RE[9]: emc really needs a copyleft cad/cam package

["Terry L. Ridder" <terrylr-at-blauedonau.com>]

hello;

i missed this one when it first came in,
i figure it is better to answer it late
than never.

before i posted the original e-mail calling for discussion
concerning the new cad/cam project i did a brief survey of
25 cad/cam packages on the internet. what i found was that
in order to do cam correctly cad had to be there.

in a cam package there has to be some way to view
the object. that implies a view grid.
there has to be some way to edit the tool path.
that imples creating new objects.

you can have cad without cam.
i do not see how you can have cam without cad.

On Sun, 19 Nov 2000, Anne Ogborn wrote:

anne> 
anne> Hmm...
anne> 
anne>    I think before we can go very far with a features list we
anne> should clarify if we're expecting this to be a CAM package that
anne> takes a model from elsewhere and produces a tool path from it,
anne> or an integrated CAD package and CAM package.
anne> 
anne>   Personally I'd rather we do the former, for the very practical
anne> reason that it's a more do-able size project, if nothing else.
anne> Also, I suspect that many users will also have different personal
anne> preferences in a CAD/sold modelling package, while CAM needs are
anne> relatively universal.
anne>   For example, I do lots of organic forms - one of my most important
anne> tools for making models is Poser - a program for building 3D models of
anne> human figures. I also do a lot of "engraving" style work.
anne> 

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Terry L. Ridder
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