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This seems to be more than just a parametric 3D drawing program (at least based on a quick look at a tutorial). The workflow seems to be heavily constraint base
by upofadown 10y ago
This seems to be more than just a parametric 3D drawing program (at least based on a quick look at a tutorial). The workflow seems to be heavily constraint based. You make a bunch of connected lines of no particular orientation and dimension and then specify a bunch of restrictions on what sort of thing is possible. Eventually you end up with your design based on a bunch of tiny specifications.
Strikes me as different than something more drafting oriented like Freecad. It's more like a type of 3D breadboard.
- GregBuchholz 10y ago>The workflow seems to be heavily constraint based. That strikes me as being very similar to the Part Design Workbench of FreeCAD which uses the Sketcher and constraint solver. Anyone have more details on a comparison of Solvespace and FreeCAD? http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/index.php?title=Basic_Part_Design_Tutorial http://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/index.php?title=Basic_Part_De...
- whitequark_ 10y agoSolveSpace is indeed similar to FreeCAD's Part Design module. One major difference is that SolveSpace uses the same solver for constraints in 2D and 3D, as well as for sketches and assemblies, whereas in FreeCAD the Assembly module is separate.
- akiselev 10y agoThis is the standard with commercial CAD packages like Solidworks/AutoCAD because it's much more effective for the part design process than manual drafting. I can't really think of any paremetric CAD packages that aren't also constraint based.
- jacquesm 10y agoThe name is quite descriptive.