<div>Mr. Campbell J Barton,</div>
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<div>Thanks, yours is the most intelligent reply. I've quickly looked at your list and found BRLCAD worth a more detailed look. </div>
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<div>Kirk Fraser<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/16/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Campbell Barton</b> <<a href="mailto:cbarton@metavr.com">cbarton@metavr.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">The UI is bad? rewrite/rework it. but that dosnt mean rewrite the whole<br>app. Netscape tried that and they were without a new browser for years
<br>(referencing <a href="http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html">http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html</a> )<br><br>saying "hey blender is no good for cad, why dont you rewrite?" is silly,
<br>since its not a cad application..<br><br>Interface will be re-designed some for 2.5 release. DXF import is being<br>worked on see<br><a href="http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=84319&page=5">http://blenderartists.org/forum/showthread.php?t=84319&page=5
</a><br><br>You can draw edge length, face area and face angles if you want.<br>See "mesh tools 1" panel.<br><br>If you want an opensource cad app, try...<br><a href="http://www.qcad.org/qcad.html">http://www.qcad.org/qcad.html
</a><br><a href="http://www.brlcad.org/">http://www.brlcad.org/</a><br><a href="http://archimedes.incubadora.fapesp.br/portal">http://archimedes.incubadora.fapesp.br/portal</a><br><br><br>Ilia Vassiliev wrote:<br>> False advertising? Blender was never meant to be used as a CAD
<br>> program. It's an animation and modelling package for artists, not<br>> engineers, above all else. Although it may be expanded to fit those<br>> needs, I doubt it's a priority.<br>><br>><br>> On 17/06/07, Overcomer Man <
<a href="mailto:overcomer.man@gmail.com">overcomer.man@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>>> Why not add dimensions to the drawings to enable Blender to be used as a CAD<br>>> program? It may have dimensions somewhere but not that I've seen in the
<br>>> video tutorials yet.<br>>><br>>> Blender is so goofy, with an interface made for space monkeys instead of<br>>> engineers, why not redevelop the whole thing? I like that its free and has<br>
>> video tutorials but that's about it. Who needs the camera when it should be<br>>> assumed the whole frame is what the camera sees? Having taken a college<br>>> course in SolidWorks I know even it could be greatly simplified. All you
<br>>> really need for basic 3D CAD is a line, arc, extrude and dimensions. If you<br>>> don't want to put dimensions between disconnected items in a view, fine but<br>>> you need an autosnap to make parts from different files fit. Then if you
<br>>> add one or two other items like rendering, you'd have a much easier package.<br>>><br>>> Oh, and regarding the .DXF import which doesn't work -- either delete the<br>>> command from the GUI or make it work right. There are already plenty of bug
<br>>> reports about it. The false advertizing makes me want to dive back out of<br>>> Blender and try something else.<br>>><br>>><br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> Bf-funboard mailing list
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