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Plasticity – CAD for artists, 1.0 release

7 points by multimodal 4y ago

multimodal 4y ago
I've been following the development of Nick Kallen's Plasticity via his YouTube channel [0] for some time now, and I've been using it throughout its public beta. The repo is here [1]. As a longtime Blender (with HOps + Boxcutter) user, I've found Plasticity to be a wonderful experience that emphasizes focus on design and form rather than managing topology. It feels precise without the 'clunkiness' I've encountered with traditional CAD software. [0] https://www.youtube.com/@nickkallen1/videos https://www.youtube.com/@nickkallen1/videos [1] https://github.com/nkallen/plasticity https://github.com/nkallen/plasticity
adastra22 4y ago
Was hoping we'd finally have a good open source CAD application, but no :( I guess using parasolid makes that a difficult proposition.
- samstave 4y ago
  Siemens Solid Edge much? https://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/store/en-us/trial/solid-edge.html?stc=usdf201336 https://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/store/en-us/trial/sol...
  - adastra22 4y ago
    “Free trial” doesn’t sound like open source?
    - samstave 4y ago
      I havent had to pay for anything, and the app is amazing...
      - adastra22 4y ago
        Ok open source isn't about being free. There's tons of projects I would like to do that need a traditional CAD application as a starting point. They may not even be that complicated, except for the millions of lines of code that are needed to replicate the functionality of a modern CAD app. There is FreeCAD and a handful of others, but these apps are either buggy as hell, or about 20 years out of date in terms of user experience. BRL-CAD is perhaps the one exception, but it's a bit esoteric. EDIT: Wait, wat? Top comment links to the GitHub repo. Looks like this app is LGPL licensed! Except for the geometry kernel, but I've got ideas for replacing that anyway.
WillAdams 3y ago
This was mentioned here a while back: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30695360 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30695360 Seems promising to me, and is more affordable than many of the other commercial options, with a more reasonable licensing agreement AFAICT.

7 points by multimodal 4y ago

I've been following the development of Nick Kallen's Plasticity via his YouTube channel [0] for some time now, and I've been using it throughout its public beta. The repo is here [1]. As a longtime Blender (with HOps + Boxcutter) user, I've found Plasticity to be a wonderful experience that emphasizes focus on design and form rather than managing topology. It feels precise without the 'clunkiness' I've encountered with traditional CAD software. [0] https://www.youtube.com/@nickkallen1/videos https://www.youtube.com/@nickkallen1/videos [1] https://github.com/nkallen/plasticity https://github.com/nkallen/plasticity

adastra22 4y ago

Was hoping we'd finally have a good open source CAD application, but no :( I guess using parasolid makes that a difficult proposition.

samstave 4y ago
Siemens Solid Edge much? https://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/store/en-us/trial/solid-edge.html?stc=usdf201336 https://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/store/en-us/trial/sol...
- adastra22 4y ago
  “Free trial” doesn’t sound like open source?
  - samstave 4y ago
    I havent had to pay for anything, and the app is amazing...
    - adastra22 4y ago
      Ok open source isn't about being free. There's tons of projects I would like to do that need a traditional CAD application as a starting point. They may not even be that complicated, except for the millions of lines of code that are needed to replicate the functionality of a modern CAD app. There is FreeCAD and a handful of others, but these apps are either buggy as hell, or about 20 years out of date in terms of user experience. BRL-CAD is perhaps the one exception, but it's a bit esoteric. EDIT: Wait, wat? Top comment links to the GitHub repo. Looks like this app is LGPL licensed! Except for the geometry kernel, but I've got ideas for replacing that anyway.

WillAdams 3y ago

This was mentioned here a while back: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30695360 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30695360 Seems promising to me, and is more affordable than many of the other commercial options, with a more reasonable licensing agreement AFAICT.