I am looking for a CAD module for python. This is what i've found, correct me if I'm wrong: PythonCAD: file types: DWG,DXF,SVG oriented: click in a window last maintained: 2012-06-15 docume...

Version control with .dwg is really a problem. I'm wondering if it is possible to use git to control the version? or just commit my changes in the file? If this is not possible, then what is a goo...

There was a gif on the internet where someone used some sort of CAD and drew multiple vector pictures in it. On the first frame they zoom-in on a tiny dot, revealing there a whole new different vec...

I want to create a 2D diagram like the following, The above image has been created using Graph in MATLAB (ref) s = [1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 5 6]; t = [2 3 4 5 3 6 6 5 7 7 7]; weights = [50 10 20 80 9...

I would like to create STEP files of geometry that I have generated using custom numerical methods. Given a list of coordinates, I would like to be able to write these into a file with valid STEP f...

The published app that uses WPF controls of Eyeshot Ultimate 11 throws an exception with the following message when devDept.Eyeshot.Translators.ReadAutodesk is called: Could not load file or as...

My ultimate goal is as follows: I have a huge data set of points, representing how a part will be 3D printed layer by layer. I need to create a line through these points and extrude a circle along...

I want to develop a new CAD software in WPF and instead of using WPF 3D, is it possible to use Unity3D as my graphic engine that is capable of rotate, pan, zoom and view 3D graphic objects based on...

I have a two-part question about how to use splines in pythonOCC. Firstly, I know that I can create a spline with array = [] array.append(gp_Pnt2d (0,0)) array.append(gp_Pnt2d (1,2)) array.appen...

I'm generating SVG drawings using python's svgwrite. Every time I want to draw something, I find myself doing this ugly awkward thing: line = drawing.line(start = "%dmm" % start, end = "%dmm" % en...

I have 3D CAD model that I want to show on a web page. I'd like to show it in a form like a <img> tag (e.g. inline with everything else rather than as a separate page) and I want the vi...

We're building a DXF exporter and from what I've read, this extremely simple file should be valid. We don't have any CAD tools to test with, so I'm very limited in my abilities to debug. This opens...

I'm trying to design a desktop UI for schematics, layout, drawing stuff. Just looking for high level advice from actual software designers. Assuming an in-memory "database", (clojure map of arbitr...

Someone asked me recently if I could print a bracelet with a custom image engraved on its side. To me, the problem is simple: I have a 2d cartesian system (x,y) that expresses the points of the ve...

I'm trying to create a "parrallel" bezier curve. In my attempts I've gotten close but no cigar. I'm trying to keep a solid 1px offset between the 2 curves (red,blue). My main goal is use a edge ...

I know B-Rep (ParaSolid) is the popular solid representation. From my past experience, I always touch the triangle mesh representation like OBJ， STL file format. I am wondering why B-Rep is better ...

So I have my STL code and I have been putting the normal as 0 0 0 for each triangle, as you can imagine this means that only certain software can utilise the code. What is the method for working o...

Does Blender use OpenGl or DirectX? Or is it all done from scratch?

I am working on a CAD application and thinking of using WPF for rendering my entities. But it seems like WPF doesn't support drawing 3D lines. Is there any ways for drawing 3D lines in WPF? I don't...

I need a CAD modeling library. I've found such libraries, for example OPEN CASCADE, but they are not written in Java.To use those libraries I need a long time to learn a new programming language. ...

I am interfacing an external program with Mathematica. I am creating an input file for the external program. Its about converting geometry data from a Mathematica generated graphics into a predefin...

I'm making a program to view 3D CAD models and would like to build in automated exploded views. All the assemblies that will be viewed are axi-symmetric. Some may not be, but the majority are. I'd ...

I've always enjoyed programming and I always enjoy learning new langauges (anything e.g. Java/C#/Erlang/F#/Clojure/Ruby etc), but something's never seemed to enjoy it as much as I want. One ...

I need something akin to submodules, but which exist outside the main repository as a dependency. Here's the problem: I'm trying to use Git (in a REALLY awkward way) to manage design files for a...

We are developing some stress and strain analysis software at university. Now it's time to move from rectangles and boxes and spheres to some real models. But I still have little idea where to star...