Hi again, this time I've updated FreeCAD to the latest offered by Packman hosted by Jacobs University Bremen (
http://packman.iu-bremen.de/suse/11.1) via YAST. And below you find the current version I have installed of FreeCAD along with information on where YAST put all files.
Everything here after is copied straight from YAST some 15 minutes ago.
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FreeCAD-0.8.2237-1.pm.21.7 - FreeCAD is a general purpose 3D CAD modeler
/etc/ld.so.conf.d/FreeCAD.conf
/opt/FreeCAD
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Complete
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Complete/Complete.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Complete/CompleteGui.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Complete/Init.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Complete/InitGui.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Complete/libComplete.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Complete/libComplete.so.2
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Complete/libComplete.so.2.0.0
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Complete/libCompleteGui.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Complete/libCompleteGui.so.2
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Complete/libCompleteGui.so.2.0.0
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Draft
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Draft/Draft.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Draft/Init.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Draft/InitGui.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Draft/draftGui.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Draft/draftlibs
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Draft/draftlibs/__init__.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Draft/draftlibs/dxfColorMap.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Draft/draftlibs/dxfImportObjects.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Draft/draftlibs/dxfLibrary.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Draft/draftlibs/dxfReader.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Draft/draftlibs/fcgeo.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Draft/draftlibs/fcvec.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Draft/icons.svg
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Draft/importDXF.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Draft/importOCA.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Draft/importSVG.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Draft/preferences-draft.svg
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Draft/userprefs.ui
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Drawing
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Drawing/Drawing.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Drawing/DrawingGui.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Drawing/Init.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Drawing/InitGui.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Drawing/libDrawing.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Drawing/libDrawing.so.2
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Drawing/libDrawing.so.2.0.0
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Drawing/libDrawingGui.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Drawing/libDrawingGui.so.2
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Drawing/libDrawingGui.so.2.0.0
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Image
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Image/Image.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Image/ImageGui.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Image/Init.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Image/InitGui.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Image/libImage.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Image/libImage.so.2
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Image/libImage.so.2.0.0
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Image/libImageGui.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Image/libImageGui.so.2
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Image/libImageGui.so.2.0.0
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Mesh
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Mesh/BuildRegularGeoms.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Mesh/Init.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Mesh/InitGui.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Mesh/Mesh.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Mesh/MeshGui.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Mesh/MeshTestsApp.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Mesh/libMesh.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Mesh/libMesh.so.2
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Mesh/libMesh.so.2.0.0
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Mesh/libMeshGui.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Mesh/libMeshGui.so.2
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Mesh/libMeshGui.so.2.0.0
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/MeshPart
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/MeshPart/Init.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/MeshPart/InitGui.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/MeshPart/MeshPart.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/MeshPart/MeshPartGui.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/MeshPart/libMeshPart.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/MeshPart/libMeshPart.so.2
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/MeshPart/libMeshPart.so.2.0.0
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/MeshPart/libMeshPartGui.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/MeshPart/libMeshPartGui.so.2
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/MeshPart/libMeshPartGui.so.2.0.0
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Part
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Part/Init.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Part/InitGui.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Part/MakeBottle.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Part/Part.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Part/PartGui.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Part/libPart.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Part/libPart.so.2
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Part/libPart.so.2.0.0
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Part/libPartGui.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Part/libPartGui.so.2
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Part/libPartGui.so.2.0.0
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/PartDesign
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/PartDesign/Init.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/PartDesign/InitGui.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/PartDesign/PartDesign.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/PartDesign/PartDesignGui.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/PartDesign/libPartDesign.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/PartDesign/libPartDesign.so.2
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/PartDesign/libPartDesign.so.2.0.0
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/PartDesign/libPartDesignGui.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/PartDesign/libPartDesignGui.so.2
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/PartDesign/libPartDesignGui.so.2.0.0
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Points
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Points/Init.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Points/InitGui.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Points/Points.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Points/PointsGui.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Points/libPoints.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Points/libPoints.so.2
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Points/libPoints.so.2.0.0
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Points/libPointsGui.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Points/libPointsGui.so.2
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Points/libPointsGui.so.2.0.0
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Raytracing
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Raytracing/Init.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Raytracing/InitGui.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Raytracing/Raytracing.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Raytracing/RaytracingGui.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Raytracing/libRaytracing.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Raytracing/libRaytracing.so.2
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Raytracing/libRaytracing.so.2.0.0
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Raytracing/libRaytracingGui.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Raytracing/libRaytracingGui.so.2
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Raytracing/libRaytracingGui.so.2.0.0
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/ReverseEngineering
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/ReverseEngineering/Init.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/ReverseEngineering/InitGui.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/ReverseEngineering/ReverseEngineering.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/ReverseEngineering/ReverseEngineeringGui.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/ReverseEngineering/libReverseEngineering.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/ReverseEngineering/libReverseEngineering.so.2
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/ReverseEngineering/libReverseEngineering.so.2.0.0
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/ReverseEngineering/libReverseEngineeringGui.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/ReverseEngineering/libReverseEngineeringGui.so.2
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/ReverseEngineering/libReverseEngineeringGui.so.2.0.0
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Sketcher
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Sketcher/Init.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Sketcher/InitGui.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Sketcher/Sketcher.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Sketcher/SketcherGui.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Sketcher/libSketcher.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Sketcher/libSketcher.so.2
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Sketcher/libSketcher.so.2.0.0
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Sketcher/libSketcherGui.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Sketcher/libSketcherGui.so.2
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Sketcher/libSketcherGui.so.2.0.0
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/TemplatePyMod
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/TemplatePyMod/Commands.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/TemplatePyMod/FeaturePython.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/TemplatePyMod/Init.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/TemplatePyMod/InitGui.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/TemplatePyMod/PythonQt.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/TemplatePyMod/Tests.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Test
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Test/Base.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Test/Document.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Test/Init.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Test/InitGui.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Test/Menu.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Test/QtUnitGui.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Test/TestApp.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Test/TestGui.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Test/UnicodeTests.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Test/Workbench.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Test/libQtUnitGui.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Test/libQtUnitGui.so.2
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Test/libQtUnitGui.so.2.0.0
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/Test/qtunittest.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/_TEMPLATE_
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/_TEMPLATE_/Init.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/_TEMPLATE_/InitGui.py
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/_TEMPLATE_/_TEMPLATE_.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/_TEMPLATE_/_TEMPLATE_Gui.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/_TEMPLATE_/lib_TEMPLATE_.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/_TEMPLATE_/lib_TEMPLATE_.so.2
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/_TEMPLATE_/lib_TEMPLATE_.so.2.0.0
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/_TEMPLATE_/lib_TEMPLATE_Gui.so
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/_TEMPLATE_/lib_TEMPLATE_Gui.so.2
/opt/FreeCAD/Mod/_TEMPLATE_/lib_TEMPLATE_Gui.so.2.0.0
/opt/FreeCAD/bin
/opt/FreeCAD/bin/FreeCAD
/opt/FreeCAD/bin/FreeCADCmd
/opt/FreeCAD/lib64
/opt/FreeCAD/lib64/FreeCAD.so
/opt/FreeCAD/lib64/libFreeCADApp.so
/opt/FreeCAD/lib64/libFreeCADApp.so.2
/opt/FreeCAD/lib64/libFreeCADApp.so.2.0.0
/opt/FreeCAD/lib64/libFreeCADBase.so
/opt/FreeCAD/lib64/libFreeCADBase.so.2
/opt/FreeCAD/lib64/libFreeCADBase.so.2.0.0
/opt/FreeCAD/lib64/libFreeCADGui.so
/opt/FreeCAD/lib64/libFreeCADGui.so.2
/opt/FreeCAD/lib64/libFreeCADGui.so.2.0.0
/opt/FreeCAD/share
/opt/FreeCAD/share/Templates
/opt/FreeCAD/share/Templates/A3_Landscape.svg
/usr/bin/FreeCAD
/usr/bin/FreeCADCmd
/usr/share/applications/FreeCAD.desktop
/usr/share/doc/packages/FreeCAD
/usr/share/doc/packages/FreeCAD/ChangeLog.txt
/usr/share/doc/packages/FreeCAD/README.Linux
/usr/share/doc/packages/FreeCAD/copying.lib
/usr/share/pixmaps/FCIcon.xpm
204 files total
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About the "Drop design team"; they had this fired up as a part (spin-off?) of their 'Masters in Computer Science'. As I understand it, the project mainly aims to track / position some light sources and interact with 3D-games, in this case LED's with a web-camera.
My thought was to develop that idea to put light sources with different wavelength on each finger and one, or several, cameras to track / trace these with. My believe is that the hardware is the least problem, it's about making it lightning fast and reliable that's the challenge. If you by chance would get your hands on a copy of LXF issue 124 (Linux Format) you would see it, imho, nicely documented.