Good advice - it's mostly a matter of breaking it down. I've just got to
stop being so intimidated.
>> 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.
>
> So start it. Fiddle with the design, fiddle with what you know you'll want.
> Talk to someone who's run open source projects. Farm out what you /know/
> you won't be able to do yourself, and do the rest.
>
> There's /always/ people around - people like Dancer - who love wrapping
> their head around the most experimental, most technical aspects of a
> program.
>
> Design the perfect-for-you structural engineering program. Lay out the
> bits you know you can do, the bits you want to learn to be able to do.
> The bits that will bore you but would be perfect for someone else - and
> there's always /someone/ - and the bits that you don't want to do the
> research and learning for right now.
>
> Write your best specifications for the bits you aren't doing right now,
> and find out the accepted way to advertise for helpers for open source
> projects. Don't be disheartened if you don't get what you need right
> away. You can always wind up posting an almost-complete pre-alpha
> along with your requests for help. You're almost certain to find
> a structural engineer who knows someone who can be nagged into it. <G>
>
> Or, of course, you might surprise yourself and do it.
>
>
>
> Jenn V.
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