[cad-linux] AC3D
- From: phrostie <pfrostie@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: cad-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 01:52:47 +0100
this may show up twice because i sent it earlier and it never came thru.
Not a true cad, but a good tool none the less. infact it's good enough for
NASA. i recived this, this morning. i emailed Andy Colebourne back to ask
what platform they were using and was told:
"They are using Linux. They tried a load of other tools but really liked
because it was easy to use and because of the simple file format and simple
SDK. They are converting a lot of their geometry to use with with AC3D and
they have written some plugins and converters. They had huge polygon
requirements - I forget now but it was many thousands. They are loading
space shuttle payload models. (3.6 was harder to use with large models).
With AC3D 4.0 they found they could actually load them in and edit them.
There are already other departments/projects within NASA using AC3D too -
they are probably Linux too, but I'm not sure."
Phrostie
<original email(trimmed)>
AC3D site licence news
Titan Corp. is working with the NASA Virtual Reality Lab and has recently
licenced AC3D for use with simulations of the International Space Station.
Academic sites are continuing to discover AC3D as a valuable tool because it's
so easy to use and has minimal training requirements. Many high schools are
finding that AC3D is a useful precursor to traditional CAD software and
teachers are discovering that it has handy cross curricular links in subjects
other than Design and Technology.
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Andy Colebourne
Inivis Ltd.
www.ac3d.org
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