by "Matthew Taylor" <matthew.DONOTSPAM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Jul 29, 2003 at 10:29 PM
"David Geesaman" <dgeesaman@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Older non-parametric kernels do the same thing, except they aren't
designed
> to efficiently repeat and re-create the generation process. For
example,
> the V12 AutoCAD 3D kernel (AME) did not allow you to edit definition of
the
> solid, but each time you made a change (e.g. a hole) it calculated
> everything again. It was really slow.
At the time of R12, from what I remember Autodesk also sold a parametric
addon tool - I can't remember what it was called though & I never saw it
in
use. It was meant to be a lot more advanced han AME though (not hard
really).
Did anyone ever manage to do a model of any complexity in AME? I remember
trying it a few times for a project where I was modeling the church of
Agia
Sofia in 3D. After I had done a few operations ie always came up with some
sort of error when I tried the next operation. After a few days of trying
I
decided to learn Microstation instead.
To see why I gave up on AME, have a look at the views of the drawing at
www.mtaylor.co.uk/agia
Matthew
