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Not for my uses specifically, but if I was working as an engineer who needed the reliability and depth that desktop applications can deliver, I would completely

Not for my uses specifically, but if I was working as an engineer who needed the reliability and depth that desktop applications can deliver, I would completely agree that a tablet is a limited interface. However let me give a few of my personal use cases for a mobile CAD app: -Rigging simple architectural primitives for me to draw over on one device rather than creating in sketchup and then porting the angle I want to render my drawing into the drawing app of choice -Testing out a design for furniture that I could export and mill on a CNC machine -Simple architectural floor plans that don’t need to be builder quality (cause even the county level drawings my state has are nowhere near as complicated as the custom home plans I review in the course of my normal work) What I’m not talking about is having Blender, Maya, Revit, 3dsMax, or Zbrush on a tablet. Those programs need more computing power for some of the rendering they do, but that is not what I’m looking for. Shapr3d would very much fit the bill for me if I could buy it once and use for as long as my ma hone can run it.

tgflynn 5y ago
Hmm I happen to be working on some 3D code that I don't currently have ultraclear plans for. I would be interested in chatting about your use cases. Unfortunately I see you want this for IPad and my code is unlikely to ever run there since my understanding is that Apple has dropped OpenGL support.
- Otternonsenz 5y ago
  While I’m not well versed in that particular aspect of Apple’s support I did find this: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/metal/migrating_opengl_code_to_metal https://developer.apple.com/documentation/metal/migrating_op... And would love to talk with you about my use-cases as well as if there’s any possibility for me to dive in head first and work with you to port your code for this context if you deem it possible. Been looking for a good reason/project to dip my toes in Swift/Metal and regardless of wether it’s working with you or not, I might pursue this on my own time to make something that fits my needs (as well as scratching the itch of tackling something new)
  - tgflynn 5y ago
    I added a contact email to my public HN profile. Send me an email if you like, I'm definitely interested in talking with someone who has more 3D modelling experience than I about what features might be useful.
    - Otternonsenz 5y ago
      Haha. Just did the same. Will get a few things done in the office then send ya a PM in a bit.

tgflynn 5y ago

Hmm I happen to be working on some 3D code that I don't currently have ultraclear plans for. I would be interested in chatting about your use cases. Unfortunately I see you want this for IPad and my code is unlikely to ever run there since my understanding is that Apple has dropped OpenGL support.

Otternonsenz 5y ago
While I’m not well versed in that particular aspect of Apple’s support I did find this: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/metal/migrating_opengl_code_to_metal https://developer.apple.com/documentation/metal/migrating_op... And would love to talk with you about my use-cases as well as if there’s any possibility for me to dive in head first and work with you to port your code for this context if you deem it possible. Been looking for a good reason/project to dip my toes in Swift/Metal and regardless of wether it’s working with you or not, I might pursue this on my own time to make something that fits my needs (as well as scratching the itch of tackling something new)
- tgflynn 5y ago
  I added a contact email to my public HN profile. Send me an email if you like, I'm definitely interested in talking with someone who has more 3D modelling experience than I about what features might be useful.
  - Otternonsenz 5y ago
    Haha. Just did the same. Will get a few things done in the office then send ya a PM in a bit.