[apt4ssx8] Re: APT
- From: Dave Caroline <dave.thearchivist@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: apt4ssx8@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 06:51:05 +0100
On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 3:16 AM, dave <dengvall@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, 2013-07-08 at 17:15 -0600, Brent Muller wrote:
>> On Wednesday 03 July 2013, dave wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> > The list has been pretty quiet lately. However, since I was not going to
>> > Wichita and Matt was I ask him to get with their APT people and see what
>> > a commercial version looks like.
>> > And the answer is: not much different that APT360. I think what it comes
>> > down to is that their programmers are simply experienced and very good.
>> > So no magic bullet in terms of ideas for making programming easier.
>> > Brent has been rather quiet lately also so I have no idea what is going
>> > on if anything.
>> >
>> > Dave
>> Well, I carried on for a while with the code base, and was starting to get
>> data out from programs I ran on it, but it was clear that it was going to be
>> a
>> long, drawn-out business. I kind of expected, like I think most of us did,
>> that the porting would be relatively quick and painless, and that the
>> functionality would offer more of a graphical interface. The use of a
>> program
>> and meta-file that was undocumented to generate parsing code made it
>> extremely
>> difficult to work with and understand, among other things. In short, I just
>> kind
>> of lost interest, and it didn't seem like there was a great deal of interest
>> elsewhere, so I just dropped the ball.
>>
>> I still have a great fondness for Apt, and use it still at work, but I really
>> think it needs to be part of a larger, more graphical project.
>> Brent.
>>
>>
> I understand, but as it stands it is very difficult to use. I would
> never use it for 2.5D but for surfaces it would be nice but I'll never
> get there without lots of visual help.
>
> I'm slowly getting my CAD to work in solids but that isn't fast either.
> It just is not as flexible as I would like.
>
> Maybe Matt can shake loose the latest PD version and that should help.
I agree about shaking out the PD version, I see a rise in questions
about cam in #linuxcnc
and find it difficult to stay silent :)
I also agree the average new user is expecting a graphical interface
probably with his favourite cad package.
Some serious work involved I think.
Dave Caroline
>
> Dave
>
>
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