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Congrats on releasing such a complex tool, that's a big achievement. Someday, I'd like to try my hand at making my own vector graphics tool that contains a con
by mightyham 2y ago
Congrats on releasing such a complex tool, that's a big achievement.
Someday, I'd like to try my hand at making my own vector graphics tool that contains a constraint solver. I am just an amateur when it comes to graphic design, but I often find Inkscape incredibly difficult to use. Certain shapes take bizarre combinations of commands to create and once a design is finished it can be hard to make adjustments. I find it much easier to make 2D designs as a fusion 360 sketches because constraining a bunch of lines and curves then playing with measurements is significantly more intuitive and interactive. Also maybe a tool like this already exists and I'm just not aware of it.
- Keavon 2y agoDefinitely! And in fact, that is on our [roadmap](https://graphite.rs/features/#:~:text=CAD%2Dlike%20constraint%20relationships https://graphite.rs/features/#:~:text=CAD%2Dlike%20constrain...). Maybe you could get involved instead of making something separate.
- WillAdams 2y agoThe closest thing would be Solvespace --- might want to look at Dune3D.
- mightyham 2y agoThose are both 3D CAD programs though, and almost all CAD software supports 2D parametric sketching. I mostly just find strange though that such a ubiquitous feature in CAD, which allows for fast creation and manipulation of 2D shapes, is missing from every vector graphics tool I've used.
- WillAdams 2y agoYeah, it would be interesting to see the Solvespace solver ported to Inkscape as it was to Blender as CADsketcher.