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2012/5/16 Csanyi Pal <firstname.lastname@example.org>:
> Mon, 14 May 2012 15:31:11 -0= 400 -n
> Christopher Sean Morrison <email@example.com> =EDrt= a:
>> On May 14, 2012, at 9:13 AM, Csanyi Pal wrote:
>> If anyone is feeling ambitious, that simple gear examp= le would make
>> for a great replication tutorial up on the wiki= . Same to you, Pal,
>> if you wanted write a tutorial (using you= r cog images instead) while
>> you learn it.
> W= hile I'm learning it, I have a question.
> How can I get a= shape in BRL-CAD that has surface derivated somehow from
> an Invo= lute of a circle?
> http:/= /en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Involute
> Here is interesting the= head: "Tooth profile".
Sorry, I can't find spare time in the pas= t year to create this tutorial.
In the secondary school (where I'm a t= eacher) I tried out the FreeCAD
with my pupils. It's not so good so fa= r and hasn't such rendering
capability as BRL-CAD has. However, BRL-CA= D is not for this age-group
An interesting observation... I've actua= lly used BRL-CAD with secondary school students on a number of occasi= ons over the years and have had a different experience. Since t= hey've never seen a commercial CAD package, they're able to learn our= interface much more quickly and easily without preconceptions. = Especially for teaching basic modeling concepts, I didn't think we w= ere doing that bad even with our learning curve.
Can you think of a specifi= c way we can improve? Do you think a shorter tutorial would be = most helpful?=0A
Our participation in the GCI progra= m would also seem to indicate it's at least possible. Those 13-17 ye= ar old students did a truly fantastic job making models, documentatio= n, and even code modifications. They just need to be told where = ;to go and have an example/tutorial to follow. We have a backlog of = work there to integrate which we'll be back on after our upcoming rel= ease is posted!=0A