[cad-linux] Re: Open-source Parametric software for Architects
- From: lee.harding@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: cad-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 10:15:25 -0700
I would suggest that an Open Source project (or any other) follow the practical
example of its predecessors. That is, build conservatively on the existing
body of work.
"Innovation is the art of hiding your sources."
-- Dean Kamen, Inventor
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vishal [mailto:bvishal@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: September 16, 2002 8:46 AM
> To: cad-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [cad-linux] Re: Open-source Parametric software for
> Architects
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> Death before dishonor. But neither before breakfast.
> ________________________________________
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> From: "Hundiak, Arthur" <ahundiak@xxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2002 6:49 PM
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> <<I think what stopped the various open source CAD projects
> is the sheer
> magnitude of the task.>>
>
> That indeed is very true Arthur. Such an undertaking is far
> from a small
> army task. Starting new open source projects each time a
> person gets an
> 'idea & vision' doesnt seem a good idea. Should be better to
> join exisiting
> promising projects parallel to one's interests & contribute.
> It is time open
> source grew up from a huge pile of small time experiments to
> something *big
> scale*. If it can be managed, a *real full-fledged open
> source CAD system*
> should do the thing for the morale of open source philosophy
> & practice.
>
> <<Back in the nineties our company produced an outstanding 2D/3D fully
> parametric associative extendible
> drafting/modeling/production package.
> It's currently being used to design, model and build the Navy's latest
> warship (the LPD 17 class).>>
>
> You possibly could give us more insight into this? A
> technical insight I
> mean. One observation & suggestion I desire to make is, could
> we have more
> technically detailed inputs here? CAD system developers (I am
> sure there are
> many who lurk here silently) could give comments on possible
> & feasible
> approaches.
>
> <<The source code consists of approximately 40,000 (yes forty
> thousand)
> files. And some of these files contain thousands of lines of code.>>
>
> :-) Expected. But then don't tell us that it is impossible or
> not worth it
> to materialize such a dream.
>
>
> regards,
>
> v i s h a l .
> [ a v i r t u a l l y t r i v i a l n o t h i n g ]
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