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willvarfaryesterday at 8:25 AM2 repliesview on HN

I've been searching for a CAD language that supports iteration in a good way. I've been designing a self-build house and it occurs to me that, once I have the walls etc, filling in the details for the manufacture of those walls could be done by a programming routine. Such a routine could work out how many studs are needed and their placement etc and generate the kind of cut-throughs where you can see the construction inside the wall that you sometimes see in construction books. Anyway, without for-loops that kind of thing is really difficult and I've given up.


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arcanemachineryesterday at 9:09 AM

I know that FreeCAD has architectural support.

I think it's called BIM, which tells you how well-informed on the subject I am (not).

nakedneuronyesterday at 8:49 AM

Then build123d might be for you.

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