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"Dune 3D is a parametric 3D CAD application that supports STEP import/export, fillets and chamfers." Since I thought this was some kind of remake of the Dune I

"Dune 3D is a parametric 3D CAD application that supports STEP import/export, fillets and chamfers." Since I thought this was some kind of remake of the Dune II RTS.

cynicalsecurity 3y ago
The choice for naming is indeed very poor.
- Krasnol 3y ago
  It is terrible, actually. Why would one do this? It isn't even slightly related to the product. Damn...
  - ktm5j 3y ago
    You're assuming that it was named with Dune the book in mind.. but dune is a word that is not owned by that franchise. Who knows what the name is supposed to mean.
    - Krasnol 3y ago
      It's not just me as you can see here. Nobody says that the word is owned by a franchise but as you see, especially with the "3D" and the fact that the franchise is trending, it causes confusion.
    - shzhdbi09gv8ioi 3y ago
      Well, the timing is bad since the dune3d software was initially named only 7 months ago [1] (after the first new Dune movie), and just last month the second new Dune movie came out. 1: https://github.com/dune3d/dune3d/commit/3d17bc57e07ea39a7b89a88e7dde2615031e7e28 https://github.com/dune3d/dune3d/commit/3d17bc57e07ea39a7b89...
  - MrVandemar 3y ago
    Java had nothing to do with coffee; nor Python snakes; nor Rust oxidation. The computing/IT industry just picks names for stuff that doesn't have much to do with anything.
    - barbs 3y ago
      Yeah but in all those cases, it's clear from the context that they are distinct from coffee, snakes, and oxidation.
    - atherton33 3y ago
      "Snake 3d" would be more analogous here. Sure snake means something outside of computing, but it's also a famous piece of computing history (like Dune II) for which "3d" also makes sense as a suffix.
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    - Krasnol 3y ago
      Yes they do, and they are unfortunate as we can see here many times over and in this case it is a currently popular franchise which also had some games and this thing which has neither something to do with the franchise, nor with a game or with sand dunes falls into the same pattern. I doubt anybody would care if they'd named it after some coffee sort or a snake, where nothing of the above applies. There are not many Café games, for example.
  - StrLght 3y ago
    Totally agree, I still have no idea why Frank Herbert named his novels after a hill of sand? /s
    - mianos 3y ago
      You are joking? Maybe you never read them. The planet Arrakis is a desert planet central to the novels. Lots of sand dunes, nothing else planet wide.
      - lukefreiler 3y ago
        /s = joking. Also, the planet was also originally named Dune.
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solardev 3y ago
Thank you. I got all excited thinking they'd ported the OpenRA engine that runs Dune2k (https://www.openra.net/ https://www.openra.net/) to 3D or something. Side note though: Funcom IS working on a Dune MMO: https://duneawakening.com/ https://duneawakening.com/ It's 3D in the shooter sense (as opposed to VR) and uses Unreal Engine 5 for impressive graphics.
Locutus_ 3y ago
I somehow read "Duke3D" and started getting very confused when i read the patchnotes.
ezekg 3y ago
Same. I read Dune, and I read GitHub, and I got excited. I love reading game code so I ended up leaving a little disappointed.
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"Dune 3D is a parametric 3D CAD application that supports STEP import/export, fillets and chamfers." Since I thought this was some kind of remake of the Dune II RTS.

cynicalsecurity 3y ago

The choice for naming is indeed very poor.

Krasnol 3y ago
It is terrible, actually. Why would one do this? It isn't even slightly related to the product. Damn...
- ktm5j 3y ago
  You're assuming that it was named with Dune the book in mind.. but dune is a word that is not owned by that franchise. Who knows what the name is supposed to mean.
  - Krasnol 3y ago
    It's not just me as you can see here. Nobody says that the word is owned by a franchise but as you see, especially with the "3D" and the fact that the franchise is trending, it causes confusion.
  - shzhdbi09gv8ioi 3y ago
    Well, the timing is bad since the dune3d software was initially named only 7 months ago [1] (after the first new Dune movie), and just last month the second new Dune movie came out. 1: https://github.com/dune3d/dune3d/commit/3d17bc57e07ea39a7b89a88e7dde2615031e7e28 https://github.com/dune3d/dune3d/commit/3d17bc57e07ea39a7b89...
- MrVandemar 3y ago
  Java had nothing to do with coffee; nor Python snakes; nor Rust oxidation. The computing/IT industry just picks names for stuff that doesn't have much to do with anything.
  - barbs 3y ago
    Yeah but in all those cases, it's clear from the context that they are distinct from coffee, snakes, and oxidation.
  - atherton33 3y ago
    "Snake 3d" would be more analogous here. Sure snake means something outside of computing, but it's also a famous piece of computing history (like Dune II) for which "3d" also makes sense as a suffix.
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  - Krasnol 3y ago
    Yes they do, and they are unfortunate as we can see here many times over and in this case it is a currently popular franchise which also had some games and this thing which has neither something to do with the franchise, nor with a game or with sand dunes falls into the same pattern. I doubt anybody would care if they'd named it after some coffee sort or a snake, where nothing of the above applies. There are not many Café games, for example.
- StrLght 3y ago
  Totally agree, I still have no idea why Frank Herbert named his novels after a hill of sand? /s
  - mianos 3y ago
    You are joking? Maybe you never read them. The planet Arrakis is a desert planet central to the novels. Lots of sand dunes, nothing else planet wide.
    - lukefreiler 3y ago
      /s = joking. Also, the planet was also originally named Dune.
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solardev 3y ago

Thank you. I got all excited thinking they'd ported the OpenRA engine that runs Dune2k (https://www.openra.net/ https://www.openra.net/) to 3D or something. Side note though: Funcom IS working on a Dune MMO: https://duneawakening.com/ https://duneawakening.com/ It's 3D in the shooter sense (as opposed to VR) and uses Unreal Engine 5 for impressive graphics.

Locutus_ 3y ago

I somehow read "Duke3D" and started getting very confused when i read the patchnotes.

ezekg 3y ago

Same. I read Dune, and I read GitHub, and I got excited. I love reading game code so I ended up leaving a little disappointed.

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