Re: nice STEP viewer

On Tue, 24 Sep 2024 03:43:57 -0000 (UTC), Sergey Kubushyn
<ksi@koi8.net> wrote:

john larkin <JL@gct.com> wrote:

On Tue, 24 Sep 2024 01:17:27 -0000 (UTC), Sergey Kubushyn
<ksi@koi8.net> wrote:
 

john larkin <jl@650pot.com> wrote:

https://3dviewer.net
 
No registration, no hassles, includes measurements.

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Unfortunately, it is ONLINE i.e. ABSOLUTELY USELESS for all practical
purposes.
>

 
I think that viewing a STEP file is useful. I can see what my
mechanical guys are doing.
 
edrawings is a huge pain to install and soon breaks.

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Just go get FreeCAD. Not just enables you to view and measure objects in
STEP format but it is also a full blown 3D CAD that allows you to make your
own 3D models from scratch.

I have two guys doing my mechanical design, both SolidWorks jocks. I
design electronics, so I just want to see what they are doing. If I
have a machanical design idea, I send them a sketch.

I'll look at FreeCad.

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They blew it for Linux because it is mostly Python so it is not included in
standard Fedora anymore, but works just fine under Windoze.
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As a side note -- NEVER EVER use that stupid Python thing! Those script kids
make even MINOR versions incompatible with the previous ones few versions
back and MAJOR versions are ROYAL PITA. It constantly changes and almost
every new version is incompatible with the software that worked with
previous one. And unlike e.g. C, it is an INTERPRETED weirdo so there is no
such thing as pre-compiled binaries that one can keep working when a new
"even better, with concepts changed" version is released. It is NOT some
minor syntax changes that can be easily addressed; their changes are MAJOR
so you'll have to re-write the code for it to work with their consecutive
"even better" version as many constructs totally disappear or get replaced
with new ones that you have to re-write significant portions of your code
for.

Python, like most modern computer languages, is a battleground for
religious wars.

Now we have Rust, which looks like an explosion in an alphabet soup
factory. In a war zone.

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