CAD/walkthrough software for debian?
Mark W. Eichin writes:
> There are a bunch of cad-like packages in debian; I'm hoping that
> people have tried enough of them to make a recommendation:
>
> I'm looking for something to do a house-walkthrough, with enough
> detail to show (for example) if a given size of book case will really
> fit in a particular location (so 1cm resolution, for spaces up to 30m
> across.) A raw geometric CAD program might do; so might a VRML tool;
> for that matter, a Doom/Quake WAD editor might be good enough although
> I don't actually know of any DFSG-free ones. I'm more interested in
> *functional* than pretty - I figure I can always dump the data into a
> renderer later...
>
> Suggestions? DFSG-free very highly preferred (because I'll probably
> dislike *something* and want to change it) but if you think the Right
> Tool is something specific that is non-DFSG but still available for
> Debian, I'm still interested (mostly so as not to eliminate java apps...)
>
> _Mark_ <eichin@thok.org>
> The Herd of Kittens
Mark -
I am a Debian user, and I have spent some time trying to find an
application or applications to do 2d CAD work, 3d modelling, rendering
and animation. The best I have been able to come up with is "Octree"
for CAD (2d&3d) http://www.octree.de (I have been unable to make it
run on my debian (slink) system, but I believe it is easy to do so (I
am a non-geek) - I have made it run on NT, and it was designed on
SuSE, the people on the mailing list are very helpful...maybe when I
upgrade to potato).
For rendering and animation, try Radiance
http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/index.html
Peter
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