CAD project with Torque?
by Mamad Faraj · in General Discussion · 08/24/2006 (8:39 am) · 4 replies
I recently looked into couple of game engines including torque/Torque builder, I was wondering if I could use them as a tool to easily and rapidly develop, a CAD drawing side of a project that allows the user to create custom objects (primitive shapes/images), select/move/edit them, grouping/ungrouping, drag and drop capabilities, and allow the user to connect/link them together. The program should also provide some basic functionality such as undo/redo, save/load/copy/paste of objects.
Is this something that can be done with Torque? Any other game engine/graphics library you think can fit the above spec. Greatly appreciate any comments/suggestions.
It doesn't necessarily have to be 3D, but thought of having 3D capability is always attractive.
Many thanks,
Mamad.
Is this something that can be done with Torque? Any other game engine/graphics library you think can fit the above spec. Greatly appreciate any comments/suggestions.
It doesn't necessarily have to be 3D, but thought of having 3D capability is always attractive.
Many thanks,
Mamad.
#2
As a general comments, it look suprisingly unintuitive to play around with, but may be that's because I am used to CAD in 2D and 3D requires these changes.
Any other suggestion? Do you think TGB fits the bill?
08/24/2006 (9:24 pm)
Thanks for the comment, I had briefly looked into Sketchup and looked more today, but this is more like a tool and I am looking for a library that can support some of these ...As a general comments, it look suprisingly unintuitive to play around with, but may be that's because I am used to CAD in 2D and 3D requires these changes.
Any other suggestion? Do you think TGB fits the bill?
#3
08/24/2006 (11:49 pm)
Http://www.geometros.com/
#4
08/24/2006 (11:55 pm)
I wonder if you'd be able to modify Constructor (via scripts), once it's released, to suit your needs? 
Torque Owner Teck Lee Tan
It's great for rapid prototyping and construction (I believe some major studios are actually using it for this purpose). The full version allows exporting to various formats.