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Evan Foss wrote:

> As for BRL Cad's age. It has managed to hold onto it's google summer
> of code participation. As to the user interface complaints many
> people say the same thing about gEDA 

The UI of both, gschem and PCB is basically point-and-click. So this 
is no news to any computer literate these days. Yes, there are a few 
pecularities, in particular with gschem. But these are very minor 
compared to getting started with brlcad. Notice, how fast DJ Delories 
tutorial gets you up to speed with the LED board. 


> and we are not talking about
> using it out right, we are talking about interfacing too it.

To be actually useful, you'd have to use the mechanical CAD 
application in on its own turf. A library of components needs to be 
done, the mechanical design which the electronics should fit in needs 
to be modelled. Consequently, I'd put a premium on usability of the 
mechanical CAD.

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Kai-Martin Knaak