CAD Sketcher, free and open-source project bringing CAD like tools to Blender3d (cadsketcher.com)
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WillAdams May 7, 2024 | on: Pyspread – Pythonic Spreadsheet | context

Good points.

I was trying to think of unusual programs with non-standard approaches.

Perhaps rather than FreeCAD either BRL-CAD, or maybe the recently announced Dune 3D:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40228068

Also, Blender w/ CADsketcher (the Solvespace solver) is quite good:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34856383

Though maybe Solvespace would be a better match?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33571555

virtualritz Feb 20, 2023 | on: Show HN: Replicad, the Library for CAD in the Browser | context

See also this thread[1] from yesterday which has some interesting comments on the limitations projects based on the OpenCascade kernel face.

Mentions an interesting video[2] going through the commercial geometry kernel options and their resp. limitations from the author of [3].

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34856383

[2] https://youtu.be/WvwiH1DOK1M

[3] https://github.com/nkallen/plasticity

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