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Can I have a 27” ipad running macos and a new 3D CAD software with an open source kernel and apple UI design, scriptable in swift. A bit like a Parasolid sketch

by willyt 5y ago

Can I have a 27” ipad running macos and a new 3D CAD software with an open source kernel and apple UI design, scriptable in swift. A bit like a Parasolid sketchup designed for interaction with pencil and touch. Logic Audio for 3D modelling. Apple could get the ui metaphors, interaction UX and the plugin API right. Industries could provide thier own customisations as plugins. Or go and build thier own products arounds the open source kernel and file format. Apple’s advantage could be that customisations to thier UI are as easy to build and distribute as an iphone app. High quality open source kernel and file format so it becomes the de-facto way to exchange 3d model information and we dont need to import and export data between systems like now. Obviously never going to happen as its way to niche but, you know, would be nice.

jb1991 5y ago
They are apparently working on much larger iPads, probably to compete with those huge wacom touch monitors popular in the graphic design industry.
- bitwize 5y ago
  Microsoft already has one, the Surface Studio or whatever.
fbanon 5y ago
>CAD software with an open source kernel This one in itself would be a tremendous undertaking.
whywhywhywhy 5y ago
>a new 3D CAD software with an open source kernel and apple UI design, scriptable in swift Why would a company take on such a huge undertaking then link it so intrinsically to just Apple platforms. The next major CAD software will run in your browser, after seeing how Figma played out it's hard to imagine any design tooling targeting native anymore. Today Figma, tomorrow the software that dethrones Photoshop, eventually... 3D and CAD.
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- willyt 5y ago
  They wouldn’t probably. Just maybe it rankles apple that they have to have PCs to run Solidworks, or whatever, to design their iPhones and Macs, so their design studios don’t look as cool as they could do! For construction, until you can be absolutely certain of getting satellite based full 5G reception everywhere, browser based CAD is a no-go. I have 3 building sites where there is either no phone reception at all or intermittent GPRS.

by willyt 5y ago

jb1991 5y ago

They are apparently working on much larger iPads, probably to compete with those huge wacom touch monitors popular in the graphic design industry.

bitwize 5y ago
Microsoft already has one, the Surface Studio or whatever.

fbanon 5y ago

>CAD software with an open source kernel This one in itself would be a tremendous undertaking.

whywhywhywhy 5y ago

>a new 3D CAD software with an open source kernel and apple UI design, scriptable in swift Why would a company take on such a huge undertaking then link it so intrinsically to just Apple platforms. The next major CAD software will run in your browser, after seeing how Figma played out it's hard to imagine any design tooling targeting native anymore. Today Figma, tomorrow the software that dethrones Photoshop, eventually... 3D and CAD.

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willyt 5y ago
They wouldn’t probably. Just maybe it rankles apple that they have to have PCs to run Solidworks, or whatever, to design their iPhones and Macs, so their design studios don’t look as cool as they could do! For construction, until you can be absolutely certain of getting satellite based full 5G reception everywhere, browser based CAD is a no-go. I have 3 building sites where there is either no phone reception at all or intermittent GPRS.