[Bf-funboard] Blender CAD?

[Karl Kühberger]

Photoshop is not CAD at all!
Yes I know edge length drawing, angle drawing, ...
And of course I know the numerical input possibilities while
transforming, the "N" menu, the Snap-Menu and all that.
I  would not say it is a hacky solution, but it is not the most  
intuitive
way sometimes.


Am 17.06.2007 um 10:52 schrieb Campbell Barton:

> Okay - CAD could mean photoshop or any other design. In CAD I mean
> AutoCad or similar programs - This is generally accepted meaning for a
> cad application.
>
> Have you tried enabling edge length drawing? - Did you know you can  
> type
> in values for while transforming? - You might call them hacky  
> solutions
> compared to other 'CAD' apps, but there useful all the same and do  
> what
> you are talking about.
>
> Overcomer Man wrote:
>> I bet instructor K.K. would also agree that accuracy in spelling a
>> person's handle would be good too.
>>
>>> This is a reoccurring topic, were all aware some CAD features  
>>> would be
>> nice in blender, but blenders main direction is not for cad use,
>>
>> That second clause is of course inaccurate.  The definition of CAD is
>> Computer Aided Design and that definition includes whatever is being
>> done in Blender.  The only difference is Blender doesn't make the
>> measurements explicit.  They still must exist behind the scenes to
>> maintain the relative distances on screen.  So then accuracy for all
>> users would be served by allowing the distances to be brought to
>> visibility in the GUI to be edited if the user wishes.  And since so
>> many variables are already present in such arcane fashion, hiding the
>> distance variables among them should be virtually invisible to those
>> who want to ignore them.
>>
>> The only remaining effort to consider is actually placing dimension
>> labels on the drawings, which could be an on/off/move option.
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