On Sat, Feb 06, 2016 at 12:16:22AM +0000, [email protected] wrote: > The thing I've been grumbling about almost since I started using Free > Software all to many years ago is the lack of a competent 3-D CAD package.... > LibreCAD is OK for 2D, and it is being actively maintained and worked on, > but it is ONLY a 2-D package, and a lot of people look at you like you are > nuts for even considering using a 2-D package these days.... > > I have looked at several open / free 3-D packages and have yet to find one I > could actually do useful (as in can take the drawing to a machine and MAKE > the part....) > > If we have ANYTHING that compares to SolidWorks for capability, or the > Autodesk Creative Suite, I have never heard about it... > > There are a few 'Free Beer' trap programs like OnShape that offer 'free' > 'Software as a Service' 3-D capabilities but that is no less of a trap than > proprietary software.... > > As an 'inmate' at the Artisan's Asylum, one of the worlds largest hacker > spaces, I get a lot of grief because I refuse to use the Solidworks / > HSMworks / AutoDesk / MatLab / Simulink installs in our computer lab that are > 'Free' for me to use as a member.... > > What FLOSS 3D package can compete? Solidworks / HSMWorks can do FEA analysis > on the drawing, can animate the moving parts to check for proper operation > and fit, and can then generate the G-code needed to make the part on most CNC > machines... > > As an ethical Free Software person, I have to generate HAND WRITTEN G-code > (can take longer than drafting the part, and mistakes are potentially > catastrophic that we don't even ALLOW hand written code on some of our > machines.... > > Inkscape might be able to animate a drawing, as long as you don't care about > dimensions... > > I'm told there are FEA tools, but not that take a drawing from anything > else.... > > ART >
Art, I'm the maintainer of ImplicitCAD, which is a programatic (think: write code, and use a makefile to build your objects) CAD system, licensed under the GNU AGPLv3 (or greater). what is it you are looking for? Julia Longtin
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