[TheForge] Re: request for opinions

[terry l. ridder]

hello;

thank you for your comments. i appreciate it.

mike, i have put you on the short list of beta testers.
have you by chance whitelisted my domain and e-mail address?
other comments intermixed below.

On Mon, 2 Aug 2004, Mike Spencer wrote:

terry>
terry> i have been working on my cad program....i would like to have
terry> some independant opinions of the below two renderings.
terry>

mike>
mike> Looks to me like that's a splendid visualization tool.  Can you output
mike> data files that are readable by other apps that use CAD images?
mike> 
mike> I note that details are elided that probably would have to be there if
mike> the data were to go to a CAM app, e.g. small radius under the head and
mike> less sharp transition from thread to shank.  Not important for
mike> visualization. 
mike> 

Jerry>
Jerry> ...O.K., but a little muddy, and the colour rendering isn't
Jerry> accurate for the metals.
Jerry>

mike> 
mike> That wouldn't matter much to me.  Being able to rotate a shape in
mike> 3-space and being able to ask for point-to-dimensions would be.
mike> 

this is still causing problems. i.e. crashes on complex shapes.

mike> 
mike> I've never used CAD but would like to.  Will you need a Linux beta
mike> tester along about the time the snow flies?
mike> 

the original web site is still up. has not been updated in years.
you can read what is there to get the general overall view of what i am
attempting to do.

linux/gnu cad cam design document
http://gnu-cad-cam.sourceforge.net/

mike> 
mike> - Mike
mike> 

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terry l. ridder ><>