Hello, On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 10:36 PM, Mats Eriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi guys, > > My first post here :) Welcome ;-)
> > I am seeing the OpenMoko project as the first serious project to develop > hardware in "bazaar-style" fashion. A personal dream would like to build > a "OpenCar" in "bazaar-style" fashion in the future. Like http://www.theoscarproject.org/ and http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2006/12/open_source_at.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890 ? > > The reason why I joined list is that I found the CAD files of the > Neo1973 at the openmoko.com site. It is great that these files are > available, even if they are in a proprietary data format (the ProE, not > the STEP one), and very likely developed using a proprietary CAD > application. > You can find a whole thread about the CAD files and CAD programs here: http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-January/012595.html > Personally, I have a software development company, in which I have > been developing tailored software for my clients, mostly with open > source technologies, and sometimes with, at least well known, closed > source techs like .NET . Therefore, it was a shockening moment when I > during 2007 did a consultancy project for an industrial company > producing water taps. It meant going back at least ten years in time, > back into proprietary hell! Proprietary systems (including proprietary > interfaces between systems) and proprietary data. CAD was done with > proprietary software, often with more than one CAD system, resulting in > incompatible, binary-only data. > > So my questions for the OpenMoko community are: > > * Does there exist any "usable" open source CAD systems? (Is perhaps > Open CASCAE a viable semi-open http://www.opencascade.org/ option?) I've used QCAD before (2D) and like it for most of my projects. > > * Is it possible to use a human readable format for CAD data? (Is > perhaps STEP enough for development, or just a format for interchange > between different CAD applications?) Don't know. > > And the most important question: > > * Is the OpenMoko community interested in using open source tools > (possibly together with a human readable format) for developing > "non-software" parts? > Just guessing from the number of reactions to 'free' the CAD files: yes. > Best regards > Mats Eriksson > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenMoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > Regards, Marc. _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
