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Robin2

Tue, Oct 29, 2019 9:45 PM

doug.moen wrote

OpenSCAD has a very different style of creating 3D shapes, compared to
freehand direct-manipulation modelling tools. This style of working can
appeal to both novices and experts. We have both types of users in our
community.

I think it is best if I drop this line of comment for now. Maybe I have
over-reacted as I have not noticed any questions here from novices (which
does not mean that there have been none).

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doug.moen wrote > OpenSCAD has a very different style of creating 3D shapes, compared to > freehand direct-manipulation modelling tools. This style of working can > appeal to both novices and experts. We have both types of users in our > community. I think it is best if I drop this line of comment for now. Maybe I have over-reacted as I have not noticed any questions here from novices (which does not mean that there have been none). ...R -- Sent from: http://forum.openscad.org/

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WillAdams

Tue, Oct 29, 2019 10:43 PM

I would like to begin hosting designs --- but I need to work out the back-end
technology/code, then figure out how I'll be able to afford everything.

Maybe a Kickstarter next year after I finish my book?

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/designinto3d/design-into-3d-a-book-of-customizable-project-desi

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I would like to begin hosting designs --- but I need to work out the back-end technology/code, then figure out how I'll be able to afford everything. Maybe a Kickstarter next year after I finish my book? https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/designinto3d/design-into-3d-a-book-of-customizable-project-desi -- Sent from: http://forum.openscad.org/

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Torsten Paul

Thu, Oct 31, 2019 5:18 PM

On 29.10.19 23:43, WillAdams via Discuss wrote:

I would like to begin hosting designs --- but I need to work
out the back-end technology/code, then figure out how I'll
be able to afford everything.

Sounds great... and difficult :-). I suspect one important
question is what scope it shall have.

What people have asked for is also a registry of things,
specifically for libraries. But if we think about designs
that are customizable, those are pretty much very very
specialized libraries too.

ciao,
Torsten.

On 29.10.19 23:43, WillAdams via Discuss wrote: > I would like to begin hosting designs --- but I need to work > out the back-end technology/code, then figure out how I'll > be able to afford everything. Sounds great... and difficult :-). I suspect one important question is what scope it shall have. What people have asked for is also a registry of things, specifically for libraries. But if we think about designs that are customizable, those are pretty much very very specialized libraries too. ciao, Torsten.

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Matthias Urlichs

Sat, Nov 2, 2019 11:47 AM

On 25.10.19 10:45, nop head wrote:

Not sure how a graphical representation is any simpler than text. It
is exactly the same logical construction expressed in a different
format. Do people really struggle much with syntax? The hard part is
how to decompose and object into CSG operations and the trigonometry.

Not to mention that sin(2*x) is a lot faster to type than clicking and
dragging two ops and a variable.

Using text is a major benefit of OpenSCAD because it can be pasted
into emails and checked into source control. It is also fairly
concise. I imagine the graphical representation of my typical designs
would be an enormous tree.

Well, I tend to indent my code pretty religiously, so the number of
lines in my design would correspond 1:1 with the number of blocks in any
GUI editor, excluding equations.

In fact I would actually use a GUI-ish editor when I need to re-factor a
design – for me it's easier to re-arrange blocks with it than with a
text editor. Just not for equations please.

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On 25.10.19 10:45, nop head wrote: > Not sure how a graphical representation is any simpler than text. It > is exactly the same logical construction expressed in a different > format. Do people really struggle much with syntax? The hard part is > how to decompose and object into CSG operations and the trigonometry. Not to mention that sin(2*x) is a lot faster to type than clicking and dragging two ops and a variable. > > Using text is a major benefit of OpenSCAD because it can be pasted > into emails and checked into source control. It is also fairly > concise. I imagine the graphical representation of my typical designs > would be an enormous tree. Well, I tend to indent my code pretty religiously, so the number of lines in my design would correspond 1:1 with the number of blocks in any GUI editor, excluding equations. In fact I would actually use a GUI-ish editor when I need to re-factor a design – for me it's easier to re-arrange blocks with it than with a text editor. Just not for equations please. -- -- Matthias Urlichs

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