Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-edu (45 mails)

[Phil Thane <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 19 July 2007 16:29:49 Ian Lynch wrote:
> Get them to fund Dial Solutions to port PDT to Linux and Windows and
> Open Source it.

Am I missing something here? Dial Solutions I've heard of, but their CAD 
package is Oak Draw originally for Acorn I think (hence Oak) but now for 
Windows. It's basic 2D proabably comparable to TechSoft's Primary Design.

What's PDT? 

ProDESKTOP which is common in UK schools (but now obsolete) is often referred 
to as ProD. It was produced by Parametric Technology Corp (PTC). Back in the 
day when a specialist CAD workstation was needed to run PTC's ProEngineer, 
ProD was the Windows desktop PC alternative for smallish designs. These days 
a decent Windows or Linux PC will run ProE so commercially ProD is pointless. 
It continues in schools becase a) they've already got it, and b) it's 
reasonably simple as 3D CAD goes.

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