[PythonCAD] List of desired features on Wiki... and what about them?

[Simon Arthur]

PythonCAD just needs to be able to export to DXF version 12 in order to 
work with Big Blue Saw.

Right now, PythonCAD is not easy enough to use to be useful for our 
customers. This isn't going to change any time in the near future, as, 
like so many other programs, it works like AutoCAD, rather than 
implementing modern UI concepts.

There's already an open source AutoCAD workalike out there that's much 
more advanced than PythonCAD: QCad. I use it all the time.

Simon Arthur
Big Blue Saw

Russ Nelson wrote:
> Art Haas writes:
>  > I'm the only regular programmer on the project. Other people have
>  > contributed bug fixes and patches, but there hasn't been anyone who has
>  > become a regular contributor. That's the problem I'm hoping to resolve,
>  > and I'm glad to see that there's been some traffic on the mailing list
>  > discussing this.
>
> I'm one of the people who contributed a little bit to PythonCAD.  I
> used it for what I needed, and didn't have any call for it after that.
>
> I'm thinking, though, that the Big Blue Saw folks (CC'ed) might want
> to give it the ability to generate output that they could use.  They
> could then point folks to a CAD package that's easy to use and Open
> Source.
>
> I was planning to use the Big Blue Saw (http://www.bigbluesaw.com) for
> a project, but found a better method for mounting my parts.
>
>