JSCAD User Group

z3dev

@shay-cerny Welcome

This isn't exhaustive but lists some of the websites using JSCAD.

https://openjscad.xyz/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=en:user_guide_help

z3dev

Release V3 Alpha : 2025 JAN 05

There's a new release of JSCAD V3 Alpha, including changes from several V2 pull requests.

Bug Fixes

cli: rework logic for generating blobs, both singular and multiple as parts ([f88669b](https://github.com/jscad/Op
io: fix io after V3 refactoring
x3d-deserializer: corrected to accept commas as MF value delimiters
x3d-deserializer: correcting caching of x3d attributes in createX3DParser, allowing continuous parsing of X3D file
modeling: added geom3.fromPointsConvex()
modeling: added new TS definitions for mat4, and adjusted doc strings
modeling: added orientation option to polygon
modeling: corrected checks of parameters to booleans
modeling: corrected geom2 mirroring transform
modeling: corrected parameter names to follow standards
modeling: create scission.d.ts and update index.d.ts
modeling: created TS definitions for splitPolygonByPlane
modeling: fix ts definitions and ts hints in comments
modeling: small fixes to comments and tests
modeling: use modern typescript imports
array-utils: corrected typescript definitions, added test:tsd script
regl-renderer: define the entity type and corrected TS definitions

Features

3mf-deserializer: initial version of 3MF deserializer and tests
cli: reworked logic to use new io package exports and functions
modeling: reworked exports to expose a flattened API
modeling: renamed poly3 toVertices and fromVerticesAndPlane
modeling: added Martinez library for 2D booleans, refactored 2D booleans
modeling: added validate to slice, as well as measurements
modeling: corrected vectorChar and vectorText options to align with the common API
modeling: enhanced poly2 into a complete geometry
modeling: preserve color for offset and extrude
modeling: remove unused mat4 functions
modeling: removed extrudeRectangular
modeling: rename expansions to offsets, and unify expand into offset
modeling: renamed poly3 toVertices and fromVerticesAndPlane
modeling: rework orthonormal formula
modeling: reworked exports to expose a flattened API
modeling: reworked vectorChar and vectorText to return segments as path2 objects
modeling: support nested array structures in the API
regl-renderer: added rollup configuration to create ES6 bundle, adjusted imports and exports

Successfully published:

@jscad/3mf-deserializer@3.0.1-alpha.0
@jscad/3mf-serializer@3.0.1-alpha.0
@jscad/array-utils@3.0.1-alpha.0
@jscad/cli@3.0.1-alpha.0
@jscad/core@3.0.1-alpha.0
@jscad/dxf-deserializer@3.0.1-alpha.0
@jscad/dxf-serializer@3.0.1-alpha.0
@jscad/io@3.0.1-alpha.0
@jscad/io-utils@3.0.1-alpha.0
@jscad/json-deserializer@3.0.1-alpha.0
@jscad/json-serializer@3.0.1-alpha.0
@jscad/modeling@3.0.1-alpha.0
@jscad/obj-deserializer@3.0.1-alpha.0
@jscad/obj-serializer@3.0.1-alpha.0
@jscad/regl-renderer@3.0.1-alpha.0
@jscad/stl-deserializer@3.0.1-alpha.0
@jscad/stl-serializer@3.0.1-alpha.0
@jscad/svg-deserializer@3.0.1-alpha.0
@jscad/svg-serializer@3.0.1-alpha.0
@jscad/x3d-deserializer@3.0.1-alpha.0
@jscad/x3d-serializer@3.0.1-alpha.0

lerna-lite success published 21 packages

z3dev

Release : 2024 DEC 29

There's a new release of JSCAD V2, including changes from several pull requests.

Thanks to @tjurkiewicz and @Sefanor for the corrections to documentation and examples.

Successfully published:

@jscad/cli@2.3.5
@jscad/core@2.6.12
@jscad/3mf-serializer@2.1.14
@jscad/amf-deserializer@2.3.10
@jscad/amf-serializer@2.1.20
@jscad/dxf-deserializer@2.3.27
@jscad/dxf-serializer@2.1.20
@jscad/io-utils@2.0.30
@jscad/io@2.4.11
@jscad/json-deserializer@2.0.31
@jscad/json-serializer@2.0.30
@jscad/obj-deserializer@2.0.30
@jscad/obj-serializer@2.1.20
@jscad/stl-deserializer@2.1.27
@jscad/stl-serializer@2.1.20
@jscad/svg-deserializer@2.5.11
@jscad/svg-serializer@2.3.18
@jscad/x3d-deserializer@2.2.10
@jscad/x3d-serializer@2.4.10
@jscad/modeling@2.12.5
@jscad/regl-renderer@2.6.12
@jscad/vtree@2.0.31
@jscad/web@2.6.10

lerna success published 23 packages

z3dev

Release : 2024 NOV 10

There's a new release of JSCAD V2, including changes from several pull requests.

Bug Fixes

fix(io-utils): added ensureString, updated io deserializers in order to accept buffers
fix(core): corrected registerDeserializer to read files as binary (buffers)

BIG THANKS to @eldanb for the fixes to the IO deserializers

Successfully published:

@jscad/cli@2.3.4
@jscad/core@2.6.11
@jscad/3mf-serializer@2.1.13
@jscad/amf-deserializer@2.3.9
@jscad/amf-serializer@2.1.19
@jscad/dxf-deserializer@2.3.26
@jscad/dxf-serializer@2.1.19
@jscad/io-utils@2.0.29
@jscad/io@2.4.10
@jscad/json-deserializer@2.0.30
@jscad/json-serializer@2.0.29
@jscad/obj-deserializer@2.0.29
@jscad/obj-serializer@2.1.19
@jscad/stl-deserializer@2.1.26
@jscad/stl-serializer@2.1.19
@jscad/svg-deserializer@2.5.10
@jscad/svg-serializer@2.3.17
@jscad/x3d-deserializer@2.2.9
@jscad/x3d-serializer@2.4.9
@jscad/modeling@2.12.4
@jscad/regl-renderer@2.6.11
@jscad/vtree@2.0.30
@jscad/web@2.6.9

lerna success published 23 packages

z3dev

Release : 2024 OCT 06

There's a new release of JSCAD V2, including changes from several pull requests.

Bug Fixes

modeling: added optional plane to poly3 TS definition
modeling: corrected hull of single unconvex solid
modeling: corrected TS definition of scission
modeling: expose hullPoints2 and hullPoints3

Thanks to @FishOrBear for the corrections to the TS definitions
Thanks to @her01n for the correction to hull
Thanks to @tscircuit for the monthly financial contributions

Successfully published:

@jscad/cli@2.3.3
@jscad/core@2.6.10
@jscad/3mf-serializer@2.1.12
@jscad/amf-deserializer@2.3.8
@jscad/amf-serializer@2.1.18
@jscad/dxf-deserializer@2.3.25
@jscad/dxf-serializer@2.1.18
@jscad/io-utils@2.0.28
@jscad/io@2.4.9
@jscad/json-deserializer@2.0.29
@jscad/json-serializer@2.0.28
@jscad/obj-deserializer@2.0.28
@jscad/obj-serializer@2.1.18
@jscad/stl-deserializer@2.1.25
@jscad/stl-serializer@2.1.18
@jscad/svg-deserializer@2.5.9
@jscad/svg-serializer@2.3.16
@jscad/x3d-deserializer@2.2.8
@jscad/x3d-serializer@2.4.8
@jscad/modeling@2.12.3
@jscad/regl-renderer@2.6.10
@jscad/vtree@2.0.29
@jscad/web@2.6.8

lerna success published 23 packages

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As well as, can you post the design to the Discord channel? There are always interested people there.

z3dev

@her01n This is really cool! Amazing!

There's a lot of hard work as well as skill in creating those designs! Superb!

Can you add some context why you decided to use JSCAD? How many hours did you devote? Do you have future plans?

z3dev

An application also has shortfalls. There's the problem of documentation as well as upgrades. Applications usually include a huge and often critic user manual. And applications will only receive the latest patches if the user notices and applies the fix. This is why the website is so appealing... it's easy.

z3dev

@hrgdavor the focus of JSCAD is still 3D printing, but there have already been lots of innovative projects built. So, the only feedback that I can provide is... there has to be at least one UI that allows simple designs to be created via JS scripts (This includes the CLI as well.)

If someone wants to build a fully interactive CAD application, then they have to build and maintain. I'm sure that this kind of application can be created.

z3dev

@DavidLyon66 The design is assembled via a call to main(), which can accept a single dictionary of parameters (This is what happens for the parameters). The interactive parameters are converted to a dictionary.

z3dev

Release : 2024 JUN 02

There's a new release of JSCAD V2, including changes from several pull requests.

Bug Fixes

x3d-deserializer: correcting caching of x3d attributes in createX3DParser, allowing continuous parsing of X3D file
modeling: added geom3.fromPointsConvex()
modeling: added TS definitions for mat4.isIdentity()
modeling: create scission.d.ts and update index.d.ts
modeling: created TS definitions for splitPolygonByPlane
typo: fix typo in rounded error messages

THANKS to @nmattia for the doc fixes
THANKS to @FishOrBear, @zzh97, @hrgdavor for the Typescript fixes
THANKS to @christopher-krause for the X3D deserializer fixes
THANKS to @Hermann-SQ and @platypii for the fromPointsConvex() function

Successfully published:

@jscad/cli@2.3.2
@jscad/core@2.6.9
@jscad/3mf-serializer@2.1.11
@jscad/amf-deserializer@2.3.7
@jscad/amf-serializer@2.1.17
@jscad/dxf-deserializer@2.3.24
@jscad/dxf-serializer@2.1.17
@jscad/io-utils@2.0.27
@jscad/io@2.4.8
@jscad/json-deserializer@2.0.28
@jscad/json-serializer@2.0.27
@jscad/obj-deserializer@2.0.27
@jscad/obj-serializer@2.1.17
@jscad/stl-deserializer@2.1.24
@jscad/stl-serializer@2.1.17
@jscad/svg-deserializer@2.5.8
@jscad/svg-serializer@2.3.15
@jscad/x3d-deserializer@2.2.7
@jscad/x3d-serializer@2.4.7
@jscad/modeling@2.12.2
@jscad/regl-renderer@2.6.9
@jscad/vtree@2.0.28
@jscad/web@2.6.7

lerna success published 23 packages

z3dev

This is a way too cool project to create JSCAD designs in VSCODE. But there's also a nice like webserver for those that want to use another external editor.

z3dev

An NPX starter template designed to kickstart your JsCad projects using TypeScript and Hot Reload preview. This tool simplifies the process of setting up a JsCad project, allowing you to focus on creating fully parametric CAD drawings with ease.

https://www.npmjs.com/package/create-jscad-project

z3dev

@Peter-Birch Welcome!

The User Guide explains how to start, and explains most of the functions as well. You might want to look this over.

https://openjscad.xyz/dokuwiki/doku.php

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@ucimo Welcome!

There are several users using JSCAD with TypeScript. Hopefully, someone will provide a few tips.

There's also an extension for VSCode to review designs. I haven't seen any updates but @crysislinux has been actively in this user group before.

z3dev

Release : 2024 FEB 18

There's a new release of JSCAD V2, including changes from several pull requests.

Bug Fixes

svg-serializer: fix conversion of alpha colors to SVG RGBA opacity
x3d-deserializer: corrected to accept commas as MF value delimiters
modeling: added fromNoisyPoints() to plane
modeling: added orientation option to polygon
modeling: corrected geom2 mirroring transform
regl-renderer: define the entity type and corrected TS definitions

THANKS to @btakita for the fix to the SVG serialier
THANKS to @andreasplesch for the fixes to the X3D deserialier
THANKS to @platypil for the geom2 fixes
THANKS to @bruceborrett for the new TS definitions

Successfully published:

@jscad/cli@2.3.1
@jscad/core@2.6.8
@jscad/3mf-serializer@2.1.10
@jscad/amf-deserializer@2.3.6
@jscad/amf-serializer@2.1.16
@jscad/dxf-deserializer@2.3.23
@jscad/dxf-serializer@2.1.16
@jscad/io-utils@2.0.26
@jscad/io@2.4.7
@jscad/json-deserializer@2.0.27
@jscad/json-serializer@2.0.26
@jscad/obj-deserializer@2.0.26
@jscad/obj-serializer@2.1.16
@jscad/stl-deserializer@2.1.23
@jscad/stl-serializer@2.1.16
@jscad/svg-deserializer@2.5.7
@jscad/svg-serializer@2.3.14
@jscad/x3d-deserializer@2.2.6
@jscad/x3d-serializer@2.4.6
@jscad/modeling@2.12.1
@jscad/regl-renderer@2.6.8
@jscad/vtree@2.0.27
@jscad/web@2.6.6

lerna success published 23 packages

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@LucaNitti Welcome!

There are a couple of ways to use DXF files. You can convert the DXF to another format, like SVG. Or you can import the DXF, and use the shapes to create different designs.

You can convert using the JSCAD CLI command.

If you want to use the shapes from the DXF file in designs then a project is required.

https://openjscad.xyz/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=en:design_guide_projects

z3dev

@DBJDBJ Welcome!

From the message, it seems that you are using a 'project' which contains the STL file. Is that correct?

z3dev

Correct. There are several reasons but in general any kind of fetching has security issues. Be careful what you wish for.

If you believe that designs are secure then a fetch/evaluate could be performed. But there should be an option to 'believe'.

For those wondering what should be allowed. Create a project (with multiple source files or external formats), and drag-n-drop to the website. In this case, you control the content 100%.

https://openjscad.xyz/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=en:design_guide_anatomy

z3dev

@Jason-Sprouse hmm...

The website doesn't have a backend service/process. Everything is handled by the browser, including loading designs.

The only trick is for designs provided an a URL parameter. In this case, the URL is posted to a little script that reads the contents, stores the file locally, and returns the URL to the local file.

Of course, some other backend service could be added.

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Release V3 Alpha : 2025 JAN 05

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