The DIME library we are also using in the context of Coin3d, and to me it looks like it is either coming from that "kitchen", or it is even older and they integrated it. The home page of DIME that is given in our readme is http://www.sim.no/dime, but that link leads now to some general Kongsberg Oil&Gas Technologies web page. It is to say that some years ago, this company has actually bought SIM, including the maintenance of Coin3d and DIME.
Now one year ago (on 01-11-2011), we received a mail from them, announcing "end of life" for Coin3d as a commercial product. I assume that this includes also the DIME library, but it is to say that so far Coin3d and DIME came with both a commercial license (with some support) and an Open Source license, so they will not be "lost" for that reason; only the support will be discontinued.
Right now, if you go for http://www.coin3d.org, you will be redirected to some BitBucket web page with some explanations about the Coin3d status. And then, finally, at https://bitbucket.org/Coin3D/dime, I find the current location of the DIME project, as some kind of sub-project of the Coin3d. However, this code is still all working with float numbers, not with double: I so far never fed this change back into the main repository!
For the moment I propose that I first try to get something running on my own computer. Even if it is not too difficult, it may still take some moment, because I intend to do that "beside" my official work. Then we may continue talking about how to integrate this DXF plugin and the updated DIME library back into the OpenFlipper project!
Regards, Cornelis Bockemühl
PS: End of life message for Coin3d:
"""" Dear Coin3D user,
Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies AS (“KOGT”) regretfully informs that Coin3D will be discontinued as a commercial product. The revenue has been decreasing and is not sufficient to maintain the product you expect and deserve.
Our decision is to start the End Of Life (“EOL”) process for Coin3D. Effective immediately we are no longer renewing Coin3D PEL subscriptions.
We recognize that Coin3D is an important tool for you and your business, and we wish to minimize the negative impact of the EOL. Professional Edition License ("PEL") holders are permitted by the PEL to continue using the last publicly available version of Coin for as long as they desire, and GPL users are of course free to continue using and contributing to Coin3D under the GPL. However, we fear that the GPL and PEL dual licensing scheme will be detrimental to the overall Coin3D user community since the two licenses hinder free collaboration and sharing. In order to support a strong Coin3D community and facilitate free collaboration and sharing, we intend to:
1. Move the Coin3D source code and home page to an independent hosting service such as e.g. BitBucket 2. Re-license Coin3D under the BSD 3 clause license 3. Act as maintainer and gate keeper of the source code for 3 months after the re-licensing 4. Invite some of the most active users to take over the maintainer and gate keeper roles 5. Provide support to PEL holders until their subscriptions expire
We will make a new announcement with the details of the EOL process as soon as the practical issues have been sorted out. We thank you all for the cooperation we have had over the years since Coin3D was first released in 1998, and apologize for the inconvenience the EOL process may cause you.
Best Regards, ---------------------------------- Lars-Erik Svabø Product Line Manager - Simulation Software Simulation Business Unit Kongsberg Oil & Gas Technologies
E-mail: eol@sim.no www.kongsberg.com/kogt """"
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