Re: [brlcad-users] Computational Stability -- subatomic through the galactic and get "all the details, all the time."

[Loui C. <lou...@gm...>]

On Sun 28 Aug 2016 12:17 -0700, Nathan McCorkle wrote:
> "BRL-CAD users can accurately model objects on scales ranging from the
> subatomic through the galactic and get "all the details, all the
> time."

Sounds like hyperbole to me.

> In the freenode #brlcad IRC chatroom, recently the user 'brlcad'
> mentioned to me not to use a dimension of less than 0.005 mm, for
> reasons of 'computational stability' or some similar verbiage.
> 
> I am working on MEMS devices which have nanoscale through macroscale
> features... 5 microns is HUGE for some of the things I will be doing.

I would trust user brlcad's advice here, but am a bit surprised. In precision
machining .0001 of an inch or .001 millimeter are used as a 'general' level of
precision and can easily become more precise. I would have hoped brlcad could
handle nanoscale without issue!