even the most rudimentary CAD suite would choke the decidedly low power Raspi. Instead, [Sacha] is using the Raspberry to grab 2D and 3D files, turn that into g-code for a machine, and send it off ...

Other workstations came on the market, such as the famous Silicon Graphics line of systems. These systems were used for technical tasks such as software development, CAD/CAM, and 3D animation ...