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Where is the GUI? Where is the GUI?
================== ==================
CadQuery does not provide a stand-alone gui yet, though this is one of the projects we hope to tackle. CadQuery does not provide a stand-alone gui yet, though this is one of the projects we hope to tackle.
If you would like IDE support, you can use CadQuery inside of FreeCAD.
CadQuery provides the backbone of http://parametricparts.com, so the easiest way to see it in action is to review the samples and objects there. CadQuery provides the backbone of http://parametricparts.com, so the easiest way to see it in action is to review the samples and objects there.
Installing Installing -- FreeStanding Installation
============ ========================================
Use these steps if you would like to write CadQuery scripts as a python API. In this case, FreeCAD is used only as a CAD kernel.
1. install FreeCAD, version 0.12 or greater for your platform. http://sourceforge.net/projects/free-cad/. 1. install FreeCAD, version 0.12 or greater for your platform. http://sourceforge.net/projects/free-cad/.
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You're up and running! You're up and running!
Installing -- Using CadQuery from Inside FreeCAD
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Use these steps if you would like to write CadQuery scripts from inside of the FreeCAD IDE. These steps have only been tested on windows <Thanks Tim Henderson!>
1. install FreeCAD, version 0.12 or greater for your platform. http://sourceforge.net/projects/free-cad/.
2. Copy the entire CadQuery distribution into the FreeCAD/bin dir
3. use the Python version embedded with Freecad to set up cadquery, eg:
cd "C:\Program Files\FreeCAD0.13\bin"
python "C:\Program Files\FreeCAD0.13\bin\cadquery-0.1.4/setup.py
4. copy generated binaries from FreeCAD0.13/bin/cadquery/cadquery into FreeCAD/Mod/Scripts
Thats it. Now when you start FreeCAD, you can do for example:
import cadquery
bb = cadquery.Workplan("XY").box(1.0,2.0,3.0) //bb is a cadquery object
solid = bb.val() //solid is a cadquery solid object
Part.show(solid.wrapped) //use the wrapped property of a cadquery primitive to get the FreeCAD version
Where does the name CadQuery come from? Where does the name CadQuery come from?