CadQuery is a parametric modeling library written in python.
- Documentation - https://cadquery.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
- Github - https://github.com/CadQuery/cadquery
- OpenSCAD - https://openscad.org/
- Tinkercad - https://www.tinkercad.com/
- Freecad - https://www.freecadweb.org/
- It's open source!
- Uses python; all of python libraries / ecosystem are available to use with it.
- You can modularize your code.
- Heavy focus on selectors.
- Has a learning curve.
- Can be tricky to setup.
pip install cadquery==2.2.0b0
Gui application that lets you code and see your CadQuery objects.
- UI to see your changes.
- Packaged installer uses an old version of CadQuery, and doesn't have all of the latest features.
- Has internal code functions to integrate your script with. Not really a con but you should be mindful of it.
Alternative to CQ-Editor
- Has some setup to get it up and running using a docker vm.
- Discord - https://discord.gg/Bj9AQPsCfx
- Google Group - https://groups.google.com/g/cadquery/
- Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/cadquery/