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SolveSpace – Parametric 2d/3d CAD

53 points by jakobdabo 10y ago

leeoniya 10y ago
just FYI, 2.0 is pretty outdated. most active development happens in a fork [1] with regular dev builds. [1] https://github.com/whitequark/solvespace https://github.com/whitequark/solvespace
iamleppert 10y ago
I really wish someone would come up with a really nice web-based parametric modeler, that has javascript as its primary language. Imagine being able to use npm to share and install parametric parts as easy as: var Bracket = require('some-bracket'); var L = new Bracket({ ... });
- codybits 10y ago
  I've been using OpenJSCAD (demo at http://openjscad.org/ http://openjscad.org/) for small parts and really like it. With some work it could probably do what you describe but as far as I can tell no one is using it that way. It would be cool if there was an ecosystem of OpenJSCAD parts that you could import as javascript modules.
  - jononor 10y ago
    Yeah, one should be able to import a part through a URL, and parametrize it ones own system.
    - mmcwilliams 10y ago
      I built the URL part out into a little side project. It uses OpenJSCAD but only the OpenSCAD interpreter so it can render the STL for you on the server. https://hipcad.com https://hipcad.com
- nickpinkston 10y ago
  http://OnShape.com http://OnShape.com is a full-featured, browser-based 3D CAD system with a nice free account. Also, they made (and built on top of) "Feature Script" which will allow such scripting. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/onshape-develop3d-live-grant-riley https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/onshape-develop3d-live-grant-...
- skewart 10y ago
  Why are people downvoting this? It seems like a perfectly reasonable wish. If something like this already exists then then please share it. The replies so farention things that are similar in some ways but either aren't parametric or don't have the extensibility that @iamleppert is lining for.
a1k0n 10y ago
How does this compare to OpenSCAD?
- eggy 10y ago
  If you are referring to SolveSpace, OpenSCAD is text-based, and you build your geometry programmatically. SolveSpace has a CAD viewer interface, and you draw and constrain your geometry. I use FreeCAD as an alternative to AutoCAD (Inventor, Fusion360), but I have used SolveSpace for a small project where I wanted to animate the linkage for a client. The same could have been done in Fusion360 too. It was for fun. The latest FreeCAD has greatly improved animation capabilities for renderings. You can use SolveSpace's constraint solver in your own project, since I believe, it is separate from the viewer code. It is a very nice piece of work by one individual. I follow it once or twice a year to see if people are going to add much more to it.
frik 10y ago
How does it compare to FreeCAD?
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53 points by jakobdabo 10y ago

just FYI, 2.0 is pretty outdated. most active development happens in a fork [1] with regular dev builds. [1] https://github.com/whitequark/solvespace https://github.com/whitequark/solvespace

iamleppert 10y ago

I really wish someone would come up with a really nice web-based parametric modeler, that has javascript as its primary language. Imagine being able to use npm to share and install parametric parts as easy as: var Bracket = require('some-bracket'); var L = new Bracket({ ... });

codybits 10y ago
I've been using OpenJSCAD (demo at http://openjscad.org/ http://openjscad.org/) for small parts and really like it. With some work it could probably do what you describe but as far as I can tell no one is using it that way. It would be cool if there was an ecosystem of OpenJSCAD parts that you could import as javascript modules.
- jononor 10y ago
  Yeah, one should be able to import a part through a URL, and parametrize it ones own system.
  - mmcwilliams 10y ago
    I built the URL part out into a little side project. It uses OpenJSCAD but only the OpenSCAD interpreter so it can render the STL for you on the server. https://hipcad.com https://hipcad.com
nickpinkston 10y ago
http://OnShape.com http://OnShape.com is a full-featured, browser-based 3D CAD system with a nice free account. Also, they made (and built on top of) "Feature Script" which will allow such scripting. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/onshape-develop3d-live-grant-riley https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/onshape-develop3d-live-grant-...
skewart 10y ago
Why are people downvoting this? It seems like a perfectly reasonable wish. If something like this already exists then then please share it. The replies so farention things that are similar in some ways but either aren't parametric or don't have the extensibility that @iamleppert is lining for.

a1k0n 10y ago

How does this compare to OpenSCAD?

eggy 10y ago
If you are referring to SolveSpace, OpenSCAD is text-based, and you build your geometry programmatically. SolveSpace has a CAD viewer interface, and you draw and constrain your geometry. I use FreeCAD as an alternative to AutoCAD (Inventor, Fusion360), but I have used SolveSpace for a small project where I wanted to animate the linkage for a client. The same could have been done in Fusion360 too. It was for fun. The latest FreeCAD has greatly improved animation capabilities for renderings. You can use SolveSpace's constraint solver in your own project, since I believe, it is separate from the viewer code. It is a very nice piece of work by one individual. I follow it once or twice a year to see if people are going to add much more to it.

frik 10y ago

How does it compare to FreeCAD?

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