--- Roland Krause <rokrau@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Interesting discussion this is. > > I have been thinking about a truly open solid modelling kernel myself > lately. Having worked with ParaSolid and Asics in the past, I would say > the first step, after reviewing what is already out there, would be to > design the actual modelling kernel and it's interface. > > Extensible file formats we have - it is obvious that one possibility > here is some dialect of XML. There is probably something like that out > there already. > > So, my question is first of all, what is out there? There is > OpenCascade's kernel, which is after all "Open Source". Are there any > others? > > Roland > look up Coin3D and openinventor. ===== phrostie Oh I have slipped the surly bonds of DOS and danced the skies on Linux silvered wings. http://pfrostie.freeservers.com/cad-tastrafy/ //www.freelists.org/webpage/cad-linux __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com