jpaskaruk, to python
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Anyone here use it?

It presents as which I love, only you write instead of that C-ish stuff it uses, and if I read correctly it's got a better underlying render engine. Only heard about it because someone did a reimplementation with it, and all things being equal I would definitely rather use that than devil-begotten, temple-beridden, snot-encrusted products.

Like jeez man some of us don't run windoze.

mcdanlj,
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@jpaskaruk @danderson didn't you have an interesting time getting to build?

blinry, to random
@blinry@chaos.social avatar

I've always wanted to build a compass belt, which indicates where north is using vibrations!

Today, I got the very first prototype working: A setup that vibrates when you point your smartphone north! 🧭

I point my smartphone in different directions – when it is in a 1/8th range of north, an attached microcontroller activates a vibration motor. A magnetic compass is shown for reference.

blinry,
@blinry@chaos.social avatar

I found a belt with a lot of holes a few weeks ago, and it seems like a good basis for the prototype!

So I designed clip-on holders for vibration motors (using <3), and I'm now printing a bunch of them! :)

CadQuery code for the clip. It looks very parametric.
A 3D model of the finished clip.

blinry,
@blinry@chaos.social avatar

This was a super fun week project! It consisted of several components:

If you enjoy what I do, you can join my supporters on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/blinry

james, to 3DPrinting

people, apart from giving my soul to Autodesk so I can use Fusion, what's the alternatives?

I don't mind OpenSCAD for simple shapes, but trying to actually model anything in it feels like I'm doing it the hard way.

mcdanlj,
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@james One more voice saying that can do a lot. I prefer written to video tutorials, but there just aren't enough clear up to date written tutorials that I've found beyond @concretedog 's book that has already been recommended to you. I think the best introductory videos right now for FreeCAD are here:

https://www.youtube.com/@MangoJellySolutions

I used OpenSCAD a lot for a few years, but now I gravitate to FreeCAD. Fillets and chamfers on all the things was what really first motivated me, and then I learned enough to prefer it most of the time. There are times I really miss just coding, but more often the ability to visualize as I go wins out for me.

If you really like the coding aspect and want to try another approach, try — pure Python and has an approach that makes fillets and chamfers work: https://cadquery.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

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