[freearchitecture] Blender-Developments

[Steve Hall]

On Mon, 2006-05-01 at 16:53 +0000, Terry Hancock wrote:
>
> I recommend looking into this project:
>
>   http://projects.blender.org/projects/blendercad/
>
> It's under-developed, but you might be able to give it a
> new start if there's enough interest.

I've watched this, but it is going to take a number of strong
developers with a clear understanding of the differences between
modeling software and 3D CAD. (2D CAD being dead and all. :)

> But you may also be interested in:
>
>   http://exff.org/
>
> I personally see this (Express/STEP/STEP-XML) as a possible
> way forward for Free CAD for free design communities.

This looks like an interesting infrastructure project, but that is a
minor component. 

<sigh> I wish there was a way to combine PythonCAD and Blender. Both
use Python, and both have elements that architects need. If they could
somehow develop towards each other, we could have a technical drafting
program and a 3D architectural modeler with everything in between.
(That in-between stuff being the 2. ? between 1. Idea and 2. Profit.
:)


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