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(remove the links to nabble. confusing and misleading users since you still have to subscribe in order to post. link to our mailing lists directly.)
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== Forums ==
 
== Forums ==
  
The BRL-CAD forums are [https://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=105292 hosted on Sourceforge].  Some of the primary mailing lists available are:
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The BRL-CAD forums are [https://sourceforge.net/projects/brlcad/forums hosted on Sourceforge].  The forums presently available are:
  
;[https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/brlcad-news BRL-CAD News]
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;[https://sourceforge.net/projects/brlcad/forums/forum/362510 Help]
:Announcement of new releases and other significant news is sent to this list. The list is read-only and relatively low-traffic.
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:This is the place to ask quick questions on using BRL-CAD. If you have an involved question, please consider using on of the [https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=105292 support trackers] instead.
  
;[https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/brlcad-users BRL-CAD Users]
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;[https://sourceforge.net/projects/brlcad/forums/forum/362511 Developer Discussion]
:This list is intended for anything and everything related to BRL-CAD users. If you have a question, comment, or suggestion, feel open to talk about it here.
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:If you have a coding question, you should consider joining the [https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/brlcad-devel brlcad-devel] mailing list, but this forum exists for those individuals that prefer to have their questions answered more slowly.
  
;[https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/brlcad-devel BRL-CAD Developer]
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;[https://sourceforge.net/projects/brlcad/forums/forum/362509 Open Discussion]
:This list is intended for developer communications related to BRL-CAD. This includes discussions by the core developers, and others around the world. Questions related to the code are welcome.
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:This is an open forum for most any other topic related to BRL-CAD. The [https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/brlcad-users brlcad-users] mailing list or [https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=105292 support trackers] are usually more effective.
  
Please note that you must still subscribe to our mailing lists on Sourceforge in order to post through an online mirroring service such as [http://old.nabble.com/BRL-CAD-f3277.html Nabble].
 
 
 
[[category:Getting started]]
 
[[category:Getting started]]

Latest revision as of 15:49, 30 September 2010

Forums[edit]

The BRL-CAD forums are hosted on Sourceforge. The forums presently available are:

Help
This is the place to ask quick questions on using BRL-CAD. If you have an involved question, please consider using on of the support trackers instead.
Developer Discussion
If you have a coding question, you should consider joining the brlcad-devel mailing list, but this forum exists for those individuals that prefer to have their questions answered more slowly.
Open Discussion
This is an open forum for most any other topic related to BRL-CAD. The brlcad-users mailing list or support trackers are usually more effective.