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Another quicky, this is a parametric cable comb generator, built in #replicad.

I like building more elaborate parametric projects, but it's great to have a convenient tool to knock out these easy ones as well.

#codecad

https://www.printables.com/model/951121-parametric-cable-comb-generator

An extremely simple, parametric standoff generator, build in #replicad

I nearly did not bother making/publish this, but I end up using them on a lot of projects, so it's nice to have the configuration in one place.

#codecad

I needed a small tray for my bathroom - it took me a few minutes to model, but now it will take me even less time.

https://models.sgenoud.com/posts/simple-tray/

#3dprinting #replicad #codecad

There is some really cool new features being worked on in #SolveSpace, bringing it a tad closer to #codeCAD like :openscad: #OpenSCAD: named parameters and equation constraints. This will make gearing logic and several other things feasible.

https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/1382#issuecomment-2052520765

@scruss Does #FreeCAD not have keybindings for the common constraints? #SolveSpace does at least and it makes sketching quite fast. But I'm totally with you that #codeCAD is so much quicker and more concise for many things.

Oh and there is a CAD program called Antimony that looks an awful lot like #codeCAD but with graphical interaction:

https://www.mattkeeter.com/projects/antimony/3/

🧵 A short thread of me looking at #AntimonyCAD and comparing it to #sdfCAD 👇

TIL that there's #ImplicitCAD, a sort of #OpenSCAD dialect that's based on #SDF's, written in #Haskell. It's similar to #sdfCAD in many ways and has the sdf approach's smoothing powers, but also the same shitty meshes as sdfCAD 😅

https://github.com/Haskell-Things/ImplicitCAD

#codeCAD

Oh for christ's sake what is #pyvista doing here? Randomly moving the axis origins around when switching between rendering modes? How is one supposed to do #CAD like this? 🙄

I'm using pyvista to view the generated #sdfCAD models but shifting axes around is a pretty severe no-go for a 3D viewer. pyvista also recently started spitting out some weird vue2/vue3 errors... Are there any other good #STL viewers for #Jupyter?

#Python #codeCAD

@brett Right. I really want to like #SolveSpace. There aren't many FOSS CAD programs and SolveSpace's simple yet powerful approach fits a good niche between #codeCAD and e.g. #FreeCAD. However very basic operations like intersecting round objects seem to quickly cause problems and require triangulation or not work at all. Threads are also a big problem. I'll keep using it. FreeCAD is a bit too big for my taste.

I tried approaching a small #3dDesign project first with graphical #SolveSpace, but quickly got annoyed by all the clicky-draggy bits and complicated constraints and switched to #sdfCAD. I love its new auto-chamfering capabilities, making the design of such a clamping ring with #3dPrinting in mind a bliss in eight lines of #Python code - including boilerplate.

#codeCAD

#sdfCAD now supports chamfers and fillets (and both simultaneously!) for unions, intersections and differences 🥳

#codeCAD #Python #3dModelling

🥳 #sdfCAD can now do chamfers, fillets and even both (chamfers with a smooth transition at the edges).

#codeCAD #Python #3dModelling

I found a recipe to do chamfers on SDFs, so chamfers will come to #sdfCAD soon 🥳

https://www.ronja-tutorials.com/post/035-2d-sdf-combination/#champfer

#codeCAD #3dModelling

My first successful real #3DModelling project in #SolveSpace - repairing a toy excavator for a local playschool! 🥳

I thought about making it in #codeCAD like #OpenSCAD or #sdfCAD, but the ability to draw onto pictures is just an absolute must for projects like this.

https://www.printables.com/model/737349-cat-toy-excavator-repair-kit

#3dPrinting #RepairReuseRecycle #repair

Published yet another parametric-box-generator here: https://www.printables.com/model/702716-parametric-box-with-lid

This one is built with #replicad, which really streamlined some of the design (namely fillets and chamfers), relative to my other favorite: CascadeStudio

#codecad

New blog post: "The current landscape of 2D CAD libraries".

https://carrots.sgenoud.com/2d-cad-libraries/

I wanted to have pure 2D operations in replicad, open cascade was not great for it.

I looked at what I could find in the ecosystem. It is all summed up in the post!

#cad #codeCad

The new replicad tutorial is published as part of the documentation: https://replicad.xyz/docs/tutorial-making-a-watering-can/intro

I walks you through how to use the draw API to #codecad your way through creating a nice designer watering can.

#cad #javascript #web #3dmodeling

I have been playing with replicad within natto.dev.

I could easily make it work for 2D stuff - and have a small interface easily.

This makes me think of how it could be used to build a node based CAD software.

https://natto.dev/@sgenoud/e2ade00d1fb4406abe78061e7f9a959b?layout=sce24mgd to play with it!

#codecad #cad #natto.dev #replicad