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		<title>Exporting a 3d Mesh as a 2d DXF in Blender 2.5</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Brito</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The most common way to start an architectural visualization project is to get started from a CAD file, and import it to the 3d software and work to add materials and lights. But, what if you had to do the opposite way and export an 3d mesh from Blender to...
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		<title>Import IFC files to Blender with IfcOpenShell</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 20:22:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Brito</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What exactly is an IFC file, and why someone working with architectural visualization would like to import IFC files to Blender? An IFC file is standard file format that can be used to share data generated by BIM tools like Revit, VectorWorks and ArchiCAD. It was created by the IAI...
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		<title>DraftSight: Freeware CAD tool available for Linux</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 02:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Brito</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is some interesting new for artists looking for a CAD tool that works with Linux. A tool called DraftSight now has a version that work with Linux, and by what I could dig about the too, it`s pretty much a good alternative to AutoCAD and with the ability to...
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		<title>FreeCAD: Using the BSpline and extrude</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 02:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Brito</dc:creator>
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		<title>FreeCAD: Using geometry constraints for 2D CAD</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:45:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Brito</dc:creator>
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