Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 14:47:43 -0400 From: Doug Poland <doug@polands.org> To: Shannon Wheeler <swheeler@mce.ab.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: suitable CAD system for scientific use? Message-ID: <20010821144743.A36159@polands.org> In-Reply-To: <05af01c12a61$9c444a40$0d00a8c0@mshome.net>; from swheeler@mce.ab.ca on Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 10:52:06AM -0600 References: <20010821095448.A76991-100000@klima.physik.uni-mainz.de> <20010821095029.B31489@polands.org> <05af01c12a61$9c444a40$0d00a8c0@mshome.net>
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On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 10:52:06AM -0600, Shannon Wheeler wrote: > From: "Doug Poland" <doug@polands.org> > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 7:50 AM > > > > On Tue, Aug 21, 2001 at 10:09:24AM +0200, Hartmann, O. wrote: > > > > > > As a geologist I need several kinds of software to take field researches > > > into a reproduceable media. With Windooze based PCs most scientists > > > around here use a combination of AutoCAD and ArcInfo/ArcView and I wish > > > to offer a similar system for use at the institute and for personal use > > > on our FreeBSD cluster. > > > > > I'm a former AutoCAD and ARC/INFO programmer (on both UNIX and NT). I'd > > say you're most likely to succeed if... > > > > 1. Autodesk or ESRI release their products on Linux (don't hold your > breath). > > or > > 2. Autodesk or ESRI release their products on OS/X. It won't be FreeBSD > > but it may actually happen. > > What about MicroStation? Any Unix versions of it? It probably wouldn't be > free but at least the OS could be. > I came across an email message from a Bentley employee that claimed he ported Microstation to linux, but I've never seen such a product. > hmmm.... > There's free internet, office & multimedia packages for FreeBSD. > > There's ray tracers and all sorts of 'scientific' calculation programs. > > But I haven't seen any drafting packages - at least not powerful (or modern) > ones (for any OS). > > Maybe a herd of FreeBSD programmers should start such a project... You know, > all those guys looking for some way to help the open software movement but > unable to find themselves something that wasn't already done. > The sad thing is that both AutoCAD and ARC/INFO began life in UNIX. The UNIX turf wars in the early 90's coupled with the rise of NT was the death blow to these excellent products. Now they are so heavilly tied to Windows (in both a technical and corporate sense) that I doubt we'll ever see a UNIX version again. -- Regards, Doug To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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