Infos about OpenCascade
http://www.opencascade.org/ - [ screenshots ] (LGPL-like) Open CASCADE is a powerful CAD/CAM/CAE kernel and development platform for 3D modeling applicationspre-requisites : http://www.opencascade.org/getocc/require/
Some problems with licensing on FreeCad for example: https://bugs.gentoo.org/352435 and http://www.gentoo.org/foundation/en/minutes/2011/20110220_trustees.meeting_log.txt
status of OpenCascade packaging : not yet begun
Compilation steps
http://www.opencascade.org/getocc/download/ (registration required :/ )get the tar.gz, uncompress, have a look at doc/install.htm
launch install.csh : it launches a java applet that uncompresses everything (~600 MB) in the directory you choose
cd ros
./configure
make # will take 2h49 (for me on Athlon XP 2800+) and about 2,5 GB /o\
make install # will install in /usr/local/ and take 10 minutes for about (3702344 - 2095444) ~ 1,7 GB /o\ /o\
cd OpenCascade/samples/tutorial/
./configure
errors found
- configure for samples
configure: warning: No msg2qm utility found!
Please check whether you installed Qt correctly.
You need to have a running msg2qm binary.
If configure shouldn't have tried this one, set
the environment variable MSG2QM to the right one
before running configure.
checking for CasCade... configure: error: CasCade (headers and libraries) not found. Please check your installation!