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Bug#583476: ITP: openscad -- script file based graphical CAD environment



Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: chrysn <chrysn@fsfe.org>

* Package name    : openscad
  Version         : 2010.05
  Upstream Author : Clifford Wolf <clifford@clifford.at>
* URL             : http://www.openscad.org/
* License         : GPL-2+ with exception for CGAL (libcgal)
  Programming Lang: C++ and own domain specifc OpenSCAD (examples)
  Description     : script file based graphical CAD environment


 OpenSCAD is a software for creating solid 3D CAD objects. It focuses on CAD
 aspects rather than artistic ones.

 OpenSCAD is not an interactive modeller. Instead it is something like a
 3D-compiler that reads in a script file that describes the object and renders
 the 3D model from this script. This gives the designer full control over the
 modelling process and enables him to easily change any step in the modelling
 process or make designes that are defined by configurable parameters.


notable dependencies of this software are libcgal (which is non-free,
but it's just some QPL parts, so openscad will go to contrib) and
opencsg, which is not yet packaged (RFP/ITP will follow).

i have a more-or-less ready package at [1], but as this is both the
first package of software i didn't write myself and the first package i
use with platform dependent binaries (ie not python), i'll need some
feedback on whether i'm doing it right (everything works quite ootb, but
i'm not sure if it works everywhere).

the only left over lintian complaint is binary-without-manpage, and it
can be built in cowbuilder with the opencsg packages from [2].

[1] http://archive.amsuess.com/pool/contrib/o/openscad/
[2] http://archive.amsuess.com/pool/main/o/opencsg/

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  -- Bene Gesserit axiom

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