[HN Gopher] Dune 3D 1.1.0 Released
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Dune 3D 1.1.0 Released
Author : claytonwramsey
Score : 87 points
Date : 2024-05-01 19:23 UTC (3 hours ago)
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| failrate wrote:
| Dune3D is CAD software.
| itslennysfault wrote:
| Thank you. I clicked the link (expecting it to be related to
| the movies) and couldn't figure out what I was looking at based
| on the linked page.
| claytonwramsey wrote:
| I've been following this project for a little while and it's very
| exciting to me. It's cool to see some movement on it since
| FreeCAD hasn't seen a lot of development and the rest of the OSS
| parametric CAD field is rather inactive.
| tgirod wrote:
| Solvespace is quite capable, but not very active lately,
| unfortunately.
| wurzeltrick wrote:
| Sorry. this isn't correct at all. FreeCAD development is very
| active and it's getting better every day. I'm using the
| developer versions because, there are just so many improvements
| happening to UI and usability. Its development process has also
| improved a lot since a commercial entity (ondsel.com), run by
| an active FreeCAD developer. started helping. Just checkout the
| latest release notes for 0.21, 0.22 and 1.0 if you haven't
| tried it for a while (sections for PartDesign and Sketcher
| workspaces are the most relevant, if you just want to design
| for e.g. 3D printing).
| https://wiki.freecad.org/Release_notes_1.0
|
| Eventhough I will only use the upstream FLOSS version, I often
| refer people to https://ondsel.com/blog/ for an extensive
| summary of everything happening around FreeCAD.
| programmarchy wrote:
| This is an impressive project because of how several existing
| libraries were leveraged and synthesized into a powerful tool.
| Keen insight and well executed.
| LeoPanthera wrote:
| "Dune 3D is a parametric 3D CAD application that supports STEP
| import/export, fillets and chamfers."
|
| Since I thought this was some kind of remake of the Dune II RTS.
| cynicalsecurity wrote:
| The choice for naming is indeed very poor.
| Krasnol wrote:
| It is terrible, actually.
|
| Why would one do this? It isn't even slightly related to the
| product. Damn...
| ktm5j wrote:
| You're assuming that it was named with Dune the book in
| mind.. but dune is a word that is not owned by that
| franchise. Who knows what the name is supposed to mean.
| MrVandemar wrote:
| Java had nothing to do with coffee; nor Python snakes; nor
| Rust oxidation. The computing/IT industry just picks names
| for stuff that doesn't have much to do with anything.
| barbs wrote:
| Yeah but in all those cases, it's clear from the context
| that they are distinct from coffee, snakes, and
| oxidation.
| atherton33 wrote:
| "Snake 3d" would be more analogous here. Sure snake means
| something outside of computing, but it's also a famous
| piece of computing history (like Dune II) for which "3d"
| also makes sense as a suffix.
| StrLght wrote:
| Totally agree, I still have no idea why Frank Herbert named
| his novels after a hill of sand? /s
| mianos wrote:
| You are joking? Maybe you never read them. The planet
| Arrakis is a desert planet central to the novels. Lots of
| sand dunes, nothing else planet wide.
| lukefreiler wrote:
| /s = joking. Also, the planet was also originally named
| Dune.
| solardev wrote:
| Thank you. I got all excited thinking they'd ported the OpenRA
| engine that runs Dune2k (https://www.openra.net/) to 3D or
| something.
|
| Side note though: Funcom IS working on a Dune MMO:
| https://duneawakening.com/ It's 3D in the shooter sense (as
| opposed to VR) and uses Unreal Engine 5 for impressive
| graphics.
| Locutus_ wrote:
| I somehow read "Duke3D" and started getting very confused when
| i read the patchnotes.
| ezekg wrote:
| Same. I read Dune, and I read GitHub, and I got excited. I love
| reading game code so I ended up leaving a little disappointed.
| mjfl wrote:
| How does this compare to AutoCAD?
| kennywinker wrote:
| How it compares: autocad is a military assault vehicle, and
| this is a bicycle. I.e. they're not really comparable at all,
| but I'd much rather use this.
| mypalmike wrote:
| Docs here: https://docs.dune3d.org/en/latest/
| rcarmo wrote:
| This looks pretty nice for a 1.1 - I have been looking for a
| cross-platform (inc. Linux) parametric CAD application that
| actually has a UI (I can use SolveSpace, but it's a pain) and
| that isn't crammed with eldritch horrors (I've tried to use
| FreeCAD so often it's almost a meme now). Maybe this will reduce
| my reliance on Shapr3D and Fusion...
| WillAdams wrote:
| The footnote from the main page:
|
| https://github.com/dune3d/dune3d
|
| is notable:
|
| >I ended up directly using solvespace's solver instead of the
| suggested wrapper code since it didn't expose all of the features
| I needed. I also had to patch the solver to make it sufficiently
| fast for the kinds of equations I was generating by symbolically
| solving equations where applicable.
|
| There's also a top-level domain:
|
| https://dune3d.org/
|
| and documentation: https://docs.dune3d.org/en/latest/
| phkahler wrote:
| >> make it sufficiently fast for the kinds of equations I was
| generating by symbolically solving equations where applicable.
|
| I have to wonder if we could bring those changes back into
| Solvespace. Also which version of the solver he started from.
| We brought in Eigen a while back and it really helped
| performance.
| phkahler wrote:
| Lucas K, can you email me? Yes I'm the solvespace maintainer. I
| can't find your email. Mine is same ID at g mail. I have a few
| topics you might be interested in.
| atoav wrote:
| One the chance that Lukas cannot react I could help
| establishing a contact, where can your mail be found, did 't
| find it on the solvespace website.
| downvotetruth wrote:
| "email is the same ID at gmail" https://github.com/phkahler
| abraae wrote:
| Kudos for using "anticipated questions" instead of the always
| bogus "Frequently asked questions".
|
| But brickbats for not having "does it run on linux?" in there as
| a question (I guess the answer is no).
| kennywinker wrote:
| https://docs.dune3d.org/en/latest/build-linux.html
|
| Seems like it does run on linux
| AdamH12113 wrote:
| Sounds like it does. The docs have build instructions for
| Linux:
|
| https://docs.dune3d.org/en/latest/build-linux.html
| atoav wrote:
| Knowing the person this would be the assumed default OS
| grzeshru wrote:
| Frank Klepacki on soundtrack?
| mitthrowaway2 wrote:
| Whoa, is this by the same guy who did the electronics CAD program
| Horizon EDA? Very impressed.
| James_K wrote:
| I can't explain it, but there's something oddly unnerving about
| seeing the stock GTK widgets in a piece of software like a CAD or
| video editor.
| rowanG077 wrote:
| I love the idea of solvespace but it shits the bed on even simple
| geometries. Let alone no fillets. I will try this out and check
| if it's any good.
| jopsen wrote:
| I played a bit with 1.0.0, it crashed a bit here and there... But
| it was fairly simple to use.
|
| Granted, I've mostly been using tinkercad so far :)
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