[LAD] [OT] vector drawing software

[nescivi]

Hiho,

On Thursday 07 August 2008 14:18:39 Thorsten Wilms wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 14:03 -0400, nescivi wrote:
> > At first sight it seems more geared to 3D modelling for animation
> > graphics, rather than for making realworld objects.
> > I need to model some things in order to "print" them on a rapid
> > prototyping machine...
> > Is Blender a suitable candidate for that?
>
> AFAIK rapid prototyping machines work with triangle meshes, so using a
> polygon modeler is no problem. It's even the way to go for organic
> shapes like action figures. There's a RP startup that works with Blender
> a lot.

Hmm.. ok. that sounds interesting.
I don't want to make action figures so much, but part of my interest is 
organic shapes...

> However, for precise geometrical shapes, Blender is the wrong tool. It
> can be done to some degree, but it is just painful compared to a decent
> CAD tool.

Do you know any decent open source CAD tools?
I haven't yet found one I am completely content with....

sincerely,
Marije