I have released version 0.9 of `cq-studio`, my hot-reloading server for using the excellent #YACV viewer to interact with models you build in #CadQuery (or #build123d) with #Python code, programmatically. It lets you edit your model code module(s) in any editor/IDE you like, and the models are re-rendered whenever changes to your files are saved.

https://pypi.org/project/cq-studio/

You can install it with just `pipx install cq-studio`. If you've never used pipx before, it requires a tiny amount of setup to add the programs it installs to your file search PATH environment variable.

CadQuery is an alternative to the perhaps better-known OpenSCAD package. CadQuery uses a more advanced CAD kernel than OpenSCAD, but they both have their uses.

#CQStudio #CAD #CAD3D #modelling #SolidModelling #model #programmatic #HotReload #OpenSCAD #PyOpenScad

Plasticity might just be the most powerful tool for hard-surface modelling or Product Design.

It's an indie-developed, intuitive solid-modeller (Parasolid) that is made for the current year (Unlike FreeCAD)

It starts at one-time-payment of $99 (which is a steal compared to Fusion 360)

If I were still in the Product Design business, this would be a "no-brainer".

Grab it before this is "bought out" by Adobe/Autodesk/etc.

#Plasticity #hardsurface #CGI #solidmodelling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwlHwgtUG4k