ViewSCAD
A Jupyter renderer for the OpenSCAD and SolidPython Constructive Solid Geometry languages (by nickc92)
BOSL
The Belfry OpenScad Library - A library of tools, shapes, and helpers to make OpenScad easier to use. (by revarbat)
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| ViewSCAD | BOSL | |
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| 2 | 16 | |
| 140 | 469 | |
| - | - | |
| 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| over 3 years ago | about 1 year ago | |
| Python | OpenSCAD | |
| MIT License | BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License |
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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.
ViewSCAD
Posts with mentions or reviews of ViewSCAD.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-06-28.
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Curated Code CAD
Just a quick diff between your list and mine, apologies if I missed them or if there is a reason to exclude these:
- https://github.com/nickc92/ViewSCAD -
Support for Javascript?
This sub is understandably enthusiastic about the OpenSCAD language, but I’m with you in preferring existing general purpose languages. For browser-enabled Python & OpenSCAD, check out ViewSCAD, or for basic Python, see my SolidPython
BOSL
Posts with mentions or reviews of BOSL.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-05-31.
- Can you add male or female bolt threads in Prusa Slicer?
- I'm sure many around here already know about this gear generation library, but for those who don't, I'm sharing it here,
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I just want to show you my parametric gear that I just finished. Since the code is a mess, I can't share it completely, but I'll improve it soon so you can use it easily.(sorry for my english)
I belive something like this?
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Bosl1 or 2
Ah, never mind. I found it: https://github.com/revarbat/BOSL
- Creating a library for OpenSCAD
- Help with a threads module. I don't know where to start to add in the specs I want.
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OpenSCAD help needed
OpenSCAD provides the primitives for constructive geometry. Anything beyond that requires libraries. BOSL is quite popular (although I use BOSL rather than BOSL2 because BOSL2 is not finalized). https://github.com/revarbat/BOSL
- N-order Bezier curve function (Did I do this right?)
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What is the best 3D modeling program to learn?
If you have any programming experience then OpenSCAD might be worth a look. Up until very recently I have used it exclusively for the past few years. It takes a bit to build yourself up a personal library of common shapes but once you do you can code up a design pretty quickly. And if you use any type of good programming experience your designs are parametric by default. There are also existing libraries out there that can help out quite a bit (e.g. https://github.com/revarbat/BOSL and https://github.com/JustinSDK/dotSCAD)
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This how far I've gotten after 10 days through learning curve and iterative cycle of OpenSCAD > Cura Slicing > 3D Printing > Tweaking > Repeating...
Back to topic, you might find Round Anything to be useful -- I certainly have. I haven't used it yet, but the shell2d() out of the Belfry OpenScad Library also looks like it would be helpful for these sort of functional parts.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing ViewSCAD and BOSL you can also consider the following projects:
cadquery - A python parametric CAD scripting framework based on OCCT
BOSL2 - The Belfry OpenScad Library, v2.0. An OpenSCAD library of shapes, masks, and manipulators to make working with OpenSCAD easier. BETA
SolidPython - A python frontend for solid modelling that compiles to OpenSCAD
OpenAstroTracker - 3D printed DSLR tracking mount
antimony - CAD from a parallel universe
NopSCADlib - Library of parts modelled in OpenSCAD and a framework for making projects
sdf - Simple SDF mesh generation in Python
threads-scad - OpenSCAD threading library
sdfx - A simple CAD package using signed distance functions
opencascade-emscripten-port - Open CASCADE - Emscripten / Webassembly port
bend.scad - Procedures for bending models on the surface of a cylinder or into a parabola in OpenSCAD