Agreed! I’m already working on it, but it’s not quite ready yet. ETA is 1-2 weeks.
tolugenius 6 hours ago [-]
Really interesting! I actually use freecad so I'm use to that layer of the process but I'll check this out. Also good to see the work being done in modeling software these days
manny_rat 6 hours ago [-]
Love it! OpenSCAD has very painful syntax. Is it possible to easily do bevels/chamfers or does it have the same limitations as OpenSCAD there?
Quite easy to add chamfers to everything in the CAD file. But your manufacturing guy is going to strangle you...
kragen 3 hours ago [-]
Can you fillet unions? Like, if I union a cube with a smaller cube sticking out of its side, can I make a fillet so that the edge where the two cubes' faces intersect doesn't become a stress concentration point for cracks to start at? This is OpenSCAD's primary weakness from my point of view.
WillAdams 6 hours ago [-]
Is it able to access the file system and write/read files?
I've been doing that via PythonSCAD for my current project https://github.com/WillAdams/gcodepreview and it might be interesting to do a re-write in another language.
adius 5 hours ago [-]
Yes, it executes in a full fledged Lua environment. So you can do all the things you expect do be able to do with Lua!
I’d pick Lua over Python any day, but maybe that’s just me. ;-)
WillAdams 4 hours ago [-]
I've had good success w/ using Lua in LuaLaTeX, so hopefully a good fit for me to exercise my programming chops. I think it will be interesting to maintain two parallel versions for comparison/contrast. Thanks!
adastra22 3 hours ago [-]
Isn't OpenSCAD's limited (non-Turing complete) language a feature?
adius 3 hours ago [-]
I'm pretty sure it's Turing complete by now. If it was conceptualized as a limited language and only became a full fledged programming language over time, it would certainly explain all its weird warts. (Here is some more details: https://github.com/ad-si/LuaCAD#why-lua) I guess 3D modeling is just too complex for a simple, but limited DSL.
Lua is easier to use, faster, and more feature-rich. It's one of those rare occasions when a new solution is actually better in every single way.
I've been doing that via PythonSCAD for my current project https://github.com/WillAdams/gcodepreview and it might be interesting to do a re-write in another language.
I’d pick Lua over Python any day, but maybe that’s just me. ;-)
Lua is easier to use, faster, and more feature-rich. It's one of those rare occasions when a new solution is actually better in every single way.