[Bf-funboard] Blender CAD?

[Campbell Barton]

The UI is bad? rewrite/rework it.  but that dosnt mean rewrite the whole 
app. Netscape tried that and they were without a new browser for years 
(referencing  http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html )

saying "hey blender is no good for cad, why dont you rewrite?" is silly, 
since its not a cad application..

Interface will be re-designed some for 2.5 release. DXF import is being 
worked on see
http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=84319&page=5

You can draw edge length, face area and face angles if you want.
  See "mesh tools 1" panel.

If you want an opensource cad app, try...
http://www.qcad.org/qcad.html
http://www.brlcad.org/
http://archimedes.incubadora.fapesp.br/portal


Ilia Vassiliev wrote:
> False advertising? Blender was never meant to be used as a CAD
> program. It's an animation and modelling package for artists, not
> engineers, above all else. Although it may be expanded to fit those
> needs, I doubt it's a priority.
> 
> 
> On 17/06/07, Overcomer Man <overcomer.man at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Why not add dimensions to the drawings to enable Blender to be used as a CAD
>> program?  It may have dimensions somewhere but not that I've seen in the
>> video tutorials yet.
>>
>> Blender is so goofy, with an interface made for space monkeys instead of
>> engineers, why not redevelop the whole thing?  I like that its free and has
>> video tutorials but that's about it.  Who needs the camera when it should be
>> assumed the whole frame is what the camera sees?  Having taken a college
>> course in SolidWorks I know even it could be greatly simplified.  All you
>> really need for basic 3D CAD is a line, arc, extrude and dimensions.  If you
>> don't want to put dimensions between disconnected items in a view, fine but
>> you need an autosnap to make parts from different files fit.  Then if you
>> add one or two other items like rendering, you'd have a much easier package.
>>
>> Oh, and regarding the .DXF import which doesn't work -- either delete the
>> command from the GUI or make it work right.  There are already plenty of bug
>> reports about it.  The false advertizing makes me want to dive back out of
>> Blender and try something else.
>>
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