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By: Cameron Wolfe, wiki-brlcad, and others | By: Cameron Wolfe, wiki-brlcad, and others | ||
− | BRL-CAD is a computer | + | BRL-CAD is a computer aided design (CAD) software. It allows you to design houses if you are an architect, design robotics part, or just draw and model things you find in the world. |
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=Installation= | =Installation= | ||
− | In order to take advantage of this tool | + | In order to take advantage of this tool you need to download and install it on your computer. |
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+ | ==Installing on Windows== | ||
[[File:BRL-CAD homepage.PNG|center|thumb|700px|1. Go to http://brlcad.org/]] | [[File:BRL-CAD homepage.PNG|center|thumb|700px|1. Go to http://brlcad.org/]] | ||
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[[File:DownloadIt.PNG|center|thumb|700px|4. Click on your operating system to begin the download]] | [[File:DownloadIt.PNG|center|thumb|700px|4. Click on your operating system to begin the download]] | ||
[[File:Install.PNG|center|thumb|700px|5. Install it]] | [[File:Install.PNG|center|thumb|700px|5. Install it]] | ||
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=Modeling= | =Modeling= | ||
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[[File:FileNew.PNG|center|thumb|700px]] | [[File:FileNew.PNG|center|thumb|700px]] | ||
− | and type in the file name and select the file | + | and type in the file name and select the file will be saved, then click save. After that, you will be prompted if you want to make the database, click yes and now you can start modeling! The first shape that I made was a sphere, but there are many other types of primitive shapes http://brlcad.org/gallery/diagrams/primitives. Type in the console (make sphere1 sph) and then if you look in the graphical window you will see a very crude sphere. |
[[File:Sphere.PNG|center|700px]] | [[File:Sphere.PNG|center|700px]] | ||
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Thank you for reading, and good modeling! | Thank you for reading, and good modeling! | ||
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=Where to go from here= | =Where to go from here= | ||
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− | + | Unfortunetely as for now, only [[Documentation|parts of this Documentation]] are available online and only in pdf. | |
− | To | + | To aquire this documents you will most likely need to install BRL-CAD, and if you are lucky, they |
were installed as well during the installation. The location may vary from System to System. | were installed as well during the installation. The location may vary from System to System. |