[Ktechlab-devel] A random thought that made me smile (and another point in favour of GUI separation)

[P Zoltan]

  Could be considered. Added feature request here:

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2898606&group_id=143459&atid=755591


On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:02:02 +0100, P.J.G. Long <pjgl2 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:

> On Nov 15 2009, Matthew Ayres wrote:
>
>  The gEDA/gscheme project has moved on a lot, it would be nice to have
> Ktechlab inter link with gscheme and pcb
>  Regards
>
>> I've been thinking a lot lately about simulating this, that and the  
>> other
>> with tools like KTechLab.  How nice it would be to have CAD-like  
>> features.
>> Then a thought hit me...
>>
>> There are several projects out there right now, trying to bring quality  
>> CAD
>> to FOSS.  Think how useful a KTechLab back-end, stripped of its GUI,  
>> could
>> be to such projects.  Imagine a 3D CAD project with optoelectronic
>> components, linked into ICs or whatever.  Now imagine that the program
>> rendering that has linked into the KTechLab back-end and made those
>> components work, implementing a little extra code of its own to create a
>> realistic simulation of optoelectronic components interacting in a 3D
>> setting.
>>
>> It made me smile, so I thought maybe others here would like the thought.
>>
>