I was reading a couple of reviews of ACAD 2010:
http://www.theinquirer.net/inqu...66/autodesk-autocad-2010http://www.theinquirer.net/inqu...58/autodesk-autocad-2010and realized that sometimes i really beat up on ACAD but fail to state i'm beating up on AC2007/8/9. I have at my disposal 2010, but the interface is too damned annoying to want to touch it and customize it. I know some highly experienced drafters who dislike it, too.
Anyway, the 2nd part of the ACAD2010 review (a reader's commments, actually) led to a URL:
http://yorik.uncreated.net/tuto...tricobjects-blender.htmlIt seems to be a tutorial of parametric tricks/features of Blender.
The sliding window, doors, stairs and curtain wall seem interesting. But, when i saw the stairs, i immediately recalled having read a patent/invention page wherein someone or some company claimed a patent on this sort of stair creation. As soon as i read that patent claim i found it to be ridiculous and obvious (software advances make "unobvious" things become quite easy quite fast even if not intended to attack a given patent) and am happy to see that arraying or duplicating or stretching parts can be so easy.
The curtain wall is pretty interesting because if used as a steel bulkhead in a boat or ship, this could lead to interesting management of surface and solids. I know that VC has associativity, but i'm wondering that nifty things Tim and gang can come up with (yes, i know, many users want but squashing first, and new features later) to make the products more tantalizing.
