This does not impact the master version or the demo but, As of the Dec 11, 2012 commit, the dev branch is "unusable", and will be in a semi broken state until I finish the current (huge) refactoring pass.
Browser based 3D solid CAD editor, Openscad style, with a Coffeescript based syntax, using only Coffeescript + Javascript
For now it is in an early experimental stage. live demo here : http://kaosat-dev.github.com/CoffeeSCad/
Feedback, bug reports, ideas and contributions are welcome !
CoffeeSCad was originally built on the great OpenJsCad project but is not compatible with it anymore at this point, although a good portion of the cgs codebase is still the same.
- parametric editing in your browser
- coffeescript syntax
- full featured code editor: line counts, syntax coloring, block folding, undo redo etc
- a limited possibility of "real time" visualisation of the coffeescad code: type your code, watch the shapes changes! this is mainly limited by the speed of your machine and the complexity of the csg objects your are working on: beyond a certain complexity it is not necessarly the best option.
- store projects online in Dropbox
- multi file edition : a project is typically made up of various files: this should help with clarity and modularity of larger projects
- share projects via github (gist)
- library system (I consider this absolutely essential: using other people's creations as "parts libraries" is a key element
- better ui
- better, simpler syntax
- bill of materials perhaps even "interactive" assembly guides
These are all included , no need to re-add them
- cgs.js (the modified version from openjscad)
- require.js
- jquery
- underscore.js
- backbone.js
- three.js
- coffeescript.js
- twitter bootstrap
- codemirror
- various backbone & jquery plugins:
- backbone.marionette
- ThreeCSG.js
etc
- Q : Why CoffeeScript based?
A : For its clear and simple syntax , mostly: even Openscad code can get messy quite fast, so anything that can get rid of a lot of curly braces etc is a good fit
- Q : Why is it using so many librairies?
A : I have been guilty way too many times of "reinventing the wheel", now I have too little time for that :)
- Q : The code is changing a lot, can I use it right now?
A : At this stage, this is nothing but an early prototype, so expect things to change a lot for now (but I try to keep breaking changes to the scripting itself to a minimum)
- Q : I am a developper, where is the "meat" of the code ?
A It is in the App/CS (for coffeescript) folder: I am currently developping using the coffeescript "watch" feature to compile the various .coffee files to js ie: after cloning the project, just go into the OpenCoffeScad folder and type coffee -co . --watch src (you need to have coffeescript install)
- openscad
- openjscad
- a lot of webgl demos & tutorials
- many of the Three.js demos
- http://workshop.chromeexperiments.com/machines/
- learning Three.js
- a lot more stuff
I am not a professionnal js/coffeescript dev. And I do this project for fun, learning, and to have an alternative to Openscad that has a few features that I required for various Reprap oriented projects: (and that have been discussed a lot lately in the reprap community)
- object oriented
- better code editor (copy, paste, linenumbers etc)
- etc ?
MIT licence