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submitted 8 months ago by aidan@lemmy.world to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml
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[-] sbo@lemmy.world 53 points 8 months ago
[-] aidan@lemmy.world 20 points 8 months ago
[-] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 8 months ago

While I love openscad, this fits all too well for their docs.

[-] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 19 points 8 months ago

It's just the simplest way to explain extrusion.

"A profile through which material is pushed, forming a part of uniform section and indeterminate length" just confuses people. But then you say "ya know those playdoh things?" And they instantly understand.

[-] SpeakinTelnet@programming.dev 8 points 8 months ago

Working with Catia is the other way around, no amount of documentation is complex enough that you really understand what something does or can do.

[-] aidan@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago

Catia

I've been slightly involved in the CAD space, have tried Fusion, Inventor, AutoCAD, OpenSCAD, and Blender- even edited some G-Code by hand. But, I have never once heard of that.

[-] SpeakinTelnet@programming.dev 7 points 8 months ago

It's a software that is used extensively in aerospace and car industries. It's also ludicrous how expensive the licenses are.

It's hard to beat for completeness of functions but also for complexity.

[-] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

It's made by Seimens, the industrial equipment manufacturer. IIRC it's one of the oldest CAD systems there is, from the 80s when they started developing it in house for their own use.

[-] SpeakinTelnet@programming.dev 3 points 8 months ago

Siemens makes NX. Catia is made by Dassaults. They compete for the same space in the market

[-] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago

Huh, interesting. I didn't realize Dassaults makes both solidworks and catia.

[-] RoyaltyInTraining@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

I love documentation like this. No need to be formal when a simple analogy works too

[-] Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 points 8 months ago

Boss, I need this play doh extrusion set for reference

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