King@blackneon.net to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 17 days agoµcad: New open source programming language that can generate 2D sketches and 3Dmicrocad.xyzexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up172arrow-down10cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
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minus-squareanotherspinelessdem@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·17 days agoAlso, I’m curious, can’t Blender do a lot of this? Seems it’d be right up its alley
minus-squareskrlet13linkfedilinkEspañolarrow-up1·7 days agoIf you need precise measures, blender can’t guarantee precision
minus-squareanotherspinelessdem@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoTrue but don’t engineers have to label sizes of everything anyway?
minus-squareskrlet13linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoYes, but modeled results won’t be accurate then. Scale and proportions will be messed up and won’t be coherent with the measures, and that’s unacceptable in some contexts.
Also, I’m curious, can’t Blender do a lot of this? Seems it’d be right up its alley
If you need precise measures, blender can’t guarantee precision
True but don’t engineers have to label sizes of everything anyway?
Yes, but modeled results won’t be accurate then. Scale and proportions will be messed up and won’t be coherent with the measures, and that’s unacceptable in some contexts.