> But of course it has a lot of cons: - It isn't multithreaded, so, it doesn't matter if you have an 32-core CPU or a single core. It also doesn't matter if you have a GPU.
FWIW these don't have massive benefits for CAD modelling either. Most CAD kernels, even commercial ones, are sort of stubbornly single-threaded.
Sure, multi-threading can really help make the wider application feel more responsive, and a GPU is enormously useful for high-level photorealistic rendering as an end product. But it doesn't bring that much to bear on geometry solving, and the kind of 3D you need for CAD modelling and viewing is pretty old hat in OpenGL terms, I think?
FWIW these don't have massive benefits for CAD modelling either. Most CAD kernels, even commercial ones, are sort of stubbornly single-threaded.
Sure, multi-threading can really help make the wider application feel more responsive, and a GPU is enormously useful for high-level photorealistic rendering as an end product. But it doesn't bring that much to bear on geometry solving, and the kind of 3D you need for CAD modelling and viewing is pretty old hat in OpenGL terms, I think?