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Dune 3D 1.1.0 Released
- failrate 2y agoDune3D is CAD software.
- itslennysfault 2y agoThank you. I clicked the link (expecting it to be related to the movies) and couldn't figure out what I was looking at based on the linked page.
- claytonwramsey 2y agoI've been following this project for a little while and it's very exciting to me. It's cool to see some movement on it since FreeCAD hasn't seen a lot of development and the rest of the OSS parametric CAD field is rather inactive.
- tgirod 2y agoSolvespace is quite capable, but not very active lately, unfortunately.
- wurzeltrick 2y agoSorry. this isn't correct at all. FreeCAD development is very active and it's getting better every day. I'm using the developer versions because, there are just so many improvements happening to UI and usability. Its development process has also improved a lot since a commercial entity (ondsel.com), run by an active FreeCAD developer. started helping. Just checkout the latest release notes for 0.21, 0.22 and 1.0 if you haven't tried it for a while (sections for PartDesign and Sketcher workspaces are the most relevant, if you just want to design for e.g. 3D printing). https://wiki.freecad.org/Release_notes_1.0 https://wiki.freecad.org/Release_notes_1.0 Eventhough I will only use the upstream FLOSS version, I often refer people to https://ondsel.com/blog/ https://ondsel.com/blog/ for an extensive summary of everything happening around FreeCAD.
- indigo0086 2y agoJust downloaded the latest dev build after mainly using link-stage and have to say they did a great job. Either way more free CAD software is great and am glad nee things are happening around this as a hobbyist
- programmarchy 2y agoThis is an impressive project because of how several existing libraries were leveraged and synthesized into a powerful tool. Keen insight and well executed.
- LeoPanthera 2y ago"Dune 3D is a parametric 3D CAD application that supports STEP import/export, fillets and chamfers." Since I thought this was some kind of remake of the Dune II RTS.
- cynicalsecurity 2y agoThe choice for naming is indeed very poor.
- Krasnol 2y agoIt is terrible, actually. Why would one do this? It isn't even slightly related to the product. Damn...
- ktm5j 2y agoYou're assuming that it was named with Dune the book in mind.. but dune is a word that is not owned by that franchise. Who knows what the name is supposed to mean.
- Krasnol 2y agoIt's not just me as you can see here. Nobody says that the word is owned by a franchise but as you see, especially with the "3D" and the fact that the franchise is trending, it causes confusion.
- shzhdbi09gv8ioi 2y agoWell, the timing is bad since the dune3d software was initially named only 7 months ago [1] (after the first new Dune movie), and just last month the second new Dune movie came out. 1: https://github.com/dune3d/dune3d/commit/3d17bc57e07ea39a7b89a88e7dde2615031e7e28 https://github.com/dune3d/dune3d/commit/3d17bc57e07ea39a7b89...
- MrVandemar 2y agoJava had nothing to do with coffee; nor Python snakes; nor Rust oxidation. The computing/IT industry just picks names for stuff that doesn't have much to do with anything.
- mjfl 2y agoHow does this compare to AutoCAD?
- kennywinker 2y agoHow it compares: autocad is a military assault vehicle, and this is a bicycle. I.e. they're not really comparable at all, but I'd much rather use this.
- mypalmike 2y agoDocs here: https://docs.dune3d.org/en/latest/ https://docs.dune3d.org/en/latest/
- rcarmo 2y agoThis looks pretty nice for a 1.1 - I have been looking for a cross-platform (inc. Linux) parametric CAD application that actually has a UI (I can use SolveSpace, but it's a pain) and that isn't crammed with eldritch horrors (I've tried to use FreeCAD so often it's almost a meme now). Maybe this will reduce my reliance on Shapr3D and Fusion...
- dTal 2y agoYou might also be interested in SALOME - it's designed as a CFD meshing interface, but the CAD part is basically "FreeCAD but sane".
- WillAdams 2y agoThe footnote from the main page: https://github.com/dune3d/dune3d https://github.com/dune3d/dune3d is notable: >I ended up directly using solvespace's solver instead of the suggested wrapper code since it didn't expose all of the features I needed. I also had to patch the solver to make it sufficiently fast for the kinds of equations I was generating by symbolically solving equations where applicable. There's also a top-level domain: https://dune3d.org/ https://dune3d.org/ and documentation: https://docs.dune3d.org/en/latest/ https://docs.dune3d.org/en/latest/
- phkahler 2y ago>> make it sufficiently fast for the kinds of equations I was generating by symbolically solving equations where applicable. I have to wonder if we could bring those changes back into Solvespace. Also which version of the solver he started from. We brought in Eigen a while back and it really helped performance.
- phkahler 2y agoLucas K, can you email me? Yes I'm the solvespace maintainer. I can't find your email. Mine is same ID at g mail. I have a few topics you might be interested in.
- atoav 2y agoOne the chance that Lukas cannot react I could help establishing a contact, where can your mail be found, did 't find it on the solvespace website.
- downvotetruth 2y ago"email is the same ID at gmail" https://github.com/phkahler https://github.com/phkahler
- atoav 2y agoThanks for doing the work for me, was on my phone and not in the mood for an extended search
- beachy 2y agoKudos for using "anticipated questions" instead of the always bogus "Frequently asked questions". But brickbats for not having "does it run on linux?" in there as a question (I guess the answer is no).
- AdamH12113 2y agoSounds like it does. The docs have build instructions for Linux: https://docs.dune3d.org/en/latest/build-linux.html https://docs.dune3d.org/en/latest/build-linux.html
- kennywinker 2y agohttps://docs.dune3d.org/en/latest/build-linux.html https://docs.dune3d.org/en/latest/build-linux.html Seems like it does run on linux
- atoav 2y agoKnowing the person this would be the assumed default OS
- grzeshru 2y agoFrank Klepacki on soundtrack?
- mitthrowaway2 2y agoWhoa, is this by the same guy who did the electronics CAD program Horizon EDA? Very impressed.
- James_K 2y agoI can't explain it, but there's something oddly unnerving about seeing the stock GTK widgets in a piece of software like a CAD or video editor.
- dTal 2y agoGTK widgets are indeed offputting in general. I think it's partly that GTK is very easy to use, which means we've all used a lot of shitty GTK software due to the lower barrier to entry, and partly that at some point it got tangled up in GNOME's misguided efforts towards "convergence", which has left it looking big and clunky and in deliberate violation of 30+ years of UI tradition. Purely anecdotally, the best software almost invariably uses either Qt, WxWidgets, or something homegrown.
- rowanG077 2y agoI love the idea of solvespace but it shits the bed on even simple geometries. Let alone no fillets. I will try this out and check if it's any good.
- jopsen 2y agoI played a bit with 1.0.0, it crashed a bit here and there... But it was fairly simple to use. Granted, I've mostly been using tinkercad so far :)
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- smolsky 2y agoOh, I thought this was an OSS remake Dune II. How sad... heh.
- daotoad 2y agoMe too. But this might be even better. While I really like Fusion 360, it is proprietary. I've tried FreeCAD, but as much as I want to love it, it's painful to use. Thrilled to have another option to check out.