Re: Varkon

On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, Dan Falck wrote:

> From: Dan Falck <dfalck@...>
>
> I have been using Varkon (CAD) on my Linux system for about a week now.
> It's pretty interesting, being a parametric type CAD/ programming system.
> The learning curve is going to be really steep for me, but shouldn't be too
> bad for all of you programmers out there.

I would say that Varkon should be seen as a work-in-progress, more than a
finnished product. The work has been taken by the Gcad project for wich
the company that made Varkon (Microform) donated parts of the software as a
basis for this system. Check

http://gaztelan.bi.ehu.es/~inigo/gcad/

> What other CAD/CAM solutions have you guys on the list found for Linux?

The one I think is more similar to Autocad is VariCad:

http://www.varicad.com,

a choice of CAD efforts dor linux can be seen at

http://www.cottagesoft.com/~phrostie/cad-tastrafy/

> Are there any Linux oriented programmers out there who would like to take
> on the task of building a CAM system that would work in conjunction with
> EMC- in exchange for equipment/work/help? I have some stepper motors that
> could go to a good home (incentive to get the programmers in the group
> interested ;-) ) in exchange for a workable GUI CAM system.

I am definitely interested :)


cheers

carles