Show HN: Cadseer. a parametric solid modeling CAD desktop application

Post by blobfish01 » Sun, Apr 02, 2023, 1:07 PM UTC

solarkraft wrote: post #30

blobfish01 wrote: post #23

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I am using opencascade and doing solid modeling vs mesh modeling. So cadseer is closer to something like freecad vs blender. A list of advantages and disadvantages should be done by somebody without bias. I will give you an example: I have incorporated 'git' revision control. With every update, files are wrote to disk and a git commit is made. With this git setup, I decided to exclude the typical 'undo' command and h…

Thank you! The git integration sounds brilliant and reminds me of Fusion 360's timeline functionality with which you can go back to an edit you made, change something about it and have the change propagated through all later edits: Sounds a lot like rebasing! Now that you're promoting it and still calling it "alpha software": Are you putting effort into polishing it up? Doesn't make mucb sense for people to invest in…

Post by blobfish01 » Wed, Apr 05, 2023, 12:48 PM UTC

vonnieda wrote: post #32

Wow, I've been looking for something like this for years! Thanks for posting. I fired it up on an M1 Mac (Rosetta 2) and it runs quite nicely. Watching through the screencast now, and looking forward to using this. I've had an interest in writing an open source 3D CAD for some time, but I would far rather help with an existing project. Are you interested in PRs, and are there specific things you'd like help with? One…