OpenAstroTracker
3D printed DSLR tracking mount (by OpenAstroTech)
NopSCADlib
Library of parts modelled in OpenSCAD and a framework for making projects (by nophead)
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| OpenAstroTracker | NopSCADlib | |
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| 6 | 10 | |
| 934 | 1,074 | |
| 0.0% | - | |
| 0.0 | 8.6 | |
| about 1 year ago | 5 days ago | |
| OpenSCAD | OpenSCAD | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
OpenAstroTracker
Posts with mentions or reviews of OpenAstroTracker.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects.
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I pointed my backyard telescope into deep space and took pictures of this tiny patch of sky for 32 hours to reveal galaxies at mind-boggling distances … millions to billions of light years away. [OC]
For anyone that wants to look at the details, the hardware and code on this one is all open source: https://github.com/OpenAstroTech/OpenAstroTracker
- SolidWorks or Fusion 360 assembly files available?
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Need a new hobby that will eat all your money? Try out Astrophotography with the mostly printed OpenAstroTracker!
...at GitHub
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Links
Software
- OpenAstroTracker: 3D-printed tracking mount for DSLR astrophotography
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Can't find a print file...
Here is the DigitalLevel addon, with the files you're looking for, on github: https://github.com/OpenAstroTech/OpenAstroTracker/tree/bd2f5f6694e6d3b48d44d4cb4f0637b45bb4ab15/Addons/DigitalLevel
NopSCADlib
Posts with mentions or reviews of NopSCADlib.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-27.
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PartCAD the first package manager for CAD models
They don't seem to be aware of https://github.com/nophead/NopSCADlib which has been around for an age.
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MK4 Printable Parts are now available
If you're looking for examples of high quality openscad code, dotSCAD is pretty cool. nophead (old school reprap person and one of the openscad developers) has a parts library that I think is high quality.
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Library of parts for SolveSpace
As for now there is no library of parts for SolveSpace similar to NopSCADLib for r/OpenSCAD or FreeCAD library for r/FreeCAD.
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OpenSCAD 3D rendering just got an order of magnitude faster
This is exciting news. And I enjoyed to learn that some investigation on adding parallelism has been done. OpenSCAD is my main design driver, so when I hit these performance corners, it'd drive me nuts.
OpenSCAD and https://github.com/nophead/NopSCADlib is a winning combo.
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Why is the standard library so sparse?
It's going to take you more than a few days. There are a bunch of libraries out there: https://github.com/topics/openscad-library is a whole list of them plus https://github.com/nophead/NopSCADlib has tons of prebuild parts you can modify.
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What are some useful tools for (aluminum) project boxes?
I cnc'ed the front panel of the box, but it would be interesting to have a tool for panels specifically. Best thing I could find that goes in the same direction is this project https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4947863 based on the ultimate box maker and NopSCADlib https://github.com/nophead/NopSCADlib/
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Open Source Tractor
All the designs we're drawing for https://wiki.replimat.org/wiki/Main_Page are done using our branch of https://github.com/nophead/NopSCADlib which contains some work yet to be upstreamed here: https://github.com/timschmidt/replimat
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Replimat - a reusable Open Hardware building system which requires only a few tools, is compatible with other building systems, and makes more of itself
I've spent a lot of time improving the CAD situation around the system. All our core parts are now a part of https://github.com/nophead/NopSCADlib which automatically generates assembly instructions, bills of material, 2D and 3D CAD files for cutting and printing, etc. Eventually it will generate machine control commands directly.
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50c worth of PLA later…
Here's the code.
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Creating STL models of PCBs for fit testing enclosures
I suppose something like this might help too.. https://github.com/nophead/NopSCADlib#pcb
What are some alternatives?
When comparing OpenAstroTracker and NopSCADlib you can also consider the following projects:
BOSL - The Belfry OpenScad Library - A library of tools, shapes, and helpers to make OpenScad easier to use.
dotSCAD - Reduce the burden of mathematics when playing OpenSCAD
BOSL2 - The Belfry OpenScad Library, v2.0. An OpenSCAD library of shapes, masks, and manipulators to make working with OpenSCAD easier. BETA
hello-world - 3D printed LED "hello world!" sign powered by a wifi-enabled ESP8266 board.
fosscad-repo - Official FOSSCAD Library Repository
snappy-reprap - The world's most 3D printable 3D printer. (Guinness Book of World Records 2017 & 2018)
3d-models - Collection of self-designed 3D models made for FDM 3D-printing
PolyDiceGenerator - A customizable Polyhedral Dice Generator for OpenSCAD.
hygrometer - DIY HA compatible Temperature & Humidity Sensor
threadlib - thread library for OpenSCAD
OpenAstroTracker vs BOSL
NopSCADlib vs BOSL
OpenAstroTracker vs dotSCAD
NopSCADlib vs BOSL2
OpenAstroTracker vs hello-world
NopSCADlib vs dotSCAD
OpenAstroTracker vs fosscad-repo
NopSCADlib vs snappy-reprap
OpenAstroTracker vs 3d-models
NopSCADlib vs PolyDiceGenerator
OpenAstroTracker vs hygrometer
NopSCADlib vs threadlib