Hi John, > -----Original Message----- > From: geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org > [mailto:geda-user-boun...@moria.seul.org] On Behalf Of John Griessen > Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 10:50 PM > To: gEDA user mailing list > Subject: Re: gEDA-user: PCB+GL+3D Packages?? > > On 11/15/2010 03:24 PM, Peter Clifton wrote: > >> However, OpenSCAD seems to have some (user) momentum in > the MakerBot& > >> > Thingieverse culture, and the OpenSCAD code resembles to be a > >> > small subset of the C programming language. > > Interesting. > > > >> > At least one nifty thing OpenSCAD can do is extrude a geometry > >> > defined in a 2D DXF-file (made with QCAD for instance), > this would > >> > allow for arbitrary shaped boards. > > Nice. > > HeeksCAD can do both those things and has python interface > instead of a "subset" > script language (another new language)...or it has a GUI to > make sketches (2D outlines) from faces of solid primitives or > from complex booleans of solids. > > Thingieverse culture is about quick easy copying mostly, > not very good for revising designs. > They mostly use STL. Reprap is the group that's been > promoting openscad lately. > > I prefer HeeksCAD for the python interface. I'm adding a > feature to that python interface today, and I was a newbie to > HeeksCAD three weeks ago. > > JG >
Well, I better have a close look at HeeksCAD also. My python-fu is weak though ;-( Kind regards, Bert Timmerman. _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
