COcodetrotter·Feb 19, 2023
GitHub link is https://github.com/hlorus/CAD_Sketcher for anyone else looking for it
In CAD Sketcher, free and open-source project bringing CAD like tools to Blender3dhlorus
CAD_Sketcher
Python2021–2023
hlorus / CAD_Sketcher
CAD_Sketcher
Constraint-based geometry sketcher for blender
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What it is
Constraint-based geometry sketcher for blender
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Observed mentions: 2021-09-18 20:36:11 UTC to 2023-02-19 11:43:46 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| Sep 2021 | 2021-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 2021 | 2021-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2021 | 2021-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2021 | 2021-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 2022 | 2022-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Mar 2022 | 2022-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Apr 2022 | 2022-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| May 2022 | 2022-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jun 2022 | 2022-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 2022 | 2022-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2022 | 2022-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 2022 | 2022-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2022 | 2022-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2022 | 2022-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2022 | 2022-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 2023 | 2023-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
8 sourcesI'm aware, however there have been a couple efforts now to introduce CAD tooling into Blender.
https://github.com/hlorus/CAD_Sketcher
https://github.com/EleotleCram/blender-cad-tools
I'm not suggesting that they are ready for professional use, just that I don't think the Autodesk moat is as deep as some might assume, and that if there was a concerted community effort Blender could accomplish those tasks.
In Local simulation feature to be removed from all Autodesk Fusion 360 versionsConstraint-based geometry (CAD) sketcher for Blender
106 points · Open discussionCAD Sketcher – Constraint-based geometry sketcher for blender
1 points · Open discussionCadsketcher – Constraint-based geometry sketcher for blender
1 points · Open discussionCAD/CAM constraint-based geometry sketcher for Blender
181 points · Open discussionSomeone made a constraint based sketcher for Blender: https://github.com/hlorus/geometry_sketcher so that is fun..
But of course using a mesh modeling engine for CAD is not the best idea. You generally do want to work in B-rep, if not for precision then for exchange reasons (e.g. export electronic component models as STEP to add to PCB software, import a whole board STEP model from PCB software to build a case for the board)
In OpenSCAD 3D rendering just got an order of magnitude fasterConstraint-Based Geometry Sketcher for Blender
1 points · Open discussion