Re: I Want An Easier, Faster, Better CAD Tool

To no one in particular. 
I'm trying to figure out what's going on, 
not tell anyone what is.

I remember seeing quite a lot of discussion at the, v2~v3, time
regarding the loss of Alias purchased AGLib usage and development
of their current geometry engine on McNeel's Rhino forum.  Efforts 
to search for any of those old discussions have been fruitless.  
Archives hosed?  Unfortunate if so.     

If you can find any of the old discussions ...?

Regarding OpenNURBS, I've never paid much attention to it.

http://www.opennurbs.org/index.htm
   openNURBS is an open source toolkit for reading and writing models 
   in the 3DM format. Our full-featured development platform is Rhino. 
http://www.opennurbs.org/background.htm
   The openNURBS Initiative was founded by Robert McNeel & Associates 
   in January 2000, with the sole purpose of providing CAD, CAM, CAE, 
   and computer graphics software users reliable methods for transferring 
   3-D geometry between applications.
http://www.opennurbs.org/faq.htm
   Who is funding the openNURBS Initiative and why?
   Robert McNeel & Associates. They feel that the 3-D market is stifled 
   because of the inability to reliably transfer 3-D geometry between 
   applications. The problem is too big for us to solve alone. By funding 
   the operating cost of openNURBS, others will get involved in the
toolkit 
   design and development. It will be a much cheaper and effective way to 
   solve the problem.

It would appear that it is not intended to be a "kernel", e.g. geometry
creation and manipulation functions.  True? ...

news:404f5ffd$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
    The openNURBS toolkit does not contain any functions or cl***** 
    to assist in calculating intersections of  curves or surfaces.  
    You will have to come up with your own intersector or find a 3rd 
    party product to use.
     
    Dale Fugier
    Robert McNeel & Associates