From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jun 8 13:01:52 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id NAA15264 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 8 Jun 1997 13:01:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from punt-2.mail.demon.net (relay-11.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id NAA15258 for ; Sun, 8 Jun 1997 13:01:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fdy2.demon.co.uk ([194.222.102.143]) by punt-2.mail.demon.net id aa1122388; 8 Jun 97 21:01 BST Received: (from rjs@localhost) by fdy2.demon.co.uk (8.8.5/8.6.12) id UAA00486; Sun, 8 Jun 1997 20:31:12 +0100 (BST) Date: Sun, 8 Jun 1997 20:31:12 +0100 (BST) From: Robert Swindells Message-Id: <199706081931.UAA00486@fdy2.demon.co.uk> To: root@totum.plaut.de CC: aszydlo@gv.edu.pl, cfortin@ec.camitel.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org In-reply-to: (message from Michael Reifenberger on Sun, 8 Jun 1997 18:17:45 +0200 (MET DST)) Subject: Re: CAD Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Michael Reifenberger wrote: >> Andrzej Szydlo wrote: >> >> Thanks for the suggestion. I'll try it. >> Unfortunately, the system users (machines operators) are not expected to >> be trained well enough to use sophisticated (for them) AutoCAD >> interface. I'd at least have to strongly customize it it first, which is >> generally possible. The more important problem may be the AutoCAD's >> price... >You should give BRL-CAD a try. >ftp://ftp.brl.mil/brl-cad/ >You have to register yourself to get access to the sources. >It is free of charge though. >See the README NON_USA_README. >I don't know if it compiles cleanly under BSD. It compiles fine. You need Motif though. >Does anybody have some patches. Sorry, I didn't keep a copy of the original sources. The port is pretty much just a matter of doing "grep __NetBSD__ *" and add __FreeBSD__ to the end of any #ifdef lines. Robert Swindells ------------------------------------- Robert Swindells - GenRad Ltd rjs@genrad.co.uk - Work rjs@fdy2.demon.co.uk - Home