[HN Gopher] PartCAD the first package manager for CAD models
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       PartCAD the first package manager for CAD models
        
       Author : adastra22
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2023-12-27 19:18 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | mlhpdx wrote:
       | Mashing up CAD design and software dependency management is
       | something I hadn't considered, and I'm liking it. Many CAD
       | projects might be described as "derivative works" that
       | embed/extend other works (mold design, wiring, AEC, and the
       | general mechanical assembly). Most CAD apps have "component
       | libraries" but even the best of them are lacking and there is
       | precious little interoperability between them.
       | 
       | I miss my days working on CAD and this is renewing my excitement
       | for it a bit.
        
         | MadnessASAP wrote:
         | Having just browsed the Readme it sounds like it could be the
         | missing link between KiCad and FreeCAD. Not that a link doesn't
         | exist now but it's difficult and unpleasant to work with.
         | 
         | Being able to near simultaneously work on a design in the 2
         | programs would be lovely.
        
       | timschmidt wrote:
       | They don't seem to be aware of
       | https://github.com/nophead/NopSCADlib which has been around for
       | an age.
        
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