ralph McGill Boulevard
Atlanta, Georgia 30306
404.447.3608
john_kosty@xxxxxxxxx

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