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BRLCAD is always an option: "BRL-CAD is a powerful solid modeling system developed by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (formerly known as the Ballistic Research Laboratory, or BRL) that includes an interactive geometry editor (MGED), a ray-tracing library with support for rendering and geometric analysis, network distributed framebuffer support, an embedded scripting language, image- and signal-processing tools, and a host of additional utilities. The package supports a variety of geometric representations, including traditional combinatorial solid geometry (CSG) primitives, solids made from closed collections of uniform B-spline surfaces as well as non-uniform rational B-spline (NURBS) surfaces, faceted geometry, and n-manifold geometry (NMG)." It is not FOSS, but Varicad is a 2D/3D CAD option for Linux. I believe they have a 30 day trial version and discounts for students. This was the most easily used software for Linux that I encountered. http://www.varicad.com There is also the CAE Linux Project, which I have used, but is much more than just a "CAD" program. It is amazingly powerful software with the GUI glue of many engineering tools written in Python / TCL / Tk. If you are into CAE, look for the Salome-Meca-2007.1-GPL tarball. http://www.caelinux.com/CMS/ I admit I find Blender confusing and difficult to use, as well as BRLCAD. YMMV, HTH Andy >> Esben Stien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Michael Shiloh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> The one that stood out to me was Blender. It's designed for much >> more, but 3D CAD is a solid part of its job. > > Then you've misunderstood blender; it is definitely not CAD; it's an > artistic tool lacking severely in engineering tools. > >> Her initial impression was that Blender is excellent for this kind >> of work. > > Lacking splines and any kind of dimensioning, surfacing, etc, it's the > worst possible tool for the job. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHjMfqTHCOtwancvwRAjftAJ90dkqnVsSGDR+9We62eNPfQlhhowCgtH8c n+OlFbbaLmHHm171Ur53eeA= =udRM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
