tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090074050214044881.post1123855929412852313..comments2011-09-19T09:14:51.455-05:00Comments on Wildcat-CAD: I must be full of BSGrahamHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16704099163556669719noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090074050214044881.post-51501056044282426732008-07-12T00:33:00.000-05:002008-07-12T00:33:00.000-05:00Hey, I found your project through a forum post on ...Hey, I found your project through a forum post on the RepRap website too. We're having a very active discussion at the moment about various alternatives to the current program we use, "Art of Illusion," which for all its rendering goodies is really lousy for a CAD package.<BR/><BR/>I would urge you to continue developing in your current direction. I haven't had a chance yet to try your software (just found this project about a day ago), but if you are able to make it viable for general design work, I have confidence that the compatibility will come :) <BR/><BR/>Khiraly summed up the requirements that would make this project a great match for RepRap pretty well. I'd like to add reversible operations/a clear design chain - I think it's important to be able to change the location of a hole you made several steps earlier in the design process, for example, without having to redo all the work you've done since (this is a major gripe with the current software).<BR/><BR/>I hope I haven't overwhelmed you, but I'm guessing that these features were part of your plan from the beginning anyway - you have a great project here, and I wish you the best of luck!Kyle Corbitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04573286825260180158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090074050214044881.post-31451970842091897312008-07-11T16:40:00.000-05:002008-07-11T16:40:00.000-05:00Actually, now that I think of it, slices generated...Actually, now that I think of it, slices generated in wildcat would have nice b-spline (eek, im not good at curve geometry) edges ?<BR/>THese would produce very compact comand lists for the RepRap and nice resolution. 'All' we would need is a G code to do them - and that dosnt exist. BUT a special G code with the reprap doing the spline calcs would be seriously cool. <BR/><BR/>AFAICT most machine drivers convert splines into loads of little straight segments.Lampbushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17019954684509050312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090074050214044881.post-59404710024429890952008-07-11T06:49:00.000-05:002008-07-11T06:49:00.000-05:00Hi!If you read this post[1], you get a general ide...Hi!<BR/><BR/>If you read this post[1], you get a general idea what is really required from wildcat to be at least usable for reprap.<BR/><BR/>I try to sum it up for you:<BR/>1. Boolean operation (add, substract, union, difference). This is a MUSTHAVE<BR/>2. Blends. The rounded corners.<BR/>3. easy of use interface<BR/><BR/>If we can figure out a way, how to convert wildcat format to .stl, you do not even need a native export function.<BR/><BR/>The above blogpost generated a forum thread[2], where you can read more opinions.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, Art Of Illusion is a modelling program with an unintuitive interface, so the bargain is not that high;)<BR/><BR/>Just need to be easy for the beginners, like google sketchup.<BR/><BR/>Keep up the good work! <BR/>(I have read all of your blogpost, and I really hope that in one or two months we can modell some basic structure for reprap.<BR/>Linux version would be a bonus, but as the user base grows, there will be somebody who step ups for the exercise)<BR/><BR/>Best regards,<BR/> Khiraly<BR/><BR/>[1]: http://hydraraptor.blogspot.com/2008/06/from-illusion-to-creation.html<BR/><BR/>[2]: http://forums.reprap.org/read.php?12,13723,page=1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7090074050214044881.post-4068742760015123302008-07-10T01:05:00.000-05:002008-07-10T01:05:00.000-05:00correct link:http://www.gom.com/CONTAINER/files/sp...correct link:<BR/>http://www.gom.com/CONTAINER/files/sp_stl_en.pdf<BR/><BR/>the format described in that doc looks familiar. There are similar descriptions out there but I haven't found anything more 'official'.andywhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18153757829839854588noreply@blogger.com