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nynxyesterday at 9:15 PM2 repliesview on HN

Unfortunately, using a geometry kernel [1] that operates on triangle meshes means this is a no-go for serious CAD usage.

[1]: https://github.com/elalish/manifold


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bigfishrunningyesterday at 9:20 PM

My whole CAD experience is with OpenSCAD, which apparently uses the same kernel; Honest question -- what is the alternative? I would assume the vast majority of 3D model processing relies on triangle meshes...

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xixixaoyesterday at 9:40 PM

I've built something very similar (also based on triangle meshes, but in TS), and while it wouldn't work for say 3D printing, my target is game object modeling. I guess people have specific use cases in mind when referring to "CAD".

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