Re: nice STEP viewer

john larkin <JL@gct.com> wrote:

On Tue, 24 Sep 2024 21:27:24 +0200, Lasse Langwadt <llc@fonz.dk>
wrote:
 

On 9/24/24 05:43, Sergey Kubushyn wrote:

john larkin <JL@gct.com> wrote:

On Tue, 24 Sep 2024 01:17:27 -0000 (UTC), Sergey Kubushyn
<ksi@koi8.net> wrote:
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john larkin <jl@650pot.com> wrote:

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

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Unfortunately, it is ONLINE i.e. ABSOLUTELY USELESS for all practical
purposes.
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I think that viewing a STEP file is useful. I can see what my
mechanical guys are doing.
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edrawings is a huge pain to install and soon breaks.

 
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.
 
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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Fedora has python, just not the nearly 15! year old obsolete version ...
and freecad is not going to keep 2.x support either
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Python Wars. The online STEP viewer just worked.

The offline FreeCAD also works. As-is on a Windoze machine, and also works
under Linux, just not included in the Fedora repository anymore. One can
still make it run in Fedora, just requires some extra effort now vs just
installing it from a repo before they switched to "even better" Python 3 and
FreeCAD guys were not quick enough to make a buildable Python 3 version for
the new Fedora release. It might even be added back in the next release as
it is a usable program in high demand.

EVERYTHING online just sucks big time. Even something written in, sorry for
an expletive, Python is better if it runs locally.

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