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01-20-2008, 10:48 AM leblanc Joined on 01-07-2008 Posts 15 Generic Modeling Tool? How feasible is a generic modeling tool? what do i mean by this? could adobe products:, illustrator, photoshop, after effects, premiere, autodesk products: autocad, inventor, 3dmax, maya pixologic products: zbrush microsoft products: expression web, expression blend, visual studio itself all share a design surface, panel maintance, docking logic ect across all programs? This way building a model based design tool is minimized and can be shipped out earlier. I've built tools that complete there tasks using xml but there tasks were defined. But in this case tasks aren't really defined for example: pspice.designsurface < myhardwaredesign.xml > seeme.jpg manufactureboard.export < myhardwaredesign.xml > seeme.gerberfile uml.designsurface < myuml.xml > seeme.jpg codegenerator.export < myuml.xml > ./ some programs will require more panels then other. most panels will need custom ui. this project wouldn't be a one man attempt it'll need a community like codeplex but just want some insight if its even worth the attempt.    Report

01-21-2008, 6:30 AM bdsutton Joined on 06-26-2005 Eastern Iowa Posts 26 Re: Generic Modeling Tool? I'm sure its possible, but my guess is that there is quite a bit of work involved.  As you said it "wouldn't be a one man attempt."  You would also need to learn the programmatic interfaces to each of the target programs, which may not be much fun :) Are you thinking of working on something like this? It was good to meet you at the last meeting. Chris    Report

01-28-2008, 7:51 PM leblanc Joined on 01-07-2008 Posts 15 Re: Generic Modeling Tool? http://sourceforge.net/projects/dockpanelsuite/ http://www.codeguru.com/csharp/csharp/cs_controls/custom/article.php/c12875/ I think it would be an interesting project. i would like to move into cad, eda type applications though. by the way this comment box doesn't work well in firefox. no cut and paste capabilities.    Report

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