cadquery VS OpenJSCAD.org

I was thinking about cadQuery or DrawSVG. But maybe you have a better idea ? I'm beginner in python (started on november ...)

Last few months, I've made over 20 3D printed panels using the CadQuery Python library. Its syntax is pretty complex, so every time I wanted to make a panel, I'd just copy-paste bits and pieces from my previous panels. In the process, I learned what work and what doesn't, and I thought it was time to polish up this system to share it with others.

>Python for CAD

You might be interested in CadQuery:

https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery

Spicy! I'm also a solidworks user but I've been playing around with cadquery recently, that installed and performs pretty nicely on Linux for me. Haven't really pushed it though.

I am currently developing a pipeline for creating STL files, slice them and create a print job based on it. My setup at the moment is an Ultimaker S5, which offers a simple REST-API, for example starting a job with a G-Code or UFP file. I am using the cadQuery library for creating parametrized 3d shapes and export them as a STL file. I want to use the CuraEngine CLI interface (Backend for Cura) for slicing or their library libArcus (python bindings) but there is literally no documentation or any kind of examples, except the source code. There is also the prucaSlicer, which also offers a CLI interface for creating G-Code, but no support for the Ultimaker S5.

Not C but maybe cadquery? https://cadquery.readthedocs.io

CadQuery would be a closer alternative to OpenSCAD. Not sure if it’s available on OpenBSD.

Check out https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery

its uses https://github.com/jscad/OpenJSCAD.org library to create the 3d model

then there are 2 others, sop/CSGboolean and sop/CADboolean. CSGBoolean is indeed based on CSG, and uses jscad. And the CAD one (which I show in the video in this post) is based on opencascade, which is the most powerful/stable. Then the output of both of those nodes is converted to threejs in order to be displayed in webgl.

That being said, https://github.com/jscad/OpenJSCAD.org sounds like a winner for your requirement of NOT having to download a file across the internet.

this looks very nice. i think i like the ergonomics of your library... the "sketch on a plane then extrude" workflow feels nice and familiar.

could you compare and contrast replicad to JSCAD (https://openjscad.xyz)?

the examples in your docs are quite sluggish to load in Safari, but the workbench is very snappy!

No one has mentioned OpenJSCAD, which is the same idea in Javascript: http://openjscad.azurewebsites.net/

https://github.com/jscad/OpenJSCAD.org/tree/V2

A fairly substantial rewrite is underway, the V2 branch linked above.

- Browserify to bundle the design into a website. Directly from the source CAD files, without rendering to a huge mesh file format.

It's cool because you get access to the whole javascript ecosystem, and it's native to the browser.

https://openjscad.xyz/