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| blog | solvespace | |
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| 2 | 71 | |
| 0 | 3,069 | |
| - | 2.0% | |
| 5.3 | 6.9 | |
| about 2 months ago | 12 days ago | |
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| - | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Ask HN: What rabbit hole(s) did you dive into recently?
Reverse engineering android apps. I wrote a bit about it in [0]. In the weekend I also started doing another one. It's interesting to see how these apps behave.
[0] https://github.com/benhamad/blog/blob/main/2024-04-12-dramal...
- Reverse engineering an illegal IPTV application on the Google Play Store
solvespace
- Ask HN: How does modern FreeCAD compare with Solidworks?
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CADmium: A Local-First CAD Program Built for the Browser
https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/453#issuecom...
I know how to do it better now, but ugh... not enough time.
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Ask HN: What rabbit hole(s) did you dive into recently?
Can second this!
However, I would recommend https://solvespace.com! It hits a sweet spot between features vs complexity/learning effort.
- My favorite code comment/rant
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Why large companies and fast-moving startups are banning merge commits
We use rebase on solvespace, along with sensible squashing so most commits along master are pretty self contained. You can see the clean history here:
https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/commits/master/
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A one line code change inside iOS made me waste 5 minutes
I changed a behavior to the "more standard" one because it felt obviously right. This was a 3 line change. But the was enough backlash right there in the pull request. So I spent a couple hours remembering how to add a configuration option to keep the old way for those guys:
https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/pull/1425
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RattleCAD
> If you like Linkage, you might also like Solvespace.
No, I mean Brent Curry's Linkage[1] bicycle design software, not David Rector's Linkage Mechanism Designer and Simulator[2].
You should read Wikipedia article.[0]
N.B. About SolveSpace, as I'm its experienced user[youtube,patreon], I may say next: yes, it could be used for bike mockup, as any other CAD, but it still has a lot of limitations and even does not export correct STEP files yet[3], and in FreeCAD such STEP could fixed only partially.[video]
So, for serious 3D CAD work I highly recommend use FreeCAD (and LibreCAD for 2D CAD work) instead of SolveSpace, and use SolveSpace only as a helper tool like a calc or as a notepad for noting ideas.
About Linkage Mechanism Designer and Simulator, it is only useful for planar (2D) kinematics analyze, and if You are looking an alternative for it take a look on Pyslvs[4], that is in part based on SolveSpace's solver.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/rattleCAD#History
[1] https://bikechecker.com/
[2] https://blog.rectorsquid.com/linkage-mechanism-designer-and-...
[3] https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/issues/206
[4] https://github.com/KmolYuan/Pyslvs-UI
[video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3LJMeqUDrU
[youtube] https://www.youtube.com/@appsoft
[patreon] https://patreon.com/app4soft
- SolveSpace has been ported to Qt
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Ask HN: What are some of the most elegant codebases in your favorite language?
C++ this file covers all the math for working with NURBS curves and surfaces:
https://github.com/solvespace/solvespace/blob/master/src/srf...
There is a lot more in other files - triangulation, booleans, creation - but the core math functions are there in very readable form.
- My favorite rant in a code comment (on OpenGL compatibility)
What are some alternatives?
babelfish_extensions - Babelfish for PostgreSQL provides the capability for PostgreSQL to work with applications written for Microsoft SQL Server. Babelfish understands the SQL Server wire-protocol and T-SQL, the Microsoft SQL Server query and procedural language, so you don’t have to switch database drivers or rewrite all of your application queries.
cadquery - A python parametric CAD scripting framework based on OCCT
Autodesk-Fusion-360-for-Linux - This is a project, where I give you a way to use Autodesk Fusion 360 on Linux!
blender-cad-tools - a collection of Blender addons to make CAD design with Blender even more enjoyable
FreeCAD_assembly3 - Experimental attempt for the next generation assembly workbench for FreeCAD
LibreCAD - LibreCAD is a cross-platform 2D CAD program written in C++17. It can read DXF/DWG files and can write DXF/PDF/SVG files. It supports point/line/circle/ellipse/parabola/spline primitives. The user interface is highly customizable, and has dozens of translations.
DesignSpark-Mechanical-for-Linux
SOLIDWORKS-for-Linux - This is a project, where I give you a way to use SOLIDWORKS on Linux!
digikey-kicad-library - An atomic parts library for Ki-Cad.
FreeCAD - This is the official source code of FreeCAD, a free and opensource multiplatform 3D parametric modeler.
horizon - Horizon is a free EDA package
CAD_Sketcher - Constraint-based geometry sketcher for blender