Amazing work! This is what I was looking for, I thought of this few months ago and didn't have the time to create it myself. Thanks will explore it and give my feedback!
Parametric CAD in Rust
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Re: Parametric CAD in Rust
#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
My whole CAD experience is with OpenSCAD, which apparently uses the same kernel; Honest question -- what is the alternative? I would assume the vast majority of 3D model processing relies on triangle meshes...
Breps. Nearly all commercial cad packages operate on boundary representations of objects.
I would start with CSG if you are new to these ideas:
Re: Parametric CAD in Rust
#13Unfortunately, using a geometry kernel [1] that operates on triangle meshes means this is a no-go for serious CAD usage. [1]: https://github.com/elalish/manifold
I've built something very similar (also based on triangle meshes, but in TS), and while it wouldn't work for say 3D printing, my target is game object modeling. I guess people have specific use cases in mind when referring to "CAD".
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Re: Parametric CAD in Rust
#15Note that there's an existing CAD-in-Rust project, Fornjot, which has been quietly developing since 2020: https://www.fornjot.app/
Re: Parametric CAD in Rust
#16Unfortunately, using a geometry kernel [1] that operates on triangle meshes means this is a no-go for serious CAD usage. [1]: https://github.com/elalish/manifold
I've built something very similar (also based on triangle meshes, but in TS), and while it wouldn't work for say 3D printing, my target is game object modeling. I guess people have specific use cases in mind when referring to "CAD".
In my mind, cad that you’re not going to manufacture is “modeling”. Not sure if that’s a common verbal distinction.
Re: Parametric CAD in Rust
#17This sounds a lot like Fidget (https://github.com/mkeeter/fidget) and libfive (https://github.com/libfive/libfive) by the amazing Matt Keeter!
Re: Parametric CAD in Rust
#18Note that there's an existing CAD-in-Rust project, Fornjot, which has been quietly developing since 2020: https://www.fornjot.app/
Also Truck https://github.com/ricosjp/truck
Re: Parametric CAD in Rust
#19I am constantly designing parts myself. I just wish that instead of having many unfinished, unpolished products we had something with the level of Solidworks / Onshape / whatever.
FreeCad is getting somewhere but it is still way behind. The last thing I care about is what language was it implemented with.
Re: Parametric CAD in Rust
#20Interesting, because I am trying to learn OpenSCAD for some simple modeling.
Note: This is probably a dead-end; it is not on the same level as SolidWorks, Fusion etc.