C.a.R.

{{Short description|Interactive geometry app}}

{{about|geometry software|other uses|car (disambiguation)}}

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| screenshot = Циркуль-Zirkel.png

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| author = René Grothmann

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| released = {{Start date|1996|01|01}}

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| latest release version = 20.0

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2022|03|21}}

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| programming language = Java

| operating system = Linux, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X

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| genre = Interactive geometry software

| license = GNU General Public License

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C.a.R. (Compass and Ruler), also known as Z.u.L. ({{lang|de|Zirkel und Lineal}}), is a free and open source interactive geometry app that can do geometrical constructions in Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry.

The software is Java based.

The author is René Grothmann of the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt.

It is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).

Assignments

Assignments make possible to create Java applets, for a construction exercises.

These applets can be used from the command line using the AppletViewer.

(Previously, they could be run in a browser, but Java support in browsers has been disabled in recent years.)

See also

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