[cad-linux] Re: modeling kernel

Roland,

ParaSolid is the most popular and most mature. The standard is published 
for the file format. You would have to create your own toolkit, or 
license theirs. Of course, this is a HUGE undertaking, but the file 
format specification would help you decide on data structures etc.

www.eds.com/products/plm/parasolid/pipeline.shtml

Eric

On Thu, 
13 Feb 2003, Roland Krause wrote:

> 
> 
> --- phrostie <pfrostie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > Coin3D is C++, LGPL and follows the SGI OpenInventor API.
> 
> Yeah, I just had a look. For my project I do need something relatively 
> simple and since I need total control I am considering reinventing the
> wheel once again. I mainly need some ideas what's really standard these
> days in terms of datastructure to use, e.g. winged Edge vs. radial
> edge, BSP looked rather interesting/ Also file formats and standards
> and so on. Right now I am rather tempted to follow ParaSolids approach.
> 
> 
> Your link collection provides a good starting point. Some of the
> OpenSource projects mentioned seem rather dead unfortunately though. 
> 
> On a side note, has anybody here any first hand accounts of OpenDWG? 
> 
> Thanks
> Roland
> 
> 
> 
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