[cad-linux] the parametric project

I'm writing code recently and with all of the geometry handling, I started 
thinking that it would be great to have an editing environment which 
supported parametric objects.  I'd like to be able to tie a sketch to a loop 
structure and have it follow the thing around as the program changes.  It 
would also be great for making little notes which were not really comments or 
would be better explained diagrammatically.

So, maybe building the Perl interpreter into an editor and linking it to some 
kind of database would be the way to go.  But how else could you use such a 
thing?  Maybe when documenting a project, you could tie a sentence to an 
object or a part?  Or you might even find it useful to have a parametric 
number stated in your report.  It seems likely that I'm getting carried away, 
but I continually see the possibilities which exist with a well-designed 
open-source system.

Too bad I'm swamped for the next couple of weeks or I could be finishing that 
proposal.

The thread on a database-cad system seems to have lost some of its steam.  I 
imagine others have also been busy.  I'd like to get something like an RFC 
drafted and try to get some programmers involved in this, especially those 
who have been working on cad software.  If anyone wants to help with the RFC, 
we could probably use the sourceforge page for kosmos as a collaboration 
site.

Anyone ever get a WIKI started?

--Eric

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