> "Deidre L. Calarco" wrote: > >> But you're right - I should start programming again. The thing is, what I >> really want to learn is Mac programming. I want to write programs that >> involve graphics & 3-D modeling. > > Oh, nothing hard then. :-) > > Seriously, I couldn't... I think the harder skill there would be the > maths necessary to handle the geometry, but then if you have > architecture training and experience you probably have most of what you > need for that. There are a lot of already very good Mac software out > there that do this though... Even four years ago in a previous job we > (not I personally, I was on the scripting part of the project) modelled > an entire Roman town in Strata Studio Pro, for instance. There must be > *way* better stuff now, and that was pretty good. > > -- There's good software for architecture and visual modeling, but almost nothing for structural engineers. It's too bad, because the Apple/Motorola hardware is so FAST now. I was thinking in terms of a structural design plug-in for a CAD program. But, yeah, it's probably way out of reach. It's pretty much just a fantasy at this point - not a realistic thing to actually try. I'll probably be writing little programs that design parts of structures - that have the tables and equations for beam, column, and slab design - stuff like that. Even with that, it would be nice to have a visual interface and the ability to create files (probably dxf's) that can be imported into CAD programs. Deidre Calarco Robert Darvas Associates (734) 761-8713 (ext. 16) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
