[Robotgroup] Turning Blender into a CAD app

[Bryan Bishop]

This page has a few scripts to extend blender via python. 
http://cba.mit.edu/projects/fablab/tools.html

> In order to interface these applications with the fabrication
> machines in Fab Labs, we are creating our own translation tools from
> standard file formats (DXF, VRML, 3D STL) to the different specific
> formats that our machines accept. For example, our cad.blend Blender
> extension can be used to convert designs from VRML to DXF;
> gerber2modela.py is a simple utility for converting designs from
> Gerber to Modela Toolpath; img2dxf.py is for converting bitmap images
> to 3D DXF surfaces; and, dxf2camm.py is a little application for
> converting from 2D DXF to CAMM toolpath.


- Bryan
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