Re: emc really needs a copyleft cad/cam package

[Matt Shaver <mshaver-at-erols.com>]

Dan Falck wrote:
> I can't do much with Qcad.  It's purely 2D and has
> no scripting.  There is no command line interface and I don't understand
> the methods of using the menus.  I'm sure that it could be modified
> somehow, but it appears that the group building it is headed towards a
> small drawing program for students.

I does have all the cad functions we would probably need, but the UI is
kind of different. A good, nuts and bolts type introduction to using it
is at:

http://www.qcad.org/qcad/howto/en/howto.txt

>    Varkon looks very interesting.  If you run the program straight out of
> the box, it will leave you really scratching your head.  In the Varkon docs
> it is stated that it is supposed to be a platform for building other CAD
> programs.  I would like to see a useful sample of one.

I would too..

Matt