Has anyone seen or considered a port to iOS? Seems like OS X and iOS are similar enough this might be possible without a huge effort and current generation iPads seem powerful enough to run it. I ask because OpenSCAD in one of the few apps that I use enough to miss it when traveling with only my iPad. Sure I could carry a light notebook too but for so many things a tablet is better suited and while I don't think they will replace a traditional computer for heavy content creation anytime soon they can do their fair share. Anyway I was just wondering if someone else has looked at doing this or if it had already been done...which would be awesome or if one of the sophisticated users/developers might want to give it a go. Thanks Darren -- View this message in context: http://forum.openscad.org/OpenSCAD-for-iOS-tp21686.html Sent from the OpenSCAD mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

There are lots of reasons why this might not happen. You have to pay money to Apple for the privilege of developing an iOS app. Apple places heavy restrictions on iOS apps, which AFAIK are incompatible with the GPL. You would be unable to load nightly developer builds of OpenSCAD onto your iPad, since those builds would not be present on the app store. Also, there is a rule, "Interpreted code may only be used in an Application if all scripts, code and interpreters are packaged in the Application and not downloaded.", which appears to forbid OpenSCAD entirely. On 14 June 2017 at 20:53, macdarren <macdarren@mac.com> wrote: > Has anyone seen or considered a port to iOS? > > Seems like OS X and iOS are similar enough this might be possible without > a huge effort and current generation iPads seem powerful enough to run it. > > I ask because OpenSCAD in one of the few apps that I use enough to miss it > when > traveling with only my iPad. Sure I could carry a light notebook too but > for so many > things a tablet is better suited and while I don't think they will replace > a > traditional > computer for heavy content creation anytime soon they can do their fair > share. > > Anyway I was just wondering if someone else has looked at doing this or if > it had already > been done...which would be awesome or if one of the sophisticated > users/developers might want to give it a go. > > Thanks > Darren > > > > -- > View this message in context: http://forum.openscad.org/ > OpenSCAD-for-iOS-tp21686.html > Sent from the OpenSCAD mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > Discuss@lists.openscad.org > http://lists.openscad.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.openscad.org >

Roger. 

On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 09:28:12PM -0400, doug moen wrote: > Also, there > is a rule, "Interpreted code may only be used in an Application if all > scripts, code and interpreters are packaged in the Application and not > downloaded.", which appears to forbid OpenSCAD entirely. Weeeelllll.... That rule is meant to prevent applications from changing character by downloading and executing scripts from the manufacturer on a regular basis. So the question is: Will they enforce this strictly according to the letter of the rule, or will they recognize that in this case interpreting user-typed and user-downloaded stuff is a useful feature that cannot be mis-used. Roger. -- ** R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl ** http://www.BitWizard.nl/ ** +31-15-2600998 ** ** Delftechpark 26 2628 XH Delft, The Netherlands. KVK: 27239233 ** *-- BitWizard writes Linux device drivers for any device you may have! --* The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But unlike Phil, this plan just might work.

     Roger.

According to https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4891642/interpreter-for-the-iphone, "Apple started officially allowing programming language interpreters in the iOS App store late Q3 of 2010 (they changed their SDK agreement to clarify this). However interpreters (except for Javascript in a UIWebview) are not allowed to run any downloaded code. Only code built into the app, or typed in by the user." "There are 5 or more Basic interpreters currently available in the App store. They all require you to type in your Basic program." "If you create an interpreter, you might want to make sure it complies with the iOS SDK sandbox rules (doesn't allow file snooping outside the sandbox or attempts at spawning processes, etc.)" On Thursday, 15 June 2017, Rogier Wolff <R.E.Wolff@bitwizard.nl> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 09:28:12PM -0400, doug moen wrote: > > Also, there > > is a rule, "Interpreted code may only be used in an Application if all > > scripts, code and interpreters are packaged in the Application and not > > downloaded.", which appears to forbid OpenSCAD entirely. > > Weeeelllll.... That rule is meant to prevent applications from > changing character by downloading and executing scripts from the > manufacturer on a regular basis. So the question is: Will they enforce > this strictly according to the letter of the rule, or will they > recognize that in this case interpreting user-typed and > user-downloaded stuff is a useful feature that cannot be mis-used. > > Roger. > > -- > ** R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl ** http://www.BitWizard.nl/ ** +31-15-2600998 ** > ** Delftechpark 26 2628 XH Delft, The Netherlands. KVK: 27239233 ** > *-- BitWizard writes Linux device drivers for any device you may have! --* > The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But unlike > Phil, this plan just might work. > > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > Discuss@lists.openscad.org <javascript:;> > http://lists.openscad.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.openscad.org >

     Roger.

(La)TeX was made available in TeXpad by going using a BSD-licensed distribution --- TeX is Tturing complete, so not sure how the interaction w/ Dropbox &c. is handled. Over on the other side of the house there's http://www.scorchworks.com/ScorchCAD/scorchcad.html Or use one of the web interfaces? William On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 7:49 AM, doug moen <doug@moens.org> wrote: > According to https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4891642/interpreter- > for-the-iphone, > > "Apple started officially allowing programming language interpreters in > the iOS App store late Q3 of 2010 (they changed their SDK agreement to > clarify this). However interpreters (except for Javascript in a UIWebview) > are not allowed to run any downloaded code. Only code built into the app, > or typed in by the user." > > "There are 5 or more Basic interpreters currently available in the App > store. They all require you to type in your Basic program." > > "If you create an interpreter, you might want to make sure it complies > with the iOS SDK sandbox rules (doesn't allow file snooping outside the > sandbox or attempts at spawning processes, etc.)" > > On Thursday, 15 June 2017, Rogier Wolff <R.E.Wolff@bitwizard.nl> wrote: > >> On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 09:28:12PM -0400, doug moen wrote: >> > Also, there >> > is a rule, "Interpreted code may only be used in an Application if all >> > scripts, code and interpreters are packaged in the Application and not >> > downloaded.", which appears to forbid OpenSCAD entirely. >> >> Weeeelllll.... That rule is meant to prevent applications from >> changing character by downloading and executing scripts from the >> manufacturer on a regular basis. So the question is: Will they enforce >> this strictly according to the letter of the rule, or will they >> recognize that in this case interpreting user-typed and >> user-downloaded stuff is a useful feature that cannot be mis-used. >> >> Roger. >> >> -- >> ** R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl ** http://www.BitWizard.nl/ ** +31-15-2600998 >> <+31%2015%20260%200998> ** >> ** Delftechpark 26 2628 XH Delft, The Netherlands. KVK: 27239233 ** >> *-- BitWizard writes Linux device drivers for any device you may have! --* >> The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But unlike >> Phil, this plan just might work. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OpenSCAD mailing list >> Discuss@lists.openscad.org >> http://lists.openscad.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.openscad.org >> > > _______________________________________________ > OpenSCAD mailing list > Discuss@lists.openscad.org > http://lists.openscad.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.openscad.org > >

OpenSCAD does not generate any code, it's simply parsing and evaluating text. That's hardly different from any calculator app. The main issue is, like someone mentioned before, that the AppStore is not compatible with GPL, so that's a hard stop for having OpenSCAD as normal application in the Apple AppStore. Other options would be a web solution including something like RollApp (if that still exists...). ciao, Torsten.