Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Updating the High Priority List

[Julia Longtin]

On Sat, Feb 06, 2016 at 12:16:22AM +0000, arthur_torrey@comcast.net 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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