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Re:CadQuery: A Python parametric CAD scripting framework bas... by LegitShady on Friday September 18, 2020 @05:26PM (#24522039)
How can you size shafts without engineers? Who does the calculation and review? Who is liable if it fails and someone gets hurt?
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Re:CadQuery: A Python parametric CAD scripting framework bas... by oogway8020 on Friday September 18, 2020 @05:30PM (#24522076)
It comes from the customers. They know what they want.
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Re:CadQuery: A Python parametric CAD scripting framework bas... by LegitShady on Friday September 18, 2020 @10:28PM (#24524368)
You guys aren't manufacturing from the cad files, are you? Like convert to gcode and send to a CNC? Or is it just for models only.

I'm not in that industry, but it makes sense you'd have a use for it at least.

The thing is that fusion360/solidworks/etc does parametric modelling so can probably be used just as easily, with the added benefit of being industry standards.

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Re:CadQuery: A Python parametric CAD scripting framework bas... by oogway8020 on Monday September 21, 2020 @10:37AM (#24543975)
Where I see potential for using tools as cadquery is with product type configurators which are often part of ERP software aka CPQ (Configure-Price-Quote). Cadquery generated model would be part of the Configure. Of course this wouldn't work for complex product, but there are companies out there that may need a configurator for relatively simple product
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