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gwbas1c • yesterday at 9:59 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

What's nice about this is that it allows for programmatic CAD, enabling things like web applications that can download an .stl file based on user input. I hope I can find a weekend or two to play with it.

BTW: I spent a few weekends playing with Microcad (https://microcad.xyz/). It was cool, and had a similar rust feel. I just, for the life of me, couldn't figure out how to do 3d ellipses.

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Cargo4286 • today at 3:18 AM

Here's an ellipsoid in build123d using geometric transformation of a sphere:

    from build123d import *
    mat = Matrix([[2,0,0,0],[0,1.5,0,0],[0,0,0.5,0]])
    ellipsoid = Sphere(100).transform_geometry(mat)
Also, FYI build123d now runs in the browser thanks to OCP.wasm. Example playground here https://jojain.github.io/build123d-sandbox/
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