[rescue] ECC [was: Re: WOT: Ebay changes to IBM from Sun

[Dave McGuire]

On Friday, July 11, 2003, at 02:51 PM, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
>>    BRLCAD is damn impressive (and free) but very difficult to use.
>
> Much in the same way that a boot-block that requires you to enter the
> chain-loader via Morse Code might be "very difficult to use".  I guess
> I'm just too retarded to use BRLCAD--I'm just faster with pencil,
> paper, a straight-edge, a protractor and a compass for 2D stuff,

   It's not you...it really *is* that difficult to use.  It's incredibly 
powerful, though.  It does no 2D stuff, though...only 3D.

> but my stuff is pretty simple (floor plans, woodworking stuff).

   It was written to design more complex stuff than that...things like, 
oh, TANKS.

        -Dave

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